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We did that for our wedding as our guest book. Here's a link (except we had a friend do it). Here's a link. My favorite part is the credits. My husband is a film producer and I work in TV, so it wa...

Hint with the masking tape idea: get regular shower and tub caulk and smooth it over the seams of the painter's tape with your finger before you paint. The paint will not leak under th...

After owning a house in Phoenix for 7 years and receiving HUNDREDS of dollars in fines from my HOA for my grass not being green ENOUGH (Hello, we're in a desert. it's 120 degrees outside. it is a g...

I have a paper tray on my desk with my computer monitor on top (since desks are never the right height for the monitors). I store envelopes and labels in one slot and my notebook in the other one. ...

I usually go for a waffle iron and my great great great (I think) grandmother's recipe from the 1800s. I always write a little note about my family memories from childhood consist of eating waffles...

When I moved into my apartment, I didn't think twice about putting a rug over my carpet! I love the extra pop of color it gives to the otherwise dull beige carpet. Plus, (and I know this sounds str...

My couch! it's so beautiful, but it gets wrinkles in certain places. I'd start with my couch and then I would buy curtains so I could steam them.

Lately, it's been Phoenix. Best part is, when you come back to LA you appreciate the weather a lot more -- even on the "hot" days.

If you saw me today at work, you'd know the answer -- not often enough! On the plus side, I have an ironing board. However, I have learned that laying your wrinkled clothes on the boa...

I was living in an apartment with tan carpet and taking care of my parents' dog, Harrison (a white and black Lhasa). I had just made a plate of very meaty and very sauce-y spaghetti and was carryin...

BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.... I am very internet savy, and I almost fell prey to one of these schemes. "Goerge" was going to rent out his condo because his job had him traveling a lot....