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This season I'll be bringing all of the beaded bracelets and chunky necklaces to more events than ever before! Check this list and make your plans!  More info below. 

These Pumpkin Whoopie Pies are easy and delicious and my family always requests them in the fall. Fun fact: my daughter loves them so much that she even requested them for her June birthday one year!  Personally, I’ve never met a cream cheese frosting I didn’t want to marry and this is one of my favorite ways to use it. The recipe comes from Martha Stewart via Baked bakery and you can find the full recipe here. I didn’t change the recipe at all — though I would like to mention that Martha’s recipe says it makes 12 whoopie pies and unless they’re the size of your head, that is waaaay off. Last year, I made them silver-dollar bite-size and the...

One of the questions I get asked the most is how to measure your wrist for a bracelet. While earrings and necklaces are pretty much one-size-fits-all, bracelets do come in different sizes and the problem is that most people don't know their wrist size. So I decided to make a video to take all the guesswork out of it! In this short clip you'll see two different methods for measuring your wrist — with or without a measuring tape — plus how you should use the measurement to choose the correct size bracelet. Watch the video and then read on for more bracelet fit tips! Hope that helped! Now that you know how to measure your wrist, you still need to figure out...

Truth be told, I started using gemstones in my jewelry simply because they're pretty. I mean — have you seen the marble-like green tones in a piece of malachite? Or the shimmer of a faceted pyrite bead? Swoon! But the more I've learned about gemstones and all their energy-lifting properties, I've totally drank the woo-woo kool-aid and I love the idea of choosing stones that mean something or promise healing results. (And when I say "promise", I actually mean "I HOPE they make you feel good!") Let's take a closer look at some of the stones I use and the super powers they are said to possess.