Not only is it already November, Thanksgiving is in less than a week! Yikes, where did the year go? To celebrate the holidays, Eileen Hull and DCWV are having a…

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Okay, my teeth hurt just looking at this gift basket. This is a gift basket for the kid in all of us — a candy gift basket in which even…

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When I was in school, I was always teacher’s pet. But wow, I would’ve really gotten brownie points if I had brought this school supply cake to class. This “cake”…

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It used to be that if you wanted a beautiful floral arrangement for your home, or to give as a gift, you went to a florist. Nowadays, because of the…

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Let’s have a paint swirl ornament party! It’s really fun filling these clear ornaments with paint and swirling them around to get beautiful marbleized patterns. For the step-by-step instructions, see my…

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A while back, the talented designer Sandra Evertson sent me some of the items in her Relics and Artifacts line of cast resin. They look so beautiful on their own,…

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My show “Style with a Smile” airs on the Home+ channel in Israel, so I’m pretty much an honorary Jew. I’ve been been learning a lot about Jewish traditions, and…

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I was recently in New York for the National Stationery Show/Gift It/Surtex show. There was a lot to see, but I have to admit that a lot of it blended…

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I have a thing for pretty gift wrap. Brown paper packages tied up with string are great if you just got out of a convent. I like something with a…

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Succulents are the hot trend in floral arranging, and it’s no wonder. They are not only gorgeous, the cuttings can be replanted when you’re through with the arrangement. This was…

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