source Every year my Mom tries to rally around and get us to sing Christmas carols and I’m not sure why we resist so much. Maybe it’s because none of us have a particularly gifted voice. source   source source So I was completely charmed when I read this post and saw this huge family gathering…

Thursday night we hosted a small gathering for my fabulous associate Irene Hill, her husband Kevin,  Cary Blackburn who manages my website for me and his wife Deanna. It was just Christmas lights and candelight when they first arrived, with a glass of Prosecco. Irene arrived in a fabulous cape so we had to take…

My beautiful white wreath, perfect for my already green door is from a GaBi, a local garden designer and reader of my blog. She emailed me a few weeks ago to say she had this lovely gift for me! Thanks so much GaBi! I set the tree up the in the family room since that’s…

Every day I step on this plywood step that was made by my contractor for the interim until the Spring when all the concrete will be removed. Every day I imagine what it will look like with a real stone step, bushes and a fabulous stone walkway from the house. Here’s what the exterior looked…

Last week after I decorated the mantle in my living room and then went over to my mom’s place to decorate hers I decided I was a garland expert. The fireplace before I added the garland. So when my friend Treya was having a Christmas cookie decorating evening with her kids and she invited me…