Description: The Big-A** Book of Crafts is packed with ideas for sprucing up your living space; concocting fabulous, all-natural body products; designing your own unique stationery; and creating countless other crafts that will convince your friends and loved ones that you’re the secret love child of Martha Stewart (only much, much cooler). Read More »

Description: With her brilliant sense of style, designer and bestselling author Carolyne Roehm makes the case in Presentations that there’s just as much pleasure in wrapping gifts as in receiving them—and that beautiful packages guarantee memorable celebrations. Read More »

Yay, your here to link up and celebrate true theatrical talent! You know what I mean…back in the day where there were hardly any special effects, the backdrops were hand painted instead of digital and the talent was really talent…they did their own singing and dancing! We did not have cable… Read More »

Good News !  The title of that movie makes you know it is not a sad story and the music is uplifting and delightful.  The toe tapping numbers and the soft ballads from the movie made magic in the theaters across the nation.  I remember my mother playing the music both on the piano and on her record player. Read More »

Yay, your here to link up and celebrate true theatrical talent! You know what I mean…back in the day where there were hardly any special effects, the backdrops were hand painted instead of digital and the talent was really talent…they did their own singing and dancing! We did not have cable… Read More »

Description: A guide to using the Cucurbita and Lagenaria siceraria (a sort of hard shelled pumpkin), for a range of decorative uses in the home and in the garden. No special tools or equipment are needed, standard craft materials such as a scalpel, paints, leather dyes, shoe polish, varnish and stains. Read More »

Irving Berlin had some of the best songs ever written!  I have no idea where the inspiration came from or how he could make a seemingly silly song like, “Mandy,” become a hit, but he did it!  Please listen to these fabulous show tunes with me today…and don’t worry, humming them all day long is perfectly acceptable. Read More »

Yay, your here to link up and celebrate true theatrical talent! You know what I mean…back in the day where there were hardly any special effects, the backdrops were hand painted instead of digital and the talent was really talent…they did their own singing and dancing! We did not have cable… Read More »

Description: Most ancient cultures used gourds in every aspect of life. Decorating gourds is everybody’s favorite craft, as you’ll see from the more than two-dozen varied projects shown here. A handy guide tells you where to find or buy gourds, and how to prepare them. Read More »

I don’t have cable, but if I did, these are the kind of shows that I would request for primetime.  I suppose my voice has already spoken since we just do not watch television. Read More »

Watching Howard Keel strut into his scenes at first glance does not reveal the amazing voice hidden deep within his chest.  He has such a magnificent voice!  The old expression, “Never judge a book by its cover,” applies to him as no one can guess what a humble start he had in life. Read More »

Yay, your here to link up and celebrate true theatrical talent! You know what I mean…back in the day where there were hardly any special effects, the backdrops were hand painted instead of digital and the talent was really talent…they did their own singing and dancing! We did not have cable… Read More »

Description: The 8 million fans of TLC’s hottest show, What Not to Wear , know it as the place to go for real-life fashion advice. Now the show’s hosts, Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, offer spot-on fashion wisdom—with an attitude—in this fully illustrated, authoritative, and irreverent fashion guide to dressing your best for every occasion. Read More »

The Ancients were fascinating!  I have no doubt that we have interpetted nearly everything wrongly in regards to how they lived and thought.  I have chosen to look at the past with a different outlook than what you will find with mainstream science. Read More »

Gloria DeHaven had such a beautiful voice!  It is almost crazy to think that in her later life she was only known for a soap opera which I will not type on my blog. Read More »

Yay, your here to link up and celebrate true theatrical talent! You know what I mean…back in the day where there were hardly any special effects, the backdrops were hand painted instead of digital and the talent was really talent…they did their own singing and dancing! We did not have cable… Read More »

Description: Demonstrates how to successfully create stunning floral designs using fresh, dried, and artificial flowers, providing innovated suggestions for more than one hundred gifts and arrangements. Read More »

What do we really know about Ancient cultures?  Just what the text books have told us?  For years I was happy to rely on someone else’s opinion on life.  Not anymore.  I do my own research. Read More »

Fred Astaire is a voice from my childhood!  He was not the most talented voice out there, but he got to sing the happy songs…and dance to them.  He is classic talent and there are few that can top him to this day. Read More »

Yay, your here to link up and celebrate true theatrical talent! You know what I mean…back in the day where there were hardly any special effects, the backdrops were hand painted instead of digital and the talent was really talent…they did their own singing and dancing! We did not have cable… Read More »