Last week a reader from Chicago emailed me that she wanted some tips to update her mantle. She was feeling it looked a little dated and needed some sprucing. I found the diagram below from Magnolia home outlining somethings you can add to your mantle for a updated look. First you start with an anchor (like a mirror or photo) and build around it with features such as height, symmetry and natural elements! See below for some of my favorite looks:
This Week’s Book Club Monday is another Reese Witherspoon book club pick, The Giver of Stars: A Novel by Jojo Moyes (the author of the BEST book, Me Before You). Trust me you NEED to read this now because it is soon to be a major motion picture…here is the story….
Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.
The leader, and soon Alice’s greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient woman who’s never asked a man’s permission for anything. They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky.
What happens to them–and to the men they love–becomes an unforgettable drama of loyalty, justice, humanity and passion. These heroic women refuse to be cowed by men or by convention. And though they face all kinds of dangers in a landscape that is at times breathtakingly beautiful, at others brutal, they’re committed to their job: bringing books to people who have never had any, arming them with facts that will change their lives.
Based on a true story rooted in America’s past, The Giver of Stars is unparalleled in its scope and epic in its storytelling. Funny, heartbreaking, enthralling, it is destined to become a modern classic–a richly rewarding novel of women’s friendship, of true love, and of what happens when we reach beyond our grasp for the great beyond.
For more information or to purchase this book, click HERE.
Just in time for the second week of November!!! Our next installment of Amazon Holiday picks…I really love this week’s version…there are so many things in this post that I have on my own list. All of these are winners, it is going to be so hard to top them next week!!! Happy Shopping!!!!
These are the ULTIMATE soft and warm socks..they make a great stocking stuffer
Another great stocking stuffer…Ellen’s favorite bath bomb!!!!
This is such a fun gift with poinsettias inside or would be a beautiful wine cooler..
My son and his roommates are going to love this!!!!!
The wine cooler will keep wine or champagne cold for hours!!!!
This 4 in one make up brush is brilliant…both my girls and all their friends are getting one
FINALLLYYYYYY!!!!! After 2 Years!!!!! They gave us a group date for Hamilton….Feb 4th 7:00 pm Mezz seats $230. We only have 50 tickets and these are going to go fast. EMAIL ME to save your spot!!!!
Today I am starting my Holiday recipe series….I found this Cheesy Hash Brown Potato recipe on Madame Spoiled’s Instagram Page. It looks like the perfect side, esp. for Thanksgiving. She says it is a staple in her family. It looks awesome…Bon Appetit.
Cheesy Hash Brown Potatoes
2 lbs frozen hash browns
2 cups sour cream
8 oz sharp cheddar
1 can cream of chicken soup
grease 9X10 baking dish
heat soup and cheese until smooth
mix sour cream and hash browns
pour soup over hash brown mixture
add salt & pepper to taste
top with pats of butter
bake at 375 for 1 1/2 hours
I love the look of a dining room side board. Last Thanksgiving was the beginning of the end of my Dining Room. I know I have written about this but the day after Thanksgiving I was cleaning under my glass top table and I don’t know what happened but it shattered in a million pieces. I was devastated. Since then that room has snowballed. I really think what was missing all this time..was a good looking sideboard. I started doing a research. What do you think of these….head over to instagram to see what I ended up choosing!!!!!
