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Seasonal Inspiration!

Christmas {The Extended Version}

January 8, 2011

Hello Friends. I hope the first week of your new year was fabulous! So I have a question for you all. I am wondering how long you leave your Christmas decorations up? Here on Ohio’s North Coast we have snow until March or April. {Below is my back yard this morning.} Since winter lasts at [...]

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Cinnamon {Flavor of the Month}

December 23, 2010

Every season has a flavor all its own, and this month is all about warm and spicy cinnamon.  Here is a yummy cinnamon nut bread that makes the perfect hostess gift when visiting family and friends this weekend for Christmas. Enjoy! Cinnamon Nut Bread Makes: 3 loaves (14 servings total) Prep: 25 minutes Bake: 45 [...]

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Amy Atlas-Inspired Dessert Buffet

December 12, 2010

This past weekend we had our annual “End of the Lane” Christmas Open House. We invite our neighbors on the street and it’s the one time a year that we all try to get together. I decided to have a dessert buffet and hot cocoa bar and was inspired by Amy Atlas’ amazing dessert buffets. [...]

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{Champagne} Stocking Holder

December 6, 2010

As I deck the halls here at our Cottage In the Woods, I’m making the transition from the red color scheme {that went with the furniture we’ve had for the past three seasons} to a pale blue and cream look that goes with the newly painted walls and new furniture we got this year. Of course, red [...]

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Winter Photos for Your Desktop

November 29, 2010

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! I know we did.  Our Thanksgiving dinner was the best we’ve had in a number of years. We bought a pre-cooked and sliced turkey breast with gravy from a local butcher shop and it was yummy. All we had to do was to heat it up. [...]

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Christmas Inspiration: Part I

November 14, 2010

Last weekend I went to a holiday open house at Gale’s Garden Center which is about 20 minutes from us. Since I have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the five-gray-months-of-winter that we have here on the North Coast, Gale’s beautiful Christmas decorations are the spoonful of sugar to help that medicine go down! I [...]

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Fall Mantel

November 5, 2010

Fall is in full force here on the North Coast and I’ve been trying to add a few autumn touches in the house. Like so many of you, my schedule is crazy. It’s the busiest time of the year for my design business {everyone getting their house holiday-guest ready} and sometimes it’s hard to find the energy and motivation to [...]

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Happy Fall Y’all!

September 23, 2010

Fall has officially arrived. I can’t say it thrills me because here on the North Coast I know the arrival of fall means five months of winter is on the way. However, this morning I am trying NOT to think about that. Instead, I am inspired by some beautiful fall photos from Southern Living. I love how [...]

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