Colorful Spring Wedding Ideas

Festive and Fun Spring Wedding Ideas 

Entertaining Made Easy

You don't have to be a professional designer to bring artful elegance to your holiday table. Watch these two video's to learn how to set a special holiday table and how to welcome your guests the minute they walk in the door.

DIY Ambient Paper Lanterns

Add ambience to your next dinner party with these fun and festive lanterns

Place them on the mantle or dining table. You probably have the materials hanging around the house. What could be easier?

What you'll need:  

1. Clear plastic water bottles from your recycle bin! Those with grooves are fine, they don’t show when lit.
2. white paper
3.  LED tealight candles. For a really bright glow, use Supernight  LED Lights like these
4. Clear tap
5. X-acto knife or Silhoutte Portait 

Creativity credit goes to Ananda at  apieceofrainbow.com For the complete tutorial with pictures and free template visit her blog.

                                          Love the Season You're In    

Behold Thy Mother

Words from a wise man on mothers:

"You see, it is not only that they bear us, but they continue bearing with us. It is not only the prenatal carrying but the lifelong carrying that makes mothering such a staggering fear. Of course, there are heartbreaking exceptions, but most mothers know intuitively, instinctively that this is a sacred trust of the highest order. The weight of that realization, especially on young maternal shoulders, can be very daunting.

     How is it that a human being can love a child so deeply that you willingly give up a major portions of your freedom for it? How can mortal love be so strong that you voluntarily subject yourself to responsibility, vulnerability, anxiety and heartache and just keep coming back for more of the same? What kind of mortal love can make you feel, once you have a child, that your life is never, ever you own again? Maternal love has to be divine. There is no other explanation for it...

Listen to the rest of this inspirting talk here