Baby Booties are Coming…

Babies are so much fun to make items for.  Everything is so much cuter when it is baby sized.  This week I found a pattern for the CUTEST pair of baby booties I have ever seen.  I shared it with one of my customers and she loved it.  It was so exciting to have someone to make these sweet booties for.   They will be coming to the shop sometime this week. 

 

I have also been working on hat orders.  The sweet baby girl hats with big flowers are my best sellers. 

 

 

All orders arrive to our customers ready to gift. 

 

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Week In Review – 30 days of giving

 

The giving challenge posted by KingdomFirst Mom certainly has been fun.  I have been looking for more ways to give to others and more that I can do for those around me.  This week I have given back by:

• Allowing another customer in front of me in line.  He had one item and I had several.  Found out afterward that he was an employee who had been standing on his feet all day and recovering from back surgery.  He was ready to go home and I don’t blame him!
  
• Gave an extra pair of socks with a crochet edge to a customer.  Just because.
  
• Made a hat to give to a girl at church.  She loves girly things.  Prettiest Princess Pink with a 3 layer crochet flower.  It is listed in the shop here.
  
• Shared coupon information with fellow shoppers.
  
• Gave the cashier at Target a copy of the Glade mail in rebate.
  
• Packed up some food from my pantry to give at the canned food drive at school.  We are so blessed to have more than we need and most of it was free or nearly free with coupons.  Thanks coupon bloggers!

The 30 day giving challenge has been such a blessing to me this month.  I can’t wait to see what opportunities to give God allows in my path this week. 

Have you given this week?

~Charissa

Thanksgiving Traditions

The TwitterMoms group is hosting a $50 Target giftcard giveaway for sharing your favorite family Thanksgiving traditions. You can find more information about it here.

1. We always spend time with Grandma Dee Dee on Thanksgiving. We have done so since I was a kid. I can remember what a big deal it was when she came over every Thanksgiving.

2. We watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

3. We eat stuffing from inside the turkey! Now that I am grown, I have heard that this could be really bad for you, but we do it anyway!

So what are your family traditions?

Febreeze Giveaway

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~MiMi

Wordless Wednesday - Fall

It's fall, it's beautiful outside and there is work to be done! Take a look at my boys working...or not!

What’s Your Favorite Homemade Gift? McLinky Blog Hop

The holidays are coming soon than I like to admit to. Although I have finished the majority of my Christmas shopping (thanks to my sweet MIL finding some GREAT deals!), I still have some presents to buy and some to make. This year I have been especially thoughtful of how much money I am spending on gifts for family members and friends.

In teaching my children that it is more blessed to give than to receive (a hard lesson that I should teach myself more often as well), I am planning to have them help in making some homemade gifts this year. I haven’t really set any ideas in stone, but in year’s past the kids have made picture frames, handprints on candles (works well with craft paint and solid color candles), tied fabric wreaths, and food goodies. This year I am planning to make dishcloth sets for my kid’s teachers and hopefully gift them with a handmade food treat.

Handmade gifts mean so much more than something just purchased at the store. Anyone can go to {insert store name here} and purchase {insert gift here}, but to make a gift requires thoughtful consideration and sometimes a leap of faith! Don’t get me wrong, sometimes store bought gifts or gifts purchased from handmade retailers (such as MiMi’s Babies) are the perfect gift, but there is something special about a handmade gift.

So what will you be making this holiday season?

~Charissa

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30 days of Giving – Week 1 Wrap Up

Kingdom First Mom has challenged us to give back for the next 30 days.  This is the first of our weekly wrapups to share some of the ways we gave back during the week and the blessings that have come from that.

This week we gave by:

 

• Sharing couponing information with fellow shoppers
• Sharing coupons with fellow shoppers
• Leaving coupons in the store
• Sold two hats and only charged for one – just because.
• Gave my children some extra snuggle time even though it was a long day.
• Gave some of the clothes my children did not need with a single day
• Sent a Christmas card to a little boy dying of cancer

 

Next week, I hope that we are given more opportunities to give and share the gifts that we have been given.

 

What have you given today?