Blog: summer

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Fourth of July Fête

Fire up the bottle rockets and sparklers! It’s party time in stencil-land! To celebrate upcoming Independence Day, I’ve got a stencil sale you won’t want to miss

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Summer Fun

We’re sliding into a new season, and I’ve got some sizzling hot stencil savings to ease your entry into summer

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Lavender Lemonade

Courtesy of my friends Deborah and Steve Nathe, owners of Winding Brook Estate, a 16-acre lavender farm in Eureka, Missouri, this recipe is one of their favorite ways to use farm-fresh (or dried) lavender in the dog days of summer

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Rugosa Rose Syrup

For some, summer in New England is marked by early morning wake-up calls from fishing boats revving up in the harbor for their day’s work. For others, it means lazy afternoons at the beach with warm sand between the toes, or sunsets that linger on the horizon. But for me, the sweetest of summer emblems is

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