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  • Decorating Carrie's House 2016 - Living Area Tree
    October 23, 2016 Jeannie Pence

    Decorating Carrie's House 2016 - Living Area Tree

    This blog post will be an ongoing adventure! Carrie and David have been chosen to be featured in a local magazine showcasing Trendy Tree! So....they have elected to decorate their home with products from Trendy Tree so folks can get...

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  • RAZ Aspen Sweater Collection Decorating Ideas
    June 7, 2013 Jeannie Pence

    RAZ Aspen Sweater Collection Decorating Ideas

    Decorating ideas from the 2013 RAZ Aspen Sweater Collection. The elves from this collection are very unique with their ski boots, turtleneck sweaters and caps this year. This posable 28" elf is show sitting casually on a shelf holding a...

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  • RAZ 2013 Christmas Tree - Knit Collection
    January 27, 2013 Jeannie Pence

    RAZ 2013 Christmas Tree - Knit Collection

    Sneak peek at one of the RAZ 2013 Christmas trees......not sure what the collection is entitled yet, but here's a peek! Many of the items in this collection are knitted stocking, scarves for garland, knit balls, mittens, candy canes....even Ho...

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  • May 6, 2011 Jeannie Pence

    National Hoagie Day!

    Well, a little bit late, but according to some internet research, yesterday (May 5, 2011) was National Hoagie Day! According to Wikipedia: The sandwich originated in several different Italian American communities in the Northeastern United States from the late 19th...

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  • January 13, 2011 Jeannie Pence

    Three Billy Goats Gruff

    Billy Goat 12337 New for 2011 ONCE upon a time there were three billy goats, who were to go up to the hillside to eat grass and make themselves fat. The name of each one of them was “Gruff”. On...

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  • July 15, 2010 Jeannie Pence

    All About Christmas Lights

    First a Bit of History: The lighted Christmas tree was the creation of Edward H. Johnson, an associate of inventor Thomas Edison. While he was vice president of the Edison Electric Light Company he had Christmas tree light bulbs especially...

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  • July 1, 2010 Jeannie Pence

    Making Cookie Dough Ornaments

    A great project to do with kids is to create cookie dough Christmas ornaments from a salt dough recipe. Kids love rolling out the cookie dough, cutting shapes with assorted cookie cutters and then adding the final touch of decorating!...

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  • Christmas Tree Decorating in the 1930's, 40's and 50's
    June 18, 2010 Jeannie Pence

    Christmas Tree Decorating in the 1930's, 40's and 50's

    Decorating a Christmas tree in the 1930’s was a vastly different task than today’s decorating where many dollars can be spent on a single decoration. Now a days, trees have themes…colors, old fashioned items, naturals, contemporary, whimsical – the list...

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