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Refreshing My Master Bedroom for Spring

Home, Home Decor, Home Tour, My Home, Popular, Room Sources, Uncategorized · April 8, 2019

Refreshing the master bedroom for Spring can be a nice way to update your bedroom without spending a lot of money or time.

One thing I enjoy doing is refreshing the master bedroom every so often without having to buy a lot of new furniture. Because my furniture is still fairly new, I just changed up the duvet, linens, pillows, and throw blankets. This is an inexpensive way to freshen up your room and add some new colors into your decor. Your bedroom should be a warm and cozy space that you want to spend your time in.

The Bedding, Linens, and Pillows

For the bed, I bought an inexpensive sea salt colored duvet cover for the top blanket, a new quilt to go at the end of the bed, and new euro shams. I added a few new throw pillows and a light colored throw blanket on the chaise lounge chair. I am always on the lookout for inexpensive pillows and throw blankets.

Pink and Gray Easter Tablescape

Entertaining, Holidays, Popular, Tablescapes, Uncategorized · March 27, 2019

Sharing how to put together a Beautiful Easter Tablescape with neutral pinks and grays for the table settings. Learn more here.

This Pink and Gray beautiful Easter Tablescape was so much fun! Believe it or not, the inspiration behind this adorable table came from the bunny ear napkin rings and the gray easter bunnies.

Are these not the cutest napkin rings??!

The Place-Setting

For the place-setting I started with a gray and white round placemat. Next, I used off-white chargers, pink dinner plate, a white salad plate, and a smaller pink dessert plate.

For the napkin, I used a darker pink napkin with the bunny ear napkin ring and laid it sideways to showcase the napkin ring.

I chose gold rimmed glasses and gold flatware because the charger has some gold accents and tied all

Shamrock Sugar Cookie Recipe

Desserts + Sweets, holiday recipes, Recipes, Uncategorized · March 16, 2019

This Sugar Cookie recipe is one of my favorites. It makes a large batch and both the cookie and the frosting are both so good! I got this recipe from my darling friend Rachel Parcell. She made these for Valentine’s Day, and so I thought it would be fun to make shamrocks for Saint Patrick’s Day after seeing her post and recipe. It’s a simple recipe to make and is fun for every season. I wanted to try different sizes of shamrock cookie cutters and different shades of green for the frosting.

I discovered that frosting shamrock shapes are much harder than hearts! I tried frosting them the traditional way with a knife, but the frosting covered up the shape and I couldn’t tell what it was. There was a lot of experimenting to find a way to frost them and still be able to tell what shape they were.

After some trial and error, I tried piping the frosting using different-sized piping tips and that method worked the best. I experimented with the four different shades of green

Saint Patricks Day Spring Decor

Home, Home Decor, Home Tour, My Home, Seasonal Home Tours, Uncategorized · March 16, 2019

I really enjoyed adding a few touches of green to my kitchen and dining room this year to celebrate Saint Patricks Day. I don’t usually go all out for the smaller holidays but I like adding a few decorations to brighten things up and St. Patricks Day is such a fun and colorful holiday to decorate for.

When I’m decorating my home for the different seasons, I try to create decor that can be used for that season and whatever holidays fall within that season. I start out by choosing a base color that mixes well with the colors in my home. I have a lot of blue decor so I try to mix in the seasonal colors with what I already have.
The Hot Cocoa Bar

I had this hot cocoa bar set up for my Galentines Day Brunch and I decided to keep it out for St. Patricks Day when I realized I had some mugs with shamrocks them. How could I not use these in the hot cocoa bar! I also had some gold chocolate coins that looked so cute in one of my milk glass compotes. I switched out the pink milk glass

Saint Patricks Day Chocolate Cupcakes

Desserts + Sweets, holiday recipes, Recipes, Uncategorized · March 11, 2019

Saint Patrick’s Day Chocolate Cupcakes
Making cupcakes is so much fun and something you can include your children in that’s a fun family activity. One of the most fun holidays to make cupcakes for is Saint Patrick’s! When my kids were little, they loved helping me bake and decorate cupcakes and sugar cookies. This year I thought it would be fun to make chocolate cupcakes with Aunt Jeanies Chocolate Cake recipe and decorate them for Saint Patrick’s Day. Instead of using the ganache frosting that goes with this recipe, I used my friend Ashley’s (www.livingbeautafully.com) go-to chocolate buttercream frosting recipe. I needed a stiffer frosting that could be piped so I could top the cupcakes with the gold chocolate coins and green sprinkles.
The Decorations
I found these cute green and gold cupcake liners, green sprinkles, and gold chocolate coins at one of my favorite baking supply stores and couldn’t wait to make these cute cupcakes.

