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Home is where life is lived. This is where I love to show my creativity and individuality. Let’s make our homes as beautiful, interesting and comfy as they can be.
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HOLIDAYS

Celebrating holidays throughout the year brings joy to life. Bringing this joy to you by sharing ideas and visual concepts through this blog makes me happy!
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FLORAL DESIGN

Floral design is my art form. I love the look, the smell and feel of flowers and love mixing and matching flowers into gorgeous arrangements. I want to share all things flowers with you.
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Christmas Decorating Ideas and Vignettes from Seasons Past

Hey, all! Thanksgiving is approaching and I am thinking of getting out the Christmas boxes from the attic and starting to decorate the house...

How I Decorated the Sitting Room for Fall

Hi everyone! I thought I would share my fall-decorated sitting room with you all today before I moved onto Thanksgiving and/or Christmas....

How I Decorated the Family Room for Fall

Hi there! Try as I might I wanted to share a video of my fall family room with you today but, computer woes and technical ineptitude on my part...

Flower Pop-Up Shop Tomorrow!

Hey, all! I have been working on flower arrangements all day because I am hosting another pop-up shop tomorrow in my flower cart. I am...

Dreaming of a New Shed

Hey, all!! How's it going? I seem to be on a nostalgia tour lately. A few weeks ago, I shared some old floral creations of mine with you...

Showing posts from June, 2020

8:23 PM

Taking a Little Break to Rejuvenate

Hi, All! I hope you are all doing well. I am signing in today to tell you that Designs and Events is going to take a few weeks off from its blogging schedule. Even though the pandemic in Massachusetts has abated quite a bit, which is wonderful, the whole experience has taken a toll, at least on me. I am sure it …

8:58 PM

Making a Front Entry Summer Ready

Hi, Everyone! Summer has officially started and with that I am now realizing that my spring planters on the front porch are beginning to look a bit bedraggled. They looked pretty good a few weeks ago ↓ but, what often happens with pansies is now happening with my pansies. They are getting "leggy" and li…

8:01 AM

Finding "New" Spaces Around the House During the Shutdown

Hi there! Sorry I missed you last week. It was a busy week for me. It was a week of celebration and catch up. We celebrated my daughter and husband's birthdays and we finally caught up on some appointments that had to be put on the back burner due to the coronavirus. One of which was an appointment to th…

10:09 AM

My Garden Thus Far

Hi, there! It is the end of another week in semi-shutdown mode. Massachusetts is slowly starting to open. Yay! I have an actual hair appointment in about ten days. I am so excited! It is great to have some things slowly trying to get back to normal. However, for the most part, I am still in shutdown status…