Noelle Paredes

Associate Home Editor, HGTV Magazine

United States

Writer, baker, crafter, and master online shopper.

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The Wonderfully Made

wonderfully made
03/31/2018
Grandma's Italian Easter Bread

My grandma can cook. Maybe it's safe to assume that most people who grew up in Italy are gifted in the kitchen, but, in my unabashedly biased opinion, my grandma takes the panettone. (Sorry, bad Italian joke.) From pesto to pizza to cookies to cornish hens, she can do it all.

wonderfully made
04/19/2018
A Weekend in Miami

It's the end of April, and spring is still holding out on New Jersey (for reference, it's 50°F, raining, and I'm wearing a turtleneck as I write this). But for this not-long-enough long weekend in Miami, it was summer. When I told people I had booked a flight to Miami, I got some quizzical looks and...

wonderfully made
02/13/2016
Happy Galentine's Day!

From Me & Queen Bey There are many reasons why Galentine's Day is far better than its more popular predecessor. Countless, really. But this one's my favorite... Beyoncé cookies. Last February I decided I wanted to do something fun and special for all the single ladies in my life that I love.

TCNJ

Tcnj
04/18/2013
Changing Careers is 'Not Too Shabby'

Liz Carrino's sweatpants are stained and a bit tattered from the day's work, and her hands are speckled with bits of dried paint. Still, her blonde hair is neatly styled and her fingernails display a flawless French manicure. Everything around her demonstrates this same apparent contradiction.

Her Campus
10/10/2013
Best Fall Recipes on Pinterest...Without Pumpkin

Fall has arrived at TCNJ. Getting back into sweaters and boots is making me all warm and fuzzy, and now that I can sit outside and watch the leaves turn, doing homework is actually fairly enjoyable (gasp!). But I'm not the only one getting into the spirit of autumn; the season of pumpkin is in full swing on Pinterest.