Author Archives: Andrea Howe

Andrea is the founder of For The Love Of, a lifestyle blog dedicated to approachable, modern living. She writes about style, her love of DIY, and living a healthier life through wholesome, nutritious cooking. She is also a regular contributor at Babble.
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You can find Andrea on Instagram @andreavhowe and @gwynethmademedoit

My Revamped Safe & Carefree Makeup Collection

                                              acrylic countertop makeup tray by Caboodle I’ve been slowly working on revamping my makeup collection for the last year, and after making a few more purchases in the last few weeks, I’ve finally […]

Cooking With Kids and 10 Foods They Can Master By 10

This past weekend a monumental feat was achieved; one of our children took over meal time and cooked a full 4 course meal for the family, grandparents included. A few days prior, she had rediscovered our copy of The Silver Spoon for Children , and took a keen interest in it. I had purchased it […]

Working With An Integrative Doctor & My Treatment Protocol

About three weeks ago, I felt the best I had felt in a long time, finding myself with enough energy to make it to workout class or yoga six times that week. I had been on a gradual upswing of energy during the day for a few months, and I was hopeful that this latest […]

How I Find Time To Cook

That old familiar saying about only 2 certainties in life being death and taxes, should be amended to include 3 certainties – death, taxes, and cooking, because we all must eat. And unless you plan to eat take-out for the remainder of your life, someone’s gotta do it, so why not try to at least […]

The Most Commonly Asked Questions About the Planetbox – Answered

I’ve been posting photos of the kid’s lunches almost daily since the beginning of the school year. I had posted a few pictures off and on a bit during the 2013-2014 school year, and they always garnered a lot of attention and questions. Not that they were anything extraordinary, in fact they were quite basic, […]

Daily Style – Give Me An “A”

Initial Sweatshirt – Kate Spade Saturday (and it’s 40% off!!); Nude Patent Leather Flats – Steve Madden; Jeans – Rag & Bone but similar fit here by LOFT; Faux Leather Reversible Tote last seen here and here – Nordstrom; Nameplate necklace – c/o Jenny Present (use code BIGFAN for 20% off site wide) Art and I […]

Easy Breaded & Baked Chicken Cutlets

I have an internal conversation with myself each day as I prepare dinner, in which I decide whether Syd will eat the food I’m preparing. Most days it’s pretty cut and dry, and I just know that certain things will require modifications, and other things he gobble down. Other days, I really can’t decide and […]

The Essential Oil Protocol That Got Our Toddler To Sleep

There’s nothing that can really prepare you for the sleep deprivation that comes with being a new parent. You can prepare yourself as much as possible by reading books and asking around, but until your baby is home and you experience first hand the delirium that comes from lack of sleep, you’ll never understand just […]

Daily Style – Wrapped Up

Outfit Details: Wrap – c/o Evy’s Tree Diana wrap in navy stripe (worn 3 ways, but it’s also reversible); Jeans – old Rag & Bone from Anniversary Sale, but very similar fit here at Loft; Booties – Sole Society (LOVE these so much!); Faux Leather *reversible* Tote – Nordstrom, just like the Madewell tote but 1/4 […]

Week In Review – Parenting With Gorillas

Last week while Hayden and I were at Target shopping for groceries/home decor/shoes and candles, Hayden fell in love with some colorful stuffed gorillas, meant for Valentine’s Day gift giving. He ran over to them and picked up one, the pink one first, and ran over to me, stuffed it in the cart and said […]