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Unique Gifts for Teens

Choosing gifts for teens is tricky.teens_glasses image by Andrey Kiselev from Fotolia.comCreating unique gifts for teens doesn't have to be difficult and it does not have to cost a great deal. You will need to take into consideration the interests and personality of the teen you are...

Personalised Christmas Decorations

Personalised Christmas decorations are a wonderful way to share the holiday spirit and convey a message of warmth and friendship to someone that matters to you. With many different decorations that can be personalised, and many different messages to send, personalised Christmas decorations are the p

How to Stick to a Christmas Budget

Christmas is known for many traditions. Among them are sleigh rides, hot cocoa, decorated trees, ornaments, colorful lights and shopping. Unfortunately, Christmas is also becoming the season for increasing debt. This holiday season, don't saddle yourself with more debt. There are many ways to stick

How to Eliminate Etheric Cords

When people form attachments, negative or positive, to other people, creatures or objects, an invisible energy connects them. Believers in the etheric body credit it as the unseen energy source of the health and vitality of the physical body. When a relationship produces fear, anger, depression or o

Romantic 40th Birthday Ideas

Birthday giftsgift boxes.christmas gifts. image by L. Shat from Fotolia.comWho says that turning 40 has to mean being over the hill? A 40th birthday can be a very special time in a person's life. The right gift on that day will make it an even more memorable occasion."Life" MagazineA...

How To Make A Gift Basket For Mother's Day

Mothers day is an important day, in which we honor our mothers. Many people do this by buying a mothers day gift, but there is a much better way to honour your mom-

Decorating Halloween Floats for Parades

According to Brian Dakss of CBS News, the money Americans spend on Halloween is second only to Christmas. This has created a market that is overflowing with Halloween decorating items. With so many available products and a wide array of theme options, decorating a Halloween parade float can be an ex

How to Make Vintage Halloween Molds

Vintage Halloween decorations can be reproduced, using a mold that you create yourself. Small Halloween-themed beads, figurines and other decor can be found in thrift shops and garage sales. Once you make a mold, you can create your own version of the Halloween decor with paint and embellishments,

Avoiding Christmas Stress

The Christmas season begins at sundown on 24 December and lasts through sundown on 5 January. For that reason,this season is also known as the Twelve Days of Christmas. Those twelve days are a special time to pause, reflect, and give thanks for the wealth and blessings of our lives and enjoy this sp

Quick and Easy Homemade Star Wars Costume

When you think of the movie Star Wars and Halloween together, a few characters come to the top of the costume possibilities list. Here are just a few suggestions to get you started and you're bound to come up with even more ideas of your own as you go along.

Parking Lot Safety Tips for the Holiday Season

It's the most wonderful time of the year. But with the joy the holidays brings, it also brings out the bad in some people. Safety tips to keep in mind while you are in the parking lot. Don't become a victim.

How to Carve a Pumpkin Teeth

One way to decorate a pumpkin is to give it teeth. The teeth can add personality and character to the pumpkin. For example, adding fangs to a pumpkin turns it into a vampire. Gapped teeth, missing teeth, broken teeth and dangling teeth also work well. You can carve a large tooth on the pumpkin, add

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day originated in times of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome the day of 14th February was a day to honor Juno, the Queen of the Roman Gods, Goddesses and also women and marriage. If was a day before Feast of Lupercalia.

Christian Christmas Party Themes & Ideas

Use the Nativity scene as inspriration for your Christian Christmas party.Nativity Scene image by tarheel1776 from Fotolia.comThe Christmas holiday brings plenty of traditional images to mind: twinkling lights on decorated trees, mugs of hot chocolate and eggnog, stockings hung from the...

How to Adopt a Family for Christmas

This Christmas, when you are putting up your tree, buying gifts and wrapping them, making fancy feasts and spending time with family, remember those who are not so fortunate. Many people are struggling to make ends meet for their day-to-day lives, let alone adding Christmas to the mix. If you are fo

A Trip To Hershey Park That Wasn' t So Sweet

My children, like most, are amusement park aficionados. When we discovered Hershey Park, after years of traveling to Disney World, we thought we had found an undiscovered gem. However, when we made return trips in the following two years, park overcrowding made the trips extremely expensive wastes o

Ideas to Host a Cheap Beach Party

Get there early to pick your party spot.sunbathers on beach image by Janet Wall from Fotolia.comHosting an inexpensive beach party requires some advanced planning on your part. Decide on how many guests to invite, schedule the party around meal time, shop in bulk for party supplies and do...

How to Word Response Cards for a Bar Mitzvah

Celebrating a Bar Mitzvah is a momentous occasion for any young Jewish man or woman. The gathering of friends and family for this religious rite of passage is a memorable moment that will be cherished forever. After the event, it is important to adequately thank those people who shared that special