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July 1, 2016

I LOVE LISTS

I love lists // shutterbean

  1. I love my friend Andrea’s Summer Manifesto
  2. Products for my husband.
  3. These made me LOL
  4. I can’t believe there is a need for a scarf like this.
  5. Me + Cooper
  6. COOL FONTS
  7. The side effects from having too much light at night 🙁
  8. An independence day playlist
  9. This collection of books intrigues me.
  10. Bobcat + cactus
  11. A slice of this bread with apricot jam, please.
  12. Also, these hot dogs look bonkers.
  13. Creativity is like breathing.
  14. Laundry closet inspiration– we’re working on ours this summer.
  15. A cute little ring stack. Why am I into gold all of a sudden??!
  16. Probably why the past 17 years with Casey has flown by. 
  17. This is incredible and I don’t want it to end.
  18. Oh geez. Look at all of these drinking faces.
  19. Wow. Tahoe is getting fancy.
  20. This makes me want to clean up my desk area.
  21. I love side-by-side comparison shots like this.

Things you can make for 4th of July:

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around the home, Inspiration
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June 30, 2016

Kids in the Kitchen

Helpful ideas on getting Kids in the Kitchen on Shutterbean.com. Get them curious & engaged!

It’s SUMMER and that means Cooper is home with me in between camps so I’m putting him to work work work work around the house!

Here’s a little back story:

I’ve been wanting to get Cooper working in the kitchen with me for a looooooong time but he gets bored after a bit and then cuts out. I even tried super hard to tackle my OCD brain that wants him to GET HIS HANDS OUT OF THE FLOUR AND STOP SPREADING IT ALL OVER THE TABLE tendencies. Then one day we watched an episode of Chopped Junior on TV and SHAZAM. He’s interested in cooking!  All it took was watching older kids compete in a kitchen for my son to gain respect for my kitchen prowess.

But, wait! There’s more.

The other day Cooper came up to me and asked for a snack. I replied with a, “I believe you’re old enough to make yourself a snack,” and he did just that.  Fifteen minutes later, I walked into the kitchen to find Cooper cutting up a turkey sandwich he had made (grilled bread! with mustard!). I had to mask my excitement (!!!!!!!) or else he would know how important that moment was to me and then he’d never do it again. Power trips start young, you know?

Let’s talk about some of my Tips to getting Kids in the Kitchen:

Helpful ideas to get Kids in the Kitchen on Shutterbean.com. Get them curious & engaged!

FIRST FIRST FIRST.

Start with clean hands (this is a MUST) and clean hands along the way

Food safety is important. Kids hands are notoriously NOT CLEAN, so whenever we get started in the kitchen, we wash our hands first. Nails are checked. We’re good to go.  We also wash our hands when we’re handling meat or anything sticky! One day this will become muscle memory, but for now I constantly remind Cooper that we start with clean hands.

Helpful ideas to get Kids in the Kitchen on Shutterbean.com. Get them curious & engaged!

Give them the TOOLS- LITERALLY.

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Inspiration, Outfitting
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June 27, 2016

Summer Capsule Wardrobe 2016

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Ok. New season. New outfit choices. Thank the LAWWWWWD because I got really bored with my clothes and couldn’t wait to switch things up.

Let’s talk about my Spring Capsule Wardrobe. We had a love/hate relationship. I liked the ideas of some of the outfits but the weather was all over the place and part of me wasn’t ready to wear the skirts I selected.   I ended up wearing the same thing (jeans + tee)  a lot instead of working with the variety of pieces I chose.

Honestly, I really didn’t have a hold of my calendar and the last few months of the school year were hectic so I was just like mehhhhhhh whatever fits and whatever is clean WAS my fashion statement. I’m ready to start a new season with a new outlook.

These are some of the looks I pulled for this Summer to inspire my summer wardrobe.

I started a Summer Capsule Wardrobe Pinterest Board here.

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My Summer fashion goals? COMFORT 100%.   I want easy breezy outfits with soft/lightweight material. No pants…but an occasional boyfriend jean situation if I need to run to the store or am working on a project. Nothing that clings and NO BODY CON stuff.  I can’t believe I just typed the words body con. Now that I think of it,  summer might be one of my favorite seasons to dress for because I can easily go back to the Modern Hippie vibe I love so much because it’s allllll about long skirts/dresses with statement piece necklaces. Simple/carefree/modern/hippie with comfort and ease.

Here’s some Modern Hippie Inspiration for you if you wanna know what I’m talking about.

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my everyday life, Photography
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June 26, 2016

My Everyday Life: Week 25

Here’s what My Everyday Life Week 25 looked like:

WE HAVE TWO CATS NOW!!!

Ella and Rosie!

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This is Rosie.

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This is Ella.

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Rosie.

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Trees that look like lollipops.

