December 28, 2014 Cardboard lifts and levels? Last summer, I was asked to create a dessert table for a wedding reception, and make more than three hundred individual…
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Mini Cheesecakes and Pecan Tassies
December 24, 2014 Mini Cheesecakes And Pecan Tassies One of my favorite dessert displays includes mini cheesecakes and pecan tassies. Usually, for Christmas, homemade fudge and vanilla bean…
Ideas For A Family Christmas Annual Dessert Contest
December 17, 2014 The Theme For The Christmas Annual Dessert Contest This year, the theme for our annual dessert contest is ‘Santa’. The desserts have to…
Christmas Decorations
December 12, 2014 Christmas Decorations…2014… These are pictures of our two decorated trees this year. The first has the Christmas Story woven in and out of the branches and the…
The Santa Collection – How to Start Your Own
The Collection Begins December 9, 2014 Our Santa collection began the first year we were married. When Dave and I were in the U.S. Navy and stationed in Adak,…
DIY Painted Pumpkins and Gourds for Your Thanksgiving Tablescape
November 12, 2014 Painted Pumpkins White-painted pumpkins and gourds to create a beautiful Thanksgiving tablescape is my plan. Shopping the sales after Halloween, I picked up these artificial…
Save and Dry Your Pumpkin Stems
November 10, 2014 After Halloween this year, the Jack-O-Lanterns we carved, were put in the compost pile behind our home, but first, Dave cut the stems off the…
Subtle Halloween Decor
October 22, 2014 Every year the Halloween decorations are pulled out in anticipation of Halloween night and all the trick-or-treaters. There are touches of Halloween throughout…
Kid’s Cute Halloween Costume Ideas You’ll Love
October 15, 2014 50’s Poodle Skirt Costume Each year, just about this time, my grandkids and I begin to think of Halloween costume ideas. When Sophie was…
Preserving Basil Leaves The Easy Way
October 13, 2014 Another post on Pinterest today, caught my attention, ‘Preserving Basil Leaves’. I checked out the blog, Redheadcandecorate.com. The process seemed simple enough. Since the basil in…
