Pinterest Friday 2/3/12

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Pinterest Friday: 12/16/11

Man I love fashion. It can be so beautiful. Maybe this will sound cheesy, but sometimes I feel like so much can be said in a shoe, in a dress, an outfit, or a purse. Fashion might just be how people dress, but I feel like how people dress shows a lot of who they are. Just somethin to think about...have a great weekend. 9 days to Christmas :)

Pinterest Friday: Nutella No-Bake Cookies

I believe there are two types of people in this world: those who use pinterest and those who don't. And then, you can divide the people who use pinterest into two more groups: those who apply pinterest to their lives and those who use it as a hobby. I think a lot of us fall into the "hobby" category of this, but every once in a while, I try doing something cool and actually do something on one of my boards. Well yesterday, I used this pin to make these delicious cookies.

Mmm! They turned out SO darn good! They look exactly like regular no-bake cookies but they are so much better because of the nutella! It's not like an overpowering flavor of nutella, but it's enough to make you know its there and say, "Wow."

We're having a work Christmas party today so I needed something to bring and share. I wanted to make something incredible, but with finals and everything it just wasn't going to happen. But I luckily found this recipe on my pinterest board and realized I already had all the ingredients! Of course I'm pretty much out of all the ingredients I used for this now...but that doesn't matter, right? At least I have some delicious cookies :)

So here's the recipe I used as follows:

No-Bake Nutella Peanut Butter CookiesYields approximately 2 dozen cookies (recipe can be doubled for a crowd)

3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup peanut or hazelnut butter
3/4 cup Nutella hazelnut spread (or 1 cup chocolate chips)
2 cups rolled oats

In a medium to large saucepan, melt the butter over medium to medium-low heat. Add the sugar, milk, and cocoa powder and mix until combined. Stir in the peanut butter and Nutella until melted, followed by the oats. Continue mixing until all of the ingredients are incorporated. Reduce heat to lowest setting.

Working quickly, use a spring-form ice cream scoop to shape balls of dough and place them on a parchment-lined sheet pan. Refrigerate for thirty minutes until firm. Store in an airtight container.

(Sidenote: I doubled my recipe, didn't use the hazelnut liqueur from the original, and I didn't have to refridgerate mine--they harden pretty fast once you remove them from the heat)

first bite out of the cookie...yummy!

So all I have to say about these is that...you should make them! They probably won't change your life, but I don't think they're really gonna hinder it at either. They'll just make an okay day that much better. I like that they are easy to make and they also use ingredients that most people already have lying around. So what are you sitting around reading this?! Go make some cookies!

P.S. Can I just have a here-here! for the fact that my little kodak easy share took these sweet pictures? Here-here!! (thanks :))

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Funny Pinterest Friday

So when things are funny, I tend to laugh out loud super hard to them. And then when I'm done laughing, I go and tell/show these funny things to my roommate Heidi, who proceeds to laugh and then I laugh again, even harder, because it's so much more fun to laugh with people right? I just love laughing. Who doesn't?! Anyways, these are just some funny pins I found on pinterest this week.

That cookie monster one gets me every.single.time. It is too sad and too true for probably most of us! hahaha...Have a great friday and weekend everyone! I hope you got some laughs from these. :)

Being Happy Now

Welp, it's Friday. Thank goodness! I get to go home for the weekend and go to two receptions, one of which Katri talked about. I also get to see Kung Fu Panda 2 (sorry, the other day I said it was Cars 2, my bad ha) for free before it comes out! Yeah baby! I loooove receptions and free movies. I can't wait to show you the dress I'm wearing today. :)

Anyways, you what really stinks sometimes? Being single. Yeah. I am going to say now that I've never kissed anyone or had a boyfriend. :( And sometimes it's okay, but most of the time, it can be really hard, because here in Provo, it seems like everyone is in a relationship, engaged, married, or breaking up. Ugh! It's so frustrating! I guess I just want it to be my turn. Is there anyone else out there in my same position? All the single ladies? ;) I guess the lesson I'm trying to learn through all of this is how to be happy where I'm at. Because I know that if I'm not happy now being single, then I'm not going to be happy if/when I date someone. I've been learning a lot lately that life could be absolutely wonderful and everything could be going right, but if you aren't happy with yourself, then you're not going to be happy. And that's a fact. So my goal is to be happy right now in my current situation. I'll keep you updated. Until then...happy Friday!

An Outfit A Day...
Cardigan? Abercrombie and Fitch, secondhand
Blouse? Thrifted
Necklace? F21
Jeans? Ross
Shoes? Thrifted

...Keeps the Fashion Police Away
Comfort? 7.5
Original? 6
Did I like it? 7.5
Overall? 7

Funny Stuff

Ok, if you haven't seen this video, it's about time you did. It's quickly becoming the new Antoine Dodson video and it's just HILARIOUS. The lyrics and the singing is awful. Basically it's so bad it's good...bahaha. Watch! I'm showing everyone this, but it's because I think it's so funny.



And then I found this picture afterward and just had to show it to someone because it was sooooooo funny.

