Celebrate with Hershey's

Share sweet Holiday moments with one-of-a-kind HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates. These delightful candies are dressed up in bright red, green, and silver foils and are ideal for candy dishes, gifts, crafts, and all your Holiday occasions.

I was doing my weekly blog hopping tonight and I'm always looking for ideas that I can use for Christmas gifts, cookie exchanges, crafts, decorating - basically anything fun and unique.  I came across the Hershey's website and on their holiday ideas pages there are some really good ideas for lots of FUN activities.  I thought you might be interested in them.

Recipes:  Cocoa for a Crowd 

I saw soooo many wonderful recipes on this site.  Everything from cocoa to cookies to cheesecake.  Go to: http://www.hersheys.com/celebrate/holidays/recipes/ and come back and tell me which YOU are going to try.

Crafts:

I thought these were really cute crafts to make.  I'm in love with these snowman ornaments.  They'll make really cute gifts for decorating the tree or secret santa.  I also noticed they had a couple of Hannakah crafts too. 

You'll also find color pages, free gift tags you can print and use, Holiday Gift Ideas for those hard to shop for, screen savers, decorating ideas, christmas cards you can print off, and more!

Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop - New Sponsor!

One of our NEW sponsors signed up today for the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop December 1-5!  Be sure to put us on your calendar that week so you can come back and read the review and sign up for the giveaways!  You can take some time and see all the beautiful gift items DaySpring has and start making up your gift lists.  When you place your order, if you would click on this handy link and order from this website I would really appreciate it as I get a little bit of a commission.  It's not much, but every little bit helps when you're not working fulltime.  Thank you so much!

The word "dayspring" means the morning light, the aurora, the rising of the sun. It is called the dayspring "from on high" because the light of the gospel shines forth from heaven. God is its Author, and through His mercy it shines upon people.  ~ Barnes' Notes on the Bible

"When you get right down to it...";                                                                    
"...the only thing that really matters is Jesus."

DaySpring is offering Holiday Gift Guide readers 

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Seeking Sponsors for Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop

I am participating in the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop this year and will also be hosting my own giveaway on my blog as part of the event. The event runs December 1 to 5th and there’s over 200 blogs participating so far! I think its going to be so much fun for everyone involved!

The giveaway theme is cash and gift cards/gift certificates. I am currently looking for companies who wish to sponsor my blog giveaway for this event with a Gift Certificate from their business. It’s up to you regarding the amount and who can enter (US, Canada or worldwide).

How will this help your business? We are expecting this to be a high traffic event and the buzz is already building online about it. Your company will gain exposure and I am offering a Special Package to give you more incentive to sponsor my blog giveaway!

Diamond Package - Donate a Gift Certificate 0f $100 or more. You will receive:

·  Company or Product Feature Post (300+ words, 2 keyword links of your choice, pictures, links to your site and Social Media sites).

·  Sidebar Button Ad for the month of November up until December 15. You must provide me with the picture for the button.

·  1 Year Link to your website on GivingNSharing.

·  Facebook Post about your company on the TheBookLady Facebook Page and I will suggest your page to all my Facebook friends (well over 1000 people, I belong to several groups and pages).

·  Tweet to over 1000 Twitter followers about your company and a link to your site.

·  Description of your business with a link to your site and a picture on the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop post.

·  Advertising Space on the 12 Days of Christmas Event (Nov 24 - Dec 8) and in the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide on my Holiday blog.

Sapphire Package - Donate a Gift Certificate 0f $50 or more. You will receive:

·  Sidebar Button Ad for the event (December 1 to 5). You must provide me with the picture for the button..

·  Facebook Post about your company on the TheBookLady Facebook Page and I will suggest your page to all my Facebook friends (well over 1000 people, I belong to several groups and pages).

·  Tweet to over 1000 Twitter followers about your company and a link to your site.

·  Description of your business with a link to your site and a picture on the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop post.

·  Advertising Space in the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide on my Holiday blog.

Ruby Package - Donate a Gift Certificate 0f $49 or less. You will receive:

·  1 Year Link to your website on GivingNSharing.

·  Facebook Post about your company on the TheBookLady Facebook Page and I will suggest your page to all my Facebook friends (well over 1000 people, I belong to several groups and pages).

·  Tweet to over 1000 Twitter followers about your company and a link to your site.

·  Description of your business with a link to your site and a picture on the Holiday Gift Giveaway Hop post. 

Please email me at contact.thebooklady@gmail.com if you are interested in becoming a sponsor or if you have any questions.  Thanks!  Tina "the Book Lady"

A Baby Changes everything & recipes

Hi everyone, I got to thinking as I was adding this blog to all the Friday Blog Hops tonight, that MAYBE I should explain what I'm doing here. This blog is all about Holiday Traditions, Gifts and Recipes. Please share YOUR family traditions and if you have a favorite family recipe posted on your blog and would like to share it, please do! The recipe page is a linky. You will click on the Your Next link and add the link to the post where YOUR recipe is posted. This can be a salad, main dish, dessert, side dish or a Gift Recipe from YOUR kitchen. If you don't have a picture of your recipe - use your blog button or find a picture of something similar to what your dish looks like.

Reviews and Giveaways now Being Accepted for the Fall and Winter Season!

Take a look at this cool blog I just found!  It's a Christmas Blog with it's first giveaway of the season!

Christmas Giveaway 1

The first GIVEAWAY will be a group of ornaments very similar to the ones to the left. THERE WILL BE 2 WINNERS, so two packages of gorgeous ornaments are waiting for YOU to win. I am one of those people that think there is no such thing as TOO many ornaments! Parker will draw on Monday night so spread the word that there is a CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!  I am excited to give away something glitzy!  

For the GIVEAWAY, as always, ALL you have to do is leave a comment..If there is anything special you want to see more of or know more about on this blog, also include that.  


9/10/10: Hi everyone - to enter A Baby Changes Everything's contests, click on the stained Glass picture above to enter her website.  Giveaway 2 is up now!