Happy Friday everyone!
After a nutty week, I am THIS HAPPY that the freakin’ weekend has arrived! I plan ninja kicking my to-do list today, so I can drink wine and craft for the rest of the weekend. Yeah, I fell hard for craft/DIY blogs this week and have a zillion things I want to make/do around the house. Ben’s scared.
Favorite OMG dessert: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cake. There’s something about cookie dough studded icing stuffed between two layers of cake, then frosted and stuck with more cookies on the side that really does it for me.
Favorite mason jar project (yes, this is practically its own category now!): Spray Painted Vase. I’m totally doing this for a spring themed mantel.
Favorite easy treat: No Bake Peanut Butter Bars. Supposedly these taste just like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups!
Favorite kitchen decor idea: Framed Handwritten Recipes. I’m going to see if I can do this with some of Ben’s Grandma’s recipe cards and books.
Faaavorite holiday decor idea: Boxwood Wreath. I HEART THESE WREATHS, which are just fake boxwood wrapped and glued around sewing/cross stitch frames (or whatever the heck those are called! ;) )
Favorite furballs. CANNOT stop laughing over these two!! ;)
Favorite find: Asos. Affordable, adorable dresses and clothes for very good prices. Plus they have petite sizes AND free shipping both ways.
Favorite appetizer: Drunken Grapes with Goat Cheese. Bourbon-soaked grapes skewered with warm goat cheese balls. Yes please!
Favorite escape. Can I just hole up here for a couple weeks?
Favorite mmmmanly meal: Long Boy Burgers. Like a cross between a burger and meatloaf. Ben would go crazy for these.
Favorite picture. I love everything about this scene.
Favorite little helpers. “Excuse me, we were told there’d be milk & cookies?”
Favorite serene scene: Saas Fee, Switzerland. Hey I can admire a beautiful, pristine snowfall – just as long as it’s not out my own window!
Favorite couple. I always make Ben help me with the “snow hop” too! ;)
Favorite surprise: Spehere Locket. This rustic pearl-looking necklace actually opens up into a locket!
Favorite hair helpers: Aveda Air Control Hairspray and Damage Remedy. I bought these two products last week and deemed them money totally well spent. My hair has never felt softer thanks to the damage remedy cream, and the air control hairspray has eliminated ALL static!!!
Favorite funny: Community Christmas Episode. I have never laughed out loud at an episode of Community until last night’s Christmas episode. HIGHlarious.
Favorite cookies: Cheesecake Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies. These just scream Christmas! to me!
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“My favorite thing to do in my spare time is _______.”
Organize. Help!
Nagore 12.09.2011
I love ASOS. They actually have nice products and their service is good. (I am not paid to say this, I wish I was!)
Jeri 12.09.2011
Wait…am I supposed to have spare time? I deem my spare time…sleep time. It most often comes before bed time, so I just go to bed early. Never can have too much sleep…….??
Jenna 12.09.2011
My coworker has made the No Bake Peanut Butter Bars and they ARE to DIE for!!!!
Tiffany @ texan on the run 12.09.2011
Wait asos is a uk site. Do they do international deliveries? With free shipping, too?
TrishR 12.10.2011
ASOS does have free shipping to the US, but the first time I used them I was surprised to find a foreign transaction fee on my credit card. it wasn’t much at all, but sooo annoying!! And explaining it to the hubby – yikes! HA! So just make sure your credit card won’t charge that if it will bother you as much as it did me :-)
Mandy Madison 12.09.2011
I love your Friday Favorites posts! They always put me in a great mood!
The recipe idea is my favorite and those cute pups are adorable!!!
Have a great weekend!
Amanda @FancyOatmealBlog 12.09.2011
My favorite thing to do is READ! I’m pouring through these books like a mad woman!
Amber 12.09.2011
I have a bunch of my grandma’s handwritten recipes and I’ve been trying to come up with something to do with them. This is perfect! Have a great weekend.
Susie @ Foodie fabulista 12.09.2011
totally love the santa’s helpers & the chocolate chip cookie dough cake YUM!
Happy Friday!
Ashley 12.09.2011
I was about to start skimming through your posts to find the “Hair” care! Woot, you posted it here! I’m having MAJOR issues with static, it’s driving me bonkers!
I love the framed recipes. I actually asked my grandma to write some down for me, I need to remind her! :)
Allison 12.09.2011
Why does that girl in the heels have bare legs? Brrrr!
I like the goat cheese/grape appetizer. I might make them for a New Year’s Eve party I’m hosting.
I’m going to check out the Asos website this weekend. I am only 4’11’, so I LOVE places with petite sizes! Even with the petites, I usually need pants tailored, but petite sizing makes a BIG difference.
dawn 12.09.2011
eewwww, is she supposed to have nylons? LOL
Sophie @ LoveLiveAndLearn 12.09.2011
Those boxwood wreaths look beautiful!
I love Asos, it’s a really great website, lovely clothes, good prices and they always deliver quickly :-)
And your favourite escape? Can I hole up there too please?? It’s so cute and looks so warm and cozy!
I love your Friday favourites, where do you find all of these lovely things?
Iowa Girl Eats 12.09.2011
Pinterest and random surfing. :)
Amber @ Busy, Bold, Blessed 12.09.2011
Looooove these posts! Also love that dress! The puppies are SO cute. And if it was that snowy, I don’t think I’d be wearing heels anywhere haha!
My favorite thing to do in my spare time is to cuddle and lounge around in my pjs!
Amanda Grask 12.09.2011
I want cookie dough cake right now — wow!!
Ashley @ Coffee Cake and Cardio 12.09.2011
Love, Love, Love Santa’s Little Helpers and the cookie dough cake. A-Mazing!!!
If I had all of the time in the world, I would bake, clean, and organize. I would make my house more of a home.
Kelly S 12.09.2011
Hi Kristin–I don’t know if anyone shared this on your earlier post, but I was talking to my hair dresser yesterday about the extreme static and he recommended carrying around a few dryer sheets in a ziplock bag in my purse. He warned me that I’ll look like a crazy person, but if you’re feeling static-y then just rub the dryer sheets all over your head!
This is, of course, a last resort, because those Aveda products sound amaaazing!
Kelly S 12.09.2011
Oh, and I LOVE your Friday Favorites! They always inspire me to do get off the couch and do something with my weekend (mostly to make diet busting food….mmmmm)
Machelle 12.09.2011
my sister who is a beautician told me about the dryer sheets years ago! it does work! even just touching one and then running your hands over your hair does wonders! a little goes a long way.
Iowa Girl Eats 12.09.2011
I tried that a couple years ago and it worked great – but only for a little while. This spray seems to last the whole day!
Lindsey 12.09.2011
Love your Friday Favorites! I like to read in my spare time – books and blogs :)
Rebecca @ Enjoy Life 12.09.2011
Love your Friday Favorites! The boxwood wreaths belong to Under the Sycamore at http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/2011/12/07/diy-jotters-for-designsponge/
Iowa Girl Eats 12.09.2011
Yes – thank you! Love that blog! :)
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts 12.09.2011
Thanks for including my Peanut Butter Bars! Now I want to go make more of them!
Midwest Girl in LA 12.09.2011
Agreed! Community was HILARIOUS! I near about died at Abed’s first dance and Shirley’s church choir. R thought I was losing it. Have a good Friday and happy crafting!
Maria 12.09.2011
Thanks for including my Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies! They are a new holiday favorite! Happy Friday to you!