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Jessica’s Favorite Things Giveaway

Hey readers!

Did you know it is only 10 days till Christmas!?

Jeez where has the time gone!

Well today I get to share with you some of my favorite things for this Christmas Season.

And guess what!?

One of you lucky people will get to win it all!

This season I am really loving hot chocolate! I am not a coffee drinker, but Starbucks has some YUMMY hot drinks, you gotta try, so I included a $5 gift card to Starbucks!

Lindor Truffles, needs no explanation!

I recently found some of this cute chevron burlap ribbon and it quickly has become on of my favorite things! Just think of all the things you could use this for!

EOS chapstick! It gets really dry here in Wyoming and this has been a life saver for me. I love the shape of it and when I am searching in my purse for it, it is really easy to find.

Urban Peach Earrings, these are so cute! I have this exact pair and I LOVE THEM! They go with everything!

And I couldn’t not include some vintage items!

These little guys are wooden ornaments I found and they are THE cutest things!

I am having a hard time parting with them.

If you would like to enter to win MY favorite things, just comment on this post and a winner will be chosen on Monday Dec 16th!

For an extra entry like this post on our facebook page!

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Wrapping Kid’s Gifts For Christmas

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I’ve been trying to come up with some fun ideas to wrap my grand kid’s Christmas presents and I’ve found some fun ideas…….

http://bugsandfishes.blogspot.com/2008/12/gift-wrap-ideas-6-fun-with-fonts.html

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Favorite Things – Winner Of Our First Pack

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OK. DRUMROLL…..

THE WINNER OF OUR FIRST “FAVORITE THINGS” PACK IS:

JULIE JACKSON GILES

Congrats Julie! Please email your address to us at polkadotpoplars@hotmail.com.

Jessica will let us know what her favorite things are tomorrow and, of course, they are being given away to some lucky person.

Also, while I’m here I want to tell you about treeseek.com and photoloom.com

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Filed Under: Dru, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: Christmas, Favorite Things, Geneology, Winner

Angels Among Us

By Dru 5 Comments

I love this song….Alabama’s “Angels Among Us”

If you’d like…push the play button and listen as you read this post.

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Our Favorite Things – Christmas Edition

By Dru 15 Comments

How about a giveaway!!!!!

The girls and I are each gathering some of our favorite things of Christmas. So, there will be four prizes we are giving away just because we love you and we LOVE Christmas. I will be starting out with the first package and the others will be following in the next few days.

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12 Days of Family Fun

By Dru 9 Comments

This time of year can get so busy that we can forget the most important thing, our family.

There’s so many fun things to do at Christmas with our families……

Seeing the Christmas Lights

Caroling

Making Gingerbread Houses

Watching Christmas Movies

Sledding

Reading Christmas Stories

BUT….

I’ve come up with some other ideas. They don’t take a lot of time and are scheduled for you for the 12 days before Christmas. These are just suggestions and can be rearranged for your schedule or just to supplement your own activities.

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No Sew Play Tent

By Jessica Leave a Comment

OH MY GOSH it is freezing here in my small town, -4 degrees!!

I really hope you are all staying warm wherever you are!

I don’t know about you guys but my kids make forts ALL THE DANG TIME!

and I know it’s a right of passage as a kid to make forts out of whatever you can find, but my OCD has a hard time with all the junk lying around.

So to help make me and my kids happy I made this!

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Giving Back During The Holidays

By Dru 1 Comment

Every year I like to give a little something to someone less fortunate. Usually it’s a child from an Angel Tree or a toy given to someone collecting for a homeless shelter or group. This year I wanted to do a little more. I’ve put a little more thought into things and have found some awesome opportunities. I’m sure all of you do this already, but for those who are looking for opportunities I thought I would share my list to inspire you. I won’t do all of them but these are the things I’ve researched.

One important thing to mention is that giving back doesn’t have to include money or spending. Time is a huge gift.

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Real Bottle Brush Trees

By Dru 1 Comment

I absolutely love bottle brush trees in all sizes. I recently purchased some from a craft supply company, put them in bleach to remove the green color and sold them at a flea market boutique. They were hot and I sold out in the first hour.

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