My hazelwood necklaces & the baltic amber bracelet from Inspired by Finn arrived today! Just in time for tucking in stockings for Christmas morning. I was really cutting it close by ordering just 1 week before Christmas. I'm pleased with the speedy delivery. I got hazelwood for the girls and me because among the things it can be therapeutic for ( Read more... )

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My sister does a short account family history each year for Christmas.
Two of my other sisters put together a calendar and photo collage for the next year for Christmas.
I want to do something everyone can count on, too. Something useful and fun. What can I do?

I've not had much exposure to classic religious art or icons. This video montage of Jesus & Mary nursing images quite surprised me.

I want to use one of those for my user icon at Christmas time from now on.

For Christmas, I found several virtual tree decorating sites, and even one nativity arranging game. An unexpected "hit" was this game:

http://akidsheart.com/ws/cdig.htmDon't tell my 4-yr old daughter that the point is to find a present. She gets so tickled by finding the bomb, we call it the "bomb game ( Read more... )

I read in Mothering about renting a live Christmas tree which would be planted somewhere else instead of using a cut one. I would LOVE to do that! But we are considering having our tree outside on the patio this year, and it's a bit cold here to expect a potted tree to survive that.