My guest this week is Maria Provenzano with her new book “Everyday Celebrations From Scratch.”
Why wait for the holidays to celebrate?
Life’s everyday moments are worthy of connecting people together with food and crafts. Everyday Celebrations from Scratch is filled with impressive (yet easy) recipes, step-by-step craft tutorials, and inspiration to set the scene–all to help you create the life you want, from scratch.
First, Maria shares the essentials of everyday celebrations, including must-haves for a well-stocked pantry and the basic supplies for craft activities anyone can do.
Each section of the book provides inspiration for both food and do-it-yourself (DIY) projects, so you can invest minimum time for maximum impact! Discover how fun it can be to celebrate . . .
- Weeknight meals, so even a takeout night is memorable
- Family, including an inspiring and nourishing breakfast before a loved one’s major presentation or important test
- Friendship, with crafts like custom bookmarks for your reading club or wine glass tags for a girl’s night in
- Sports, which can involve the best-ever tailgating party or a neighborhood backyard Olympics
- Seasons, to make it even easier to feel festive all year round
Everyday celebrations are the foundations of memories that last a lifetime, and Maria will show you just how easy it can be!
Maria Provenzano is a lifestyle expert who loves inspiring others through crafting and unique recipes. She believes in all things homemade and hopes to encourage others to add a bit of creativity (and fun!) to every day.
Maria is the creator of the site FromScratchwithMaria.com and has had recipes published in numerous magazines, including Bake from Scratch Magazine, Taste of Home, Luxe Life Magazine, and Focus Magazine. She has also been featured on such sites as The Local Moms Network, LaurenConrad.com, Refinery 29, CafeMoms, and Giada De Laurentiis’s Giada: A Digital Weekly.
On Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family, Maria shares her love of homemade crafts, food, and do-it-yourself (DIY) projects. As a mother, she also loves to inspire families to come together through crafting with kids. A native of the Great Lakes State of Michigan, Maria graduated from Florida State University with a BA in theatre and moved to Los Angeles after completing her degree. She is a wife and a mom to two happy boys, and she loves yoga, a great cup of coffee, and spending time with her family.
Maria is a lover of all things crafty and is obsessed with cooking and feeding those around her. She is self-taught–and mom-taught, taking inspiration from the most imaginative, organized, detail-oriented person she knows: her mom! Her hope is to inspire others to be hands-on in their own lives. Follow Maria on Instagram @fromscratchwithmaria or on Facebook and Twitter
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week from Argentina:
2019 Trivento Golden Reserve Malbec
Fresh and fragrant nose of lavender, balsamic, plums, thyme, black pepper, and sweet black cherries. Nice crunchy graphite texture, with a lovely core of fruit concentration supported by lively acidity. Smart and delicious. ABV14%
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Critical Acclaim
JSJames Suckling: Ripe cherries, lavender, shea butter and milk chocolate. It’s full-bodied with round, ripe tannins and a creamy texture. Seamless and caressing with a long, polished finish.