DIY Healthy: Carrot Cake Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting

Is anyone thinking about their New Year's resolutions yet? And how many of yours are to eat healthier? That one is definitely at the top of our list. But don't wait until January 1st- start ASAP! There are so many ways to substitute ingredients into your favorite dishes, snacks, and treats to make them healthier. Today's "clean" carrot cake muffin in for our dad (who LOVES carrot cake!)- so he can join in on the healthy train while still satisfying his taste buds. We're using a mixture of spelt and whole wheat flours and non-refined sugar sweeteners for this recipe, but feel free to pick and choose what you like.

DIY Holidays: Homemade Cards

Darlings, why hello! One of our favorite DIYs to do are homemade greeting cards. The holiday season is all about the cards, the feeling, the cheer, so send your loved ones customized holiday cards this year.  This is one of the easiest crafts that you'll do and is an amazing bonding activity for your family. Just gather up your supplies and go crazy!

***Warning: Your surface, your clothes, your fingers and probably your hair will be covered in glue, glitter, and fake snow by the end of this craft.

DIY Eats: Butter Pecan Cheesecake

The holidays get a little crazy and hectic, so you need all the help you can get. This quick and easy, no bake dessert is perfect to whip up and your guests will have NO idea that it's so simple. We just discovered the pretty ingenious use of coffee creamer to add almost any flavor to your cheesecake. It's pretty concentrated, so your dessert will be so flavorful. We can't wait to try a peppermint mocha or pumpkin spice! These cute little pedestal dessert cups are the perfect size and style to amp up the presentation of your treat.

But the best part of this recipe? The bowl you get you lick at the end! :-)

DIY Home: Lavender Eye Pillows

Hello, Darlings! Is everyone getting excited and ready for the holidays? We sure are! Here are some of our favorite thing about the holiday season. 

Sonali: Christmas carols, cozily watching movies on the couch while it snows (and not feeling guilty, because Baby, it's cold outside!), and wrapping up in a big old scarf to head to Starbucks for a hot coffee! 

Anika: All things peppermint (lattes, hot chocolate, truffles and even ice cream- YUM!), the Hallmark Channel's 24/7 broadcast of cheesy (in the best way possible) holiday romance movies, and our family's annual trip to Longwood Gardens to see the beautiful lights. 

We're 20 days away from Christmas and that means that gift shopping is sure to be underway for everyone. Why not DIY some of your gifts this season? We're going to be bringing you some easy and fun gifts that you can whip up in your own house with easily found supplies. 

Today we're sharing a quick DIY that is perfect for ANYONE on your list. These lavender-scented eye pillows are just what that workaholic or busy bee in your life needs. Lavender is most known for relieving stress and improving sleep (it lowers anxiety and even your pulse)- so your lucky recipient is in for a treat. And while you're sewing away, make a couple for yourself. 

DIY Holidays: Thanksgiving Burlap Bunting

We're less than 24 hours away from the big day! Have you been planning and cooking like crazy for a past few days? We have a fun vegetarian (and cheese-filled) meal planned for our family (we'll share it with you tomorrow). We wanted to share this super quick and easy thanksgiving bunting, perfect for your wall or mantel. All you need is some burlap, stencils and paint! 

DIY Holidays: Thankfulness Jar

We're a week away from Thanksgiving, and sometimes among all the family and friends reunions, meal planning (and eating) and shopping, we forget what the holiday is all about. It's about recognizing all the things in your life that you're thankful about. When you take time to do that, you'll realize that your list is so much longer than you thought- that's a pretty good feeling! Especially if you've been having a tough week or month, or even year, you'll find it's just what you need. Thanksgiving is also the perfect time to start new family traditions that allow your loved ones to come together and truly bond.

This is a super simple DIY, but it carries a lot of meaning! Decorate your favorite mason jar with fabric, ribbons, paint, anything. Then set it down in a place that everyone will see everyday along with post-its and a pen. The Thankfulness Jar then should be filled with one thing that each member in your family is thankful for every day for the rest of the week. On Thanksgiving Day, when everyone is together, you open the jar and read all the things that were written. The result will be joy, magic and maybe even some tears. We're lucky that everyone in our family is together- but if you have members of your family do not live with you, have each person make a jar in their own home and then bring it to your family dinner.

We can't wait to share some of our favorites with you on Thanksgiving!

DIY Eats: Wheat-free Cranberry-Orange Scones + Cranberry-infused butter

Hello Darlings! We made our first fall flavor recipe today with one of our favorite ingredients: cranberries! With it sweet smell and tangy taste, it makes your dishes so flavorful as well as festive. We recently discovered a new flavor combination: cranberry and orange. We don't know what about this combo is so delicious, but trust us, it is. You'll just have to try for yourself! As you know, Darling Disposition loves tea! And nothing goes better with tea than scones. But these are not your ordinary buttermilk scones, they are completely grain free! Using a mixture of coconut and almond flours, you can get the perfect moist scone texture without the carbs.