Get Fresh Produce, Gifts and Good Advice at Fresh South Market

We live in such a great community in Fayette County and the addition of the Fresh South Market makes living here just that much better! Each Wednesday and Saturday through November, from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., local vendors are selling their goods at our newest farmer’s market, located at the Peachtree City Crossings Center [...]

Projects for Sanity

I’m a “project” girl. I always have some kind of thing planned either for the kids or around the house. It’s my own personal way of staying sane. My husband has this way cool job. He’s a marine biologist and always comes home from work with interesting stories. I reply with “I vacuumed the lint [...]

Garden Ideas at the Southern Living Idea Home

Last week I headed over to historic Senoia, Georgia to visit the Southern Living Idea House – a charming 3.5-story brownstone on the site of the former McKnight Cotton Gin. This is the first time that Southern Living has featured a brownstone property as an idea home.  The model is an expanded end unit and [...]

A Butterfly in Pennsylvania

While on our recent vacation to visit family in Pennsylvania we had the most extraordinary thing happen. My mother-in-law found some really cool caterpillars on the dill plants in her garden. I had just bought a bug catcher for Kiersten who is three so we put the caterpillars and some dill in and decided to [...]

Closet Freak

Let’s admit it…Closets are typically pretty boring.  You’ve got your shelves, your closet rods…throw in a few hooks and that’s pretty much it.  Simple, right?  But what if we really started to think about our closets, not as storage spaces for our clothes and shoes, but rather as rooms…extensions of who we are.  With pretty chandeliers [...]

My New Find…

After touring the Idea House in Senoia, I had the rare opportunity of strolling the streets without the kiddos.  I came across a store that I just have to tell you about, Table Talk.  First, the owners are super friendly!  Come to find out, Mr. Hewett and I actually know a lot of the same [...]

A Kid-Friendly Garden

Several years ago when my nieces and nephews were small, I hosted an annual holiday scavenger hunt in my
garden right before Christmas. My husband and I spent many hours buying little gifts and treats, wrapping them up and hiding them in the garden.  Boy did I miss an opportunity! Instead of toys and treats, I [...]

Restaurant Appeal…

We’ve all been to one of those places.  You know…one of those restaurants that are so beautiful, so elegant that you instantly wish that you could take every element of the space and magically transport it to your own house–minus ALL the patrons!
I love Maguire’s decor in Senoia!  I love the rustic feel of the space, [...]

Garden Junk: Recycled Items Add Personality in your Garden

Savvy gardeners rarely throw anything away – rather they choose to reclaim, recycle, salvage and reuse
vintage materials in new and inventive ways. That “junk” collecting in your attic and garage can be repurposed in your garden to add personality and highlight your family history.
There is something deeply satisfying in reclaiming an object and giving it [...]

Sometimes Gardening is NO Fun!

Yes, I know that I write the Fayette Woman blog and magazine articles about the joys of gardening. But to be
perfectly honest, sometimes gardening is more chore than fun. Right now I am battling seven river birch trees that are dropping yellow leaves like it was the middle of autumn. I have been out raking [...]

Get Outside – Dirt Makes Your Kids Smarter

If you still aren’t convinced that children who spend a good amount of time outside are healthier, then you need to consider the new study that reveals bacteria found in the soil not only lowers depression and anxiety but can also make your kids smarter! This new research, according to Science Daily, indicates “exposure to [...]

Lisa’s Garden

One of the first things Lisa Szydzik did after moving from Michigan to Peachtree City eight years ago was to pull up the plastic palm trees around the pool and begin to design a real garden. Since the pool area is in full view of the golf cart path, Lisa planted a perennial garden as [...]

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