Use Dollar Store Ornaments to Embellish Your Christmas Gifts
Every holiday season I trot to the local dollar store to buy ornaments to put on our packages. With simple gift wrap from Sam’s and a...
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David Locke
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Christmas Joy with Inexpensive Gold Spray Paint?
Many years ago I was tasked with decorating our church with several large trees and with limited budget we had to find an inventive way...
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Linda & Carrie’s Scandinavian Raspberry Ribbon Cookies
Two of our dear family friends, who’s grandparents were originally from Norway, brought these delicious but very easy and amazingly...
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Boots and Bow Ties Favorite Things 2021
The much anticipated Boots and Bow Ties 2021 Christmas Gift Guide and Favorite Things List has arrived to help you get in the holiday spirit
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David’s Pineapple Margarita’s
Our family hosted some great family friends for a pool day. We all wanted a drink that was sweet but not too sweet, alcoholic but not...
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How to have an amazing and easy pool party for the kids
Pool parties are our children’s favorite parties! Each year they look forward to hosting their school classes on the last day of school....
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Collecting Easter Eggs
I guess I’m one of those people who starts collections of all sorts of things! Is it a curse or a blessing? I’m not sure which, but I’ll...
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Top 10 Small Touches to Make Your House Feel Holiday Ready Even If You Don’t Put Up A Tree
1-Christmas Scented Hand Soap We always head to Bath and Body Works for a few Christmas hand soaps. Scent triggers so many deep memories...
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Robin and David's Favorite Things List for Christmas 2020
Need some advice for Christmas gifts for the guys and gals in your life? My wife Robin and I have compiled a list of our top favorite...
David Locke
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Building a S'more Bar-Halloween Tradition
Every Halloween my wife and I have a huge Halloween party filled with family and friends. One of the staples of the celebration is a s'more
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Marbleizing Easter Eggs with Nail Polish
In a search to reinvent the age old process of dying eggs I found this technique to show you something new. My boys and I dye a few eggs...
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Julia Child's Gratin Dauphinois- Easy Scalloped Potatoes
Gratin Dauphinois sounds like a mouthful to say, but it is an amazing mouthful that is for sure.
David Locke
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Hollandaise - The Only Reason to Eat Asparagus
Like a kid that won't eat steak without ketchup I won't really eat asparagus without hollandaise. So what is it?
David Locke
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The Eve of a New Year - Garden Journal 12/31/19
2019 has been a very eventful year for my family and a seminal year of change.
David Locke
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Add a Sparkle to Your New Years with Champagne
How many times have you gone to the grocery store or a wine shop to buy Champagne or sparkling wine for your celebration and been mystified
David Locke
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Fa la la la Foraging: Garden Journal 12/24/19
y eldest and I walked into the woods a few feet from our back yard and I began to show him the bounty of winter woods.
David Locke
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Top Ten Christmas in New York City
Choosing from the best of Christmas in New York City is like choosing from a fist full of diamonds, but these are a few of my favorites.
David Locke
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Passing On Three Centuries of Boiled Custard Memories- Our Family's Southern Christmas Tradition
The explosion of comforting taste was like no other as a child. Boiled Custard is like a magical concoction of creme brûlée, milk...
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David's Ultimate Make Ahead Sausage Egg & Cheese Casserole
My tried and true, fool proof, cheap and easy standby was alway my Make Ahead Sausage, Egg and Cheese Breakfast Casserole.
David Locke
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Make Ahead Christmas Morning French Toast
...Best of all you have to make it ahead and can make it up to a week before. This is a real crowd pleaser and makes a ton.
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