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40 Awesome DIY Decor Ideas for Your Valentine’s Day Party

DIY decorations are ideal for Valentine’s Day parties, birthdays, or whatever you might be celebrating! With the right decorations, your party will have a more festive and fun atmosphere. A wide range of Valentine-themed decorations is available, which will make accessorizing even easier! For example, a pink heart garland adds a nice touch to any table or wall in your house. You could also paint hearts to mason jars and fill them with candy. Valentine’s Day Decor Tips These are just a few ideas for decorating your house, but there are many more out there! Try looking on websites similar to Pinterest for DIY projects that would make great decorations. You could also hire a party planner to do it...

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Beginner Triathlon Training: Everything You Need to Know Before Your First Triathlon

Looking to sign up for your first triathlon? We share everything you need to know about beginner triathlon training and racing—from gear essentials and nutrition basics to mental prep and tips for hiring a coach—to help you have a successful first triathlon. This article was written by Holly Bennett, with contributions from the Triathlete editors. RELATED: Tri 101 from Triathlete Magazine What Are Your Beginner Triathlon Training and Racing Goals? As part of your intro to the sport, consider why you’re taking up triathlon to begin with and what you hope to gain from the beginner triathlon training experience. Are you motivated purely by the desire to have fun and expand your social circle? Are you looking for a fitness...

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How to Start Decluttering When You’re Overwhelmed

When you’re asking yourself how to start decluttering when you feel overwhelmed, you need the advice of a professional organizer. I understand first-hand how a busy life, a big life event or chronic health issues can lead to clutter and make it difficult to start decluttering. These 40+ tips will help you start now and make progress. I’m the mom of three, a professional organizer and have moved into 25 homes myself (thanks to the military). I truly understand how clutter sneaks up on us and how it can be such hard work to declutter. I’m a firm believer in the power of simple steps and simple strategies to conquer clutter. These more than 40 tips and encouragements really work....

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DIY Bone Pillow Sewing Tutorial

If you love sewing and want to learn a new project or just simply want to level up and improve your skills, then this is the perfect tutorial for you. This project is easy to make and very useful, you can take this bone pillow with you anywhere, especially if you love traveling. This pillow also looks adorable and super comfy to use. Sew this using scrap fabric or old clothes, or buy a really cute patterned fabric, anything would work fine. Let the talented Notches Sewing via YouTube teach us how to sew a DIY bone pillow through the instructions and video tutorial below. Materials: Ruler 3 pieces Fabrics (can be different from each other or the same) Pin...

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Finding forgiveness and $40 in the year’s final hours. But please don’t ask me about the peas.

Given my decision not to make any resolutions for the new year, I found myself rushing to get a few things done in the old one. Thus, New Year’s Eve found me sitting legs crossed on the bedroom floor in front of my dresser, little piles of clothing growing around me. At least I could have my drawers arranged so I could find a warm sweater to wear in the morning. “It’s not a resolution, but it is a nice way to start out the year,” I told myself. In order to accomplish that I had to remove stuff that I didn’t know I had. A pair of holey, as in full of holes, lavender knit gloves had apparently provided...

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