Confession

Sorry! I have been getting so many wonderful holiday cards this year and well, I do not send holiday cards (yet). I think that will come next year after I have a new last name...we'll see what next year brings so to all of you reading this...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

HAPPY HANUKKAH (belated)!

HAPPY KWANZAA!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

and HAPPY WINTER :)

Today, I am grateful for: friends, family, God, sleep and another day of rest...the 'not feeling good' feeling just won't leave me alone ;) but I guess I should be used to that-it's still early in the day.

Love,

Rachel

Followup: Inexpensive Gift Ideas

These are applicable to holidays, birthdays, or a thank you for being a person in my life!

Thank you to those who submitted ideas and I came up with some on my own too...

-Sale section at Anthropologie (normally not a cheap store and i'm not sure about online but when I go into the store, I ALWAYS find something, I even found some awesome fabric to be used in conjunction with the wedding)

-Homemade bookmarks

-Various ideas with small canvases-painting, quotes

-Baked goods/candies/that sort of made-from-the-heart goodness

-A great place for picture frames (esp. smaller ones)-dollar stores

-Dollar Bins when you walk in at Target-have gotten some great stuff!

-Tricia...A great gift is to make bags of epson salt with oil and directions. Package them up pretty.

-Kristin...photo frames with inspiring words on them...either gotten from magazines or painted on...also-homemade ornaments...

-Brandy...suggests this site...http://www.gifts.com/finder for those who are hard to buy for!

That's all for now! If you have more or I forgot someone's please speak up :).

Today, I am thankful for: friends, family and God, finding a great dress for the weekend wedding and the holidays, getting all the holiday shopping done (I think) and the crowds not being too bad, and now a day for resting again-I think this cold/flu has never really left and I feel it coming on again-I hope I'm wrong!!

Love,

Rachel