valentine’s day

Valentine’s Day Date: Romantic Nature Hike
I’m sharing my Valentine’s Day Date: Romantic Nature Hike featuring BROOKSIDE Crunchy Clusters, wine and cheese board as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars #DISCOVERBROOKSIDE I have to admit that I have never been the typical red roses, movie, dinner on V-day type gal. Don’t get me wrong, I

shot through the heart {Valentine’s Day cocktail}
This skinny Valentine’s Day cocktail, the Shot Through The Heart, is part of a sponsored post for SocialStars #SweetNLowStars This past Friday my family began the move to our new home. It’s exciting, it’s exhausting. One of my favorite features of this house is the three citrus trees that sit

Light Raspberry Melting Moments {party cookie}
A friend of mine who grew up in Australia shared a Melting Moments recipe with me a few years back. Melting Moments are very popular in Australia and for her, very nostalgic. She shared the recipe around Christmastime and every since I’ve made them for the holidays, but they are

Valentine’s Day Heart Warmers {HarperCollins}
Every Valentine’s Day, my kiddos wake up to a basket of love. A little bit of chocolate, lots of hearts items, clothes and definitely BOOKS! Help your child learn to love books. The adventures they can take and knowledge they will absorb. They will be hungry for more! HarperCollins has

Valentine’s Day organic baby apparel {Burt’s Bees Baby}
It seems the majority of the holiday apparel for babies leans toward the cheesy characters and synthetic materials. Forget that! Burt’s Bees Baby released an adorable line of organic baby and toddler apparel for the holiday, sent for review. A great way to get around buying an entire “Valentine’s Day”

Valentine’s Day and beyond candles {Archipelago}
The month of February, I like to keep my house feeling a little extra lovey. I break my vows of never buying or receiving red roses, I place a heart here and there, and I light a lot of red candles. When I want to set the mood, I look

Chocolate Pomegranate Truffles {Valentine’s Day}
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Smart Balance. An easy way to cut calories this upcoming Valentine’s Day, the queen of sweet treat holidays, is to sub out your butter for a better choice, like Smart Balance. I’m switching my butter out in one of

natural fragrance for your Valentine {Lucy Miller Pure}
Helloooo Valentine’s Day! It’s that time of year where our significant others finally get to execute their elaborate plan of expressing their undying love for us (HA HA HA) or running out last minute for a bouquet of flowers from the gas station (just kidding, that never happens). But if

decadent bath bomb treats {Feeling Smitten}
Never has a bath product made me crave a tiny cake, until now. Feeling Smitten’s collection of cupcake bath bombs are the tastiest treats to hit the beauty market. You won’t even regret dissolving the beauties as they lend mega moisture to your winter-worn skin. A Valentine’s Day collection is

Safe Haven {Valentine’s Day movie} + Giveaway
The best romantic films are often released on Valentine’s Day and this year it is Safe Haven, a film by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks. You may remember him from a little known film called The Notebook — a rarity in the romantic genre as it is a cult classic and mainstream