What I Wore Wednesday

I'm linking up with Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy for

 Keeping a record of my outfits really helps me to wear

more outfits and not just the same stuff day after day.

It is really starting to feel like Spring  Summer in Utah:

1.COLORFUL

Yellow cardi - Limited

Hot pink blouse - Old Navy

Printed skirt - Nordstrom Rack

purple tights - Macys

Black, ruffley flats - Wal-Mart

earrings & locket - vintage via my mom

 2. It's Friday!!

 Top - Willi Smith

Belt - Liz Claiborne

Relaxed Skinny Jeans - Target

Hot pink flats - K-Mart

Glasses - Chelsea Morgan
*A good haircut makes everything look better :)

 3.Errands
Top - GAP
Scarf - Old Navy
Jeans - Taret
Earrings - Polka-Dotty Place
Sandals - Saltwater

4. POP!!
Turquoise Top - Banana Republic
Fuscia belt - Macys
Floral skirt - Thrifted
Flower necklace - gifted
Fuscia flats - K-Mart

 5. Melony Inspired Floral
Top - Lerner
Flower - Polka-Dotty Place
Skinny belt - Limited
Skirt - Marshalls
Black wedges - Target
Coral earrings - Charlotte Russe

:) Whitney

SPRING cleaning

Each Spring I feel the need to clean up, clean out and organize things at home.

My 2012 list included the following items.

DONE:

1. Purge my winter clothes that went unworn

2. Purge my shoes and purses

3.Clean out all kitchen cabinets and get rid of unused items

4. Go through all clothing drawers and eliminate unworn items

5. Clean out bathroom cabinets throwing away expired items

6. Wash off patio and clean windows

7. Throw away broken items that are just sitting around

8. Condense storage items to make more room

9. Reorganize etsy accessories and streamline shipping process

10. Clean out fridge - get rid of expired items

11. Wash all rugs in the house

12.  Reorganize all of my baking accessories & party supplies

13. Switch my closet to Spring/Summer clothes

14. Reorganize my gift wrapping supplies

NEED TO DO:

1. Take all of my purged items to DI

2. Have Kevin eliminate unworn clothing items from closet

3. Go through books, magazines, etc and get rid of things

4. Reorganize holiday decorations and condense them

5. Reorganize linen closet

6. Get caught up on laundry

7. Wash all bedding

8. Super dust and vacuum the whole place

9. Wipe down kitchen cabinets

10. Mop floors

11. Brush, bathe & trim nails for my cats

12. Dehair furniture

13. See if we have any unused items to sell on KSL

14. Get rid of coats and winterwear that hasn't been worn.

15. Reorganize kitchen cabinets

16. Super clean bathroom

17. Clean out both of our cars

18. Print out pictures from 2012 - 

My favorite site is Snapfish and I'm waiting for a great coupon

19. Update my scrapbook

20. Work on finalizing summer travel plans

21. Set up DVR

22. Switch the rest of my bills to on-line bill pay

23. Clean my oven & microwave

24. Run a cleaning solution through my dishwasher

Can you think of anything that I'm forgetting??

Mountainy Monday

 We've been having lots of April rain and snow showers!!

Eat Well Everyday

Here are my most recent healthy foods:

1. Healthy Bran Muffins

 2. Sandwich Thins - 100 Calorie - Whole Wheat

You can buy them in Honey Whole Wheat, Whole Wheat & Multi-Grain

We had them with burgers and loved them!

3. Chicken Nachos

easy on the chips, heavy on the veggies

shredded chicken with taco seasoning

4. Salads & Veggies

 5. Lemon Pepper Tilapia

It's getting easier to eat healthy with all of the fresh fruits and veggies in the stores.

Welcome to ETSY!

Polka-Dotty Place (via etsy) is open for business!!

It's been my goal for the last year to get my etsy shop up and running

and I'm thrilled to say that it is done!!

You'll find earrings like these:

 or lovely flower pins like these:

I wear a lot of my own accessory prototypes
to make sure they are top of the line before I start selling similar ones to you.

I specialize in earrings and flower pins.

I use buttons, cabochons, silk flowers and vintage fabric.

I'm sure you'll be able to find something fun to brighten up your outfits.

Go to MY ETSY SHOP and start shopping.

Thanks for shopping!!

Love, Whitney

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

I have loved carrot cake my whole life.

I used to ask my mom to make it all the time.

Everything I learned about baking came from her.

I've been wanting to make this cake all spring

and a carry-in luncheon was the perfect excuse to make it.

My hubby does not like cream cheese frosting (weird, I know!)

so I pass over recipes that require it most of the time.

* I used 1 c oil instead of 1.5 cups

Grate 3 cups worth of carrots.

 Mix ingredients together.

 The recipe was for a layer cake

but I struggle with keeping layer cakes together.

I also had to travel with this dessert 

so cupcakes seemed to be the perfect solution.

Cute liners are a MUST.

 Bake for 16 minutes.

Recipe makes 30 cupcakes.

 Fresh out of the oven.

 Let cool.

 A very lickable beater of cream cheese frosting.

 I opted not to pipe the icing on and love the way it turned out.

I grew up in a house of nut fans and nut haters

so we always had plain and nutty versions of our desserts.

The pecans were an amazing cupcake topper!

 Give these carrot cake cupcakes a try!