If you have been reading my blog for a while you may remember me mentioning Time Out For Women. I was a featured blogger for a week (see that post here) and a few months later joined a link party (here) TOFW was hosting. A few weeks ago, I received another request from Time Out [...]
Heirloom Accessories: Using Family Photos A picture is worth a thousand words.” You have probably heard this quote a thousand times. It is a true statement, but I would add, “a family photograph is worth more than a thousand words.” Family photos elicit deep feelings and memories of past events, places and most importantly, loved [...]
Room Decoration Helps Adoptees Adjust (From our guest blog post on 22 December 2011) Moving into a new home or location can be stressful for families, requiring many adjustments while getting acclimated to a new area. For children being adopted this is even more so. For adoptees, everything in their life has just changed….from habitat [...]
Baby’s Christmas Tree…from Top to Bottom (Our guest blog post from 20 December 2011) Many significant “firsts” to observe during a baby’s first year…including baby’s first Christmas. Why not celebrate your new addition along with this special holiday by decorating a baby themed tree? Here are ideas to make baby’s Christmas tree memorable from top [...]
I love early Christmas gifts and this one came in November! Ever heard of Time Out for Women? Each week they spotlight a guest blog on TOFW.com……and I was invited to be featured blogger. (BIG smile here!) My week starts today and features one of my favorite blog posts on using heirloom family photos as [...]
Using Room Decor to Teach Kids Gratitude (From our guest blog post on 23 November 2011) Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Gems in the scriptures such as this verse give parents guidance (and hope) when raising kids, [...]
(Here is a link to my latest guest blog post from 22 September 2011) Using Heirloom Accessories to Teach Kids Family History When did you start to love family history…..or do you? Hearing the words “genealogy” makes some church members want to run the other direction, quickly. My love of family history started when I [...]
(Here is a link to my latest guest blog post from 17 Aug 2011) Use Kids’ Rooms to Create Childhood Memories We all have childhood memories of the places we have lived. Whether the home was modest or opulent, nostalgic feelings return upon sight of a childhood treasure, oft times from something as simple as [...]