This is a friendly reminder that The New Traditionalists Design your Dream Desk No. 211 Holiday Giveaway is closing this evening. It’s so exciting to be a part of this process! Due to the amount of interest this giveaway has garnered -we’ve had hundreds of entries- The New Traditionalists will narrow the entries down to [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Gifts and Uncategorized

The day started in the wee hours at the flower market. The colors are for the tablescape design are decidedly neutral. We’re incorporating the ivory and red Noel and Merry Christmas ribbon that I featured in yesterday’s post. There will be splashes of gold and silver – a mix of old and new. The best [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Holiday Decorations and Uncategorized

Did you have a delightful Thanksgiving weekend? Ours was wonderful! The weather was absolutely fantastic. The turkey fry went off without a hitch. I tried a few new (and many old) recipes. The first night they arrived, we had my mom’s sausage in tomato cream sauce recipe. After Thanksgiving, we ate a ton of leftovers. All were variations [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Entertaining and Personal and Uncategorized

Thanksgiving dinner went off without a hitch. It was really fun to fry the turkey. Providing the weather is good, I can see us working that cooking preparation into our Thanksgiving dinner tradition future years to come.We had dessert at a friends house. I made pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting -recipe to come!- and [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Design and Holiday Decorations and Nesting and Uncategorized

The mulligatawny soup is made. The pumpkin bars are out of the oven. The vegetables are all clean. Now it’s time to head out into the barn and work on my flower arrangements! Please pop by The Daily Grommet to see my guest post with tips for designing a holiday tablescape and MomTrends for to [...]

  Posted by Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo / Holiday Decorations and Uncategorized