Archive of month: August 2025

The Curated Collection: For-Te Tea Lounge and Eventeur

Sponsored Content At For-Té Tea Lounge and Eventeur, you can have afternoon tea for two … or for 20. Steps from the Mississippi River, our tea lounge is the perfect venue for bridal showers, birthdays and business meetings. All deluxe packages include a three-tier tea tray, a pot of premium loose leaf tea and three […]

The Curated Collection: Glitz Girl Clique

Sponsored Content Tooth Gems by Glitz Girl Clique allows individuals’ smiles tell their story. Beauty lives in the details — and nothing matters more than feeling confident in your own skin (and sparkle). Hand-selected, high-quality tooth gems and ready-to-order 18K gold gems are more than an accessory; they’re expressions of joy, celebration and individuality. Our […]

The Curated Collection: Plato’s Closet

Sponsored Content The end of summer is a great time to clean out the closets, drag out the drawers and update your outfits for the back-to-school season. But honestly, who wants to mess with a yard sale? Plato’s Closet, a locally-owned resale shop in Cape Girardeau, pays cash for clothes on the spot, which means […]

The Curated Collection: Fox Stoneware

Sponsored Content Fox Stoneware is the creative collaboration of Sharon and Jefferson Fox, who hand throw and build every piece of pottery in their cozy Jackson, Mo., studio. From earthy dinnerware sets and travel mugs to driftwood-accented pitchers and hand-built lamps, their work marries raw, natural beauty with everyday utility. Known for showcasing at regional […]

The Curated Collection: Cape Family Medical

Sponsored Content Collecting memories is meaningful; collecting unwanted hair and dead skin cells is not. At Cape Family Beauty, our certified estheticians provide cutting-edge laser technology for hair removal, body exfoliation, extractions, skin resurfacing, tattoo removal and more. In a series of four to eight visits, noninvasive light therapy pulsates through the skin, gently breaking […]

The Curated Collection: A.G. Jones at Home

Sponsored Content A.G. Jones at Home offers a wide variety of quality flooring, accent tile, cabinetry, solid surface countertops, faucets, PPG Paints, fireplaces, grills and outdoor kitchens designed to fit any style and budget. Located in Roost Home Design Marketplace, our products fairly reflect value by balancing quality and price to maximize affordability and customer […]

Decluttering: A how-to

My first collection was a sticker book. I loved to line the pages with scratch ‘n sniff or puffy vinyl, peeling each one and putting it in its perfect place. From there, I moved on to Garbage Pail Kids, had a suitcase full of Barbie dolls and eventually a nice collection of Julia Roberts movies […]

Poem: Things I’ve Collected

By Kayla Ackelson I’ve been collecting things. The memory attached to the smell of Listerine, my grandmother’s second-floor bathroom. I think it was pink. And the time I spent in her home growing up. The ache of nostalgia for a time I didn’t experience every time I hear “America” by Simon & Garfunkel. The instinct […]

Sponsored Content: Giving Birth? Consider donating birth tissue to help others heal

What if, after giving birth to your healthy baby, you could also help heal people suffering from chronic wounds, help athletes recover from sports injuries and advance arthritis research? And all through donating birth tissue that would otherwise be thrown away. With the help of Cardinal Biologicals, a company that repurposes non-transplantable human biological material […]