Happy New Year! Do you go out on New Year’s Eve or stay home and enjoy a quiet celebration? We prefer to stay home and enjoy some appetizers as we watch the ball drop. I found Chocolate Tuxedo Cups at World Market, $6.99 for a package of 6 and fun for a festive, sweet bite for New Year’s Eve! These are easy to…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Picnic Week! The Novel Bakers been busy packing picnic baskets, baking, and cooking up recipes for a couple of months now in anticipation of picnic week, from a host of books full of inspiration, delicious menus and theme picnics! I had some inspiration for a Provençal Picnic from A Perfect Day for…
In celebration of Chinese New Year and The Year of the Horse which officially began January 31st, I thought you might enjoy a repeat stroll through a Chinese garden, enjoying a little spring green instead of a blanket of snow :) In addition to a garden stroll, there is a recipe included for Long Life…
I love assembling a trifle for dessert! The look impressive but are easy to assemble and vary, altering your ingredients with cake, fruit, custard or pudding, and whipped cream. Gingerbread, Cranberry, and Lemon Curd Trifle is delicious and easy to assemble for Christmas with a few short cuts, preparing your components or layers in advance. I had…
I’m joining Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and the return of The Mystery Ingredient Club! Our Mystery Ingredient this month~ Wilton Creepy Sprinkles Lab, timely for planning a Happy Haunting! Thank you Michael Lee! The Creepy Sprinkles include Bones, Black & Green Jimmies, Orange Sugar, and Black, Green & Orange Jimmies. I couldn’t resist adding a…
I’m at the table with Blue Flowers. . . Hydrangeas, Blooming Napkin Rings, and Mikasa Gourmet Basics Belmont Round Blue Flowers Dinnerware. Square and round salad plates offer two different blooming varieties in this handcrafted collection of stoneware. Tole flower napkin rings act as a nosegay presenting red checked napkins. A casual centerpiece, a birdhouse…
I had the good fortune to travel with my husband to Vancouver, British Columbia for a business conference a year ago last May~ our first trip enjoying the beauty of the Pacific Northwest and a chance to visit our neighbors to the north in Canada. The Butchart Gardens in Victoria were on the “not-to-be-missed” list. If you…
We had a break in the weather with sunny skies and temperatures in the high 50’s! With a week-long forecast for rain, we decided to board The Love Boat for a cruise, bundled up with blankets for an early Valentine’s Day celebration! Welcome Aboard~ Love is in the Air and on the Bottle! A life ring…
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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…