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DIY Painted Pumpkins and other Halloween spookiness

I'm painting instead of carving this Halloween. Pearlized paint from my local craft supplies shop, transformed these grocery store pumpkins into magical fairy tale creations. It was an easy job which I did over the course of an evening to…

Día de Muertos & Halloween cupcakes

While these two traditions are celebrated on the same day their origins are not believed to overlap. Dia de Muertos is the Mexican tradition when people gather together to pray for and remember close family and friends who have died.…

5 Delicious DIYs

Once a month, I get to sit with a bunch of women and men, many who are friends, and play - we draw, we paint, we sculpt. It's such a cool  break from our everyday lives. We take the lessons…

buckeyes

With all of the pre-Christmas craziness, I seem to want to bake after Santa has visited more than in the lead up to the big day. Especially when the weather turns cold and cozy like it finally has in L.A.…

DIY handmade greeting cards

Thank you notes are one of the nicest things to receive. Many successful people swear by them, including the great Barbara Walters. I go through stages where I'm really good about writing thank you notes and then I trail off.…

Camps Bay, Cape Town

The view of Camps Bay from the top of Table Mountain Continuing our trek (less than 2 hour flight) south to Cape Town, we arrived at the beautiful Camps Bay just in time for it to be named in Tripadvisor's 2014…

bushveld oasis – South Africa

I've been lucky enough to have stayed in some pretty nice places on my travels, but our suite in the middle of the South African bush took my breath away. Not only was it comfortable and luxurious, it was a…