Dayspring Christmas favorites

I haven't mentioned it recently on here, but I'm a bit of a Dayspring fan!!  And I love that they have sales very regularly! I just wanted to get on here and share a few things in case you still need some Christmas gifts, because they are having a Christmas Sale ! They have some awesome ones! AND Now through Thursday, December 19^th DaySpring is offering a free upgrade to 2-day shipping with code FREE2DAY at no extra charge! So you can get your gifts in time for Christmas!!

I want to share some of my favorite Christmas items...

I love, love, love this cookie platter and use it every time I'm taking cookies somewhere during the Christmas season (and I've been known to use it at other times throughout the year as well). It is just the perfect reminder that Christmas happens because of the ultimate gift that God gave us... His Only Son! and when the cookies are gone and the platter is empty, we remember that it's all about God's love.

I also love these dessert plates that coordinate (unfortunately, I can't seem to find them on the site anymore, so they must have discontinued them). And I pulled them out for the month and we use them all the time... not just for special entertaining! Because my kids and husband are special enough for the special Christmas plates! and it's been wonderful to hear my early readers sounding out the words and proclaiming, "Jesus is the Gift!"

And then there is this sweet trio of tealight holders with nativity images on it... If I had the space and money, I would start collecting Nativity sets... although I hear they are a bear to dust ;)

I recently acquired (Yes, I bought them for myself) 2 mugs from the Love Came Down  Collection!! Because I love, love, love mugs ... in fact I wouldn't mind collecting a few more (see below)

And a few items that I don't have yet, but are on sale and I would love to own!!!
I would love these red and white mugs to go with my plates!!



And I'm in love with their new Lyrics for Life line... and this one is on sale for $4.99!!! Check it out!



So check out all the great products and be sure to add code FREE2DAY to upgrade to 2-day shipping for FREE!!!

Christmas shopping at Dayspring

Is anybody out there done Christmas shopping yet?
Has anybody even started Christmas shopping yet?
Are you a plan ahead type of person, or a procrastinate until the last minute person?
I'm mostly a procrastinator until it comes to shopping at Dayspring! I'm always shopping through out the year and stashing them in my closet for Christmas! :)

I really meant to get this info up for you earlier this week, and it just didn't happen! I really don't want you guys to miss out on this AWESOME sale!! So hopefully you will be online at some point this weekend and will go check it out!  I have become quite the shopper at Dayspring! They have so many incredibly awesome products and I'm always on the look out for a great sale!

and here is one you should go check out!

You can even get 30% off the clearance items from DaySpring!


and these Super Deals... There are 24 (that's TWENTY-FOUR) awesome products with prices that can't be beat! I will say that I already own the Inspirational Message Blocks, (I bought them on a super sale before and I love them... and my kids love them and use them to work on spelling (shh, they don't know they are learning)


(you can NOT get an additional 30% off the Super Deals...or else they might be free)

be sure to check it out! Great Christmas ideas and presents! Remember both of these sales are only good through November 26, so get on it!! :)

I would love to hear in the comments, which item do you like the best from the Super Deals?
and are you done Christmas shopping or haven't you even started?

ps. I'm experimenting with affiliate links, so if you make a purchase through one of these links, I will earn a small percentage.

Handmade Teacher Gifts

So, I like to make cards and I love to give cards as gifts. And it's the end of the school year, and my kids have had some great teachers.  And teachers always need to write notes.



But, I'm a procrastinator (in fact, I'm procrastinating right now) and so here it is only 3 days of school left, and I haven't given my kids' teachers a gift to show how much I appreciate their work this year. I've had this quick and easy card idea pinned in my files for a while now.

But for some reason, I managed to make it complicated, so it took me over FOUR hours, to make 16 of them... and I have at least 3 teachers to give gifts, too! So I might have to add some of my favorites from my stash so I can thank them properly... and maybe some support staff, too!

So the original idea used some sort or pre-printed accent, but I wanted to stamp (and I didn't have any pre-printed stuff), so I tried the overlapping technique, but it took me forever to find the right color (not too dark or too light). I ended up mixing it up a little with designs and colors.

Then I decided that plain cardstock was... too plain, so I decided to glitter mist the 1 1/2 x 4 inch papers. I had to spray it, then let it dry and press it between heavy stuff overnight, so the paper wasn't all wrinkly!  But I really like the effect of glitter mist, so I'm glad I did it!

And then, every card needs accents stamps to match on the inside of the card and on the envelope to tie it all together! :)  I really like the simplicity of the black ... simple elegance!!

So it took me a while, but I complete another pinterest idea and I have a gift for my kids' teachers!!

 
What do you give your kids' teachers? 
Do you like simple or more jazzed up when it comes to handmade cards?

and which one of my pins would you like to see me try for next week's PinFTW?  check out my boards and let me know! :)



And linked up to The CSI Project for Pinterest Inspired Week! I love pinterest for my card ideas!