New & Notable Mentions #16

This week in New & Notable Mentions #16, I have for you decorated Christmas trees and fun gnomes to make. As well as food recipes and a couple of books you might want to read.

Decorating:

A Pop Of Pretty has 3 Christmas tree decorating tips she’d like to share with you.

Sincerely Marie Designs decorated the cutest vintage-inspired nutcracker tabletop tree for Christmas.

Crafts/DIYs:

The Navage Patch created these adorable Dollar Store Lighted Mop Gnomes.

Remodelacasa shows a tutorial for Lil Pom Pom Mini Gnomes her sister-in-law created made out of yarn.

Homemaking:

Vintage Home Designs created a holiday tablescape with fresh greenery to inspire your own tablescape for the holidays.

In My Own Style shows you how to make ribbon bows.

Food:

Add A Pinch has a recipe for Sweet Potato Casserole for either Thanksgiving or Christmastime.

Gimme Some Oven has a whole bunch of Thanksgiving recipes all in one spot for you.

All The Healthy Things has a recipe for Gooey Chocolate Pecan Pie, and boy does it look good!

Books:

LUCKY, a book by Marissa Stapley, is a compelling and thrilling road-trip novel about a talented grifter whose past comes back to haunt her.

Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented swindler who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She’s ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity—when things go sideways.

Penniless and alone for the first time in her life, Lucky discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions. There’s just one big problem: cashing in the winning ticket means she’ll be arrested for her crimes.

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The book “What Comes After”, a novel by Joanne Tompkins, came out in the spring of this year.

After the shocking death of two teenage boys tears apart a community in the Pacific Northwest, a mysterious pregnant girl emerges out of the woods and into the lives of those same boys’ families—a moving and hopeful novel about forgiveness and human connection.

In misty, coastal Washington State, Isaac lives alone with his dog, grieving the recent death of his teenage son, Daniel. Next door, Lorrie, a working single mother, struggles with a heinous act committed by her own teenage son.

Separated by only a silvery stretch of trees, the two parents are emotionally stranded, isolated by their great losses—until an unfamiliar sixteen-year-old girl shows up, bridges the gap, and changes everything.

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” – Jhumpa Lahiri in The Namesake

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