04/22/2020
These DIY Succulent Planters are really simple and leave your outdoor pots with a really cool, unglazed finish look. Turn your unused collection of pots into beautiful homemade pots! We have been spending a lot of time out side lately. Any time the kids start to go haywire or homeschool jumps the shark, we fling open the door and do what we can to get some fresh air. Yesterday it was gardening and I was reminded of this tutorial we did with my friend Lindsay so many years ago! It’s a really nice way to create some cohesion in your … 
My mom currently has a monopoly on holidays and we gladly let her. She can cook 8 different dishes without breaking a sweat and I’m pretty sure she could bake a casserole in her sleep. (Plus, my dad has mastered the art of Prime Rib, Spiral Sliced Ham, and more!) Christmas Eve, however, is all mine! My family comes over for tamales and chili, followed by the girls getting to open what is usually an obscenely large gift from one of my sisters and general merriment ensues until all of the parents begin talking about how Santa will be here … 
‘Tis the season for backyard play dates, impromptu barbecues and dinner parties that go well into the night. The best parties allow the carefree, laissez-faire attitude of summer to permeate everything from the menu to the dress code. The only rule? Never show up empty handed. Do you have a go to hostess gift or party contribution that always bring? In college, for me it was a key lime pie from the frozen section of the grocery store. How random is that?! Now, though, you can never go wrong with a bottle of wine. You’ll … 
‘Tis the season, you guys. In honor of the Bachelor finale this week, we bring you the Bachelorette party gift box! Perhaps there’s no other rite of passage that I appreciate as much as this particular modern ritual. (As if we needed another reason for a girls trip!) We chose these items for our bachelorette gift box imagining ourselves up in wine country or poolside in Ojai, but you can reimagine these boxes with just about anything in mind! Headed to Tulum? Sub the rosé for mini tequila bottles and limes. I like beauty …