Because it is raining, the skies and gray and dreary, and I still haven’t recuperated from my time-change trauma, I am being a lazy slug today and giving you some links to previous spring posts. Enjoy!
1o Tips for Bringing Spring Home
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Spring Revisited
Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Home Decor, tagged spring cleaning, Spring Entertaining, Spring Ideas on March 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Bring in a Bit of Spring
Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, tagged Spring Decor, Spring Decorating Ideas, Spring Entertaining on March 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
As the days start to get longer and warmer, it is natural our thoughts turn to spring. You can hurry it along indoors by bringing in some fun decorating elements. So even if your neck of the woods is still buried in snow, you can enjoy warmer thoughts with a few easy ideas.
Dogwood branches, especially pink, are a sure sign of spring. Purchase a few silk branches and artfully arrange them (interpret as stuff however you like) in a tall white vase. Set this in an entry, on a counter or anywhere you want to add an airy feel of spring.
Grass is definitely a symbol of spring. Those first green shoots poking their head above ground are always a welcome sight at our house. Create your own green oasis using bunches of fake grass. You can leave stems long and drape out of vase or use short pieces to cover a piece of styrofoam (whatever pattern you choose – could be oval, rectangle, square). Cover the outside and top completely with the grass and then tie a cheery ribbon around it. Set on a footed tray (a cake plate would be ideal) and enjoy.
Decorate with flower blossoms. Every time I go to the craft store, I am amazed at the new items available using floral blossoms. Choose a bright color like hot pink, citrus, apple green or robin’s egg blue or a few new throw pillows. Tack on a few flower petals in coordinating colors for both a unique and fun accent in your home. You can also use magnetic blossoms to brighten up a variety of areas in your home. Attach to a bathroom mirror, hang a metal tray covered in blossoms, leave a few on your fridge door.
Color is a must for spring. Think of colors that make you smile. Is it a sunny yellow, bright fuchsia or a gorgeous green? Find ways to easily incorporate those colors into your home decor through pillows, table runners or centerpieces.
Have fun with your decorating and remember the only limitation is your imagination!
Happy Entertaining!
from She Who Can’t Wait for Spring
Annie Oakley
Posted in Entertaining at Home, Hubby, tagged women's hunting, Women's safety glasses, Women's shooting class on March 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The other evening as I sat flipping through my new spring shoes catalog, marking pages and studying styles (exhausting work I assure you), what did Captain Cavedweller do but interrupt my shoe-shopping frenzy.
“You should go to this,” he said, throwing a page out of the newspaper into my lap.
“The dog show or the criminal trial?” I asked, not particularly excited at the prospect of either.
Releasing a long-suffering sigh, he reached over and tapped at an article. “This, you should go to this.”
“This,” so it turns out, is a gun class for women.
Huh?
While Hubby enjoys shooting and belongs to a gun club, it’s not really my cup of tea. Or my cup of anything. The one and only time he took me out shooting, I turned my head and squeezed my eyes shut every time I pulled the trigger.
Armed weapon + frightened shooter + closed eyes = potential disaster.
Not only that, but I’d like to retain what little bit of hearing I still have left.
“Why on earth would I want to go to this class?” I asked Captain Cavedweller, who sat pretending to ignore my looks of question and disbelief.
“It would be fun,” he said. “And no guys are allowed. Just girls. I really think you should go.”
“But why?” I whined.
“Because,” he stated, continuing to flip through the newspaper.
“That isn’t a reason,” I said. “Why should I go?”
“Because I want you to,” he said with a smile that most generally makes my heart melt in little puddles.
The light bulb finally went off – he wanted me to take the class so I would go shooting with him. Now it made perfect sense.
I finally agreed I would take the class, but only if I could find someone to go with me. I emailed Most Wonderful Mother-in-Law who was more than happy to agree to take the class.
When I told Hubby, he smiled and handed me these…
A pair of pink-framed safety glasses. Goodness gracious, it’s a done deal, now.
I’ll let you know how it turns out. Wish me luck!
She Who Will Never Be the Next Annie Oakley
Happy March!
Posted in Entertaining Ideas, tagged spring cleaning on March 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Can you believe it? March 1 is finally here.
To me, the beginning of March is the end of winter, of knowing spring is just around the corner, when everything is fresh and new again.
Now is a great time to start digging into some spring cleaning. The weather is still cold and wet enough to keep us indoors, so use that time to your advantage. Sort through closets, clean out drawers, purge and merge all that stuff you’ve been hanging onto and get ready for your best spring ever.
Today I’m sharing a prior post with you about getting prepared for a new entertaining season. Enjoy!
Prepare for a New Entertaining Season
As the days grow a bit longer, the sun brings welcome light and warmth and the crocuses start to bloom, think about doing a good spring cleaning of your entertaining pieces. This will prepare you not only for a new entertaining season, but also to entertain with style on the spur of the moment.
Take out all your serving pieces, dinnerware, flatware – all of it! Anything you use when you have company over to eat.
Are there pieces that are chipped, cracked or discolored beyond hope of redemption? Get them out of your entertaining area and do something else with them. Cracked plates and platters make great bases for planters, can be used as wall art or broken into pieces and glued into a mosaic. You can even set cracked plates into cement and make garden stones out of them. Just get them out of your cupboard!
Do you have serving pieces you don’t like to use but hang onto out of a sense of guilt (as in Aunt Madge gave you that hideous bowl for a wedding gift and you’d feel guilty getting rid of it)? Get over it! If you don’t love it, don’t keep it!
Do any of your dinnerware pieces need replaced? Take an inventory? You can find affordable china replacements through a variety of outlets online.
Look at all your flatware and serving sets? Do they need polished? Are the fork tines all in good shape? Do any of them need replaced?
If you have silver items that need polished, make them shine before you put them away.
Spending a bit of time now not only prepares you to entertain beautifully on a moments notice, it also rids your cupboards and closets of things you no longer like or use.
Happy Entertaining!
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