Tip of the Week

Get Your Guest Room Guest Ready

Tip of the Week: Get Your Guest Room Guest Ready! Last holiday season, I offered readers a set of suggestions to create a Five Star Guest Room, with ideas that worked whether or not you actually had a guest room! The tip covered the basics like special sheets, towels and more thoughtful touches like reading... Read more »

Football Themed Decorations

Tip of the Week- Football Themed Decorations! Football is such a favorite American pastime that whether you’re watching a small town high school or professional football team , the game is perfect for festive get togethers! I’ve written several articles about tailgating and have spent a lot of time thinking of clever table decorations for... Read more »

Fabulous New Products for the Christmas Season

Tip of the Week – Fabulous New Products for the Christmas Season! It’s so much fun to see what is new each year to enhance, problem solve or inspire our holiday decorating! Here’s a quick recap of some exceptional offerings! For Your Tree: Adorable Felt Ornaments Adorable felt ornaments for your tree (West Elm, Felt... Read more »

Tip of the Week – Photo Stamps!

U.S. Postage Stamps Personalized with Your Photo! I recently came across a really fun idea – actual U.S. 39 cent postage stamps with the photo of YOUR choice on the stamps! This is so cute! Consider ordering stamps for: Grandma and Grandpa – depicting darling grandchildren Newlyweds - use a great wedding photo for thank you... 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 »

New Christmas Traditions

Finding New Christmas Traditions! If you were to ask my children about their favorite parts of the Christmas season, their answers would all stem from the traditions that we have honored year after year! From a drive through the light show at a local farm, to our annual trip to Macy’s in Philadelphia for the... Read more »

Boxing Day Party

Tip of the Week – Add an Extra Day to Christmas! I recently read about a family, who in addition to celebrating Christmas on December 25th, extends the fun by adding Boxing Day to their holiday line up! Boxing Day takes place on December 26th and its origins date back to mid 19th century England,... Read more »

Make a Thanksgiving CD

Tip of the Week: Make a Thanksgiving CD! Last year when my family hosted Thanksgiving dinner, my teenaged daughter came up with the idea to burn a Thanksgiving themed CD to give out as a favor! Everyone loved the CD and it was really easy to do – by purchasing the songs from iTunes and... Read more »

Geocaching – GPS Treasure Hunting

Tip of the Week: Try Geocaching! Have you heard about geocaching (pronounced: gee-oh-cashing)? Geocaching is the latest version of a treasure hunt that is driven by technology, but takes place in the great outdoors! Families can use a GPS device to track down treasures in every corner of our country and the world. How it... Read more »

Write a Terrific Holiday Letter

Tip of the Week – Write a Terrific Holiday Letter! If I could, I would love to write a thoughtful note in every one of my Christmas cards, but with our ever growing mailing list, it just isn’t possible! And so, like a lot of families, I put an insert into my cards. For the... Read more »