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woo hoo!!

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let’s celebrate! One last quick thing before I sign off for the weekend…whether you are headed for the lake, the pool or to float the river, I hope you get to cool off, relax and enjoy your long weekend.

I’m leaving you with some fun, super easy recipes for your July 4th entertaining: a little bevy: Summer Beer, a little salty: Spicy Mixed Nuts and a little sweetness: Swimming Suit Sugar Cookies.

Have a great 4th! Cheers!!

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bubbles & birthday

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birthdays are fun. I love getting people together for dinner or any other reason but I especially enjoy intimate dinner parties and this was a great one. It was Kim’s birthday and we got all of our friends together from Boot Camp to celebrate! Color palette was predominantly orange and the thought behind the evening was “bubbles and birthday” …not so much in the kiddo bubbles (although that was the invite, pictured above) and birthday cake but in the adult version of champagne and cupcakes.

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hello summer!!

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time for flip flops and lawn seats! A few friends and I thought entertaining would be a great section to add to the blog. I love to throw parties and don’t get to do it often enough so this is a great excuse. We decided to do a picnic for the first one and thought it would be fun to tie into a Cool Thursday at the Arboretum. Grammy award winning Asleep at the Wheel was the entertainment.

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