Ready or not, friends, the holiday season is quickly approaching! Before I go full out with all the holiday goodness up in here, I thought we’d start by talking about stocking the pantry. Today marks three weeks until Thanksgiving, which is, yes, utterly mind boggling. That said, it’s also the perfect time to start thinking about …
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This post was sponsored by Skinnygirl® Cocktails. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Back in March when I was in New York at the Skinnygirl® Cocktails Influencer Summit along with a bunch of other awesome ladies, we had the opportunity to take a really fun cooking class and enjoy lunch together …
There is no denying that fall is here if the weather this week is any indication. It’s chilly, rainy and honestly a touch miserable. Is it weird that I am kind of enjoying it though? I’ve been wearing pants and big oversized shirts all week and not sweating to death. It’s kind of amazing. With …
This post was sponsored by Alouette. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! I’m not even going to front when it comes to my love for good party snacks. Planning the menu is one of my favorite parts of entertaining! With football season upon us, …
This post was sponsored by Seattle Chocolates. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in my love for chocolate-covered fruit. There is just something so darn delicious about fresh fruit covered in a really good chocolate that makes people …
This post was sponsored by Dr. Oetker Ristorante. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Hosting a casual pizza party is one of my favorite ways to entertain. It helps that we love pizza, or really, that everyone loves pizza. It also helps that it’s one of the easiest ways …
I seriously can’t get enough of all the peaches popping up right now at the farmer’s market and the local grocery stores. I find myself wanting to bring more home just about on the daily. They’re so darn good just to snack on or grilled, roasted, worked into salads, whipped into cocktails, you name it. Today …
I remember my mom making funfetti cake precisely zero times as a kid. Don’t worry. We weren’t cake-deprived. She just made us really yummy cakes from scratch. The fact that she didn’t make anything funfetti doesn’t dampen my fond memories of this rainbow-speckled treat, however. In fact, the nostalgia is strong with this one, friends! …
This post was sponsored by Skinnygirl® Cocktails. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that help make The Sweetest Occasion possible! Every once in a while, I seriously blow my own mind. I know, I know. That’s probably completely uncouth of me to say, but it’s true. These blackberry raspberry sangria popsicles? Mind. Blown. Back when I …
This post was sponsored by Seattle Chocolates. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! I’m glad I have never shied away from admitting to you guys that I have a life-dominating sweet tooth, because I’m about to bring all the sweetness today. A couple of months …
Hello, friends! Now that it’s officially summer, we need to take a moment and talk about the official food of the season. S’mores! As much as we all know I loathe marshmallows, I am a self-declared lover of all things s’mores, which is why I basically can’t get enough of how people constantly reinvent this summer …
This post was sponsored by Coffee-mate. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that so generously allow The Sweetest Occasion to keep on keepin’ on! In addition to the company they’ve owned for going on thirty-five years, my parents owned an ice cream shop with a mini golf course for a handful of years while I was …