For those of you who shop at Trader Joe’s, have you noticed how beautiful the holiday edition of their paper grocery bags are this year?  I adore the look of the white ink printed onto the brown paper bag.  I’ve had a stack of them sitting around the house and I keep telling [...]

Nothing says Christmas to me like stockings. Somehow this icon represents all the little pleasures of the season: decorating, gift-giving, yearly traditions, sweet treats and surprises. No mantel is complete in the month of December without at least a few stockings hung up there.

Stockings are a great blank slate to get creative with. You really [...]

The week after Thanksgiving is when I like to decorate for the holidays. Usually I like to do this over the long weekend, but this year Heidi & I were working at a local craft fair and there just wasn’t enough time. Tonight, after work, I am going to get the boxes of [...]

When I entertain, I love to serve a special cocktail to get the evening going. I think it instantly puts people in a festive mood and often gives people who don’t know each other something to talk about and break the ice.

During the holidays, I get a little cocktail [...]

It is no secret to those that know us that we love parties and of course, the holidays in particular, are a favorite time of year to celebrate. There’s no reason to just have a plain old “holiday party” when there are so many other fun ideas. We’ve put together this [...]

Yesterday’s post about the relevancy of sending out holiday cards, definitely struck a cord with a lot of you. Let’s continue with that theme and ask ourselves what are some good reasons to send out cards this holiday season?

First, here are our 5 favorite reasons:

1) It’s been a hard [...]

Why send out Christmas cards anymore? This was a topic of much debate in the media last holiday season. Much of the discussion revolved around “Going Green” for the holidays and things that you could do, as an individual, to help save the planet (this year I’m sure it will be money saving [...]