Sandpiper’s Holiday Homes Tour + 2 Tickets GIVEAWAY!

Sandpiper's Holiday Home Tour

{This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Elisa!} 20th ANNUAL SANDPIPERS HOLIDAY HOMES TOUR   Sandpipers’ 20th Annual Holiday Homes Tour will be November 30th, December 1st and 2nd from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. This year’s tour includes four distinctive homes in Manhattan and Hermosa Beach including the “Green Idea House” [...]

Simple and Chic Fall Tablescape {Guest Contributor}

Simple and Chic Fall Tablescape

Hi! I am Kelli, Kimberly’s soon-to-be sister-in-law. Last week I set my table for the Fall season and sent Kimberly a few pictures. She loved the details and ideas and asked me to write this article to share my tablescape with all of you! I love all the gouls, gobblins, witches and black cats that [...]

Halloween Tablescape Ideas and Inspirations

Halloween Tablescape

Halloween is my favorite holiday for which to decorate! I love all types of friendly Halloween creatures, cobwebs and pumpkins. I look forward to decorating my house for Halloween all of September and make sure that I get to decorate on or before October 1st each year in effort to maximize the amount of time [...]

Pumpkins with PIZZAZZ!

Pumpkins with Pizzazz

Decorating pumpkins is an annual traditions around Halloween time that is enjoyed by countless families. Whether you like to carve a traditional jack-o-latern face, spooky scene or other ghoulish monster in your pumpkins, I think you will love this twist on pumpkin adorning! I always enjoy buying pumpkins to use as part of my home [...]

Back-to-School Crayon Wreath

Back-To-School Crayon Wreath

Ah, back-to-school…and so it all begins. I decided to make a wreath to fit the theme going on in our home lately. It seems as if Kimberly and I have a DIY wreath theme going on here, here, here, and here! For those who live in the SouthBay, especially Manhattan Beach, have you ever noticed how many wreaths on displayed [...]

A Celebration of Love and Family – A Bridal Shower

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This summer I co-hosted a bridal shower for my truly fantastic future sister-in-law with my mom and two other bridesmaids. You probably already know excited how I get about hosting events, but when paired up with my uber-creative mom and two other creative ladies, the sky was the limit on how we could shower this extra-special [...]

DIY Patriotic Decor

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It’s not too late to create festive and beautiful decor for your 4th of July celebration this week! Since I didn’t have the chance to decorate my house for the holiday, I decided to give my guests a patriotic first impression! To do this, I created a wreath that shouts “USA” to adorn my front [...]

Table Design For Eating Al Fresco!

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Now that it is staying lighter later and the nights are warmer we have started eating dinner “al fresco.” Dining in the fresh air while enjoying good food and wine with friends is so fun and relaxing! Creating the perfect outdoor atmosphere for dining al fresco begins with table decor. I love to use soft, [...]

Michelle’s Home Tour!

Guest Bathroom

Michelle is one impressive woman and mother of three adorable little boys! In addition to being a busy and fabulous momma, she designed every room in her house DIY style and wrote about it all on her own blog, 4Men1Lady, impressive! Michelle shared photos of her stylish Arizona home with Pier to Peer for our [...]

Ideas for Displaying and Storing Your Kids’ Artwork

Create Your Own Art Gallery Using Your Kids' Favorite Projects!

Now that school has been in session for a few months, the stack of my kids’ artwork is starting to pile up. I have gone through it and weeded out the artwork that I know they won’t miss, but I am still left with a large stack of paper and projects that I just can’t [...]