When I first met Morgan, one of the first things she told me about her wedding was that she really, really wanted snow. No one could’ve predicted the brutal winter we’ve had here in Iowa–so brutal, in fact, that I wasn’t even sure it would warm up enough to snow! But Morgan got her wish. On […]

Kapoosh knife block I’ve had this knife block on my wish list for a couple of years now and finally got around to buying it for myself earlier this month. I’ve got an assortment of kitchen knives, most of which are from Uzbekistan and won’t fit into any regular knife block so I needed something […]

One of my big winter projects this year was to finalize my new magazine, The Bride’s Guide. I had a rough draft copy ready in the fall, but took a Sharpie to it with lots of formatting corrections, some layout changes, and even some article additions. I finally finished it in January and purchased the […]

rom the moment I first met Gretchen and Mike, I knew they would always have a special place in my heart. I also knew instantly that I wanted Gretchen’s dimples. Their wedding day was a complete combination of who they are as a couple. Genuine, fun, classy, relaxed…it was so many good things for one […]

I debated doing a “best of” post because, well, it seemed cliche. But as I started looking back through 2013, I realized that I have SO MANY FAVORITES. Here are just a few of them:

‘ve long been searching for the perfect chocolate cake recipe and I think I’ve finally found it. I used a frosting recipe that my mom made up. When I was little, I had her write down her approximate measures so that I could make it myself and I taped it on a little sticky note […]