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12 Days of Christmas 2007-11-30 17:18:00 You can't have too many 12 Days of Christmas ideas in your back pocket! You can use these ideas to do together as a family, mail one at a time or all together, do with your youth at church, as girlfriends for a friend who needs a lift, the possibles are endless!I already posted the 12 Days of Christmas for Grandparents. Here's the link to the Gift Tags for the 12 Days of Christmas for Grandparents.12 Days with a Nativity:You can use this 2 different ways:1. As a gift: Wrap the corresponding nativity piece with it's poem or story. 2. As an advent with your family: Add one piece to your nativity set a day and read the poem or story together. I've done all the work for you, simply Click here to print out all the poems and attach one to each Nativity character.12 Days of Christmas (ring and run) Here is a "ring and run" activity to do with the children. These items are inexpensive easy, and some times silly. Buy the items listed below, make their tags, and have the kids start dropping ...

MIL & Grandparent Gift Ideas 2007-11-29 11:36:00 I've been asked to post about some of the Christmas gifts I've made in the past for my Mother-In-Law and Grandparents. I really believe that Christmas gifts should come from the heart and be homemade, when possible. I also LOVE a poem or story to go with each gift. I feel like it sets the tone and makes the gift more meaningful. Here are the ones I can remember:12 Days of Christmas for Grandparents - I did this for all of the grandparents one year and it turned out amazing! I boxed it all up in one box and shipped it to each grandparent.There's a poem for each day that corresponds with the gifts. I've done all the work for you, and made each poem into a "tag" to attach to the front each wrapped gift.Feel free to tweak the poems to accommodate the gifts you want to give. Here's the intro poem:The 12 days of Christmas is the song that I singand in this sack 12 presents I bring.December the 13th is when you may start.Unwrap one a day with love from my heart.Having you as grandparents ... Amp

New on Executive Homemaker 2007-11-28 15:05:00 Executive Homemaker is excited to announce the newest Mom-prenuer product and first BOOK, 'Little Moments that Matter'.This book started out as a Christmas gift for Wendy's parents and has since found it's way into the hands of friends, strangers, the press and even the book experts.Wendy is also a fellow blogger, check out her blog 'Our Moments Matter'. Where she discusses publicity tips for authors, inspiration and a few random musings - Join the adventure!Little Moments That Matter is such an inspirational book! Executive Homemaker is excited to welcome Wendy as it's newest Mom-prenuer.If you have a product you'd like us to help you sell, e-mail [laurie at Executive Homemaker dot com]. ...

24 Quick, Easy, Cheap Gift Ideas 2007-11-28 15:00:00 Here are 24 quick, easy, cheap Christmas gift Ideas for friends, neighbors, bus drivers, and teachers. Simply attach one of these cute sayings or poems to the item to make a more thoughtful gift!The Christmas OrangeCheese and a cheese grater: "Cheesen’s Greetings To A Really “GRATE” Neighbor!"Christmas Towel: May the “Absorbing” Spirit of Christmas “Blot” Out Your Troubles, “Soak” Up Your Sorrows. And “Wipe” Away Your Difficulties. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!CandleHere’s an early Christmas greetingFor your family to shareLet it brighten up your seasonAnd spread gladness thru the air.You can start a new traditionEvery night till Christmas dayTo burn the Christmas candleWhile the family doth play.You can bake, draw, or read storiesSing songs or just play gamesAnd by the season finishOnly memories remain.It is hoped that you‘ll enjoyA special season full of fun.And that love will burn more brightlyWhen your holiday is gone.2 liter of Sprite: "May your holiday be merry and "s ...

Christmas Tree Advent Calendar 2007-11-27 10:46:00 Christmas Tree Advent Calendar (with ornaments on)Make this great wooden tree advent calendar. An advent is a way of marking the days until Christmas, start on December 1st.Print out the file and you will find 25 poems and stories for each of the symbols of Christmas associated with the wood Advent Tree. All ready to cut out and attach!Directions: Every day until Christmas, starting December 1st put a piece on the Tree. You don’t have to go in any particular order. Find the card that goes with that piece and read it. On the bottom of the cards are some ideas you can do each day.Christmas Day Will Soon Be Here!Christmas days will soon be hereAnd I can hardly wait;I’ve made this little Christmas TREETo help you celebrate!Each day choose one thingTo help you remember.That happy, happy Christmas dayThe 25th of December.Please put this tree where all can seeThe symbols of the season.And when you reach the very last pieceIt will be Christmas Day!Christmas Tree Advent Calendar (with ornam ...

