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Entertaining Ideas

Holiday Quickie – Luminaries!

December 20, 2009

For our open house last Sunday, I wanted to line the driveway with luminaries but buying them can get expensive! So, I made my own – very simple and easy – using canning jars! I just poured epsom salt into the jars {it’s so cheap and easy to find – plus, you can use it [...]

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Winter Party Favors

December 13, 2009

I’m sorry I have been MIA for a week or so. We were at Disney World celebrating our anniversary {and getting a huge dose of Christmas inspiration!} We are back and tonight is our  Christmas Open House – I am SO not ready! Still trying to clean and deck the halls plus I have soup [...]

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Fall Kitchen Nesting

October 20, 2009

There is something about fall that makes me nestle into the kitchen. I’ve made several batches of various chili recipes this past month since we’ve had such a cold, rainy fall. When my November issue of Southern Living magazine arrived today, I marked several dishes that look interesting to try. Today I found this wonderful looking [...]

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It’s a Girl Thang: Baby Shower Love

October 19, 2009

We had such a nice baby shower on Saturday. My company, Devine Designs, did all the decorating {I am also helping with the design of the nursery}. Many thanks to Becky Carafa for her help and partnership! Our colors were celery green, black and white. Of course, Amy Atlas was my inspiration along with  Hostess with the Mostess [...]

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Perfect Fall Chili

October 11, 2009

This past weekend we had a chili cookoff at church. I found my winning entry in Martha Hall Foose’s new cookbook, “Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook.” I wanted to do something different this year. At last year’s cookoff it seemed every chili was a variation of ground meat, [...]

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Sweet Decorations

September 26, 2009

I’m working on creating decorations for a friend’s baby shower. It’s her first and very special because doctors told her five years ago she would never have children after battling cervical cancer at age 23. Doctors don’t know everything – God had other plans – she’s due in December! I asked if I could do the [...]

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Entertaining Simply

August 26, 2009

Welcome friends from Julia’s “Hooked On” Friday party! We love entertaining and having friends and family over and am always looking for ideas to help make entertaining enjoyable and simple. So I just love this “simple entertaining” idea from Sunday Suppers - perfect for the upcoming fall season. I just love the clever but simple idea of [...]

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