June 2011

{recipe girl} In the spirit of the holiday weekend and gatherings with friends and family, I wanted to share a favorite recipe that I bring to our family’s picnic every year - watermelon salsa. It is literally all the same ingredients as regular salsa, but swapping the tomato for watermelon! It is always a hit [...]

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Summer Fun: Strawberry Toes

by jacin on June 29, 2011

What I should really call this post: “What Happens When I Go Crazy With A White Nail Polish Pen”. Anyways, I thought you might think it was fun, too. Since it’s summer and all, and I’m planning a little strawberry jam tutorial in the coming weeks, I thought this could be a fun little post [...]

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Today I thought it could be helpful to provide you with insight from a wine professional to help you choose the right wines within each price bracket for your big day, or even for just a weekend get-together. So I invited Mark Bosko, direct sales manager {and groom-to-be} at Colene Clemens Vineyard {a private winery in [...]

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Lovely Advice: Be Present

by jacin on June 27, 2011

{Jose Villa} Sounds pretty simple, right? Well if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past year or so it is that, much to the dismay and disbelief of most {and contrary to the millions of blog posts I read}, social media does not make the world go round. Ahhh!!! I know, I said it. [...]

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Mason Jar Sunday: Mason Tea Bag Holders

by jacin on June 26, 2011

{Our Labor of Love via Elizabeth Anne Designs} Fancy a spot of tea? Today’s masons from Our Labor of Love with the custom tea bags are just making me happy. Hope your Sunday is happy, too!

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Today’s visitor in the Bloggers {Unveiled} series is the most straight-up, real blogger I’ve met to-date, Alison of The Knotty Bride. Alison takes on real life challenges with a hilarious approach, a real girl who I can really appreciate! So please welcome Alison to the LLD blog today! Blogger {Unveiled}: How did you get started in [...]

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Surf’s Up: Wedding Inspiration

by jacin on June 23, 2011

With summer here and the weather heating up for most of us, I am dreaming of long, sun-filled days at the beach. Little known fact: I own a Stewart Colin McPhillips Noserider, a 9′ 2″ surfboard (almost exactly like the one above), and while I’m no professional, there is nothing I enjoy more than taking [...]

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Can you tell I’m in quite the festive mood lately? I say bring it on, 4th of July - I’m ready! Though our lovely heat wave only lasted a few days here in San Francisco, it’s ok, I will continue my quest for warm weather as long as I need to. And in the meantime, [...]

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Summer Solstice = Tequila Daisy Time!

by jacin on June 21, 2011

{phone camera pic, taken at Netties Crab Shack} Happy First Day of Summer! Hope you are all out enjoying the heat! In honor of one of my favorite days of the year {did I mention I LOVE summertime?}, I wanted to share a quick cocktail recipe that I happen to love - the Tequila Daisy. [...]

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