From the monthly archives:

October 2009

When Life Calls For Plan B…

by Mindy Lockard on October 29, 2009

With a week of Elle and Maggie laid up like the grandparents in
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

We had to call off this…

and go to Plan B.  Plan B consisted of daddy bringing home pumpkins from the grocery store–no Pumpkin Patch for our little Pumpkins this year, and a dinner (with on-hand ingredients) served family style: [...]

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I met Peter Hopkins at the National Stationery show in 2007. Peter is the historian for a company that I greatly admire, Crane & Co.   Since graduating from high school, when I received my first beautiful box of Crane & Co. stationery, I have looked to this company as a pillar in the [...]

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Trick-or-Treatiquettes

by Mindy Lockard on October 27, 2009

With Trick-or-Treating just around the corner Elle and Maggie are here to share with you a few Trick or Treatiquettes from October’s issue of ManneroftheMonth.com magazine. Wishing you and your family a safe and gracious Halloween!

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Take to the Table Tuesday: Spooky Stew

by Mindy Lockard on October 26, 2009

With cold and flu season in full swing here is a Take to the Table Tuesday recipe for a spooktacular dinner for little ones staying in with the creepy crud or needing warm tummies for chilly trick-or-treating…

Spooky Stew (feel free to add or subtract veggies as you wish) add the following to a crock-pot and [...]

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Power of the Pen!

by Mindy Lockard on October 25, 2009

When was the last time you printed off an e-mail and tucked it away in a momento box or wrote down a phone message and pasted on the page of a scrap book?! Then again, do you have a handwritten note, letter or invitation you have received safely stored in a box of treasures?
For ages [...]

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