A Simple Christmas

A Handmade Christmas: Twig Star Ornaments

by Crystal on December 15, 2012

A New Leaf shows you how to make DIY twig star ornaments.

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A Handmade Christmas: Colored Sugar

by Crystal on December 13, 2012

 

MomOnTimeOut.com shows you how to make colored sugar.

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A Handmade Christmas: Salt Dough Ornaments

by Crystal on December 12, 2012

MomOnTimeOut.com shows you how to make DIY salt dough ornaments.

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JustLaine.com shows you how to make these DIY Anthropologie inspired Christmas Tree Jars.

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10 Favorite Read-Aloud Christmas Books

by Crystal on December 10, 2012

Christmas wouldn’t be complete without good Christmas stories — here are 10 of our favorite read-aloud Christmas books:

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The Christmas Story

The Gingerbread Boy

Gingerbread Baby

Gingerbread Friends

The Mitten

B is for Bethlehem

The Baby Born in a Stable

White Snow, Bright Snow

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

Great Joy

You should be able to find all or most of these at your local library!

What are some of your family’s favorite read-aloud Christmas books? I’d love to find new ones to add to our list of favorites!

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A Handmade Christmas: Easy Glittered Bulb Ornaments

by Crystal on December 10, 2012

CreativeCarissa.com shows you how to make easy glittered bulb ornaments.

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LivingWellSpendingLess.com shows you how to make Freezer Paper Stenciled Tote Bags.

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A Handmade Christmas: DIY Bird Nest Necklaces

by Crystal on December 07, 2012

SarahOrtega.com shows you how to make a DIY Bird Nest Necklace.

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A Handmade Christmas: Paperclip Earrings

by Crystal on December 06, 2012

Evie-S.com shows you how to make handmade earrings from paperclips and string.

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Savoring the Holidays — Even on a Limited Budget

by Crystal on December 05, 2012

I’m over on Hope for Women talking about Savoring the Holidays — Even on a Limited Budget. Here’s a snippet of my article:

Just because you have a tight budget does not mean you can’t enjoy Christmas. In fact, you might find that you enjoy the holidays even more when you don’t have a lot of money to spend. It forces you to slow down, simplify and get creative.

Give Experiences vs. Expensive Gifts

If you don’t have money in your budget to give your children expensive gifts, that’s OK! Focus your energy on making special memories together.

Check out Christmas movies from the library, listen to Christmas music on the radio or on Pandora, play board games, pop popcorn and make hot cocoa, and drive around and look at Christmas lights. Laugh together, talk together, be together. I promise these are much more important in the long run than being able to afford some high-dollar toy.

Read the entire article here.