I don’t know about you, but I love floating candles. It makes me think of natural beauty. I don’t know why it would bring that image to my mind, but it does. The key to creating a floating candle is to make it a short shape with it being slightly wider on the top than the bottom. Just to be a little different I made my candles square.
Here is what you will need to get started:

Paraffin Wax
Wicks and wick tabs
Muffin or a cupcake pan or novelty wax molds (I used square molds)
Scissors
Melting pot for wax (Instead you can use an …read more

By Guest Blogger Kathy Zengolewicz
Maybe you have a couple of throw or sofa pillows that need a little sprucing up, or maybe you just need a fresh idea for some new pillows. Either way, I have a project here that you can complete in an hour or two without sewing a single stitch. A tie-on pillow cover applied to a couple of lounging pillows can change the look of a room.
Here is what you will need:

5/8 yd of decorator fabric (54 inches or wider) I buy a yard and use the scraps later
(1) 12”x 16” pillow insert, or …read more

By Guest Blogger Kathy Zengolewicz
If you’re anything like me, then you need to have a small gift to give your host/hostess when you are invited to visit. Whenever I go to a friend’s home, whether it’s a planned visit or if I know that I’ll be in the neighborhood and plan to call and see if I can pop in, I always like to take a little something with me to give to that person. It doesn’t have to be something big, or expensive. I like to spend time working with my crafts. It helps to …read more

Black and white decor is modern and sophisticated. If you are decorating with minimalistic black and white furniture, adding vases and other accents in prints is a great way to finish off the look.
Last week, I was hunting for some new vases and found this very cool black and white one with a geometric pattern. Geometric prints are trendy in fashion right now and that’s carrying over to home decor.
This 21-inch tall OP vase from Rain Collection makes a big statement at a small price. It’s on sale right now for just $50, marked down from $72.
RainCollection.com offers a variety …read more

Those of you who have dogs, understand how tedious it can be to keep the house hair-free…and also, whoever invented the Swiffer is a genius. (It’s really just a fancy paper towel, right?)
My life, especially my business, revolves around my preposterous and boundless love for my Chocolate Labrador Retriever, Trotter.
Trotter is a lovely dog, although, perhaps just as nuts as John Grogan’s willful Yellow Lab, Marcy.

But still, life without Trotter, just wouldn’t be chocolate-y enough for me!
However, when it comes to home decorating…I have had to figure out how the color brown or brown-compatible fits into the scheme …read more