Building a Mad Men Bar

If all of this talk of fall entertaining drives you to drink, never fear, that's all you really need to be a great host. In this Curbly post or my series Get Nested I show you the elements of creating a Mad Men style bar. Stay tuned for a how-to of my own bar re-do tomorrow!

Easy Entertaining Tips

Click here to watch and read the next installment of Get Nested! I offer some easy entertaining tips to make the fall hosting season as seamless as possible. Enjoy and see more of our Get Nested series on Curbly.

Get Nested, Tasty Fall Recipes

My Get Nested series with Curbly kicked off with this mouth-watering post. In it you’ll find the winners of the ebook giveaway (5 of you! thanks for entering!) and my mom’s pumpkin bread recipe that is to-die-for. Click here to read and watch.



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Ghostbusters Ghoul Armchair

With only 1 week until Halloween, check out my creepy Halloween decor and costume ideas in this scary addition of my CRAFT:zine video and the accompanying blog post. This is a great last minute idea that will be a really rad piece, plus a cool photo booth idea for your party. Are you attending or hosting? What costumes and decor are you going for this year?

Get Nested Trailer

We're getting closer to the fun new series I am doing with Curbly starting next week. Above is the trailer, and you an check out the official web page here Next week I'll announce the 5 winners of the Make It! Hardware Store Decor e-book in the first video so be sure to subscribe to our videos to make sure you tune in!

Get Nested with me at Curbly

Starting on October 18th, throughout the month of October and November, I will be coming to Curbly to do a Fall series Get Nested.


Since Fall marks the start of many months spending time indoors, we are going to get your home ready for it....starting with the kitchen. Head on over to the Get Nested FB page to stay posted on when and where.


As a friendly gesture for your loyal support, you can enter for a chance to win a FREE downloadable e-book, Make It! Hardware Store Decor. Simply "like' the Facebook fanpage of 'Get Nested' and leave a comment below to enter. 5 lucky people will receive a free down-loadable copy of this rad book with gorgeous photos of awesome DIY projects like this light up letter G for Gracie:)