Posted by meettheswans on July 1, 2011 · 3 Comments
I LOVE my new kitchen and I’m so proud of the time and work we put into our home to update it from the way it was when we purchased it. You can imagine my excitement when I first saw this week’s theme on The CSI (Create Something Inspiring) Project website is Kitchen Makeovers! Not … Read more
Category Around the Home, The Whole Mix · Tagged with After, Appliance, Before, Before and After, Blue, Contest, CSI, Decorations, Home Remodel, Home Remodeling, Kitchen, Kitchen Makeover, Kitchen Remodeling Project, Pampered Chef, Red, Remodel, Remodeling Project, Work
Posted by meettheswans on February 3, 2011 · 1 Comment
How fitting that less than two weeks after I posted this DIY: Kitchen Decoration that weekly challenge at CSI Project is Typography! I have visited the CSI website many times since I discovered it a few months ago. By the way, CSI is an acronym for “Create Something Inspirational”. I’ve been waiting for a challenge … Read more
Category Around the Home, Decorate & Celebrate, The Whole Mix · Tagged with Blue, Create Something Inspriational, CSI, CSI Challenge, Decorate, DIY, DIY Decoration, DIY Wall Hanging, Home Deocration, Home Project, Kitchen, Kitchen Decoration, Red, Typography, Typography Decoration, Typography Wall Hanging, Wall Hanging, White
Posted by meettheswans on January 25, 2011 · 2 Comments
A few weeks ago I was browsing through a department store looking for anything that would catch my eye as something I could use to decorate our office or kitchen. I saw this sign saying “Faith” and looked at it for a while. It wasn’t big enough for the space I wanted to fill and … Read more
Category Around the Home, Decorate & Celebrate, The Whole Mix · Tagged with Blue, Decorate, DIY, DIY Decoration, DIY Wall Hanging, Home Deocration, Home Project, Kitchen, Kitchen Decoration, Red, Wall Hanging, White
Posted by meettheswans on January 11, 2011 · 4 Comments
Many friends have been in our house over the past few months and wonder how we “live” without a living room. We get questions such as, “What do you do in the evenings?” or “Where do you relax?” and of course “Do you even have a TV?” Yes, we have a TV. It is temporarily … Read more
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Posted by meettheswans on December 28, 2010 · 4 Comments
I meant to get this posted last week. Now that Christmas is over and all thoughts are on the end of the year, the start of 2011, and even Valentine’s Day, I’m not sure that anyone will still be interested in a post about table decorations for a Christmas Party?! Maybe you remember these Chocolate … Read more
Category Around the Home, Decorate & Celebrate, Holiday, The Whole Mix · Tagged with Candle, Celebrate, Centerpiece, Chocolate, Chocolate Truffles, Christmas, Cranberries, Cranberries in Decorations, Decorate, Event, Gold, Green, Holiday, Mint, Mint Truffles, Party, Red, Sparkling Cranberries, Truffle Box, Truffles, Wedding, White
Posted by meettheswans on December 15, 2010 · 6 Comments
After falling in love with the boxes I used to make Cheesecake Truffles for this wedding in November, I couldn’t resist getting more of those same boxes in red, even though I was not sure how I would use them. As luck would have it Mr. Swan and the guy he works with decided to … Read more
Category Around the Home, Decorate & Celebrate, Holiday, The Whole Mix · Tagged with Boxes, Chocolate, Chocolate Mint Truffles, Christmas Party, Milk Chocolate, Mint, Mint Truffles, Truffle
Posted by meettheswans on November 22, 2010 · 2 Comments
I made cupcakes and truffles for a wedding on November 13. The reception was held at a winery located fairly close to where the bride grew up. This winery was the perfect setting for a rustic fall themed wedding reception. The color scheme was chocolate brown, deep purple, and burnt orange – and of course … Read more
Category Around the Home, Say I Do · Tagged with Brown, Burnt Orange, Chocolate Brown, Cupcakes, Decorated Cake, Decoration, Deep Purple, Fall, Fall Themed Wedding, Glass, Orange, Purple, Rustic, Truffles, Wagon Wheel, Wedding, Wedding Cake, Wedding Centerpies, Wedding Colors, Wedding Cupcakes, Wedding Decoration, Wedding Dessert, Wedding Idea, Wedding Reception, Wheat
Posted by meettheswans on November 4, 2010 · 9 Comments
A few weeks ago I announced that I had become a Pampered Chef Consultant AND I sponsored a giveaway of a Pampered Chef Limited Edition Holiday Pumpkin Dish! I am excited to announce the winner is Kendall Crow – the reason I am so excited is because when I saw she was the winner I … Read more
Category Around the Home, Kitchen with Krista, Pampered Chef, The Whole Mix · Tagged with After, Appliance, Before, Blue, Decorations, Giveaway, Kitchen, Kitchen Remodeling Project, Pampered Chef, Red, Remodel, Remodeling Project, Winner, Work