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Decorating the Living Room Mantel with a Nutcracker Theme
ByMary Crozier November 27, 2023November 28, 2023

The only reason my living room mantel is completely decorated for Christmas is due to the Fall Styling Workshop. Chloe, from Celebrate and Decorate, demonstrates her technique for layering garlands for a luxuriously styled mantel. I can honestly say this mantel is so gorgeous that the room doesn’t require any other decorations. The Before Typically,…

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centerpieces | Charitable events | desserts | Entertaining | flowers | Informational | Tablescapes

Enchanted Forest Dinner Tablescape
ByMary Crozier July 17, 2023July 18, 2023

Every year Judith Baigent King (teaching chef, food writer, author) coordinates and organizes a Fantasy Table event to raise educational scholarship money for those who work at our country club in the mountains. It is a monumental effort and hence, very difficult to say no when she asks you to host a table! What makes…

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centerpieces | decorating and design | Entertaining | historical homes | holiday decorating | Tablescapes

Setting the Christmas Dinner Table
ByMary Crozier December 22, 2022December 18, 2024

For some reason it never occurred to me to set a dinner table days before an event. While visiting my friend, I noticed her Thanksgiving table all set a week before turkey day. It was a light bulb moment for me. I typically (and with stress) set the table on the same day. Ever since…

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autumn | beverages | Cabin Style | centerpieces | decorating and design | exercise | fall | fall decorating | flowers | Gardening | healthy eating | Informational | planting

Saturday Meanderings
ByMary Crozier October 21, 2022October 22, 2022

Happy Saturday, friends! I did spend most of the week up at our cabin and it is SO quiet. An amazing week of weather from rainy and cold to picture perfect fall days. It takes a few days to get the walls warmed up so it was fun to be wearing multiple layers. It’s time…

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artificial flowers | autumn | decorating and design | DIY | fall | fall decorating | Informational | Wreaths

Upcycling and Reusing 2 wreaths to make one beautiful Fall wreath
ByMary Crozier September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

If you read my Saturday Meanderings last week, I mention my disappointment with two wreaths I ordered online. Not only are they too small, but the quality is not to my standards. One of the challenges of ordering a product online, is that you can’t see and feel it. Photographs can be misleading, and in…

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