Easter decorating is in full force at our house this week. Since the decorations won’t be on display all that long, I’m attempting (yes, I’m trying really hard) to keep things simple. I always enjoy having a centerpiece on our dining room table that reflects the holiday or season. This year, I created a jelly […]
valentine centerpiece
You all know how much I love to decorate for the various holidays…so I’ve started to festoon our home for Valentine’s Day. Because it is such a short time period for these decorations to be on display, I don’t like to go overboard. This simple centerpiece of red heart branches is perfect! I started with […]
happy holidays
Happy holidays, friends! As we all do at this time of year, I have been reflecting back on the previous twelve months. I want to thank you for supporting me as I started Polka Dots and Picket Fences. I am humbled and grateful each time someone tells me they tried one of the recipes I […]
hedge apples + mini pumpkins = fall tablescape
We spent last weekend at my middle daughter’s regatta in Dayton, Ohio. While G was busy rowing all day, my youngest daughter busied herself with collecting hedge apples in between the races. Hedge apples…I had not seen these since my childhood. I remember collecting them myself…not sure what I did with them, though. I thought […]
surprise luncheon
Remember those paper flower kits (click here to see the details) I shared earlier this week? Well, they were put to use as decorations at a surprise birthday luncheon I planned for a dear friend of mine. You may remember that I used these kits to create a “wall of flowers” (seen here) at my […]