Hi everyone. I know this is a little late for Christmas, but this idea will work for any dinner party, maybe in time for your New Year’s Eve party! I think it’s nice to think about where to seat your guests. It makes it easier to get everyone to come to the table when dinner
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I love tassel garlands. They are popping up all over the place from Target to Walmart! But if you are looking for a certain color scheme or particular length, making your own is easy. Most of the online tutorials I found call for using tissue paper. For our daughter’s graduation party, I wanted to make
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My daughter’s high school graduation party was a great opportunity to try out some DIY party decorations. These ideas would work equally well for a casual wedding, shower or anniversary party! Here’s a run down of what we did: Giant Balloons & Tassel Garlands I love these giant, 3 foot round balloons. I got them
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Our daughter’s graduation party recently motivated us to work on our back yard and patio area. Because the yard slopes off, the first floor of our home is elevated in the back of the house. Underneath there is a covered patio area which, until now, was a network of cobwebs, grass clippings and dirt.
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It’s hard to believe our baby girl, Elizabeth, is graduating! It sounds cliche to ask where has the time gone, but really where has it? I want to celebrate this event beautifully for her as we have had so many major changes and moves over the past four years, that we glossed over other milestones
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Each year at Christmastime we make a few batches of Irish cream – some for gift giving and some for us to enjoy on a wintry afternoon. This past year, however, we simply ran out of time to make it. But last week, when I made my weekly pilgrimage to Target, I spotted these smart
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We recently launched our second etsy store, HomeStyleWedding, after receiving many requests from brides- to- be for our grain sack style table runners, burlap banners and collections of milk glass vases. It was fun to open up my mail today and see these pictures of a couple that purchased our union jack ring bearer pillow.
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I have been picking up these adorable vintage egg cups throughout the year at yard sales and thrift stores and now have a collection in varying sizes. I couldn’t envision ever using them for their intended purpose of holding a soft-boiled egg but I could envision using them for decorative purposes, especially for Spring. I
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We continue to whittle away at creating items for our (hopefully) soon to be launched wedding store. Sometimes progress is so painfully slow! Yesterday I finished up these sweet little ring bearer pillows inspired by our table runners. We’re having fun playing around with new colors! We also recently created this Union Jack pillow for
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I had so much fun leading a Food Demo for a group staying at Tuscarora Inn and Conference Center yesterday. Two of the recipes that I demonstrated are already on our blog. You can check out Homemade Granola here and Pumpkin Pie Cake here. The third recipe, Molasses Cookies, is another family favorite. These
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