Latest in Art+Decor (Sounds Fancy)
Turn around! It's a total ellipse of the heart.
Once upon a time there was bare space on the wall
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An adorable illustration of your kid drawn just for you
Just when I thought I'd run out of original gift ideas, I came across an illustrator who will draw a ridiculously cute picture of your kid along with his or her favorite possession.
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Last minute Hanukkah crafts from Martha Stewartstein
If you're still scrambling for a little something to make your Hanukkah celebration a bit more dazzling and festive, Martha Stewart (of course) has the most amazing roundup of Hanukkah craft ideas.
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The best mugs for gift-giving
Okay, so we sometimes make fun of mugs as gifts around here. But only because when most people think of mug gifts, they think of some awful "world's greatest____" thing in comic sans that was nabbed off the bargain shelf at the last minute.
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POP! goes the bookend
All around the Ikea bookshelf, the bibliophile chased the bookend . . .<
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Life is like a box of handmade snowflake ornaments
Because I live in the desert, snowflakes are as rare as... well, snowflakes in the desert. We dream of white Christmases but they don't often happen. So snowflakes are my holiday totem, and I absolutely love how they've come together in this affordable, handmade set of wooden ornaments.
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4 modern nativity sets, not one of which lights up
Though my religious affiliation can best be summed up with a long puzzled silence, there are certain things from my youth that I carry with me to this day, like praying when the plane jets down the runway, and setting up the nativity scene before Christmas.
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Deck the halls (or kids' bedrooms) with Babybot and Blik
Along with decking the halls, we hope to finally redo the walls in my son's bedroom, but given that it has taken years for us to get around to this project, there will be no painted murals of his favorite cartoon characters.
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A new way to frame those fabulous family photos
I am always
looking for fun ways to hang up pictures of the brood. That's why I love these new photo prints from Paper Culture -- it's like my photographer and my ecologist got married and this is their delightfully sweet offspring.
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Children's art that lives forever
I'm one of those mothers that's a professional organizer's nightmare. I can hardly bear to part with a single one of my girls' drawings, whether it's a 3-D art class project, or a scribble on a napkin. So I always love ways to turn kids' creations into more formal keepsake pieces.
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Beautiful ornaments with a past life.
Garfield has never been called elegant, nor is Snoopy considered stylish. And yet, in the right hands, the Sunday comics are being transformed into stunning holiday ornaments.
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