New online magazine

Lonny Magazine, the online design magazine, has a new magazine.  Love it!!  It's called Tradhome.  The best part is it's free.

http://www.lonnymag.com/

Hooked on Houses Blog

Hooked on Houses

Click here.

Have you been here?  I could spend hours here.

You should take a peek.  You will get HOOKED!

Susan Branch

    

The Summer Book

Susan Branch has been one of my favorite cookbook authors for a while now.  I came across her Christmas book years ago when a book store was going out of business.  Since then I have collected almost all of her books.  She has wonderful stories and home ideas.  Her "Summer Book" has so many wonderful watercolor pictures and recipes in it.  She has a great website too!  She just made it over so it is more interactive.  http://www.susanbranch.com/  You really should stop by and take a look!

Classic Movies

  I love classic films.  There are certain films I watch during different seasons of the year.  I love the movie The Birds (Collector's Edition) even though some scenes are a little gross.  The clothes are amazing.  It's also great seeing some unexpected old movie stars like Jessica Tandy.                                                         

My other favorite film is Rear Window (Collector's Edition).  Again the clothes are amazing.  I love the old horror movies that I can watch without having nightmares.  I'm not one of those people into the "SAW" series of films.  Drop me a note and tell me what some of your favorite summer films are.

Celebrating Home

Celebrating Home: Decorating for the Holidays and Seasons (Seasons of Cannon Falls)

This is one of my favorite design books.  I found it one day in a little shop.  I couldn't buy it new.  I have a love for used books.  So I rushed home and bought it from Amazon for next to nothing!  The book is broken down into different seasons of the year.  LOVE IT!!  If you get a chance you should take a look at it.

Summer Reading

  

My Life in France

I know everyone else has read this book except me.  I bought it at Christmas and just didn't find the time to sit down with it.  Very excited!  I LOVE Julia Child.

Summer Rental

Next on my summer reading list is "Summer Rental" by Mary Kay Andrews.  Her books are great southern humor.  The first book I read writen by her was "Hissy Fit".  It was the best.  Since then I have read all of them.  Not a bad one in the bunch.  If you are looking for a fun summer, read pick up any of her books.  I would love to hear what you are reading this summer.  So leave a comment and let me know!

Summer

We always have beginning of the summer gifts for the kids.  Nothing to expensive.  Mostly dollar store goodies.  Water guns, water balloons, glow sticks and kites.  Anything that makes you think of Summer.  This year we gave the kids large Ball jars.  They are perfect for catching lightening bugs.  I hope all my blog friends enjoy the simple pleasures of summer!

Lonny magazine

Love this online magazine.  If you haven't taken a look at this wonderful magazine please take the time to do so. 

                                                              http://www.lonnymag.com/

Cast iron pans.

I love cast iron pans.  We have at least four in our house.  We are constantly reseasoning them and they have never been done right. After watching Mad Hunger on Hallmark I realized we have been doing it all wrong and cooking the wrong foods in it.  We will be reseasoning all of our cast iron.  Fill your new cast-iron pan with 1/2 inch of vegetable oil.  Put it in a 200-degree oven for 90 minutes. Afterward, discard the oil and wipe the pan clean. The first few times you use it, coat the cooking surface with oil.  You can reseason your pan a few more times to get a good coat.  Acidic foods and alcohol will take the seasoning off your pans so try and avoid these types of foods.  Here is a link to Mad Hunger that has a GREAT way to cook an egg.  Enjoy!
http://www.marthastewart.com/show/mad-hungry/cast-iron-skillet-recipes

Best Nail Color This Season. Loft coupon code.

Black was big last year.  This year you will be seeing gray and silver. 

                                                
I love this Revlon color.  Steel-Her Heart.  The color is darker in person.

           I just received a coupon code for all of you who love LOFT.

                                   


According to the The Hollywood Reporter the new face of Ann Taylor will be Katie Holmes.  You can read the article here.  http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/katie-holmes-face-ann-taylor-70615

Have a great weekend!

One of my favorite blogs - The Sartorialist

The Sartorialist is one of my favorite blogs. The photos are amazing. It has clean lines and is inspiring in so many ways. I hope you enjoy the film. When you get a chance take a look at his blog!

My lifestyle blog.

I have been so inspired by other lifestyle blogs that I am going to try my hand at it myself. I like a lifestyle blog because it is about everything. Food, fashion, interior design and sometime just really great photos. So I hope I will have a few followers and that this blog will be something good.

Beth