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At the Modge Podge Boutique and Design Center in Downtown St. Joseph, owner Casey Wallerstedt turns boring into fabulous with her unique fabric designs, clothing, jewelry and accessories.  ... Read more

Josephine Blog

Guests at the royal wedding started a fashion buzz around the world with their fascinating fasinators. But the Josephine staff was already in the know thanks to our editor, Jess. She brought one back from a trip to New Orleans then received this feathered fasinator for Mother’s Day. Her 4-year-old daughter was so pleased when Jess wore it to work. So were we!  ... Read more

Average Joe

Men and women cannot be friends. Can’t do it. The idea that heterosexual men and women are able to have a pure, platonic relationship is a myth.  ... Read more

Getting Real

I took the plunge and got rid of my home phone. It was a tough decision to switch from my always-faithful landline phone to a shiny new cell phone, but I just didn’t think I was important enough to have two phones. Plus, I had a hard time trying to remember all of those numbers.  ... Read more

Meal Time

In the San Francisco foodie world years ago, we used to joke about the trend to list many ingredients for one dish on a menu. And why? It’s certainly easy to ruin a recipe with “too much stuff.” Simplicity in food, as in life, can be a good thing.  ... Read more
At the Modge Podge Boutique and Design Center in Downtown St. Joseph, owner Casey Wallerstedt turns boring into fabulous with her unique fabric designs, clothing, jewelry and accessories.  ... Read more

Tammy Flowers’ life has been a lesson on the transformative power of education.  ... Read more

The key to a perfect getaway is simple: Plan ahead, and do your homework.  ... Read more

Do you have trouble remembering names? Following directions? Recalling where you put your car keys?  ... Read more

To regift or not to regift? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of really bad gifts, or to take arms against a sea of junk, and by regifting them, end them.  ... Read more

It’s our largest organ so we should take good care of it, but our skin usually takes the brunt of our bad habits, and it shows. Many factors can cause your skin to look dull and lifeless, but thankfully there are ways to freshen up your complexion and bring back a healthy glow.  ... Read more

Between sunny vacations, A/C bills, concert tours and ice cream runs, summer is usually the season that’s hardest on our bank accounts. But it doesn’t have to be. Use these money-saving tips this summer, and you shouldn’t be strapped for cash by the time September rolls around.  ... Read more

Spillers, fillers and thrillers are three words you’ll want to remember when planting this summer.  ... Read more

Home decor faux pas and fashion don’ts often share the same roots: colors and patterns.  ... Read more

The joking starts as soon as the Lembkes sit down to dinner. Brea, 16, drops hints about what Benton High School’s prom decorations will look like. She ribs her older sister, Ella, 18, about how her year didn’t spend as much time on the decorations as the current junior class. Adriana, 14, can’t go to prom yet, but she’d appreciate the decor Brea says, because it looks like a scene from the “Footloose” remake. The girls’ mother, Melissa, says she’ll help decorate the day of the dance and then sneak into chaperone. The older girls are quick to shoot down that idea. Their father, Doug, just shakes his head.  ... Read more

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