Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Venus Williams Interview

The tennis champion and designer, Venus Williams sits down with Mark and Debbie to talk about her iconic career and her brand-new fashion line, “EleVen,” which represents pushing your limits and achieving your best. She participates in every aspect of the business, including having a say in colors, prints and fabrics, even implementing her own sketches. After her interview and fashion show, Venus stays to cook healthy butternut squash with sage and butter.

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Get more from Venus at ElevenByVenus.com

Marc Blucas Interview

The actor visits Home & Family to talk about his new movie, “Operation Christmas,” which premieres on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on November 20th at 9/8c. He loved being in this movie because it shows the emotional and personal side of military life. In the film, he gets to demonstrate some of his skiing skills. Aside from acting, Marc has been staying busy restoring his 1711 Pennsylvania farmhouse with his family.

World Vision Animal Gifts

Christine Connolly Bell of World Vision is here to introduce you to the program that allows you to gift an animal to a family in need. After all, one healthy goat can give up to 16 cups of milk a day. World Vision’s catalog is filled with over 100 gifts with different prices ranges. Don’t forget that on November 29th you can participate in “Giving Tuesday,” where every single donation will be matched by World Vision.

Get more at WorldVision.org

Dorie Greenspan Bakes

The chef is in the kitchen to show Home & Family to bake pfefferneusse. One of the key ingredients in the bite-sized cookies is dry mustard, which helps enhance all the other flavors. An extra tip is adding all the flour at once and to mix it on low.

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Caring for Indoor Plants

Shirley Bovshow is here to show give some helpful tips on how to care for indoor plants. This includes removing all brown stems in your plants, fully immerse your plant in water for 30 minutes to revitalize and use Green Plant Tie Velcro to hold plants to stakes.

Get more from Shirley at EdenMakers.com

Holiday Party Sanity

Lifestyle expert Fran Berger breaks down your top five must-have list items for your holiday party. This includes serving utensils, wood salad bowls, cheeseboard, cheese knives, libations (with plenty of ice) and serving trays. Don’t forget to plan for your party at least three days ahead of time so you don’t panic.

Get more from Fan at FranBerger.com

Converting Boys’ Clothes to Girls’ Clothes

Orly Shani is showing you some simple steps to convert your boys’ baby clothes to girls’ baby clothes, tips that will come in handy for new mom Kristen Smith. Adding ruffles, bows and even flowers will make the outfits more feminine. Orly recommends staying away from glues that can come off as the baby chews on their clothing items.

Alzheimers Awareness

Home Instead’s VP of Strategic Parnterships, Mary Alexander talks about Hilarity for Charity, an event that has raised over 1.7 million dollars for Alzheimers. She is joined by family caregiver, Kelli Viramontes who discusses caring for her own mother who was diagnosed with the disease and describes how she applied for a grant to help her with resources.

Get more information at HomeInstead.com

Ask the Family

The family members gather around to answer your questions.