Holiday traditions ... Old and New
 Today's post is from guest blogger Cindy Cragg, home stylist for WILLIAMSBURG®, www.williamsburgmarketplace.com, the lifestyle brand of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.     It’s no secret that Colonial Williamsburg’s holiday season is filled with decorations flaunting a wide array of fresh fruits and greenery. However, fruit is not the only decorative option. The annual decorating contest of

Happy Thanksgiving!
From Teleflora to you and yours - Happy Thanksgiving!    We are thankful for all of our friends and colleagues and hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend.  We will return on Monday ready for Christmas! [Teleflora's Family Gathering Centerpiece]

Gearing up to give thanks
Just one more day until we gather with family and friends to cherish all the huge blessings, heaps of goodness and little gifts in our lives. With travel and shopping and cooking, it can get hectic but it only takes a minute to be grateful. To that end, I thought I'd share this ... "Thanksgiving" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox We walk on starry fields of white And do not see the daisies,For blessings common in our sightWe rarely offer praises.We sigh for some supreme delightTo crown our lives with splendour, And quite ignore our daily storeOf pleasures sweet and tender.Our cares are bold and push their w

A space for reflection, a place for tea: garden sanctuaries have long enticed us
Today's post is from guest blogger Cindy Cragg, home stylist for WILLIAMSBURG®, www.williamsburgmarketplace.com, the lifestyle brand of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.     The idea of an outdoor room or “garden room,” as it was called in the 18th-century, has come in and out of fashion over the years. In colonial times, having a pleasure garden in addition to a kitchen garden was a sign of wealth. Unlike the utilitarian kit

Finish your table with Teleflora and HSN
Teleflora’s coming to television again! Next week Monday, November 23rd, see our very own Marie Ackerman join the ever-enthusiastic hosts at the Home Shopping Network (HSN) to present viewers with a multitude of festive bouquets for the holidays. [The Autumn Aura bouquet for HSN by Teleflora] Marie and friends will present among your last