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free mini December calendar ♥

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well i say this every year. how did Christmas get here so quick?
i was scrolling though some old blog posts and got excited about some gifts & decorations i’ve done in years past 


this hot cocoa bar is coming back this year! but in a different spot and i’m gonna change it up a bit


this Christmas card / gift wrapping caddy is so handy to have around
and it looks cute on the kitchen counter or living room table ♥


one year i decked my craft room out to the max!
yeah… that’s not happening this year ha!


trader joe’s christmas cookies for the win
and sprinkles in hot chocolate


taking in the last little bits of fall this past weekend
soon it will be covered with snow
for 6 months
😦


guys. we saw Moana. 
we loved it! it’s so cute!
disney never disappoints


download your free calenandar right here!
hope you are getting lots of shopping, decorating and cookie making done!
much love ♥
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black friday shop update!

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just a little heads up to let you know there’s a black friday sale 
happening in my etsy shop today!

use the coupon code {BLACKFRIDAY20} for 20% off of your total purchase storewide today only! AND receive a FREE SET of bible journaling cards/gift tags OF YOUR CHOICE with everypurchase over $25 (total amount before shipping charges) just leave your card choice in the notes to seller during checkout!


happy shopping!

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shop update! small biz saturday preview ♥

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happy monday everyone!
just a little sneaky peaky at ALL THE NEW fun happy stuff in my etsy shop!
i’ve been gearing up for Christmas, and hoping to create lots of new selection that i hope you’ll love while checking lotsa peeps off of your Christmas gift list ♥


every good & perfect gift bible journaling cards … but you can use these for anything really!
gift tags, notes of encouragement, or even tags for your Christmas baked goods


stackable (alex & ani style) bracelets are back!
three Christmas versions, and i’ll be adding a few non-holiday ones in the next couple days

because all things plaid ♥



and and and. i’m so so so excited to finally release this thin blue line collection!
we’re so proud of our heros in blue! – wear your support in a necklace or bracelet version


they can be personalized with initial charms and a smaller micah 6.8 scripture pendant


i’ve been wearing mine and i love it so much ♥
be sure to follow along with me on instagram 
since i have a giveaway planned for this week and i post shop updates & coupon codes there.
i hope you have a wonderful monday and a wonderful week!
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hello new month november ♥

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we blinked and October is gone
while we sorted halloween candy Christmas movies on the Hallmark channel were in full swing
late night coloring sessions with this coloring book

this little pumpkin hand sanitizer cover was too cute to pass up!
(from bath and body works)

my daughter is crocheting these hearts to hopefully make into a blanket when she’s done
love her yarn!

emoji pumpkins are all the rage i guess … my girls painted these 🙂

lots of new fun things in the shop this past month, have you seen??

i’m working on new Christmas stuff too so keep an eye out!

  

we made these pretzels and they were the best thing ever. go make some.
then put them in a jar and bring them to your neighbor to be nice ♥

download this month’s calendar here! 
thank so much for following along with me here and on social media, i really do appreciate all of you and it’s you guys that are at the heart of so much of what i do! are you thinking Christmas shopping yet? i have 5 gifts so far which is a record for me… cause i usually have none until the first week in December. and even then, that’s pushing it 🙂 i’ll be back soon with Christmas shop updates!

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yarn wrapped fall wreath ♥

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i love fall in upstate
it’s so pretty here
and the donuts and cider are everyyyyywherrrrre.
yum


i always get an itch to make a new wreath in the fall
and when i accidentally stumbled upon this beaaauuuutifuuul yarn in michaels last week
(i was looking for another type of yarn that i can’t find anywhere)
i knew i had to make something out of it


guys. this yarn is plush
it’s so soft and luxurious
i’m wondering now if there was other variations and i missed them because i was mesmerized with this one. 

i picked up a styrofoam wreath form on the way out in isle 9
(just kidding i’m not really sure which isle the wreath forms were in but nine sounded good)
and wrapped it around and around and around
do this step while Jimmy Fallon is on – doing his Donald Trump impersonations
 it goes faster if you are watching Jimmy Fallon


you can use hot glue to secure the ends onto the styro
in my case i was upstairs on my bed (watching Jimmy Fallon)
and i was too lazy to plug in my glue gun
so sewing pins work great too!



added a little Martha metallic paint to all the tips of a package of white feathers (from michaels too)
(ps i love Martha’s paint. it has the best thickness and THE BEST colors)
(cause well duh. she’s Martha)


i used pins to secure the feathers (or again hot glue would’ve worked great) starting near the bottom and working my way up towards the side
i dug through my ribbon stash and used some navy satin ribbon to wrap a sort of “cuff” around the one side hiding the feather tips that were left showing at the top


and that’s it! are you gonna make one?!
so easy. so fun

wreath. check
mums. check
pumpkins. check

i think my front porch is ready for fall!


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a free mini calendar ♥ and free shipping in the shop!

