Every year around this time… I am eagerly anticipating the 25 days of Christmas on ABC Family.  What can be better then 25 nights filled with Christmas specials, holiday cartoons and holiday fun!  During the holidays, I of course work many a late night, designing holidays cards, invitations and wrapping gifts for customers.  There is [...]

What can I say… I’m a sucker for candy, especially during the holidays.  You won’t see this girl passing by a bowl of holiday candy without my hand slipping in.  And although, I’m usually a huge chocoholic there is something about chewy gooey gumdrops that make me smile and full of glee.  Sure… I’ve had [...]

In my recent travels, I have noticed a trend in boutique hotel decor.  Besides the fabulous linens and spa products, which make me giddy, many places have been installing HALF shower doors in the bathrooms.  In fact, you can’t really call them doors, because it merely is a pane of glass that extends HALF way [...]

With all this talk about feeling bad for the Turkey with my blog from Wednesday, it got me thinking about how much I love the symbol of the wishbone.  Along with the shamrock and horseshoe, it completes the infamous trilogy of good luck charms.  Who didn’t love grabbing one end of the wishbone when they [...]

You know. . .   I feel bad for the turkey.  Sure he gets one pardon a year from the president and he is super popular come the last Thursday of November… But we don’t think of him very much other then now.  The poor guy is underrated.  After all, him and billions of his [...]

The wonderful thing about growing up in New Jersey, right outside of New York City, was the cultural diversity I was exposed to at an early age.  Communities were formed on the foundations of ones heritage and children were brought up knowing were they “came” from.  I myself being from an Italian family was raised [...]

Why did I want to be a teacher when I was younger?  Was it to help the youth of our future… nope!  Was it to inspire the impressionable… nope!  Or maybe it was to develop and mold young minds… ummm… no! The answer is easy… I just wanted a chalkboard!  A big black board (not [...]

I’m not sure when it started, but I have always been a bit of a germ-a-phobe.  As far back as I can remember… I had rules to live by in my germ free world!  I’m a true believer in hand sanitizer (always have one in my purse and glove compartment), opening restroom doors with a [...]

Every year about this time, I start hearing the pains of my clients who are trying to get the perfect holiday photo.  You know how it is, you want the perfect iconic photo card that your friends and family will save for years.  The card that they want to show their own friends and family [...]

If you know me, you know that I am obsessed with my dog, Maggie.  I have become “one of those” people.  You know… the kind that treat their dog like a child.  Yes… I admit it!  I act as if my dog came from my own womb and I’m not ashamed.  I actually look at [...]