These Melted Snowmen Cookies are fun to ‘build’! Start with your favorite cookie as a base. Add melted white chocolate chips or almond bark for ‘snow’. Mini peanut butter cups provide a snowman top hat with mini chocolate chips eyes and an orange sprinkle for a carrot nose! I made these Melted Snowmen Cookies during…
I always seem to have a case of the January Blues on the heels of Christmas~ taking the tree down & putting all the decorations away. . .straightening & organizing . . .cutting calories & spending. . . Flowers seem to help though :) Blueberry Coffee Cake was lightened up in Southern Living Magazine’s January…
I’ve had lots of emails and comments about my Potting Shed we built this year. Here is a recap with the posts to date~ from the ground up! They are also permanently on a tab at the top of my page for easy access. This project was years in the making in the planning & procrastinating stage…
A look back at recipes of 2012 as we count down to the New Year and the counting of calories begins :) I’m sharing some highlights from the holidays and seasons~ click on the title for a taste! Puppy Love Pops Spinach 4-Leaf Clovers & Spinach Pesto Mashed Potatoes Irish Car Bomb Brownies and When Brownies…
A look back on tables of 2012 as we count down to The New Year~ Some tables with food and some without~ Click on the links under the photo if you’d like to revisit the posts~ The Night Circus Valentine Greetings Lunch with Bunnies Easter Greetings Tropic of Tommy Bahama Sunflowers on the Porch Cloche Encounters for…
We had the good fortune to spend the weekend in The Holy City~ Charleston SC, with friends in early December. Besides the Southern charm, architecture, and beautiful Christmas decorations of this historic city, Charleston’s main attraction for us is the food! In searching for a recipe this year for Christmas brunch, I found a recipe for The Grits…
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I’m finally wrapping up my Christmas preparations! It seems to take me as long as I have to prepare~ If Thanksgiving falls a week early, it takes the extra week :) I had several Pottery Barn shopping bags this holiday season~ several were double bagged for the weight of my gifts & purchases. Too pretty…
All I want for Christmas (besides a Hatherley Lattistep :) are dogs that sleep past 4 am. . . More water in the pond. . . {Santa we need rain!} And more dish storage. . . Our lake house was built in the ’80s~ the decade for big hair, not big closets :) Our house in Charlotte,…
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas just like the one in 2010! I just hope we don’t have to wait another 63 years to see one :) Cooler temperatures and more seasonal December weather have my thoughts drifting towards a White Christmas~ prompting me to me pull out the snowmen, sprinkle some rock salt on…