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well September came and went!
life’s been so crazy busy
have you been keeping up with me on instagram?!
i’m @raisinguprubies over there 🙂

soccer season’s been in full swing and there’s two more weeks left. bless.
it’s fun to be out there watching your kids, but sleep & Saturdays go together 
and i like my sleeping in
hallelujah amen.


i’m gearing up for the holiday season in my shop!
i’m adding new things little by little and right now this weekend 
there’s a coupon code for free shipping! 
FALLFREESHIP
go use it!
think Christmas gifts, teacher gifts or treat yo’self gifts
🙂


this past week i added a whole new fall collection – journaling cards & planner clips/bookmarks



apple picking season has begun!
a local U-Pick farm is right down the road from us and the apples are delish.
and cheap. so we go a couple times before they’re all gone and it’s freezing.
boo winter.


i mentioned in my last post, that I’ve been using the project life app
and i am SO hooked – i’m making weekly page layouts 
every Sunday night, football is on and i’m doing my layout for the week and am filling up a scrapbook with tons family memories, which hasn’t been done since 2007.
it’s empowering ladies. try it! i think the app is on sale for 0.99 cents right now too!


love this guy. he’s pretty smokin.


my youngest got an instax camera for her birthday, she’s a pretty good picture taker 🙂


#pumpkinspiceeverything

i’ve been making batches of character charm necklaces and keychains for stocking stuffers but they’re flying out of the shop as soon as i put them in … there’s a few left right now but i do hope to add more over the next couple weeks too.


looking for a bride-to-be gift? these are new in the shop as well ♥


guys. i found this shirt at CRACKER BARREL. for real. it’s my new favorite place!
and i love it so much. i’ve had like 8 people stop me to ask where i got it
their reactions are so funny when i tell them where it’s from ha!


here’s this months free mini calendar!
download and print, one for you and one for someone else who loves rainbows too ♥

much love you guys!
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happy September ♥ and a free mini printable calendar

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i just keep saying this all the time, but why are these years flying by so fast?
summer is coming to a close, school starts next week for us
and we’re entering the high school phase of life. crazy.



if you follow me on the insta you know that i’ve been using the project life app to “scrapbook” our photos and memories. you can find out more about what it is here & here

i’m hooked on using the app …  it’s so simple and it’s done right from your phone, in bed, while watching Netflix. it’s great. you can print your pages right from the app now, and they’re sent right to your mailbox – the quality is AMAZING and the price is so reasonable!
the two layouts above are last weeks compilation of pictures and things we did. i’m trying have a 2 page layout (12×12) for each week and if there’s an extra event or more pictures, i just go ahead and do more pages. SO fun. slide them into the page protectors and you’re done. love it. 




another character necklace & keychain sale is scheduled for September 13th @8pm eastern over at my insta-shop account (@shopraisinguprubies)
i’ll have lots of new characters … shop now for Christmas stockings!




soccer season has begun!






and i’ve been slowly working on re-purposing everything in this room
every year things change in here and purging and re-organizing is helpful 
keeps things running a bit more smoothly 🙂




cute pineapple print is from my friend Lindsay here
if you sign up for her monthly newsletter you’ll receive a freebie every new month



when i first started blogging they were little #sad
now they’re big kids




there’s a coupon code running in my etsy shop for the holiday weekend
(BACKTOSCHOOL25) for 25% off your purchase
and this new teacher gift set, globe planner clip & artwork from Pen & Paint, is a new addition to the shop!

happy shopping! and don’t forget to download this month’s free mini calendar here

one for you and a friend!
have a great weekend ♥
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illustrated faith ♥ and a cute little idea

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for the past few months i’ve been a part of a design team for Illustrated Faith, so fun…
i contribute printable goodies to cut and paste into your journaling bibles
there’s a bunch of us girls who design and release new pages at the beginning of each month
here are a few of the downloads that you’ll find in the print and pray shop

 

i was thinking i needed a cute little storage solution for all these pretty little pieces
so i decided to corral them all into a mini 4×4 project life binder

i found these at joanns and the little page protectors too in the project life section ♥

side note – i love project life guys … did you know there’s an app now?! 
yup, you can document your pictures and memories right from your phone 
so your kids don’t grow up to be jpeg’s.
(bonus:: you can do it while you’re in bed perusing the insta or watching netflix 
snuggled up to your hubby who’s watching football and playing boom beach
yeah… there’s that)


so i put all the cut-outs in each of the mini protectors and organized them by set
but you could stick them in there any which way



project life also has 6×8, 8×8 and 12×12 binders too if you needed more space or had bigger printables to store, or even larger pieces of pretty paper maybe?



i also found this medium sized pencil pouch at michaels 

the mini binder and a few other bible journaling must-haves fit nicely inside
perfect for on the go right?!



take it to church with you or even to craft night … maybe to the coffee shop
where do you do your bible journaling?



just a little tuesday afternoon inspiration for ya ♥
if you want more bible journaling info, or are in need of some ideas head illustratedfaith.com
you’ll be hooked!

much love

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happy August ♥ and a new mini printable calendar

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July was so good to us ♥
it was full of vacation
camp and lots & lots of ice cream stops!
we got to go out for the day on a friends boat … and tubing! 
kids love it! me not so much. i’m chicken 🙂

my older daughter is going to high school this fall. so crazy…
my little is still holding on to being a kid
somedays she’s so grown up and i’m sad
but other mornings i walk into her room and find this
her crumpled up messy bed, legos, superhero girls and remenants of Jesus time 
oh my heart ♥

as much as i DON’T like NY in the winter
i really love it the rest of the year
we’ve had a super dry summer, it usually rains quite a bit here so it’s been a nice change of pace

with zuchinnis growing like crazy in the garden and a tennager who likes to bake
the mixer is always on in the kitchen
snickerdoodles were on this day’s agenda
i just kinda felt like my cuppa tea needed a cookie.

my bestie AmyJ. is pumping out the cutest things lately in her digital shop 
i just got a new happy planner so i’ve been cutting out the printable stickers from her shop at night during tv time. it’s so relaxing and so much happy to see them all in this little sticker binder!

my husband and i celebrated 17 years at the end of July
17 roses were waiting for me at home
it’s his signature thing … roses 🙂
marriage is hard. but it’s beautiful isn’t it?

hope you’re having the most wonderful summer ♥
we still have almost 5 weeks left before school starts 
so pool time, hot dog eating and sleeping in is still going strong!