Dear Heloise: I hate lavish weddings. They’re usually too loud, too crowded and too expensive. Asking people to pay to see ...

I buy pretty holiday-themed cloth on sale. I then make simple rectangular bags in a variety of sizes and sew a ribbon on the ...

We’ve received hundreds of letters concerning weddings where the bride and groom want to charge people to attend. Apparently, ...

I, too, had no idea who was calling me — whether it was a “friend or foe” so to speak. I have a Samsung phone, and ...

I have a hint for reusing Christmas cards. When my children were young, we would take the Christmas cards that we had received, and they would cut out circles using a wide-mouthed canning ring. Then ...

I have two thermal mugs. One is for coffee, and one is for tea. They can’t be used in the microwave or in the dishwasher. To ...

Dear Heloise: What a great hint in your column about sending letters and postcards to kids, including little thank-you notes. It was especially important that the reader said not to expect or demand a ...

Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a hole, the plaster surface will splinter, creating ...

Times have changed so much in regard to weddings, but common sense sure shouldn't change. How on earth would someone think ...

DEAR HELOISE: I’m writing in today for my father; I am his daughter. My father is not a computer person and still reads the newspaper everyday with his morning or afternoon coffee. He’s turning 91 and ...