Nov 16, 2016
The Shopping Season Starts Now
Now that the election is over, TV ads are reminding people that Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s time to start shopping for gifts. As you go on the hunt for bargains, don’t forget that you can also weed out purchases from previous years that you no longer use by boxing them up […]
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Nov 15, 2016
Go Beyond the Green Bean Casserole
While most Thanksgiving guests appreciate the basics—turkey and stuffing—there are lots of ways to go beyond green bean casserole when it comes to cooking up a fantastic feast. In addition to the classics, Southern Living offers down-home suggestions such as corn pudding, roasted vegetables with maple glaze and shrimp-and-grits dressing.
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Nov 14, 2016
A Centerpiece for the Thanksgiving Feast
Start building a festive centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table today by collecting fall gourds, paper and pressed leaves, pumpkins, pine cones, wheat stalks and other harvest-time decorative elements. Arrange them with candles and ribbons, and you’ll have a homey, rustic setting for the holiday feast that welcomes family and friends.
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Oct 27, 2016
Halloween costume inspiration
For Halloween costume inspiration, check out Netflix or your TV programming guide for celebrity ideas. With some large frame glasses, your daughter can look like an old-school Taylor Swift. With Pokémon Go all the rage, it should be easy to create some fantasy creatures for your youngsters to wear. For “Duck Dynasty” look-alikes, you just […]
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Oct 26, 2016
Shop vintage for Halloween loot
Many young women and parents haunt vintage shops for Halloween loot. You can find plenty of ideas at these shops for 1920s flapper costumes, for example, or to represent book and movie characters from “Gone with the Wind, ” “The Wizard of Oz” or early TV shows such as “I Love Lucy.” You and a […]
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