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This playing card craft is from papervinenz.com and has a pretty short list of supplies: a pack of playing cards, album rings from the craft store, liquid glue, photo paper to print your "reasons," a hole punch and red rhinestones if you wish for extra embellishment. You’ll also want a cutting knife and a ruler. 

For a lovely aperitif, try a mandarin cocktail using the spirit of the moment, gin. But forget the expensive, flavoured stuff. Take a classic gin, such as Tanqueray, and add cloves to the bottle for at least 24 hours to infuse with a lovely festive flavour.

For teenagers heading off to college, it’s both a design dream and a challenge: What to do with a small, nondescript dorm room – a space you may have to share? A space that may include furniture you can neither remove nor alter?

A Love Actually fan has spotted a plot hole in the Christmas film after Alan Rickman’s character Harry (left) gives Emma Thompson’s Karen (right) a Joni Mitchell CD as her present

What can be composted?: TIssue paper can go in the compost bin. Just make sure to take all the tape off.

in a white flowy dress worn with a black coat and platform sandals at the opening night of Sell/Buy/Date in L.A.

On the Sunday night before Christmas, we had a little “Christmas program” with a flashlight to burn a few minutes under some red tissue paper and some “stove wood” for the three little boys who were wise men who “came from afar.” With the other nativity characters standing around Mary and Joseph, and a fire in the church’s potbelly stove, Mama read the Christmas story. At the end of the program, each child picked up a “treat” from the back bench. It was a brown paper bag that Daddy, who did not attend church, had bought that day in Stokesdale and Mama had partially filled equally with “nuts, fruits and candy.” We had “preaching” once a month.

in a plunging, button down Jacquemus dress, embellished sandals and a Foundrae ring at the The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Women’s Initiative Lunch in London.

My friend who came home with me yesterday! It was so fun making great memories with my family. #holidayjunkie

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Since washi tape has blown up in the past couple of years, it seems like every craft manufacturer and Etsy store is incorporating their designs into a washi tape line. You can even get great deals on washi tape on Amazon. The cost of a roll of washi will vary depending on its quality and design, but in general, a roll of washi will run you around $5. Wishy Washi Tape carries dozens of varieties of washi tape, including packs of solid colors ($35), which are a good way to get your washi collection started.

This adorable box for new parents includes eco-friendly toys, a body and room spray from Etta + Billie, and a Scandinavian-inspired blanket. Bestowe "Bundle Up Baby" gift box, $120, https://bestowegifting.com