Mommy's little helper.
It's sugar-cookie-and-icing season, but that doesn't mean all your holiday prep has to be confined to the kitchen. Your kids will love helping out with the these easy holiday craft projects, and the results will be festive. Click through to see five fun ideas for DIY decorating! Read more
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Need a few more treats up your sleeve to make this Christmas memorable? No need to start from scratch. From last-minute decor ideas and party goodies to gift tags and wrapping paper, we've rounded up 10 free Christmas printables mama's sure to love! Get your printer fired up for these festive freebies. Read more
Instagram is the easy way of creating dreamy iPhone photos in a flash. The filters work their magic so well that nearly every picture comes out looking like a keepsake. Making those memories permanent can be just as easy with these tools for turning Instagram photos into a lasting work of art. PostalPix — Use this iPhone app to print four-inch squares from your Instagram library for only 30 Read more
It's no secret that kids love the holidays! They love the gifts, the parties, and the collective joy that fills the air — and they can't get enough of all the twinkling lights and holiday decor. From wreaths and topiaries to snow globes and paper ornaments, there are lots of things mama can make to decorate the house. Get crafting this season — and break out your glue gun! — with these 12 Read more
If your modern decor doesn't lend itself to the red bows, green trimmings, and gilded accents of traditional Christmas decor, abandon them completely with a rainbow-hued palette of neon brights instead. You'll be surprised by how appropriate this fresh palette feels. The fantastical and undeniably fun effect seems to capture the childlike giddiness that the holiday brings. Read more
My grandmother has had the same decorations for over 50 years, yet every year it's always fun to check out her antique ornaments from the '60s. Felt-shaped animals and Christmas characters, wooden nutcrackers, glass icicles, feather-covered clip-on birds, and glass ball ornaments are just a few nostalgic ornaments that come to mind when I think of my grandmother's tree. As for the pickle, my Read more
Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member — and Sugar staffer! — Lauren from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: After many hours of work, my house is finally starting to come together and feel a little more like Christmas! Good thing since everyone will be here on Friday! I still have to get some fresh flowers and manzanita branches but those are only finishing touches. Read more
Cast your vote for the most popular interior design trends of 2011. Find out which fantasy and reality gifts the eco entertaining gurus at ACME Party Box are dying to give and receive this year! Don't want to deal with a real tree this year? See how fun going fir-less can be with these nontraditional trees. Get creative with these headboard alternatives. We swooned over these picks from Rue's Read more
It's tough to distinguish different types of "white" light, especially when experiencing a sensory overload at holiday-decorated stores. Here's a quick debriefing of cool white, warm white, and champagne white, so you can get busy decorating your house the way you imagine. From left to right: Commercial Cool Clear LED Wide Angle Christmas Lights ($19/50 LEDs) – Cool white lights on a white Read more
