Christmas Dinner Centerpiece
This holiday, I went with a slight variation of the centerpiece I used for Christmas dinner last year... I seem to keep getting stuck on using those gorgeous evergreens, hydrangeas (because I love them so much) and my "new" deer figurines. So sue me. Luckily, this...
JOY to You and Yours
As some of you know, this year wasn't exactly my favorite. I lost my beloved Sarah, and that pretty much made me want to skip Christmas altogether (it doesn't help that her birthday is December 28th). Every year I make a photo card with her and Lucy, and I just...
Company coming? Make sure you’re prepared!
I found one of my favorite quotes about hospitality in Food & Wine Magazine, when they interviewed Bronson van Wyck. He said, "Hospitality in its truest form was always about giving respite to travelers. If people have traveled to see you, you want to make it...
I Don’t Do PRETTY Christmas
I would like to be the kind of gal that waits until after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas... but since I've been in retail, decorations at home have become less about timeliness and more about a free day to actually put them out! It's a juggle of calendars and...
