How to set up a movie night In the backyard - it's an easy way to entertain and all you need is a mini projector and white sheet. You have everything else! It's a fun thing to do with neighbors, kids, and couples, or make it a girl's night! Today I'm joining some friends for outdoor entertaining and having a backyard movie night was the first thing that popped into my mind. It's fun for ...
How to Make a DIY Frame
We made a DIY frame for an original piece of art. If you think about it, it's better to save your money for buying art rather than spending it on the framing. Artist Nancy Sharpe This particular painting is by my friend Nancy Sharpe. I wrote about Nancy's studio in this post. She has since moved from the country to a seaside city just down the shore from us. I think her new series that ...
how to make an all-natural insect repellent
It's summer so that means a couple of things...Bug spray and Amazon Prime days! I'm showing you how I make my all-natural insect repellent and at the bottom, you'll find my favorite things I buy on Amazon that are on sale! I've been making all-natural insect repellent for three summers and I will never go back to the awful-smelling stuff I used to buy at the drug store. It's so easy to make an ...
make 5-ingredient miso pasta for a quick meal
Make this 5-ingredient miso pasta for a quick meal and everyone will be happy. You may not even have to run to the store. Don't you love that when you can make a delicious meal with everything you have on hand? This is one of those pasta dishes that's great to make when you get home from a trip. You are hungry, you want comfort food, but you've been eating out, so this is the dish to make at ...
Tips for hosting a simple dinner in the garden
We have tips for hosting a simple dinner in the garden: what we served, how we set the table, and what we gave our guests. I am so happy to be joining seven lovely friends today for summer table ideas. Why host dinner in the garden? Why not? It seems I've done everything from the backyard, the porch, a park, and the beach, so dinner in the garden as it is at its best, just made sense. I love ...
How to Make a strawberry lemonade with fresh basil
There are two ways to make a strawberry lemonade with basil. Of course, you can use fresh basil, or you can use a drop or two of Basil Vitality Essential Oil. Both will give you that summery fresh basil taste, but one will be much brighter in color! Both will be pretty, but the one using fresh basil will be slightly more peach in color. Even straining out the green bits, there's still ...
