mignon kitchen co.

Mignon online bakeshop is so sweet, it makes me want to get in the kitchen and start baking right now. Everything is designed for smaller, more personal recipes and I love the idea of inspiring people to give baked goods as everyday gifts. Rachel sells baking tools, ingredients, and packaging, I want to scoop it all up. Just in time for Valentine's Day too!

{note: Rachel is also the owner of one of my favorite little etsy shops, elephantine jewelry}

wedding wednesdays {the newlywed cookbook}

Honestly, I don't need a reason to buy cookbooks. I love them. I love them so much that I'm literally running out of places to put all of the ones I have. Despite all of this, I fell like I may actually need this one {note: I need all of them really, let's be honest, one can never have too many, and I'm not that great of a cook on my own, I need advice. This is how I will explain myself when someone finds me buried in my books, wearing an apron and covered in flour}. Anyway, Sarah Copeland has created a beautiful world in which newlyweds have time to cook and eat dinner together, and, I'm not going to lie, it has me really excited to be one myself.

sunday sweets {honey granola}

Happy Monday, I hope you all had a great weekend. I realize this isn't a very decadent sweet, but I'm still attempting to detox after the holidays, sort of. Anyway, I thought it might be nice to have something other than cookies floating around the house this week, and this is actually really good granola.

While in Paris, I visited Rose Bakery, owned by the lovely Rose Carrarini, author of Breakfast, Lunch, Tea. I spent quite a few mornings there for a couple of reasons; one, it's delicious, english bacon, tarts, cakes, breads, it's amazing; two many of the people working there are from the states, so I didn't have to feel embarrassed for not speaking French; and three, they served "big coffee." Big coffee is regular coffee for us, but when you're in Paris it's hard to come by, everyone serves espresso. The bakery is so charming, I definitely suggest paying a visit next time you're in Paris. The book, is just as lovely, and it includes a ton of recipes from the bakery, including this one for the perfect granola.

Ingredients:

5 1/3 cups rolled oats

1 1/4 cups whole almonds

2/3 cup sunflower seeds

3/4 cup pumpkin seeds

1/2 cup sesame seeds

1 tbsp wheatgerm

1/2 cup sunflower oil

1 cup honey

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

pinch of ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

1 handfull of dried fruit, like raisins, currants, or dates

milk, soy milk, or yogurt to serve

Directions;

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

2. In a bowl, mix the oats, almonds, seeds and wheatgerm.

3. In a saucepan cook, stirring constantly, sunflower oil, honey, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt over high heat. Bring to a boil and then pour over the dry ingredients. Mix well. There shouldn't be any liquid at the bottom of the bowl, the mixture should be sticky, if it's too wet add more oats.

4. Spread out evenly on a baking try and bake slowly for an hour. Reduce the temperature to 275 and continue baking until the granola is golden- about a half hour. Switch oven off and leave to dry out for another hour, or overnight.

5. When cool, serve with dried fruit and either milk or yogurt.

have the loveliest of weekends!

{via amy osaba's dreamy new site}

This week, while being terrible at work, was actually quite lovely at home. Jacob and I had a lot of time to spend together and we were able to get a few things done that we had been putting off for a long time. One was purchasing a new bed {we've been sleeping on a full sized bed with two dogs, things get a little cramped}, which is a king, but I suspect our dogs will still sleep on top of us. I'm pretty excited to sleep in it tonight though. This weekend is supposed to be beautiful here in Savannah, so I'm looking forward to opening the windows and enjoying it. Hope your weekend is full of sunshine too!

Around the web:

1. Uplifting embroidery, I think I need this right next to my front door.

2. Awesome vintage style fridges.

3. One of the most amazing weddings I have ever seen, and she happens to be a SCAD grad.

4. A Harry Potter wedding theme photo shoot? YES PLEASE!

5. I think I need every single one of Madewell's spring looks.

6. Porn for Pregnant ladies, this is hilarious.

sweet surprises

Sometimes Jacob does really sweet things for no reason. It's pretty great. He read my post from yesterday and agreed that the Georgia key hook was super awesome. Today I came home from work and he had made this from some of the leftover barn wood we used to build the coffee table. Isn't he the sweetest?

etsy find {old new again}

Absolutely in love with this etsy shop, Old New Again. I'm kind of obsessed with state's shapes, so i'm loving the Georgia key hook, and those "bride and groom" birds might be a must.

wedding wednesdays {cake toppers}

{potter&butler}

{braggingbags}

{red light studio}

{better off wed}

{mudcards}

{red light studio}

{readygo}

{hey babe studio}

{goose grease}

{lollipopworkshop}

I love that cake toppers have become much more personal. While vintage ones can add a nice touch, I think handmade, custom ones are really the way to go now. You can have them painted to match your wedding day outfit, or decorated in a way that truly embodies you and your partner. Or you can go with simple pom poms or banners, which i think are really simple and beautiful. We've opted not to do a big cake, just one tier that I may make myself {time and energy will be a big factor in this decision}, and then we'll have a bunch of different desserts.

I wonder what kind of topper we'll be.