I knew it was coming. My trees are a few years old and are pre-lit with incandescent lights, not LED lights, so I knew the day was coming when my lights would go out. In fact, last year I ...
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Fall Decorating Inspiration


How To Remove Old Pre-Lit Lights From Your Christmas Tree
So, you buy a pre-lit Christmas tree for the plug-n-play convenience, but nothing lasts forever. A lot of the time you can save the lights and I talk about how to try in When Your Pre-Lit Christmas ...






How To Put Lights On A Christmas Tree The EASY Way
If you buy a live Christmas tree, have an unlit artificial Christmas tree, or you add extra lights to your pre-lit artificial trees, you might be doing it the hard way. Are you making yourself dizzy ...




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Unique Wall Art: Ideas for Antique Metal Bed Frames
If you are searching for something to hang on your wall other than art work, why not hang an antique metal bed frame on a wall? Here I used an old antique metal bed frame that I bought years ago. ...


So Many Gourd Crafts and DIYS
Have you ever done a craft or DIY with a gourd? Did you know there are so many different ideas? Wow! Just google gourd crafts and DIYs and you will be amazed. This is an artform all on it's own. ...


How To Glue A Jigsaw Puzzle For Hanging
Jigsaw puzzles have been around forever, but I feel like they have had a recent uptick in popularity. They are great family entertainment at holidays and the whole family can work on a project ...



Family Life


DIY Octonaut Halloween Costume Ideas: Dashi & Tunip
Have you ever heard of Dashi Dog or Tunip the Vegimal from the Octonauts? Unless you have a small child obsessed with The Octonauts, you probably haven't. But, if you are like I was and you have a ...




Star of the Week Poster Ideas
If you have a small child in pre-school, kindergarten, or first grade, chances are you might be faced with the task of making him or her a Star of the Week or Star Student poster. What's a Star ...





School Project: Clay Native American Pueblos Diorama
It’s been a long time since a kid has needed my help on a school project, so I was excited when my son needed to make Native American Pueblos for his history class. It was his idea to use actual clay ...

