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Christmas Gifts for You Today at (in)courage
I have two posts with gifts for you at (in)courage! December's Desktop Wallpaper - decorate your desktop for Christmas 'Tis the Season for Comfort Food - favorite holiday recipes
A Night of Thanksgiving
We made a special memory the evening of Thanksgiving: our family and remaining guests—14 of us from the 22 earlier in the day—loaded up and drove to Dahlonega, a small town in the north Georgia mountains, to visit the White House Christmas tree. Apparently it's...
iHeartFaces: Scenic B&W
This week's theme at iHeartFaces is "Scenic B&W." This photo is of my son in the Smoky Mountain National Forest. The original is almost completely green, even the rock is covered in moss. I like the solid, unbroken view of rock, wood, tree, texture. He almost...
Christmas Gift Baskets with Cold Stone Creamery
One of the most meaningful things we do at Christmas is give gifts to acknowledge those who bless our lives. Unfortunately, choosing, purchasing, and wrapping those gifts often adds stress at an already hectic time of year. Last week my kids and I created gift baskets...
Christmas Cards from Studio DaySpring
Last year was our first to send Studio DaySpring Christmas cards. We'd never made photo cards and it had actually been a few years since we'd sent cards at all. Disgraceful, I know, with my brood of kids to show off to friends and family. Part of my problem was...
Reupholstered Dining Room Chairs for $20
One of the neatest things about blogging (or being a blog reader) is insight into the way others think, things they do, tips they share. Maybe they don't really think outside the box, just outside of your box. Some of my blogging sisters are inspiring me to take a few...
Runaway Mommy
I replied to an email of Heather's last night and admitted that I was at Barnes and Noble because I'd run away from home. Not in a dangerous, abandon-my-family kind of way—Daddy was home and I was 20 minutes and a phone call away—but in an I can't do this anymore and...
Personalize with PictureItPostage
PictureItPostage enables you to create custom, personalized postage for business or personal use. I have a logo in the works that will combine photography and web design work. Since it isn't ready, I used a photo that looks appropriate for the Christmas season— the...
2010 Christmas Gift Guide and Giveaway Extravaganza
{Entries for the giveaway are now closed, but please continue to use this guide for your Christmas shopping!} This is not your ordinary Christmas Gift Guide. It doesn't necessarily have items for everyone on your list, or an equal selection for men and women, or...
Something big is coming!
There's something big in the works, just for you! I'm creating my first ever Christmas gift guide. This isn't your typical gift guide, because every company featured has also agreed to give away either a one or more of their products or gift certificates to their...
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