Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Stephanie Spring Lifestyle

A Christmas tree farm and each other were all we needed to squeeze in a picture for Christmas cards this year. It really is the best time of year to capture the changes each year brings. It’s also the perfect reason to send snail mail to the ones you love.The best part of creating our Tiny Prints Christmas Cards was they did all of the work for us! We uploaded a few pictures to test out which design was our favorite and played around with fonts and colors. It was completely personalized to how we wanted it to look. For those of you who dread addressing each and every envelope (like myself), free customized addressing is available just for you! Eeek! You still have time to order these beauties before Santa comes down the chimney in just 16 more shut-eyes! Capture the moments with the ones you love and have yourself the merriest little Christmas from our family to yours!

Christmas Giveaway 2016: Day Four

Stephanie Spring Lifestyle

On the fourth day of Christmas my favorite author, Shauna Niequiest gave to one lucky winner, a signed copy of her fourth book, ‘Present Over Perfect’! I tried to put into words how lovely this book is but I think she says it best. It is the perfect reminder for this time of year and always.

” A few years ago, I found myself exhausted and isolated, my soul and body sick. I was tired of being tired, burned out on busy. And, it seemed almost everyone I talked with was in the same boat: longing for connection, meaning, depth, but settling for busy.

I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, neighbor, writer, and I know all too well that settling feeling. But over the course of the last few years, I’ve learned a way to live, marked by grace, love, rest, and play. And it’s changing everything.

Present Over Perfect is an invitation to this journey that changed my life. I’ll walk this path with you, a path away from frantic pushing and proving, and toward your essential self, the one you were created to be before you began proving and earning for your worth.”

Written in Shauna’s warm and vulnerable style, this collection of essays focuses on the most important transformation in her life, and maybe yours too: leaving behind busyness and frantic living and rediscovering the person you were made to be. Present Over Perfect is a hand reaching out, pulling you free from the constant pressure to perform faster, push harder, and produce more, all while maintaining an exhausting image of perfection.

Shauna offers an honest account of what led her to begin this journey, and a compelling vision for an entirely new way to live: soaked in grace, rest, silence, simplicity, prayer, and connection with the people that matter most to us.

In these pages, you’ll be invited to consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of the mess and the ordinariness of life.

Bittersweet review 

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Day One: Blanket Scarf giveaway

Day Two: Pillow Cover giveaway

Day Three: Lily & Val giveaway

Christmas Giveaway 2016: Day Three

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I have Lily and Val to thank for our third day of Christmas giveaways!

“If we are honest, food and drink are some of the best parts of the holiday season! From grandma’s cooking to gingerbread cookies, the tastes and smells of the kitchen warm the soul. Set your table with merry sentiment as you sit down with friends and family to celebrate the kinship we share during the happiest time of year. Our book of 25 tear-out placemats brings a rustic charm to every holiday table setting and makes a great hostess gift, too!” You know the routine by now. 😉  Enter the rafflecopter below and be sure to click on some of my holiday recipes!

Holiday recipes for any occasion:

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Whole Wheat Biscuits

Spinach Dip and Soda Bread

Peppermint Bark

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Christmas Giveaway 2016: Day Two + Christmas Decor

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On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: two turtle doves. Two turtle doves sound sweet but I think a Christmas pillow cover sounds a little more enticing. And that’s exactly what one lucky winner is going to get on day two! 😉 I had so much fun seeing everyone enter on the first day! I can’t wait to see what today brings. 🙂

I adore the shop, with lavender and grace and I’m also a big fan of holiday pillows. This pillow cover is the perfect clean and classic touch for the holidays! One winner will receive the pillow pictured below! You have exactly one week to enter starting…now! Enter in the rafflecopter below. 🙂

What better timing than today to talk about Christmas decor with Andrea? Pillows and all things snuggly are high on my list for the Christmas season. In addition, I linked some of my favorites below that make each day in December a little more cozy and warm in our home. 🙂

If you missed the first giveaway, be sure to enter here!

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