I first came across Maitelates (my-tay-lah-tes) at Comet Coffee (in the Ann Arbor Arcade) with a friend who had spent some time in Chile. She had a huge smile when she saw the chocolate dipped alfajors. She said she’s never seen them available in the USA.
I had never tasted anything like these treats. The caramel-filled [...]
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Chilean Chocolate Treats in A2
Posted in Ann Arbor, Cooking, Finds, Gifts on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sticker Ideas from My Mom Shops
Posted in Finds, Gifts, Holiday, tagged christmas presents, holiday presents, my mom shops, presents, stickers on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I remember carefully counting out the change from my allowance in order to buy stickers. I *loved* collecting stickers. There were the smelly ones, the funny ones, the pretty ones, the doubles you could sock away for later… inexpensive and personal, they were easily for a kid to collect.
My Mom Shops reminds us not only [...]
Now onto the December holidays…
Posted in Gifts, Holiday, tagged shasta grant, the lovely nest, sew, sewing, holiday gifts, christmas presents on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Halloween and Thanksgiving have passed. Now it is onto Christmas, Hanukah and New Year’s Eve. Every year, I find it hard to imagine that time truly moves this quickly.
There are presents to buy, trips to schedule and meals to plan. Oy! It can make the cheeriest person feel like the Grinch.
That said, with a little [...]
Bridesmaid Presents
Posted in Gifts, tagged bride, gift, Maid of Honor, bridesmaid presents, New Jersey, green wedding, green theme, presents, weddingb, wonderful women, new york city, nyc, nyc wedding, nj weddnig, nyc gifts on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love New York City and so I love the Fishs Eddy designs with the skyline: 212 New York Skyline.
Since we were getting married close to New York City (I know, I know, New Jersey isn’t New York. It’s close, though. Maybe it is another borough?), I decided to buy the Wonderful Women a present [...]
Groomsmen Presents
Posted in Gifts, tagged cds, diy gift, groompower, groomsmen present, mixed tape, thank you present on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It can be difficult to come up with a personal gift to share with the groomsmen as a “thank you” for participating in the wedding.
My groom made a personalized CD for each of the groomsmen (think ‘80s mixed tape but more technologically advanced.) Not only did he choose music appropriate to each groomsmen, but he [...]
Welcoming Guests with a Hotel Welcome Bag
Posted in Gifts, tagged botanical paperworks, chinese puzzles, hotel bags, hotel block, hotel welcome bags, limoncello, made in museum cubes, marionberry, melabee m miller, melabee miller, plant-able confetti, plantable confetti, wedding bags, wedding favors, wedding hotels, welcome bags on October 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve always enjoyed a personalized welcome bag when I’ve gone to weddings out of state. When we made ours, we chose items that represent us and the wedding.
We shared plant-able confetti, limoncello from Italy (where I lived for four years), marionberry jam (from the groom’s home state of Oregon), an art cube with photographs by my mother, [...]
Countdown: (3) Back to the East Coast & Welcome Bags
Posted in Gifts, Hotels / Guests on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We fly to New Jersey today for the wedding. Wow. It is hard to wrap my mind around the fact that it is so close. The excitement is really building. Most of the major things are taken care of and we can start to relax.
This afternoon we are going to drop off the welcome bags [...]
Countdown: (17) Memories…
Posted in Countdown, Gifts, Shower, Traditions, tagged bride, bridesmaids, Shower, Shower Gifts, wedding on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hands down, my favorite gift at the shower last weekend was a book that the Chief Wonderful Woman, the Wonderful Women as a group, the Mother of the Bride and my fiancé all contributed to. The Chief asked everyone to send her pictures and she put them together in a square, red book (by Shutterfly.)
The [...]
Countdown: (18) Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice
Posted in Cooking, Countdown, Gifts, Traditions, Wedding Cake, tagged bride, bridesmaid presents, cake tasting, chocolate favors, chocolate making, chocolate wedding favors, dj, hotel welcome bags, making chocolate, Michigan, mother of the bride, New Jersey, wedding, wedding cake tasting, wedding favors, welcome bags on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was a sweet, sweet day. It started off with cake tasting at our venue and ended with chocolate making.
The Mother of the Bride and I were each given a plate with four different generous slices of cake. The venue made four cakes total and we took home the rest of the four cakes. I [...]
Intimate Surprises
Posted in Gifts, tagged gift, Gifts, intimate surprise, intimate surprises, jennifer intimate surprise, love, love surprise, relationships, smith college, wedding present on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I read about Intimate Surprises in the Smith College alum magazine. Surprise presents… what a great idea! We all know how life (you know, laundry and the like) can get in the way of the more important things. The things that took priority in the beginning of a relationship and perhaps get forgotten from [...]
