It's no secret that I love using essential oils! With the holidays coming up, I'm trying to get ahead of gift-giving this year. It's no fun to be frantically searching the aisles of an over-crowded store the week of Christmas, trying to figure out what on earth to get for my neighbors or cousins! This year, I'm doing better and am even thinking about making my own homemade gifts. I know, that sounds like a lot of work but thankfully I found a ton of great gifts for essential oil lovers - which is pretty much everyone these days! 21 Amazing Essential Oil Gift Ideas Keep Reading
10 Creative Ways to Give Gifts Cards + Cash as Gifts
Sometimes, there's no better gift than cold, hard cash. It allows the receiver to choose a gift or experience they will be guaranteed to love. But it can feel a little icky or anti-climatic to give money at times. RIGHT?!! But never fear...I have the solution. Get creative! Creative ways to give money as a gift at Christmas There are SO many ways to give money at Christmas or any other time of the year. If you are just sticking it in an envelope and calling it a day, it might be time to step your game up a little. Thankfully, my online bestie, Amazon has a ton of Keep Reading
Top 8 Best Toys for Christmas
Every year we ask ourselves this question. What do I get the kids for Christmas? What kind of present will they like, want, need? It doesn't need to be your own kid. I ask the same thing about my nieces and nephews and get the same questions from the grandparents. I am on the ball this year. After some sleuthing and a little bit of eavesdropping in on my younger family members I know exactly what the kids in their age brackets seem to want the most. Let me break down what toys I've found they want into groups by age and sex. 5 to 6-Year-Old Boys 1) The Rusty Rivets Keep Reading
15 Best Lego Gift Ideas for the Lego Lover in Your Life
Christmas is coming, and in this house that means one thing. Everything remotely Lego-related in the catalogs get big huge circles as not-so-subtle hints as to what will be on my kids' Christmas lists. In fact, Legos are on of my favorite gift ideas for kids ages 7-10! In reality, they have no idea that I am thrilled that they love Legos! Best Lego Gift Ideas for Kids In my opinion, Legos are the best gift idea for elementary boys and girls for any holiday, whether it's Christmas or their birthday! Plus, if you ask my son, Legos are "totally cool" too! Have a 5, 6, 7, or 8 year old Keep Reading
The Best Toy for 3 or 4 Year Old Boys
Today was a regular stay-at-home-mom day for me. I was at home with my just-turned 4 year old guy, and I needed to get something done in the kitchen. So I gave him the water hose and let him bust out the he got for his birthday. Let me tell you - this thing is AWESOME. He played with it for a good 30 minutes before he got tired of it, which allowed me to finish up the dishes and some paperwork I've been procrastinating on for months. He was right where I could see him - in fact, I am standing inside our eat-in-kitchen to take this picture. I love it when I find a toy the kids love so Keep Reading
7 Creative Money Gift Ideas
As a fairly frugal person, I'm always looking for ways to give thoughtful gifts in creative ways. I always say the more thoughtful you can be, the less money you have to spend because people don't necessarily want expensive things - they just want to know you care and that you understand what they want. For many people, what they want is cold hard cash. It's the perfect gift for a teenager, college students, or anyone who could use a bit of extra money, especially around the holidays. If you give money in a creative manner, it can be a really cute present. 7 Creative Money Gift Keep Reading
Free Printable Father’s Day Questionnaire for Kids
My girls love to write notes to their daddy. I usually have them make handmade cards for Father's Day because I just love seeing their original artwork. Cute Father's Day Gift Idea from Kids But this Father's Day I thought it would be super cute to have them both fill out a questionnaire that we could send with Daddy to work to show off to his co-workers! Their answers are always so precious, like "My Daddy is 13 years old" and "His favorite thing to do is give me presents." :) If you would like to have your kids fill one out as well, feel free to grab my printable below. If you don't Keep Reading
3 Practical Father’s Day Gift Ideas for On-the-Go Dads
Motorola sponsored this blog post. The opinions and text are all mine. When Motorola asked me to write a blog post about their new phone, the DROID Turbo by Motorola in Gray Ballistic Nylon, I jumped at the chance. It's such a sophisticated yet practical gift idea for dads. It inspired me to write a post about PRACTICAL Father's Day gift ideas for busy dads. Keep Reading
A Clever Gift Any Teen Would Be Thrilled to Receive ~ I hope your day is filled with “Excitemint!”
