Heirloom Bisquick Velvet Crumb Cake: The Easiest Breakfast You’ll Ever Make for Guests
I love to share heirloom recipes, especially when they tell a story. My sister, Paula, was fifteen when I was born. Most of my childhood was spent either on her hip or by her side. She took me everywhere. People who didn’t know our family often assumed I was her...
Cinnamon Toasted Pumpkin Bread – Semi Homemade
I associate fall with baking, especially pumpkin-flavored treats. Even though it's still over 100 degrees here in North Texas, I am not letting the weather stop me from dipping my toe into fall. I love to load up my cart of seasonal flavors at Trader Joe's. I have...
Five Ways to Make Your Home Feel Like Fall Without Decorating for Fall
Fall doesn't have to arrive in a storage bin. I love fall as much as anyone, but I've never believed that welcoming a new season means completely redecorating my house. In fact, some of my favorite ways to make my home feel like fall don't involve a pumpkin, a...
The One Thing I Want You to Organize Before You Host Again
I’m teaching something at Get Organized HQ that I’ve never taught before—and I think every woman who loves to host needs to know about it. If you've ever opened a closet and thought, “Where in the world am I going to put all of this?” …this is for you. I'm thrilled to...
Heirloom Recipe – Julia’s Vermicelli Pasta Salad
My mother had the sweetest friends, but my favorite was Julia Johnson. When I arrived, her sons were grown and no longer living at the house. So, whenever my mother needed to run errands, she would drop me off at Julia's house, and we would have the best time. Julia...
Hospitality is in my DNA. I founded Home with a Twist, a daughter’s twist on her mother’s traditions, in memory of my mother to celebrate her life and the gifts she shared with me. Mother loved to celebrate life’s occasions – big and small.She taught me how to prepare fabulous food, entertain guests with style and design a traditional home with a pop of color and a splash of animal print. Share my fondness of blending Mother’s mid-century style with a modern spin.
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You have shelves full of beautiful cookbooks, yet at 5 pm you find yourself scrolling Pinterest through pop-up ads just to figure out dinner.
Somewhere along the line, we traded the quiet joy of reading a cookbook for endless digital noise.
Those spiral-bound church collections, Junior League volumes, and stained recipe cards tucked between pages hold recipes people actually made, loved, and served around real tables. They work because they were tested in real home kitchens, not staged for an algorithm.
This weekend, pull two or three off your shelf. Make a cup of coffee or tea, sit in a quiet chair, and actually read them. Let them remind you that feeding the people you love was never meant to feel frantic.
Then, tell me 👇👇 what`s cookin` for dinner this week. You might just inspire me!
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Behind this closet door is 40 years of gathering, collecting, and inheriting.
My grandmother`s Johnson Brothers Friendly Village soup tureen lives in here.
Give your heirlooms an everyday job.
Your grandmother collected these pieces so they would be loved, not locked away in the dark.
What vintage piece in your home is overdue to come off the shelf? Tell me below 👇
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After 40 years of gathering people around my table, I can tell you that most hosting stress comes from overthinking, not a lack of skill.
Your guests are coming for an escape and a warm welcome, not a white-glove inspection. When you stop treating party prep like a performance, hosting becomes something you actually look forward to.
Follow along for my Cottage Coaching launch on October 5! Your first stop for Hosting mentorship.
Save this checklist for your next gathering. 📌
Which of these 4 questions do you stress over most? Tell me below! 👇
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When I was little, spending the night at my big sister`s house was the best thing in the world. She`d let me stay up late, and in the morning she`d pull this warm cake out of the oven. The whole kitchen smelled like sugar and butter, and I thought she was the fanciest baker alive.
Turns out, the secret was just Bisquick, butter, sugar, and one egg. The crumb topping is brown sugar broiled to a golden brown.
When you have overnight guests waking up on a Saturday morning, a warm pan on the counter while the coffee brews welcomes everyone into the kitchen.
The sweetest hospitality comes right from a box in the pantry.
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Did your family have a back-of-the-box recipe you still make?
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