Oh What a Surprise!

My mom always one for giving pretty thoughtful gifts for Christmas and Birthdays really out did herself this year. This year she read my post from the beginning of December about http://www.etsy.com/ and got me the Corcisco Ring that I raved about. It is just the coolest thing ever and I love it! My mother-in-law gave my husband and I monogrammed sheets that she hand stitched herself. They look just lovely on our bed.

I hope everyone got what they wanted for Christmas whether it was something like a ring or just a quiet moment with your family.

Blessings!

Rene'

3/50 Project

Now this is a New Year's resolution worth keeping. The 3/50 Project is the brain-child of Cinda Baxter. If you go to her website, www.the350project.net, you can read how one person made a change and a big one at that. Here are the basic steps:

3 Pick 3 independent, locally-owned businesses that you would hate to see go away and visit them. Your purchases keep their doors open.

50 Spend $50 a month at those stores. Again I'm not going into the details, check those out for yourself.

68 For every $100 you spend, the locally owned retailer puts $68 back into their community. National retailers only put back $43. And online stores put nothing back into your local economy.

1 It only takes one person to make a difference.

All The Pretty Paper

Checkout these great gift wrapping ideas. I think my favorite is the lump of coal boxes.

Courtesy of Martha Stewart Living