For the Holidays: The Sparkle Box

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Joyce and Norm

We’ll be featuring some of our favorite things if you need Christmas gifts/activities ideas.

The Sparkle Box – We received The Sparkle Box last year to review. You can read our review of The Sparkle Box HERE. I have grown up volunteering as a part of Jr. Optimist Club and K.E.Y. Club, and lots of other places, so lending a helping hand during the holidays definitely has a place in my heart. I would love for my girls to understand that even though the “things” of life are fun, it can also be fun to give! At the beginning of November, we brought out our book, and re-constructed our own Sparkle Box so that we can fill it with gifts for Jesus this holiday season. (You can’t tell from the photo, but the box is glittery and sparkly.) 🙂

What are some of your favorite things? Any recommendations for great Christmas gifts?

Affiliate links for other things we enjoy and would recommend.

For the Holidays: Kiwi Crates

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Joyce and Norm

We’ll be featuring some of our favorite things if you need Christmas gifts/activities ideas.
(Disclaimer: Affiliate links are in this post. We personally own and love the things we recommend. We are in this season where we are trying to live more simply, so we know that if you are in the same boat, it is sometimes hard justifying buying anything else! Norm and I have many wonderful memories from our childhood, and with our family now, that don’t involve “things” and “stuff,” because we just enjoy being together. But gifts seem to just happen during the holiday season (and birthdays too), so we want to share some things that we like having in our lives. Any purchases made using the links will give us a percentage to use toward gifts for our sponsored children Solissa and Lucnise. Thank you!)

Kiwi Crate – We love Kiwi Crates! We love to use them for rainy days, and not so rainy days crafts. We use them as birthday gifts. We use them for playdates. We also use them for learning. When you purchase your first crate using THIS LINK, you get $10 off the $20 crate. You can pause or stop your subscription at any time. They have a Black Friday Weekend Deal – 60% off your 1st month Friday, 50% off Saturday, 40% off Sunday, and 30% off Monday. Use the code JOLLY. Single crates are also available. Even if you don’t order anything, check out their website because there are many fun and simple crafts in the DIY Ideas page.

You can check out all of our Kiwi Crates posts HERE.

Here is the fun Modern Art crate that we did a few months ago.

For the Holidays: More Than Candy

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Joyce and Norm

More Than Candy – If you have been around these parts long enough, you have heard the name Sarah Mae. I was a part of her Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe launch team, and have shared the great Discipline and Discipleship eCourse (Click here to view more details) that she done with Sally Clarkson (super mentor mom!). Well, it is not surprise that Sarah has a great resource for us for the holidays. Her ebook More Than Candy has some fabulous ideas on how we can make Christmas count this year. Each day gives us an action that we can take to bless those around us and our families during this busy and sometimes commercial holiday season.