Azure-Malachite and Silver Beaded Charm Bracelet

Glossy magazines have something e-readers never will: crisp, saturated pages you can repurpose in this genius way. Flip through old issues and snip parts of images containing colors and patterns you like. Then, turn your clippings into these bead-like toppers.

To mimic icy branches, we used acrylic tubing and wintry blue beads.

If you like to live on the bright side, dress up your colorful patterned plates with matte-finish flatware and a charming bow topper: Cinch a napkin in the middle using a playful elastic adorned with wooden beads. Add a circle name tag for each guest to round out the look.

Colorful beaded bracelets have signaled summer for as long as the coolest counselors at camp have been stacking them up their wrists.

Nothing says 2gether 4ever like a friendship bracelet, and this technique is so speedy, you can weave one for every member of your inner circle.

Tell recipients of these gorgeously textured accessories that you relied on kumihimo (translation: gathered threads), the ancient Japanese braiding technique, to create them.

Timeless and unchanging, some of the largest Christmas markets have called Europe home for centuries—but there are a few other nostalgic spots to visit in other areas, too.

Set aside the idea that every wreath needs to be circular; it can certainly start out that way, and then trail off.

Give us your delicate dinner plates, your tarnished silver, your smudged stemware. We'll show you how to make them shine and sparkle, right in time for the season of celebration.

Keep your silver, gold, and baubles sparkling—sans tarnishes—with these practical tips.