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Gifting 101: Building & Organizing A Gift Tag Assortment

One of the most important items in my gift wrap closet is my assortment of gift tags.  Like jewelry to a wardrobe, gift tags enhance your wrap and add the finishing touch to your gifts. Recently, I was organizing some of my gift wrap supplies and I realized that I had gift tags stored in different places.  I found tags…

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And The Winner Is…

Hello there my friends! I hope you had a great weekend and for those of you that have been trapped in the snow, I hope you were able to get out of the house and spread your wings again. I’m sorry it’s been quiet on the blog the last few days but my life has been running non-stop and I just…

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Window Treatments for Tall Windows–Tips & Inspiration

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a great weekend and did something special for Valentines.  My hubby unfortunately caught the cold I had and was down and out most of the weekend, so we had lots of down town watching movies and napping. After writing the post on Easy Ways to UpStyle Plain Window Treatments, I got a email from Cathryn…

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Hello there my friends!   Over the weekend I took at look at my top blog post and discovered that the post where I share things I love or inspire me are really popular.  So here’s the latest installment of My Favorite Things!

Cocktail Hour with Uncommon Goods + {a giveaway}

  One of the topics I love writing about here on the blog is entertaining. And although I don’t entertain and much as I’d love to, I’m always prepared for a party. A couple of years ago I found a metal cart at a thrift store and transformed it into a bar cart.  It worked fine, but after living with it…

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Gift Wrap Inspiration: A New Way to Add Ribbon

  It all started with a trip to The Container Store to pick up some shipping boxes… Everytime I go into The Container Store I have something specific I’m planning to buy.  But that always changes once I’m inside the doors.  I get sucked in by all the beautiful containers, jars, boxes and wrapping, and my imagination starts to go…

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Inspirational Books Worth Reading

As I gotten older and life has become busier and more involved, I’ve found that reading inspirational books helps to keep me balanced, focused and optimistic.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m in no way a pessimistic person.  I choose to see the glass half full, I always think there’s a way even if it doesn’t look like it and I…

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DIY Valentines Cards (that are actually gifts)

I don’t send out Valentines cards every year, but this year I decided to get crafty and make a card that’s actually a usable gift. Because I’m sending these gifts to a few of my special girlfriends, I wanted it to be something that was personal and could be used in different ways.  After coming across a piece of leather I had…

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