My boy turns 16 today, and I say , “Yikes! How’d that happen?” Every Thanksgiving weekend is Conor’s birthday weekend. This year, as part of the Thanksgiving/Birthday celebration I planned on baking him a cake
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I love to decorate for the holidays as naturally as possible. And finding just the right mix of planted and cut foliage and flowers is my well-balanced decorating solution. Every year, one of my absolute
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Found the early cinnamon brown chintz quilt – with the allover pheasant pattern – folded in a basket at the bottom of the linen closet. I thought it would bring a lot of charm as an
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A “Happy Thanksgiving” e-mail yesterday from a really lovely lady, Julia, inspires today’s posting. We met a year ago, just before Thanksgiving, when I showed her the blog I was then working on – Homemaker2words.com
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About a year ago, I took a good hard objective look at my dinnerware – especially my serving pieces. They were all over the place in color and style. Quite honestly I felt like the
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Azaleas blooming in Connecticut – in November? That’s right. And in my powder room, to boot! I have a pair of freaky miniature Azalea topiaries that bloom twice a year – late spring, and fall.
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As a rule of thumb, I love to use nature – in some form – in decorating throughout my home. And the beauty in decorating with nature is that I can create a very natural
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On the 6th day there was light. Hurricane Sandy packed a huge punch, but fortunately our loss of power was the very worst of it. So needless to say, I am so very grateful. On
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