Jean Hill’s tradition of making hand-tied holiday wreaths bonds her to her childhood.
Hill recalled foraging for greenery as a 13-year-old with her three younger siblings and her parents in the woods of Washington County to decorate their house at Christmas time.
Times were tight for the family, and making their own holiday decorations was a way [...]

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 [...]