The Ask Anna Blog

How to Save and Feature your Kids’ Artwork {Gift idea}

Do your kids bring home piles and piles of artwork? I feel like since day 1 of Pre-K our house has been flooded with artwork every week. You’ve probably figured out by now that I’m not one to keep piles and piles of papers, even when it’s my child’s school work, however I came up with, what I think is, a pretty cool idea for how to hold onto their artwork, and display it in your home. For the last 3 years I’ve been collecting Malea’s art projects, cute notes and other random things she made at school or at… Read More

My Family’s Corn Chowder Recipe

As a kid I loved Halloween for many reasons. Dressing up was always fun, running around in the streets with my friends was awesome, getting a TON of candy was amazing, but the highlight of the night was always coming back home to a warm house and my mom’s corn chowder. I remember coming home on cold Halloween nights, and my friends and I would gather around the table to devour large bowls of my mom’s famous corn chowder, which is the BEST corn chowder you’ll ever taste (seriously)! In honor of Halloween quickly approaching I thought I’d share this… Read More

Christmas Tree Clean Up (a Cleaning Hack)

I have to be honest, this wasn’t my idea, and after 13 years of buying my own Christmas tree, I wish I’d come up with it on my own! Last year when we went to pick up our Christmas tree, the guy at the lot asked me if I knew the best way to not make a mess of the needles. Of course I would’ve liked to have said “yes”, but being honest I said “no, but I’d love to hear it.” And that’s when he proceeded to tell me something that was so smart/simple, that I wanted to smack… Read More

Creme Brulee Martini Recipe

This delicious, creamy, Creme Brulee martini is the perfect substitute for a Creme Brulee dessert, it’s all the flavor without all the calories! I was doing some research for a post I have coming up about Fall and Winter’s best cocktails, when I stumbled across this delicious Creme Brulee martini recipe on the Food Network. The last couple months I’ve been cutting back on a lot of food items, especially desserts, because I’m working out, and getting ready for our trip to Mexico in October. But when I found this recipe I thought, “if I can’t eat dessert than I’ll… Read More

10 Things you can Clean with a Lint Roller

I am proud to be a 3M-sponsored blogger, and as part of my responsibilities, I get the opportunity to evaluate 3M products. All my opinions are my own and all the results you see in the post are real. If I’m being honest I’d have to say that sometimes I can be a little lazy when it comes to cleaning. I’m sure you are never like that but just in case I’m not the only one, today I’m going to share 10 things you can clean with a lint roller, that will make your life easier and cleaner! I love… Read More

Budget Friendly Breakfast Nook Makeover

Because I didn’t have enough going on with tiling the kitchen backsplash and making over the downstairs bathroom, I decided to throw in another little mini-makeover in our breakfast nook area. Truth be told this area has driven me crazy for a while now but I needed to get a little fire under my buns to actually do something with it, and tiling the kitchen wall was just what I needed to motivate me! Now that the kitchen is almost complete I figured it was time to make the space next to it pretty too. 🙂 Let’s take a quick… Read More