New & Notable Mentions 1/28/23
This week on New & Notable Mentions 1/28/23…
Cozy Winter Decor Ideas
Lauren at Blesser House shows 16 cozy ways she likes to decorate for winter in her home.
How To Choose The Best Accent Chair
Winter Decorating With Greenery
This blue and white transfer ware pitcher holds winter greenery as a token to wintertime decorating.
Kitchen Artwork Ideas and Other Wall Decor for the Hub of Your Home
Small Living Space Library
This blogger showed her library space that is in the area of both her living room and dining space. What a wonderful way to include a small library in your home. I’d love to do this.
20 Easy Valentines Cookie Decorating Ideas
Make This Easy, Yummy & Adorable Valentine’s Day Recipe
Valentine’s Heart Wreath
Southern Crush At Home shows you how to make this Valentine’s Heart Wreath with a nautical twist.
How To White Wash Terracotta Pots With Chalk Paint
Easy Baked Cod
This blogger at Dinner Then Dessert says even if you don’t like fish, you still might like this dish. The simple flavors of paprika and garlic salt blend perfectly with the mild cod.
How To DIY Grain Sack Lavender Heart Sachets
Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
The blogger behind Eating On A Dime shows you how she makes her rosemary roasted potatoes.
How To Make Simple Sourdough Focaccia Bread
Easy Key Lime Pie
The blogger from Garnish With Lemon says her key lime pie recipe is quick and easy. It has a graham cracker crust and only four other ingredients.
The New Couple
The perfect marriage. The perfect house. The perfect secret…
As I step through the cherry-red door of my new home, I know I should feel like the luckiest woman alive. I have a handsome husband, a beautiful daughter and now the house of my dreams. And to everyone else my life looks perfect…
When the neighbors stop by to welcome us, I tell them my name is Stephanie Hamlin and, under the watchful gaze of my husband Richard, I introduce him and our curly haired little girl Poppy.
I smile as wide as I can and desperately hope I can fit in to this exclusive place with its pretty communal gardens. Because I’ve risked everything to be here.
Behind closed doors I try to relax, to unwind in the huge claw-foot bath and forget about my complicated past. It’s hard being the new couple on the street when you’ve got secrets.
Because the truth is, my charming husband isn’t really my husband.
And I’m not Stephanie Hamlin…
Someday Maybe
“A masterfully woven exposition on love and loss. Nwabineli is magic with words.”—Bolu Babalola, internationally bestselling author of Honey and Spice.
Here are three things you should know about my husband:
He was the great love of my life despite his penchant for going incommunicado.
My husband was, as far as I and everyone else could tell, perfectly happy. Which is significant because…
On New Year’s Eve, he died.
And here is one thing you should know about me:
I found him.
Someday, Maybe is a stunning, witty debut novel about a young woman’s emotional journey through unimaginable loss. She is pulled along by her tight-knit Nigerian family, a posse of friends, and the love and laughter she shared with her husband.
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Love that library and the winter decorating links.
Oh, gosh, where to begin to take in all these goodies, Brenda. I think I have to come back tomorrow as it is now my bedtime! Thanks for sharing all these yummy bits and pieces!
As usual, many wonderful finds this week, Brenda. Thank you. The heart wreath looks really cute. You should try to make it. I think it’d go great with your heart bowl fillers you bought. The food, oh my goodness, yummy!! I think key lime pie is one of my favorite desserts!!
Thank you Brenda for all your research to bring us such beautiful context. I usually read you late at night in bed on my tablet, so the reason I don’t comment much.
It would be great if we could send pics of our interiors for your ideas and everyone’s comments. Hope you’re feeling well today. Hugs
As usual, you’ve made a great, interesting selection of topics for us. I love spending a quiet hour on my Saturday afternoon with a cup of tea (lavender chamomile) and a little snack (pimento cheese on crackers) perusing your finds. Last week I made the Charro Beans & OMG, they were the best beans ever. ( I left out the Serrano peppers and it still was seasoned well and tasty). From todays post, I will venture to make cookies this week. Love the decorating ideas with greenery, and the small library is to die for. However, instead of old books just for decor purposes, I would want interesting books to read. Which brings me to the two selections in todays post… both look like winners and I have added them to my list of “To Read”.
Thank you again Brenda for New and Notables. I absolutely love looking at everything! Even if the recipes aren’t vegan I can usually make them so. I also liked how someone had made a library in their living area, I hadn’t thought of that.
The two books sound very interesting, I will definitely look them up on Amazon.
I am really enjoying your Saturday posts. Did you receive your bowl fillers patterns and samples???
I sure did! Got them yesterday. Thank you so much.
We have a wall of bookshelves in our living room for over 40 yrs as I love to see books and Knick knacks displayed on them. Makes me feel so cozy in my home to go select a book on interior decorating, gardening or fiction and just immerse myself in happiness.
A wonderful post full of fun ideas, yummy looking food and a good read. Can’t ask for anything more!
Enjoy your Saturday, Brenda!
You are finding the best things for your Saturday posts! I love the pics with the greens and those sconces over the bookshelves are gorgeous. The Valentine hearts you posted the other day inspired me to buy a little fabric and make some for my daughter. Have a nice weekend!
I made the Valentin wreath last year and gave it to my neighbor. It turned out really cute.