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Have you seen The Christmas List? It is a wonderful, 1997 holiday movie owned by ABC, and they refuse to bring it out on DVD. I have personally begged them for years to release it, but every year they tell me "not this year". That is when they bother to answer the feedback emails. Amazon …
Continue reading Help me bring back a favorite and enjoy some creme brulee
We are going to have some fun today, the car club is having a costume drive. Before we leave, we are having a Halloween breakfast to set the right mood for the morning. I set the table with some fun Halloween things, starting with a wall hanging that I am using as a table topper. …
Time to send out some spooky greetings! It has been a bit of time since I was able to do some stamping. I really love the autumn for stamping as I have lots of leaf stamps and fall inspired motifs. I also have a fair amount of Halloween specific stamps. This time I started with …
Last year I accidentally discovered that a flared votive candle holder will fit the top of a Mason or Ball canning jar. That post is here showing a filled jar with the candle. I wanted to enter a jar with that concept into the fair, but I knew that two glass pieces not held together …
Football season is well underway, and I like to do handwork while I watch the games. Plus, I needed something to slow down with after the insanely busy last four weeks beginning with the Apple Festival then State Fair competitions, through three weekends of the library book sale, other meetings and quilt shows, ending with …
It was raining on the 4th of July, and I had already invited friends over for a cookout. I decided to go ahead, but have the meal inside. So I set another Patriotic tablescape on the formal dining table. This time because we were inside, I used the red chargers on white Battenburg placemats, with …
I really enjoy doing silly stuff for the ladies that I work with. For years I have done candy and sweets for various holidays, but with the staff we have now, one of the girls is diabetic. I certainly cannot add to her difficulties with her diet by giving her sweets. She is struggling hard …
Continue reading Dinosaur Eggs for Easter – a healthy alternative
It is said that you should do on New Year's Day what you want to do all year long. So, I played today, did some sewing and crafting, a little creative cooking, and left the laundry alone. I have a new quilting design in the works and I started on it today. Here's a sneak …
There are all sorts of traditions for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. One I have done for many years, and few others seem to know about, is hiding money outside. I have no idea where it came from. My mother did it so I do too. It involves hiding some money outside on …
Whether the celebration is on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, the perfect menu needs a pretty setting. This year I set my table with the Lenox Holiday Tartan china I inherited from my mother. Red placemats embroidered with green holly leaves and cutwork are at each place, with matching napkins in holly berry metal napkin …
Continue reading Christmas Tablescape and an Appetizer recipe
From My Carolina Home 