Dorothy the Organizer
Dorothy Breininger is taking your questions about keeping things organized and tidy. She explains that living in an organized home helps create a stress-free environment. She recommends using baggies to help organize old photos and laying them out by category or getting those photos into the digital world using the Association of Personal Photo Organizers. She also shows you how to organize your crafting room, using shelving units. Finally, she suggests looking into binders to help keep all your medical and financial forms in one neatly stored place.
Nicole Ari Parker
Actress Nicole Ari Parker stops by Home & Family to talk about her character on the Fox series, “Empire,” and shares what you can expect with an exciting highlight from the drama. She opens up on what it was like marrying Boris Kodjoe in a storybook wedding in his native Austria.
Attracting Birds and Butterflies to Your Garden
Naturalist David Mizejewski is giving you tips on how to grow your own wildlife habitat garden. For starters, make sure you are offering food through native plants. He introduces you to plants that provide nectar for bees, hummingbirds, caterpillars and butterflies. He also shows you how to make your own butterfly fruit feeder and bath.
DIY Sports Totes
Orly Shani is updating her tote bags with this fashionable DIY for sports’ fans. She points out that when she attends sporting events for her kids, she carries all types of supplies in her tote bags and this DIY is a great way to differentiate which bag goes to what game. Using fabric paint and a cut out pattern, she makes her bags resemble soccer balls, basketballs and baseballs. She cautions you to avoid using puff paint because it won’t last as long as the fabric paint.