I’ve listed the cake recipe

Tablescape for St. Patricks Day, Spring, and Easter

Dinnerware, Entertaining, Tablescapes, Uncategorized · March 4, 2019

Tablescape for St. Patricks Day, Spring, and Easter

One Tablescape, Three Occasion’s

I created this tablescape for St. Patricks Day but it also works well for Spring and Easter and I had these beautiful dishes with the prettiest colors of green and blue that I’d been saving for something special. I decided they would be perfect for this versatile tablescape. Creating beautiful tablescapes is something I’ve always loved to do and when I can create one that works for an entire season, I love it even more! It’s almost a challenge to create something that I can use for multiple occasions.

The Centerpiece

When creating a tablescape, I like to create a garland centerpiece. Spring flowers are still a ways off so I used faux flowers. If you use quality faux flowers, they can be used again which I’m always a fan of. I’ll link all my favorite sources at the bottom of the

Aunt Jeanie’s Chocolate Cake: The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe Ever!

Desserts + Sweets, Recipes, Uncategorized · March 1, 2019

Are you ready? This is the BEST Chocolate Cake Recipe ever. Try this delightfully tasty recipe next time your sweet tooth kicks in.

My husbands Grandma Fuhriman and her sister Jeanie were amazing cooks. We loved to visit them both and I always enjoyed following them around their kitchens trying to help them cook and learn some of their delicious recipes. They were the cutest things and shared a special relationship with one another.

The two of them always made this chocolate cake that everyone loved. The rumor is that Grandma made up the frosting and Jeanie made up the cake. They were always tweaking the recipe of both the cake and frosting. We have found at least 7 different versions of this recipe!

Aunt Jeanie, as we called her, lived near our Washington home and we’d see her often. She never forgot anyone’s birthday and always showed up with at least one of her chocolate cakes no matter the occasion. She had this way of making everyone feel like

Galentines Day Brunch 2019

Brunch, Dinnerware, Entertaining, Holidays, Parties, Popular, Tablescapes · February 14, 2019

I really enjoy hosting parties and bringing people together. It’s just something I’ve always done and I’m just wired that way. When I moved to Utah I picked a CrossFit gym that was close by and started going every day. The ladies at this gym were so warm and friendly and welcomed me with open arms. To show my appreciation months later, I invited them all to my home for lunch. What transpired was something so special that I did not expect! Everyone started sharing things that were deep and personal and I realized that we had all bonded over some life experiences we all had in common. There were tears shed and expressions of love, understanding, and compassion for one another. Since that time, we have gathered every so often and continued this tradition. One of my favorite memories of our first gathering was when I went to do the laundry the following day, I noticed that all of the cloth napkins we’d used for lunch had make-up stains from when we were all

Holiday Hosting at Home: # 7 – Need Some Valentine’s Day Inspirations?

Desserts + Sweets, Dinnerware, Entertaining, Holidays, Parties, Recipes, Tablescapes, Uncategorized · February 11, 2019

Holiday Hosting at Home: # 7 – Need Some Valentine’s Day Inspirations?

Hello Friends! It’s been a few months since me, and my very talented friends, Lory (To Have To Host) and Holliday (Home With Holliday) started sharing our posts with you in our Holiday Hosting at Home Blog Hop Series. Now that the Christmas decor is all put away we have shifted our focus to the upcoming spring holidays and first up is Valentine’s Day! This is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. We all love entertaining in our homes and enjoy sharing it all with you. We hope you enjoy our 7th post filled with Valentine’s Day inspiration and ideas.

Here is what my friends have been sharing, including some amazing Valentine’s Day inspirations. If you would like to pin any of these images, please go to the original post linked below each image. You will want to see their whole posts anyway because

Romantic Valentines Tablescape and Dinner for Two

Dinnerware, Entertaining, holiday recipes, Holidays, Tablescapes, Uncategorized · February 9, 2019

Have you ever wanted to stay home on Valentine’s Day and do something romantic for your sweetie? One of the things my husband loves is my cooking. It is the way to his heart and I know how much he loves it when I make that effort for him. This gave me the idea a few years ago to do a romantic dinner at home and create a romantic tablescape for two! It’s fun to go out to dinner somewhere fancy but it’s also fun changing it up and doing something different.

I created this romantic tablescape to inspire you to change it up a bit and celebrate at home with your sweetheart. You can keep it simple or you can go all out. It’s up to you! I’m also including some of the recipes that you can make that are not too complicated and are sure to make your significant other very happy! One of the ways I show my love to everyone in my life is to cook for them and setting a pretty table is just an