December 2009

Happy 2010

December 31, 2009

Thanks everyone for finding me this past month. Your comments really make me smile. I am looking forward to posting lots of style, decorating, and fun DIY projects in 2010. Thanks for making my first month of blogging a great experience. I hope you have a perfect ’10! Diane

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Diana Vreeland Would Have Loved Blogging

December 30, 2009

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Merry Christmas

December 23, 2009

After all the crafting, decorating, shopping, baking, and wrapping… the day is finally here. I hope your Christmas is everything you hope for and more. Enjoy

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A Little Bit of Fifth Avenue at 57th Street for your Christmas Tree

December 20, 2009

Most of us have our trees decorated for Christmas by now and are just waiting for the 25th to arrive so we can enjoy all the joy the day brings, including opening presents. If you happen to get something shiny and pretty in a cute little box with a famous logo on it, and don’t [...]

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Easiest Cookies I Ever Made

December 17, 2009

I love Christmas Cookies. Every December my friend, Karen has a cookie exchange – which is lots of fun. She decorates her house beautifully and always serves delicious munchies and her famous Bourbon Slush (yum). Many of my friends who I don’t get to see on a regular basis are always in attendance, so there [...]

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How-to Make a Plate Hanger

December 14, 2009

Back in 1994 I wrote a book entitled, Instant Decorating. It was a project driven how-to book using the tips and tricks I learned as a display designer. Display designers use simple, unconventional methods to minimize time, expense, and effort. I basically had to rely on ingenuity to get the job done. No curtain rod [...]

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A Macy’s Christmas

December 10, 2009

It snowed! What a nice treat, I was in the middle of decorating the exterior of my house for the holidays and it started to snow. It was a wet kind of snow, so I had to stop because I was getting soaked, but when I went back outside everything looked so pretty that I [...]

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Trash to Holiday Treasure: Display Your Christmas Ornaments

December 6, 2009

I have a sideboard in my foyer that usually is the home of a big white urn filled with purple hydrangeas, but at the holidays I like to change it to something a bit more in tune with a winter theme and a way to display my collection of Christmas ornaments. I found two odd [...]

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The Sounds of Christmas

December 3, 2009

Of course I really likeChristmas. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – the decorating, the baking, the holiday movies, all the parties and good cheer, but what I really LOVE about the holidays – is the music. Christmas would not be Christmas without the music. I love all kinds – popular, contemporary, [...]