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It’s the Absolute Ultimate!! #13~ My Favorite Recipe for the Holidays

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Banana (Nut) Chocolate Chip Bread This is a family recipe that I make and give away every Christmas. Everyone seems to love it so it’s a great homemade gift. Here are a few notes to go along with the recipe: I store up my too-brown bananas in the freezer so I always have them ready. [...]

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Make Something Day Craft Resources

by gidget sewing & crafts

If you’re interested in taking in part in Make Something Day, which is a positive alternative to Black Friday, or if you simply want to give some handmade gifts this Christmas, here are some great resources for fairly simple crafts for you that I’ve found throughout the blogosphere recently! Fun & Funky Composition Covers from [...]

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Holidays by Hand Craft Carnival

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I’m so excited to be joining up with a stellar group of bloggers to bring you the Holidays by Hand craft carnival! I’ll be hosting the quilting theme, which can include quilts, or any other patchwork gift you’ve made. I’ll remind you later when it gets closer to December 2nd, which is when my theme [...]

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Reuben’s Art-On-The-Go Bag!

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For my nephew’s second birthday, I used Amanda Soule‘s book, The Creative Family, as a jumping off point for his gift. I loved Amanda’s idea for an art-on-the-go bag, and I also used her pattern in the book for the colored pencil roll. Since he’s so young, I used pretty simple contents, but Reuben loved [...]

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Christmas Manifesto Part 5: Five Resources for Celebrating a Simpler Christmas

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As a conclusion to my Christmas Manifesto Series (Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and/or Part 4 if you missed them), 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 [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 4

by gidget faith

Celebrating Christmas We’ve always been as purposeful and personal as possible in gift giving, so our transition to a different way of celebrating Christmas won’t be super difficult. I like how McKibben, in Hundred Dollar Holiday, points out that this change can be gradual. It does not have to happen overnight, especially if your kids [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 3

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Did you miss Part 1 & Part 2 of Gidget’s Christmas Manifesto Series? Summary/Review of Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben This short book is packed with information! I want to just give an overview here– the book is such quick read that you’d do better to just read it yourself than for me to [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 2

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Did you miss Gidget’s Christmas Manifesto, Part 1? When a family close to us decided to stop giving/receiving presents at Christmas a few years ago, I’d say we were surprised (but not really surprised) and in a way, disappointed. Especially me, as my #1 Love Language is definitely Gifts (which means I like receiving, but [...]

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Christmas Manifesto, Part 1

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Over the next several days I’m going to be posting a short series on Christmas. As you read it, you’ll realize why I’m calling it a “manifesto.” I know it’s August, and we have a lot to look forward to still before we get to the big holiday, but right now, we actually have time [...]

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