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Refreshing Cold Asian Noodle Recipe for a Hot Summer Night
Easy Cold Asian Noodles for a hot night, Throw together some veggies, noodles, and this simple 4 ingredient dressing.
Crafting, Decor, Party, Wedding Planning
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DIY crafting, bachelorette party, planning, decorating, gold embossed, party peckers, blog, on a budget.
Budget, Flowers, Gardening, New England
Planting Seeds for Your Garden and Home
Starting seeds indoors is great to get a jump on the gardening season. It’s also a major perk to grow completely organic veggies, save some money, and it’s also a really cool process watching your seeds grow into plants.
Budget, Crafting, Interior Design
Easy Invisible Zipper Tutorial
Easy zipper tutorial for making pillow cushions. DIY crafting, interior design, decorating, blog, on a budget.
Budget, Decor, Flowers
Quick Weekend Decorating
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Easy Cold Asian Noodles for a hot night, Throw together some veggies, noodles, and this simple 4 ingredient dressing.
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Refreshing Cold Asian Noodle Recipe for a Hot Summer Night

A couple of weeks ago I posted a pic on IG of dinner. Jenny and Martino, you guys seemed interested in the recipe! It was a hot hot hot day, and we don’t have central air conditioning! So when I got home hungry, this was my go to dinner.

A little back story — I’ll keep it quick, since you’re probably hungry, and looking for the recipe 😉 Back in our Brooklyn days, I struggled to maintain a healthy diet, packing lunch, and saving money. With the concept of Mis En Place — I would make sides ahead of time and mix and match for salads / lunches. It helped keeping us on our budget and semi-healthy diet.

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Guest-Tables
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Budget, Flowers, Wedding Planning

DIY Wedding Flowers

Getting hitched
Trying not to fall down.
Center Pieces
Bouquet Made by My Mom
Centerpieces from the top
Babes

 

DIY Wedding Flowers
Flowers, gardening, and plants are a major part of my identity!  Unfortunately/fortunately, I was unable to grow my own flowers for our wedding. This would have been too stressful to add onto everything else to do.  After months of scouring the internet for affordable floral vendors,

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Cows
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Keene, New England

Dancing Till the Cows Come Home

(or leave home, that is)

On a run, we discovered Stonewall Farm. It’s a good run, totalling 4 miles roundtrip. The farm has a great educational program, hosts weddings, has a sugar house, and are a staple in the community.

A few days later, Dan woke me up and asked “Hey do you want to go look at cows dancing like puppies?” Turns out, it’s a huge deal out here

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View of Central Square, Keene, NH
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Keene, New England

New Things & Big Changes

There are several new things to me at the moment.

I’ve left my home of Brooklyn after 13 years and moved to a tiny (and snowy) town, Keene, New Hampshire. It’s a lovely little place but a major lifestyle change from Brooklyn. My fiance and I got jobs magically in the same town his dad lives in.  We all work on the same block on Main Street, and also live together. We had a seamless transition from the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn to Keene. He has graciously allowed us to stay in his house until we can figure out a permanent living solution.

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