Black-eyed-peas for New Year’s Good Luck! Black eyed peas for New Years Day… if you’re from the South, you KNOW this is a thing! If you’re not… you’ll want to adopt this southern tradition! Yup… eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day and you’ll be sure to have good luck all year long! This New Years Day recipe just happens to be my favorite shrimp recipe EVER! I made it once a few years ago and then forgot about {Read More}
Archives for June 2015
Sunday Features Link Party {29} Is Live!
June 13, 2015 By
Welcome to the 29th week of Sunday Features! We are SO GRATEFUL for everyone that has been linking with us so far and that you keep coming back week after week. A highlight of our week is seeing all your creativity linked up here! Keep on sharing and spreading Sunday Features love. 🙂 On to the features for this week… ideas for Independence Day! First up is Red, White and Blue “Sangria” for kids from Growing Up Gabel. Yum! And we love this cute Patriotic Paper Craft {Read More}
The Bucket List
June 12, 2015 By
Tom and I recently learned that our beloved, 11-year-old Cairn Terrier, Pumbaa, has cancer. It’s really not treatable because it’s in his nasal passage and has already spread into the bone. We are simply devastated. Pumbaa is the perky, cheerful, adventurous peacekeeper of the Tabler family. He’s also fearless and would go after a dog three or four times his size to “protect” us. He is ever patient with his brother, Rowdie, and all his silly antics. He has even allowed {Read More}
Watermelon Mango Pico de Gallo
June 10, 2015 By
Watermelon Mango Pico de Gallo is the perfect blend refreshing, spicy, sweetness on a hot summer day! I bought a couple of personal, seedless watermelons over the weekend and, by yesterday, hadn’t cut into them yet. I wanted to do something a bit different than usual and settled upon apico degallo for one of them (another yummy watermelon recipe is coming soon!) Watermelon, mango, jalapeño, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, and salt. Doesn’t it sound simply mouth-watering? It’s so flavorful {Read More}
How to Host a Seafood Boil
June 8, 2015 By
This past weekend we hosted our second summer seafood boil and invited a new set of California friends to take in this southern tradition! (You can read about last year’s boil here). Seafood boils are one of my favorite parties to host, and we do it at least once a year. You’ll need one of these: And some freezer paper. What’s not to love about a seafood boil? The food is delicious, the cleanup easy, and the fixin’s few! Grap your printable {Read More}
Sunday Features Link Party {28} Is Live!
June 6, 2015 By
Hi, bloggy friends! Hope you’ve had an excellent weekend! We’ve enjoyed looking at all your inspiring and creative ideas during this past week. Now it’s time to link up, sit back and peruse your fabulous creations for this new week. But first, let’s look at last week’s features! This Smothered Chicken recipe from A Life From Scratch looks seriously yummy. Can’t wait to try it! And how darling is this DIY Headboard from Marty’s Musings? I love this colorful Cupcake {Read More}
