Make a Regency Reticule or a Modern Evening Bag Out of a Doily in 5 Minutes In the early 1800’s the fashion of Regency skirts were considerably narrower than the skirts of previous decades. Ladies were no longer able to hide a pocket “purse” under the folds of their voluminous skirts. This led to women carrying petite fabric purses on their arm. They were called reticules. You can Make a Regency Reticule or a Modern Evening Bag Out of a Doily in 5 Minutes. Reticules were made of a ... View the Post
Week 3 ORC The Wallpaper and Cabinet is Down in the Old Palm Beach Bathroom
Time is just flying by for the One Room Challenge! I am sorta laughing because I know you are going to look at this week’s after shot and think “Is that it?” Week 3 ORC The Wallpaper and Cabinet is Down in the Old Palm Beach Bathroom So here’s what went down (literally) this last week. After the tile flooring was installed we turned our attention to the walls. First, I scraped off the jungle wallpaper border. I have a suspicion that originally it had been applied with cement. There’s ... View the Post
Miss Havisham Colorized
For those of you who prefer a colorized version of a classic, I bring you “Miss Havisham’s Wedding Breakfast Gone Bad Part II” Miss Havisham Colorized. Welcome my friends to a wedding breakfast. It’s hosted by Miss Havisham every single day. Miss Havisham Colorized You know Miss Havisham, don’t you? She’s a favorite character in Charles Dicken’s “Great Expectations”. Young, lovely and wealthy Miss Havisham had planned a lavish wedding to her suitor Compeyson. Although her cousin had ... View the Post
ORC Week 2 Tile Floors for the Old Palm Beach Bathroom
I cannot believe it is already week two of the ORC Week 2 Tile Floors for the Old Palm Beach Bathroom ORC Week 2 Tile Floors for the Old Palm Beach Bathroom Whenever you are redesigning a space it is generally best, to begin with, whatever demolition and construction need to happen. We knew that we would be updating the 30-year-old linoleum flooring so this needed to happen first. If I’ve said it once I will say it a million times more…thank goodness for Mr. Décor. He is an amazing ... View the Post
Top 10 Tips on How To Plan a Large Dinner Party
In the past five days, in addition to my son’s birthday, school finals, preparing for and accommodating 4 houseguests I hosted two separate dinner parties and brunch. One dinner was for 24 guests, the second had 12 visitors and the brunch included 22 people. It sounds almost impossible but here are my Top 10 Tips on How To Plan a Large Dinner Party. Top 10 Tips on How To Plan a Large Dinner Party 1. Select a theme. Many people assume that themes are only for children’s birthday parties. ... View the Post
A Fun Week
In our house, we celebrate a birthday week. It truly takes so much of the pressure off to plan just one perfect day. Since the time my kids were small we try to do something fun and out of the ordinary each day of the birthday week. We might have breakfast for dinner one day and go to the movies the next. An everyday trip to market becomes magical as they pick out food items that they normally don’t have in our house like cocoa puffs, Doritos and Twinkies. A Fun Week. I spent the weekend ... View the Post
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