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My Christmas Devotion To Ding Dong Ditch

When you think of the game Ding Dong Ditch, chances are it doesn't involve the season of giving. Visions of sugar plums aren't dancing in your head and you're usually more concerned with making the ...

Five Minute Decorating Ideas from Real Simple

The first of Real Simple's five minute decorating ideas is easy and free: they suggest taking your family holiday cards from years past and displaying them in chronological order (I think they're pres...

Ribbon Wreath: Using Scraps For Decoration

Being a packrat at heart, scraps of things that could be used for craft/art projects are always saved around our house. With penny pinching days upon us, we find ourselves utilizing them to make sim...

Look! Fireplace-less Stocking Hanging

This year we are fireplace-less and needed a place for our stockings (hand made by Mom!). We turned to our windows as a stocking holder fit upon each one perfectly. It makes us happy each time we l...

Roundup: Great Standby Gifts To Have On Hand

It's happened to the best of us. We show up at work and the person in the cube next to us brings you a present and all you have is a smile. Or maybe the scene happens with your dog groomer or haird...

Hot or Not? Twelve Days of Christmas Plates

Twelve Days of Christmas Plates for $135 ...

How To . . . Make an Artichoke Votive

Yesterday Maxwell re-posted How To make a clementine candle. Loving that idea and thinking of other directions, we looked up the possibility of making an artichoke votive (tealight candle required, so...

eBay Scavenger: Mod Holiday

We found a few holiday pairs today on eBay...enjoy! (All details below the jump.)...

Modern Letter Openers

It has started: the rush of holiday mail mixed with dry hands equals papercuts. This is the time of year we rely on our trusty old letter opener, the one we've had since high school graduation complet...