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Countdown to Christmas with the best advent calendars for adults‚ from classic chocolate-filled versions to popular beauty products from your favorite brands. Each door opens to reveal a delightful treat!
Hosting Thanksgiving for the first time? With these Thanksgiving tips, you’ll know exactly how to prepare (down to the very last detail!) so you can pull off an epic but stress-free Thanksgiving everyone will remember for years to come.
Whether you have a birth mom, adopted mom, or special mothering figure in your life, these Mother’s Day gift ideas celebrate the wonderful women who raised us!
No need to fight the crowds or call in a babysitter. These super creative Valentines Day ideas at home help you create the cozy, romantic evening you’ve been dreaming of!
Make the most of the Holiday Season and focus on the moments that matter with a printable Christmas bucket list! Looks super cute in a frame and you can cross off each item with a dry erase marker as your family completes them. Get ready to make this year your best December yet!
Be proud of your state and help friends represent theirs with 9 awesome state pride gift ideas that are adorable as they are trendy! All cost less than $25 and make great gifts for new homeowners!
You did it! You made it through this series with budget and sanity in tact….I hope.{grin} This last post doesn’t deal so much with buying gifts for others, as it does making it easier for others to buy for you. Make your own wish list Don’t you hate it when you ask someone for…
It’s less than a week until Christmas – are you ready?! If not, I’ve a compiled a list of last minute gift ideas to help you out. They may not win you gift-giver of the year, but at least you won’t be empty handed. Plus, if you do it right, they can still be really…
Let’s be honest. As much as we’d like to, we can’t always afford the latest and greatest techie tablets, expensive crafting machines, or a heavy duty kitchen appliances. But that’s OK. You can do a lot of cute things on a small budget and still supplement those bigger gifts with accessories. First, look around to…
Gift baskets have such unique potential to become an amazing gift. All you have to do is pick a theme, fill your wicker vessel with coordinating goodies, and tie a big bow. It’s much cheaper then ordering an “already-done-up basket” on the web, or picking one up in the center court of the mall. Plus,…
If you’re disgusted with Christmas consumerism, and can’t even think about buying (or receiving) another toy that takes up coveted living space, then this post is for you. We’re switching up the $10-$20 never-used gift with an experience. Yes, sometimes it does cost more than the average Christmas purchase, but those memories stick around for…
I promise this is the last psychoanalysis post in this series. Tomorrow, we’ll hit up all the practical stuff and give you simple, efficient, and creative gift ideas. First of all, why is free time so important in regards to gifting? Because if your lovely recipient can’t actually take the time to enjoy what you’re…
Have you ever given any thought to stage of life being an important aspect of gift giving? It actually makes a ton of sense. We grow in seasons – child, teen, young adult, newly married, new mom, mom of toddlers, mom of school-age kids, mom of teens, empty nester, retirement, nursing home…ok, hopefully not…
I’ll never forget my first lesson in personality traits. I was working at summer camp, and it was part of our staff training ritual. I didn’t understand why at first, but after 8 weeks of being in close proximately to one another, I knew. We had to understand each others traits, in order to…
The key to NOT overspending on Christmas gifts is to shop with a solid plan. These 6 tips keep me coming in under budget year after year, and are proven to give you extra breathing room AND money left over. Also includes a FREE printable Christmas Gift Budget Sheet so you can stay on track throughout the season!