Birthday Cake

Recently my family got together to celebrate my mom's birthday. We went out for a fantastic seafood lunch at one of my family's favorite spots, El Barco. When I say fantastic, I should say feast....we're talking huge portions! No birthday is complete without birthday cake, so we headed back to the house and indulged in a fabulous organic chocolate birthday cake from Colleen's Pasty Lab. 

My mom's favorite color is red, so I had asked Colleen to incorporate red flowers on the chocolate cake. I loved how the cake came out! The bright red of the flowers was perfectly complemented by a pretty damask cake plate. 

Happy Birthday Mom! 

Maui, part 1.

We went away for a little vacation time, but we're back. Maui was simply, awesome. I've said it before, and I'll say it again....we love to eat. So obviously I need to tell you about some of our favorite spots for food on Maui. 

LOCAL FOOD - LAHAINA

First on the agenda was nabbing some Spam Masubi. My family had been raving about this tiny little place where a woman makes the Masubi to order and it's served all nice and toasty warm. Yum! LOCAL FOOD is located in Lahaina in a nondescript strip mall. You order at the window and take your food to go or pop a squat at one of the two picnic benches. 

LOCAL BOY - LAHAINA & KIHEI

You can't go to Hawaii without getting shaved ice. And, you need to get it Hawaiian style because when else are you going to?? Hawaiian style means starting with ice cream, loading that with Azuki beans, then your ice, then your flavors, and topping it all with Kauai cream. We also liked adding mochi to our shaved ice. I swear it's heavenly. Our favorite is LOCAL BOY SHAVED ICE. There are two locations in Maui: 1 in Kihei and the other in Lahaina. We hit up both. Yep, we liked it THAT much. 

BRADDA HUTTS - HANA

During our trip to Hana we got hungry. Luckily I had read thumbs up reviews on YoungHouseLove for Bradda Hutts, a little bbq place at the end of Hana. Thanks guys! They were so right. This place rocked. We shared one order of chicken and it was perfect. Hands down the best chicken we had the whole trip. And surely the best chicken I've ever had from a blue mini bus. 

eating in the car because it was raining.

this is how much I liked the chicken platter, & I don't even like chicken.

PITA PARADISE - KIHEI

I wish we had discovered Pita Paradise in Kihei earlier in the trip. Our meal there tasted so fresh and light. Plus, we got to sit outside and enjoy the Hawaii air. The owner serves a fresh catch of the day. He either catches it himself or gets it from a friend that has caught it. How rad is that?! We ordered the catch of the day on pita, a pita pizza, and a size of hummus. Not a bad one in the bunch. 

Fresh Packaging.

Here's a peek of new packaging I've been working on! I wanted to create a breath of fresh air, yet keep things feminine and delicate to mirror the feel of my jewelry. 

I hope you guys like it!

scalloped stationary for handwritten notes to customers

jewelry box & jewelry tag

spring break.

My spring break is just around the corner. One more day of work, then the Mr. and I are heading to Hawaii for some R&R. We're planning on eating like locals, snorkeling, and soaking up the sun. I can't wait!

Do you have any fun spring break plans?

Muppets

This past week was hectic, but these muppet themed cupcakes make me smile. I remember watching lots of Sesame Street and Muppet Babies growing up. How about you? Who was your favorite muppet?

cupcakes by KB Cakes

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Guess Who's 2

Not so long ago we met up with some of our good friends to celebrate their daughter, Louise's, 2nd Birthday! We ended up meeting at a local children's museum, and got to run around and play with Louise. She had so much fun splashing around in the water, making giant bubbles with the bubble machine, and climbing up and over lots of toys. It's been such a pleasure watching her grow up these past 2 years.

Happy Birthday Louise!

xoxo Miss Megan

getting ready to splash in the water

walking with mommy

my friend's other gorgeous daughter, Camille

Luminous Field

Last month, for 10 short days, the city of Chicago ran a light/music installation called Luminous Field at the famous Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park. We were able to check it out on its last day & I'm so so glad we did! The colors & textures were beautiful. The music was soothing. And I swear, I couldn't do anything else but smile.