“…I wanted the collection to reflect joy, hope, optimism, exuberance, and overflowing beauty! Springtime, with all its celebrations…Easter, Mother’s Day, birthdays, bridal showers, baby showers, May Day, and Memorial Day…seemed like the…”

Easiest Homemade Cranberry Sauce

My mom’s cranberry sauce recipe has been part of our family Thanksgiving dinner for decades. It’s always nice when the recipe that everyone wants also happens to be exceptionally easy to make…

The Summer Backyard Memories Collection is Now Live

… the Backyard Memories Collection is focused on making a relaxed and enjoyable haven of our own backyards this summer…

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Tips for Planning A Harvest Party

We recently hosted a harvest party that I'd been dreaming about for years! The autumn gathering, beneath our oaks and maples on a splendid fall day in New England, brought together our family and

AUTUMN FUN, ENTERTAININGKate at Wonderful Life FarmOctober 23, 2019Hospitality, Making Memories, Outdoor Memories, autumn party, harvest party, New England harvest party, New England Comments

4th of July Party Essentials

Having a solid collection of summer party essentials makes backyard entertaining easy, whether it's a 4th of July party or any summer gathering. Through the years, I've intentionally worked to build a stockpile of…

HOLIDAYS, ENTERTAININGKate at Wonderful Life FarmJuly 2, 2019Celebrations and Holidays, Summer Fun, summer memories, family summer fun, 4th of July, 4th of July party, 4th of July party planning, party planning, celebrate the 4th, summer holidaysComment

Spring Birthday Celebration

Bethany's birthday celebration day was one of the first really lovely spring days that we've had. The skies were brilliantly blue with puffy, white clouds whooshing past, a lovely breeze, and the…

OUR FAMILY'S MEMORIES, ENTERTAININGKate at Wonderful Life FarmApril 17, 2019Family Life, family birthday, family birthdays, spring birthday, april birthday, setting a spring table Comments

Spring Flowers for a Spring Party

As all the colorful spring flowers make her heart happy, I knew a vibrant and fragrant arrangement down the center of the table would put a smile on her face for her birthday celebration…

ENTERTAINING, SPRING FUNKate at Wonderful Life FarmApril 13, 2019Celebrations and Holidays, Spring Fun, setting a spring table, spring birthday, spring flowers, spring flower arrangement, spring flower arranging, daffoldils, narcissus, tulips, setting a pretty table, set a pretty table, make beautiful memories, Making Memories Comments

Cleaning Cupboards

This month's project was cleaning out this kitchen cupboard, which houses mostly entertaining pieces…

ENTERTAININGKate at Wonderful Life FarmMarch 13, 2019entertaining essentials, tableware, setting a pretty table, set a pretty table, cutlery collection, cutlery for entertaining, organizing cutlery, organizing entertaining pieces, organizing serveware, organizing serving pieces Comments

Ski Lodge

Our home is being used as a ski lodge this weekend! And I couldn't be happier! Colette has a bunch of girlfriends up from Boston for a weekend of skiing, and they're using our house…

Christmas Party

Last week was a super busy week around our house, because we were hosting our annual Christmas Open House on Saturday! We've hosted this party every year for 25 years, and we have the best memories from it…