Holiday Gift Wrap Ideas  |  12.14.15 The holiday season is the perfect time to come up with fun, crafty ideas for gift wrapping those special presents that you’ve been purchasing for the past 2 months!  I love a good, wrapped gift. It has become my specialty and a way to show off some of my creative skills and ideas. I’m always on the hunt for pretty or unusual wrapping paper Read More

Giftwrap Paper Options for the Holidays  |  12.07.15 I’m a sucker for a well-designed roll or sheet of wrapping paper. Around the holidays I like to theme out my paper to go with the rest of my decorations. This year I have a lot of greens, reds and gold (last year was light blue, navy and red). Now I understand not everyone is as OCD about gifts matching their decor Read More

Holiday Gift Guide – Give a Gift that Gives Back  |  12.02.15 Throughout this holiday season, while you’re searching through the many gift guides that are available, take a second and see if there’s a company that you could purchase an item from that gives back. Whether it be to the community where it’s located, a charity or a cause that they’re passionate about, these companies have taken the time Read More

Small Business Saturday  |  11.28.15 It’s two days after Thanksgiving. Your belly should be readjusting and your wallet should be geared up to spend again: It’s just that simple.  Now that you’ve taken advantage of the millions of Black Friday sales from the big box stores, make sure you spend just as much, if not more at the small, local stores today. Many of them are offering discounts, and let’s Read More

Holiday Gift Guide – Gifts for her under $100  |  11.16.15 It’s that time of year again, when lists are made and going shopping seems to happen multiple times a week. The holiday season is upon us and while Thanksgiving hasn’t come and gone yet, getting your Christmas shopping done early is the best feeling ever. EVER. If you haven’t done that before and let’s face it, not many of Read More