Glenda Dowd

I am starting a serious attempt at a full garden this year. We're mostly focusing on a variety of vegetables and I plan to put wildflowers all along my fences.And around my trees. We're working on giving some lovely flowers to pollinators like bees and making plenty of milkweed for monarch butterflies. Join me and see things that are working for me. And maybe come garden along with me.

These are the products I grab every time I'm feeling like glamming it up! These are by far my favorites that I've used again and again. I'm including everything from inexpensive, drugstore choices to things that you need to go go to Ulta to get. You'll see some brands pop up again and again and again because I absolutely love them and they are absolutely affordable.

Macarons are my baking specialty and they've taken me years to get right (and I still get batches that aren't quite perfect). These are my tried and true products for the best results.

These are the nail products that every nail lover, from beginner to pro, will love and come back to again and again. These are the products that I have used over and over again over the years.

When I'm cooking or baking, these are things that I absolutely positively must have! Whether multi task gadgets or years for specific tasks, these are the things that get used most often in my kitchen.

These are bed and breakfast spots that my boyfriend and I have visited over the years. These are our very favorite ones that we would recommend to any Midwest traveler.