Posts Tagged ‘gifts’

Are you short on time? Are you short on energy? Are you short on cash? Are you tired of standing in line after line after line….? OK, so you’re all raising your hands by now, right? I figured that with only 15 days until Christmas Day we might all be looking for a few quick, simple, and inexpensive gifts to finish up our last-minute holiday shopping. Here are just a few of my favorites — now get busy! Gift Wrap [...]

Thanks to all of you who entered to win The Time Keeper daily planner from Starla over at Well Kept Life. This was such a fun giveaway — not only because I had a great time reading all the different ways you keep track of your daily responsibilities, but also because I know the winner will be truly blessed by this wonderful planner. I can’t wait for January so I can start using mine! With that said; the winner is: Congrats Leslie!!! Please [...]

Guest post from Melanie of Unique Holiday Gift Ideas.  Its hard enough for my children to keep their things neat all year long but when Christmas comes along, the pile of new things to find a place for can be overwhelming to say the least! For this reason,  I greatly appreciate friends and relatives who choose gifts that don’t take up space…or only take up space for a short time and then are used up! If you are buying or making [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about clutter free gifts {again!} No, I’m not a scrooge and I don’t hate gifts — but I do hate all the needless clutter and overspending that seems to accompany every holiday season. Last year, Dave and I gave {and received} plenty of great gifts, but one thing we decided to give everyone on our list was a donation {made out in their name} to the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee {CRWRC}. We felt this was a great organization to [...]

We live in a small home with limited storage space so I’m always conscious of how much “stuff” we bring  in. Anything we don’t need, use, or love has to go. Period. Over the holidays, I try to maintain our clutter-free lifestyle as much as possible, but believe me; it’s difficult for someone who loves giving gifts as much as I do! So, I compromise by giving everyone on my list at least one clutter-free gift. This ways,I can still show my loved ones [...]

Have you ever tried apple butter? If not, you are missing out on one of life’s greated condiments! OK, well maybe that’s a little extreme, but take it from someone who loves apples as much as I do — which is a lot — this recipe is to die for! If you’ve never tried apple butter, let me inform you about it’s deliciousness: To date, this is the best recipe I’ve found. There is no butter in Apple Butter! Apple [...]

Don’t you just love looking through magazines and seeing gorgeous pictures of perfectly organized spaces like this amazing Gift Wrapping Station featured in Country Home Magazine?? Talk about eye candy! Photo: Country Living OK, so maybe your gift wrap isn’t so creatively organized — {but isn’t it lovely!} I suppose it wouldn’t be difficult to create a gift wrapping station like this; however, it would require that you have an extra room {or at least a spare wall} in your home — and I know [...]

Want to know how I save time, energy, money and stress? I practice Holiday Batch Shopping — and it works for me! –> NOTE: even if you aren’t interested in saving time, energy, stress, or money you should still keep reading because there are cookies below! What is Batch Shopping? Basically, batch shopping is just like batch cooking. But instead of making a bunch of food all at the same time, you do a bunch of shopping {in this case, your [...]

Last weekend, my husband and I celebrated his parents 30th wedding anniversary.  It happened to be the same day as our nephew’s {and their grandson’s} baptism so we didn’t have anything huge planned; just an afternoon together as a family. Dave and I wanted to come up with a creative and fun gift {since they really don’t need anything} and after a bunch of great ideas from my Facebook and Twitter followers, we came up with… 30 Pearls of Wisdom: [...]

You know how much I love to can jam…any kind of jam…right? Well, I do! I also love to give jam {and other foods I preserve} as fun gifts for Christmas, birthdays, teacher appreciation, etc. When I give canned food as gifts, I like to pair it with homemade bread, pita chips, crackers, etc. and use fabric toppers and fun tags to decorate the jars. It’s just a simple step that I feel makes the whole gift look more “thoughtful” and pulled [...]