Hi friends! I’m Stacey, a mid 30’s native Virginian, girl mom and military wife. Our family is beach loving and pretty much majority girls (my poor husband is totally outnumbered!) which is how we came up with Riptide and Ruffles. We spend as much time as we can at the beach (or wishing we were at the beach) and our loveliest memories together are near the ocean.
My sweet family at our happy place! (North Topsail Beach, NC)
I have two beautiful girls, a french bulldog, and a very tall and handsome hubby! I love milk glass, anything copper, coffee, wine (cheers!), fun food, my essential oils, running, and beachwear (Lily Pulitzer dress worn by me can be found here). I love cooking, creating, and DIY. I am a former graphic artist and a current photographer and NOW blogger!
I love life, people, experiences, and I love and adore my family!
I am so excited to share this blog with you and start this new journey. Riptide and Ruffles is a little bit of Style, DIY, Recipe sharing, Family, and any hacks that make life easier and more enjoyable! Enjoy looking around!
Good morning friends! I haven’t shared this yet, but I am gluten free and have been for over eight years. Through the years I have experimented with different recipes of some of my favorite foods to make them gluten free. I miss bread and bread-like foods sooooo much! I was a total carbaholic before discovering my gluten sensitivity. One of the things I miss dearly is eating a delicious pancake breakfast. So, today as I was making pancakes for my kiddos (it’s a snow day here in Virginia) andI thought I would make a few for moi! Here’s how they turned out…
Make sure to follow the recipe below and add your favorite add-ins to mix it up a bit! You could really add anything to this recipe to change it up. I made mine with a few chocolate chips and fresh strawberries on top. They’d be devine with bananas and chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, chopped pecans, or even blueberries! Bon appétit!
Below are some of the ingredients I use as well as my absolute FAVORITE silver dollar pancake flipper! I couldn’t live without this tool. (It is actually just a small cookie spatula)
Most days I wake up feeling positive about starting my day and excited for what the day will bring. BUT… every now and again, and especially in the cold winter months here in Virginia, I need a quotational pick me up. I have put together a list of uplifting quotes for you my friends to just kick start that positive thinking and feeling and hopefully brighten your day. I am definitely a word person so reading what others say on life, motivation, and positive thinking definitely make me think about things in a different light.
A quote a day keeps the negative away! haha! It definitely helps that’s for sure. What are some of your favorite quotes? I would love to hear them! Have a beautiful day, friends!
—R&R
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” —Mother Teresa
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”
—Maya Angelou
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” —Mary Lou Retton
“Stay positive. Forgive others. Invest in yourself. Trust your instincts. Lead with an open heart. Don’t let others ruin your day. Do things that bring you joy. Be of service to humanity. Find your soul tribe. Love yourself.” —Lewis Howes
“True beauty does not shine; it attracts.” —Dr. Debasish Mridha
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” —Abraham Lincoln
“The best is yet to be.” —Robert Browning
“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” —Deep Roy
“It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop.” —Confucius
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” —Audrey Hepburn
“Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best” —H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” —Richard Wagner
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” —Marcus Aurelius
“Better to be an optimist who gets disappointed than a pessimist who has no hope.” —Robin Sharma
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” —Anthony J. D’Angelo
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” —Dalai Lama
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” —Winston Churchill
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” —Winston Churchill
“Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.” —Seth Godin
“The beginning is the most important part of any work.” —Plato
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” —Henry Ford
“Accept the fact that all events occur for a reason, and that it is within your capacity to see this reason as positive.” —Robert Greene
“Lead from the heart, not the head.” —Princess Diana
“It’s not what we have in life but who we have in our life that matters.” —Margaret Laurence
Riptide and Ruffles 