News — Halloween

Two years ago, but it seems closer to ten, a nice deputy editor for a new publication approached me to write a piece

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He had been reading me forever and was working for this company with a bunch of money invested in it, could pay pretty well and expose me to some new readers not only on the web but a print magazine he compared to Rolling Stone. I said yes and we were going back and forth about what my first piece should be, and then my mom died. Freelance gigs are usually a little stressful and all-consuming for me, but for some reason I still wanted to do it. Looking back at my emails, I was literally trying to schedule around...

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Create a layered doormat for Halloween with this easy tutorial

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If you love the layered doormat trend as much as I do, you are going to love this Halloween layered doormat DIY! With the Day of the Dead theme that we are using to decorate our yard this year, I turned a few inexpensive supplies into a layered doormat that might have to stay up even longer than just October. Layered doormats are a big trend right now. They offer your porch more design and texture than just 1 doormat. Since we have a small porch, the layered doormat covers most of the space. And it makes the space look complete,...

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