{ life after lobster }

I got a little overzealous at the grocery store and farmer's market today w/the fruit and veggie. Maybe it's b/c I've been eating burgers and fried food since Friday night. :D I opened my frige and took an inventory and it feels like a lot! Any...

Things have been a little quiet on the blog lately. It's only partly because my new obsession is Instagram. I know it's been around forever and I've only been using it a few weeks so I'm still a newbie. It's easy to use and let's me share quick pics...

What's sweeter than seeing this face when I wake up in the morning? Nothing.
Except biting into cake shaped like that face!
Last year for the hubs' birthday, I painstakingly made the Barefoot Contessa Coconut Cake over 2 days because I wanted to make something for him from scratch. It was delicious. This year I was inspired by a friend who made this popular Easter Bunny cake...

It's been a busy spring! Last month, I hosted a baby shower for a good friend of mine who was having a boy. Since it was a co-ed welcome baby party, I wanted to keep the decor cute but not cutesy as to not offend any of the guys' sensibilities :)
Being a shower for a boy, I automatically gravitated toward baby blue. I bought alllll this baby blue stuff from Target and felt very uninspired. So after much (somewhat desperate) searching online for inspiration, I finally landed on a punchier...