Spring Entertaining Southern Socials The Blooming Easter Lunch Place Setting Simple style elements may be added to tables set for special celebrations using items that may be found around the home. Egg cups make a lovely vessel to showcase some of springs most iconic blooms. Pansies, violas, snapdragons & other annual bedding plants may be […]
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Spring Entertaining: Miniature Buttermilk Hummingbird Cake Loaves
Spring Entertaining Southern Socials Miniature Buttermilk Hummingbird Cake Loaves Miniature Buttermilk Hummingbird Cake Loaves are the answer to a much more casual way to serve every day meals. Although it is perfectly appropriate to slice & arrange the cake on serving platters for early morning luncheons, teas & spring gatherings, it is a wonderful cake […]

The Modern Southern Garden: Pansies
The Modern Southern Garden The Profile Pansies The modern southern garden should include tried & true annuals that perform well in cool weather. Pansies are a reliable cool-weather bloom that perk up spaces just as spring begins to emerge. They come in a variety of lovely color combinations & feature petals that create a heart-shaped […]

The Profile: Heirloom Silver Teaspoons
Entertaining Essentials The Profile Heirloom Silver Teaspoons Beautiful entertaining pieces should be used for a variety of occasions from spring parties, birthday celebrations & bridal showers to fall gatherings when hosting guests in your home. Heirloom silver teaspoons may be may be arranged on a dessert buffet-style table that highlights their beauty or offered with […]

The Modern Southern Garden: Violas
The Modern Southern Garden The Profile Violas The modern southern garden should include tried & true annuals that perform well in brisk weather. Violas, also known as Johnny-jump-ups are the smallest member of the vast Violet or violaceae family. Pansy is the general term used to identify this large collection of blooming plants & it should be […]

The Modern Southern Garden: Daffodils
The Modern Southern Garden The Profile Daffodils The modern southern garden should include reliable bulbs that perform well in cool weather. One of the most exciting garden essentials to emerge during the winter months are the sunny yellow, trumpet-shaped daffodils. Narcissus are genus of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. They are perennial bulbs that bloom in the late […]

Winter Entertaining: Almond Sablé Spoon Cookies
Winter Entertaining Southern Socials Almond Sablé Spoon Cookies Once a recipe for Almond Sablés has been prepared, the dough may be shaped into Almond Sablé Spoon Cookies. These little gems are perfect to serve with a number of classic French desserts ranging from Miniature Triple Chocolate Mousse & Miniature Pots de Creme or accompany them with The New Collection of Chocolate Desserts & Chocolate […]

The Modern Southern Garden: Spray Roses
The Modern Southern Garden The Profile Spray Roses The modern southern garden should include a wide variety of roses that may be used when special celebrations are in order. However, spray roses fill local markets all throughout the year with an abundance available around Valentine’s Day. If you are not inclined a green thumb, the latter may be […]
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Welcome! I’ve been expecting you… February 13, 2013
- The Buttermilk Lipstick Playlist ▿
- Nina Simone – Feeling Good
- Handel’s Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus
- Etta James – Sometimes I Get A Good Feeling
- Billie Holiday – All Or Nothing At All
- Ray Charles – Come Rain Or Shine
- Julie London – Warm In December
- Ella Fitzgerald – It Don’t Mean A Thing
- Etta James – A Sunday Kind Of Love
- Ray Charles – I Got A Woman
- Van Morrison – Jackie Wilson Said
- Van Morrison – Wild Night
- Harry Connick Jr – Recipe For Love
- Wilson Pickett – Bring It On Home
- Sam Cooke – Tennessee Waltz
- Julie London – Sway
- Sarah Vaughan – Whatever Lola Wants
- Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You
- Rosemary Clooney – Come On-A My House
- Ella Fitzgerald – How High The Moon
- Etta James – Tell Mama
- Julie Andrews – My Favorite Things
- Lynryd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama
- Perez Prado – Mambo No. 5
- Ray Charles – Night Time Is The Right Time
- Van Morrison – Sweet Thing