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  • DIY: How to Make a Paper Print Look Like a Faux Painting
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    DIY: How to Make a Paper Print Look Like a Faux Painting

    ByMary Crozier September 18, 2024September 18, 2024

    During a recent trip to The Vintage Old Brick Market in Mesa, AZ, I find this large vintage picture with autumn tones. It was hanging high on a wall in the store and the fall vibes called out to me. When they took it down for me to examine it, I was disappointed that it…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier April 6, 2024February 6, 2025

    Hard to believe it was rainy and cold for the Easter weekend, but today, it is sunny and warm, the perfect Spring day. Trees are budding, birds are singing and love is in the air. A sure sign of the season is seeing ducks around in our swimming pool as the female chooses her mate….

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  • St. Patrick’s Day Dinner~Two of my Favorite Recipes
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    St. Patrick’s Day Dinner~Two of my Favorite Recipes

    ByMary Crozier March 11, 2024March 9, 2024

    Whether you are Irish or not, I believe we all need the luck of the Irish right now! St. Patrick’s Day is special in our home as it is the birthday of both my daughter and my mother. To learn more about the history of this holiday, please click here. Today, I have two recipes…

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  • Saturday Meanderings
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    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier December 29, 2023December 29, 2023

    For the last Saturday Meanderings of 2023, I am including two weeks of good things to chat about. With every intention to post last Saturday, well, you know how life goes the week before and after Christmas. Happily with a house full of family and guests, I never finished my post and here it is,…

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  • Trying my Hand at DIY Salt Dough Ornaments
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    Trying my Hand at DIY Salt Dough Ornaments

    ByMary Crozier November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

    In a previous Saturday Meaderings, I share beautiful salt dough ornaments by both Miss Mustard Seed and Eleanor Rose Home. My recollection of salt dough ornaments are from childhood, where they are rather goofy and painted bright colors. But times have changed and wooden molds are certainly more sophisticated. I find a pretty mold and…

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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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