Romance Novel Author - Lifestyle Blog: Dagmar's Home
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from the Blue Cottage!
Landon loves all of his gifts — more LEGOs, more Quixels, an orca sleeping bag, a brainy game, and a few other things — and I love mine!
Don bought me a Starbucks gift card, thick socks, and Joanna and Chip Gaines’ book The Magnolia Story.
That was a surprise because Don usually buys me clothes or jewelry. I don’t think in 12 years he’s ever bought me a book, but this choice shows he knows me well.
Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s a perfect time to think of yummy, soothing holiday drinkables.
Check out these wonderful recipes from some of my favorite bloggers.
You just might need to add a drink or two to your holiday celebration!
Enjoy and pin away!
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I have been wanting to make something else with an embroidery hoop since I created the gallery wall with embroidery hoops in my office and stumbled upon a lot of cute ideas with these hoops on Pinterest.
Thinking about the supplies I had at home, I came up with an easy DIY wall decor project anyone can make in minutes, and this would also make a lovely Christmas gift.
My hoop ended up with a Christmas theme, but you can make it any theme you want and personalize it for the person you are making this for as a present.
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It’s Christmas in our cottage!
We got our big Christmas tree yesterday and I decorated it right away, and I finished decorating the whole house today.
I used white tinsel garland, white lace ribbon, and new and vintage blush ornaments for the tree. [Read more…]
We escaped.
A few weekends ago, we escaped for an amazing weekend to Doral Arrowwood Hotel Conference Center in Rye Brook — just half an hour away from us. [Read more…]