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Lynnette Walczak

If there is ONE thing I like... it's C H A N G E! The four seasons and major holidays are my favorite times of the year to recharge -- and redecorate. I mostly like to share frugal DIY ideas for seasonal home decorating and party planning (for both, indoors and outside). Because who doesn't enjoy entertaining at home?! But even if you don't host many parties, I think you'll appreciate my DIY hacks and clever ways to decorate your house for the major holidays including Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Because those are the times when people tend to have the most visitors and overnight houseguests.

Lots of great videos that provide step-by-step instructions for making your own Halloween costumes. These ideas apply to child and adult Halloween costumes.

Make your own Tweet Me and Text Me candy hearts -- like Necco's new Sweethearts Candy designs -- using this free online Candy Heart Maker. Or, make some personalized M&Ms for Valentine's Day, or for ANY other holiday or special occasion for that matter!

DIY Network has 4 great videos showing some outside-the-box ways to carve a pumpkin for Halloween! Each video features the unique pumpkin carving techniques used by 4 of their TV experts: Chris Grundy, Jason Cameron, Ahmed Hassan, and Amy Matthews.

First some fun facts about New Year's resolutions. Then, my personal resolutions for the year -- which all happen to have a 'green' theme. Finally, a poll for your feedback, plus tips for sticking to your New Years resolutions this year.

A wine club membership is a great gift idea for wine drinkers. The official Wine of the Month Club makes a great gift idea for several reasons.

These jack-o-lanterns are the coolest pumpkins I've ever seen!... They might provide you with some inspiration for other fun ways to carve pumpkins. Please let me know if you find other cool Halloween pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns!

Literally hundreds of group Halloween costumes to consider buying or making yourself -- for adults and kids alike. Each group costume idea has a make-it-yourself option, for the crafty ones and the do-it-yourselfers. If you're going trick-or-treating with a group this year, or have a work party or a fun party you're attending with friends, then you'll be the best dressed group in attendance. You'll probably win this year's costume party!

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Should you give red roses? white roses? pink roses? carnations? or daisies? And which colors? Here are the appropriate types and colors of flowers that you should give on Valentine's Day or any other special day.

Make some fun football cupcakes! Start with 'easy vanilla cupcakes'. Then add 'vanilla buttercream icing'. Finally, top individual cupcakes with one of the following: Edible Footballs -- made from caramel candies, with white icing as the stripes on the ball. Pennant Flags -- press fruit candies (like Starburst), then cut in the shape of sports flags, attach the flags to pretzel sticks, and pipe some icing messages onto the flags. Tiny Helmets -- made from the same fruit candies in different colors, cut in the shape of football helmets, and then pipe some icing onto the helmets for decoration.

Not a fan of football? As much as I hate to admit it, that's me. For some reason, I tend to gravitate toward the fun party games and football party recipes instead of the actual game itself. Here are some fun ways to learn the basics of football... fast!

Some fun and interesting New Year's ideas to explore...

Check out these fun new holiday cards we received for Christmas. They're actually GIFTS... in addition to greeting cards!

Have you noticed this?... More and more drivers are decorating their vehicles with things like Christmas lights, garland, and wreaths. I also saw a couple of SUVs decorated with reindeer antlers -- you know, one on each of the front door windows. Here are a few pictures...

Turns out, I'm one of the last ones to discover Office Max's Elf Yourself holiday e-card. On the CBS morning show, they reported on several of these types of viral videos. They said the Elf Yourself one has been viewed by over 65 million people already!

An unusually large number of guys have been asking for Ugly Sweater ideas this year. Not for women, but for MEN. Okay guys, here we go. My best collection of Ugly Sweater ideas for men...

Here are the top online holiday card companies that deliver the best cards on high-quality photo paper at a reasonable price.

Whether you choose to send out personalized holiday cards this year -- with or without a photo on them. Or, if you just want to send personalized greeting cards throughout the year this way, Astonishing Cards has what you're looking for. Check 'em out...

When you use LED lights for the holidays, not only are you saving energy, you're also lighting up the night in a whole new way. Here are some things you should know before buying LED Christmas lights... including some of the pro's & con's when it comes to using LED lights as holiday decorations.