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St. Patrick’s Day Party Ideas

Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Holidays, tagged , , , on March 15, 2012| 1 Comment »

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

(Almost!)

Here are some fun links I thought I’d share with everything from decorating ideas to recipes for Green Velvet Cupcakes.

Yum!

Enjoy and have fun with it!

Irish Blessings– use on invitations, placecards or print and give as take-home gifts.

 

Fun Green Pepper idea from Martha Stewart.

Also from Martha – Clover Straws!

 

Green Flower Present is  so fun from Divine Party Concepts.

 

Or how about these sweet little Shamrock take-away gifts from A Subtle Revelry.

 

Bakerella has these awesome cake balls.

 

How about Green Velvet Cupcakes from Love from the Oven.

She Who Needs to Find Her Lucky Shamrock

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New Books for Spring

Posted in Books, Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, tagged , , , , , , on March 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’ve got two new books hot off the press I wanted to share with you today!  Check them out and let me know what you think!

The Cowboy’s Spring Romance – Trent Thompson has carried a torch for the new schoolteacher since she moved to Grass Valley more than three years ago. Instead of asking her out, he’s dated every single female in a 30-mile radius, giving her the impression he’s not interested in her at all. Lindsay Pierce moved to Grass Valley to teach and quickly fell in love with the small community as well as the delightful people who live there. Everyone welcomes her warmly except for one obnoxious cowboy who goes out of his way to ignore her. Will Trent be able to maintain the pretense when he has to babysit his niece, who happens to be in Lindsay’s class? Find out if romance will blossom along with the first flowers of spring.

Amazon

Kindle

Barnes & Noble

Smashwords

Book Trailer on You Tube

 

Savvy Spring Entertaining  – Everything the savvy host needs to know for successful spring entertaining! Discover simple decorating ideas, easy entertaining tips and some delicious spring recipes. Savvy Spring Entertaining gives hosts the information they need to shake off the heavy mantle of winter and prepare for a fun season of spring entertaining!
From Savvy Entertaining’s blogger, this short e-book includes her best hints for welcoming spring!
An excerpt from the author’s novel, The Cowboy’s Spring Romance, is included as well.

Download Spring Entertaining for Free!

Kindle

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Polyvore

Posted in Entertaining Ideas, Fashion, Home and Garden, Home Decor, Musings, Referrals, tagged , , , on March 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Social Media is going to be the cause of my demise.

First it was Facebook and Twitter followed by LinkedIn.

Then I gut sucked into Pinterest and thought I might never get out alive.

Now I’m really in trouble. Big trouble.

I found Polyvore.

For those of you who like to be creative, have a penchant for fashion or like home decor, you are going to love (LOVE) this site. You can drag and drop clothing, backdrops, furniture, just about everything and anything you can imagine onto a “blank” canvas and create outfits, rooms, all kinds of fabulous and marvelous things.

I’m officially a goner.

I’ve only been playing on it since last weekend, but it is so much fun.

You can do stuff like this:

So you pick out the fashion pieces you like, arrange them however you want, add whatever accents tickle your fancy and then you can share it with others. Being someone who likes clothes and creativity, I can’t begin to tell you how this entertains me so.

Although I have only spent a few minutes being crazy with the home decor stuff, it looks like it could be a time-consuming wonderment, too.

I agree the pink room is a little much, but it was fun to put together.

She Who Needs to Not Like this as Much as She Does

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1950s Party Theme

Posted in Entertaining Ideas, Party Theme, tagged , , , on March 6, 2012| 2 Comments »

Thanks to a bizarre conversation I had recently with someone that made me feel trapped in a 1953 house-wife’s body, I started thinking about a 1950s themed dinner party.

Just for fun, I posted a question on Facebook Saturday asking what foods people would serve.

The responses were so fun. I loved them all.

So I am definitely toying with the idea of throwing a 1950s themed dinner party. When said event happens, I’ll take a ton of photos and share recipes.

For now, I’ll share some of the menu ideas from facebook:

Pot roast surrounded by potatoes & carrots

Jello salad, Jello Mold, Jello with fruit & cottage cheese (most definitely need Jello)

Iceberg lettuce with Thousand Island dressing

Tuna casserole

Green bean casserole

Crown roast

Fondue

Spam

Canned Vienna Sausages in BBQ Sauce

Deviled eggs, deviled eggs and more deviled eggs

Pimento cheese stuffed celery

Swiss steak

Chicken pot pie

Baked Alaska

Sherbet

Rack of lamb

Dinner rolls

Peach cobbler and ice cream

Cocktail meatballs with sauce

Pigs in a blanket

Meat loaf with mushroom gravy

Cherry pie ala mode

Milk Shakes

Lima beans and square carrots

Chicken a la king

Lobster Newberg

Double Chubby Checker (cheeseburger), chili fries and cherry cokes

She Who Needs to Get Planning

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