Pop the champagne, y’all! It’s time to kick-off party season with everyone’s favorite made-up holiday: Friendsgiving! This turkey day riff, which typically acts as a replacement or addition to the family-based feast, has gained wild popularity over the last decade....
Back in the day, hostesses would spend hours upon hours orchestrating the perfect holiday gatherings and a crucial point to this was the seating chart and place cards. While this rigid formality is long gone (amen!), the notion of place cards can seriously improve the...
This Part 2 post on you Kitchen Wish List for Santa focuses on smaller sized stocking-friendly or priced options for under the tree. Both will up your kitchen productivity and make cooking more enjoyable. After reading this, if you didn’t catch Part 1, there’s a...
I love the holiday season. The excitement of my children, the lights, the parties, the music, the merriment; I could go on and on. What I don’t typically love is the excess, particularly when it is of a kind that is damaging to the environment. Thinking back on...
Whether you love traditional, low key trees or over the top ‘designed’ trees, I’ve got some easy tips for you that work from year to year. Something we are borderline obsessed with in our home is Christmas Trees. I'll admit we always do more than 2 each year (and that...
It’s not every New Years that has a ring to it like 2020! As we head into the 3rd decade of the 3rd millienum, it feels like we should mark the year with a bit of extra pizzaz don’t you think?!? Nothing says celebrations like fun sparkly decorations, and champagne....
It’s not the eggnog that warms my heart with holiday cheer, but rather the smell of a fresh cut fir tree in my home for one magical month. Decorating with mother nature’s bounty extends so much farther than the standard Christmas trees. So, this year when you’re...
It seems like there’s two kinds of folks out there when it comes to holiday decorating. One camp is the ‘I’m a minimalist and not going over board’ group and the other is the ‘love to decorate every square inch of my house’ crowd. I’d like to propose a compromise...
I've spent a lot of time working with Professions Photographers and here is some tips I have learned to turn "Meh" in to Magical We expend so much effort to create enchanting family memories during the holidays, so it’s always disappointing when our photos end up...