Grab your scissors! – this is an easy one! Download and print these Kids’ Valentine Mini Cards for the children to hand out at school or preschool. Perfect for teachers, coaches, family and friends. Download Kids’ Valentine Mini Cards Patterned Just print and cut. These were designed for children, but they would go well in […]
Best Valentine’s Day Present for Stay-at-Home Moms
Valentine’s Day comes only once every year, but many husbands still spend more time thinking about what to buy their wife than seeing what the best Valentine’s Day present for her would be. What would be the best Valentine’s Day gift you ask? Stay-at-Home Moms Let’s begin with what your stay-at-home wife and mother does […]
Toasting our New Baby With Sierra Mist Cocktails
When I had the chance to participate in a Sierra Mist Cocktail or Mocktail holiday campaign I was excited. Sierra Mist is one of the few soda pops I let my kids drink as a treat because it is made with real sugar (no artificial ingredients) and has 100% natural flavoring. I thought I would […]
Holiday Traditions That Bring Family Together
We have a lot of family traditions that center around the holiday season. Christmas seems to bring out a lot of good memories for me and many of them are tradition related. ~Reading ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas on Christmas Eve as we each opened a single present. ~Rushing to see what Santa has brought […]
Keep the Spirit in Christmas Gift Giving
I’ve been pondering why it is so complicated to simplify one’s life. It seems especially challenging during the Christmas season. We want to give our loved ones all of the gifts we can to express our love, yet our budgets simply do not allow it. (There’s that word again – simply.) How do we simplify […]
Decorating the Tree for Christmas – Some of Our Holiday Traditions
Christmas is a time of holiday traditions for me. Even with my husband working retail, which can make him a bit “Bah-Humbug” at times, our family has several traditions we enjoy. Lots of them center around the Christmas tree! Usually we have a fake tree I picked up the year before we were married, but this […]
Read These Holiday Entertaining Tips Before Black Friday
If you are looking for the Holiday entertaining and shopping tips, experts Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali are here to help! Their best tip above all: shop for gifts and products for your holiday parties on Black Friday.Dawn Sandomeno and Elizabeth Mascali are entertaining experts, authors of Plan To Party, and the founders of The […]
DIY Silly Monsters Halloween Bag
These fun Halloween Trick-or-Treat bags can be created in under an hour and they never come out the same way twice! Each character created will be unique so your kids will have a one-of-a-kind bag that can be reused year after year. What You’ll Need: Wonder Under fusible web (7″ x 11″: piece) Scissors Large […]
Carving Pumpkins With Kids – Halloween Stencil Kit Makes it Fun!
We decided to do pumpkin carving for our Jack-O-Lanterns this year because I wanted to use this cool, Free Jack-O-Lantern Stencil Kit from Blissfully Domestic and let the kids mix and match their pumpkin faces. Any child who’s ever played Mr. Potato-Head will quickly grasp the concept of these stencils. I cut apart the different faces […]
Food Presents Make Great Office Gifts
When we work beside people day in and day out, we might only think we know them. At Christmas, it becomes all too clear that we don’t really know them at all. One thing is for sure: Everyone loves to eat! This year, give cheap Christmas presents to your co-workers that they’ll love. I’ve always […]
Keeping It Simple This Season
If you are like me, the holidays this year will be a bit tight. So, the focus at our house this year will be mainly on the true reason for Christmas – Jesus’ birth. Beyond that, I am going to keep it simple! Keeping it simple forces you to look at the people you normally […]
Teachers Christmas Gifts to Make Easily
At Christmas, every parent wonders what to give their child’s teacher as a Christmas gift. The next question- what is a cheap gift idea for a teacher? Most of our little ones not only have one teacher, but three or four. Children have homeroom teachers, classroom teachers, music teachers, art teachers, and we can’t forget the principal. Money is […]
