Skip to content
Pinterest Facebook Instagram
Life at Bella Terra
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Our HomeExpand
    • The Property
    • Well Tower
    • Front Hall
    • The Living Room
    • The Dining Room
    • Guest Cottage
    • Holiday Home Tour
  • ShopExpand
    • Mary’s Must Haves
    • Store
  • Events
Life at Bella Terra
  • Valentine’s Day Ideas from Centerpieces to Food
    centerpieces | desserts | DIY | Entertaining | flowers | Informational | Recipes | Valentines Day

    Valentine’s Day Ideas from Centerpieces to Food

    ByMary Crozier January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

    Happy almost February! After writing 18 blog posts over the last few years about Valentine’s Day, I am putting what I consider the best of the best together. Whether you spend Valentine’s Day with girlfriends, family or that special someone in your life, there is something for everyone here. From elaborate to simple centerpieces and…

    Read More Valentine’s Day Ideas from Centerpieces to FoodContinue

  • Saturday Meanderings
    bargains | Books | cleaning and repairing | flowers | furniture | Gardening | health | household | Informational | Organizing | planting | Upholstery

    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier January 27, 2023January 28, 2023

    January is coming to an end….wow. But instead of this month feeling like a blur, my month, surprisingly, is more intentional and productive. I am beginning to think that the key to slowing down life is to being more deliberate each and every day. How did your January pan out? Nonetheless, it’s the weekend and…

    Read More Saturday MeanderingsContinue

  • Heart-Shaped Recipes
    desserts | Recipes | Uncategorized | Valentines Day

    Heart-Shaped Recipes

    ByMary Crozier February 10, 2022February 12, 2022

    With Valentine’s Day just 5 days away, here are a few heart-shaped recipes that are in keeping with this holiday. Some require a recipe and others are just thrown together simply. If you want to send a message of love to your family and friends, these heart-shaped recipes are perfect. Main Course Heart and Sole…

    Read More Heart-Shaped RecipesContinue

  • Valentine Linzer Cookies
    desserts | DIY | Informational | Recipes | Uncategorized | Valentines Day

    Valentine Linzer Cookies

    ByMary Crozier February 2, 2022February 4, 2022

    Every February, I love making these buttery linzer cookies for Valentine’s Day. There is something very festive about it’s “peek-a-boo” eye filled with either strawberry or raspberry jam~perfect for this holiday. What are Linzer cookies made of? In addition to common cookie ingredients such as butter, flour, egg, sugar and vanilla, Linzer cookie dough includes…

    Read More Valentine Linzer CookiesContinue

  • Saturday Meanderings
    artificial flowers | desserts | DIY | flowers | Informational | Recipes | Uncategorized | Valentines Day

    Saturday Meanderings

    ByMary Crozier February 6, 2021January 23, 2023

    How did another week go by so quickly? If anyone has the solution to slowing down time, please share. I am so happy you are joining me this Saturday to review the week’s coming and goings on Saturday Meanderings. What do you do when you are out of sorts? I either work out or don…

    Read More Saturday MeanderingsContinue

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 >

Search

Search

Get on the List

my french country home subscription box
Logo 200x200
Shop Villeroy & Boch.
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Our Home
  • Shop
  • Events

© 2025 Life at Bella Terra

would love for you to follow me on ….

Pinterest Facebook Instagram
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Our Home
    • The Property
    • Well Tower
    • Front Hall
    • The Living Room
    • The Dining Room
    • Guest Cottage
    • Holiday Home Tour
  • Shop
    • Mary’s Must Haves
    • Store
  • Events
Search