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Gift Guide for Your Secret Santa Gift Exchange

December 9, 2016

hey all!

16 days till christmas

at my school we have ‘kris kinds’ all week which means that we give small gifts  ($2-5) to a person anonymously, and we receive gifts anonymously. basically its super fun, and on friday we find out who our kris kinds are and get a biggger gift (around $20), and also my friend group is doing a secret santa for about $15-20 ish for gifts.
so today i wanted to share with you on my special friday posts a gift guide for a secret santa gift exchange, here we go!

  1. ‘fantastic cities’ coloring book – $15
  2. ted baker colored pencils -$22
  3. ’tis the season’ mug – $5
  4. ‘jingle juice’ mug -$18
  5. ‘twilight’ bath bomb -$7
  6. ‘bomb’ bath bomb -$8
  7. ‘butterbear’ bath bomb -$5
  8. ban.do ‘girl crush’ agenda -$14
  9. kate spade ‘ spots and stripes’ pen set -$23
  10. two faced ‘chocolate bon bon’ palette -$49
  11. homemade gingerbread cookies  (recipe) – pricele$$
  12. kate spade ‘small square studs’ earrings – $38
  13. kate spade ‘rise & shine’ stud earrings – $38
  14. invisibobble ‘to be or nude to be’ set – $4
  15. kate spade ‘pretty and witty’ candle -$57
  16. diptyque ‘vanilla’ candle – $32

i hope y’all enjoyed and find this useful!
xoxo
kwe monogram(aka kate wins!)

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Fall Recipes to Try

October 18, 2016

hey all!
happy tuesday! i hope y’all have been having a great week so far!
today i wanted to share with y’all some fall-y (maybe more like fall-ish) recipes that i wanted to try. i thought that i would share them with you so you would see what fall recipes i wanted to eat!
lets get started!
#1
 

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doesn’t this look beautiful! (*via)

 
butternut squash coffee cake from the pretend baker
first of all, i love coffee cake, but i am also a huge fan of butternut squash, so this is really the dessert for me! i think that the combination of the sugar and cinnamon would work really well with the butternut squash.
#2
 
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that crispy bacon! YUM (*via)

 
butternut squash carbonara from cooking classy
i love carbonara sauce so much! this dish looks fantastic and seems to be a really cool combination of flavors.
#3:
 
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look at that glaze, just yum man! (via*)

 
quick pumpkin cinnamon rolls from dessert for two
this looks amazing, as i mentioned before, cinnamon and pumpkin is just perfect together. the flavors are just super ‘fall-ish’ you get what i mean!!
#4
 
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that chocolate oozing down…(via*)

 
rolo stuffed pumpkin spice cookies from boys ahoy
these may just be a tad too sweet for me, but rolos are so good! so i feel like this might be REALLY good!
#5
 
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those pumpkin seeds on top are enticing (via*)

 
pumpkin hummus from high heels and grills
so i really like hummus, like REALLY like hummus. i love edamame hummus and i think that pumpkin would truly be an interesting flavor to try with the hummus flavor.
#6
 
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(via*)

 
ravioli with pumpkin alfredo from taste and tell blog 
i love ravioli and think that ravioli is super fall and winter, so the pumpkin sauce would work well with the ravioli!
i hope you enjoyed! please comment if you have tried any of these recipes or are interested in trying any of them!
xoxo
kwe monogram(aka kate wins!)

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How to get into the Holiday Spirit

November 15, 2015

hey guys!

i know its not even thanksgiving yet but man y’all should be getting in the mood starting now with these easy (not christmas decorating wise) fun little things to do.

okay guys here we go!

  1. volunteer at a soup kitchen or give some food to people who are in need:

– by helping people in need by giving to your local soup kitchens you can help to feel even more winter-y! or fall-y!

2.   bake cookies:

– you can start by these cute little turkey sugar cookies or these cute pumpkin pie sugar cookies

3.   make your christmas list:

– you can start a little early, so you don’t forget what you actually want

4.  eat and drink everything pumpkin:

–  PSLs and any pumpkin themed bread or cookie or cupcake

5. start planning your upcoming holiday parties:

– this is seriously my favorite thing, just to start planning all holiday events early

xoxo

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