Her Q’s: Quick & Easy Labor Day Recipes
Dear StyleBlueprint, My husband and I have been invited to join friends at their mountain cabin over Labor Day weekend. I am so appreciative of the invitation and want to bring a nice hostess gift and some goodies for the group. Since we will be hiking all day, I want to be able to quickly reheat or even microwave it. Do you have a good recipe that uses fresh ingredients? I love soups! Thanks so much. Becky, Belmont neighborhood
Read MoreA portrait of your home is a lifetime gift
Janetta Fleming, an accomplished portrait artist, made a compelling offer to StyleBlueprint: she offered to give one of our faithful readers a chance to have a house portrait commissioned, including framing by Auld Alliance Gallery, FOR FREE. As we were fans of her work already, we thought this offer too good to pass up! I love the idea of capturing your beloved family home in such a beautiful...
Read MoreElizabeth’s & Liza’s Wish List
Here it is. Our honest to goodness wish list. Happy Chanukah, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! Liza: My Top 5 Things Mingle Earrings. While I love all our local jewelers, my eyes set upon these a couple weeks ago and ever since they have haunted my dreams. Je les adore. $160 The Perfect Pair. iPhone Battery Extender Carrying Case. I would love to get this. So cool and...
Read MoreThe December Trunk Show I’ve Been Waiting for all Year…..
We all have those things we look forward to with anticipation. One of mine is this trunk show. I just LOVE it. It’s a collaborative effort with a handful of artisans: Rowanne Designs, by hand by hannah, Three Shirts, Wiff Harmer photography, Lauren Ossolinski paintings in oil, and Marguerite Orndorff’s new hair accessory line: pêche. If you live out of town, some of these...
Read MoreOur top 5 gift lists: Girlfriends, Hostess & Teacher gifts
This is the post for all those smaller gifts you need to purchase and sometimes spend way too much time thinking over. All these recipients are just happy to be thought of. They know you love them so don’t stress. There are so many times you need to reach and grab something to give during the month of December. Stock up and be prepared. Don’t worry about individualizing...
Read MoreOur Top 10 List for Your Mother-in-Law
Mother-In-Laws. So hard. So hard. I can feel heads nodding all around the South as you read that truth. To help you out, here is my top 10 list. Most are local to Nashville, but a couple are available online. And, any of these Nashville stores will take your order by phone if you are part of our growing readership that lives somewhere else. 1) Hand-made Ceramic Bowl. Available in...
Read MoreOur Top 10 Gift List for the Guy in Your Life
Men. They are so hard to shop for. You can’t just pick up some jewelry or lip gloss. On top of that, when most men see something they really want, they just BUY it. We women sometimes do but we are far savvier about playing the gift card. Liza: Hmmmm, I’ll pass on that today, but I’ll be sure to tell Jay that I would love that under the tree…. Jay: That is too...
Read More‘Tis the Season….Have You Noticed?
My Facebook wall is about 25% comments complaints on the fact that November 1st ushers in the Christmas Season. I know I know. I could have said Holidays….but it IS Christmas that has become the lucrative winter holiday and most of that holyday has been eradicated making it part Secular holiday, part Christian Holiday….thus stores go overboard in far disproportion with Christmas...
Read MoreThe Berry Hill Merchants Beat the Grinch to the Punch with a Holiday Sale!
As I took a right onto Bransford Avenue, there was activity everywhere. A huge white tent was set up in front of a Curious Heart and merchants were bustling preparing for the holiday open houses. And, in a show of support, all of the participating shop owners prominently displayed the open house posters in their windows. Over 24 retailers are participating in the Making Merry in Berry Hill...
Read MoreHoliday Open House at The Beveled Edge
My dear friend Kathy sent me an email reminding me about The Beveled Edge Holiday Open House on Thursday. I have to admit that I just wasn’t feeling up to par so I wasn’t too excited to check it out, but I did. Thank goodness I did. Just being in that store brightened every last bit of bad mood that’s been lingering in my body since Monday. I felt just Ho hO HO merry...
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