Our Favorite Stylish Holiday Ornaments for 2012

Jay Johnson - We're decking the halls around our apartment, getting ready for a visit to Manhattan next week's from our daughter Meredith, wife Chriss, and mother-in-law Rita ... with our six-month-old grandson Oliver (below). We can't wait!

I thought it would be fun to put on my home decor and style hat today and share with you some of the stylish holiday ornaments Design2Share thought any home decorating lover would enjoy, like West Elm's Elaborate Chandelier Ornament (top photo) and Pottery Barn's Fluted Glass Tealight Holder Ornament (first photo, below) which would look great with a little electric candle inside. Click on any ornament photo for more information.

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Last-Minute Recipes for Halloween Cupcakes

Irwin Weiner ASID - We know you're scrambling to find a few easy-to-make goodies for your upcoming Halloween party this weekend, or in a few days when Halloween hits us in the middle of the week. (Don't you just hate it when that happens?) In the following video, you'll see how to make Tombstone or Graveyard Brownies.

This recipe comes from YouTuber Sara Parker, whose 31 Days of Halloween videos include many wonderful ideas for costumes and parties and decor and recipes to help celebrate the spooky side of our holiday. Here's her Tombstone Brownies recipe.

WHAT YOU NEED

Powder sugar
Green food coloring
Brownie, Ding Dongs, or Chocolate Sponge Cake
Grahahm Cracker or Shortbread Biscuit
Chocolate letters
Nutella
Plastic skeleton

HOW TO DO IT

1. Mix Sugar Powder and "Green" food coloring with a tiny bit of water or use green frosting/icing.
2. Use brownie or ding dongs or choclate cake as the base.
3. Use Graham Cracker or Shortbread Biscuit as tombstone, make edges a bit rounder.
4. Cut a gap for the tombstone in the brownie. Place the tombstone.
5. Write something on the tombstone e.g. name of the person you invited. I used premade chocolate letters and used nutella to glue them on. You can use a sugar powder to write on it, too.
6. Add the green sugar powder mix as grass. Let it dry.
7. Make a hole for your skeleton and place it in there. Leave some dirt around it. I cut off the legs of the plastic skeleton.
8. Enjoy!

In the next recipe, YouTuber and cupcake lover Tammy, alias Yoyomax12, gives us her take on a Broken Glass Cupcake. Watch the video, and then afterwards you'll see how she found this recipe and the process.

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7 Easter Decorations and Tabletop Delights for Your Home

Irwin Weiner ASID - I had to ask my partner Jay about Easter celebrations; what did I know, growing up as a good Jewish boy in South Africa? He and I are with my family right now in Cape Town, getting ready to celebrate Passover and Easter. We thought it would be appropriate to showcase some of our favorite Spring holiday decorations and tabletop while wishing all our readers a wonderful time with family and friends. Click on each photo for more product information.

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Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings from Design2Share

Irwin Weiner ASID - I want to thank everyone who's been stopping by our websites for their support and good cheer ... and everyone at Design2Share and Irwin Weiner Interiors wishes you and your family a wonderful holiday season. As Nashville singer Preston Leatherman sings in the following Internet viral video sensation (thanks to Mariah Carey, of course), "all I want for Christmas is YOU."

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