I'm excited to share something new.... drum roll..... 'My Favorite Things'! In case you were wondering there may be some crisp apple strudels or bright copper kettles from time to time.. Did you get it? The Sound of Music? Any who I will be sharing My Favorite Things each week. 

This week with the holiday I have been ever so patriotic. 

A) I absolutely love these mason jars! You can use these for barbecue's all summer long or as a vase for cut flowers. To replicate this I would paint the striped ones white first and then use tape to cover strips and paint the red on. For the stars I would paint the jar blue and then make a potato stamp (more to come on these!!) and stamp the stars. You can then use some sand paper to make it look distressed.

B) I LOVE this idea. Making stars and stripes on nails can be very difficult and somewhat childish if done wrong but this idea is adult, fun, and super easy. 

C) I really like the idea of having door decorations for all seasons and holidays. This monogram is awesome and if you were feeling crafty you could just paint a letter from the craft store using a similar technique as the mason jars for the stars and attach some burlap ribbon with hot glue to get a similar look. 

D) Another great door decoration and this one only requires inexpensive clothes pins, a wire hanger, hot glue to make sure the pins don't wiggle, and some paint. You could do this with any color scheme. 

Happy Fourth! 

xoxo Moumsy

Yum | Chocolate Walnut Fudge | Step by Step

I couple of months ago I bought sweetened condensed milk from the wholesale store and I have still have a ton left over and I have no idea what to do with it.

I read somewhere a while back you can make fudge by just mixing sweetened condensed milk and chocolate together... I don't remember where or when but I thought I'd give it a try.

I just used what I had in my pantry and today it was some milk chocolate from a Trader Joe's pound plus bar (love those!!) and some Nestle chocolate chips. I used around 12 ounces which is about a normal sized bag of chocolate chips.

I put those to melt in a double boiler. Doesn't it look so yummy?

You melt that down until it is smooth and then add the sweetened condensed milk and mix until it is all combined. 

That's it! You know have a base for your fudge and you can add anything you'd like to it i.e. walnuts, chocolate chips, marshmallows, graham crackers... you name it! I decided to go with walnuts because it is a crime not to add them in this house. I want it to be eaten. 

This next part I did not think through and next time I will do differently because it really effected the final product. I used a pan that was way too big so my fudge is very thin. I used a 9x13 and should have used a 9x9 or 8x8 square. It really doesn't matter but I wanted to make cubes....

Spread the fudge into a pan with either parchment or wax paper and put it into the refrigerator until it sets, most likely 4 or more hours depending on your refrigerator and the temperature that day. 

 Here is the final product which tastes amazing for taking only 2 basic ingredients and 10 minutes.

Ingredients: 

12 oz. chocolate

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1-2 tsp. vanilla 

toppings of your choosing

Steps:

1) Melt chocolate in a double boiler and then combine with sweetened condensed milk until smooth.

2) Add your toppings.

3) Prepare pan with parchment paper or wax paper and spread fudge in an even layer. 

4) Refrigerate until set- approximately 4 hours.

5) Enjoy!

xoxo Moumsy

Look of the Week- NYC Style

Here's to my first Look of the Week post- inspired by my day trip to New York City.

What do you think?

1)Kate Spade Scarf 2) Midi Rings 3) TOM Wedges 4) H&M Dress

xoxo Moumsy

New York City Day Trip- Itinerary Idea

This past weekend I was lucky enough to play chauffeur tour guide to my little cousin on her first trip to NYC. I've been to the city zillions of times and never turn down a reason to go.

But just because you have been somewhere many times doesn't mean you can't get excited or make it a fun and different. With every different person you go- you have a uniquely different experience.

One thing I like doing when I have out of time guests or am planning a trip somewhere is make an itinerary. I usually send it around before hand to get everyone excited. It is so easy to do and you don't have to have times necessarily... it can just be a list of all the spots you will visit.

Here is a snapshot of the one I put together for my day trip to NYC. It is so easy to make I just downloaded some cool free fonts from Pinterest and typed it up in Word. Easy as pie!

I love the mix of fonts and its so easy to do just a few easy steps:

1. Find your favorite font online (I love Pinterest)- download it 
2. Save the TrueType font file to your desktop 
3. Go to Control Panel and open the Font folder
4. Copy/Paste the TrueType font file into the Control Panel folder
5. Enjoy your new font! 

xoxo Moumsy