Easy Christmas Crafts & Gifts 2007-11-26 09:04:00 This was one of my favorite gifts I received last year. Mainly because I loved the idea and I hadn't seen it before! This is simply vinyl lettering, on a shower block, with a bow tied around it. I think this would also be great with "Let it Snow!".My girlfriend painted this for me last year. She simply painted a block of wood cream and then painted on some stain and then wiped it off. She used a template to stencil on "believe". Simple yet so cute. Anyone have a cute story to with this "believe"? That would make the gift perfect.Both my boys made these Reindeer foot print and hand print pillows at their pre-school. They love it when I get them out every year. This would be a fun craft to do with the kiddos and a great grandparent gift.I cracked up when my son brought this home last year! It's a reindeer made out of pantyhose and a hanger! Can you believe how simple and cute this craft is. They did it during the Christmas party at school. So all of you room moms out there - here's a ... Amp

New on Executive Homemaker 2007-11-25 12:26:00 I would like to welcome our newest Mom-prenuer to Executive Homemaker... Victoria P. Zurcher Designs!Victoria makes hand painted goods custom designed for you! Creating these little works of art brings a smile to Victoria's face! Hopefully, anyone who receives any hip and stylish VPZ good will smile, too. I LOVE these hand painted door knobs! When I'm ready to decorate my guest room, I'm going to order the "Little Black Dress" for the dresser for sure. Seriously, too cute! She has some beautiful stationary to choose from. From Fill-in Thank You Notes to to these great Foldover cards.These ultra-cool magnets are the perfect stocking stuffer, teacher gift, hostess gift or any gifting occasion! Choose from individual designs or the sets of four coordinating magnets. Grandparents can't resist the custom photo magnets of their favorite little Grandkids.These are Victoria's lunchbox stationary sets. These fun metal lunchboxes are personalized to coordinate with the stationary design of ...

Submitted Tips by Abby 2007-11-24 08:13:00 I want to thank Abby over at A Feathered Nest for submitting all these great tips!Abby gives a quick tutorial on how to make these Embellished Onesies. You can make these as a gift or for your own little one. She gives you 3 ways to do it: Applique, Iron On, and Ribbon! Next, Abby gives an easy tutorial on how to make these great Farmer's Market Reversible Bags.Keep these bags in mind for the Christmas season. Wouldn't it be great to deliver your goodies in a festive bag like this! You could also make some smaller bags and use them as the "gift bag" for your presents. You could even tie on an ornament over one strap!If the first 2 tutorials weren't enough, Abby delights us with these cute Cafe Aprons made out of napkins. She took this napkin she bought from Target and gave it a different purpose by making it into an apron. Amazing!! This would also be such a great gift idea.I want to thank Abby for submitting these great tutorials! They are not only amazing ideas but easy too. You c ...

Thanksgiving Craft 2007-11-22 18:04:00 Here's a festive Turkey cake my mom made for my boys today. It's made out of a large round chocolate cake and a smaller chocolate cake. The head is two "ding dongs". Yummy!This hand print turkey and foot print turkey place mat is my favorite craft that my oldest son did in pre-school.This year I decided to start a new tradition in my family inspired by the Tablecloth and make a new Thanksgiving themed place mat every year. This year we made Turkey hand prints. Next year maybe we'll do foot prints. ;)Here's a cute turkey cookie "name card". It's made of 2 cookies, candy corn, a bon-bon, with a felt turkey head and squiggly eye. Then spell out each guests name in icing.Here's a different view. ...

New on Executive Homemaker 2007-11-21 22:50:00 I would like to welcome our newest Mom-prenuer to Executive Homemaker...... Bitsy Blossoms!There are so many new products, click here to check them all out. Keep your Christmas shopping list in mind. Let's support these Mom-prenuers and fellow bloggers! ...

