This is a rather long post, but it includes 3 recipes plus an announcement at the very end. Do you love cookbooks?  I do.  I’m still sort of old-school when it comes to all of the technology.  I still love looking through cookbooks and magazines.  Actually I used to have a collection or obsession with…

I have so enjoyed all the great comments about my own Coastal Monogram, I want to give everyone a chance to win their own.  It will be on a 11 x 14 burlap canvas. Enter with Rafflecopter below – a winner will be announced next Sunday.  You will be contacted via email.  Remember, I can…

FOCUS – to bring into focus, to concentrate attention or effort Words – did you pick out your word of the year yet?  Focus seems so fitting for me.  As the New Year begins, everyone wants to start off with a fresh outlook, ideas, and a little mind clearing.  Last year, as I began working…

OK – it’s a new day, a new year, a new chapter in your life ready to be written.  I saw several pictures yesterday and posts on Facebook about 2014 being a blank book, just waiting to be written.  Think about it being a blank photo album waiting to be filled with everyday photos, not…

  Who wants to win an autographed copy of Ree Drummond’s latest cookbook – A Year of Holidays? Couldn’t be simpler – just enter below.  Fee free to share with your friends. If anyone asked about food bloggers, most would think of Ree Drummond first.  Not only does her show on Food Network show show…

Look for my first giveaway very soon.  I just couldn’t wait to tell you about it and get you excited. I got my very own autographed copy of The Pioneer Woman – Ree Drummond new The Pioneer Woman Cooks A Year of Holidays. Oh and look, there’s an extra autographed copy. Look for my very…