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Handmade Christmas Gifts

by gidget sewing & crafts

We try to have as many of our Christmas gifts as possible be handmade. Here’s what we made last year, to get you inspired! Man, I was on the ball last year. I haven’t even started my gifts for this year, but I at least have a few ideas. One of these years I will [...]

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Tote Love

by gidget green & natural living

I’m over at Simple Organic today talking about reusable tote bags, so I thought I’d offer a silly, special treat over here. A couple of Christmases ago, I made homemade tote bags as gifts, and included with it, this poem. Ode to a Tote by Nicole Bennett This bag can be used in a variety of [...]

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Last Minute DIY Gift Idea: Kids’ Coaching Set

by gidget green & natural living

Have a sporty little one in your family? Here’s a gift we made for our nephew last year. All you need is a clipboard (even an old, re-purposed one since it will be covered), acrylic paint, scrapbooking paper, some mod podge, and some printed-out letters (I used font “Varsity Regular”). I painted the clipboard first, [...]

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Announcing The Gracious Basket {Giveaway}

by gidget family

I’m so excited… one of my dearest college friends (pictured above with me in ’06) recently contacted me to tell me about a new business her family started called The Gracious Basket. Today I’m going to tell you a little about it and offer you a chance to win a gift certificate! Have you ever [...]

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Give Water For Christmas

by gidget faith

It’s hard to peek outside our own little bubbles, as we feel frenzied with Christmas stress cheer, to stop and think about how truly blessed we are. To think about the fact that so many moms can’t even provide clean water for their families. I thought about this as I washed my daughter’s hands this [...]

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Christmas Traditions: Creative Gift-Giving

by gidget faith

There’s a lot of talk about gift giving these days, to do or not to do Santa, homemade or store-bought, a lot or a little… Here’s a little glance at how we do it (or rather, are going to do it as some of this is new for us this year). For starters, we aren’t [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 5

by gidget family

This week I’ve been sharing my thoughts on Christmas. Here are just a few ideas to help you simplify Christmas, and make gift-giving simpler, more sustainable, and/or homemade. Here’s a great starting point for Inexpensive, Creative and Eco-friendly Gift Ideas. We all know babies often love the packaging better than the gift… Check out SimpleMom’s [...]

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Retro Reading~ Christmas Manifesto, Part 2

by gidget faith

This post was originally published August 12, 2008 and has been slightly updated/modified for 2009. You can read the re-published version of Part 1 here. When a family close to us decided to stop giving and receiving presents at Christmas a few years ago, I’d say we were surprised (but not really surprised) and in [...]

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Sew Much To Do

by gidget sewing & crafts

One of the reasons I needed a break from blogging was to finish up a few sewing projects. I still have a big one to be finished (a quilt I’m making as a gift) but I was able to finish a couple of things, including this shirt (similar to one I made myself a few [...]

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Give Meaningful Gifts

by gidget faith

If you’ve read my Christmas Manifesto, then you know we’re trying to simplify the way our family does Christmas. Recently I came across a mind-blowing video and a really cool movement. I encourage you to check out the video. A couple of other cool ways to give meaningful gifts (other than homemade ones, which is [...]

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