Online Shopping Tip: Where are the butterflies?

No matter what season we are in, we always seem to sell a lot of butterflies. For as many as we sell, the butterflies are not in the easiest p...  Read more

Tip of the Day: How long should Christmas lights last?

As usual, the Tip of the Day comes courtesy of a customer question. They wanted to know how long a standard string of Christmas lights should ...  Read more

Online Shopping Tip: Where are the birds, birdhouses, nests, and eggs?

I was going over our visitor log and noticed there were quite a few searches for birds and birdhouses. To make it easier for everyone, I decid...  Read more

Warehouse vs. Online: Is Everything Online?

Yesterday, as I was working in the San Diego warehouse, the phone rang and I answered. The person on the line had never been into one of our w...  Read more

Tip of the Day: Quick fix to Wrinkled Ribbon

Have you ever been on an event site and pulled out your ribbon to make a bow and found that it had gotten crushed and wrinkled during transport...  Read more

Update on Site Technical Problems

If you missed the post last weekend, we have been experiencing some technical issues around the site. Most of it was behind the scenes administrat...  Read more

Online Shopping Tip: Where are the pinecones?

Take a step into our warehouses and you will notice our changeover into Fall and Christmas themes. Our Christmas trees are up, lit, and decora...  Read more

Tip of the Day: Cooking Spray as Candleholder Cleaner

Here is the situation. You have burned a votive candle in a holder. Only needing the candle to be lit for a few hours, you extinguish it. Le...  Read more

Drinking From A Skull This Halloween?

...Maybe eating candy from a mummy's head? Halloween is loved by many because it's spooky, because you get to be someone else for a night, an...  Read more

Tip of the Day: Another Chenille Stem Use

Chenille stems have quite a number of uses. Also called "pipe cleaners", they are used in quite a variety of different displays because of the...  Read more