Look What I Found - Lemax Display Bases for Lighted Houses!
Do you set up a collection of lighted porcelain houses at Christmas time, like those sold by Dept. 56 and others?  If so, you might share my frustration with arranging them in an easy, yet decorative way.  In the past, I’ve stacked books at different […]

Christmas Forecast 2007:  It’s Retro All Over!

They say that what’s old is always new again and this certainly rings true if you take a look at one of this season’s new trends - retro!  From table linens to toys to decorations, you’ll find products that will remind you of your childhood or of holidays at […]

Creating a Fabulous Guest Room!

In a recent “Tip of the Week”, Create a Five Star Guest Room, I reminded readers to spruce up their guest rooms for holiday visitors and offered a few simple ideas to get started.  But if you are interested creating a more elaborate guest room, here are a few fun ideas!
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Create a Five Star Guest Room!
With Thanksgiving and the winter holidays right around the corner, now is the time to plan for overnight guests!  Whether you have one bedroom designated as a guest room or you bunk guests in one of your kid’s bedrooms, it’s important to create a welcoming space!
If you have a separate […]

Paint a Pumpkin!
Ordinarily, in the “Tip of the Week” I don’t revisit a topic that I have already written about, but I’m about to make an exception!  A few days ago I described ideas for enhancing real pumpkins in Fall Table Top Décor.  I took pumpkins fresh from the field and spray painted them in […]

Create Fun Fall Table Top Décor!
At a recent Busy Bee Lifestyle appearance at the Elizabeth b. Fall Jewelry Trunk show, I was able to demonstrate a few unique decorating ideas!  In addition to filling seasonal decorative urns with candy corn and Halloween candles, I also had a lot of fun enhancing the common pumpkin! 
Painted Pumpkins

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Fresh Decorative Items for Your Home - At West End!

I love to read catalogs – my mother reports that I was endlessly entertained by the old Sears and Roebuck catalog in my play pen!  And I get even more excited when I find a terrific new catalog in my mailbox!  This week I received the […]

Quick and Easy Seasonal Decorating!
At Busy Bee we’ve had a number of requests from readers for seasonal ideas to decorate spaces like mantles and front steps.  If you do try to change your home’s decorations to match the seasons, it’s a pretty big undertaking and probably requires more time than you have.  BUT, I do have […]

 Memory Collections II
I just love the idea of creating Memory Collections and have already shared some of my favorite ideas with Busy Bee readers.  Here’s a new take on family memory collections that can actually become works of art to be displayed on the walls of your home!  When decorating your home with items like artwork, […]

Kitchen Tour Update!
On Sunday, April 29th, the Busy Bee participated in a wonderful fundraiser, “A Taste of Toll Gate” Kitchen Tour!  Approximately 450 guests toured ten Pennington, New Jersey, kitchens.  The kitchens were accessorized by local interior decorators, delicious finger foods were supplied by area caterers and neighborhood florists created beautiful floral arrangements!
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