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Holiday Serving Dishes - Day 62

By Ingrid Talpak on October 24, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

It would be great to serve all your holiday meals from fine china and porcelain but perhaps not possible. Or is it?

If you are a few pieces short of you full service then there might be some places that you can pick up the rest of your pieces with out spending full price.

If you don't need to match your dishes then take a trick from the catering business. Caterers always know that having plain white serving dishes means that you can garnish them so they will look great.

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Holiday Table Linens- Day 63

By Ingrid Talpak on October 23, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Chances are that at some point in your holidays you are going to want your dining table to look amazing.

It might be during a Thanksgiving, a party or when you are hosting Christmas dinner for 12 or your Christmas breakfast.

A beautiful table cloth and napkins can make the simplest table look elegant.

No matter how much you would wish it wasn't true, plastic table clothes will never look anything but cheap. Don't think you can just go off to the dollar store and get a great looking table cloth. The plastic ones have creases permanently folded into them and they are usually so thin you can see the table underneath. They also have a terrible habit of sliding around on the table.

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Skull & Medical Printables for Halloween

By Ingrid Talpak on October 22, 2012 12:27 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

For something goulish for Halloween why not print off these free PDF's of medical body parts.

I found a old beat up book of anatomy at a antique shop years ago that was filled with macabre etching of the human body.

Beautifully illustrated I have made it my Halloween tradition to place these out every year.

For a unique trick or treat bag you could glue one of these images to a large black gift bag.

While these images are a little creepy they are not gory which makes them a bit more fun.

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What to Wear When Santa Comes - Day 64

By Ingrid Talpak on October 22, 2012 9:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

While you are now getting things figure out so you will look great at all the fancy parties you will be going to, most of the time you are not going to be all decked out.

You are going to be spending evenings snuggled up on the couch watching Christmas show or reading out loud to the little ones.

If you look back on years of Christmas photos then you will see most of them are of Christmas morning when everyone is in their PJs.

It's hard to look glamorous in your jam-jams but you can look good and so can the rest of the family.

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Getting the Little Ones All Decked Out - Day 65

By Ingrid Talpak on October 21, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

If you have children then there are times over the holidays that you want them to look really great.

It might be for a family portrait, a visit to the grandparents house, to church or you would really enjoy having them dressed nicely for Christmas dinner.

It is hard to justify spending a lot of money on fancy clothes that you know they might only wear a few times.

Where can you get clothes for a reasonable cost that look great?

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Holiday Dressing and the Little Things - Day 66

By Ingrid Talpak on October 20, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

You are beginning to figure out what you are going to be wearing to all the festive places you are going to this season but don't forget about the little things that make you look great.

There is nothing worse that planning to wear your fabulous black designer pantyhose with your stunning new dress just to find, as you are pulling them on to head out the door, that there was a run in the ankle and the only clean pair of nylons you own are the ones that are a size too small.

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What Will You Wear? Day 67

By Ingrid Talpak on October 19, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Everyone wants to look gorgeous when they are entertaining, at parties and out & about. Do you have something fabulous to wear this year?

If you love clothes then this shouldn't be a problem for you but if you are not much of a stylista don't panic.

Mothers especially take so much time making sure that their husband, their kids and even the dog is looking good that they forget about themselves.

So before you have a chance to open your closet door and moan, "I haven't got a thing to wear" or "I hate shopping" or "I don't want to spend money on something I'll only wear once," think about these options.

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Less Than 2 Weeks to Halloween - Day 68

By Ingrid Talpak on October 18, 2012 5:45 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

It is less than two weeks before Halloween and if you have not done your planning then you should start now.

If you haven't decorated yet there are lots of quick easy ideas to put your home into the spooky season.

Have you been keeping up with your Halloween work sheet?

I enjoy using inexpensive outdoor lighting inside as I did here on our fireplace as the orange light of the plastic pumpkins gives a great eerie glow to our family room. I have been collecting them from garage sales for about 3 years now and pay 50 cents to $3 for them.

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Halloween Treat Bags - Printable

By Ingrid Talpak on October 17, 2012 2:40 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

If you are holding a Halloween Party, have a group that you will be giving treats to, or your children exchange treats at Halloween with classmates these little treat bags are ideal!

For children that have allergies or can not eat candy these are a perfect way to customize the treats.

Easily made from one sheet of regular or colored paper they are very easy to assemble.

Boo, Happy Halloween and Trick or Treat? are on the front of these small bags.

There is a free printable PDF to print from and with a little glue you are done!

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Re-cap - Day 69

By Ingrid Talpak on October 17, 2012 5:09 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Once again it is time to recap what has been going on the last 9 days.

I wrote a lot about getting prepared for wrapping your gifts and everything that you would need for it.

Now is a great time to look for those bits and pieces that you will be needing to make your gift wrapping easy and effortless.

Getting all the little things out of the way now will help you enjoy the season more with your family latter.

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Printable Gift Box Pdf - Day 70

By Ingrid Talpak on October 16, 2012 5:00 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Here is an idea if you are planning to give several people the same small gift.

I love to give out small little gifts and designed this gift box a few years ago.

The box itself is easy to make from a single sheet of card stock and the wrapping paper is just printer paper with the word Enjoy printed on in script.

A little bit of gold curling ribbon and a very simple card made from white printer paper finishes off the elegant presentation.

These are quick and easy to make and I now always keep a few on hand that I can use at the last minute. I have a printable pdf of both the box and the wrapping paper.

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Templates for Small Boxes - Day 71

By Ingrid Talpak on October 15, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

If you are planning to give several people the same small gift then it is very useful to know how to make small boxes.

Generally you should be making them with card stock as paper is just not strong enough to hold even the lightest gift.

Many small boxes only take one sheet of card stock to make so they are fast and inexpensive to put together.

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Free Boxes for Christmas Gifts and Mailing - Day 72

By Ingrid Talpak on October 14, 2012 5:00 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Sometimes you can find the perfect gift but it comes with out a box.

That is even more frustrating if it is going to be a gift that you were planning to send through the mail.

For a special gift I don't mind spending a dollar or two at a party supply store to buy a box but those gift boxes wouldn't be strong enough to send through the post.

The cost of sturdy boxes can be surprisingly pricey especially if you are buying a lot of them. There are ways to save when you need a box.

This is a trick that I have used for years to send out parcels through the mail and is very handy at Christmas.

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What Else You Need for Gift Wrapping - Day 73

By Ingrid Talpak on October 13, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

There always seems to be other bits and pieces that you need to wrap your presents. You have your wrapping paper, bows (or gift toppers) and gift tags and you would think that you are ready to go.

But have you remembered to buy scotch tape (because you don't want to try sealing your gifts with post-it notes or safety pins - trust me).

So here is a list of items that, you should have, and a few things, you might find useful, to have around when you begin to wrap your gifts.

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Christmas Gift Tags - Day 74

By Ingrid Talpak on October 12, 2012 5:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

Gift tags, those tiny little scraps of decorative paper that can be totally bland or add sparkle to your gift. You really do need them, not only to know who to give your gifts to, but so the person that receives them knows who to thank.

At the least they should be a properly cut square or rectangular piece of paper but they can be little works of art if you have either the time or money to put into them.

You have plenty of time that if you enjoy doing crafts this is one of the ones you can take your time and start making now. Don't leave these to the last minute or you might be running around desperately trying to find a pen that works and a clean sheet of paper to make tags from.

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