Handmade Christmas Stockings

Satisfy your craving for a Christmas workshop project. Try these ideas for crafty Christmas stockings, no pattern needed. Kris Thurgood with My Girlfriend’s Quilt Shoppe has 5 modern takes on the Christmas...

Year-End Financial Assessment

As the year is drawing to a close and you take inventory of what has happened this year, don’t forget to check your finances. Your financial advisor is doing a good job for you if he is addressing several issues...

Do Fitness Infomercials Really Work?

With all the fitness infomercial hype telling you what to buy this holiday season, promising you tight toned arms, abs, and thighs, it is hard to know what to buy and you often wonder if these products do what they...

Bars Fantastic

Chocolate chips, caramel, toffee, white chocolate and walnuts…these cookie bars truly live up to their name.
Brenda Hopkins, Lion House head baker, shows you how to make Bars Fantastic.

The New Acrylic Nail: “Dip It”

Traditionally acrylic nails have been the go-to product to fake a perfectly shaped and polished nail. But a new nail option is changing the fake nail look and process. Nail technician Mable Bailey explains the new...

The Ruffle Tree Skirt

I needed a new tree skirt this year, so after searching to the ends of the earth I realized that there is absolutely NOTHING out there that I liked! So I made my own what do you think? I very much wish that I could take...

Choosing the Right Fit

It’s an instant way to lose some pounds – and it has nothing to do with what you eat! Studio 5 Beauty and Style Contributor Holly Stone breaks down how to choose the right fitting pants, shirts, and more...

How to Enjoy Socializing

For many the idea of having a company or family party does not sound much like a party at all. Instead, it really sounds more like torture. How do you take on the daunting social agenda that accompanies the holidays...