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How To Store Christmas Lights, the Smart Way!

How To Store Christmas Lights, the Smart Way!

I hope you haven’t already taken down your Christmas decorations because I have an easy way for storing Christmas lights.  I tried this method last year and for the first time, I didn’t have to go through the struggle of tangled lights! And this last November, when I brought in all the decoration boxes, I was pleasantly surprised… Continue Reading

“Floating” Christmas Ornaments

“Floating” Christmas Ornaments

These shiny and red Christmas ornament balls give the illusion that they are floating in the air while, in reality, they are just sitting on plain glass jars. It took less than five minutes to put everything together and create a  frugal but magical set-up that brought instant Christmas happiness into the family room. The white string of lights is affixed around… Continue Reading

DIY Halloween Paper Lanterns

DIY Halloween Paper Lanterns

If anyone is looking for the spookiest street in town, that’s ours! Not because of its fancy Halloween decorations but because our neighborhood gets extremely dark and deserted at night. Most homes are secluded and behind fences/bushes and there are absolutely no street lights (that’s Hillsborough!).  Homes are only on one side of our street… Continue Reading

Lights! Lights! Lights!

Lights! Lights! Lights!

I can’t imagine Christmas without lights!  They are my absolute favorite decorations of the season and every single room of my house is filled with them.  To make things simpler and less expensive, I don’t combine them with the pine garlands that usually go with them.  And by that, I mean that I simply place… Continue Reading

Polka Dot Pumpkins

Polka Dot Pumpkins

Are you ready for Halloween? If yes, great, because for me, it’s still a process.  Why? Well, for someone from out of the country, Halloween in the USA is  a total, absolute, unimaginable, unique experience.  I have to admit that it took me some to time to get used to some (very) scary outdoor decor,… Continue Reading