Three years ago, my college girlfriends started an annual Christmas tradition: a couples’ gingerbread house decorating contest. Each couple gets a freshly baked gingerbread house and a variety of toppings to work with. This event is kept to a strict time limit, and like any healthy competition, there tends to be some trash-talking amongst rival […]

I just love Thanksgiving. I love that we take a day to stop everything and focus on giving thanks, family and friends, and of course yummy pies. In my lifetime I recall only two times I haven’t been home for the holiday, and one close call when I almost didn’t make it. That was Thanksgiving […]

Halfway through wedding season I received a text from my friend Ashley, asking me if I had any décor ideas for the surprise 40th anniversary party she was throwing for her parents. Now, when friends ask me for anything during wedding season (other than what time they can come and help me) I often times […]