Do you find yourself cooking and baking more during the holidays? There will be more potlucks, more office parties and definitely more festivities. I stumbled upon these three sites and love all their recipes. Check them out for some foodie inspiration.  Even if you just want to look at all the beautiful photos. :)

Grab a bucket.

For your drool.

Punchfork uses conversations on social networks like tweets and Facebook shares to measure which recipes are grabbing the attention of users, in real time.

Skinnytaste features low-fat, family friendly, healthy recipes. Gina Homolka started the site in 2008 in an attempt to help her stay healthy but don't worry, she doesn't sacrifice flavor.

Yummly enables you to find and customize recipes based on your personal taste. It's an amazing recipe search site.

I'm happy to share these new-to-me sites with you and hope you find a few great recipes.

Happy cooking!

♥, Sylvia

Wearing a one of a kind piece of jewelry feels incredible!

Lettie from For Giving Works Artisan Jewelry had a giveaway recently and I was the fortunate recipient of this gorgeous piece. Holding it in my hands and placing it on my neck felt amazing.

Lettie's jewelry is of the finest quality.  She selects every bead, knots every knot, and creates every strand with love.   

Her pieces are more than a piece of jewelry; they're treasures. It is evident they touch us in a very special way.

Each piece tells a story.

They carry a deep message.

They're symbols.

They have a special meaning.

They remind us of our journey.

They speak deeply to our hearts.  

The darling bird on my necklace reminds me to be free. To follow my dream and soar.

Lettie, thank you so much for my new beautiful treasure. I LOVE it!

You can find Lettie's beautiful jewelry here Facebook - Blog - Etsy 

♥, Sylvia

My new guilty pleasure: Pinterest.  

I used to tear off pages and clip images from magazines to keep as a wish list of decorating ideas, beautiful photos, craft projects, do-it-yourself goodies, and so on but I will be doing less of that now that I have found Pinterest.

It's a site where you can create collections of things you love and follow other people's collections with same interests. I log on and "pin" pictures I love from web sites or other Pinterest members and add them to my own collections.  

You can join the site by invitation only but because I'm a member I have access to a few invites and I'd be happy to send you an invitation.  Just let me know.

Check out my page. 

I have also added a link to my Pinterest page and added it here on the right column under "Pages".  

But you don't have to be a member if you just want to look at all the eye candy. I tell you... it's addicting but so much fun!

Have a fabulous weekend!

♥, Sylvia

image via: pinterest