Today I have something super cute to share with you. It's a gift idea that would be perfect for graduation, birthday, or even Christmas. It's a simple idea but a little unexpected. Exactly my style! Hope Your Day is Filled with "Excitemint!" I used one dollar bills for this gift, but if you want to give more you could always do $5s, $10s, $20s or any combination of those. At first I just rolled up the bills and placed them in the container without the gum because it seemed kinda gross to put the gum back in with the money, but then I realized in order to make it look full I'd have to Keep Reading
18 Adult Coloring Books – Mandalas, Secret Garden, Flowers, Owls & More!
I just can't get enough of complex coloring pages! Something about how they take so much concentration to fill in properly makes them sooooo relaxing. I've been recommending grown up coloring books on my blog for quite some time, and over the years my visitors tell me a story by showing me what they like. Here are some of the best selling coloring books on Amazon, as indicated by what my readers like! I hope you enjoy these and are able to sit back and relax! :) Coloring Books for Grown Ups - Mandalas, Secret Garden, Flowers, Owls & More! Most are less than $10 for hours and hours Keep Reading
The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift Ideas – 12 Gifts That Will Save Mom’s SANITY!
Forget flowers, expensive jewelry, or candy. As a mom of three little ones, there are many more things that would mean the world to me. The Perfect Mother’s Day Gift Idea – Sanity Saving Ideas Moms are constantly pulled in every direction at all times. I hate to admit it, but every once in a while I lose my cool and become a crazy nutbag. When I'm left alone, I'm a super calm person. I get CRAZY when I'm in the middle of a perfect storm where I am tired and also feel like I'm being pecked to death by my children chickens. Can you relate? If I could ask for one thing for Mother’s Day, Keep Reading
Easter Egg Money Bucket – Super Cute Graduation / College Student Money Gift Idea
It's been a few weeks since Easter, and as always we are neck deep in empty Easter eggs! Each year I try to think of something fun to do with them. The last thing I want to do is use them once then toss them in the recycling bin. Seems like such a waste! As I was brainstorming a way to use these, I remembered that I had been meaning to send our babysitter a care package at college. I want to include some money in there because I know she can use it. So here's what I came up with! Easter Egg Money Bucket - A Cute Money Gift Idea! I grabbed this cute & colorful striped bucket at Keep Reading
Mother’s Day 2015 – Gift Ideas Under $20
Mother's Day 2015 is quickly approaching, and I thought it would be fun to put together a gift guide. This gift guide is exclusively Etsy products. I love supporting other women who are trying to make money from home, so this fits perfectly with my blog! Grab a cup of coffee and check out some of these lovely items as you make Mother's Day gift purchases. Mother Day Gift Ideas Under $20 All of these gift ideas are under $20 because I wanted it to include affordable options. I've grouped the gifts by type for easier shopping. Have fun shopping and support these lovely women! See the Keep Reading
75 Non-Candy Easter Basket Gift Ideas for Kids
Easter is fast-approaching, and my kids are looking forward to spending time with family and celebrating Jesus. I am looking forward to everything about Easter EXCEPT for the potential sugar-bomb that comes with Easter egg hunts and baskets. To prepare for this, I came up with a list of 75 non-candy Easter Basket gift ideas that aren't sugar-based. I plan to use this as inspiration to craft a lovely basket for each child that encourages their imaginations, not their sweet tooth! 75 Non-Candy Easter Basket Gift Ideas for Kids $1 coins $2 bill Army men Bible Keep Reading
