Three Things : Weekdays + Creative Family Giveaway
One of the things that remains constant for all of us are the days
of the week. Each day of our lives present new stories to tell. When I
am on the lookout for supplies I gravitate towards anything that
includes the days of the week or some sort of calendar/date component. These are great supports for my everyday style of picture-taking and scrapbooking.
1. 7gypsies A Year In The Life clear stamps : Completely universal. I especially like stamps such as these that can be used on so many different projects.
2. Days of the week stickers from Papier Valise : Click on the paper section of her shop to access these stickers. Watch out, this shop has tons of great stuff. I also love the French days of the week stickers.
3. Teresa Collins Journal It collection : A bunch of the pieces in this collection include a calendar or day of the week accents (scroll down the link to see more of the collection).
[ Three Things is a weekly product series : check out the archives here. ]
Today's giveaway is a book I have been recently treasuring: The Creative Life: How To Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections by Amanda Soule.
This is one of those books I wish had been available before Simon was born. So many ideas for cultivating creativity and appreciating nature and living a very full and joyfully simple existence. A great gift for a new Mom or someone with small children in the house.
You can read more about Amanda on her wonderful blog: SouleMama.
Leave a comment below and let me know what is your favorite thing to do as a family that brings you closer together. A random winner will be chosen on Wednesday night around 5pm Pacific.
[ Look for today's layout to be posted at 10am pacific. ]
We have made it a family tradition to go to Galena, IL every Thanksgiving. The picturesque surroundings with the rolling hills, wild roaming turkeys, and the star filled nights makes every holiday one we talk about for the rest of the year.
Thanks for offering the giveaway.
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we pray together.
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Our children are nearly grown (23 and 18 and the oldest living 3 1/2 hours away) but for years I think that our fav time is in the evening when we all come back together after a long day of being apart and a part of our separate lives (does that make sense?)and relishing the discussion of what our days have been about. Then in the summer my husband leaves our little farm in WNC to venture to an adventure as a salmon fisherman off the Bering Sea in AK. Our best summers without their dad was when we deliberately made a decision to come together on our ride home (listening to quiet music - Kenny G versus the Beach Boys - they WERE much younger then), going to our separate spots once we were home and spending 15 minutes alone then gathering together to fix dinner and sit outside and talk about our day. It preserved my sanity as a "single" summertime mom -
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One of my favorite things to do as a family is just to eat dinner together. We live a very active and hectic life because of all the sports my boys play and to just be able to sit and re-group and catch up on the days happenings is wonderful.
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We love spending the evening enjoying a hot, home cooked meal followed by a game of Mexican Train (like dominos - but with a train - I haven't a clue what Mexico has to do with it). Anyway, it's fun for the whole family and the game's length can be adjusted to whatever you like. We try to do this at least once a week and often invite the kids' Grandparents. . . very fun! : )
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We love to have game night, and have dinner together. There is nothing like having a good laugh together. Fun!
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As a family, our biggest enjoyment is eating out. We like to go out and watch a movie and then go out to eat. The kids enjoy it so much and my husband and I do too.
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A layout every day this week AND a give-a-way? Get out!
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Great give-away! I love your daily blogging....I always look forward to it.
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What a great book, I have heard terrific things about it on various blogs. My family loves to play board games on Friday night, our favorites are Go Fish & Monopoly.
Thanks,
Tiffany
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My kids are older now ( 20 & 21) and not here very often. I LOVE having them for dinner and just sitting at the table long after we are finished just talking. No rush to do the dishes. Enjoying that we are now becomming friends!
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We always make time to eat dinner together at the end of each day. No distractions, like tv. Just us talking about our day.
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My favorite thing to do as a family is to go out for a drive. Nowhere in particular just drive and as always my camera is not far away
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Wow, what an interesting book. I may have to look into getting this as I am pregnant now with my first baby! Thanks for sharing the awesome layouts.
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Wow, what an interesting book. I may have to look into getting this as I am pregnant now with my first baby! Thanks for sharing the awesome layouts.
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We try to get together a couple of Sundays a month for family dinner. The kids love to get together with cousins and play.
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Wow, what an interesting book. I may have to look into getting this as I am pregnant now with my first baby! Thanks for sharing the awesome layouts.
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As a family of 3.5 (my husband, my dog, myself and a baby on the way!!) we love to do anything outside together. Our recent favorite is taking a bike ride around our neighborhood with our dog, Libby, running right next to us!!
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I have great memories of family time as a child. I think nurturing a child's imagination and encouraging creativity is so important.
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What a fun giveaway. My favorite thing to do as a family... Honestly, its being home (esp in the winter months) lounging in our PJ's, playing games and having no where to go!
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Wow Ali - what an amazing sounding book. My husband and I were just talking about mindfulness and trying to incorporate joy into every day life, especially with our 22 month old and 3.5 year old children.
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There have been a few occasions when I've gotten to travel with members of my extended family and getting to know them outside of normal family interactions has brought us closer together.
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ohh... favorite family thing?
-BBQ's and being in the backyard when the sun is just starting to go down
-camping
-road trips
-playing board games in our pj's
-telling stories around the fireplace and drinking hot cocoa (in the winter)
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This book sounds great! My son is 4.5 months so we are enjoying being a 'new' family. I think bath time has to be one of those special moments. There is nothing more relaxing than the smell of clean baby :) We have been discussing the kinds of things we want to do as a family as Jacob grows. This could be a great ideas book.
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Trips, big or small, is one thing that definitely one way to get everyone together for quality time.
We also try to keep Sundays as family days. After church we just hang...either at home, our local fitness center (winter activity), a picnic and ball at a local state park, etc. Placing imaginary boundaries around our family time has made a big difference and brought us alot closer.
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