Pillow Talk: Switch Up Your Home Décor One Pillow Cover At a Time!

Pillow Talk: Switch Up Your Home Décor One Pillow Cover At a Time!

What's your home decorating guilty pleasure? Ours is pillows. Yes, we're addicts! We have a closet full of pillows for every occasion and season, and yet we can't help but add more! Pillows are an easy and impactful way to switch out décor on a regular basis. Not to mention, they're inexpensive. Who doesn't like a thrifty switch-up? The only problem with our love for pillows is that they tend...

Holiday DIY: Make Your Own Wine Bottle Covers

Holiday DIY: Make Your Own Wine Bottle Covers

During the holidays, instead of buying traditional wine bags, make your own wine covers to add a personal and festive touch to your gifts! You’ll love this DIY because it takes only minutes to make, requires only three things and there are no special skills needed. It's an easy, no fuss DIY.  We'll be the first to confess we LOVE plaid, especially this Buffalo plaid – the black and red. So when...

14 reasons why I love you: Valentine surprise

14 reasons why I love you: Valentine surprise

ValentineOf course there are more than 14 reasons why I love my partner, but 14 seemed the appropriate number for the occasion.

Easy Gift Wrapping Tips for the Holidays

Easy Gift Wrapping Tips for the Holidays

Gift wrappingHave you ever received a present that was so beautifully wrapped that you didn’t want to open it? It’s a wonderful feeling to know that as much attention was given to the wrapping as it was to the gift itself.

Holiday tradition: making tourtières with friends

Holiday tradition: making tourtières with friends

TourtieresEvery year, on the last Sunday of November my friends and I get together to make tourtières. It's our way to kick off the winter and holiday season. We usually freeze them until Christmas Eve, so we have a quick and easy meal ready to eat with our families.

Quick Holiday Decorating Idea: Framed Cards

Quick Holiday Decorating Idea: Framed Cards

quick holiday decorating idea: Pop cards into picture frames to create a Christmas vignetteHere is another quick and easy holiday decorating idea to bring some festive style to your home. Have you ever received a holiday card that’s so beautiful that you don’t want to throw it out once the season is over?

How to use snow spray – yes, fake snow in a can

How to use snow spray – yes, fake snow in a can

Snow sprayIf you're cringing at the thought of using fake snow in your house because you think it's tacky, I'm hoping that this post will change your mind. Sometimes, all is needed is a little fake snow to get that perfect winter wonderland look.

An Advent Calendar for Kids at Heart

An Advent Calendar for Kids at Heart

It's almost December 1, have you had a chance to hang your Advent calendar yet? I have. I’ve hung one at home and one at the office for big kids like me to enjoy. Now, we’ll need to figure out who gets to open a tin each day and who gets the large one on the 25th, which has a chocolate and a bonus gift card in it.

Speedy Decorating Tip: Just Add a Big Red Bow

Speedy Decorating Tip: Just Add a Big Red Bow

 We have another one of our quick decorating tips for your house that can be done within five minutes with virtually no cost to you.  Adding a big red bow to anything during the holiday season immediately gives a feeling of “Christmas” and makes a huge impact with minimal effort. This has to be one of the easiest ways to add instant holiday flair to your house. Red bows can be...

Hang & Level: A Designer Pick For the Holidays

Hang & Level: A Designer Pick For the Holidays

We love hearing from folks who try our products and find that they’re able to relieve the frustration that often come with home decorating. Naturally, we were thrilled when expert organizer and designer Jeffrey Phillip reviewed our picture-hanging tool as the sixth item in his online 12 Days of Neat Products for Holiday Giving series of blog posts. As he tells it in his review, Jeffrey received Hang & Level...

Hang & Level Featured on NBC Charlotte Today Show

Hang & Level Featured on NBC Charlotte Today Show

We were thrilled to be featured on NBC’s Charlotte Today in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 26. The local morning show showcased our popular Hang & Level picture-hanging tool as part of a fun segment about holiday gift ideas. The show’s hosts both marveled at how simple the tool is to use and even admitted that their own walls are full of  “mistake holes” that come from hanging frames the...

How to hang a wreath

How to hang a wreath

Years ago, wreaths were limited to Christmas and funerals, but today the humble wreath has taken on every season and occasion and we couldn’t be happier! From a seashell wreath welcoming summer, to a wreath made from pages of a romance novel for Valentine’s Day to a harvest wreath made of dried twigs and leaves; the choices are endless. But the first question that springs to our minds here at...

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