Small Joys–Dog Toys!
I know that I have just about conquered my Christmas T0-Do list when I get to the dog’s gifts for our Tiffany Pearl, a very good girl (most of the time). Do you buy gifts for pets? Sue
Small Joys–Handmade Christmas Decor!
I’m not great at crafts, and most of my treasured handmade Christmas decorations are the work of dear friends. However, I did make Christmas stockings for our granddaughters when they were very small. Each is a combination of cross-stitch and sewn patches, and we fill them each year for the Christmas celebration at our house….
December 2019 Book Winner!
Congratulations to Kathy Carlson Spencer who won our December Free Book! Kathy’s favorite Christmas traditions are family times together, drinking hot chocolate, decorating, and eating cookies! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, Kathy!! Message me your address and I’ll mail your book ASAP! Blessings! Sue
December 2019 FREE BOOK!
This December we are giving away a new hardcover edition of Claire Hopley’s THE HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS FOOD AND FEASTS! From the flyleaf: “This … book celebrates classic Christmas stories and their food and feasts. Each chapter covers a different era and the important foodie tales of the time… 40 must-try Christmas recipes [include] a…
Merry Christmas!
Wishing everyone a most blessed and joyous Christmas! Love, Sue
December 2018 FREE BOOK!
During this holiday season, I thought it would be fun to give away a couple children’s books. Perhaps you are familiar with authors Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick, who combine incredible nature photography with narrative to produce their very treasured and popular children’s picture books. The two Sams/Stoick books we will give away…
November 2018 FREE BOOK Winner!
Congratulations to DiAnn Firack who won our November 2018 Free Book!! Happy Reading, DiAnn! Blessings, Sue
November 2018 FREE BOOK!
November is a great month to give-away a fun Christmas novel! I just finished reading Michelle Griep’s 12 DAYS AT BLEAKLY MANOR, the first book in the Once Upon A Dickens Christmas series. I think it’s perfect for the holiday season. Set in England in 1850 and full of characters that could have come from…
Your Life & Mine: Treasured Memories
Holidays are often the times we accumulate some beautiful memories. This Christmas, my daughter-in-law thought to take a photograph of our granddaughters with their great grandfathers, my dad (far right) and my husband’s dad (far left). Both fathers are in their 90s and a very present part of our everyday lives, so sometimes we forget…
Corsets & Lace: A Victorian Christmas Menu
During Victorian times, if you lived in a wealthy family, the Christmas feast was much more elaborate than most of our feasts nowadays. I found these Victorian Christmas menu items online and thought you might like to steal some ideas for your own Christmas celebration. Or not! VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS MENU: Appetizers: Blue Point Oysters; Olive…
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