More Thanksgiving Traditions 2007-11-19 20:54:00 TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving fun.Karri made this Thankful tree for her family. Simply attach leaves that have what you're grateful for on them. She made a lid for the pot to keep the leaves after they're done and keep it as a keepsake.Heffalump has a tradition of making these Apple Turkeys! Aren't they great! Each year they buy a bag of apples around Thanksgiving time, and gather around the table and spend an evening decorating the apples to look like turkeys.They use toothpicks to help make the tail, the wings, and the head of the turkeys, and other fun ingredients like mini marshmallows, raisins, fruit snacks, and cereal.Renata makes these cute and yummy Turkey Rolls. You can use any roll dough. She used cloves as the turkey's eyes.Here's a cute how-to turkey wreath using your child's footprint.Allan Knox WROTE 5 fun Thanksgiving Carols to help celebrate this important holiday that s ...

Thanksgiving Food 2007-11-18 22:06:00 TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving Food and a craft.Kelly made these great Turkey cookies to celebrate Thanksgiving. I've seen this done with spiders for Halloween but not turkeys. Too cute!!Jade shared this scrumptious recipe for Thanksgiving, it's Apple Crostata. Doesn't it look amazing!Wendy has this great idea for organizing all of your spices! You've got to check it out.A Little Life did this project with her son for Thanksgiving. It looked like so much fun and some good bonding time. I love how it turned out!Ladies, here's your 'Great Tip Award', thank you so much for these fabulous Thanksgiving food and craft! ...

Thanksgiving Traditions 2007-11-17 23:19:00 TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to several women who have inspired us with some great Thanksgiving Traditions.Meredith posted about her Thanksgiving Tradition of making a thankful chain each November. They start on the first of November and each evening at dinner have everyone write one thing they're thankful for on a strip of paper. They also have another fun tradition, click here to read all about it.Cheryl sets out a basket of paper strips and a pen, and every one's instruction is to write down things they are thankful for on the strips. On Thanksgiving morning they read the items together and talk about how blessed we are. Cheryl goes one step further and makes a scrapbook page out of them.I am so impressed with Kelli who has challenged everyone to "give thanks" and also provided topics you can blog about. Such as:What you are thankful forThanksgiving traditions or memoriesRecipesCraft IdeasDecorating ideasYour menu-Cleaning/Organizing "before" and "afte ...

Thanksgiving Decor 2007-11-16 22:47:00 TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to several women who have inspired fun and beautiful Thanksgiving decorating ideas.French Garden House has some really beautiful table decor ideas. There's 2 posts, so don't miss the first one as well.Here's Wippup version of leaf garland. It's elegant and simple. Love it.I'm amazed at these leaf roses, haha.nu gives a free tutorial. Amazing! They make it look so easy.Come Sit A While made these cute Turkey Aprons! I liked it so much because it's a simple template that you could use for anything! You could paint it on a poster board for "pin the feather" on the turkey game, paint it on a t-shirt for the kiddos, or paint a bunch on pillow cases and put them over your chairs for Thanksgiving dinner. The possibilities are endless!Apartment Therapy posted about some of Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving ideas. This one I do every year with my kids.It's a little late to order now, but I love this cute onesie from Beebee Mod. She a ...

Great Tip Award - Fun Advent Calendars 2007-11-14 17:12:00 TipJunkie.com is proud to present the 'Great Tip Award' to several women who have led us to some great Advent Calendar Ideas!Mique is so ambitions, I've got to give the girl props for her '30 Days of Christmas' posts. She has found some really wonderful ideas and products!I especially like her Advent Calendar post. Here are my favorites:Kathryn gives step-by-step directions on how to make this Clipboard Advent. Make it for yourself or as a gift.Julie Ree made such a unique and beautiful advent using pyramid boxes and putting candy inside. You can download the free template here.Here's a modern version using a magnet board and and small metal tins.Teresa gives you step by step instructions on how to make this Cookie Sheet Advent.We featured Shirley back in September for her Cookie Sheet Advent Calendar You can print out the instructions from Executive Homemaker.com.Jenny posted the template for her calendar pocket advent. Simply beautiful!Jen made this cute advent calendar out of ...