***This is a guest post from one of our site supporters*** How to keep your family safe throughout the winter months. Whether you’ve got small children or a pet dog, it’s important to keep everyone safe throughout the winter months. Rain, sleet and snow can fall when you’re least expecting it, so perhaps now is the time to pull out those thermals and invest in a decent snow shovel. Here’s how to look after your family during the nippy spell: Wrap up warm. Throwing on a few extra layers can

Stefanie at A Brooklyn Limestone came up with a holiday Secret Santa swap this year for some of her favorite bloggers.  Guidelines include sending two gifts to your assigned blogger but you have to keep it secret.   Look what goodie arrived in the mail this week. These cute holiday tags were purchased from Sweetly Scrapped. Thank you Secret Santa Blogger...I'll put them to good use! Want to follow along and see what other fun gifts will be given? Here's the list of the other Secret

Congratulations to #253, Kelly Todd, winner of the Cutting Edge Stencil giveaway!   Her favorite was the "Casablanca Allover Stencil" (a very popular choice)! Don't forget...Cutting Edge Stencils is giving 4 men, 1 lady readers 10% off at checkout when you enter code: "4ML10".

We ate out this Thanksgiving. No cooking, no cleaning, no fuss, no muss. Trying to get three little boys to take a picture is as difficult as trying to fit in your wedding dress 12 years later just for fun. Despite them being challenging...I'm so grateful to be surrounded by so many wonderful men. When we finally arrived to dinner, this guy slept peacefully on the floor, in the corner for the whole dinner. Afterwards, we helped our meal digest with a round of

Wallpaper is all the rage these days and I'm a huge fan. However, if you're not ready to fully commit to the cost, the involved application and what it may do to your walls then you may want to give Cutting Edge Stencils your consideration. They've become wildly popular for the versatility, selection and easy use. Plus if you decide you're ready for a change over time, you can just paint right over it. You may remember I stenciled my Arizona guest bathroom ceiling with the "Trellis All Over"

While in Vegas I bribed my husband to go with me to West Elm in return for a lunch date. Just next door was a cool new interior design service / store called Ninush that caught my eye. I'm not in to guns by any stretch of the imagination but this machine gun lamp was kind of interesting. (No wait, I love guns and I have one in my bedside drawer [note to burglars]). My idea of a vacation would be to spend all day wandering in and out of cool shops and boutiques like this one.  However, I