Four creative ways to wrap a present

So you’re buying holiday gifts, or maybe even making them yourself. The thoughtfulness doesn’t have to end there. Part of the fun of a gift is the surprise and that excited moment when the present is opened.
What’s not fun about the holidays is the tons of wasted wrapping paper. In my family, we are notorious for last-minute present wrapping, and there is never enough wrapping
Decking the Halls Too Soon?
The holidays are just around the corner. Or, maybe they’re already here? It seems that holiday decorations are popping up in stores, malls, on streets and homes earlier than ever before. I was in Macy’s two weeks before Halloween, and the trees were trimmed and the holiday tunes were already humming.
Not all stores have signed on for an early holiday season. Apartment Therapy posted a notice
Mercury Rising

When I was a kid, I used to play with the shiny little balls of mercury in our bathroom drawer. A thermometer must have broken in there, and all that was left were these goofy little balls that moved when you squished them with your finger. Then the little liquid balls would regroup into a larger ball, and you could squish it again and again and











