Bombas Socks: Discount Code
My mom gave my husband some of these socks for Christmas. One of those boring-but-necessary gifts -- except that he LOVES them! And they gave me a discount code you can use for 25% off your WHOLE order! Plus, I'll get some awesome-sauce socks, too. So if you have cold feet, here's a place to warm your tootsies!
You have to use THIS link to get the discount, just FYI.
Cheers!
Bombas Socks: 25% Off
Thanksgiving Books and our Book Baskets
What’s in our Book Basket right now? Autumn and Thanksgiving books! I have a list of Autumn and Thanksgiving Books for Children today, too. Enjoy!
Thanksgiving is nearly here. Soon many of us will be baking and cooking and roasting — or traveling far and near to join family and friends. The air is crisp. The leaves are nearly gone. And we had a big snow on Sunday, though it is largely gone now. And the squirrels are enjoying the smorgasbord of pumpkins and gourds on our front porch.
I have a Thanksgiving treat for you today! This is our Book Basket…
Actually, we have two — one upstairs and one down. As the seasons change, I collect our seasonal books — Fall and Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Summer, etc. They go into the book baskets so they are easy to find for story time. This way we are sure to read them all at least once during the season. The Thanksgiving and Fall books are in the upstairs Book Basket right now, and yesterday I put the Christmas books downstairs. They will go upstairs after Thanksgiving.
But what is in our Book Basket right now? So glad you asked! I put together a list of our favorite Fall and Thanksgiving Books for your family to enjoy!
After Thanksgiving, I’ll give you a peek into our Christmas books, but I work really, really hard not to move from Halloween to Christmas. I love Autumn, and I’m luxuriating in these last few days.
I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! Follow me on Instagram to see what we will be doing for Thanksgiving — it is going to be soooooo fun! I can’t wait!
Ciao!
Angela
New Today: Gifts!
Today: two gifts — one to keep and one to give! I have instructions and printables for a darling Autumn Bunting project for your home as well as details on the best baby gift ever!
I have been spending a lot of time thinking about gifts and giving as I am preparing for The Nice List to arrive. Have I mentioned that I can’t wait!
Well, today I have two gifts — one for you to give, and one for you to keep!
To give…
Best Baby Gift Ever
My friends and family seem to be in a baby boom! So many babies have been born in the last month! So today I am sharing my favorite baby gift to give. It isn’t expensive, and it is the best baby advice new parents will get! I’m writing about Me Ra Koh’s amazing book Your Baby in Pictures! Check it out!
This is the best gift we received! Find out why and see some of the pics I took of Bambino.
To make & keep…
Autumn Bunting
This week I pulled out our fall decorations, and welcomed fall into our home. I made this sweet bunting for our fireplace, and I’ve written up instructions for you! You may have the materials needed already at home — paper lunch bags and two kinds of ribbon plus the free printables I’ve provided. It is really simple, and looks very cute on a fireplace, a doorway, or anywhere you need a little boost.
Instructions and printables to make this sweet autumn garland for hearth or door.
And as a bonus I have also included a free printable for this cute garland for your door — or a smaller spot that needs a little touch of hygge. You’ll find it on the Autumn Bunting page, too!
Happy Fall, y’all! Wishing you crispy apples, cool breezes, and crunchy leaves today!
XOXO
Angela
Great Classic Stories for the Car
This summer I discovered MPR’s new feature — Classical Kids Storytime — and our whole family loves it! At this writing there are four classic children’s stories available — Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, The Three Little Pigs, and The Night Before Christmas.
Classical Kids Storytime from MPR
I listen to National Public Radio all the time. It is my favorite source of news and music. But I don’t just listen to my local NPR station (Colorado Public Radio, which is awesome). When I am working at home, I often listen to Minnesota Public Radio’s Classical and Choral Music streams (they also have a wonderful holiday music stream at Christmas time). Even though I haven’t lived there in nearly 20 years, listening to the local news for Minnesota takes me back to my years of living in Northfield and Faribault… sigh.
This summer I discovered MPR’s new feature — Classical Kids Storytime — and our whole family loves it! At this writing there are four classic children’s stories available — Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, The Three Little Pigs, and The Night Before Christmas. Each story is presented radio-theater style with wonderful classical music enhancing and advancing the stories.
Cinderella presents the story as told in Rossini’s opera which is fun and funny. The Little Mermaid is updated and multi-dimensional. And rhyming version of The Three Little Pigs has a great lesson — “If something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”
Lynne Warfel records most of them together with other familiar radio voices. The storytelling is charming, and parents, these recordings won’t get old fast!
Here’s the best part: they are all available to download for free! So you can play them on your phone or in the car — that’s what we do! This morning we listened to The Three Little Pigs twice on the way to school.
I love public radio, and this is yet another example of radio done well. Enjoy!
New eBook Launches today!
Learn the secrets to one of my favorite side-hustles: selling my child’s clothes on Facebook. My new ebook helps you get started or get organized — all inspired by Marie Kondo’s KonMari Method. Check it out!
I am delighted to announce the launch of a new ebook today in my shop…
A Closet Full of Memories: Using a Facebook Closet Page to Organize & Sell Your Child’s Clothes
This book comes as part of my journey with the KonMari Method, Marie Kondo’s system for sorting, organizing, and tidying your home. My KonMari journey started two and a half years ago. We had moved, and I broke my foot. I needed a project and stumbled upon Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
I had been buying and selling furniture on Facebook and Craigslist for awhile, but I didn’t realize that I could do the same with children’s clothing. But you can! And clothing children is expensive — buying and selling online makes it all so much cheaper.
So, I invite you to order A Closet Full of Memories today!
This ebook is for everyone! If you are already selling, I share my personal secret weapon: the Facebook Closet Page. Not only does my closet page help me stay organized, it also allows my followers to shop my items before anyone else.
And if you haven’t started selling yet, I walk you through choosing what to sell, taking great photos, and using your closet page to keep it all together.
Selling your child’s outgrown clothing can be a fantastic side-hustle for any parent, and this book will teach you how to do it well! From photographing to shipping it out, A Closet Full of Memories walks you through the process and helps you set yourself up for success.
A Closet Full of Memories is available as a digital download today! And if you want to read more about it, check out this page.
