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Time for Mom's best eggnog...

by - Friday, December 28, 2018
My jeans are speaking to me. You laugh, but yes, they are. They whisper, Girl, I think it's time to ween off the sweets... But we still have Robert's birthday and the New Year to celebrate. Please give me just a few more days of indulgence. I will resume my intimate affair with Mr. Mesclun...

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Enchanting memories of Christmas past...

by - Thursday, December 13, 2018
Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. ~ Winston Churchill Holiday cards are addressed, stamped and ready to post, the tree is lit and decorated, almond biscotti is toasting in the oven... We are ready for Christmas.  Some years are a blur. Everything happens so quickly, details skewed or...

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Catching up with Carolyne Roehm's Design & Style...

by - Monday, December 03, 2018
The classroom buzzed with a mix of trepidation and excitement. The Design Studio mentor was about to arrive, and we needed to have our sketches all set for her to comment, critique, and select. Carolyne Roehm was a very busy lady, you know! I worked on at least seventy different designs, everything from...

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Odes to autumn...

by - Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Fall, Leaves, Fall by Emily Brontë Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to me Fluttering from the autumn tree. I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow; I shall sing when night’s decay Ushers in a drearier day. Sonnet...

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Spiced cakelets with cream...

by - Tuesday, November 20, 2018
With Thanksgiving in a couple of days, I couldn't miss sharing a new sweet suggestion to join the table merrymaking. Of course you can indulge in traditional pumpkin pie, but wouldn't it be fun to try a little something new as well? Unlike my showstopping Autumn Bombe, this recipe is really easy even...

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From pearls to platinum to plastic...

by - Friday, October 26, 2018
Living my entire fifty-one year existence in New Jersey, frolicking for freshness around the Garden State, I realize there is so much yet to be explored here. Robert indulged my whim to visit the Newark Museum for the first time, curious to catch their current Kimono Refashioned exhibit. It is a brief but concise...

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She's got the look: Photographing a jewelry line...

by - Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Disclaimer: I am not a professional photographer.  Many have messaged me about the photos I post for A little something ®, and it is honestly very flattering. I am an entrepreneur, so I am "one who wears many hats". Though daunting, it's all doable, but you need some basics to craft professional-looking pictures....

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