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Ross Dress for Less Comes to St. Louis/$25 Giftcard Giveaway – CLOSED

If you love getting awesome, name-brand stuff at ridiculously low prices, then you need to visit a Ross Dress for Less store. And that visit got a whole lot easier for St. Louis-area residents last week (3/3/12) when the nation’s largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain made its debut in the  area with two new [...]

12Mar2012 | lipsticktocrayons | 89 comments | Continued
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Indianapolis Nestle Inn Bed and Breakfast is Five Stars

The Nestle Inn Bed and Breakfast near downtown Indianapolis is one of the most charming, comfortable, character-infused, locationally-gifted B&B’s I have ever visited.
I recently had the pleasure of spending two nights at this urban B&B when my teenage daughter and I were in Indianapolis for a swim meet.  Here are some of the things we [...]

5Feb2012 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
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Great Idea for Mother’s Day – Scentsy Wickless Candles.

I have a new item in my home that I love, love, love. It’s a Scentsy wickless candle.
Scentsy wickless candles are a safe way to bring great fragrance and stylish decor into your home. They are flameless candles that are heated in a decorative warmer where wax is slowly melted by a small, low-watt bulb.
You [...]

26Apr2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
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HP Provides a New, Easy Way to Transform a Child’s Room or Play Area

As parents of any young children can attest, a child who weighs a mere 32 pounds can possess toys that easily over-run a room measuring 10×13 feet.
Case in point — my 3-year-old has a an enormous Dora the Explorer playhouse measuring approximately 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet and she loves it. We [...]

26Mar2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
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2011 – The Year of the Vegetable

The following article was written by George Ball, Burpee Chairman & CEO, and is being reposted here as a shortened version of the original, which ran as an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. It is reprinted with Mr. Ball’s permission:
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Childhood obesity is now the nation’s disease—an ailment crippling the body politic. The long-term [...]

16Jan2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
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Semi-DIY: A Pottery Barn-like shelf for under $20

My sister, mom and I have been slowly – and I do mean slowly – redecorating a couple bedrooms in my sister’s newly rented home in Fort Wayne for my 2-year-old nieces. I hope to show it to you over at The Design File soon.
One thing I wanted to do was give one of them [...]

5Oct2010 | LesleyWeidenbener | 1 comment | Continued
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Take the doors off kitchen cabinets

Over at The Design File, we’re continuing our series of 30 decor ideas in 30 days for under $30. Today, I’m sharing #24: Take the doors off some kitchen cabinets!

You may be intimidated to try this. To make it look good, you’ve got to keep your storage fairly neat.
But don’t skip this idea just because [...]

28Sep2010 | LesleyWeidenbener | Comments Off | Continued
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Deals from Roozt.com, Dollar General and Home Depot

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22Sep2010 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued