easter is a happy season Easter tables need color and other seasonal elements like eggs, chicks and bunnies. Colors can be natural, embracing gardens and a woodsy feel. You may want to be monochromic. Colors often seen are soft pastels or saturated reflecting more bold colors. That’s not as hard or as formal as it … Read More about Happy Easter Table
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Calmness of Spirit…Sabbath Words #2
intoductions to stress buster verses Philippians 4:5-13 are favorites of mine. These verses are what I often call stress busters! Bolsters to hearten and encourage us in our daily living or during difficulties. Verses I repeat in whispers to calm my spirit. calmness of spirit Calmness of spirit was the phrase that really caught my … Read More about Calmness of Spirit…Sabbath Words #2
Gold and Green Table for Saint Patrick’s Day
Gold and green for Saint Partrick Day, gold for the leprechauns and green for Ireland’s adopted home of Saint Patrick. The colors are so pretty for the spring season. March 17 is a special day for green and gold decoration, Irish influenced meals and children search for the pot of gold at the end of … Read More about Gold and Green Table for Saint Patrick’s Day
Seasons of Life #3….Time to Clean Out the Nest
Our attic is a place to explore and to hang out. It’s a magical place for our grandchildren filled with memorabilia, books, toys, vases and stuffed animals. The floors creak and echo. There is a rug for sitting cross legged and to play marbles. You know the kind that is nostalgic in favorite books like … Read More about Seasons of Life #3….Time to Clean Out the Nest
Eisenhower Gettysburg Home Part 1
It is elegant, livable and retro! It is the Gettysburg retirement home and farm of our 34th President ‘Ike’ Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie. LOcal Day Trip A little more than an hour away from our house is the Gettysburg National Military Park and The Eisenhower Home and Farm. It was a fine morning so … Read More about Eisenhower Gettysburg Home Part 1
Sabbath Words No.1 Refuge & Hope
What more can I say? These are our younger girls when we lived in a foreign place surrounded by chanting monks, prayer wheels and burning incense each day in our apartment courtyard where we lived. He was and is our refuge. We need that hope and shield even more as we live in a place … Read More about Sabbath Words No.1 Refuge & Hope
Chinese New Year Tablescape for the Year of the Dragon
Chinese New Year is February 10th this year. You still have time to plan fun table! The date is based on the lunar calendar which means the date changes every year. Other Asian counties often have different calulations for that day. Surrounding the lunar new year which is the big holiday off the year means … Read More about Chinese New Year Tablescape for the Year of the Dragon
Love is in the Air: A Romantic Valentine Tablescape for Two
Love is in the Air! This romantic Valentine tablescape for two is an easy one to create. Easy but quietly elegant and very romantic! You don’t need to go out for Valentine’s. Here is all you need to create a beautiful romantic setting at home! Candle light with touches of the traditional red are all … Read More about Love is in the Air: A Romantic Valentine Tablescape for Two
Baking Vanilla Crisps, an Old Favorite Cookie
Baking Vanilla Crisps, old family favorire cookies last week was a treat for this grandma! Baking cookies with my grandkids is always fun!! Baking last week with my grandson with only the two was a sweet time! Vanilla crisps are easy to bake This is definitely an old favorite recipe. It’s the first batch of … Read More about Baking Vanilla Crisps, an Old Favorite Cookie
Winter Wonder for the Our Home
Christmas will be here a few days. This post is not just of the decorated room but how our spaces can be part of helping us celebrate Christmas. Creating a place of beauty that confirms the unspoken assurances of belonging and peace with the Winter Wonder themed middle room this Christmas season was my aim. … Read More about Winter Wonder for the Our Home