holiday fun

The most wonderful time of the year…

 Holiday time— decorations, sweets, Christmas music and more, all so festive and wonderful.  Bellagio Holiday Gardens and Display Put a bow on it! Nutcracker Ballet “Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is […]

The Elegant Holiday

Decorator Suzanne Rheinstein Shares Tips for an Elegant Christmas   via:  One Kings Lane Having grown up in New Orleans, Suzanne Rheinstein remembers Christmas as a time for grand gestures. “I have a memory of my mother—I must have been eight or nine—making a della Robbia-style garland. It went all the way around our doorway, and it had […]

Pretty in Pink: Holiday Home

STYLE MEETS SENTIMENT IN THIS PRETTY-IN-PINK HOLIDAY HOME   via:styleathome   Lifestyle blogger Monika Hibbs gives her home a fresh look for Christmas. Image by: Tracey Ayton Author: Style at Home For lifestyle blogger Monika Hibbs, Christmas is all about sentiment and style.    Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without family and tradition, sure, but in […]

Wonderful Thanksgiving Ideas

Some Thanksgiving Holiday ideas to inspire your celebration. redheadcandecorate.com Giving Thanks Place Mats – I like this. An easy activity and a gentle reminder to be thankful for everyone and everything at your feast. Paper mats and greenery- keep it simple. Country Living Elevate Details with Holiday Style “Remember that a person’s name is to that […]

something wicked this way comes…

Happy Halloween.     via:dimensao “The Garden of Earthly Delights.” Lisa Upp in couture photographed by Willy Vanderperre for Dior magazine FW 2015 Our Darkness Burns Bright Kate. via:thefull October 31, 2016 Falling Leaves Minsk Botanical Garden, Belarus, by Vlad Sokolov Martha Hunt photographed by Matallana for Harper’s Bazaar Mexico November 2016  Stylist: Lisa Jarvis […]

October, October

      “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”    ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables       “October had tremendous possibility. The summer’s oppressive heat was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of beautiful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.”    ― Sarah […]

Sparkly & Chic “Twinkle Sprinkle” Baby Shower

SPARKLY & CHIC  “TWINKLE SPRINKLE” BABY SHOWER via:hwtm.com For her sister with baby #2 on the way, Jenny Raulli of Bloom Designs hosted a “sprinkle” rather than a full-on shower because Nicole wasn’t sure about even having one. Nicole’s all-white-with-pops-of-metallic “Twinkle Sprinkle” Baby Shower is dusted with shimmery stars, sweet treats and whimsically worded signs that play off the […]