Decorating

Unique Christmas Tree Skirts

Beautiful Christmas Tree Skirts! The perfect tree skirt can be the perfect finishing touch to your tree! You’ve spent hours untangling lights, replacing bulbs and carefully placing those ornaments! Don’t neglect the “icing on the cake!” Bright and Colorful by Tatum Ribbon Designs These tree skirts could be the subjects of an article all on... Read more »

Tip of the Week – Create an Inviting Guest Room!

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... Read more »

Memory Collections

Making a Memory Collection Just how do you go about collecting memories? The obvious answer is through a photo album or video tape, but I’d like to offer you some different ideas! A Cork Collection A wonderful family that I know quite well has saved the corks from every bottle of wine and champagne that they... Read more »

Getting Creative with Grocery Store Flowers

Getting Creative with Grocery Store Flowers! This fall, I’ve been entertaining quite a bit and ended up making some centerpieces from flowers purchased at the grocery store. With a little bit of creativity, I was really happy with the results! Take a look! My Daughter’s 17th Birthday For my daughter’s 17th birthday in October, I... Read more »

Sparkling Christmas Decorations

Decorating for Christmas! Here are a few photos from my home! I can’t resist fun decorations, especially if there’s glitter or a touch of nostalgia involved! Some helpful hints: When I arrange my decorations, I try to use containers and urns that I already have, just filled with holiday items, like cranberries, Christmas ornaments or... Read more »

The Magnetic Art of Ginger-Blue

Look What I Found: The Magnetic Art of ginger-blue! Decorating your home for each of the seasons and holidays is something that many of us would love to accomplish. The practicality of this is another matter altogether! Whether due to a lack of time, storage or energy, changing your home décor seasonally can be really... Read more »

Meet Copy Cat Chic

Copy Cat Chic Tip of the Week: Meet Copy Cat Chic! Copy Cat Chic is a wonderful website that promises the “in’s and out’s of cheap, but chic, living!” The author is devoted to identifying fabulous, high-end home goods and then tracking down a less expensive, but equally attractive, alternative! For my unfortunate example, I... Read more »

How to Create a Bookshelf Display

Arranging a Beautiful Bookshelf Display In response to a request from a guest, here’s some advice on decorating and arranging bookshelves! This is actually a harder question than it sounds, because arranging book shelves is almost an art and definitely equivalent to the artistic effort needed to hang pictures and art work! (click on photos... Read more »

Fine Linens at a Fabulous Price

Look What I Found: Fine Linens at an Affordable Price! I’ll be honest – my children are bed linen snobs! When they were small, I thought that sheet sets patterned with their favorite TV characters would make them happy and was a harmless way to indulge their tastes! Not so true – the lesser quality... Read more »

Journey Markers – Preserving Your Life’s Journeys

Look What I Found: Journey Markers! Preserving vacation memories has been a common and favorite theme at Busy Bee – incorporating reminders of special times and trips into the fabric of daily life. My latest favorite is an island inspired rope sign from Journey Markers! At Journey Markers, you’ll choose a variety of locations that... Read more »