Tales from the Table and Thanksgiving Traditions
Thanksgiving celebrates gratitude, family and food and in our house plenty of nostalgia. I love hearing about people’s holiday traditions. What kind of turkey d...
Category: Tablescapes
A Bistro In Your Backyard
The warm sun is flickering down through the canopy of trees and the sky is a brilliant blue. The patio and flowers beds are filled with greenery and the navy an...
The Joy of Gingerbread
Put a pastry bag with icing in my hand and there is a deep sense of joy that comes over me. It doesn’t matter how crazy messy my kitchen looks or how many thing...
Cooking for Friends
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. – James Beard In this often fast paced, head buried in your phone world is there still a place for a ho...
An English Garden Inspired Table
My garden is still waking up from its brown winter slumber, but oh how I am looking forward to spring. This week the sun came out and gave us a taste of what is...
The Art of Entertaining And A Peak At My Sister’s Baby Shower
My sister in law, Ashley is a wedding and event planner at Keely Thorne Events. She has impeccable taste and a gorgeous home. Some of the events she has planned...
A Garden Themed Birthday
We traveled back home to Texas after the holiday only to return to Chicago for what one national news reporter called the “Arctic Outbreak.” It was ...
Fall Florals For Your Home and Table
I like letting my home evolve and change to fit the season. One of the things that I like to use most to give my rooms a new seasonal look are flowers. There is...
Art With Kids: Fall Inspired Owls
Its been rainy here in Chicago so I needed some art projects to keep my little ones busy, since we haven’t been able to get out to the park. As a kid I lo...
Pretty In Pink Dinner Party
My now three year old began thinking about her birthday a couple of months ago. She had watched how we made dinner for my birthday and then within a few days sh...