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Celebrating Holidays in a Pandemic? Festive Sets Makes Family Dinners Fun

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / December 9, 2020 /

By Whitney JodryFounder, Festive Sets Home has a new meaning and a renewed place in our lives as a result of COVID-19. Over the past nine months or so, home, whether your primary residence or a second home, has been a place of safety and shelter from the pandemic, a source of respite and solitude,…

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Sarah Zubiate: The Joy of Hosting And The Power of Food

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 7, 2020 /

By Sarah ZubiateFounder and Farmer at ZUBI’s Did I really say hosting? What about COVID? Yes, I said it! I’m the kind of woman — cue my feisty, Latin blood, and personality — who loves to host family and friends. I truly get energized by planning parties whether it’s for my or my hubby’s business,…

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The National Hardware Show: Everything You Never Knew Existed But Now Can’t Live Without

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / December 21, 2016 /

That’s it Candy! I quit. You keep sending this Lifestylist to shows like the International Builders Show, the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, and now the National Hardware Show.  This sounded like it would be a lot of fun, but it’s costing me a lot of money. Now all I can think about is how…

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Have You Planned Your Thanksgiving Tablescape?

By Leah Shafer / November 26, 2014 /

Tomorrow is the big day, and if you’re like me, almost all your thinking has been about the Thanksgiving meal itself: “Who likes what?” “How long does that bake?” And “how many pans can I fit in the oven at once?”    But a holiday meal should please the eye as well as the belly: It’s…

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