Gifting is one of the very best things about this season. Joy comes from planning, choosing/creating and wrapping the perfect gift for family, friends, hostesses, teachers & anyone you want to make feel special. The very best gifts are the ones that speak to the passions, interests and sweet tooth of your recipients. Putting together [Read more…]
Easy & Elegant Holiday Decor – VIDEO
Easy and elegant holiday decor is only a few tips away! Watch my latest VIDEO and learn a few tricks to truly make less MORE with regard to your holiday decor. Holiday decor shouldn’t be a chore. So lighten up & enjoy the season more and have so much less to put away come January. [Read more…]
Set Your Holidays a Glow
It is that time of year … Spark up the fireplace, drape strings of lights, fill lanterns & lite candles. Gather round, get cozy and bask in the glow. Lanterns & candles are particularly wonderful ways to transition your decor from fall to Christmas. Everyone can add these two essential pieces, especially at the very [Read more…]
Low Cost High Style -IKEA Finds
I love a field trip! Recently I took a field trip to IKEA all the name of research for the podcast. When we decided to create a podcast episode on finds from Ikea, my intention was to look, not buy. I was on a “research” only assignment. Well, with a shopping full cart filled [Read more…]
Gather Together this Fall
This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart. This time of year as late afternoon eases into evening everything seems to glow. It is a wonderful time to gather friends close and enjoy a few hours ‘basking’ in it, so to speak. Unwind and relax together as the days get shorter and [Read more…]
How to Make a Decorating Plan
You wouldn’t go on vacation without a plan… You wouldn’t have a wedding or even a party without a plan… So why do so many people decorate without a plan? Maybe because they just don’t know How to Make a Decorating Plan. Well, those days are over! Today I am sharing my latest video … [Read more…]
Let’s Welcome Fall
Are you ready? Ready for pumpkins and spice and everything nice? Nice and cool & cozy that is … I sure am! Here summer is leaving in a blaze of heat, but even though the temps are still high, I feel the fall coming on… The days are getting a smidge shorter with every [Read more…]
Projects
Holiday Table Decorating – Styled & Set
Welcome to the Styled & Set Holiday Tour! This year the beauty & creativity in store for you is incredible & inspiring. If you are coming over from Citrine Living welcome! Thanks to Lory of Designthusiasm for organizing the event. My table is styled & set with highs & lows and the warm neutral palette [Read more…]
Easy Christmas Floral Arrangement
Today I am joining forces with a fabulous group of bloggers to bring you the Home for the Holidays Tour! The tour is sponsored by Bespoke Decor. Read on for an opportunity to enter for a chance to win a $200 gift card to Bespoke. Happy Holidays to you a bit early! Bespoke Decor is [Read more…]
Thanksgiving Floral Centerpiece Ideas
I love Thanksgiving … The spirit of gratefulness, the inclusiveness and the fact that it kicks off the holiday season, makes this day extra special in my mind. The food too ranks high and of course, the opportunity to set a beautiful table. Whether you are hosting a gathering involving extra tables & chairs or [Read more…]
Styled & Set – Grey and Copper for fall
A bit of a tweak on the the traditional October colors, today I share with you my grey and copper table. It all started with a placemat and end up like this… The inspiration may have been a grey buffalo check placemat, but the reason was, and is, the fabulous Styled & Set Tour I [Read more…]