Girlfriend! Another week to go, and then it's my FAVORITE Holiday of the year... or maybe it's Easter... but then, I really do love Christmas... AH! I can't decide. The Holidays give this Farmgirl a chance to indulge her Parisienne. Pretty dishes, pretty dresses,...
Independence Day has become rather important to me. All it took was watching the John Adams mini-series a few years ago (and a few times since). Watching those scenes where the details of the Declaration are hammered out. Oh my gosh, I loved how they played...
So.....Nope. Not my Dad.The gentleman standing with his arm around my kiddo is...Captain James LovellCaptain of the infamous Apollo 13 mission!HOW FRICKEN COOL IS THAT!!!????After many weeks of planning with Captain Lovell's secretary we finally pulled it...
SIL, fabulous friend, Auntie and Fashion Editor for PFM, Victoria came down on Friday night... we stayed up WAY to late watching What Not to Wear episodes on YouTube and started Party Prep around 8 am on Saturday. Prepping for a party with 5 kids in the house under 7...
Too many weeks have gone by since my Hoolie turned two, but it was more about savoring the moment than hopping on the blog the moment it was over.She is so precious I can't stand it.She too wanted a Tink Bell party.Hmmm... just a couple weeks after Christmas and her...
How do you take a Mom's love of a beautiful party and a sweet daughter's love of Tinkerbell and meld them into a gorgeous, Christmas Eve Birthday Brunch?I know there are some Mom's who have chosen not to introduce their daughters to the Disney girls... and I know...
First...Let me say a wonderful "Merci" to my neighbor Liane who gave me this great idea, she is more Martha that Martha Stewart herself...her parties are always the best, bringing women together and her attention to detail is out of this world... I was so sad I...
I admit, it's been pretty lame and neglected so I am announcing the...The Grand Re-Opening of Shoppe Parisienne FarmhouseVintage LightingArtworkVintage TextilesChristmas Gifts&MoreSaturday November 12th!And for those of you local Chicagoland, Indiana &...
We recently had a friend of Joel's and his fiancé over for dinner.We have gone thru quite an entertaining famine around here...Aside from my girls' birthdays I have taken little opportunity to set a table, create a menu, decant a bottle of wine...I guess you go...