DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

 This comes form  www.notmartha.org  .  This looks retro for someone who like a non traditional christmas tree. Christmas tree ornament mobile, how-to Here is how I made my  Christmas tree ornament mobile , it was easier than it looks, promise. The Supplies a 17″ steamer rack from a restaurant supply store about 5 feet of lightweight jack chain a small carabiner 100 basic ornament hooks one roll, 500 feet, monofilament jewelry string (not the stretchy sort) 200 jewelry crimp beads or tubes jewelry crimping tool 100 lanyard hooks 100 ornaments Note:  In the photo above I show earring wire instead of ornament hooks. I changed that later as I found ornament hooks made it far easier to move ornaments around after they’d been hung. Also, my supplies are based on a 4 foot tall mobile using almost 100 ornaments, you’ll need to adjust amounts if you make one larger or smaller. Creating the Mobile Frame Creating th...

 This diy comes from  www.acaseofthemundays.com  .  These look really cool and "old world".  Use them on your tree, in a wreath or hang them with some fancy ribbon in a window. DIY: mercury glass ornaments I am slightly obsessed w/ mercury glass this year!!! {lovely globes from  pb } {pretty pretty candlesticks - also from pb} which got me to thinking about mercury glass christmas ornaments. ... lovely, right? {and again pb} okay okay. so apparently - based on my googling - mercury glass was sort of the thing last christmas. but this is one bandwagon i don't mind jumping on late. the problem :  i'm cut off on decor this year. {okay not true. but we did just get married a little over 2 months ago ... i have plenty of new decorations around the house w/out going overboard for christmas.} the solution :  i decided to make my own! supplies: * clear glass ball ornaments. (hurry to michael...

   This recipe comes from www.sweetapolita.com .  This cake looks good as a birthday cake, but I think it would look good on any occasion! Neapolitan 5-Layer An Occascion Cake with Strawberry Frosting  Well, hello! What an exciting few days it’s been. Lots going on, and as usual, no two days have been the same. As I mentioned in my last post, I was thrilled when Ree (The Pioneer Woman) chose two of my cake photos for her Food Photo Assignment–another one of her wildly popular photo contests. It meant so much to me, considering I’m pretty new at all of this, and there were, as usual, so many amazing entries. My blue birthday cake photo ended up winning as a finalist in the competition, so I could not be more pleased! Coincidentally, most of what I learned about photography was from Ree. I find her photography tutorials to be particularly helpful, down-to-earth, and as always with The Pioneer Woman, charming. If you’d like to take a peek at my blue...

  We've probably all either read the Charles Dickens story or saw one adaptation / version of "A Christmas Carol".     It has been done dozens upon dozens of times in some form with titles ranging from "A Christmas Carol", "Scrooge", and "Ebenezer" to more unique names such as "Scrooged" or "Mr. Scrooge". There are also versions with drastically different stories and titles like "Ms. Scrooge" or "An American Christmas Carol". I do enjoy most versions but since this is a top 10 I need to narrow it down to ten. Most of you have probably seen one of my top 10 because a few have played every year for decades.    There have been female versions such as Ms. Scrooge (1997) (TV) with Cicely Tyson as Ms. Ebenita Scrooge and I believe there are a few others with titles I don't remember. Not to sound sexist but I don't care for these females versions at all. I'm not sure if any woman can...

     The  Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade  is the largest celebration of its kind. Over 3.5 million people watch the parade along the parade route in Manhattan and another 50 million watch at home on television. For many there is no substitute for seeing the floats,  enormous balloons  and marching bands in person. If you’re planning to view the parade in person from the streets of New York City, this is your insider guide for making the most of it. This year,  Hello Kitty and Papa Smurf  will be among those making an appearance in Midtown.    The  Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade , often shortened to  Macy's Day Parade , is an annual  parade  presented by the U.S. chain store business  Macy's . The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with  America's Thanksgiving Parade  in  Detroit , with both parades four years young...