This summer I plan on upgrading my phone. I'm also ditching my plain black case. Time for something a bit more colorful. Turns out there are quite a few I like...good thing I have plenty of time to narrow it down to a favorite. All these cases are featured on Society6's shop. You can also get most of their art pieces as stretched canvases, skins for your devices, or prints :) If by some chance you are thinking of getting an iphone case in the near

Well the 30 day challenge ended last week and I passed with flying colors. Here is what I learned from that challenge: 1. It did encourage me to update the look of my blog, which I'm much happier with. Although, I see more changes coming in its appearance. 2. It is much easier to complete the 30 day blogging challenge with a smart phone. On days when I forgot to blog, I was able to type one up on the go. 3. I can do something for 30 days straight

A few years back on my blog I posted my Grandpa Mudroch's kolache recipe. Well, after the holidays and having a blast baking them together, I have the new and improved recipe. Full of the secrets that only Grandpa knows :) And now you can know the secret to making perfect kolache as well. Grandpa Mudroch's Kolache Recipe "wouldnt be christmas without these. trick is to eat while warm, but not so hot that the filling burns your mouth." 1 cup softened

I was just chatting with my friend about roommates and reminiscing about all the ridiculous roommates I had thru college. I am convinced the house I lived in had a beacon that sent signals out to crazy people to move in. Craptastic chef: I had an HR major who turned out to be a horrible cook most of the time. Meals of canned beets and cheese were usual as well as a complete inability to create any box dinner. It's like the directions were in some

As of episode one, seems like another excellent hbo sh

My house is becoming nice and clean. The grill is up and running for the first time this season. And I'm ending the day with Top Gear. Great spring saturday

I'll admit it, I love to have my phone with me. And although I do enjoy my giant red purse...sometimes, I just want to have the option of a clutch. Presently I have a teal clutch from Pier 1...no space for a phone. So I headed over to Etsy to start a search for some fabulous clutches. And instead of finding one I like...I found four. So without further ado, etsy love: iphone clutch style. Rosebud Pleats Clutch by Lolos Athena Clutch by lucends Mindy

I follow a lot of blogs. If you scroll thru my list you'll run across everything from design blogs to recipe sites, pretty things, hilarious ones, etc. Today I was playing on Bijou and Boheme and I had to show you the jewelry they are showcasing. (P.S. if you heart it, head over to her blog, she is doing a giveaway) As it is the last full week of the 30 day challenge, you're getting a double dose of etsy love :) friedasophie, i'm in love with your

Before I talk about food in Irving, lets talk road trip snacks. I don't know about you, but a road trip just isn't a road trip until I'm munching on Pull 'n Peel Twizzlers Cherry flavor. I don't think I've done a car trip since I was like five without twizzlers. Yummy places to stop in Irving: •  La Madeliene i've got to find a recipe for their cold tomato basil pasta "salade" •  NYLO- The Loft Restaurant & Bar sit by the

7 days to go in the blogging challenge. Today I'm thankful for clariton and comfy okstate shorts. I'll be back tomorrow with a more thrilling post about places I ate in Irvi

Last weekend Nick & I visited Las Colinas, which is just a fancier way of saying...I went to Irving, TX. I have to admit, I picked the NYLO hotel because it looked cool and according to the map was 15 miles away from Six Flags and 12 away from Dallas World Aquarium. Little did I know what a charming, upscale town I'd plopped us in. If you are ever going to visit the Dallas area I'd highly suggest the NYLO hotel, it's right off the highway, and

I just got home from a weekend trip to the las colinas section of Texas. Great trip I'll put up some pics in the next few days

Feeling your iWhatever could use a better wallpaper? Tired of all the super lame ones online? Take a look at Poolga. I like to think of poolga as wallpapers by creative people for creative people. Now I understand not everyone has apple products...but either way the art on this site is a fabulous collection of illustrations. Constantly being updated with new illustrations, you can search by the device you use so only illustrations that

Happy Friday! We've come to that time of the week again, etsy love :) By now you get the drill, so without further ado, this weeks etsy love is Restyleshop by handz. Based out of the Czech Republic, he creates bold colored illustrations that have a great since of humor.  Star Wars The Empire Strikes back, Scandinavian style Have a great weeke

National Geographic should win a prize for their new twitter accounts. You may remember last week on April Fools when I posted that I had found a yeti. I posted the same pic on twitter saying: I have found a yeti, just took some cotton candy to lure him out http://yfrog.com/h42d9aqj About an hour later the Abominable Snowman replied! Think you've found me? Prove it! http://on.natgeo.com/ifk0Wz The link goes to NatGeo's Expedition Week (a series

Today I'm off to the salon to update my "wild orchid" hair color. love the name of the dye, it is about the same vibrant pinkish purple that my jitterbug lip stain is from Josie Maran :) I love salon days! Catch up with my stylist and leave lookin' sweet. Hope you are having a great day. The weather is so fabulous I can't wait to go play outside, a few hours to

taste the rainbow by Scarleth White today i got into my candy dish full of easter themed funsize skittles, opened a bag and no green skittles were to be found! how dare they. vengeance was mine when i opened another one to rectify the problem

1.  Raindrops applique shirt  2.  Comfy sandals 3.  Herringbone Roll-Up Shorts 4.  pair of polarized smiths sunglasses 5.  sun bum sunscreen 6.  great color of nail polish, mad as a hatter (retired OPI color) 7.  if you like pina colada... 8.  del sol ring or 2...just for the color changing fun of it

Ending the weekend with chopped all stars...can't wait to see who wins

I can't tell you how many times I play on packaging websites like thedieline.com and find myself wishing I could buy a product because of its awesome packaging...and am instead stuck with an ugly version. Either thru large cooperations not being brave enough to try a new packaging design or so many people screwing with a design that the initial concept is lost. (see a great comic of how designs go wrong at the oatmeal). Not so with Sun

I don't normally do too much on April Fools Day. If I do, I prefer the harmless entertaining types of pranks. Last year, one of my coworkers was gone the day before 4/1...making it just too easy. I took all his family photos out of their frames, scanned them, and gave them little tweaks. I Hasselhoffed a hiking pic, blackened out a few teeth in another, and put the spooky owl from The Fourth Kind in the background of a wedding pic. Hilarious. If