Holidays, Happy Birthday USA!

  🇺🇸  Happy birthday USA!  🇺🇸       So many events have been cancelled this year Yesterday morning didn’t seem right without our annual community 4th of July parade         But with family together at the beach house         We are enjoying life’s little pleasures       … Continue reading

Creations, Uncle Sam’s Hat Vase

  Welcome to the monthly Creative Craft Blog Hop hosted by Celebrate & Decorate and Design Morsels If you’re visiting from B4s and Afters didn’t she have a great idea to recreate a tired decoration?!         Let’s get crafting!         We’ve all had to craft with what we have … Continue reading

Tablescapes, Dinner with Uncle Sam

  Welcome to the Patriotic Tablescape Hop hosted by Celebrate & Decorate and Design Morsels  I decided to build my table around a patriotic icon, Uncle Sam   photo source   There are varied stories about the origin of the term Uncle Sam He is widely recognized and remembered for his recruiting posters and his … Continue reading

Party Panache, Triple Chocolate USA Bundt Cake

While most people were making everything berry for the 4th I decided to make a good old fashioned chocolate cake Sheer decadence Devil’s Food cake mix, buttermilk, sour cream, chocolate pudding, butter, eggs, chocolate chips… Where is the fainting couch  😵  🛋 Chocolate chips are stirred into the batter before baking The batter is so … Continue reading

Tablescapes, Seaside July

  Red white and blue     Stars and stripes and sailboats too     Firecrackers, and polka dots         A touch of yellow for extra Pop  🎇       Flags are flying everywhere     There’s even one in a nearby chair       Buckets have holders for corn … Continue reading

Tablescapes, Stars & Stripes

A sea of stars for the red white and blue A wreath of roses with stars too Stripes wave in the breeze and decorate chairs There are plenty of stars and stripes everywhere! Nothing says USA like good old red, white, and blue Our flag is our symbol, tried and true Salute to America, land … Continue reading