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ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | October 28, 2009

David Stark Greener Holiday Collection at West Elm

The way I decorate for Christmas has changed a lot over the years. The cool Christmas looks are miles away from what Christmas decorations were when I was a kid. It is evident when we look at these pictures. In fact, the top picture constitutes a good example of the Comfort trend, one of the 4 [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | October 21, 2009

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Family-Friendly Pumpkin-Carving Stencils

We never have too many pumpkin carving stencils. These are perfect for a young family. The images should not scare young children. The skull could go with the spooky chic Halloween table I presented yesterday. Download them at HGTV Canada. + photos: HGTV.ca

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | October 11, 2009

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Christmas Decor Trends from Christmasworld 2009

Every year, Christmasworld dedicated a section of their fair to 4 trends that represent customers’ desires according to style expert. The general theme for Christmas 2009-2010 is “Express your dreams”. It is declined in 4 decorating trends: Airy, Sweet, Comfort and Obsession. Each trend also represents a season. So feel free to be inspired by [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | October 8, 2009

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Haunted House Paper Models for Halloween

Cutting and building a paper model is a great activity that you can do with the kids. There are a lot of free patterns on the Web. You may wish to stop first at a printer for a better printing job on cardboard. Keep an extra copy in case you ruin a piece while building [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations

October 7, 2009

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Custom Halloween Rugs Useable the Rest of the Year

Martha Stewart have joined Flor, the maker of the coolest tile rug system, for Halloween. Arachnophobia is a spider Web pattern available in two colors. Opt for the more sophisticated Raven and Ash color. Having 9 tiles of spider web feels a little redundant. You will achieve better results if you match solid and patterned tiles [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations

September 23, 2009

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Easy Halloween Pumpkins

Carving pumpkins is great but we do not all have the talent of making complex design. And if you have young kids at home, they will prefer simpler images. What you need our a few printable carving templates and stencils. You do not have to carve the pumpkins, you can simply paint a silhouette or do [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations

September 22, 2009

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Hand-carved Ink Stamps for Halloween

Stamps and craft punches are great tools for making gift tags, buffet tags, place cards, and to decorate your goodies bags. The possibilities are endless. I spotted on Art vs Craft the hand-carved work of TC Witchcraft Factory. They sell their stamps on etsy. These are produced by T&C, an Asian couple living in Twin Cities [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations

September 16, 2009

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Halloween Pumpkin-Carving Ideas

I recalled how many of you looked for pumpkin-carving ideas last year. Do not worry, I will bring you more inspirations until Halloween starting with these wonderful pumpkins that I found on Martha Stewart. The key is to decide on a theme. You get an extra WOW when you create a vignette. One thing that Martha taught [...]

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