From the category archives:

Southern

The Southern Women’s Show in Birmingham

September 30, 2009

Again this year, last weekend my friend Debbie and I attended the Southern Women’s Show.   Snacking, browsing, people watching, shopping, watching fashion shows and cooking shows, that is just a little of what goes on at this event.  Oh, and a whole bunch of Southern women in one place. It’s a 4 day event and [...]

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Southern Cornbread

January 18, 2008

It seems that the difference between Southern cornbread & Northern (Yankee!) cornbread is the sugar. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. We don’t usually do sweet cornbread down here, although some do. My mama did not & this is the sort of cornbread I grew up on. Buttery good!Now, [...]

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Lampshades & Painting: 101

June 22, 2007

Several of you asked about learning how to cover a lampshade, so here’s a quick little tutorial on how I did mine. It’s really pretty easy, not rocket science by any means. Above you’ll see the toile shade & the seam where it came together in the back. This seam can be folded under and [...]

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Old Southern towns….

February 21, 2007

There’s something really special about these old Southern towns. Today, I had the pleasure of going with a group of ladies down to Tuscaloosa, AL (home of the world famous Crimson Tide…ROLL TIDE!) and taking a tour of some of the historical buildings around town. We only had time to visit 2 today, since there [...]

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