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10 Reasons Why I Love the Day After Christmas

My family had a wonderful Christmas holiday this year. My husband took the week off and we spent our days visiting with friends and relatives, eating a variety of delicious foods, touring the beautiful “festival of lights” in Willow Glen,…

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Spread Some Holiday Cheer to Shut-Ins

I’ve felt “ready” for the holidays for awhile. I was one of those folks who put decorations up the weekend after Thanksgiving and postmarked my holiday cards for December 1st. There was plenty of chaos during the last week of…

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Eco-mania continues

Whether you’ve got kids with sensitive skin, or you’re just not into
dealing with the chemical processes that even the regular 100% cotton
clothes go through, then it’s nice to know that you’ve got…

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Holiday Humiliation

I love getting Christmas cards–especially the family pictures from faraway friends. I rarely see most of them, but I get to watch their children grow up through the mail. None of those friends are watching my children grow up. Because…

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Redefining Christmas: The gift that really keeps on giving

My extremely generous in-laws keep bugging me about what they can get me for Christmas, and quite frankly, unless it’s some magic bubble that I can place over my children so that they will healthy…

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Rosy cheeks and everything

I wrestle with the idea of what to get my two-month old daughter for Christmas, because well, she’s two-months and what the heck does she care about what’s sitting under the tree for her, right? But…

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Oh the weather outside is frightful

I’ve not yet met a mom who loves stuffing he baby in some sort of hot, fuzzy baby bunting for a trip outside in the cold. Well, all that’s about to change thanks to Kate Quinn Organics’ baby bunting,…

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A Method to your holiday madness. Literally.

I’m the person who walks by a candle shop or perfume store and starts sneezing uncontrollably. So just imagine how well I do trying to find a nice subtle holiday scent that doesn’t make me run…

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When a card is so much more than just a card

The idea of pediatricians formulating baby skin care products–as the MD Moms have done with the much beloved Baby Silk line–is easy to understand. But I love that they’ve outdone themselves this…

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So much better than a holiday letter. (Oh so much better.)

Maybe you have time to sit down and write a newsy, personal note in every holiday card you send out, but personally, I consider it a good day if I can make the time to get fully dressed. And don’t…

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Holiday baby gifts for baby that are actually more appealing than the wrapping paper

Oh I just can’t wait for all those obligatory stuffed animals that my baby will get over the holidays because really, what do you give a newborn for Christmas? So here’s a suggestion: An adorable …

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Silhouette cards - Make sure they get your good side.

Every year, our families bug us about our holiday cards because we only send pictures of the kids. I guess my husband and I never figured that anyone would actually want to see our mugs too.

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Berry beautiful holiday cards

These days  you can spread “good will on earth” while being kind to it as well. But let’s be honest, not all eco-friendly cards are created equal.

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Definitely not your granny’s crochet

Thanks to my not-so-quickly shrinking postpartum body, the only items that are guaranteed to fit me are accessories. So at the top of my “dear santa pleeeeeeeeease” list are these Floral Crochet…

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Not since the mimeograph have we been more excited to sniff paper

I’m one of those goofy, sentimental types where it comes to personal correspondence.  If you send me a card, you can be sure it will occupy a place of honor on my refrigerator.

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Organic kids clothes take over the world. Starting with the holidays.

With all the holiday invitations coming up, I’m trying to broaden the girls’ party wardrobe without succumbing to either scary appliquéd sweaters or velvets and tulles that will be a bitch to get the…

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Greeting cards for charities that benefit you too

While I’ve always liked the idea of buying holiday cards that benefit a charity, the reality of some of those options was… not really what I had in mind.

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Making the kids set the Thanksgiving table this year

Last year, my daughter had a blast creating custom place settings for each guest at our Thanksgiving table. The setting for her little brother had a school bus on it. The setting for my stepmother’s…

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Poppies…poppies…

The grayer it starts to look outside, the more I want to remind myself that sunny days will return again. Fresh-cut flowers on the table, a bright-red pedicure, and this modern Poppy necklace from…

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Thank You! Please?

I’ve gotten a good chunk of my holiday shopping done already. Please don’t hate me, but it is pretty much required when you have dozens of cousins with millions of children: you start early. Plus, ’tis the season of birthdays…

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