Although we don't have anything new to share today we do have some new spaces to share soon and we are also about to FINALLY tackle our master bathroom. For today though we just wanted to pop in with the pictures of some peonies in our dining room and to say we hope you all have a lovely weekend. We are also having a sale on our chalk art (if you scroll down to the bottom there is more info).
We hope you all have a fabulous weekend!
Source List:
Wall Color - Dove White by Benjamin Moore in Eggshell Finish
Trim Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish
Door Color - Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish
Beadboard Wallpaper - Allen and Roth from Lowe's
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Welcome! Today we are so excited to be joining four other bloggers for something completely different - a progressive dinner - five bloggers, five homes, five courses!
First, here is the menu:
Didn't the main course over at Kelley Nan's look delicious?!? Now it's time for dessert in our home. Come on in and make yourself comfortable. We are serving Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes with Pirouettes.
You can make them in a mini bundt pan like we did for this one:
Or in just a regular cupcake pan and then place them in some cute little wrappers or cups. We love the flavor the hazelnut frosting adds and the pirouettes are a fun little touch that make a basic cupcake seem a little more "fancy".
Personally, I love water with my dessert, by my husband often drinks coffee with his so we had both water goblets (with a pitcher of water on the side table next to the sofa) as well as coffee.
Here is the recipe. It is nice and easy!
Cupcakes:
For the cupcake just use your favorite cupcake mix and follow the directions. Once the cupcakes have cooled it's time for the frosting.
Frosting:
1 cup of butter, softened by not melted
1 cup hazelnut spread
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
2-4 tsp. heavy cream (if you don't have any you can use milk)
First beat the butter and hazelnut spread together then add vanilla. After that mix in powdered sugar one cup at a time. Add cream as necessary until you get the right consistency. Then we scooped the frosting into a pastry bag and starting frosting each cupcake. This is an old photo from a rosette cake post we did almost four years ago (ahhh - that seems crazy!) but we still use these exact same tools (although we've gone through several packages of pastry bags in the last several years and I have a couple of different tips I play around with).
Then just frost each cupcake. We added a few sprinkles. I used these Williams-Sonoma sprinkles that I just use when I am making stuff for special occasions. We have lots of other fun and more colorful (and much less expensive - ha!) sprinkles that the girls use when they are baking.
Then we just topped them off with some of these hazelnut pirouettes to dress them up just a bit more. I cut each one in half and just used a half of one per cupcake.
And that's it! Nice and Easy!
Thank you so much for joining us! Now it is time to head on over for the last course - after dinner drinks on Sarah, from Our Vintage Farmhouse's, gorgeous porch!
And if you missed any of the courses be sure to check them all out:
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A couple of weeks ago we shared the new Deann Art canvas that we added to our dining room and today we are excited to share a new piece of hers that we added to Jamie and Josh's entryway. We absolutely LOVE her work. Each piece is so stunning - I love the colors and the flow of each work of art. This piece is called "Love Deep". She has become my favorite artist and I can't wait to add more pieces of hers to our home. She has so many beautiful creations.
I love the rich colors.
And if you are wondering where the Minted artwork that was in here went - not to worry -it is in their family room and looks perfect there!
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