Party Panache, Let’s Talk Football!

  Okay, so now that football season is officially underway, let’s talk about some ways to make the season memorable with unique party ideas and yummy noshes!       Make a flower arrangement in your team’s colors… I made this arrangement for the Alabama {red & white} vs Ole Miss {red & blue} game … Continue reading

Fearless Friday, Tide Pride Snack Bowl

  You know the South is crazy for football In my household it’s Alabama all the way         Today we’re going to customize a snack bowl for game day         I found this snack helmet at Target on clearance last winter and snatched it up you can get one … Continue reading

Party Panache, Show Your Colors Cake

If you’ve never tried baking a multi colored cake, you must try, it’s tons of fun There are lots of different methods, and this is a great short cut version Prepare a white cake batter from scratch or use a quality white boxed cake mix Prepare batter as directed if using a box mix, adding … Continue reading

Home Decor, Finally Fall!

  I think we are all having fun welcoming fall this year, and even if cooler temps haven’t arrived where you are, pulling out pumpkins and all things autumn makes us at least pretend to feel cooler       Last week I was able to do a little fall-i-fying…     Come on in, … Continue reading

Fearless Friday, Elephants and Painted Jars

Do not be fearless if you are in the path of Hurricane Irma, please stay safe!  We are watching closely, feeling very lucky to not be in the path this time.   Thank you all for your concern and kind comments.  Prayers to all… Football season kicked off last weekend  🏈   🐘   ❤️     … Continue reading

Party Panache, 3 Easy Party Appetizers

October has been a busy month and I’ve had to take some short cuts and come up with  appetizers that are party worthy, yet easy to put together Photos are very limited, but I wanted to share these easy and “people popular” tasty bites with the busy holiday season upon us Saturday is game day … Continue reading

Party Panache, Beer Cheese Fondue with Tater Tot Kebabs and Endless Possibilities

Next time you have a gathering, try this irresistible, easy to make, fondue to wow your guests We were hoping to leave Ole Miss in the mud at last Saturday’s football game Ole Miss has beaten Bama the last two years!  😱 Our daughter and some very good friends are Ole Miss alums, but they … Continue reading

Holidays, Happy Labor Day & Psst, It’s Football Season!

My prayers to those affected by Hermine and the Pacific storms.  We were lucky and only had a couple of hours of rain from the outer bands on Thursday, and have been enjoying hot sunshine on the Gulf coast.  Fingers crossed hurricane season will be mild this year. Okay, what’s the best thing about Labor … Continue reading

Party Panache, Pigskin Tailgate Dip

Here is a crowd pleasing hot dip perfect for game day! We happily plowed through this dip last weekend while watching the Alabama-Ole Miss game Big game at our house, HH and HHjr went to Ala and DD went to Ole Miss… We had fans rooting for both teams! The Man Cave is a serious … Continue reading