Strawberry & Goat Cheese Quinoa

I love quinoa! I'm always looking for new ways to prepare it and this weekend I thought I would experiment a little. 

Salad:

2 c. cooked quinoa

1/2 c. chopped strawberries

1/3 c. chopped walnuts

1/3 c. goat cheese

Dressing:

1 tbs. balsamic vinegar

1 tbs. honey

2 tsp. olive oil

2 cloves garlic

Salt & pepper to taste

Combine salad ingredients, being careful not to overwork the quinoa. Mix together the dressing ingredients together with a fork and drizzle over salad. Enjoy!

I served it with these scallops, on a bed of pea shoots.

Countdown to summer

{Dress and belt: American Eagle, Jacket: Mavi, Boots: Steve Madden, Watch: Nixon}

I cannot wait for summer! Myself and a few of my coworkers keep joking about how summer is 'just a few weeks away' since the months of February-April are so busy that they tend to fly-by like nobody's business. Here's hoping!

I found these old pictures from last summer of an outfit that I love but never posted. I can't wait until it's warm enough for me to wear a sundress and a light jacket and be ready to rock!

Handmade magnets

I've found myself in desperate need of more magnets for my fridge lately but haven't been able to find any ones that I like in my weekend meanderings. While at Michael's recently I found these adorable bauble sticker embellishments and thought they would make the best fridge magnets! I then had some weird flashback to when I was 12ish and stuck animal stickers onto old real estate agent promotional magnets, cut them out, and viola! 

So, I excitedly grabbed some magnets and rushed home to get to work! Here's how to make your own:

1. Gather supplies {adhesive magnets, stock paper, adhesive embellishments}.

2. Adhere magnets to paper. Ensure to line them up to the pattern you want to highlight on the other side of the page.

3. Cut out magnets carefully.

4. Adhere any embellishments you wish to add and ta-da!

I heart tea

Ever since I saw this idea on A Beautiful Mess I fell in love {appropriate, huh?} with the idea of making my own tags for tea bags. And what better time of year than Valentine's day? Since I may or may not have started this project at 1:00 am in the bout of temporary insomnia, I didn't have any coffee filters to make them up from scratch, but I really just wanted to make the tag portion anyway.

I packaged them up in some wax paper envelopes and adhered them with some washi tape, ensuring that the tags were visible through the front of the envelopes. I will be attaching them to my homemade valentines.

~xoxo~

Homemade Valentine's Day Cards

I love making handmade cards! So of course I took this opportunity to make valentine's for all the lovely people in my life.

- Themed card stock - I used Martha Stewart's mat pad for this season. {I love that they are patterned on both sides so that the interior of the cards are also fun to look at.}

- Washi tape

- Themed felt stickers and/or other embellishments

Fold 'em up, embellish with stickers and tape, and compose your love notes!

{I love this little owl. Or any owl, really.}

What are your Valentine's Day plans?