boy booties!

Just wanted to share some pictures of the super cute baby booties I made for baby noah!

more booties to come!

Garage sales and DIY!

there is nothing that i love better than waking up early on a sunday morning grabbing a mango smoothie and newspaper and heading out garage sailing!

on my last outing I picked up this super cute yellow teapot! I do really love it - although I don't really love tea... but it was yellow!

I also grabbed this amazing wicker picnic basket

it's pretty much prepared with everything.

and as much as I loved it I couldn't help think I would love it more in green!

So I went down to canadian tire and fell in love with a color and set out on my DIY adventure!

ah! isn't it lovely!

doesn't she just beg to be taken out on a picnic!

happy garage sailing! 

ashleigh

Coconut & Lime Cupcakes

Hello all my friends - its been few days! I made these delightfully yummy gluten AND dairy free cupcakes and thought I would share them with you!

the lime and coconut together makes it pretty darn delicous! enjoy!

Coconut & Lime Cupcakes

• 2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free All Purpose Baking Flour
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• ¾ cup organic fructose sugar (or 1 cup organic cane sugar)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp xanthan gum
• ½ tsp salt

• 1 cup sweetened soy milk, room temp
• 3 large eggs, room temp
• ⅓ cup applesauce, room temp
• ⅓ cup virgin coconut oil, melted
• juice and zest of 1 lime

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line muffin tins with paper liners.

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, shredded coconut, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum and salt. Add in soy milk, eggs, applesauce, coconut oil, lime juice and zest. Whisk together well, until batter is smooth.

Pour the mixture evenly between the 12 muffin liners. Bake in the center of a preheated oven, until dome shaped and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. About 20 minutes, depending upon your oven.

Cool the pan briefly, then gently pop out the cupcakes and continue cooling on a wire rack.

 Vegan Lime Butter-Cream Frosting

• ⅓ cup soy butter, room temp
• 2 ¼ cups powdered sugar
• 3 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
• zest of one lime

Place soy butter into a large mixing bowl and beat until it is fluffy (using a hand or stand mixer).
With mixer running slowly, add in 2 cups of powdered sugar, ½ cup at a time, and beat until crumbly. Scraping down the sides of the mixer as often as necessary.

Beat in lime juice and lime zest. Add in remaining powered sugar, beating slowly, until fully incorporated. Use immediately.

hope you enjoy these as much as I did - if you try them out let me know! 

much love ashleigh!

for the love of musicals!

I LOVE musicals - there is just something about someone breaking out into song in mid sentence in a movie that makes me smile and large dance numbers that make me jealous that I happen to have two left feet.

Here are 10 reasons why I love musicals

10 -- the songs really stick in your head - pretty sure that the songs are always the most memorable and crave to see the movie because I have a certain song stuck in my head!

9 -- there really has to be no plot in a musical -- I know this hardly feels like a reason to love them! but with all the pretty songs, dresses and fun dance numbers it makes up for it!

8 -- the men are always dreamy...

7 -- musicals are weird...

6 -- musicals usually involve dancing -- And I love dancing. Let me rephrase that: I love to watch other people dance. Dancers in musicals make it look so simple and fun that I almost want to try.

5 -- the men get to say things through song that in real life you would never hear them say

4 -- I like that at least once during watching a musical you can usually find yourself thinking "hmm... I wish I lived in a musical"

3 -- they are usually super cheesy -- and i like it!

2 -- you get to feel apart of the movie -- after watching your favorites a few times you get to sing along with all your favorite songs - pretty much like you are part of the movie

1 -- they always end with a happily ever after -- pretty sure its a requirement of musicals to have a hopeful ending!

So when live musicals happen in real life its pretty much the absolute ultimate! Check out this super sweet live lip-dup proposal! It may just be the most awesome thing you've ever seen!  Look how happy she is!

Isaac's Live Lip-Dub Proposal from Isaac Lamb on Vimeo.

just sooo awesome!!

happy singing -- ashleigh

wahoo -- its a boy!!

Welcome to the world baby Noah Jeremiah!!

I went into stealth mode breaking into the house and hanging up my baby wreath!
 My welcome home baby signs are certainly evolving - but I fell in love with these colours when putting it all together!