Cupcakes...mmmmm

I love cupcakes! (I also love the Homer Simpson reference in the title - did you catch it?) Anyway...Cupcakes are amazing and I wish I could sit at home all day and sew purses and bake cupcakes and of course...eat cupcakes! So I spent way too much time on this blog Cupcakes Take The Cake last night, very fun, great picture, and delicious ideas. I probably gained 10 pounds just thinking about all of the deliciousness. So after pages and pages of cupcakes I found THESE cupcakes from The Busty Baker.

Mint Filled Brownie Cupcakes, they are made with peppermint patties, I am not really sure if things get more amazing than this. Now I just have to find time to make them.

My favorite places...

I think I am going to try to start a new reoccurring post here at Mallory Hill of a few of my favorite places. Maybe you can share a few of your favorites with me along the way. So here is the first, hopefully of many, posts on this topic.

My favorite retail store would probably have to be Anthropologie. If you have never heard of this store or been to one of their locations then stop what you are doing, don't even read the rest of this post and get to a store - stat! If there is not store near you (you may want to consider relocating) then you should spend some time on their website because it is awesome. They have unique clothes, items for the home and lots of other fun stuff that you don't find anywhere else. Unfortunately, I usually can't afford most of the stuff in the store but that doesn't stop me from going into the store every time I am at the mall so I can ooh and aah over their awesome displays and look at the clothes and read the books.

You just don't find displays like this at the department store:

And their catalog is awesome, if you don't have a store near you order the catalog so you can get a little bit of inspiration. I love their photography, it's amazing:

I'm so crafty...

No, I am not pregnant. But when I saw this graphic here I laughed out loud and sent it to my sister, who is pregnant. She complains because she doesn't think that she is crafty and she doesn't have any hobbies (I say having two kids, one on the way and a full time job is a good excuse for lack of extra time for hobbies). So anyway I sent her an email with this logo and a link to the site and told her that her protruding belly is a true sign of craftiness. A few of my other favorites include this shirt which I will have to buy for my husband when I am pregnant:

And, of course, I will have to have one of these for my little bundle of joy when he/she arrives in a year or two:

Take a look at the entire website to pick your favorites and get a few gifts for your next baby shower.

FAIL!

This could very well be my new favorite website. I love crafting, sometimes it comes out looking great, just like the picture on the pattern or just as I had imagined it in my head. And then there are the other times... when it doesn't look ANYTHING like what I had planned - a failure. This blog is dedicated to these wonderful learning moments in crafting - Craft Fail is a great place to spend some time. Here are a few of my favorites that I have seen:

Too small -
Martha's bath salts -

Craft Fail bath salts -

A Look On The Bright Side

I recently found a new website and immediately put it on my list of favorites. The Bright Side Project is a blog dedicated to giveaways, everyone loves giveaways so everyone will love this site. The great part about this site is that to enter each giveaway you have to answer an inspiring question - not just "why do you want to win this item?" like many blog giveaways. Like: "When and how is the last time you were pleasantly surprised?" or "If you could invent anything, what would it be and how would you use it?" They might not be life altering questions and answers but they are different than most other blogs and it is fun to read all the answers people come up with, they are never the same.

Each month has a theme - July is "Beauty full!" All of the items celebrate, promote, and reflect the beauty in you and in life.

Another bonus is that most of the products that they offer are items that I have never heard of, therefore introducing me to new, fun websites and products. The variety of products is great too! Bags, baby bedding, cookies, and everything else you can think of. They even have their own iphone app!

So, do yourself a favor and stop by The Bright Side Project and take a look around!

Oops I did it again...

Sorry for the Britney reference above, I do still love pop music though. Well it has been another few weeks since I last posted but I did warn you that with the move I wouldn't be around much. So we are all moved in now and unpacked for the most part so I am running out of excuses so here I am with a quick post before I go get a pedicure for my brother-in-law's wedding tonight. I am way behind on posting obviously so as soon as I get myself together I will have pictures of the new house, pictures from Spring Quilt Market and a few more exciting items for your viewing pleasure. Get excited, I promise I will post again before the next two month mark!