Nine Color Salad - The Perfect Spring Salad

This "Nine Color Salad" is from a place in KC called Spin Pizza.  They specialize in gourmet wood fired pizzas with really high qu...

4th of July Table Setting, Red White & Blue Ice Cream Cake, & Star Spangled Sangria

Last week, TheDaily.com came to my house to shoot a video for a 4th of July video .  I created this "Star-Spangled 4th of July Party...

Grilled Artichokes with Lemon Garlic Caper Aioli | Easy Summer Entertaining Recipes

This is one of my all time favorite 'restaurant' recipes.  Anytime I go to a restaurant and I see grilled artichokes on the menu, I ...

Lilac Centerpiece in Pewter Serving Bowl with Lilly of the Valley

I’m not a huge fan of using stuffy, professionally design floral centerpieces when I’m hosting a party.  To me it always feels like a wedd...

Planted Pansies Centerpiece | Spring Centerpiece | Mother's Day Centerpiece

  It is no secret that I like planted flowers indoors - I love that they are seasonal, last longer than cut flowers and are usually much les...

The Best Mac and Cheese Recipe | Baked Macaroni and Cheese

I remember being at my Grandma Steffens' house when I was about 6 or 7 and she asked what I wanted for lunch.  Macaroni and Cheese.  It ...

Dahlias | Fall Flowers from the Farmers Market | Fall Centerpiece

When Summer ends, my mind turns to Mums and pumpkins.  I always forget about Dahlias.  Last weekend at the Farmer's Market I came acros...