Merry Merry.

It's Christmas Eve and we just finished the very last details for the Holiday Hoopla event we're hosting for our Ohio clan tomorrow. Wow! It was a lot of work, but also so much FUN. The theme is "Survivor Christmas" and we came up with a bunch of challenges like a scavenger hunt,...

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Spend less; give more: Create a hoopla!

I just finished putting the final touches on the invitation for our 2011 Holiday Hoopla, which is an event that my son, his dad, my beau, and I put on for our family in Ohio instead of buying everyone gifts. We've been having such great fun planning the event and I can't wait to see how it...

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Gifts from the ‘art.

In the spirit of my ongoing conversation about gifts with meaning, I want to encourage you to shop on Etsy. If you're not yet familiar with Etsy, it is an online marketplace focused on handmade, artistic, and vintage items. I know lots of incredible women artists who sell their one-of-a-kind...

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