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Fancy Friday Five ~ Happy Inspiration

By Chris Ann on February 17, 2012 1 Comment

We've relaunched Fancy Friday our weekly linky party. It's now Fancy Friday Five! Every Friday we're inviting you to join us at the table and share what 5 things were fancy to you. And along with the change ~ there's been conversation about what "Fancy" just might be. We don't want to give you the impression fancy has to be expensive, rich, overly done or beyond one's reach. Fancy, to us, is closer to what good ole' Webster's says fancy is. 1. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind. 2. A whim 3. … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday Five~Link Party

By Kristin on February 10, 2012 8 Comments

I'm a bit giddy this morning! Chris Ann is on her way to Baltimore along with her husband Todd, to help me celebrate my 4oth! We will be getting together with a bunch of old friends and new tomorrow night at a local Indian restaurant. This weekend will just be the icing on the cake to a wonderful birthday week! My Fancy Friday Five was hard to narrow down. I was treated like a queen all week by my family. And can you believe, they kept the 40, over the hill jokes to a minimum. At least, most of them did. The cards … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday Five Link Party

By lovefeasttable on February 3, 2012 1 Comment

If you've been pulling up a chair at our table every Friday, you are familiar with our Fancy Friday Link Party. Fancy Fridays have been days where we stretch our creative wings and write about things we find fancy. Honestly, we tried to get really creative. We might have themed a Fancy Friday~Black and White and posted black and white pictures that represented a poem we wrote about a life lived in the black and white. Or it may have been Fancy Friday~Blogs We LOVE where we shared a few blogs that just made us smile. We … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday ~ Holiday Makeup Tips

By lovefeasttable on November 18, 2011 3 Comments

Holiday Makeup Trends~Winter 2011 As makeup artists we get our inspiration for creating looks from what is on the runway 2x a year. Fall and spring are the seasons where fashion and makeup trends are presented. My goal is to take what's on the runway and create looks that are easy and quick to apply. It is not hard to accomplish a tailored look with the correct instructions. This Holiday season "clean skin" is in as expressed in Alexandar McQueen's collection. The Bold lip is back on Gucci's Runway and the 60's graphic eye … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday ~ Thanksgiving Menu

By Kristin on November 11, 2011 9 Comments

Thanksgiving Feast is a favorite meal at our table. Every year, my husband and I sit down and plan out our menu. There are certain dishes that are always featured, like roasted root vegetables, but there are inevitably new additions to the menu. I remember as a kid the retro Thanksgiving menu my grandmother laid out. I think I might add Ambrosia salad on this year just for kicks. But, maybe I'll use a modern twist on this dish. Our turkey glaze and preparation changes year to year. One year, Devon smoked the turkey on … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday~Pie

By Kristin on November 4, 2011 1 Comment

“Pie is a symbol of something bigger than Mom and her way with desserts.” ~ Pasquale Le Draqulec “There are pies on a carousel, have a slice.” ~ Cake (the band) “Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness” ~Jane Austen “One little thing can revive a guy/ and that is a homemade rhubarb pie/ Serve it up nice and hot/ maybe things aren’t as bad as you thought.” ~ A Prairie Home Companion “What kind of Thanksgiving dinner is … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday ~ Candy

By Chris Ann on October 28, 2011 8 Comments

My favorites were the sour cherry balls on the right and ju ju nickles. When I was young we would bike up to Widman's Candy to have a fountain drink like lime cokes and cherry cokes. Sometimes we would get a malted milk. We'd linger in the back reading the comics. Sometimes there would be a rowdy table of boys that would shoot spitballs at us with the paper straws. When we take a visit back to the small town where I grew up we often bring our kids to pick out some candy. It's makes me happy to see my kids doing … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday ~ Falling

By Chris Ann on October 21, 2011 2 Comments

"falling leaves hide the path so quietly" ~ John Bailey Autumn Haiku I grew up in northern Minnesota where the fields run straight and the dirt is dark black. My family has driven up from Minneapolis to spend a long weekend in northern Minnesota farm country to visit my parents. I thought the woods my parents walk in would be a perfect place to be inspired for this weeks theme ~ Falling. These are the same woods where I walked and played in when I was in elementary school. I feel I know them inside and out. I … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday~Fall Roundup

By Kristin on October 14, 2011 5 Comments

This fall I've been reading books like Moccasin Trail, By the Great Horn Spoon and Across the Aprils to my kids. We are learning about the early pioneers and what they did to survive. I don't know why, but their stories and travels remind me of fall. Maybe it's the log cabins, roaming buffalo or majestic elk. Celebrating fine artisans who work their craft from raw products with focus, precision and a desire to shape and create something beautiful...reminds me of fall. (Just a quick note, if … [Read more...]

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Fancy Friday Pinterest Board

By lovefeasttable on September 23, 2011 14 Comments

We are going to start by me asking Kristin, what should we be asking? Chris Ann is pouring herself a glass of wine, I’m sitting on the phone and listening to her struggle to open the bottle. I remember when I taught her in Italy how to open a bottle..which was great, thanks for ruining my record of having other people do the dirty work for me. let’s see if she can do it. ….ah done. and it’s the good bottle left in the house...great...I poured my glass from the box...waiting....it sounds open, waiting for first … [Read more...]

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