January 31 was Nate’s 24th birthday so I decided to surprise him my making him all of his favorite foods for dinner.

My husband and I don’t buy each other gifts for Valentine’s Day. Instead, we make each other something and go out for an expensive dinner together. This year, Nate made me a Valentine’s Day CD and I made him a batch of decadent chocolate cookies…

I received a dehydrator from my in-laws for Christmas last year but I haven’t gotten around to getting it out of it’s box until just recently — and now I can’t stop!

At last our kitchen cabinets have cabinet doors! I’m fairly neat as it is, but having our food and dishes exposed for the past two months has forced me to be even more organized in the kitchen…

The Knot currently has our wedding photos in it’s real wedding section. Check us out and give us a 5-heart rating!

Fresh herbs are insanely expensive at the grocery store and I cook with them constantly so I generally like to keep a few potted plants in the kitchen.

I haven’t been shooting much lately and I decided it was time to bundle up, go outside and shoot Saturday’s snowfall. All of downtown Wheeling was shut down for the weather and hardly anyone was out.

The Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. Each day (or at least each week day), she posts a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap.

This recipe I found on Delightfully Sweet, a foodie blog I’ve been been following since last summer.