I heard about this great magazine “House of Fifty” from a fellow blogger Lauren Liess, Pure Style Home. The magazine released an app yesterday for the iPhone and iPad. The App is free, however, each issue is .99 cents. Their magazines are published quarterly. The...

Here are my final photos in the High Point Market Fall series. ~ Owen Mortensen ~ | Owen Mortensen ~ “Stand Above the Rest” (these are pressed and dried flowers) One of my favorite exhibitors | |Owen Mortensen ~ “Choosing Sides” (cute title) |   |...

Here is the next series of photos from High Point. I forgot to mention in Part I of my High Point blog that I took all the photos with my new iPhone 4s. With the 8 Megapixel camera the resolution is fabulous. I was shocked at the quality of the photos. I didn’t even have to...

Many of our family members have served in our military. In fact, both my mom, my dad, my brother and my sister-in-law served in the Air Force. Jerry’s dad was a Ranger in the Army and my Grandfather served in the Army. One of Casey’s grandfather’s served as a...

|Haute House ~ Tufted headboards were everywhere | High Point Furniture Market was busier than ever this fall. Since Minutes Matter is in the Suites of Market Square I couldn’t help but notice that almost all three floors were full of exhibitors. We’re on the ground...

  I watched the recording for Sherwin-Williams 2012 Color Forecast webinar that was held this week and loved the color palettes.  I did a screenshot of one of the images they presented during the Reds segment. Can you believe this is actually a headboard in a hotel? What a...

Do you ever play phone tag when trying to schedule appointments with your clients? We’ve got a great solution for you. A couple months ago, we signed up for an online appointment scheduler called TimeTrade. We absolutely love how easy it is for our customers/clients to make...

Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies I listened to a great webinar today hosted by Gail Dody with Design Success University presented by Amy Porterfield. The subject was marketing with Facebook. Amy is a very engaging down to earth speaker. Visit her on Facebook and like her...

Have you seen these funny looking squares that resemble a computer chip and wondered what the heck? You’ve probably noticed them on printed materials you’re receiving in the mail. They’re showing up everywhere! Or, you might have even noticed them on a few...

How to decide to pay and reimburse yourself can be a difficult question, especially when you first open your business. Almost all new businesses have to re-invest most of their profit back into the business. Think about how much it would cost to replace yourself doing the tasks...