Kiss Me, I'm Iowish!

Here's a shirt for my friends in Iowa to scoop up!

Photo: www.raygunsite.com

Things I Could Eat With a Spoon

Anything from Tea Pony. I have a friend who just had the most adorable baby girl! (Congratulations, Jenny!) I think her tiny little bundle could use one of these outfits in a few months. I love the illustrations on some of their dresses. It just doesn't get any cuter!

Photo: www.teapony.com

Spring... Where's Spring?

Here in my little corner of the world, we have had snow on the ground since before Christmas. For those of you keeping score at home - that's almost two months.

That's why I'm so excited to see everyone's spring lines coming out. Can you just image? Going outside without a coat, hat, mittens and snow boots? Sleeveless even! I CAN'T WAIT!

Here's a little eye candy from Sarah Seven to hold you over for another month or so. Beautiful!

Photo: Zachary Bascom

New Stuff at Night Owl

I'm in love with their "Cute off the Press!" stuff. Night Owl Paper Goods makes adorable wooden notepads, journals and cards. Very out of the ordinary and just plain awesome!

Great Blog Alert! Smitten Kitchen

Even if you aren't a foodie, you will appreciate the beautiful photos on Smitten Kitchen. I just found this blog last week. ( I know, where have I been?) I've already told five friends about it.

I'm not much of a cook. My hubby does most of the cooking and I'm on clean-up duty, which is fine with me! I don't enjoy planning a menu the way he does. It's fun to cook on occasion, but the day-in, day-out stuff gets to be a bit much.

Deb at Smitten Kitchen takes the most amazing photos to go with each recipe. Even if it's something you think you might not like, the photos almost make you change your mind! Head on over to her blog to find Chocolate Souffle Cupcakes with Mint Cream, Ginger Fried Rice or Walnut Jam Cake. I'm hungry just thinking about it!

Johnny Cupcakes in Omaha!

As you may or may not know, I'm a big fan of Johnny Cupcakes. I love the "I started this as a joke from the trunk of my beat up '89 Toyota Camry" rags to riches story.

We featured Johnny Cupcakes on Boutique of the Week a while back.

Well it turns out, Mr. Johnny Cupcakes himself is doing a college lecture series and is coming to Creighton University in Omaha next Thursday, Feb. 18th. His lecture focuses on starting a brand and business (both web based and retail) with little or no start up money, entrepreneurship, the importance of branding, small business management, product development and marketing as well as communication and graphic design.

If you can't make it to a lecture, check out the web site. They sell pretty nice stuff!