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how to customize a bathrobe with Sharpies
It's that time of year again. The time of year where I just can't seem to get warm...ever. Until summer comes around again I have a permanent chill. Back in the day I would mistakenly crank the ...
Franconia Sculpture Garden | Minnesota
The Franconia Sculpture Garden seems to be a fairly well-kept secret for the St. Croix Valley. The garden is filled with sculptures of all sorts, created by artists of all levels. The garden is ...
Things you should ALWAYS say to your kids.
Before anyone yells at me: no, I am not a child psychologist. I don't have degrees in anything pertaining to parenting or social development. These are just my thoughts as someone who worked in ...
Izzy’s Ice Cream
The season for ice cream cones out with the family is quickly coming to a close. This is sad, but true. At least it is up here in the Minnesota tundra where we are putting snow tires on ...
LOLO American Kitchen | Stillwater
LOLO is a fairly new restaurant in Stillwater, opening this summer. And to be honest, we were a little afraid for them when we heard they were opening downtown. There's already a serious number of ...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Recently, we were invited by the Science Museum of Minnesota to a media event showing a preview of their new Omnitheatre film "Flight of the Butterflies". We were pumped! The movie was very ...
Target Field Twins Game
So the metrodome is no more. For many of us, this is a very sad affair. We have a lot of memories attached to that old building, and the new Target Field just isn't the same. But change has ...
Lake Elmo Beach
Summer is soon coming to an end. Many areas of the country have already started school, and those that haven't are preparing for it to begin soon. As school begins, families shift their focus from ...
David Bromstad | Interview
(special tip for aspiring photographers. Watch your reflection! This is an I-spy game. Do you spy the Nellie?) We sometimes are asked to talk about people and products for free product or money. ...
Square Lake Beach
Square Lake Beach seems to be a fairly well-kept secret in the Eastern metro area. And as much as we'd like to keep this beautiful little spot to ourselves, that seems a bit selfish. Because the ...
Marx fusion bistro | Stillwater
Marx Fusion Bistro is a little restaurant on Main Street in Stillwater. It's on the newer side, at least as far as our historical little town goes, and it's fabulous! We'd heard a lot of great ...
Amy’s Cupcake Shop: Not Just Another Cupcake Place
Since we wrote this article, Amy has now opened her own shop! Go to Amy's Cupcake Shoppe online for all the details. Cupcake shops were a fun fad, weren't they? I'm not even sure if there are any ...
How to make Chalk Paint
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Verdant Tea House
Recently, a coworker of mine told me that I needed to stop at Verdant Tea the next time I was in the Minneapolis neighborhood. But I kept putting it off. Because I was busy. And even though I'd ...
50 Shades of Grey party
So...Nellie and I were chatting a couple weeks ago about party themes. And we realized that most of our ideas are for kid parties, not adult parties. So we started brainstorming what party themes ...
Coffee Addicts: Nellie and Bellie confess.
If you follow our website regularly, you'll have seen a lot of posts recently proving we are coffee addicts. We hid it for a while...but recently decided to share this with the world. ...
Sharpie decorated table
“This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Sharpie, but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #PaintYourWay http://my-disclosur.es/OBsstV” Find ...
Spyhouse Coffee
We were on the way to another meeting, and our route took us right past this place; Spyhouse coffee. We'd heard some good things about them, but never actually took the time to drive all the way to ...
Fast & Easy recipes…otherwise known as the Lazy Baker
There is an alter-ego at play here at NellieBellie. Okay, maybe there are multiple. We are strange, after all. But, specifically I am talking about the Lazy Baker. The Lazy Baker wants delicious food ...
Chez Arnaud
You can tell by the look on Nellie's face what we thought of this cute little french patisserie on Grand Avenue. Chez Arnaud may be little and unassuming, but their pastries and coffee put big smiles ...
Psycho Suzies; the good and the bad
We recently had the chance to meet up with a blogger friend at Psycho Suzies, a tiki bar in the Twin Cities. We had a wonderful time chatting with her and having the rare opportunity to pick the ...
Coffee Talk coffee shop, Taylors Falls MN
Nellie has a cabin up North in Wisconsin. Those of you who've been around since the beginning of this site know that it used to be their full-time home. But, now that they're based on the Minnesota ...
Barbette’s; perfect poached eggs
We've been hearing talk about this great place on Lake Street in Minneapolis; Barbette's. Usually, when we hear about decent places to eat we kind of tune it out. We like the slightly off-beat. The ...
Teen Wolf Party
The need for a Teen Wolf party is just around the corner, as the next season starts up later this summer. And though many of you, dear readers, may not have the type of unhealthy addiction to this ...
Mother’s Day, Nellie’s perspective
Mother's Day is coming up. Lanet and I know it's protocol for a women's website to address this. We could do a cute printable, a fun craft, maybe a breakfast the kids can make? Lanet passed the ...
Picnic Pizza Party
Spring pretended to come, so we had this great idea to go outside and have a picnic pizza party. See, we love the idea of using pizza for picnics. Skip all the mess of buns and burgers and ...
raising children that love the outdoors.
Tomorrow is Earth Day 2014. We love Earth Day. Because we love our earth, the outdoors, and all that brings. We hope that you do as well. And, if you are parents...that you are raising children that ...
8 Marshmallow Fluff uses
Looking for recipe ideas with Marshmallow Fluff? You need our Over 25+ Marshmallow Fluff Recipe post! Recently here at NellieBellie we made fluffernutter cookies. And we thought we were pretty darn ...
Minneapolis Comic Con Must Dos
The Minneapolis Comic Con is coming in just a few weeks! And Katie and I (The Bellie) are going to go. We are pumped! Neither of us has ever been, and we know we're going to be seeing some pretty ...
Styling a shelf multiple ways.
We have this great bookshelf from 55 Downing Street...and couldn't decide what to do with it. So we thought that we'd style it a few different ways and see which shelving ideas made the most sense. ...
nellie’s office.
A few weeks ago, you saw the Bellie's office reveal. It was pretty great. The set-up suits me, The Bellie, pretty darn perfectly. It's cozy, has plenty of work surface, and is also incredibly ...
puppy chow brownie.
Going through the files, we found this little gem from Katie. It's pretty great. Enjoy! Hello! I’m Katie Jane. I’m fifteen; I like Sherlock, Downton Abbey, and One Direction. I bake and ...
Tin Bins | coffee shop | Stillwater
Bellie’s office.
The Bellie here. We've been working on our new office space since I moved in, but it's been slow going. Because this is what we had to start with. Yep, we had a lot of work to do. We've been ...
chicken houses.
I, Bellie, was going through some old content of Nellie's and found this little piece of magic. Levi has a thing for chickens. If you remember his How to Hypnotize a Chicken post, you'll ...
