Christmas Giveaway!

Well it's that time of year again! Time to give and be with loved ones. It's so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle and STRESS that this time of year usually brings. A lot of times I have to remind myself not to get caught up in it otherwise I'd go nuts!! Like most families I am the one who comes up with gift ideas, I do the shopping and wrapping, I do the cards and mail them out. It can be super stressful but this post is not about STRESS it's about sharing with you!!

I would like you to tell me what the best gift you ever received was, be it something physical, emotional or an event. Just for doing that I am going to pick 2 winners with the random number generator to receive a set of 4 bookmarks. Make sure you tell me which set you would like if you win. You can choose between my Season's Speak set or my Bistro set. These you can keep for yourself or give in a stocking stuffer both are worth $10.

Season's Speak Set

Bistro Set

OK so I'll share with you my story. I think the best gift I ever received was when I found out my boyfriend (now husband of almost 10 yrs) Jason was going to follow me to NY. He went away to school when we were both living in FL, during this time I couldn't find work and my family had just moved back North to NY and I was starting to live on credit. It was getting bad!! I made the gut wrenching decision to move back to NY and I really didn't want to because all of my friends were in FL and I knew Jason would be coming back to FL after school was done. I didn't know if we could survive the distance since we had only been dating 4 months when he left. I was worried sick that it would be over and I knew by that time I had wanted to marry him. I got the phone call from him that he was going to move to NY so we could be together again and I was the happiest I had ever been. He came a few days just before Christmas and we've been together ever since!!! That was the best gift ever!!!!

Now it's your turn! Make sure you tell me how to contact you if you're not a blogger and also which set you would like!!!

Have fun!

Giveaway is open until Saturday at Noon! I will announce the winner then.

Aimée

The BEST handmade soap EVER made!!!

My favorite Christmas Soaps, originally uploaded by sunbasilgarden.

I just wanted to spotlight the BEST handmade soap I have ever tried. I am so blessed to have found Lauren AKA Sunbasilgarden on Etsy. She is the sweetest Etsy seller I've met and she's a good friend. I've been lucky to work with her on her banners and it all started with a trade after we met in a trading chatroom on Etsy.

I am IN LOVE, yes, IN LOVE with her soaps!!!!! I smile everytime I get ready to use it in the shower (no lie). I inhale the wonderful scents and let them clean me with their cute suds. OK that sounds weird but I do inhale their wonderful scents multiple times while showering. Right now I'm loving her Winter Wonderland soap which is the blue striped one in the photo. It has my favorites Yankee Candle scent Jack Frost which is a mix of vanilla and peppermint! YUM! If you have never been to her shop you NEED to pick up multiple soaps!!! She is having a few shipping deals of multiple soaps right now. These would make wonderful Christmas gifts for your loved ones. I'm planning on getting more.

So what are you waiting for!? Go get some wonderful soaps from my friend Lauren!!!!!! You can keep up with her at her blog as well.

:)

Aimée

Handmade Extreme!!

I took the Handmade Pledge and I've been taking this handmade thing to the extreme this holiday season!!! Not only am I buying handmade but I'm making things and I am even decorating my own gift boxes. I love how these turned out!! Whatcha think?? The initials are for my friends that way I don't need gift tags.