Fashion & Food!

Hello dolls!

I thought it would be fun to share some of my new favorite pieces from my closet and some yummy things I've been lucky enough to eat lately.

For starters, these 4 items have been my summer essentials. The bag is a Michael Kors Hamilton in tan and brown. I got the sandals from Body Central for only $15(!!) and the fedora and pink aviators are both just great to have on hand.

I picked up this monogrammed t-shirt with a chevron pocket last weekend in Virginia. I'm not usually much of a t-shirt girl, but I'd been wanting one of these for awhile. I love how cute it is and had honestly forgotten how comfy t-shirts can be!

I've also definitely been overdoing the maxi skirts/crop top combo trend lately.  Maybe its the thought of childbearing approaching, but this summer I've felt compelled to wear crop tops every chance I have, while I still can.

 Fedora and pink aviators - overdoing it and simultaneously loving it.

I bought this fabulous little crop top in March and still haven't had a chance to wear it, but maybe something where this is appropriate will come up soon. In my boring, lawyer life though, I seriously doubt it.

 I just bought this pink and brown chevron wrap and I'm obsessed.

I've been meaning to upload this for awhile, but kept forgetting, but my friend Sarah's mom sewed this monogrammed chevron apron for me, from scratch! How adorable is it?! I think she could seriously start a business making these.

And what would a white girl's blog post on fashion be without a group duck face pic? This pic was taken at my best friend's glow in the dark bowling birthday party last weekend. Between the bar, the lighting and the music, it felt more like a bowling alley than a club. It was a really cool experience!

Last but not least, here are a few updated closet pics.

Now, on to the good stuff: the food.

I made these meatless, low-ish carb tacos the other night and LOVED them. Instead of hamburger, I used Morningstar Farms soy meat and instead of tortillas I used iceberg lettuce. I made long wild grain rice for a side and put avocado, corn, tomatoes, red onions, black beans and mozzarella on top. Major noms, if I do say so myself.

I also made a chopped salad, which took every bit of 2 hours to chop everything (which is exactly why I don't cook), but it was almost worth it, it was so good. It included: iceberg, cilantro, avocado, mozzarella, cheddar, red onions, white corn, yellow corn, red peppers, yellow peppers, orange peppers, croutons, tomatoes, black beans and southwest ranch dressing.

 Thanks for reading barbies! xox

Christmas Home Tour!

Hello barbies and welcome to the BDH's 2013 Christmas Home Tour! It's our first Christmas in our first home - what could be more exciting than that?! We'll also include some (good and very bad) outtakes from our Christmas card photo session and will feature some yummy Christmas food photos!

 

Our house contains 26 Christmas trees total, each of which was highlighted and revealed in the BDH's Christmas Tree Reveal Mini Series posts here:

Tree Reveal #1

Tree Reveal #2

 Tree Reveal #3

 Tree Reveal #4 

 Tree Reveal #5

The tour starts outside our front doors, where we have large deco mesh wreaths that I made, red and white lights that hubby custom engineered last year and hung himself and white lights in several of our permanent and seasonal trees.

 

In our foyer is our largest tree, a 14 ft artificial tree with all solid red ornaments, nestled into our spiral staircase. The gifts underneath are wrapped in red and white houndstooth wrapping paper. I made the two red, burlap and pine cone swags for the ends of the banister yesterday in about 20 minutes with some spare ribbon and garland I had upstairs. We didn't want to clutter the foyer with garland right behind the huge tree, so the swags are just enough.

 

 

 To the right of our foyer is our pink striped formal living room and also our library:

Then we cross the foyer again and head into our formal dining room, which has glittery white and burlap accents and 3 Christmas trees. A full post about the dining room's Christmas decor can be found here.

Then we head into the kitchen, which I decided to do in traditional green and read. I put garland and glittery red and green ornaments into our chandelier and used red and green decor throughout the room.

 Off of our kitchen, our back staircase features a mesh and ribbon garland I made for the space.

Then we drop into our connected sunroom, which we recently converted into a living space from a dining space. This room has two trees, one gold brown and leopard print and one with a rustic mountain theme.

 

Then we head into our living room, which features a 4 ft tall Nutcracker, our 11 ft main Christmas tree that has red and gold ornaments, a 7 ft red white and peppermint tree, our 7 ft dessert themed tree and of course our stockings and a custom mantle swag I made a couple years ago!

 

If we head up the spiral staircase, we have several more trees and Christmas decorations on the second floor, all of which have been revealed in the mini series reveal posts that I linked to above. Follow those links to check out in depth photos and posts of the trees upstairs!

 

On our upstairs hallway, we have 3 identical 6 ft trees with all gold reindeer ornaments and gold balls.

And here are a few outtakes from our Christmas card photo session - some fab and some awful. You win some and you lose some, right? :)

Here are just a couple more of our favorite Christmas decorations:

 

  

 We also recently had a small Christmas party for our close family members and neighbors! Here are some of the photos from the Christmas goodies hubby and I made for our guests, including peppermint cupcakes, a teenie weenie wreath, kale salad and other yummy goodies!

 The best photos from this post were all taken by my Aunt, Lisa Warren, who is a professional photographer! She's amazing! If you would like more information about her business, please private message me or comment on this post and I can connect you to her.

Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas barbies!