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A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to be a guest of HGTV’s on the island of St. Simon’s Georgia to visit the stunning HGTV Dream Home 2017. As a fan of the HGTV Dream Home since its inception this opportunity was an absolute dream come true! (Hop on over to my Facebook page if you’d like to see a video walkthrough tour of the home I filmed.)

The HGTV Dream Home is a beautiful, home that blends in well with it’s surroundings. It has a subtle, understated beauty that makes it feel warm and inviting, yet elegant and very special at the same time. Designer Brian Patrick Flynn has an incredible knack for blending soft island hues with bright pops of color. Here are a few of the ways I was inspired by how Brian incorporated color throughout the home. …

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Those of you who know me well, know that I’m a huge sucker for anything packaged as a “kit”. I just can’t resist kits for some reason. That’s why I was excited last year when my friend Kristan shared on her Snapchat story the unboxing of a kit for planner/paper/sticker lovers. The Planner Society Kit monthly subscription from Scarlet Lime was everything I had been looking for to embellish my Bullet Journal.

I’ve subscribed to this monthly kit subscription for most of the year and can’t believe I’ve never shared about it with you! For those of you who love your planner but want a little more of an artistic touch to it (without having to be artistic), this is the best kit out there, in my opinion. …

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I’m a horrible blogger… I am always so late to the game, sharing holiday stuff AFTER the holidays. The reason? I don’t do holiday things ahead of time. I do my holiday preparations, tablescapes, crafts, food for my family, when we celebrate the holidays.

With that said, often times the things that would be helpful to you either don’t get on Dine & Dish or they come way after they are needed. For example, I am certain 90% of you have already dyed your eggs for Easter. There might be a handful of you, who like me, just got around to dying Easter eggs with your kids today and a few more of you who still have eggs to dye. Well, this post is for you, my fellow last minute friends!…

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Hi all! Welcome back! As promised, today I’m sharing the winner of the Silhouette Cameo giveaway I shared last week! Congrats, Gina K.! Check your email to claim your prize! I can’t wait to see what fun things you do with your new toy!

I also promised that I would share an exclusive BLACK FRIDAY discount code for some really great deals happening over at Silhouette America. If you didn’t win the giveaway and are hoping for a Silhouette Cameo or Portrait of your own, you most likely won’t see deals like this again! You could even buy a Silhouette Cameo for yourself and get a whole big bundle of stuff free, including a Silhouette Portrait! One machine for you, one for gift giving! How great is that? Head over to Silhouette America before December 8th to take advantage of these GREAT deals! Make sure to use coupon code DINE at checkout to receive your discount!

–> Click HERE to take advantage of this great black Friday sale <–

I’m also really proud of this Pottery Barn Inspired Rustic Holiday sign my friend Heatherand I made using the Silhouette Cameo! I did the painting (detailed below) and Heather took care of creating a festive stencil on the Cameo. Head over to Heather’s blog for complete details on how she made the template to use for our sign. I am really proud of how they turned out! And compared to the $129 price tag from Pottery Barn I’ll take our roughly $50 sign any day!

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This is my first year owning a Silhouette Cameo, and I’ll be honest with you… I’m still learning how to use it, however, I hope by the time Christmas rolls around I’ll have some mad Cameo skills and will be able to rock out some awesome gifts for friends and family! There is nothing quite like a wonderful, homemade gift from the heart to make people feel loved.

If you don’t own a Silhouette Cameo or Silhouette Portrait, I have a quick promotion to share with you that will give you HUGE savings on the machine and some really great accessories (like adhesive labels to add that special touch to your homemade gifts!). If you act in the next few days you can take advantage of these great deals –> …

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This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winner, UrbanWife. Thanks to all who entered!

I’m a crafty girl wannabe. I have been that person who has an arsenal of scrapbook supplies, but never scrapbooks. I have paint brushes and ribbon and buttons and mason jars and whatever the hot new crafty thing is. The problem is that I don’t make time to be crafty and I really don’t have the craftiest skill set out there.

That is why I LOVE the Silhouette Cameo and Portrait and their Designer Edition Software! Although I’ve discovered there is a learning curve to using it (my hopeful first project with it was a bit too ambitious) I’m excited at how easy these products are to use…and they make this crafty girl wannabe actually seem like she’s a bit crafty!

I’m teaming up with Silhouette America to bring Dine & Dish readers fun giveaways and exclusive discounts on their products each month! I’m doing what I can to help the crafty wannabes out there actually BE crafty! Yay!…

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When it comes to creating a tablescape for a dinner party, I try to keep things simple. I do like to create some sort of place holders that will stand out as well as will serve as a souvenir of sorts that the guest can take home with them.

When Breakstone’s Sour Cream and Better Homes and Gardens challenged me to create an Easter tablescape, I knew I wanted the main focus to be on the place holders. I decided that my Easter tablescape theme was going to be “flowers and candy”…flowers because it is Spring and candy because my kids gave up candy for Lent and by the time Easter rolls around they are going to want to devour as much sugary goodness as they can! I thought “flowers and candy” would be whimsical, fun, family friendly and would make a beautiful combination for our special Easter feast.

For the place holders I simply painted the inside and outside of a small, 2-inch Terra Cotta pot using acrylic paint in a variety of spring colors. Once painted, I added the guest name on the rim of the pot. To reduce waste, I took the stem of an artificial Gerber Daisy (which I used in another part of the tablescape) and created a handle for the pot, hot gluing it to the inside. I filled the pot with Spanish Moss, then topped with a handful of jelly beans. Can you imagine how excited your guests will be when they take these spring like mementos home from your celebration?

Those artificial Gerber Daisies I mentioned above? I snipped those off of their stems and hot glued them to a Styrofoam wreath I had painted yellow using acrylic paint. What a gorgeous punch of color these beautiful flowers added to the table! Once our celebration is over, I’m going to add a thick ribbon to the top and hang this up as a wreath on my door. The great thing about artificial flowers as well as a hot glue gun is you can adorn just about anything you want to match the look you are going for. Our bread basket, napkin holders, etc. all got a hot glued Gerber Daisy to make them match our theme.

Thank you to Breakstone’s Sour Cream and Better Homes and Gardens for inspiring me to get creative in my kitchen this Easter. The Pepper-Crusted Pork Loin with Sour Cream and Onion Sauce is seriously one of the tastiest pork loin dishes I’ve had and I don’t get crafty enough around here. It was fun to trade in my spatula for a hot glue gun for a bit. I can’t wait to do it some more.

Don’t forget, Breakstone’s Sour Cream and Better Homes and Gardens are giving you the chance to win $2500 plus the opportunity for daily prizes as well! Make sure to share your favorite holiday traditions on their site (takes less than a minute) and you could possibly win the money to create your ultimate Easter celebration! Good luck!

Disclosure:  This is a sponsored post for Breakstone’s Sour Cream.  All ideas, thoughts, experiences, photos are my own.

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