My Everyday Life Week 25 on Shutterbean.com

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recipes
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June 24, 2016

Chocolate Peanut Butter Popsicles

Chocolate Peanut Butter Popsicles made with chunks of peanut butter cookie, peanut butter cups and a drizzle of peanut butter in each popsicle! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

It’s #popsicleweek ! More like popsicle weekend…cuz I’m late!!  My submission? These Chocolate Peanut Butter Popsicles.  Not sure if they’re super photogenic but DANG they’re good.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Popsicles made with chunks of peanut butter cookie, peanut butter cups and a drizzle of peanut butter in each popsicle! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com Chocolate Peanut Butter Popsicles made with chunks of peanut butter cookie, peanut butter cups and a drizzle of peanut butter in each popsicle! Find the recipe on Shutterbean.com

Not only do they have pieces of peanut butter cups in them, but there’s also a swirl of creamy peanut butter, AND peanut butter cookies up in.  Have you ever had frozen cookies?

They’re the best. I always stash a few in our freezer for safe keeping. Here’s a little side note-  I saw a parent hack the other day where someone had put all of their candy stash in a frozen vegetable bag in the freezer because their kids would NEVER think to look in there. Genius, right?!  I am going to have to put a few of these in a bag of frozen corn we have. Actually…can someone just figure out how to hide them from me so I don’t eat them all? Please/thank you.

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June 24, 2016

I love lists

I LOVE LISTS // shutterbean

Welcome to I LOVE LISTS FRIDAY! Let’s surf the internet together:

  1. The Intentional Summer
  2. These croutons sound AMAZING
  3. I am so impressed by this project/design/website. I want this VAN!
  4. The State of the Domestic Goddess. (I miss Nigella)
  5. Getting comfortable with saying NO.
  6. On keeping the illusion of Disney alive.
  7. I want to make coconut bacon.
  8. Packing for one week away.
  9. How could you not notice all the innuendos in kid’s shows? I’m on high alert!
  10. I freaking love camping hacks even though I don’t go camping.
  11. The cutest flag project. I want this on my wall!
  12. Summer Goal: Host Outdoor Movie Night
  13. To eat: Blueberry Slab Pie + Funnel Cake
  14. Stalking this website...curious about professional organizers! These ones are local.
  15. I love Aaron Sorkin- THIS LOOKS RAD!
  16. My spirit vegetable is a Chioggia Beet
  17. One person’s obsession with healthy living blogs.
  18. For bloggers wanting to know how much to charge, here’s a formula.
  19. Starting to take yoga classes online. My maj introduced me to this site.
  20. 2016 is the year of the Mac N’ Cheetos. AHHHH.

Things that caught my eye:

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June 23, 2016

Currently: June 2016

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Currently I am:

Wondering if you’d like to see my stream of consciousness in list form. HERE IT IS.

Tired from travel…getting back in the routine SLOWLY but surely.

Happy that I don’t have to wake up at 6:30AM until end of August.

Taking my time in the mornings. Not eating breakfast right away (it’s hard).

Fostering the love between two cats. THAT’S RIGHT WE HAVE TWO NOW.

Contemplating switching fonts on my blog. I don’t think this one suits me.

Dreaming about a legit vacation with my family involving a lake or beach.

Fantasizing about cherry pie filling…and ice cream.

Wondering if I’ll ever see a game at Fenway Park.

Trying to eat less carbs. The struggle is real. #ihadpizzalastnight

Finishing unpacking from my Aspen trip. I usually unpack the day of. #tired

Working my way out of a creative rut. Trying new mediums.

Figuring out how I can plan a monthly ladies craft night at my house.

Needing to wash the outside of my car SO BAD.

Drowning in paper piles. WHY DO I HAVE SO MANY?!!!

Getting more photo gigs and am excited about that.

Trying to finish working on my Summer Capsule Wardrobe….thinking about how nudists don’t make capsule wardrobes.

Enjoying my time on snapchat (name: tshutterbean). You get to see my weirdo brain there- also CATS.

Looking for a lighter robe situation for the summer/missing my winter robe.

Not feeling like cooking. Well…maybe I feel like grilling. Just grilling.

Working on a book proposal… second guessing myself.

Downloading software and apps to help the process but getting sucked in by new software.

Trying to stay on top of deleting photos off my phone I don’t need. Kinda failing.

Figuring out new ways to procrastinate….that don’t cost money.

Rearranging things on our deck to make a good hangout place.

Obsessively pinning things to these two boards: New Old House + Out Doors

Bleaching & dyeing all of the things.

Starting the new season of Orange is the New Black.

Researching: comfortable sandals, essential oils for bug bites, linen sheets, eye cream

Wondering why my husband and child have SO MANY BASEBALL HATS.

Measuring things out for a project. Wondering how I will shoot such a small space.

Dealing with a cat who pees all over the place. My past cats never did that.

Healing the gut of a cat who has IBS– also new to me.

Pondering the state of our country…WHY ARE WE HERE?!

Wondering what you’d like to see here and how I can be useful to you.

Remembering that my birthday is soon. AHHH.

Remembering that my child’s birthday is relatively soon and how it always sneaks up on me right after we start the new school year.

Trying not to eat all the popsicles I made for you this week for #popsicleweek.

Wondering when I will have time to write that post up. Look out, Saturday.

Again, trying not to eat carbs and realizing the popsicles have peanut butter cookies in them.

Writing out some classes I’d like to teach.

Excited for my brother & sister-in-law to visit this weekend.

Thinking about making an ice cream cake.

In awe that July is coming up.

-June 2016

Feel free to type up your currently stream of consciousness in the comments.

It feels good…like a nice brain massage for people who love lists.

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