tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67290343812130150382026-03-25T03:44:15.920-04:00Lisa D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00386195922132676961noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729034381213015038.post-67598536395292615982014-05-10T12:13:00.000-04:002014-05-10T12:13:13.604-04:00

Mother's Day is tomorrow and I'm just now  making out my menu.  For dessert I want something easy, pretty, and light, if that makes sense. But I saw the embellished angel food cake on Pinterest the other day and can't stop looking at it!  Store-bought too!  Anyway, I'm off to walk the dog and Hubby, then on to some gardening a little cleaning and then to the&

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I was having lunch with my friend Colleen yesterday and she told me she was going to a Kentucky Derby party this Saturday. Colleen said she was working on making her own hat, that girl never ceases to amaze me!  Well, I've never actually been to the Run of the Roses but Hubby and I have been to the iconic Churchill Downs.  Indeed, a place to check out if

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Bird Bingo!  Love the charming illustrations!! Audubon's  Aviary - I gave this to my Mother-in-law for Christmas and could not help but peek through.  Beautiful book! Gardening Gloves from Red Envelope

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Grace Kelly via Habitually Chic.  Love!! I'm always a day late and a dollar short. Last year, the classic ivory cable-knit fisherman sweater was all the rave!  I've been obsessing over them since early Fall,  when I read this great post over at Habitually Chic, but I just never got around to getting one.  Now I do have one,

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Last Friday evening, while browsing Pinterest, my latest obsession, I spotted a beautiful living room done in blue and white.  I knew immediately that the living room picture that I was ogling over was from One Man's Folly The Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood.  Because earlier that week, perhaps it was Thursday, I had read a nice review over at The Peak

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It wasn't until this past fall, while cleaning out drawers and such, that I came across some of my old business cards from my antiquing days. Many were old business acquaintances—from vendors who I would buy from, to innkeepers in the English countryside. One old business card instantly put a smile on my face. It was from a taxi cab driver named Babs. She had befriended me and my good

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Mother's Day is just around the corner, as all the sales promos in my mailbox keep reminding me. So I've pick out a few things for Mum and for some reason the color pink is on my mind. I don't really decorate that much with the color pink and I don't really wear too much pink either. I could probably count everything on one hand. In fact, the only pink things I buy

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      Last year, on Good Friday, with my awful time management skills, I decided that I wanted to do a centerpiece using wheat grass.  We weren't even hosting a brunch but I love to wake on Easter morning to a pretty tabletop. Plus, I was determined to find it. Both image above and below from Good Housekeeping.     Here' a pretty tabletop...more my

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It's that time of year again, when I have absolutely nothing to wear.  This past Sunday, I spent the evening changing out all my clothes, although still a wee bit nippy here if you ask me.  But anyway, I felt a little pressure, I was starting to get the look from our fashionista...Gwen.  During my task, I discovered that I'm in desperate need of a skirt.  The one above is

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Early on, I once had a contractor who said, "Don't forget your hinges" at the time, I was like...what???  A few renovations later, I knew exactly what he meant.  It's those small simple changes that can really make a huge difference when renovating.  When doing our current house and replacing all the dated 70's hardware, I was looking for

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I spotted this recipe "Asparagus Soup with Perfect Sea Scallops" from Alex's Kitchen in House Beautiful last week.  I showed it to Hubby and he agreed it looked good and pretty easy to make!  Also, Alex suggested for lunch to serve it with croque-monsieur, which sounds pretty good after all the tomato soup and plain old grilled cheese sandwiches we've had this

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      Two years ago, around this time, my good friend Brandon (from Charleston) called to let me know that she would be breezing through Atlanta in a month or so. At the time, Hubby and I were on vacation in the Brandywine region.  After hanging up, I started thinking about our guest room that had been left for dead, Ellie didn't even go in there. However,

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April showers bring May flowers! I know, I like green, even my regular barrista  points that out to me!  I just saw these rain boots from Tory Burch the other day.  Of course, I don't need them, because I already have the Hunter rain boots in green.  However, the last umbrella I bought was around this time last year and I was being cheap!  I&nbsp

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Easter, Mother's Day, perhaps a few Sunday evening soirees, just to name a few, are all entertaining occasions that are coming up. And I am in need of dinner plates, we currently have three...no joke! They're Pottery Barn's Great White plates which I've had for years, I still like them and there easy to add too. But I'm starting to think, since I've always wanted

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It's time to make over my bed!  It's been awhile and with Spring here, I'm more then ready to get going on it.  I need everything - new pillows, shams, sheets in particular, and a bed skirt.  So I'm currently obsessing over Leontine Linens, which are absolutely beautiful, not the least bit in my budget, and not the least bit practical for my household.&

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My lemon obsession continues, although this time it's not food.  During our snow storm last month, I cleaned out my old cosmetics case, which was a  freebie....gift with purchase.  So since I'm not really into wearing  floral or fruit, a dose of lemons on a cosmetic case will do!  Nice to take on vacation... don't you think?  If

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My Southern Living arrived at my door last Thursday afternoon. At about ten o'clock that evening, finally some down time to browse. While browsing, the one thing that got my eye was “Chintz Back In Bloom!”...really! But what really got my attention, though, was when the talented Ruthie Sommers said that her favorite chintz was “Bowood in Grey/Green by Colefax and Fowler. It happens to

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    As I type this post, I'm staring at a dog-eared image of French macarons and a LADUREE business card that is sitting on my desk.  I don't know why but I have an obsession with LADUREE and their famous French Macarons.  Perhaps, it's those  beautiful colors of the macarons or that pretty green box that there packaged in...I don't know!  My

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Last Saturday evening while I was getting ready for date night, my little perfume dilemma resurfaced. There I was staring at my one little perfume that I have worn for many years, now reminding me of my burden. Don't laugh, but I've worn Amarige by Givenchy now for more then a decade. I discovered it way before I was married, even got my mother-in-law hooked on it. Last fall, every magazine

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After the last couple of days here in Atlanta, I'm craving a little yellow.  Image below from Better Homes and Garden.    

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My spring cleaning always  seems to have a way of morphing into much bigger things other then just wiping things down with a little  baking soda and vinegar.  You can see what I mean by reading last year's list, "Not Too Late for Some Spring Cleaning".  And I still don't have all that stuff done yet! I'm sure this year is no different than all the years past

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      Monday - Beautiful weather here in the South.  Spent a little time browsing my new favorite store, Terrain, and found loads of stuff I want!  Later that day spotted this Barbour jacket--thought about ordering, though still on austerity. Plus, probably won't need it!   Tuesday -  Had lunch with my good friend Ann.  Discussed her

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I know some of you probably think that I'm pretty bossy with Hubby's cooking but he's from New Orleans and actually enjoys it.  Even his dad does most of the cooking at his house, just something about those New Orleanian men.  Ask my mother-in-law how many meals she's fixed over the course of the years.   But for someone who has had a  "Martha Stewart Doesn't

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The other day while working on a project, I complied a list of things that I love, and like to incorporate in my life.  One thing that made the list was natural light.  Every place that we have ever  lived I choose based on a  lot  of natural light!  Forget the closet space, which I always seem to do!  Now my current kitchen still needs some

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      Well, it's finally that time of the year!  The daffodils are popping up, even spotted a few cherry blossom,with the dogwoods next and the azalea around the corner. As you can imagine,  it was beautiful here in Atlanta this past weekend.  For me, I spent the weekend doing my early March chores...clean up and pruning.  I did hit

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