Lunchtime Links for November 17th, 2016

• Table for Two: Homemade Churros.
• Gimme Some Oven: Roasted Brussels sprouts.
• Smitten Kitchen: Cheesecake marbled pumpkin slab pie.
• Handle the Heat: Death by chocolate cake.
• Oh Sweet Basil: No-bake pumpkin pie with gingersnap crust.

Lunchtime Links for November 14th, 2016

• The First Year Blog: Pumpkin pie bars.
• Bakerella: DIY candy cane treat box.
• Dessert for Two: Peanut butter cup cookies.
• Oh Sweet Basil: Pumpkin chocolate chip bread.
• Brown Eyed Baker: Pumpkin yummy dessert.

Lunchtime Links for November 10th, 2016

• Oh Sweet Basil: Pumpkin cupcakes with 7 minute frosting.
• Crazy for Crust: Chocolate chip chess pie.
• US Weekly: Starbucks Red Cups.
• Table for Two: Apple cider doughnuts.
• The Kitchn: Buffalo chicken stuffed potato.

Lunchtime Links for November 8th, 2016

• Kirbie's Cravings: Flourless Nutella brownies.
• My Baking Addiction: Apple cider doughnuts.
• How Sweet It Is: Pumpkin Nutella hot chocolate.
• A Spicy Perspective: Creamy chicken Tortellini soup.
• The Kitchn: Pumpkin cheesecake.

Sugar Paper LA x Target

It was a lovely surprise to see the new 2017 Sugar Paper LA for Target planner and calendar collection all set up! 

There are lots of new desk accessories this year, like business card holders, memo notes, and a wax seal kit- so fun!  And then there are all of the lovely planner and calendar designs to suit all sorts of tastes.  I'm especially glad that the notebook monthly calendar is back because I love it for birthday reminders and sending out cards.  I'll definitely be back to pick up more planners, haha! 

Lunchtime Links for November 7th, 2016

• The Live in Kitchen: Pumpkin gingerbread loaf.
• Two Peas and Their Pod: Pumpkin cheesecake with brown butter gingersnap crust.
• Crazy for Crust: Chocolate chip pumpkin doughnut muffins.
• The First Year Blog: Espresso cheesecake.
• Dine and Dish: Pumpkin spice cake recipe for one.

Paper Source - 20% off Sale

I walked by the Paper Source store yesterday, and saw a lovely sign saying that everything was 20% off - so of course I had to keep walking around Bethesda until 12:00PM to check out what I could buy, haha.  As far as I know they very rarely have store wide sales like this, so I'm glad I went in! I looked around for a while and decided on some of these fun little items above.  The "baby seal with ear muffs on an iceberg" stamp was a last minute decision, but I am really glad I got it :o)  

Lunchtime Links for November 3rd, 2016

• Handle the Heat: Sweet potato dinner rolls.
• Cookies and Cups: Chocolate crunch cookies.
• Dessert for Two: Pumpkin Nutella muffins.
• I Heart Naptime: Chocolate dipped Oreo snowflakes.
• Crazy for Crust: One bowl brownies.

Shake Shack - November Custard Calendar

This month Shake Shack is bringing out the holiday flavors, yay!

11/1 - 11/6: Pumpkin Pie
11/7 - 11/13: Pretzel-dential Caramel
11/14 - 11/30: Merry and Bright holiday flavors - Chocolate Peppermint, Pumpkin Pie, and Christmas Cookie

If you're a fan of Pumpkin Pie you get lots of time to head over to Shake Shack this month, and the other flavors (except Chocolate Peppermint, haha) are delicious too!

Lunchtime Links for November 2nd, 2016

• Love and Olive Oil: Giant Swiss cake roll.
• Crazy for Crust: Candy filled brownie cake.
• Handle the Heat: Pumpkin old fashioned doughnuts.
• Dessert for Two: Matcha marshmallows.
• My Baking Addiction: Nutella chocolate chip pumpkin bread.

November - Thanksgiving Cards

It's November, which means that Thanksgiving is already around the corner.  In the spirit of Thanksgiving and giving thanks, I will be sending a card out every day this month.  This will be a great way for me to stay in touch with my friends (and some "friends" like Shake Shack, Georgetown Cupcake, and Andy Cohen if I can, hahaha), and also actually use some of the massive stock of stationary that I have - so a win/win situation, really.  A lot of people associate Christmas with the time to send cards to others, but I highly encourage everyone to just send cards any time of year! 

Lunchtime Links for November 1st, 2016

• The First Year Blog: Tiramisu cake.
• Smitten Kitchen: Broken pasta with pork ragu.
• Kirbie's Cravings: Flourless pumpkin bread.
• The Comfort of Cooking: French onion soup.
• Love and Olive Oil: Pumpkin chess pie bars.

Georgetown Cupcake - November Flavors

Happy November everyone! There are lots of delicious special flavors at Georgetown Cupcake this month as we approach the holiday season:

- Pumpkin Spice: Pumpkin spice cupcake with a maple-infused cream cheese frosting topped with a fondant maple leaf.

- German Chocolate Fudge: Valrhona chocolate cupcake with a caramel and pecan core, topped with a caramel buttercream frosting, toasted coconut flakes and a fudge and caramel drizzle.

- Caramel Apple: Fresh apple cupcake with a caramel core topped with a vanilla cream cheese frosting and a caramel star drizzle.

- Thanksgiving Vanilla: Madagascar vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting and topped with a brown fondant turkey.

- Thanksgiving Chocolate: Valrhona chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting topped with a brown fondant turkey.

- Democrat Donkey Red Velvet: Red velvet cupcake with fondant Democratic donkey.

- Republican Elephant Red Velvet: Red velvet cupcake with fondant Republican elephant.

- VOTE Red White & Blue: Madagascar vanilla cupcake infused with red, white, and blue nonpareils, topped with a vanilla buttercream frosting, and decorated with red, white, and blue nonpareils and VOTE fondant.

- Black Forest: Valrhona chocolate and rum* syrup cupcake with a dark cherry & buttercream filling, topped with a Madagascar vanilla buttercream frosting, chocolate shavings, and a fondant leaf. *Note: Rum syrup is non-alcoholic.

- Pumpkin Cheesecake: Pumpkin cheesecake cupcake with a graham cracker crust, topped with maple cream cheese frosting and a fondant maple leaf.

- Maple Chocolate Chip: Maple cupcake studded with Callebaut chocolate chips and topped with a maple cream cheese frosting and a fondant maple leaf.