Do you buy clothing at Christmas? I find that my holiday clothing purchases fall into three catagories: 1) Necessities. That’s right, the dreaded socks & underwear. If Christmas is coming up anyway and someone in the immediate family is in need of wardrobe essentials like socks, underwear, long johns, pants, shirts–you know, stuff that if… Keep Reading
Sugar & Spice Nuts
From about mid November until the New Year is the busiest entertaining season of the entire year. The number of parties, events and family gathers are just off the charts. Each event comes with food requirements. Meals. Snacks. Desserts. Gifts. A wise woman (or man) has a couple of quick, easy but universally loved recipes… Keep Reading
Save Money Christmas Shopping with Walmart’s Christmas Ad Match Guarantee
Love Christmas shopping, but hate running around to a bunch of different stores and worrying that you still didn’t get the best deal? Well then–I’ve got something you’ll be interested in learning about! Walmart asked me to share the Walmart Christmas Ad Match Guarantee with all of you! I even made a video to tell… Keep Reading
Butternut Squash Rolls
Are you looking for something a little different to add to your Thanksgiving Dinner this year? I don’t know about your family, but mine has VERY specific ideas about what should be on the table for Thanksgiving. You can’t change it up too much, and heaven forbid you actually REMOVE someone’s favorite dish! That would… Keep Reading
How to Make a Thanksgiving Centerpiece from a Walmart Bouquet
Here’s another fun craft project I did for Walmart this month, and that I hinted at in my Thanksgiving Mantle post. It’s a beautiful (if I do say so myself) Thanksgiving Centerpiece I arranged myself from a basic Walmart bouquet! I learned how to make a floral arrangement a year ago when I attended the… Keep Reading
DIY Multi Holiday Table Runner
For some reason the fall is a time when I want to pull out my sewing machine and make something! So when Walmart gave me a Thanksgiving Craft Challenge and asked me to do a fall/Thanksgiving craft of my choice, I decided I just HAD to do a sewing project. But why do a project… Keep Reading
Fall Mantle Decor
Do you decorate for Thanksgiving? These days folks really go all out for Halloween, and of course Christmas is a huge decorating season. . . Thanksgiving just seems to get lost in the middle there. Walmart wants you to think about fall and Thanksgiving Decor, so they asked me to do a little decorating. My… Keep Reading
Cranberry Conserve ~ A Canning for Thanksgiving Recipe
Thanksgiving is right around the corner (closely followed by Christmas, but shhhhh. . . we don’t even want to think about that yet!). It’s time to start planning your holiday meal! Since Walmart is your one stop shopping destination for everything you could want for a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner, they asked me to share a… Keep Reading
Spooky Eyes in the Bushes Tutorial for Halloween
Walmart asked me to do a Halloween craft, so here’s a super quick, super cute, and super CHEAP one–Spooky Eyes in the Bushes! All you need for this craft project is some empty cardboard tubes (toilet paper, paper towel, wrapping paper–you can even make your own with some cardboard and tape), scissors, masking/painters/duct tape, and… Keep Reading
Apple Bread Pudding
It’s a great year for apples here in New York! We managed to avoid the late frost that killed off all the blossoms this year, and everywhere I look trees are laden with apples. So I guess it’s just natural for me to have apples on my mind. I’ve had apple cider pressed, canned apple… Keep Reading
