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I am in love.
We are designing the most colorful spring bouquets for the holiday weekend…
I just may not be able to part with them.
I can’t stop smiling at them, or oohing ahhing them.
Oh how I do love my Nantucket daffys.
Alas – wr…

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ABC News – here we come. Pulling and packing up our Easter Brunch segment for 5:50 am, tomorrow, Friday. One secret to easy entertaining: pull all platters, plates and display pieces the day before. Make sure you have one designated for each menu item, so the day of the event you are just finishing food prep and setting out for guests to enjoy. Inside each white porcelain element tomorrow we are featuring tiny vegetable crudite cups…chicken and waffles with my favorite Parisian 13 a Table mini pitchers for organic maple syrup, and finally – Lilly’s famous Confetti Ribbon Cookies displayed…Continue Reading »

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Tune in tomorrow morning, 5:50 am – for our easy, effortless Easter Brunch with our dear friends on ABC News.
Here is a sneak peek: Lilly is helping me bake Confetti Candy Cookies, using just two grocery to gorgeous ingredients.
Tables in Beaut…

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Look at our mini Easter cakes!
Set at each placesetting for our easy, elegant holiday celebration today on Windy City Live – stay tuned – we’re up soon.
Thanks Swirlz Cupcakes – these are beyond beautiful.

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We celebrated the new twins all day today with Rin at the beautiful baby shower… And now it’s time to prep, pick, pack and produce our segment tomorrow morning on Windy City Live, at 9 am. What to choose right off of our dining room shelves… Hmmm… This…or that… That…or this… You don’t want to miss it. We are setting an Easter Celebration for the whole family to enjoy – from kid’s crafting (yes – my own are joining me tomorrow on set!) – to setting the table – to our favorite easy, elegant, healthy Easter recipes. Orange Honey Chicken…Continue Reading »

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These anemone are just beyond.
Their delicate blooms, graceful curved stems, and high contrast black/white color always reminds me of Coco Chanel…
J’adore.

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We are in HEAVEN this weekend – designing the most gorgeous baby shower you can imagine. What makes it all the more fun and exciting, is the shower is to honour Rin, one of our favorite brides…so we get to celebrate together all over again. And there is so MUCH to toast – her exquisite taste, her amazing family, her TWINS due in a few months. The two fourteen foot long, European banquet shower tables will be dressed in budding spring branches, dappled with dozens of crystal vases filled with massed white and ivory blooms. Romantic Ranunculus, pretty Peonies, exotic…Continue Reading »

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Spring is so intoxicating. Chicago’s Mag Mile and nearby colorful neighborhoods are bursting with happy spring bulbs. We asked – and we listened. Our blog comments asked to share "spring tulip inspiration" for our big Easter show Monday morning on Windy City Live – so tune in at 9 am and watch us bring your entertaining wishes to life, right before your eyes on the small screen. Happy weekend…and Chicago – happy spring break.

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