Better Homes and Gardens and BHG.com Launch 100 Days of Holidays with Halloween Costume Ideas, Pumpkin Carving Patterns and More
Holiday program offers free recipes, party themes, decorating ideas, craft projects, slide shows, email newsletters, how to videos, online courses and photo contests
New York, NY (PRWEB) -- Better Homes and Gardens magazine and BHG.com launched 100 Days of Holidays
today with Halloween costume ideas, pumpkin carving patterns and other
interactive tools. The holiday program also offers hundreds of free
recipes, party themes, decorating ideas, craft projects, slide shows,
email newsletters, how to videos, online courses and photo contests to
the magazine's readers, the home and family site's visitors, as well as
food blogs, craft blogs, cooking blogs and mom blogs.
BHG.com Senior Holidays Editor Debra Steilen said, "This year's 100
Days of Holidays program will be our largest and most exciting ever.
We've got more than 400 new slide shows, free recipes, craft projects,
and decorating ideas; 100 daily email newsletters; 50 new how to
videos; five fun new interactive tools; three online courses; new photo
contests; and more partner participation. And we're reaching out to
bloggers as well as to our readers and visitors to ensure that everyone
enjoys great holidays without the hassle."
The 100 Days of Holidays program, which begins today and runs through January 1, 2009, includes the following new features:
- More than 400 new free recipes (starting with Halloween recipes),
party themes, craft projects, decorating ideas, slide shows, and
feature stories. Readers, visitors and bloggers will be inspired with
the absolute best from The Better Homes and Gardens editors and
designers. The number of slides per show have been doubled or tripled,
in some cases.
- 100 daily email newsletters from Sept. 24 to
Jan. 1 offer delicious holiday recipes, easy crafts, and captivating
decorating projects for all holidays. Beautiful photos and step-by-step
directions take users from simple ideas to celebrations - without the
stress.
- 50 new how to videos by BHG.com contributors Evette
Rios and Sandra Lee show easy and fun projects for the holidays,
ranging from creative pumpkin carving, ghoulish Halloween parties,
memorable Thanksgiving centerpieces, simple and beautiful Christmas
cookies, gingerbread-house secrets, and inspiring holiday decorations.
This includes Quick, Easy and Inexpensive Kid's Costume: Static Cling and Cool Halloween Pumpkin.
- Five fun new interactive tools launch today, except Create-a-Cookie, which debuts on Oct. 31.
- Halloween Costume Ideas features a gallery of the best new Halloween costumes, both retail and hand-made, for everyone in the family - including pets.
- Pumpkin Carving Patterns
provides a stencil maker that let users carve a virtual pumpkin, and
then print out the template to try at home. Users can also e-mail their
virtual jack-o'-lanterns to friends and family, print them as beautiful
cards, see other users' pumpkins, and get exclusive new Better Homes
and Gardens stencils.
- Make-a-Snowflake, which immediately
grew to become BHG.com's most popular holiday tool ever when it
launched last year, has an all-new look for 2008. It's easy to create
gorgeous snowflakes, and then watch them drift down from the sky. Users
can share their snowflakes, print them as greeting cards, and see and
comment on other users' artistry.
- Gift Gallery has hundreds
of all-new options that make it easy for users to find unique gifts for
people of all ages and interests, from babies to grandparents.
- Create-a-Cookie
turns users into virtual bakers by letting them pick various cookie
shapes, then choosing fun decorating techniques to create the coolest
cookies ever. Users can e-mail their cookies to friends and family,
print them as beautiful cards, and see other users' creations.
- Three
online courses (Thanksgiving: Everything You Need, 12 Days of Holiday
Baking, and Holiday Decorating) make it easy for users to get ready for
the major holidays by bringing targeted ideas and instructions to their
in-boxes.
- New photo contests let users can share their
favorite holiday photos, and see and vote for images from others. Top
vote-getters can win everything from flip video cameras to $2,000 worth
of furniture from the extensive Better Homes and Gardens collection.
- More
partner participation in this year's 100 Days pf Holidays, which is
also appearing on Parents.com, MSNBC.com, and ATT.com, will enable the
holiday program to reach millions more users.
Steilen added, "Our friends in Meredith's Special Interest Media
contributed more help and content this year than ever before. For even
more depth of coverage, BHG.com sister site Parents.com, also
participated in content creation for this year's program. And we're
reaching out to food blogs, craft blogs, cooking blogs and mom blogs to
get involved, too."
About BHG.com:
Developed by the experts at Better Homes and Gardens, BHG.com
is the premiere home and family site on the Web, and the interactive
companion to Better Homes and Gardens magazine. BHG.com is for people
interested in turning home, cooking, and gardening inspiration into
action.
BHG.com is focused on decorating, building and remodeling, crafts,
entertaining, cooking, and gardening. It also has extensive information
for women and families. In addition to providing useful tools and
advice, BHG.com's trusted experts keep visitors up to the minute with
information on the latest developments and trends around home and
garden. BHG.com was designed with real people in mind. It has
easy-to-use interactive tools, clear visuals, step-by-step
instructions, and money-saving suggestions. It makes life easier and
more enjoyable.
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