North Sea Soap Business Competing In Martha Stewart Contest

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Vito Gentile’s and Peter Beston’s Christmas tree at their home in East Quogue. MICHELLE TRAURING

Vito Gentile’s and Peter Beston’s Christmas tree at their home in East Quogue. MICHELLE TRAURING

Choose a plain balsam wreath from a garden center. SHAYE WEAVER

Choose a plain balsam wreath from a garden center. SHAYE WEAVER

Students work on their wreaths at LongHouse. SHAYE WEAVER

Students work on their wreaths at LongHouse. SHAYE WEAVER

Catherine Paez with her famiy’s Christmas tree in Southampton. MICHELLE TRAURING

Catherine Paez with her famiy’s Christmas tree in Southampton. MICHELLE TRAURING

Irene and Florence Rewinski show the before and after. Find the top of your wreath, which depends on how you'd like it to hang, and string a long, sturdy wire around the base and hang it up. SHAYE WEAVER

Irene and Florence Rewinski show the before and after. Find the top of your wreath, which depends on how you'd like it to hang, and string a long, sturdy wire around the base and hang it up. SHAYE WEAVER

authorErin McKinley on Sep 4, 2013
An artist at heart, North Sea resident Deborah O’Shaughnessy said this week she looks at everything she does with an artistic eye. That love for detail, and for highlighting the... more

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