It started before Halloween. Memes were popping up on Facebook saying so many days until Thanksgiving, this many weeks until Christmas, that many days before Black Friday or New Year’s or whatever. I even saw one in early fall talking about how many days it was until summer! Stop it. Please. I don’t care how […]
Cute Cards Made Simple (and Cheap, Too!)
I’m an affiliate for Tiny Prints. If you buy something through this post they’ll send me money. But I use them and like them, too. Last year around this time I was in the market for some new business cards. I’d just revamped my website, and was going to a fancy conference, so I felt […]
Build Your Own Snowman Felt Play Kit
Every year for Christmas I try to craft something for the kids in the girl’s class, because it’s fun and I like the idea that the kids will get at least one handmade thing for the holidays. This year it was a felt play kit that allows them to make and remake a snowman. I […]
Finish Your Holiday Shopping with an Uncommon Goods Giveaway
I keep seeing people on Facebook bragging about being done with their Christmas shopping. I guess it’s not really bragging when there are fewer than 20 days to go, but still, it feels like bragging when I’ve bought all of three presents. From the same site. For the same person. We’re not huge on Christmas […]
Find Gifts for Friends with Fligoo
Note: Fligoo reached out to me and asked me to try their service in exchange for some cash to buy a gift. But all opinions are of course my own. Buying gifts for people can be hard. Especially when you’re shopping for people you don’t see often — family members, say — or whose taste […]
Five Gifts to Give Yourself This Holiday Season
No matter how hard we try to make it less so, the holiday season always seems to end up being stressful, whether because of overloaded schedules, expectations or pressures that everything be Pinterest perfect. With that in mind I wanted to share five gifts that I hope you will try to give yourself this holiday […]
Melissa & Doug Terrific 25 List and Giveaway
Note: Melissa and Doug didn’t compensate me in any way for this post. I am an affiliate and there are affiliate links in this post. But I also love them. We have a lot of Melissa and Doug toys. Melissa and Doug is one of my go-to brands when it comes to gifts for my […]