Our Elf on the Shelf Kit is Here!
I'm excited to be selling NYC-themed Elf on the Shelf kits this holiday season! Take a look!
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Did You Put Your Holiday Decorations Up Early This Year?
In a typical year, we would cut down a tree from Dan’s family’s Christmas tree farm during the weekend after Thanksgiving, and put up a few decorations in our apartment that weekend too. But…
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Budget-Friendly Stockings: A Holiday Tradition To Try
A few years ago, I wrote an article for The Billfold (RIP) about a tradition my family adopted to help take some of the financial stress out of the holidays and to cutdown on buying/receiving...
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Our Holiday Card
Happy Holidays! What are your plans over the next several days? Doing anything fun for New Years? I hope you have a relaxing holiday and soak up time with your loved ones. Do you send holiday...
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Do or Don’t: Gifts for Co-Workers
At my last job, I exchanged Christmas gifts with my two closest co-workers each year. The usual gifts were small trinkets from recent trips, gift cards to coffee shops, crates of Florida oranges, and boxes...
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Simple Christmas Decor
Every year, we cut down a Christmas tree from Dan’s family’s Christmas tree farm in New Hampshire. A few weeks ago, while visiting for Thanksgiving, we found a little tree for our little Brooklyn apartment....
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Stockings-Only Christmas
What are your family’s Christmas gift-giving habits? Do you gift one gift per person? Do you set a price limit to spend on each person? Does your family skip gifts all together? In the past,...
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#WHPsmallshops Instagram Feature!
I’m so so so excited to have my Weekend Hashtag Project (#WHP) photo submission featured on Instagram’s social media accounts today! Last weekend’s #WHP was “to capture creative photos and stories from local stores and independent...
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