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How is it that polka dots up the cute factor of everything by about five hundred percent?
How could I leave them in the store? They were just begging to come home with me and I had no objections.
They’re a cheery addition to my small stash of paper napkins, kept on hand for making life happier.
I love pattern, especially in textiles, and I think that polka dots might be my all-time favorite.
What’s yours?
HH
Baking with parchment paper was a luxury right up until the day I purchased one of these packages.
It’s been on my gratitude list ever since. I bake almost everything on parchment paper now. When I roll out cookie dough, I roll it out on parchment paper, which means no more transferring dough to the pans! Just pick up the paper and you’re done. Getting things out of pans is equally simple. Seriously, I love this stuff and I promise you will, too.
It’s high quality, used in commercial kitchens, and is pre-cut to the size of a large cookie sheet. Each package contains 100 sheets.
Because it’s the holidays and because I’d love to make someone’s life simpler, I’m giving away two packages of parchment paper. I’ll randomly draw two names, and each will win one package of parchment paper. To enter, please leave a comment telling me what you’re most grateful for TODAY. Right now, at this moment. It can be big or small, profound or simple. I just want to read about what YOU are thankful for.
Here’s mine. At the moment I’m typing this, I’m most grateful for second chances. Specifically, I’m thankful for the chance to open my heart and get UN- stuck .
Comments will close the night of Friday, November 20th. I’ll announce the winner on Saturday. One comment per person, please! Good luck!
Hopeful Homemaker
This tablecloth was one of the first pieces I bought when I discovered vintage linens. I love the rich, deep red in this cloth. It hasn’t faded at all and the white remains crisp and bright. The simple color scheme makes this a cloth that looks lovely year round.
Printed with white fruit shaded by small brown hash marks and black outlines, I love its simplicity. It features grapes, pears, peaches, cherries and apples. Measuring 44 inches by 49 inches, it is a perfect size for the center of my table.
As you can see, perfection is not my main objective where these linens are concerned. I simply pull them out of my cupboard and spread them on the table without ironing. There’s no point in having them if we don’t use them, and if I make using them a complicated process then I’ll never get them out. So we enjoy them with a few wrinkles, and their beauty is undiminished by it. Spreading a tablecloth on my table is like a breath of fresh air in my day, reminding me to pause and enjoy simple beauties. Gracious living doesn’t have to be complicated. Little things make all the difference.
What little thing can you do today, to offer gracious living to your family?
Hopeful Homemaker