quinn's place

my friends ashleigh and jun got married last weekend! august 12, 2017!

OOOOOOH LA LAAAAAA!

i took a few photos in our hotel room as we were getting ready before showtiiiiime..

chillzilla 2.0 (opposite of a bridezilla - just like our 1st chillzilla bride friend lauren) got us lucky bridesmaids these adorable glasses with our names on them and also the cutest robes & personalized robe hangers! we looove!

party time.

they got married at ashleigh's family's cabin up in birch bay, washington. we've been going there mostly every year for her birthday and they've had the cabin her entire life, so it was a location near & dear to their hearts to have the wedding :)

they had a super cute woodfire pizza truck AND the most adorable ice cream truck come for dinner & dessert. we got down on the choco tacoooos.

i'm so glad we got to reuse this face-in-hole that we made for ashleigh's bachelorette party. i saw these kids just doing this on their own, playing around and not caring if they got a pic at all. it was so cute. i took like 10 pics.

^ ash & her mama!

also the sweetest soon-to-be married photography duo, kee & amber. i'm excited to celebrate their wedding next month!

^ all mah boos! pete's hair is wicked long now.

i love seeing all my closest friends so happy in front of these happy sunflowers!

^ senior portrait seshhhhhh.

^ a cute dog called ruby.

also sneaky pete looking suspect - getting his gamble on at 8:30am. lol.

thanks for getting married, ash & jun! it was so much fun! we love yaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

hi!

i am so excited to announce that i will be a new food & recipe contributor for coco kelley!

if you know her site, you know it is brimming with stunning inspiration for interiors, entertaining, design, and do-it-yourself projects. cassandra's site has been around for 10 years now, essentially since the beginning of blogging! ha! she has sooo much beautiful content available over there and i am thrilled to be able to be a part of it.

my first recipe for coco kelley is this fresh champagne mango ice cream!

i was just talking about all the funny mini batches of ice cream i'd been concocting recently (when these pb s'mores ice cream bites were born), and this was the purpose for all that testing!

i'm super proud of how this recipe turned out. i finally mastered a creamy ice cream base, and the fresh champagne mangos with a spot of fresh lemon juice make for SUCH a refreshing and yummy summer ice cream!

peter even LOVED it and he is truly my toughest food critic.

my nerves are at an all-time high when he goes to taste something i made (he really should moonlight as a food critic - his feedback is always interesting and on point. if you don't toast this guy's bread or bun, you are dead to him). but anyhoo i was surrounded by mangoes and melons and "frozen yogurt" tests and containers of cream and milk and this and that everywhere and it was 90 degrees and i was hot & bothered waiting for his opinion practically with my hands over my eyes. and he said.....

"YUM." a capitol YUM with wide eyes which means 'YES, great job quinn this has my seal of approval and don't change a thing.' .....i don't think i could have handled whatever critique he may have had in that moment after making like 6 batches of ice cream that week hahaha.

it's really good. and champagne mangoes are typically ALL perfectly ripe which is insane/amazing! have you tried these? i've seen a lot of them available at produce stands and grocery stores in this last stretch of summer. they are a bit sweeter and more tender than a regular mango. and all of them are ripe and ready to eat as soon as you buy them which is fabulous.