New Year's Eve Style

New Year's Eve: The most sparkly night of the year! With any of these looks, you'll be sure to look dazzling well past midnight and into 2016!

All Things Norwalk

At my school, we have a senior program called project explore. In this program, the projects can range from books to school stores to magazines. My friend, Amie Newsome, started a fashion blog called "All Things Norwalk," about the clothes that the students at my school wear, as well as popular trends. I'll put the link to Amie's blog down below, be sure to go check it out!  

Here is one of her most recent posts: Falling for Freshmen

Be sure to check out her upcoming post, Ugly Christmas Sweaters!
All Things Norwalk

Christmas Attire

Christmastime in New York City

Holiday Favorites

 

My Favorite things to do during the Holiday Season 

1. Driving around looking at Christmas lights. This is definitely a favorite for my family. Multiple times every Holiday season, we drive around the neighborhoods near where we live and look at all of the lights on the houses. It is one of my favorite ways to spend time with them and always gets me into the Holiday spirit. 

2. Baking Christmas Cookies.  My best friend and I have a tradition of baking and decoration Christmas cookies and singing along to carols in my kitchen every year; it is one of our favorite things to do. Last year, we made so many cookies. I think it took us almost 2 hours to perfect them just how we wanted them. Hey what can I say? Everyone has their quirks. 

3. Watching Classic Christmas Movies. Every year on December 1st, I turn on the Hallmark Channel and begin to start my 25 Days of Christmas movie marathon. Some of my favorite holiday movies are Eloise at Christmastime, Elf,  A Charlie Brown Christmas, and A Christmas Carol. 

4. Going through the stack of Holiday Cards.  I'm not sure why, but whenever a new holiday card comes in the mail from a family or friend, I start beaming with excitement. I love watching the collection grow in the basket on our coffee table throughout the season. 

5. Caroling at elderly homes. Not only do I love singing Christmas Carols, but I love singing at elderly homes as well. Every year, some of my friends and I like to go sing at an elderly home. Watching the people's faces light up as we sing to them is such an amazing feeling and makes me extremely happy. 

Hope you enjoyed. :) 

Holiday Gift Guide

Tis the season for gift shopping!! It's that time of year again. With the holidays just around the corner, it might be tough to find gifts for all of your friends and family. So, I'm going to give you some gift ideas that they will be sure to love: from purses to sparkly jewelry, coats to scarves, watches to bow ties, and so much more! 

Holiday Gift Guide: Mom

Holiday Gift Guide: Best Friend

Holiday Gift Guide: Gentlemen

Bake With Me: Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie

One of the many holiday traditions in my family is that the day before thanksgiving, I'm in the kitchen with my mom all day cooking and baking. One of my absolute favorite things to not only eat on Thanksgiving, but to bake, is our classic Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie. If you are looking for a dessert to make this holiday season, then I reccommend to keep reading and follow the recipe below!

Enjoy, xo

Ingredients: 

3 Eggs

1 Cup of Corn Syrup (1/2 Cup of light and 1/2 Cup of Dark)

2/3 Cup of Granulated Sugar

1/3 Cup of Margarine or butter, melted

1 Teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

1 and 1/4 Cups of pecan halves

3-4 ounces of semi-sweet chocolate chips

For the pie filling:

In a mixing bowl beat eggs lightly with a beater or whisk (either one is fine) until combined. Stir in corn syrup, sugar, margarine or butter, and vanilla. Stir well. Stir in pecan halves. 

Place a pastry lined 9 inch pie plate on the oven rack. Pour the filling into the pastry lined pie plate. 

Pour in you semi-sweet chocolate chips, and fold them into the filling. 

For the leaf crust: Take a second sheet of pastry dough, in addition to what is already under the filling, and place leaf cookie cutters into it (these will make your leaf cut outs.)

Next, you are going to want to brush the top rim of the pie crust with a little bit of egg wash, then place your leaves on top of that crust and brush those with a little more egg wash. 

Cover edge of the pie with foil, bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes.

After it comes out, remove the foil and bake it for another 20 to 25 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center of the pie comes out clean. 

Cool pie on a wire rack after it is out of the oven.