Gilt City DC Warehouse Sale

It's that time of year again when the Gilt DC Warehouse Sale comes to town! I'll be checking it out this Friday night with a few of my blogger friends who I haven't seen in what feels like forever, and will be Instagram'ing my finds so follow along on Friday starting at 7pm.

Here are the details:

Location:
Long View Gallery (1234 9th St. NW Washington , DC 20001)

Times:
Friday, March 7, 2014 from 9:30-11:30pm
Saturday March 8, 2014 from 9am-11am, 11am-1pm, 1-3pm, 3-5pm

The Saturday 3pm-5pm is still available to purchase, but a lot of the other times are already sold out (don't worry, you can get on a wait list and they will contact you the minute a ticket opens up), so hurry and purchase a ticket!

Have fun shopping!!!

Recipes // Blueberry Crumb Bars

Hi guys! This week is proving to be a crazy week for me. Hopefully yours isn't like mine. I'm getting ready for my Etsy shop to re-open and preparing for it is really taking up a lot of my time. Luckily, I had a quick moment to bake yesterday (Cora actually allowed me) and wanted to share with you this amazingly easy recipe for Blueberry Crumb Bars.

I know there's probably a ton of recipes out there for this and they may all seem the same. While that may be true, I can promise you that this recipe right here is so good. Sooo good in fact that the 9"x12" pan I made yesterday is half gone. And it's only me and Steve eating it and Steve doesn't even have a sweet tooth like me! So you see, it's definitely one of the yummiest things I've ever baked. Granted, it's not the healthiest thing I've ever made, but isn't indulging what snow days are all about?


Recipe adapted from this one from all recipes.com.
Ingredients
Pastry
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Filling
4 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup white sugar
3 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tsp lemon zest
2 tsp lemon juice

Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan. I used a cooking oil spray and it worked perfectly.

In a large bowl, stir together 1 cup sugar, 3 cups flour, and baking powder. Add the salt and cinnamon. Use a fork or pastry cutter (pastry cutter will be much easier) to blend in the butter and egg. Dough will be crumbly so don't be alarmed. Pat half of dough into the prepared pan.

In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar and cornstarch. Gently mix in the blueberries. Spread the blueberry mixture evenly over the crust. Crumble remaining dough over the berry layer.

Bake for 45 minutes, or until top is slightly brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares. I confess, that I ate a spoonful or two before it cooled. And it was worth burning my tongue a little. So worth it. Enjoy!

Wish List // Black & White + Pops Of Color

{Peasant Blouse / Coat / Block Heel Sandal / Florence Wood mirror / Tassel Earrings / Greek Key Stool / Leather Phone Case / Amber Solid Short / Gold Mirrored Tray / Marble Oval Coffee Table}
Happy Friday everyone! We had a bit of a rough night with Cora, so I am a bit out of it this morning. We haven't had any issues with her sleeping schedule in months so it was a bit of a shock to us when she woke up at 12:30am and wouldn't go back to sleep until 3am. Not fun and it definitely brought back memories of when she was younger that I was hoping to forget. But anyhow, it made me realize how amazingly lucky we normally are with her since she sleeps 12 hours a night with no interruptions.

Thankfully, I've got two events today that help to counteract the pain from the lack of sleep I'm dealing with right now. The first up is Annapolis is finally getting a HomeGoods and the preview party is today! I am sooo excited about checking it out and seeing things firsthand before the store actually opens (March 2). And I get to check it all out with my friend Caitlin! Follow me on Instagram to see what the party is like.

Then this evening we are heading into DC to celebrate our good friend's birthday (David) with drinks and dinner. We haven't seen some of these friends in a while so we are really excited about getting together with them.

To celebrate that it's Friday and that March starts tomorrow (hopefully Spring makes it's appearance soon), I wanted to share a new wish list of mine. A few of these I've already purchased (I couldn't help it, they're just too good!), and others are ones for which I want to pull the trigger, but have no idea why I'm waiting. Especially with regards to that coat. It's literally in my shopping cart but I have yet to buy it and I know I will regret it when it sells out. Someone tell me that I should just get it. Please.

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!

Spotlight // Hattan Home

Have you guys heard of Hattan Home? If you haven't, then you're in for a real treat! Their tag line, Treats For Your Home, says it all and it couldn't be more right about their shop. Lindsay from Hattan Home was sweet enough to gift me a pair of these chic Black Striped Taper candlesticks and I am in love with how fab they look on our mantle.

If you couldn't tell already from my dining room redo or my Glitter Guide post on one of my favorite trends right now, then you now know that I am all about black & white. I like keeping the mantle really simple and while I have classic white pieces on there, these black & white striped candlesticks add a crispness to the mantle that I was hoping to achieve. And with the glass candleholders, it adds a certain elegance to the whole look, don't you think? It really keeps the focus on the candlesticks, but it also softens the edgy-ness of the black & white stripes as well. Everything is in balance and that's always a good thing to achieve.

There are a ton more goodies at Hattan Home, including this little guy, the coolest pens I've ever seen, and these fashionable kitchen hand towels that I'm all wishing were mine. So head on over there to check it out!



I would've shown the rest of the fireplace except the rest of the space is a hot mess! I promise to share pics of Steve's home office/den as soon as we tidy it all up!