How to host a flower arranging party for friends is a fun activity for Mother's Day, a party, a bridal shower, a baby shower, or just for the opportunity to gather some friends together. It's a great way to get together and have a simple activity. Since it's close to Mother's Day, I thought I would make this my Sunday Favorites with Mary Ann and Cindy! The Niwaki tools, the beautiful linen ...
How to Make Natural DIY Moisturizing Hand Cream
How to make natural DIY moisturizing hand cream that will keep your hands soft and healthy all year long. Most of us are prone to dry, cracking hands especially during the winter months. And with all the garden work that comes along with spring it is not easy on our hands. Add in all the handwashing and hand sanitizer we use just going about daily business, our hands need some deep relief in the ...
Make Easy, Sturdy, & Inexpensive DIY Tomato Cages
Make easy, sturdy, and inexpensive DIY tomato cages to maintain healthy tomato plants all season long. I'm joining a few friends today with garden ideas. In Connecticut, it's a little early, so we took our plants back indoors until May 15th. But once mid-May arrives, we will be ready for tomato season! Over the years of growing tomatoes, we have tried a lot of different tomato cages - metal ...
The Best French-Inspired Gift Ideas for Francophiles
The best French-inspired gift ideas for the Francophiles in your life. Mother's Day is two weeks away, so I thought my Sunday Favorites post with Mary Ann and Cindy could be about sharing a few favorite ideas for lovely, French style gifts! Favorite books We'll start with a list of a few favorite books that all have a taste of the French lifestyle. After I purchased Jane Bertch's new ...
Best Low Carb Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
The best low-carb carrot cake recipe with cream cheese frosting is great to have around and stored in the referigerator. I think it makes the perfect breakfast with a cup of coffee. Cake pans, in my opinion, are a personal choice and depend on how you'd like to serve the cake. I made this in a 9" X 13" pan but have also used a quarter sheet pan and cut it into squares that I can easily store in ...
Where to stay when visiting The Lost Kitchen
If you have won the postcard lottery for dinner at The Lost Kitchen, here's an idea of where to stay when visiting The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine! My husband and I were fortunate to have stayed in one of the four cabins at The Lost Kitchen last October. You can read that post here. If you are one of the lucky ones to reserve a table for a dinner reservation, you are most likely ...