HomeGoods Gift Guide 2012

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Easy Holiday Decor

{Photo credit: Martha Stewart}

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Vintage Garage Chicago and DIY Trunk Show Team Up for a Shop Locally Weekend 11.17-11.18

Vintage Garage

The Vintage Garage Holiday Trunk Show

When: November 17th and 18th from 11 a.m. untl 6 p.m.

Where: Storefront at Granville and Broadway.

More information is available at:
www.vintagegaragechicago.com

The DIY Trunk Show

When: November 17 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Where: 5917 North Broadway

More information is available at: diytrunkshow.com

EDGEWATER–It just got easier to buy locally for the holidays. That’s
because the Vintage Garage Chicago Holiday Trunk Show and the DIY
Trunk Show have coordinated efforts making a one-trip shop stop in
Edgewater possible.

The popular Vintage Garage will move indoors for the Vintage Garage
Holiday Trunk Show November 17-18. Located just a few blocks from the
summer market location, the two-day Vintage Garage Holiday Trunk Show
will provide enough clothing, jewelry, furniture, advertising
memorabilia, games, appliances, glassware and electronics to get you
through the winter.

Also on November 17 and about one block from the Vintage Garage
Holiday Trunk Show, the DIY Trunk Show produced by Chicago Craft Mafia
will showcase diverse talent offering handmade arts, crafts, goods,
and endeavors of all kinds.

“Here are two great opportunities in close proximity that make it easy
to go the extra mile to provide unique holiday gifts,” says Melissa
Sands of Vintage Promotions, LLC, producer of the Vintage Garage
Holiday Trunk Show. “Plus you’ll know your purchases are helping local
people and the local economy.”

Promoters also point out that shopping local, repurposing, buying
locally made goods and buying re-marketed goods are all green
activities.

How-To: Crayon Melted Pumpkin

Crayon Melted Pumpkin (credit: Robin Wulf – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

What you need:

– large white pumpkin (real or faux)

- Tacky Glue

– 16-20 crayons

– Hair dryer

– Surface cover or trash bags

Prep: Remove all the labels from your crayons.  Break them in half.

Set up your work area with newspaper or trash bags. If possible to do outside. it’s recommended.

How-To (Hair Dryer):

Crayon Melted Pumpkin (credit: Robin Wulf – Poor Girl’s Guide Chicago)

1. Glue your crayons in place with the tacky glue or glue gun. Glue is needed to grab the curved surface. Use wherever needed to hold the crayon in place.

2. Place your crayons around the pumpkin. You can either choose to do this all at the same time, then wait to heat or heat as you go. This depends on if you want to see the look as you go, or you know the desired outcome of colors and combinations.

3. Apply heat on high using a hair dryer. The wax tends to splatter, the higher the temperature. If you’re getting too much splatter, lower the heat.  It takes a little under a minute for each of the crayons to melt and drip.

 

How-To (Candle) – Credit Robin Wulf:

1.  Unwrap wrappers of crayons
2.  Place newspaper under pumpkin
3.  Light a small to medium size candle (for these I used long skinny tapers from IKEA)
4. Tilt your lit candle to the side in one hand and end of crayon directly to the flame in the other over top of pumpkin. (for a more kid friendly version use a hair dryer method above instead of candle)
5.  Rotate crayon all around pumpkin as you watch it mix with the candle and crayon wax over top onto the sides of pumpkin, keep moving pumpkin around to drip crayon wax to all the area you want covered
6. Repeat with each color can keep reusing each color to add more color to pumpkin.

Have fun trying different color combinations, plastic spiders, goggly eyes, glitter and more!

Fall Trends – From Runway to Home

Now that we’ve had a chance to take-in the eye-catching and awe-inspiring looks from the Fall fashion shows – we want to share some of the top trends that can be incorporated in your home.

From prints to era pieces and the hottest in fall color trends, HomeGoods has plenty of products to get you inspired to decorate for autumn, and with its ever-expanding, assortment, you’ll be eager to add eclectic pieces to your home all year long. HomeGoods can help you integrate fashion-forward, fun pieces into your home with prices that make the styles a cinch to follow. Here are some of our must-have fall picks:

PRINTS: Be bold; be bright; be busy. This fall, it’s time to welcome in patterns.

REPTILE PRINT: There’s no “scaling” back on animal prints this season.

 
BAROQUE: Ornate and embellished, these dramatic era prints and accents are grandeur standouts.
 
BURGUNDY:The official color of the season makes a deep impact no matter where you place in the home.
 
SHARP BLACK & WHITE: Feeling gray about other color pairings? Stick to this classic, crisp coupling.

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