(me and Sarah from Sarah’s Cucina Bella)
Last year, I got together with some of my favorite bloggers to celebrate a second Thanksgiving.
I mean, really.
It was an evening filled with a vegetarian-inspired feast and lively conversation.
So you know it was going to become an annual tradition.
Natch.
(Or a twice-annual tradition, since we also do it for Valentine’s Day too.)
But this year, there was a slight twist. The generous folks at Shutterfly sponsored our dinner. Which was pretty perfect because it meant we could concentrate on making dessert, and checking out their new holiday catalogs.
Win.
Win.
And dessert? Well, it was bountiful. As all good blogger feasts should be. Sarah made her Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies, Patsy brought a Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake with Creamy Pumpkin Glaze, a recipe she got from Kristen of Dine & Dish, and Joanne brought a Bourbon Pumpkin Bread Pudding. The kids had individual ice cream cups from a local dairy, and everyone was sent home with Jersey Cream cupcakes from a local cupcake place (profits of which are going to restore the shore after Hurricane Sandy had her way with it). Decadence? Yeah, we’ve got that.
Luckily the Shutterfly folks sent some card samples for us to oooh and aaah over. Which is how I discovered, and subsequently fell in love with, their matte cards. Thicker than the average glossy photo card, these are so very much more. A smooth finish and vibrant color. I was so hooked I ordered my cards the very next day. And since snapping the photo and ordering cards was one of my small goals from last week, I snuck in just under the wire.
Phew.
I happened to get the perfect shot while we were at my sister’s for Thanksgiving. Posed, but full of happy smiles, and lots of color.
Which, next to a candid shot, is my favorite thing.
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