Category Archives: Holidays & Entertaining

Closeupofbunting

DIY May-nia #3: Memorial Day DIY

Memorial Day is one week away.  It’s special day in the US; one where we remember and honor fallen soldiers.  Many people look at Memorial Day as a new beginning and the kick off of the summer season.   Today for the DIY …

caramels1

Salted Caramel Party Favors

As promised, here  are the details on the best caramels ever. Seriously, these were amazing.   I found the recipe and a great how-to video at The Inspired Taste.  I highly recommend reading their entire post and watching the video …

tree2012

Hope you had a Merry Christmas, Belated Three Months, 30-something years, and Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.  Ours was wonderful, stressful, but wonderful!  It is actually a miracle we survived the holiday!  We finished decorating the Christmas tree and mantel around 9 PM on Christmas Eve,  started cooking for …

ChristmasDecor2

Reindeer Napkins, Christmas Crackers, and The Kids Table

A couple weeks ago I showed everyone the simple place card holders I am going to use for our first Christmas dinner.  I still need to finish the rest of them, but I needed to start planning the rest of …

PillowsAndStew

Stenciled Holiday Pillows

The sofa that we recently purchased for our sunroom came with some throw pillows, but I wanted to change them up for the holidays.  Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love a cute accent pillow, or two, or in …