Tag: christmas

Simplified Christmas gift system

Our family's Christmas Gift System {Heather's Handmade Life}

Without this Christmas gift system, I really feel like it would be difficult to know where to stop. I’d probably keep picking things up because they were cute, or fun, or a good price, etc. until I had way too much.

Muddling through a COVID Christmas in Atlantic Canada

And so, counting active cases instead of counting sugarplums, here are a few ways our family will be preparing for our very first (and hopefully only) COVID Christmas …

Many moms struggle with guilt, comparison at Christmas

They say comparison is the thief of joy, and no one understands that more than a mother at Christmastime. Moms with less money might compare themselves to moms with more money, and feel guilty their children won’t be getting the same big-ticket items under… Continue Reading “Many moms struggle with guilt, comparison at Christmas”

The online shopping trick that just saved me $108.49

This easy shopping tip showed me that a site I had NEVER used before (never even heard of, honestly) was selling the identical item for almost $78 less.

Christmas gifts for tween boys are NOT EASY

Christmas gifts for tween boys {Heather's Handmade Life}

Our son is almost exactly nine and a half years old. He’s very much entering TWEEN territory which means, apparently, that it is much, much harder to buy him Christmas gifts.