Refurbishing 101

I enjoy revamping things – from cleaning up an antique, making over someone else’s junk (now my treasure) to creating something new. And apparently I am not alone. As I earlier wrote about all the television channels, magazines and blogs dedicated to it, I know I am not alone. Last September, Meet Downtown Greenville held [...]

Posted by on November 23rd, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Advent Photo Calendar

In an earlier blog and the Buzz newspaper I promised to put more detailed instructions on the advent photo calendar. So here it is… Cut a piece of mat board to roughly 16” x 20” and cover it with decorative paper. Use a glue stick, photo tape or white glue thinned down with water (this [...]

Posted by on November 21st, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Counting Down to the Holidays

Have you noticed the Christmas decorations are going up everywhere? The big box stores have had merchandise out since early October. This past week as I drove to Grand Rapids; Ada, Cannonsburg, and Cascade townships were stringing up lights and flags on downtown lampposts. I know at our store we are gearing up for the [...]

Posted by on November 10th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Cozy-up for Fall

The signs of cool fall weather have truly arrived – the first frost, my maple tree has dropped its leaves and I pulled the warmer jackets out of the hall closet.  It is time to cozy the house, snuggle in for the winter. First is to check around the house is see what winterization needs [...]

Posted by on November 3rd, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized