Being green has been a priority in my life for decades now. I was raised to not be wasteful and to recycle. I attended design school where they all but beat it into your head that you should use green practices no matter what you do. So from sorting our waste, buying eco-friendly products and […]
Wrap Your Presents in Style with Vera Bradley Wrapping Paper Books
By now the name Vera Bradley is known for the beautiful bags and designs you can find in fabrics and more. But what if you could get her style, and those designs in fun and funky wrapping paper? In a new collection of wrapping paper books you can now get the designs, styles and a […]
Learn How to Brew Your Best Coffee with Craft Coffee: A Manual
How do you take your coffee? Is it cream and two sugars? A fancy latte? A cup a day or a whole pot or two? We all have our own way to enjoy that warm delicious drink – but did you know there is a bit more of a science behind it? Yes, most of […]
Fulfill Your Curiosity And Learn New Things about Nearly Everything
Learning is something that goes beyond school. It’s something we should always do, and something in our house we strive to do every day. Despite what we’ve learned over the years, there are times that we learn something new about a person, a country or even something we’re experts on that we never knew. There […]
Color Your Way to the Windy City in this Chicago Coloring Book
As we travel around the world, we fall in love with the different cities we visit. Since I was a kid, Chicago has been a family destination for us and is still a city that I drive to at least once a year to visit or for business. Chicago to me, is my second home […]
The Famous Five Go Digital and Bring Your Favorite Books to Life
Set off on new adventures with the Famous Five! The group of four friends and their trusty dog that solve mysteries together isn’t relatively unknown here in the States, but the British Series is likened to the mystery series we all grew up with and a bit similar to Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. […]
Save Every Memory in Your Own Travel Journal
Travel fuels our soul, and changes you for the rest of your life. When you come home, it’s the memories that help transport you back to those experiences and the world around you. While traveling we love to document our journeys by taking photos but how will you remember where you had the best dinner […]
Take Your Cakes to the Next Level with Buttercream Decorating
Not everyone is as lucky as I am to have someone in the family who can teach them how to decorate cakes and make the perfect buttercream. But when you don’t have that personal resource, the best option is to pull out a cook book with instructions on how to make the perfect cake. We […]
Feed Your Family Year Round with the Help of The Complete Root Cellar Book
This is the time of year I start really focusing on my garden and planning for our next growing season. But once my garden is in full swing, I end up with an overabundance of bounty. As much as I love canning, not everything we grow is set up for it, and there are only […]
Savor Pumpkin Flavor Year Round Pumpkin It Up!
Long gone are the days that pumpkin flavor is only associated with fall. With the love for the pumpkin flavor, and the use of canned pumpkin, it’s becoming a staple of your diet all year long. Generally associated with Fall, the new cookbook Pumpkin it Up! by Eliza Cross is set to break tradition and […]