My dad's favorite cake and birthday dessert of choice is carrot cake. When dreaming up what type of donuts I wanted to create for the blog I was inspired by him + eager to please one of my favorite two taste testers. I was first thinking of going healthy with it. Carrots are a vegetable after all... I then realized these donuts just aren't the same without that cream cheese frosting. That rich, satisfying flavor of carrot cake didn't come through. So, I went with it! I made a

When I get a compliment from a stranger it's almost always about my hair or my eyes. People ask me where I get my hair done and what I use in my hair constantly! What color do you use? Who cuts it? How does it get so long? I'm going to use this post as a place to send those people for my hair advice and what I do personally! 1) NO COLOR - I have never ever colored my hair. No dye. No highlights. Nada. (And I don't plan on it...) This doesn't mean you're wrong if you do becaus

Intentions Each New Years for the past handful of years I've written down a list of goals. They used to be much more fantastical than they are now, but I loved the way it got me thinking about what I needed, wanted, and dreamed of doing in the next 365 days. This past New Years I realized how helpful it was and that I should go to that thinking space more than just once a year! That's where the list making began. I started by getting a new little notebook. This fed my office

Expectations I'm using this post as a way to talk about life lately in hopes that it will resonate with you in some way too! In the last year my life has changed in major ways. For this stage (Post-Grad) I had all kinds of expectations. I was sure I'd get a job in my field (Journalism) by graduation time because I had gained experience with an incredible internship and was published in multiple magazines at that time. I imagined I'd still be in my long-term relationship, mayb