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Posts by category

• Category: #NTTW21
  • Blessings on State Bed & Breakfast – the Power of Travel
• Category: Bed and Breakfast
  • The Innkeeper’s Cancer Battle: A Summer of Speed Bumps & Setbacks
  • 8 Factors to Help You Choose a Great Bed & Breakfast
  • The Innkeeper’s Cancer Battle: Make Every Week a Good Week
  • The Innkeeper’s Cancer Battle: Take the Trips! Eat the Fudge!
• Category: BnB's for Vets
  • Sometimes Vets Stay for Free in our B & B!
• Category: Breakfast ideas
• Category: Cancer journey
  • The Innkeeper’s Battle: Cancer Makes Me Look Good
  • The Innkeeper’s Cancer Battle: Delayed, But Not Denied
  • The Innkeeper’s Cancer Battle – What Can I Do?
  • The Innkeeper’s Cancer Battle – Q&A part 1
  • Happy New Year!
  • The Innkeeper’s Cancer Battle
• Category: Christmas Decorating
  • Be Like Santa! 7 Steps to Overcome “After Christmas Letdown”
  • Rachael Bloome, Best Selling Author – Saturday, November 19, 2022
  • Christmas Blessings with Rachael Bloome
  • Christmas Decorating – Our Inspiration For Elves Weekend
  • Autumn Decorating Takeover – Curb Appeal by Maureen
  • Secret Family Recipe Sugar Cookie Snow Globes
  • Innkeeper Insider: How We Decorate Our House for Christmas
  • Christmas Home Tour at Blessings on State
  • Christmas Elves at Blessings on State Bed & Breakfast
  • Decking the Halls… Yes, I have Elves!
• Category: Christmas Travel
  • Blessings Christmas Traditions Package
• Category: Decorating
  • Embracing Autumn’s Warmth: Decorating Your Home for the Fall Season
  • Getting INNto Seasonal Decorating – Emphasis on Autumn
• Category: Dining
  • Celebrating Galentine’s Day: A Day for Female Friendship and Empowerment
  • Cook Up Some Delicious Memories at Blessings on State Bed & Breakfast
  • The Top 5 Ways to Celebrate Being a Mom in Jacksonville, Illinois
  • Dine In with an Easy and Impressive Main Dish
  • Fine Dining – At a Bed & Breakfast?
  • Use Charger Plates to Set a Beautiful Table
  • Gwenn and the Art of Table Setting
  • Good Old Home Cookin’ at Blessings on State Bed & Breakfast
  • Farm to Table – Home Grown Goodness
  • What’s the Difference Between a Bed and Breakfast and a Hotel?
• Category: Family Fun
  • The Blessings of Hospitality: Hosting a Children’s Tea Party
  • These are “My People”
• Category: Hospitality
  • 7 Tips for a Romantic Valentine’s Day Getaway
  • What Makes a Bed & Breakfast Stay Different from a Hotel or Airbnb?
  • Turning Innkeeping Facts into Fiction
  • Still in Business at Blessings on State Bed & Breakfast!
  • New Website: Easy to Look Easy to Book Your Upcoming Stay
  • Jacksonville’s Friend of Tourism
  • State Street’s Hospitality Genes
  • You’re Never Too Old to Learn!
  • The Sun’ll Come Up…. Time Zones and Time Changes
• Category: Innkeeper's Life
  • Answer These Five Questions and Get Back on Track with Your 2022 New Year’s Resolutions
• Category: Jacksonville Events
• Category: Lawn and Gardens
  • How Does YOUR Garden Grow?
• Category: Looking for Lincoln
• Category: luxury lodging
  • 10 Ways to Enjoy a Luxury B&B Stay in Your Own Home
• Category: National Travel & Tourism Week
• Category: Personal Care
• Category: Recipes
• Category: rest and relaxation
• Category: Romantic Getaway
  • Write Your Own Love Story
  • Experience a Romantic Getaway in Jacksonville
  • Be My Valentine!
• Category: Shopping
• Category: Teas
• Category: The Inn
  • Dear Country Living Magazine: Point and Counterpoint
  • Dorothy’s Little House on the Illinois Prairie
  • And… We Have Snow!
  • Winter in the Midwest
• Category: Things to Do in Jacksonville
  • Come Tour the Governor Duncan Mansion in Jacksonville Illinois
  • Explore The Underground Railroad in Jacksonville, Illinois
• Category: Travel
  • Book Now for the Best Deals! Book Direct
  • Blessings on State Bed & Breakfast vs. the Coronavirus for a Safe Stay
  • #Travel Matters
  • BOOK DIRECT for Best Rates!
• Category: Travel during COVID
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Backroads Boutique Crawl – Jacksonville Area – April 19-20, 2024
  • No Foolin’! Spring Cooking Class and Dinner Party with Chef Susan Steffan
  • Rekindle the Spirit of Travel
  • Backroads Boutique Crawl – Jacksonville Area – May 21-23, 2021

Recipes

• Oatmeal Raisin Carrot Cake Cookies
• Author Rachael Bloome's Edible Kindness Recipe
• Sharon's Sugar Cookies
• The Breakfast Diva's Pumpkin Bread
• The Breakfast Diva's Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe
• Peach Clafouti
• Fondue Florentine Soufflé
• Orange Marmalade Breakfast Bake
• Cream Cheese Filling
• Apple Filling
• Braided Danish

Rooms

• Serenity on State Suite
• Tranquility Suite

Recipe Categories

• Breakfast Main Course
• Breakfast Sweet Treat
• Cookies
• Dessert
• Quick Bread
• Spice Mix
• Uncategorized