Archive for July, 2007

Tip of the Week – Get Buttoned Up

Tip of the Week – Get Buttoned Up In our ongoing attempts to keep our busy lives organized, it’s great to find products that make this job easier! At getbuttonedup.com, two thoughtful and detail-oriented women have created the ultimate guides for breezing through some of life’s most challenging events! Moving.kit: Your Move Buttoned Up First,... Read more »

Gift Ideas for Milestone Special Occasions!

Gifts for Milestone Occasions – Children & Young Adults! It seems to me that the most important events in life can be the toughest when it comes to choosing a gift! You want the gift to be special, memorable and perhaps lasting – and this is a challenging combination! Here are my best thoughts for milestone... Read more »

Tip of the Week – Sand-Off!

Tip of the Week – Sand-Off! Sand-Off is an ingenious new product designed to remove the sand from your arms and legs as you leave the beach! A hand sized terry cloth mitt is filled with a special powder that “breaks the bond between skin and sand.” No running water is required! The dry body... Read more »

Wine Tasting Club!

Start a Wine Tasting Club! Recently, a friend asked me to write about starting a wine tasting club, mentioning that this type of club was a hot, new trend! She was absolutely correct! As I began to research the topic, I found that wine clubs are popping up all over! There are a variety of... Read more »

Home Organizing with Laundry Baskets!

Tip of the Week – Utilize Your Laundry Baskets! Every wash day, the primary purpose of your laundry baskets is sadly very clear! There’s sorting, folding and putting away to be finished so that you can do it all again next week! (or perhaps even tomorrow!) But, in my house, laundry baskets serve a wide... Read more »

Prettiest Umbrella!

Picture Perfect – The Prettiest Umbrella! This is truly the prettiest outdoor umbrella I have ever seen! The beautiful green fabric has a unique leafy design that casts shadows of leaves and branches and “recaptures the sensation of sitting beneath a filigree of foliage.” The umbrella is waterproof, has an attractive wooden pole and is... Read more »

Shopping Happiness!

Shopping Happiness – Look What I Found!

How to Prepare for Vacation Checklist!

How to Prepare for Vacation Countdown Checklist! Packing up your family to leave for vacation is a crazy and chaotic project, which often leaves me wondering if going away is worth the effort involved! In order to simplify your departure, here’s a day by day vacation preparation checklist to insure your peace of mind! Three... Read more »

Sweet Potato Vines!

Creative Container Gardens and My Latest Obsession - Sweet Potato Vines! I am far from a master gardener, but I’ve always enjoyed planting colorful flowers in containers around my patio and on my front steps. But in the past few years, my selections have gotten a little predictable - geraniums (red and white), marigolds (yellow), trailing ivy... Read more »

Tip of the Week – Garden and Patio Innovations!

Tip of the Week - Garden and Patio Innovations! This week, two unique products caught my attention! Patio Screen Savor The first is a Patio Screen Saver. This clever little item is an attractive and detailed 2-part magnet that is used to ornament a screen door! But in addition to being decorative, these magnets prevent family... Read more »