FYI DIY If you're looking for homemade-gift ideas with a tad of sophistication, textile designer Sarah Kusa will teach how to make your own hand-printed linens at her holiday make-and-take class. The $45 cost includes the tote bag and pair of dishcloths you'll make. Sessions are available at 7 p.m. Friday, or 1 p.m. Saturday at Kusa's studio, 130 N. Howell St., St. Paul. Sign up at studio@sarahkusa.com or learn more at www.sarahkusa.com. If you're not the DIY type, Kusa's hand-printed linens are available at Etsy.com or the Textile Center in Minneapolis.
MARTHA BUNS
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Get inspired by the mantels, tabletops and room vignettes trimmed to the nines for Gabberts Holiday Open House, which ends today. There's also a free seminar on "Entertaining With Flair" at 1 p.m. The open house includes refreshments and holiday music. Reservations requested for the seminar. Gabberts, 70th St. and France Av. S., Edina. Call 952-928-3123 or go to www.gabberts.com.
LYNN UNDERWOOD
WE SPOTTED IT Want to learn how to turn an old cabinet into a cool retro bar? Check out local DIY website Curbly, which has launched a new Web series this fall called "Get Nested With Meg Allan Cole." Cole, known to the online DIY community from her "Decor it Yourself" videos, kicks off the new series with a how-to walk-through for the bar project, complete with retro chevron paint job. To check it out, visit curbly.com/megallancole/posts/9271-how-to-convert-a-secondhand-cabinet-into-a-bar.
KIM PALMER
SHARE YOUR HOLIDAY HEIRLOOM Do you have a favorite seasonal decoration that you display year after year? Or a decorating ritual that has special meaning to you? Tell us about it. Send a few sentences and a snapshot to: kim.palmer@startribune.com. Or mail them to Kim Palmer, Star Tribune Newsroom, 425 Portland Av. S., Minneapolis, MN 55488. We'll feature the best responses in an upcoming story.
KIM PALMER
