When the weather turns colder and the holiday season approaches, many of us opt to stay indoors and bake treats for friends and family. When digging through your cabinets and storage for baking necessities, like cookie cutters and containers of flour, make sure you are leaving unwanted “pantry pests” out of the mix.
“Pantry pests” are [...]

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This simply, beautiful floral arrangement inspired me for my Thanksgiving table. Several of these bouquets accented a staircase entrance to a wedding reception. I found beautiful rose hip and seeded eucalyptus at the floral department at A Southern Season in Chapel Hill, N.C. I decided to accent my arrangement with yellow accents so I’ll be including yellow yarrow and astor solidago.
I struggled finding burlap ribbon but found [...]

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While searching for something fabulous for my Thanksgiving tablescape and not wanting to settle for the typical paper leaves and pop-up turkeys, I stumbled upon these gorgeous velvet pumpkins with real pumpkin and squash stems called Hot Skwash at Artesana, a home specialty store in Pensacola, Fla. I had to investigate the designer behind these beauties.  
Hot [...]

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If you’re like me and love all types of china, you’ll be thrilled to learn that Replacements, Ltd. in Greensboro, N.C. just acquired an extensive collection of Royal Copenhagen’s prestigious Flora Danica pattern from a private collector. This addition to the company’s current inventory creates one of the largest offerings of Flora Danica available for [...]

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