Summer is the perfect season to take advantage of nature’s abundance of berries – which is why a few of my friends and I have put together the best summer berry recipes below, including this mini blackberry cobbler recipe from me! Whether you pick the berries yourself, buy them from your local farmer’s market, or even if they come straight…
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Blue and White Garden Dinner Party: Postponed
A few months ago, I was asked if I’d like to be featured in a local magazine spotlighting my company, To Have + To Host. The issue was about Mompreneurs – just like it sounds – moms in the metropolitan Phoenix area who have started their own businesses and are their own bosses. Naturally, I was thrilled. I had planned…
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Designing a Cutting Garden: Your Own Bouquet Source!
To be honest, I had never heard of a cutting garden until a few months ago when I started to do some research on growing a garden for the purpose of not only enjoyment, but for creating your own bouquets! It’s such fun to harvest flowers from your own backyard with the thought of using them for your next table…
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Succulent Plant Table: Perfect Desert Decor
Living here in Arizona, we are fortunate enough to be surrounded by beautiful cactus and succulents and having grown up here, it’s something I have become accustomed to. I still love bringing it indoors, however, so when I set out to create the perfect desert decor, I knew I had to incorporate them into my modern succulent plant table! I…
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How to Make Fresh Herb Butter
With summer gardens full of life and home cooking on the rise, it’s easy to get lost in the abundance that nature provides and it couldn’t be a better time to make your own fresh herb butter. It’s really very simple and doesn’t require a lot of effort – only a little bit of pre-planning to soften the butter and…
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