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Month: February 2013
Love’s Greeting~ Valentine’s Table Inspiration
I was looking for a little Valentine’s table inspiration, feeling uninspired and a little blue with the cold, gray weather outside. My mother-in-law has been cleaning out her house to put on the market, and ran across this sweet Valentine given to her mother sometime prior to 1923, when she was still a ‘Miss’. She…
A Pre-Mardi Gras Celebration
With the Super Bowl in New Orleans this year, we decided to have a some Mardi Gras-inspired-munchies while we watched the game, instead of the usual Super Bowl fare, and timely since Mardi Gras is February 12th this year. Not a holiday we typically celebrate, but certainly one I can appreciate and Let the Good…
Gardening Under Glass
Garden under glass with a terrarium for a fun winter DIY project to add a little green indoors. Easy and self-sustaining and best of all, no green thumb required! I consulted the almanac and decided that since Spring is still a couple of months away, February was the perfect month to Garden Under Glass! An escape…
Lavender Water & Tangerine Skies
Lavender water and tangerine skies brought to you by God’s paintbrush and dry, clean Canadian air that sweeps down in winter~ Another ‘pro’ in my winter column as I look for reasons to be happy about the season~ Joining Winter Minestrone and Winter Oreos, recently added to the ‘pro’ column~ Thank you Ina Garten & Nabisco :)…