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An éclair is a long thin pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with icing. (Choux dough only contains water, flour, butter, egg. Instead of a raising agent, it uses high moisture content to create steam...

Just found this great video on YouTube created by paulmichaelcompany. It's an Easter wreath created using 21" poly mesh ribbon, a more narrow ribbon and lots of embellishements, even a Happy Easter Sign. The wreath was made starting with a...

Our Daily Bread by Grace Noll Crowell An ancient rite, as old as life is old: A woman baking bread above a flame. Its value is far greater than pure gold, It is ageless,timeless, and the simple name Of bread...

Cortez, the Spanish conquistador, was the first European to taste chocolate. Montezuma, the Aztec emperor of Mexico, gave a big feast and served "chocolatl" to his guest in a golden goblet. it was really a bitter mush, served stone cold....

Several college football teams have black and gold as their team colors, as do many, many high schools. Here are a few poly mesh ribbon ideas along with some ornaments perfect for creating team color arrangements. Black - Gold -...

This Mardi Gras Queen was created by one of the designers at one of our suppliers. This whimsical creation started with a metal dress frame. Colors of the Mardi Gras - Green, Purple and Gold were used. Green Deco Poly...

This beautiful table swag was made by the great designers at one of our suppliers. Table swags can be made in a variety of ways, but this was one created using a piece of a Deco Poly Work Garland to...

Decorative poly mesh netting in 21" width and 10 yard rolls. Great for making wreaths, bows, garland, and especially decorating your tailgating section! This blue-white-blue color can be combined with white poly mesh and also Royal Blue Deco Poly Flex...

Great new color of Deco Flex Tubing just arrived at Trendy Tree. This one is Chocolate/Copper foil. It's bright and shiny, flexible. Comes in a bag of 30 yards (3 ten-yard pieces). Deco Flex Tubing is great for easy bow...

Betty Crocker......now she knew how to cook)) My mother's cookbook from 1950.....still so useful today! I've listed a page giving substitutions for common everyday items and some food equivalents. Some things just never change)))

Three of our colors of crushed metallic ribbon arrived today and it's more gorgeous than I anticipated! It's made of 100% Nylon and the wire edging is the same color as the ribbon. It is lightweight and sheer, same on...