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This post is part of a series on being a hostess with the mostess using Successful Entertaining at Home: A Complete Guide for Informal Entertaining written by Carolyn Coggins and published in 1952 by Prentiss-Hall. Being a graceful, relaxed hostess comes naturally to some people, but to most it is achieved through experience…for either the . . . → Read More: Successful Entertaining: Smooth Entertainment Requires Planning, Planning, Planning This post is part of an ongoing series on home decorating using Decorating Liveable Homes written by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer and published in 1937 by Prentice-Hall. Since the supposition is that the guest will not be staying over a long period, new items of decoration, within reason, of course, may be tried out in this room. . . . → Read More: Guests as Lab Rats This post is part of a series on being a hostess with the mostess using Successful Entertaining at Home: A Complete Guide for Informal Entertaining written by Carolyn Coggins and published in 1952 by Prentiss-Hall. I…should talk about several things one simply must not do when inviting guests, being a guest, or when entertaining guests. . . . → Read More: Successful Entertaining: How to be a Terrible Hostess This post is part of an ongoing series on home decorating using Decorating Liveable Homes written by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer and published in 1937 by Prentice-Hall. The grace of hospitality may be acquired at an early age, if the child feels that his room is a place in which he may entertain his friends. ~ Elizabeth . . . → Read More: Decorating a Room is Child’s Play  7 comments - (Comments are closed)  Decorating Liveable Homes, home economics  children's rooms, Home decorating In case you didn’t see my comment last week, the meeting on Friday went well (I think). They asked for more information, which I take as a good sign. Unfortunately, that also means I’m still distracted from my blogging endeavors for a few more days. In the meantime, enjoy this soup recipe, originally posted on . . . → Read More: From the Archives: It’s Autumn and that Means Vegetable Beef Soup! {Recipe} Hamburger Press: So Simple, Yet Efficient We had these the other night and they are just so good that I had to share the recipe with you again. This article was originally posted on July 12, 2010. ***** The more I learn how to eat like my grandmother, the more I am amazed at . . . → Read More: From the Archives: Deviled Beef Patties {Recipe} The successful party is one at which the results in fun and effectiveness greatly outbalance the time required to arrange it. ~Carolyn Coggins, Successful Entertaining At Home: A complete Guide for Informal Entertaining, 1952 To enjoy planning and hosting a party, you need to feel confident in the outcome. Given your circumstances, there only may . . . → Read More: Successful Entertaining: Four Things to Remember In this changing world, elegance, formality and well-staffed homes are no more our way of life than grandfather’s surrey with the fringe on the top. Instead, informal living and informal entertaining have forced their way into our existence….Cultivate the art of entertaining informally and the pleasant relaxed manner it commends ~Carolyn Coggins, Successful Entertaining at . . . → Read More: Successful Entertaining: Hostesses Are Born AND Made This article was originally posted on April 21, 2008: There was a time when women would shop downtown at department stores. These department stores were monuments to fashion and femininity. You could meet your friends for lunch and eat in the elegant dining rooms. It was glorious! Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I . . . → Read More: From the Archive: Department Store Dining Rooms Dear Friends, Have you ever found yourself in this type of situation? You are at a professional or social event where there are ten people crowded around a circular banquet table. You barely have room to move and your table setting is millimeters away from your neighbors’ table settings. You try to make the best . . . → Read More: Yes, You May Drink Your Soup…But Only If… 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Etiquette, Theatrical Thursday, Vintage School Films Table Manners |
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