Happy Mother’s Day!

HappyMother'sDayfromyourgirls

Happy Mother’s Day to our cute Mom, Patty!

We know that she was put on this earth to be a mom!  We are so lucky to be her daughters.  We try everyday to be as cute, fashionable, and as coordinated as her!

This is a day in the life of Patty:  wake up, have a shake, do some kick ass mom stuff, check Instagram to see if we posted, work out, “Like” our posts, make sure the 3 of us are in line, tell us to post on the blog, tell us she loves us, goes to bed. Repeat.

All jokes aside, we are thankful everyday to have the most supportive and loving Mom.  Thank you for loving us unconditionally – there isn’t a better feeling in the world than being accepted and loved for who you are no matter what.

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Mom and her girlsHappyMothersdayWe love you, Mama!! We would be lost without you! (And our underwear wouldn’t match our outfits… oh wait… Allison’s underwear still doesn’t match…she is a lost cause!)

The Mint Julep – Just in time for the Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby starts today!  That means everyone is drinking Mint Juleps.  I’ve never made a Mint Julep before and I’m not usually a fan of bourbon so I had my work cut out for me.  I checked out a couple of recipes and played around with ingredients and came up with one that works for me.  What it came down to is that bourbon is pretty strong so I needed to sweeten it up a bit!

The tools:
-Cocktail shaker (Like this Mason Jar shaker that is available at Milly & Grace!)
-Muddler
-Classic Mint Julep CupMintJulep
The ingredients:
Handful of fresh mint
1oz of lemon juice
1 TB & 2 tsp of brown sugar
4oz of bourbonmintjulep1Add the mint, lemon and sugar to the mason jar shaker.  Muddle it up and be sure to give a little elbow grease! MintJulep2
Add the bourbon and 2 handfuls of ice. Shake it up! Grab your Mint Julep cup (ours is from Flowers on Chestnut in Nantucket) and fill it with crushed ice. *Don’t have crushed ice? Put some in a ziplock bag, grab a wooden spoon and blow off some steam.* Pour your Mint Julep!mintjulep3
Garnish with some fresh mint & a cute straw of course!mintjulep5
Happy Friday & Happy Kentucky Derby!mintjulep4
If you end up trying this cocktail, let me know what you think!

Easter Table

This year my Easter table is inspired by the May issue of Martha Stewart Magazine.  I also happened to have 3 Kalanchoe plants that I just picked up at Bartlett Farm.eastertable4What to do, what to do on Nantucket when resources are limited??   We pretty much only have the Stop & Shop this time of year.  One thing the Stop & Shop always has is tulips.  So I picked up a few bunches of the coordinating colors.  (TIP: When designing floral arrangements, I think it’s more visually appealing to have odd numbers of vessels. 1, 3, 5 and so on.  I decided on 7. )  It’s all about color blocking for me these days so here is what I came up with!
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Happy Easter Everyone!!