I absolutely love this song entitled “Give This Christmas Away” by Matthew West featuring Amy Grant. I know not all of you celebrate Christmas but I think the meaning behind this song is something we all can use a reminder of. Give this Christmas away If there’s love in your heart Don’t let it stay [...]
Sharing Inexpensively
It doesn’t take a lot to turn a small gift into a big presentation—you just need a simple way to make the gift look like more than it really is. We gave simple Starbucks gift cards to Stacia’s teachers this year in a coffee mug bouquet. I cut a small piece of floral foam, slipped [...]
The Countdown to Christmas is bringing us closer & closer to the big day—8days until Christmas. Image by Premier Packaging via Flickr On Friday night, I attended Angie’s annual cookie exchange. It was a lot of fun, and I left with dozens of different cookies for the hubby to share at his office this week. [...]
SWAGG is a free mobile app (download here) that lets you shop smarter using your mobile phone. Buy, send or swap SWAGG GIFTS and organize your old school plastic gift cards. For every download of the app between now and Dec. 31, 2010, SWAGG will donate $1 to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) , up [...]
1.5 MILLION DOLLARS. How would you like to help put that into the hands of a community who needs it? That’s what Walmart is doing this Holiday season. They are giving you and I the chance to decide what one community gets $1 million dollars and which five communities get $100,000 each. It’s easy to [...]
The Countdown to Christmas continues—10 days until Christmas. Are all your presents wrapped and under the tree? If not, check out Shannon’s tips for avoiding the paper trash this holiday season. Gift wrap can be costly. Not only is it costly, it is ultimately trash. So this holiday season, why not try some alternatives to [...]
The Countdown to Christmas is heating up—13 days until Christmas. I love holiday baking—I love homemade gifts, my friend’s annual Christmas cookie swap and, well, eating delicious treats. What I don’t love is high grocery bills throughout the month of December. Sugar, flour, eggs, butter, vanilla are all used in mass quantities this month, but [...]
It has been a tough financial year for many people. Instead of spending a lot of money of gifts this year, consider making some of your gifts. I have made homemade gifts for as long as I can remember. Sure, there are many people I buy traditional gifts for. But, I have always incorporated homemade [...]
The Countdown to Christmas is on—16 days until Christmas. If you still have Halloween candy leftover, a candy bouquet is a simple way to use it up—and create a fun, frugal gift. Have you ever looked at the price of candy bouquets in a store? They are $12-20 each! These can be made for a [...]
Having just moved into a new house right before Thanksgiving I have been thinking of my neighbors often and need to go over and introduce myself. Here are five ways you can give to your neighbors inexpensively during the Holidays whether you know them or not: 1. Bring over some baked goods. 2. Shovel their [...]
