I’ll cut right to the chase. I love it when I get invited to Sharene’s home, because it promises to be a wonderful day filled with delicious food and lots of eye candy. She not only has a lovely home that promises to be decorated tastefully for the holidays, but she also knows a thing or two about how to put a table together, (and
A Celebration of Whimsical Table Settings
For the last three years I have had the pleasure of attending an event called ‘Set to Celebrate’ where a variety of designers, decorators and just plain ol’ simple folk (with TONS of talent) put their best foot forward and showcase a themed table or mantle at The Town and County Club in Hartford, Ct. And no, that’s not a typo. It’s County not Country
Manolo Blahnik ‘Planters’
If you’re a Manolo Blahnik fan, you’re gonna love this post ;). Remember the ‘Set To Celebrate‘ event I went to a couple of weeks ago? Did you think I was going to forget to show you my favorite display?? Never happen. The display was set up in a round room that had walls temporarily covered with over 40,000 lemon leaves. It took several people three full
Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa Inspired Table Settings
Back in the late ’90’s, we had the pleasure of touring the California coast, and it’s a trip we will never forget. The highlight, by far, was the Napa Valley region. The scenery was unsurpassed in its beauty…the food was inspired and fresh (I never knew peaches tasted like that!) …and the climate was perfect. I’m not one to return to places I’ve already been,
An Autumnal Luncheon
Don’t you love getting invited to a house that you know is going to be all dressed up and purdy? Me too. So when Sharene invited a few of the ‘gym girls’ to her house for a luncheon last week, I wasted no time asking her if I could get there a few minutes early to take some pictures. Can you blame me? Isn’t this lovely?
Fall Home Tour At The Cabin
The leaves are turning, and countless farmers markets dot the landscape selling their wares of pumpkins, richly colored mums, impossible to resist donuts and hot apple cider. Here in New England, Fall is celebrated in a big way, and I’m pretty sure when it comes to homes that lend themselves to Fall decorating, log cabins are at the top of the food chain. Their rustic
A Bright & Cheerful Summer Tablescape
It all started with placemats. Placemats that are so darn cute not creating a tablescape around them would have been reason enough to kick me out of blogland. A few months ago at a church tag sale a friend bought placemats but ended up giving them to my friend Penny last week during our community ‘boot sale’. They have such vibrant, citrus inspired colors and
NOW you can ohhhhhh and ahhhhhh…
My dining table insisted on getting dressed for Spring. In fact, it was downright arrogant about it. Can you blame it? It’s tired of snow, sleet and ice and has no qualms about jumping the gun this season. And who am I to argue? (After all, I did promise you in my last post that this one would make you go ohhhhhh and ahhhhh, remember?)
A Diva Dinner
Some of my friends in our community have started a fun tradition we’ve called, albeit somewhat tongue in cheek, ‘Diva Dinner’. Several months ago one of our friends started an etiquette business and had a few of us over to her house to practice her schtick and it was then we decided to continue with the idea of getting together with just ‘the girls’ every
Set To Celebrate! (Part 2)
Are you starting to get into the spirit of the holidays? If not, I think some of these pictures will help :). If you missed my last post on Sunday, you may want to click here. (Since there were too many pictures to put in one post, I thought I’d divide them up a bit.) Although most of the tables had a holiday