Yesterday I showed you some spooky looking potions that you should NOT drink. Today I wanted to share the spooky looking potions that I found in the wine section that you CAN drink. Let me make it very clear that I have not tried any of these wines…. I am totally judging proverbial books by […]
Do you play bunco?
I am in a bunco group and last Friday was my turn to host the game at my house. All last week was spent on fun projects gearing up to have some of my favorite ladies over. I revamped my chandelier and made a no-sew cord cover, upcycled some old wine bottles to create etched […]
Personalized Bunco wine charms {Easy DIY}
I took a little departure from my “Bunco Week” yesterday to discuss cultivating good manners for your kids, but on Monday I shared my revamped outdoor chandelier and no-sew cord cover and on Tuesday I shared my wine bottles turned water carafes. Today…? Personalized Wine Charms. Last year when it was my turn to […]
No-sew cord cover & chandelier re-do (Getting ready for Bunco week! )
Do you play bunco? Do you know what it is? (It surprises me how many people don’t know what bunco is…) Basiclly, it’s a group of 12 women who play a dice game together. We eat dinner, drink wine, and occasionally roll dice and keep score to win prizes. (Husbands of bunco playing wives often […]
Elements for creating outdoor rooms… summer time or any time.
We love to be outside, especially during the summer and, being in Southern California, we can pretty much be outside all year long. We have a big family and we LOVE to entertain, but being near the coast in Southern California, our house is on the smaller side. As a result, we frequently end up […]
Grillin’ tips: 3 fresh ideas to top off your hot dogs.
Handsome Hubby and I love to cook, and we love having friends over for dinner. Sometimes it is a complicated menu, but there are plenty of times when we just want to have a good old fashioned BBQ and grill some burgers and hot dogs. The nice people at Hebrew National asked me to whip up […]
Thanksgiving tablescape. A rained out Thanksgiving: going to Plan B (with minimal freaking out.)
My dining room is too small to fit the 15 to 20 people that come over for Thanksgiving dinner, so I always host it outside on our patio. Living in Southern California, it’s usually safe to do this. However, this year there were cold temperatures (62 degrees. brrr!) and a threat of rain. (Yes, yes, […]
The Great Halloween Party Wrap Up (2011 edition)
I love hosting parties and dinners. I love getting ready for them and creating special little details. I love my friends and family so, so much, and I’d really like to be able to say that all those little details are for them and for them only… but that wouldn’t be completely true. Creating the […]
How to set up a buffet table (& examples of what not to do.)
Ah, summer time, the season of the backyard barbecue and potluck. It’s fun, it’s relatively easy and laid back… a nice way to enjoy friends and family. However, easy and simple is NOT synonymous with sloppy and thrown together. It doesn’t matter if it is at a BBQ, a potluck or Thanksgiving dinner, there is a right […]
If you can wrap a gift, you can recover a chair cushion….
…. well, temporarily. Here’s the situation: I love our dog, but she isn’t too nice to our outdoor furniture. We have a set that is super comfy, but she has gotten up onto the cushions to sleep. That has made them dingy and a little thread-bare in places. We host Thanksgiving and Mother’s Day Brunch […]