A Special Blanket

Here we made a custom order for baby Aleksandra. They opted for a solid to accommodate her long name.

Welcome to the world Aleksandra!

Friday Night Cupcake Class

As you may know, I love to bake! I wanted to further my baking experience by taking a cupcake class to improve my decorating skills. My sister-in-law and I went to Le Dolci to learn how to decorate cupcake with fondant and icing. We had such a great time! Lisa who ran the class was superb. We would definately recommend her class.

Visit her facebook page for more details.

All Things French

I love all things french. To me, I think their language is sexy and beautiful. One day I hope to visit this beautiful country but for now, I will dream and have found this shop that carries all things french.


This shop gives me such a soft and beautiful feel. Their items are so beautiful.

Etsy Shop Pick Of The Day

Chickabiddy Baby Boutique. This lovely boutique offers vintage inspired little dollies that you can collect or buy for your little one to cuddle. Personalization is for free! Visit Chickabiddy Baby Boutique on Etsy.

My Nephews First Birthday

My sister-in-law is like me. We love to give out unique items for lootbags. We get a personal satisfaction on gifting unique items.

She has found this great little cookie company Cookie Munchsters that creates wonderful and creative cookies.

This was Luca's cookie basket for his first birthday. Elmo was the party theme and all guests were gifted with an Elmo cookie in their lootbag!

Visit Cookie Munchsters on Facebook!

Here's My Treasury List for Unique Gift Ideas

I've created a Treasury List of unique gift ideas for father's day.

We Have Been Featured on Cuteable.com

How exciting! Our Here Kitty Kitty Headband has been featured on Cuteable.com

Etsy Shop Of The Day

I love Haute Couture. My background is Fashion. I love to dress up since I was a little girl. As a young child, I adored having my nails painted, my hair being styled with the current trend, and visiting my mother's sewing room and sifting through her beautiful fabrics and gazing at her dresses under production. I found this fabulous hat designer on Etsy. Arturo is based in Los Angeles, California. He creates beautiful haute couture hats. A true work of art!

Visit his shop Arturo Rios you will not be disappointed.

New In Our Shop

Our creative juices are always flowing. To celebrate spring we have just added these pretty items in our Etsy Shop.

A pretty accessory to complete your little one's outfit!

Etsy Shop of The Day

I love this shop. I was looking for a perfect way to organize our passports when travelling. I'm always left in-charge of lugging and presenting our passports at customs. I found it very difficult to organize my passports until I found Downstairs Designs. The thin, light-weight pouch perfectly organizes our passports. It has a little slot to store my pen. You can also store a few little extras.

A perfect Bon Voyage gift!

Gifts For Men Etsy Shop of The Day

Ok Mother's Day is this Sunday and hopefully you have it covered. Father's Day is in June and the day will arrive before you know it.

I personally find it so hard to buy for guys. What creative gift can you give a guy? Clothes? Power tools? They tend to forget about gift cards.

Well I found this really cool shop on Etsy. They hand make soap and produce great vintage inspired shaving kits for men! A great gift for groomsmen, Father's Day, Birthdays etc.

Their shop name is the coolest! Dirty Deeds Soap! Love it!

Banana Bread

Banana Bread is a must in our family. This recipe is simple, moist and delicious. A great accompaniment to coffee or a glass of milk.

This recipe calls for nuts but my family is not keen on nuts so I substituted with chocolate chips.

6 tablespoons unsalted butter at room tempurature, plus extra for greasing

1 cup sugar

2 or 3 very ripe bananas (about 1 1 1/2 cups) mashed**

3 large eggs, lightly beaten

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, pecans or hazelnuts (I used chocolate chips)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.

In a heavy-duty fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until creamy about 1 minute. Add the bananas and eggs and beat until smooth. Add the buttermilk and beat until just combined.

In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, salt and nuts (chocolate chips). Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and beat just until combined. The batter should be slightly lumpy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. It should be no more than two-thirds full. Bake intil the loaf is dark golden brown and dry to the touch and the edges pull away from the pan sides 55-60 minutes. A cake tester inserted into the center should come our clean. Let rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely. Cut into thick slices to serve.

** when bananas become ripe and nobody wants it, I peel the banana, place it in a ziplock bag and freeze until I need it for baking.