Get a head start on your holiday baking and gifting with Homemade Vanilla Extract! It comes together in five minutes and is ready to use in two months, improving as it ages. I’m sharing an easy DIY and gift in anticipation of holiday baking, Homemade Vanilla Extract! While it comes together in five minutes, it…
A Year of Tablescapes, celebrating the seasons and holidays with inspiration and centerpieces for indoor and alfresco dining. Thank you for all your visits, comments, shares and Pins in 2019! Here’s look back at how the tables turned during the year, with highlights from the months, seasons and holidays! Click on the links in red…
Lola and Sophie are stopping by to wish you a Pawsome Holiday-Merry Christmas Week. 🐾🐾 Santa Paws paid them a visit since they were such good girls this year. . . And delivered a couple of toys, antlers and new sweaters so they could join in some reindeer games. Sophie says, thank you Santa, but…
Merry Christmas Eve! I hope you’ve wrapped up all your Christmas preparations and are sitting back enjoying your favorite Christmas movies. I’ve had a few of comments asking if I would share some close ups of our Christmas tree that’s twinkling in the background behind my Cardinal Christmas Table. It’s not a theme tree, rather…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a little December weekend waterview from Lake Norman . . . We enjoyed a little boating time last weekend. The temps were in the low 60s and it was warm in sun. Sophie and Lola enjoyed the sunshine and wind blowing in their ears. It was a little brisk with the breeze…
Dear December. . . you got away from me this year. With Thanksgiving falling late, I had one less week in a very busy month to decorate, shop and bake. . . Even the Christmas cards are late to be mailed this year! I have to confess that my Potting Shed was treated like the red-headed…
Happy Wednesday! Can you believe Christmas is a week from today. . . how did that happen? I set a table by the tree to enjoy the twinkle and glow of the lights and for a little December nesting. Cardinals have flown in for a Cardinal Christmas. . . A tartan throw provides a foundation…
Happy Monday! Are you finished decking the halls? As soon as I decide I’m done, I seem to find one more thing to add and two others to tweak. ;) For this week’s edition of Monday Morning Blooms, we’re sharing some holiday greenery in and around our homes. You can find my blogging friends’ links…
Christmas Santa and Snowman Bark comes together in under an hour for an easy no-bake treat to enjoy, gift and share with friends and family. Happy Friday! This sweet treat is a festive, no-fuss treat and alternative to peppermint bark that’s readily available this time of year. I whipped up a couple of batches to…
Celebrate Christmas at the table with traditional red and green, an evergreen runner, paisley, plaid and St. Nick with assorted forest friends plates. ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, we’re still decking the halls, Hanging up garland, to swag on the walls. The dishes are set on the table with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas…
