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355 days ago, I wrote my first blog post under “Carolina Charm.” For the next few months I kept my blog a secret for two reasons. One, I feared no one would be interested in following the ramblings of a “wanna-be southern belle,” writing about my adventures in cooking, crafting, and wedding planning. The second …

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Eggplant is on sale this week at Harris Teeter, so I picked one up with plans to make eggplant parmesan for dinner. However, once I got home I decided I was no longer in the mood for eggplant parmesan, so I searched around Pinterest for other eggplant recipe options. Nothing really stood out so I …

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    Making a layered cake is fun, but it can also be extremely frustrating. Believe me, I have had my fair share of cracked and crumbled cake disasters. However, with lots of practice, and helpful tips from other bakers and bloggers, I am slowly perfecting my layer cakes.  For my tutorial I used Sweetened …

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Hope you all had a happy Easter! Matt and I spent the weekend with his family in Winston-Salem, NC and it was absolutely wonderful. Since I am feeling particularly lazy, here is a recap in {mostly} photos!  Before we left for Winston, I homemade my first carrot cake! It was a TON of work, but …

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Good Friday to you! I cannot believe we are just 2 days away from one of my favorite holidays of the year. I love everything about Easter, from the pastels, egg hunts and peeps, to the baskets, flowers and chocolate! However, my absolute favorite part about Easter is JESUS! He died for our sins and …

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You are never too old for an Easter basket, ever. In fact, my mom and mother-in-law still make Matt and I {our own} Easter baskets each year. Part of me is really, really, scared that once Matt and I have little ones of our own, our parents will stop making us baskets!  This Easter, I …

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