I've thoroughly enjoyed The Jolly Jabber, blog of Fat Quarter Shop owner Kimberly Jolly. It's especially fun to read Designer Tidbits which offers interesting peeks into the lives and tastes of fabric designers or to click through the sidebar list of fabric designers' blogs.
Do you have a favorite fabric line? Something that sings to you and makes you wish you had one of every print? Leave me a link or even just a name and let me know what you love and what you would do with it. In return, you'll be entered to win those darling charm packs.
The generous and very talented folks at St. Luke's Brush have offered you a beautiful doll, just as we prepare to celebrate Our lady of Guadalupe. This stunning doll can be yours--leave a comment for a chance to win. Our Lady of Guadalupe, "Our Lady of the Americas" is a one of a kind, 3.5 inch wooden peg doll hand painted with non-toxic acrylic paints and sealed to preserve this keepsake toy.
I can't begin to tell you how much my children love our wooden saints dolls. They are easily the most beloved toys ever. One way we've increased our collection is by giving each child their name saint as a stocking gift one year. We open our stockings on December 6th, the feast of St. Nicholas.
For this week only, St. Luke's brush is offering a free St. Nicholas doll for any orders of $100 or more. It's an In the Heart of my Home special only for this giveaway week giveaway runs. Readers simply need to put In the Heart of my Home Special in the notes section with their qualifying order.
Leave a comment below to qualify for the Our Lady of Guadalupe doll. I've told you our favorite stocking stuffer. Please tell me yours.
This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story This is a lively counting rhyme with bright, cheerful pictures. Easily memorized in time to impress the grandparents at Thanksgiving Dinner.
N. C. Wyeth's Pilgrims This is my absolute favorite Thanksgiving book. The clear, crisp, astonishingly beautiful N. C. Wyeth paintings are so very memorable.
This is a photography book worthy of the coffee table. I can't for the life of me figure out why it's out of print. (Shhh...there are 15 used ones available at Amazon).
Cynthia Rylant makes poetry of November. This is a sensory feast, filled with warmth and snuggling and the gathering of creatures.
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Eu-cha-rist (ykr-st) The Eucharist is another name for Holy communion. The term comes from the Greek by way of Latin, and it means "thanksgiving." It is used in three ways: first, to refer to the Real Presence of Christ; second, to refer to Christ's continuing action as High Priest (He "gave thanks" at the Last Supper, which began the consecration of the bread and wine); and third, to refer to the Sacrament of Holy Communion itself. [Middle English eukarist, from Old French eucariste, from Late Latin eucharistia, from Greek eukharisti, from eukharistos, grateful, thankful : eu-, eu- + kharizesthai, to show favor (from kharis, grace; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots).]
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Revisiting a big kids' lapbook to make plans to do it all over again with the little ones:
Here is a narration of Cranberry Thanksgiving on the left and a Thanksgiving poem for memory and copywork in the middle.
Mary Beth has written things for which she's thankful on the turkey's feathers. The purple matchbooks open to tell about the events on the Mayflower.
The map shows the journey from England to Plymouth.In the centerpiece are the steps for planting corn (I think this, the map, and the Mayflower pictures are from Enchanted Learning.). There is a folded Venn diagram just below the map (it's hard to see because it's yellow). Mary Beth compared our Thanksgiving dinner with the Pilgrim dinner.
On the right in this picture (really the bottom flap) is a four part shutter book with picture of spring, summer, winter and fall reduced from N. C. Wyeth's Pilgrims. This is a really beautiful book!Beneath the flaps are narrations of each season that I keyboarded so we could fiddle with the font and make it fit.
Remember Give Jewelry? If you don't, please go read. These are amazing folks who are working so hard on behalf of orphans in Bali.
The children of the Bali Orphanage come from all over Indonesia. Many of the country’s islands are poor, which means families are often split up because of death, poverty or disease. Because Bali is one of Indonesia’s more stable islands economically, orphaned children often find themselves here.
Give Jewelry has partnered with the oldest and most established orphanage on the island. It’s run exclusively by volunteer nuns,and it operates with extremely modest means.
Under Indonesian law, only citizens of the country can adopt children from its orphanages. This makes placement challenging for these kids – as a nation that struggles economically, few Indonesians are in the position to take on an extra mouth to feed – and many of these children live their entire lives within the orphanage before leaving to get married or find work.
At any given time, between 45 and 80 children call the orphange home. And there is little hope for any other. The nuns, the children, and the people behind Give Jewelryare family in the truest sense of the word.
We think a lot about crafting home here on this blog. A purchase of Give Jewelry is a truly beautiful way to help craft a home a world away.
Give Jewelry is offering you a $250 dollar, "Take care of all your Christmas shopping at once" giveaway. The winner of the giveaway will also have 10 weeks of food (that's 210 meals!) donated in their name to the 2 new orphanages Give is just beginning to help on the islands of Sumba and Timor. That's how Give Jewelry works:
1 piece-1 child-1 week of food
So, really Give Jewelry is offering you a chance to give--to the children and to the people on your Christmas list. All the bracelets come packaged beautifully in a way that lets the recipient know that they are doing something wonderful for some children a world away.
These are beautiful bracelets with purpose.
Give Jewelry is a sustainable movement to provide food for children in orphanages throughout Indonesia. The vision is simple: every bracelet purchased directly benefits kids in need. So no matter what type of bracelet you choose: friendship,charm, leather, beaded, cuff or any of the ther bracelets, you’re really choosing to make a difference In the life of children.
There are lots of ways to enter the giveaway (and you can enter more than once):
First:
o Go to the site www.give-jewelry.com and choose your favorite bracelet and put a link back to the bracelet and a short description of it in the comments below.
o Post about Give Jewelry on your blog, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube: www.give-jewelry.com
FREE Cause Bracelet for In The Heart of My Home Blog Followers:
FREE Cause Bracelet for In The Heart of My Home Blog Followers:
Please head over to Give and do a little Christmas shopping to set in motion the “1 piece-1 child-1 week of food.” Write “Elizabeth” in the comment box to receive a free cause bracelet of your choice! Choose which cause bracelet, Relay for Life Purple or Breast Cancer Awareness Pink, by writing “Elizabeth-pink” or “Elizabeth-purple” in the comment box upon checkout.
And take a moment to watch Give in action. You'll be glad you did.
and sorry I'm so late to the party! I just learned that this blog has been nominated for the Homeschool Blog Awards. Thanks for the nod in my direction; it was very nice of you to think of me. Today is the last day to vote, so you might want to mosey over there and check out all the categories. The lists of blogs in every category are great places to find new gems to read.
In The Heart of My Home
I'm Elizabeth. I'm a happy wife and the mother of nine children. I grab grace with both hands and write to encourage myself and others to seize and nurture the joy of every day. I blog here with my daughter, Mary Beth, a wholehearted young lady on the brink of adulthood.
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st) The Eucharist is another name for Holy communion. The term comes from the Greek by way of Latin, and it means "thanksgiving." It is used in three ways: first, to refer to the Real Presence of Christ; second, to refer to Christ's continuing action as High Priest (He "gave thanks" at the Last Supper, which began the consecration of the bread and wine); and third, to refer to the Sacrament of Holy Communion itself. [Middle English eukarist, from Old French eucariste, from Late Latin eucharistia, from Greek eukharisti
, from eukharistos, grateful, thankful : eu-, eu- + kharizesthai, to show favor (from kharis, grace; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots).]
