And the Oscar goes to...

While the Academy was casting their ballots, we were casting our predictions.  Hope you enjoyed the Oscars.  If you hosted a party, we want to know how it turned out.  If you made your own predictions, we want to know that too!  Were your predictions  correct?   We managed to get none correct.  So now we're taking an in depth look at  the winners of the Best Costume Design category.

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It's award season and the Oscars are upon us.  The Oscars will air on February 28th.  Will you be hosting an Oscar party?  For your 2016 Oscar party ideas, The Food Network has a few creative ideas to get you started.

While we won't be entertaining any parties, we ARE interested in the fashion.  We're making our 2016 Oscar Predictions in the Leading and Supporting Role categories, then telling you how to make a few of the Oscar nominees' past looks (similar to ourGrammy predictions).  So with no further adieu . . .

The 2016 New York Fashion Week recently wrapped up and we curated a list of our top dress picks from the designer collections.

""Last year rocked. This year rocked even harder." Photo used under Creative Commons from Matt Westgate

Another day, another blog post.   If you're  not careful, writing so many posts can become monotonous for your readers.  One of the common issues for bloggers is coming up with fresh ideas to keep readers intrigued while increasing website traffic, to empower your business.  This week, we're sharing a video that should help in your goal of creating and revitalizing your content.  Are there any tips you can share for creating great content?  Let us know in the comments below.

For one of our previous Video Of The Week posts, Joy Macdonell gave us tips and tricks for sewing with specialty fabrics.  This week, we're sharing another of her videos.  This time she gives tips for sewing with denim.  If you've ever wondered how the inner seam in your jeans is made, check out this video.  Joy explains that it's called a flat felled seam, and shows exactly how it's made.