And the winners for the Minted giveaway are:
1) Entry #15:
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Please email me & I’ll send you your gift codes.
For the rest of you–thank you for entering & know that I’d give you all a gift card if I could!
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Christmas Postcards + Minted Review & Giveaway
You know how difficult it is to get 3 children & a toddler to pose (in a somewhat uniform fashion) for the family Christmas photo?
I took these whilst on our Thanksgiving excursion.
This was before Thanksgiving dinner & the kids had been playing with their cousins. Everyone was dressed up in a costume & didn’t want to take them off.
So, instead of fighting with them about it, I thought, eh, what the heck. Let them wear the costumes. It’s more authentic, more memorable. That’s what I tell myself.
This year I’m sending out holiday postcards, rather than a Christmas card, letter, & photo.
Holiday postcards are a somewhat new concept to me, but I think it’s brilliant–less postage, less waste. You can include a photo (or 2 or 3) & you still have the option of writing a...
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{MM} 11.26.12
How was your Thanksgiving?
Ours was spent up in the mountains.
We rented a lodge & cabins & spent 3 days playing games, cooking (& eating), playing in the snow. I did quite a bit of reading (almost finished with The Shoemaker’s Wife–so good!) & crocheting.
Here’s a snippet of our Thanksgiving: my brother’s doing a little post-Thanksgiving dinner dancing in the kitchen.
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This year we’re having a very scaled back Christmas (due to our revised budget/life).
For starters, since we’ll be in the midst of moving, then unpacking right before Christmas, we won’t be putting up our decorations for Christmas until right before the holiday.
For gifts, our budget is small & I’m trying to make most of our gifts. I think some of the best gifts are homemade. I’m sewing the kids...
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