Posted by admin November 30th, 2009
Many of the coolest gift-decorating options don’t come with a cardboard tube in the middle
After all the gifts have been opened, a mad scramble is on to salvage paper gift bags that weren’t totally destroyed, cram crumpled wrapping paper into a trash bag and retrieve the good boxes.
It’s a mountain of mess, most of which [...]
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Posted by admin November 30th, 2009
A $249 Chateau wreath from Frontgate. An $89 magnolia and pomegranate wreath at Williams-Sonoma.
That’s all so yesterday.
Merchants are still hawking extravagant holiday decorations, like they did in flush times, but people are re-discovering the appeal of homemade holiday décor, according to Maria Pippidis, a family and consumer science educator with UD Cooperative Extension.
“I think you’re [...]
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