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Crafts / halloween / kids / Media / Reuse / reuseable / TV Segments

Halloween Decorations Using Household Items

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love to create fun and scary decorations to creep up my house and surprise trick-or-treaters. I also love to throw Halloween themed parties and have unusual and unexpected decorations. They serve as a great conversation piece and create a fun party environment.… Read more

Everything / Media / Reuse / TV Segments

Beach Party Decorations

Happy Labor Day! Summer is not over yet and there is still time to create fun beach decorations for upcoming parties and barbecues. Here are some of my ideas I showed on WBAL using mostly dollar store and reused items. I always try and surprise the anchors with the way… Read more

Media

I Pet a Fruit Bat!

I stopped by WBAL on Sunday for my back to school segment and as I walked in, a bat scientist was on air with live bats. It was so cool…he had a Malayan Flying Fox which is the largest bat species in the world. I actually got to pet her… Read more

Cardboard / summer

Fun in the Sun – DIY Sun Craft

Here is a fun summer decoration that would look great at a barbecue or as an accent piece in your home. I love mixing colors and patterns together to give this design more dimension. This is very easy to create with cardboard and decorative paper and is a great project… Read more

gift box / Gift Wrapping / gifts / Wedding

Ring Bearer Gift Design

Here is another gift design I created for Nashville Wraps. This wedding gift design was created to resemble a Ring Bearers pillow. This sweet design was made with the gorgeous silver and white Wedding Blooms gift wrap and the sleek Double-Faced Silver Satin Ribbon. Sliver rings were glued together and… Read more

Everything / Food / summer

Homemade Barbecue Sauce

For the Fourth of July I thought it would be fun to make some of my own barbeque sauce for my charcoal grilled barbecue chicken. I used to make it all the time following a Bourbon Barbeque Sauce recipe from Bon Appetite. Now that I have children, I have since… Read more

Everything / reuseable

Hands-Free Umbrella Holder

I usually like to take an umbrella with me when there is a chance of rain…I never know when I am going to get stuck in a torrential downpour during an afternoon thunderstorm. It always seems to be raining the hardest when I have to be outside and then stops… Read more

Crafts / Everything / Food / Occasions

Decorating with Cupcakes

I like to use food as decorations…it makes an event more fun when you can actually eat the party decor. A simple way to add a Fourth of July flair to purchased cupcakes is to add red candy to the tops of white icing and add small America Flags to… Read more

Everything / kids / summer

Baby Birds

One of the things I love about the summertime is all of the local farm stands and fresh produce that is readily available. The flavor of freshly picked fruit and vegetables has such an unbelievably delicious taste and texture unlike anything you find at the grocery store.  I also… Read more

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