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Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

February 7, 2019 No Comments

How did we go from Christmas to Valentine’s Day so fast? I can’t believe January is over! I do love that right after the holidays are over we start seeing all of the Valentine’s decor. The red and pink put me in such a good mood!

Today I’m putting together a gift guide for Valentine’s Day in case you think your Special Someone might need some ideas! The best part of it is that they are all under $50!

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FLOWERS

Everyone loves the quintessential fresh flower bouquet for Valentine’s Day! I love the mixture of red and pink roses in this arrangement.

CANDY

It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without chocolate!

STRAWBERRIES

I love how colorful these berries are! Strawberries + Chocolate = LOVE

PAJAMAS

These adorable satin pajamas are the perfect color for Valentine’s Day! So comfy looking and cute!

YETI WINE TUMBLER

I love all my Yeti tumblers. This pink wine tumbler would make a perfect Valentine’s Day gift! Pair it with a great bottle of wine and you are set!

LILLY PULITZER COOLER

With pool and beach season around the corner, this Lilly Pulitzer Wine Carrier Cooler makes the perfect Valentine’s day gift!

PACKING CUBES

This would make the perfect gift for the girl who loves to travel. I love that this pink leopard set comes with a laundry bags and a shoe bag!

NECKLACE

This dainty Love Hoo You Are necklace by Spartina 449 is a perfect gift. The color just says Valentine’s Day!

JEWELRY DISH

I am a sucker for anything pineapple! I think this jewelry dish would make a great gift.

Hopefully this is a good resource that you can send your special someone to for some Valentine’s Day ideas. I’d love to hear some of your gift ideas.

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Annual Flowers and Mother’s Day

May 11, 2018 No Comments

Since Mother’s Day is this Sunday I thought it would be a good time to talk about planting annual flowers. Our family’s tradition is to give annuals for Mother’s Day. Now that might mean geraniums (my favorite), gerber daisies, million bells, petunias, hibiscus or various varieties of ferns just to name a few. Does anyone else give or receive annuals for Mother’s Day?

We are so lucky to have some really nice locally owned places to buy these types of plants in my area. All of the flowers and plants in this post came from Hathaway’s Feed and Seed located in Harrisburg, Illinois. They have such a great selection of healthy plants. Nothing against the big stores such as Home Depot, but I just don’t think they have the quality or take as good of care of their plants like the smaller locally owned nurseries do.

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Just getting started

May 3, 2017 No Comments

So this is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time and have been in the process of for several months. I am sitting at my computer one day and was clicking around on some of my favorite blogs and thought….I have a lot to share, I should start one of these. That lead me to Pinterest and many, many pins later, I decided that I could start my own blog!

I’ve shared this idea with my friends and they all kind of look at me like I’m crazy. I even told one of them that this is like my early mid-life crisis. Once they get over the shock, they all ask me what I’m going to blog about, but before I can answer, they all say…….recipes and travel? They know me pretty well. I have no plans of giving up my day job, but I guess I feel like I need a creative outlet, and something that is just mine.

I hope that you come back and visit this blog as I hone my blog development, writing and photography skills as I bring you new recipes, places to visit and I’ll even throw a little sports in every once in a while.