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Holiday Banners: Spell it Out!

Holiday banners are great ways to spread the joy of the holiday season, whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, Independence Day, Veterans Day, or any other holiday!A custom-made banner, ordered online or made at home, is a great way to spread your sentiments of any ho

How to Get Christmas Help for Low Income Families

Christmas help for low income families is available from a variety of sources. If a family is having trouble making ends met or can't afford even the simplest of holiday celebrations, there are many civic organizations, charitable groups and individuals who will step forward to help ensure Christmas

How to Decorate Using Sheer Garland for a Christmas Tree

Revitalize your Christmas decor this year with a new look for your Christmas tree. Instead of traditional garlands looped around the tree, use sheer garland ribbon bows and streamers. Sheer garland ribbon is available in many colors, patterns and widths, many of them already wired to be especially e

How to Make Candy Cane Place Cards

These candy cane place cards make any holiday dinner table festive. This is a great craft to do with the kids on Christmas break. The place cards could also be used as a gift tag on a Christmas present.

How to Make a Killer Bee Costume

If you're looking for a "punny" costume, this bee costume will be a killer. You can make it cute, or if you prefer, as gory and threatening looking as you like with some props and a little fake blood. The materials are easy to find, you can throw it together in a short amount of time with little fus

How to Have a Plumber Themed Party

Because there are so many stereotypes for plumbers, many of these can be transformed into ideas for an interesting and entertaining plumber-themed party. Capitalize on these common plumber ideas--like plungers, pipes, water and pants that fall far too low--to generate your theme. Warn guests in adva

Legends of the Christmas Tree

Egyptian and Roman customs, early Christian practices and Victorian nostalgia are all combined in our modern Christmas tree.

Thanksgiving Party Decorations - Your Buying Options

When it comes to parties, whether they be Thanksgiving parties, Christmas parties, or birthday parties, a party is not complete without party decorations. That's why if you are planning on hosting a Thanksgiving party this year, you might be are anxious for Thanksgiving party decorations. If yo

How to Make a Simple Sketchbook

As long as you’re making your own sketches, it makes sense to go ahead and make your own sketchbook. You’ll find the book-making part is less tedious than you imagine, and the decorating part is even more satisfying. You will be motivated to fill up your new homemade sketchbook quickly s

Halloween - The History of Our Most Haunted Holiday

Many people have studied Halloween; the history of our most haunted holiday is fairly complex, and hard to pin down to one specific event. However, most scholars agree that Halloween has its most ancient roots in Celtic traditions. The ancient Celts lived in modern Ireland about two millennia ago, a

Tall Evergreens That Can Be Potted

Imposing, glossy evergreens in pots make a showy statement at the entrance to a home or garden area. Tall shrubs provide a vertical, yet portable, element that contrasts well with lower hedges and planting beds. Using potted evergreens along hardscape elements, such as driveways and walkways, adds p

Christmas Decorating For the Budget Conscious

There is no holiday that people anticipate as much as Christmas. For most, this particular holiday is their favorite time of the year and one that leaves memories that last a lifetime. If Christmas makes you feel this way as well, then you probably love the idea of decorating your home for the holid

Holiday Suggestions

Have you heard of ringing bells on the streets? Have you set up your Christmas trees already? In short, do you feel that Christmassy feeling? Or maybe you are waiting for the first day of snow. Everyone loves how the heavens open to pour us snow. Soon the streets and the top of our house will be cov

Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas For Every Hobby

If you've fallen into a decorating rut when it comes to your Christmas tree, this is the year to try something new! We'll offer 5 fresh Christmas tree decorating ideas that are based on your hobbies and are sure to reflect your own sense of style.

How to Decorate for Baby Games

When it's getting closer to the moment when you will be welcoming a new member of your family, it's time to start planning the baby shower. A baby shower gets the new mother everything she needs to start caring for her baby after he arrives. A big part of many baby showers are the baby games. Baby g

Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan is a bond of protection.Rakhi' is a special occasion to celebrate this emotional bonding by tying a holy thread around the wrist.

Extra Cheap Birthday Gift Ideas

Cheap gifts do not have to be empty gestures.empty gift box image by Liz Van Steenburgh from Fotolia.comYou don't have to spend a lot of money to show someone that you care about him. Inexpensive birthday gift ideas can be extra cheap when it comes to the pocketbook, but quite invaluable...

Gifts for Art and Music Lovers

You can have fun shopping for art and music lovers because you'll know where to look for gift ideas. Look for art or music gifts that reflect the birthday girl's particular interests, or use gift giving as an opportunity to share your favorite music or artist with the birthday boy.Art...