A Mother’s Day Poem

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Happy Mother’s Day, everyone! I wasn’t expecting much of a Mother’s Day for me this year since our focus has been on the surprise party we threw for my Mother-in-law’s 60th b-day yesterday. (Don’t worry, it’s in the blogging queue now-and the last of several parties in a row, so hopefully I can get them [...]

Chapter 3: Book Party Fun and Games

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The action intensifies in this chapter as our party guests solve puzzles and fashion accessories appropriate for bibliophiles. In the book party invitations, our guests were instructed to come to the party dressed as a favorite character from a book, but NOT to tell anyone who they were. I was unprepared for the level of enthusiasm, [...]

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Mothers Day Bouquet, Tablescape, and Mantle

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I think the saying should be “May Madness” not March Madness. I have a dozen or so posts waiting for me to have time to give them the attention they deserve, but I’m bumping this one up the queue since Mother’s Day is THIS SUNDAY, and I thought you might be looking for a little [...]

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Chapter 2: Book Party Decorations

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The scene of our Book Club birthday party was set by surrounding our literary enthusiasts with books and words at every angle. Our kitchen island was transformed into a temporary library–it’s shelves lined with our heroine’s favorite books (that would have been more meticulously styled, if I had had time to rearrange them all, rather [...]

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Chapter 1: The Invitations (Book Club Birthday)

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It is time to continue with our celebratory story! This story begins–as all parties should–with a great invitation! A library book card invitation! Alas, an element of irony is already introduced to our story since none of the party guests have experienced libraries with actual cards in the books. I’m certain they all had to [...]

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Virtual Family Room Focal Wall

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There are a few spots in my house that have been long due for a makeover, but busyness and indecision have kept them at a standstill. I got the opportunity to test out Olympic Paint’s ColorClix suite app that allows you to upload and virtually “paint” a room from your own home and see what [...]

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SNAP! The Recap! pt.1

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I can’t get back to blogging as usual without stopping to tell you a little about my experiences at SNAP! Conference this weekend. But trying to capture all of the emotion, friendship, learning, insight, beauty and excitement of the weekend feels like more than a gargantuan task. I’m afraid it is quite impossible. {photo by [...]

Book Club Birthday–Prologue

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I am so excited to give you a peak at the book “bash” we had this weekend, in honor of my daughter’s 11th birthday! My daughter is a voracious reader and hasn’t met many books she doesn’t like. It seemed like the perfect theme for my daughter and her bookworm friends. As you may have [...]

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Feeling SNAP!-py!

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I really can’t believe that in one week I will be at Thanksgiving Point for the first ever SNAP Conference! I can’t wait–except that I still have a ton to do to get ready! I am so fortunate to get to be part of the SNAP! Team and to be speaking with some amazing party [...]

An Easter A Bunny Would Love

Carrots for Easter

We had a great Easter weekend that the Easter bunny certainly would have approved of. We were inspired in dress and decor by a bunny’s favorite treat: carrots! The obligatory matching outfit photos. (I guess I can’t expect them to behave for every photo). The girls dresses are maybe more coral than orange, and I’m [...]

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