From the category archives:

Balancing Homestead Hospitality

Quick and Easy Centerpieces

January 14, 2010

Decorating on a Dime takes time, tenacity and tutelage from those who’ve gone before you. Mix that with a little imagination and you are raring to go with any aspect of your home.
Yes, squashing the hidden retail shopper inside you is necessary if you want to be set apart from “Decorating like a Designer” and [...]

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Easy Thanksgiving Table Decor

November 19, 2009

I am scrambling to highlight our Thanksgiving table with some quick, easy and frugal decor.

Our first step to easy Thanksgiving table decor is to “shop our house and yard.” As much as I desire a Better Homes and Garden look, a simple approach to decorating assures all of us that we don’t have to be designers to create a welcoming home. We can add much more glamor than what I am showing, butmy desire is to encourage everyone of you that with just a few extra minutes, you can set a beautiful table.

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Hospitality…who would ever have thought…

August 3, 2009

Encouraging spontaneous hospitality last weekend yielded a wonderful evening with family and new friends. There’s just something about root beer floats that bring out memories of sweet family moments gone by.No “screen time” was allowed, so the kids attempted to play board games outside. Unfortunately for them, the dogs wanted active participation with the simple [...]

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Spontaneous Hospitality

August 1, 2009

Summer should be a time of lazy days by the pool, cook outs with friends and special family get togethers. I wish I could speak to all the above, but our summer is just flying by in a frenzy, and I am missing out on some simple summer pleasures.
So when sister in law mentioned root [...]

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Sharing the bedroom bedlam in my "haven"

November 12, 2008

Since one of the things that I passionately pursue is creating a “haven of hospitality,” I thought I would share one aspect where I am consistently struggling.You remember on of my last guests, don’t you? Yep, I am the hostess with the mostess.I love reading, absorbing and reflecting on various ways to make my family [...]

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Traditions – Your Family Story with a twist

November 8, 2008

Hi dear blogging friends – I covet your prayers this weekend as I am doing a booth at our city’s Holiday Market. This is one of those huge holiday shopping extravaganza’s where 20,000 people pack in like sardines for a full three day event. It is exhausting, even when I feel terrific, but I [...]

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Homestead Hospitality…only at my ‘haven’

October 27, 2008

I sincerely believe in the spirit of a “Welcome Home” mentality.I want every single one of you to feel as if you could “make yourself at home” on our home stead, and come away refreshed and renewed from your stay.I desire our home to be a hiatus…a place where real life happens. Yet in the [...]