Hope that made you laugh. And guess what? Tomorrow's Friday!! And then it's Saturday and Sunday comes afterward...Oh wait, Rebecca Black just taught you that, huh?! Oh well, now all I have to do is decide to sit in the front seat or the back seat when I hang out tomorrow night with my thirteen year old friends that already have licences. Hahaha. Ok, I'm done. Have a good Thursday night!

Fun Feature Friday: Miss Hannie from Tea and Buscuits

Hi everyone! Meet my lovely friend Hannie from Tea and Buscuits. She's 18 and getting ready to go away for college next year. She's absolutely adorable and so super stylish. Oh and did I mention that she's British? Cool, huh? I found her blog just about a week ago and fell in love. She is so funny, very classy, and has the cutest outfits! Once I started reading her blog, I couldn't stop and I just went through the whole thing! I know you will too, which is why I had to feature her. So without further ado...say hi to Miss Hannie!

Kiki: Who is your favorite style icon?

Hannie: Golly, I wouldn't even know where to begin! I love Rachel Bilson's style because I think it's classic and fresh, but also carefree. I also love Diane Kruger's feminine style - she always chooses the best dresses for the red carpet. I also think most off-duty models have impeccable taste!

What got you started in fashion and where do you want to go with it?

Like most girls, I've been interested in fashion since I was about 13 years old, but it's taken me so long to really find my style. Even now I would say that it is constantly evolving! In an ideal world, I would love to take my love of fashion into a career by working as a marketing executive for a designer such as Kate Spade. That would be pretty perfect!

If you could live in a different time period for the fashion, when would it be?

I would have loved to live in the 1920s. I think it would have been so interesting to see the contrast between the traditional dress and the more 'promiscuous' dressing that would have been emerging. Also, there were flappers and who wouldn't want to be a flapper?!

Where do you get some of your inspiration from?

All the usual places, such as magazines and such. But I do get most of my inpspiration from style blogs. My favorites include the Daybook (of course!), Kristine. Or Polly, Musings in Femininity, That Kind of Woman, and Clothed Much.

If you didn't blog, what activity would you do with your time instead?

Gosh I really don't know! I'd probably still be scrap-booking my favorite outfits, and making a record of what I wear - which is basically an offline version of blogging haha!

I hope you enjoyed reading about Hannie and be sure to stop by her blog! You will love it, promise. She's just adorable. And I love her British-ness and fun, carefree personality. Thanks Hannie! :)

Fun Feature Friday: Totally Tessa

Hi friends! Welcome to Fun Feature Friday! This is my first one and every friday I'll feature a fashion blogger that I love or get inspired from. Are you a fashion blogger and want to be featured? Shoot me an email at kikicbrownee[at]gmail[dot]com so I can consider you to be featured!

So everyone get ready and meet today's featured blogger...Totally Tessa! Tessa is a senior in high school who seriously has a killer sense of style, a super cute blog, and a great sense of humor. Her blog is one of my favorites and is actually one of the first fashion blogs I started looking at before I decided to start my own. She has the cutest outfits and I promise, looking at her blog will only want to make you read more and see more outfits! So...meet Tessa!

Kiki: Who is your favorite style icon?

Tessa: hmmmm...Favorite style icon? Man this is hard! I really don't have one, but my idol is Audrey Hepburn. At all times she was classy, poised, and gave great advice! What I love most about her is that she never got caught up in the fame and loved spending time with her boys. Plus she had great style! Also I love looking back on the styles of the 40's and 50's.

What got you started and where do you want to go with it?

Tessa: Well my mom actually! A couple months before I even started my fashion blog, Totally Tessa, she kept mentioning that I should start a fashion blog because it would be a great way to get involved in the fashion industry. I always thought it was a good idea but I didn't really want to because I guess I was too self-conscious to post my outfits on the internet for everyone to see. But then my mom bought my domain, just in case I changed my mind. {haha totally something she would do}. Finally I gave in and started my blog in May of 2010, and I absolutely love it! Mother knows best, I guess. In the future I definitely plan on blogging and I want to do something with fashion marketing. To work for a fashion magazine would be my dream job!

One item (clothing/accessory wise) you can't live without?

Tessa: Well my favorite item right now that I can't live without is my circle scarves! I love them so much, I'm kind of obsessed. I mean who wouldn't be?! They feel like a pillow on your neck and they are so cozy!

Where do you get some of your inspiration from?

Tessa: I get inspiration from all over! It's kind of crazy. But my main source it definitely from other fashion bloggers. They are so creative with the things they put together! Also, I love to get inspiration from more vintage styles. One of my favorite dresses is from the 1950's. So that era is definitely an inspiration to me. Oh! and I have an infatuation with Anthropologie, so sometimes I copy cat them!

Something random that no one in the blogging world really knows about you?

Tessa: Something no one knows about me.... Well I guess that I was in a Fred Meyer ad for winter coats when I was in middle school. haha. It was my 15 minutes of fame, I guess. It was fun and I got to cross modeling off my bucket list! 

Welp, there you have it. Tessa in a nutshell haha. She is such a fun girl and has amazing style! I know I did not have style even close to hers when I was in high school. ;) So go check her blog out..you will love it, promise! Thanks for reading everyone. :)