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Hospitality

Sharing a meal, appetizers or desserts with someone in your home is a wonderful gift to give! These posts will help you create that gift by offering simple hosting how-tos and inspiration for your tables, gatherings and holidays. Opening your home will be easier and more  enjoyable when you know exactly what to do!

A Southern Discourse Fall Home Tour

Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.  ~Hebrews 13:2 There's been

How to make your own homemade fall coffee creamers, like dark chocolate pumpkin & salted caramel mocha, plus a coffee bar to charm your Thanksgiving guests!

Thanksgiving Coffee Bar + 3 Fall Creamers

    Welcome to 'A Gracious  Thanksgiving' blog tour hosted by a few of us from over here at A Southern Blog Collective.  From guest

Tips for creating a warm & inviting Thanksgiving table.

The Thanksgiving Table: Ambiance, Hospitality, & Food

He escorts me to His banqueting table, and it is obvious how much He loves me.  Song of Solomon 2:4 The makings of real Thanksgiving table is not about

3 Tips For Successfully Adding New Foods to Your Holiday Meal

Some of us are pretty protective of our long-standing holiday standards. We don’t want anyone messing with our green bean or sweet potato casseroles. And Heaven

Annual Fall Porch Tour: A Bundle of Porches You’ll Love

Autumn in the south is a tricky thing.  Some years the weather cooperates, and we can don our hoodies and light up our bonfires.  Many a year, though,

watermelon centerpiece

Easy Watermelon Centerpiece How-To

A watermelon centerpiece? Sure, why not! We get all a gape about stuffing pumpkins full of flowers (yes, I know, I love it too), so why not fill up their summer

Watermelon Bar: Easy Summer Entertaining

The dog days of summer are barking, and there is nothing easier or more refreshing to enjoy with family and friends than a simple to put together, fun to eat

How to Make A Fresh Vegetable Crudité Platter with Ham & Cheese

Summer lends itself to easy entertaining with its beckoning sunshine, slower schedules and, of course, summer gardens, farmers’ markets and roadside stands

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Backyard Hostess Essentials

The pace of summer is a slow one, which leaves plenty of extra room in our schedules to get together with family and friends.  Grills fire up. 

Southern Shrimp Salad Roll with Lemon Dill Mayo

Love seafood?  Then shrimp salad rolls are definitely one of those quick and easy meals you need in summer arsenal.  Growing up, shrimp was my

Bowtie Party & Toolbox Centerpiece- A Table for Dad

I will admit it.  I am a sucker for a good plaid bow tie.  And I have to ask what self-respecting southern woman isn't?  I mean, one of the

Simple Memorial Day Picnic

Memorial Day is a holiday with deep roots, roots that go all the way back to the Civil War.  And while the holiday has changed over time, some things

Why a Cheese Board is Romantic (especially if you don’t like cheese)

Call me silly, but there’s just something romantic about a cheese board. Not any ol’ cheese board, mind you. But one done right. Maybe because, when done right,

Winter Table

This is a sponsored post, created in conjunction with one of ASD's wonderful partners, M&M Event Rentals. While everyone is talking football playoffs and

5 Secrets To Hosting The Best Outdoor Movie Night

I love, and I mean absolutely love, going to the movies.  You might say I downright adore it.  And if it's possible to love something even more than

No-Fuss, All-Fun Popcorn Bar

It's not always easy to feed a crowd.  Even if you just decide to do finger foods, it can get expensive and time intensive before you know

A Nostalgic July 4th Picnic To Celebrate Summer

Whether we love them or hate them,  we can't deny that, with almost a life of their own, our southern summers are full of magic and memories-- a multitude

Summer Party Trends for Guest and Hostess

Memorial Day and the official kick off for summer is right around the corner.  And we all know how much I dig summer time!  One reason is summer is

Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar

The Christmas season is in full swing, and for me that means 87, 369 decorations have to be hung, evergreens cut and draped, a myriad of cakes, pies, snacks,

3 Simple Secrets To Arranging Flowers Like a Pro

All of us love the idea fresh flowers in our homes, but even the pre-made bouquets purchased at markets and floral departments can seem less than spectacular

3 Reasons You Should Be Buying Flowers at the Farmer’s Market

  There are bushels of reasons I like to get up early and head to my local farmer's market.  Veritable festivals of colors, textures, sounds, and

It’s A Barn Christmas

    Welcome to ASD's 2015 Christmas tour!  This year, we are visiting Brian and Suzanne McCarver's barn.  But this is no ordinary Christmas

5 (Ahem… 6!) Secrets to Hosting A Fabulous Dinner Party

Right after well-applied lipstick and properly coiffed hair, knowing how to be a good hostess is about as ‘southern lady’ as it gets. But sometimes, the task of

Spring Bird’s & Tea Winner!

We have a winner! Thanks to Random.org's random number generator, Robyn H. is our winner!! Robyn, I hope there are still some daffodils out your way for to

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