Six Month Loves

I know I say this every month but I can't believe how big my little guy has become! It's pretty amazing. For month six, we focused on making baby food. My little guy loves to eat.

Cuisinart Hand Mixer

I originally thought I wanted to buy an actual baby food maker appliance but then I found this after reading reviews. They said it was great and you could make more in a batch. Plus, use it after you don't need to puree everything. I love it so far. It's been super easy to use plus I have used the other attachments for our food.

Oxo Tot Baby Food Freezing Trays

Freezing trays are a must. I make a bunch of baby food on Sunday or at night after he goes to bed. I freeze everything and then pop them into BPA free ziploc bags and keep it in the freezer.

The First Years Take & Toss

I use my nice OXO blocks at home and then these I take to his school. Honestly, I like these better then the OXO blocks if you don't plan on freezing into them. These don't have the best lids but are great to throw in your bag and you won't be sad if they get lost.

What were some of your favorite six month baby items?

Enjoy,

Ellen

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Gift Card Winner!

Congrats to Truly Special! Please send us an email within 10 days to claim your gift card.

Thank you to Kirkland's for the great gift card for our readers. We had fun partnering with you. And, don't forget to stop by their grand opening this weekend! It's 10a to 9p on Saturday, May 18, and 12 to 6p on Sunday, May 19, at Independence Mall.

Thanks,
Ellen

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Giveaway Reminder: $50 Giftcard to Kirkland's: GIVEAWAY HAS CLOSED.

Kirkland's is grand opening in Independence Mall! During the grand opening, you can have a free design consultation with Barbara Bishop of Transition II Interior Design and could win a $250 Kirkland's gift card! The grand opening will be from 10a to 9p on Saturday, May 18, and 12 to 6p on Sunday, May 19, at Independence Mall.

To celebrate the grand opening, they have given us a $50 gift card to give to one of our readers!

Be sure to enter at our blog post from Monday and to read the official rules. GIVEAWAY HAS CLOSED.

Good luck!


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Weekend Getaway in Scottsdale

I recently went to visit one of my best friends. Claire, out in Scottsdale, AZ. She moved almost a year ago (tear) from Kansas City, and after this past winter - I cant blame her! I went to Scottsdale for four days and it was perfect. It also happened to be over Cinco De Mayo, so the timing was perfect on my part, when it snowed in May in KC. Southwest had great prices on flights and it was a quick, 2.5 hour direct flight. Here are a few of my highlights and recommendations.

I flew in on Thursday and spent most of my day by the pool. Napping and soaking in the rays. This was my view!

The next day, we decided to tackle Camelback Mountain. Claire selected the Cholla Trail for us to hike. It was a mix of actual hiking with a little bit of mountain climbing when you got closer to the top. We went at about 7 am which helped with the heat and traffic from tourists. On our way down, it was really crowded and hotter, so I can image it would take you even longer. It took us about 3 hours to get to the top, hang out for a little bit and head back down. Make sure you take plenty of water and we even brought a few clif bars and nuts.

View from the top

We also spent the day at the W hotel pool which is very close to her place. It was a perfect spot for people watching and some pool side drinks. I can not remember the name of the drink, but it had lots of strawberries, blueberries and was very refreshing. Get the pitcher, because you will want more than one!

The W pool

 For dinner, we went to an awesome Modern Latin restaurant in Old Scottsdale called The Mission. We had some of the best skinny margaritas, guac, salsa and tacos! They had a great menu and amazing food. I had tacos with scallops, I had never heard of those before, but they were delicious. Another great place we went to on actual Cinco De Mayo was Barrio Queen.  They also had an amazing selection of tacos, where you could even mix and match between the variety. Let's just say I got my mexican fix for awhile!

It was a wonderful trip and a perfect getaway after a long winter in KC. I can not wait to go back and visit again and again. Thanks for being an awesome hostest with the mostest. 

Au revoir, 

Jamie

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Giveaway: $50 Kirkland's Gift Card! GIVEAWAY HAS CLOSED.

Did you hear the great news? Kirkland's is grand opening in Independence Mall next weekend! I love Kirkland's and always find such great items and gifts there! They are a great destination for affordable but stylish home decor.

During the grand opening, you can have a free design consultation with Barbara Bishop of Transition II Interior Design and could win a $250 Kirkland's gift card! The grand opening will be from 10a to 9p on Saturday, May 18, and 12 to 6p on Sunday, May 19, at Independence Mall.

GIVEAWAY HAS CLOSED.

To celebrate the grand opening, they have given us a $50 gift card to give to one of our readers! How great! Thanks, Kirkland's!

So, down to business, here's how you can enter:

• Comment on this post with your favorite product currently available on Kirkland's website. You can't be anonymous! Please leave your email address.
• Additional entry is tweeting to us! Use twitter and tweet "I just entered to #win @kirklands $50 gift card #giveaway with @whitetablestyle"
• You only have 3 days to enter!
• We will use random.org to pick the winner.

Again, you only have 3 days to enter! The winner will have 10 days to respond to the prize notification. If you don't, I will draw a new winner!

We received the gift card to giveaway from Kirkland's from their blogger outreach program. We did receive compensation for the post; however, the opinions are our own.

Enjoy.
Ellen

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Dining by Design: April in Paris

We are excited to share our table from this year's Dining By Design event. The theme was April in Paris, so we could not resist the idea of a French floral shop, complete with beautiful flowers, chalk board signs, black and white stripes and a little treat with bright macaroons. It was so much fun, we are already thinking about next year. For more details about the event check out our original post announcing our inspiration board.

It was all in the details, together with Emily from Emmy-Ray we collaborated for a few months to bring together our perfect place settings and center piece. We wanted gold as our accent to help make those colors in the flowers and plates pop even more. We started with what we had, which actually was a lot - the pink depression glass, plates, votives, and the lantern for starters. We rented the chairs and found the fabric at a few places.

We also did a few DYI projects that we will be sharing with you soon! We painted the buckets gold to mimic a floral shop of all the fresh flowers. Other projects included the gold glitter handled silverware and gold/black flags in the napkins. It all came together Hope you enjoy all the photos!

Au revoir,
Jamie and Ellen

 

Design and Styling: Ellen and Jamie of White Table Style and Emily of Emmy-Ray
Flowers: Emmy-Ray
Macaroons: Au Bon Macaroon
Photography: Allison Marie Photography
Glitter silverware: Emily of Emmy-Ray
Flags: Ellen of White Table Style
White plates: Crate and Barrel
Colored plates: Crate and Barrel
Fabric: Runner, placemats and napkins
Table, chairs and tablecloth: Celebration Party Rentals
Pink Depression Glass: Ellen of White Table Style and Emily of Emmy-Ray
Vases: Emmy-Ray
Lantern: West Elm


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