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  • Building a Snow Village
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    Building a Snow Village

    ByMary Crozier December 8, 2017December 8, 2017

    The theme in the dining room for the holidays is all snow and glitter.  Each year I build a snow village using several paper/cardboard glitter houses.  There are many ways to make your own on Pinterest, but I purchased these affordable, yet adorable houses over the years. They are readily available in many retail stores….

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  • Displaying Holiday Cards
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    Displaying Holiday Cards

    ByMary Crozier December 5, 2017December 5, 2017

    We love receiving holiday cards from family and friends. It’s the time of year to catch up on people’s lives and each and every card is opened with great anticipation. Instead of putting all the cards into a bowl or basket, we like to hang them where they can be seen. The butler’s pantry, which…

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  • Easing into Christmas Decorating
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    Easing into Christmas Decorating

    ByMary Crozier December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

    Having the extra time between Thanksgiving and December has been such a gift.  I have been easing into holiday decorating, pulling out the easy stuff that doesn’t require 2 or 3 sets of hands. First stop, the bedrooms. My artistic daughter has such a beautiful bedroom.  There is an unusual combination of windows that face…

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  • Family, Food, Friends, Fun and Fatigue
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    Family, Food, Friends, Fun and Fatigue

    ByMary Crozier November 25, 2017November 25, 2017

    I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  It was so nice having all the children home and the house filled with their friends.  Today, as I take all the Thanksgiving items and store them away until next year, here are some random musings about the holiday. We had the biggest turkey ever~~a whopping 28 lbs,…

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  • Setting the Thanksgiving Table
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    Setting the Thanksgiving Table

    ByMary Crozier November 20, 2017November 8, 2023

    Food seems to taste much better when served in a beautiful setting.  Even though I didn’t have an extravagant childhood, my mother always set a lovely table for the holidays, using her Franciscan Ware apple pattern. Are you setting a Thanksgiving table? If so, here are some of my tips and tricks to creating a…

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Welcome to Life at Bella Terra. I’m Mary and I am delighted you are here. Life at Bella Terra is about embracing what the present can bring by valuing what the past built. Here, from our historic property, I will share decorating, entertaining, gardening tips as well as my adventures in the kitchen. Occasionally you may see a DIY but it’s only because it was a rare success! I hope that this blog will be a place of comfort and joy and together, we will learn something from each other along the way. Learn more >

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