Recently I hosted a little holiday party for Cheryls.Com at the Mrs Beasly’s store in Beverly Hills. If you’re not familiar with Cheryls it’s a great resource for online baked goods that you can ship anywhere and always taste like they were freshly baked (we’re big fans!) One of the items I made for the
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Milk & Munchie Snowmen
Recently I hosted a little holiday party for Cheryls.Com at the Mrs Beasly’s store in Beverly Hills. If you’re not familiar with Cheryls it’s a great resource for online baked goods that you can ship anywhere and always taste like they were freshly baked (we’re big fans!) One of the items I made for the
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Sparkly Leaf Place Cards
Perhaps you saw these leaf place cards in my Thanksgiving Table on The Nate Berkus Show… Perhaps you’re just looking for festive fall decor, either way, welcome! This unique take on your typical place card is a fun way to deck out your dining chairs for the Thanksgiving and as always, I’m keeping it really
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Emmy Viewing Party
Here in LA, we live for an awards show… any reason to gather in front of the TV, drink in hand, and judge celebrities based on what they’re wearing equals good times. So in celebration of this Sunday’s Emmy’s I’ve put together some ideas to knock your guests socks off! Let’s start at the top…
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Bottle Cap Drink Charms
I challenged our new Chic Life staffer Emily to come up with some creative ideas for Memorial Day entertaining and she really set quite a bar for herself with these bottle cap drink charms! A little elbow grease (and some spray paint) turned some old bottle caps into a cute way to adorn your drinks at
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Easter Egg Place Setting
I told you the other day about my obsession with Paper Source which stands to reason when you can always find so many things to fit in with one theme. Here’s another Easter Craft I made using their product, this time it was the Scallop Oval note card which looks a lot like an egg
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Daisy Place Setting
If I haven’t mentioned it before, I’m sort of obsessed with Paper Source. They’re the first place I head if I’m in the mood to craft or need some special element for a party I’m producing. When I needed inspiration for some Easter themed crafts, it was Paper Source who saved the day. For these
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The Virtual Baby Shower
My sister-in-law Katie is pregnant with the very first grandchild in our family, and every one of us is practically buzzing with anticipation for the little guy’s arrival (ONLY SIX MORE WEEKS WOOOOHOO!). We have a large and loving extended family, so throwing a baby shower should be simple, right? Well, yes, except they all
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Inexpensive Superbowl Decor
I recently had some friends (well Dave’s friends) over to watch football and I thought to myself “this is the perfect opportunity to teach my readers how to decorate for football last-minute on the cheap!” So I threw on this tablecloth (literally, I didn’t even iron it) and I used white masking tape (about $4
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