Family’s Comin’ Over: A Thanksgiving Playlist for Everyone
I love making playlists – I absolutely love it. I could stay up until the wee hours of the morning the night before a party or holiday working on the perfect playlist, but luckily this year I’ve got my Thanksgiving playlist done a week…
Happy Independence Day!
Ah, the Fourth of July – time to go to a parade, grill a hotdog and watch some fireworks (or light some off, depending). It’s a fun day; it’s summer’s big holiday, after all. I love this holiday with all of it’s red white…
Bacalao a la Vizcaina – Good Friday Salt Cod Stew {recipe}
I hope you all had a happy Easter! Wow, the weather was absolutely unbeatable this spring weekend here in the Pacific Northwest and we really got a chance to enjoy it. We kicked off the holiday weekend on Friday, dyeing Easter eggs and…
Easy Decorating with Plastic Easter Eggs
This weekend we did some Easter decorating in the yard. My philosophy for holiday decorating is to make sure it’s fun for the kids and easy enough for them to help with, and decorating with plastic Easter eggs fits that description well. One thing…
Homemade Puzzles For An Easter Egg Hunt: An Inexpensive Easter Craft
Each year on Easter Sunday our extended family gathers and one of the highlights of the day is the Easter Egg hunt. We do one egg hunt for everyone and one just for the little kids and of course its loads of fun. The…
Easter Bunny Flower Pot with Direction Signs
Easter’s coming up and I’m starting to think about how I’ll decorate this year. Its still a bit early to hang up our Easter eggs in the trees outside, but I came up with a cute little scene in a flower pot to put…
Easy Felt Valentine’s Day Coasters
I made these easy (really super easy) felt Valentine’s drink coasters the other day, as part of my “spruce up the house for holidays other than Christmas” plan for this year. I was browsing blogs last week and came across some cute felt coasters…
Valentine’s Day Pillow Cover
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I thought I’d add to my holiday decorating by making a pillow cover for the occasion. Last year right around this time I made a pillow for my bed using an easy technique and so I…
Happy New Year!
As I like to do on most New Year’s Days, I’ve made black eyed peas and collard greens for dinner. Folklore says that eating black eyed peas on New Year’s Day brings good luck in the coming year, and eating collard greens brings money…
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