Beginning tomorrow, Friday, December 3rd, and running throughout the weekend. Join us for great gift ideas. Each day will hold different and beautiful gifts. With books, candles, and handmade gifts, there’ll be something for everyone! Have a browse and invite your friends too. The more the merrier! 🎄🎄🎄
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December 25 2019
Oh my goodness! Thank you Romano Duo!!
Homemade gift I made for Lillian. This was great fun! Using a book that was destined for the trash, I randomly opened the book and scanned for phrases to make into a poem. Challenging! 💙💙💙
Beautiful gifts from Thomas and Lillian. 💚♥️💚♥️💚♥️
Homemade gift I made for Thomas. This was great fun! Using a book that was destined for the trash, I randomly opened the book and scanned for phrases to make into a poem. Challenging! 💜💜💜
I am incredibly blessed.
A good time was had by all. Team TLC + The Romano Duo + Robert
These two stoke the embers of my heart, giving me strength when I wish to be weak. There is no greater gift.
My eyes nearly began sweating when I opened this gift. A magical bird made from recycled material. Beautiful!!
Christmas Eve dinner was a big scoop of the homemade green bean casserole I had just made. Followed by a piece of apple cranberry pie. Christmas dinner was nearly the same, adding a big scoop of my mom’s potato salad. Yum!!! 💚💚💚♥️♥️♥️
Christmas gift from my brother. My eyes got sweaty over this one. And, y’all, I have absolutely no recollection of this, nor of even being this person. I’m smiling though. Always smiling. 😁♥️
Homemade gift I made for Mom and Frank. This was great fun! Using a book that was destined for the trash, I randomly opened the book and scanned for phrases to make into a poem. Challenging! 💙💙💙 🧡🧡🧡 For Robert’s gift I created a larger than life heart flower. 💚💚💚
December 31 2019:
Lillian thinks I made a masterpiece with the candy canes. Ha!! The vases are packed so I grabbed the French press container and added the candy canes. The inside of the French press fell apart, and I was wondering what I would do with the glass. Improvise!! ♥️💚
December 5 2019:
I recently offered a suggestion to a wonderful and uplifting gift giving blog post on Just the Positive. Warmed my heart to see my suggestion of writing a special poem and using upcycled materials to make into a wall hanger (along with many other suggestions from others), including two photos of last year’s gifts. I needed my heart warmed. (Thanks Jackie!) Check it out. You may see something that inspires you!
Click the photo below to read the article …
December 25 2018:
Merry, Merry!! Joy, Joy!!! Oceans of love!!! 💚🎄❤️🎄💚🎄❤️🎄
My non- traditional Christmas dinner!
Beyond Beef Burger topped with romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, hot and sweet jalapeños, sautéed crimini mushrooms and sweet onions with a side of roasted delicata squash. Patty made me my own batch of potato salad! Yum!! Washed down with blood orange Italian soda.
And, another of Frank’s virgin Bloody Mary.
My homemade gift to Thomas. Favorite color is a shade of aqua and favorite color combination is yellow and white. xoxo
That is Thomas
A beaming smile
To light the way.
A mind that
Craves to know
The why, the how.
A heart that
Thumps, thumps, thumps
With the wonder
At every pondering.
A young person
Making way
Through this
Crazy thing
Called adolescence.
Conversations,
Never dull.
Conversations,
Always full of passion.
A beautiful
Shining human
That is this one
That is Thomas.
Love,
Camilla🚀💞
Mom
xoxo
My handmade gift to Lillian. Her favorite color is blue, favorite color combination is rainbow colors, and she loves glitter and sparkles.
Magical Fairy Drops
She is a fairy
A fairy whom
Likes a berry.
She is a fairy.
A fairy that’s
Definitely not hairy.
A lover of shadows
A lover of weather
She is a fairy.
Inspired by the sparkles,
Lifted by the rainbows,
Delighted by the
Pink and orange sunsets.
Eyes shining bright
To behold the
Beautiful sky.
All aglow with
The sighting of
The magical moon.
Icicles, dew drops,
Puff balls, fresh snow,
Spring flowers,
Summer showers,
Autumn leaves
These are a few of her
Favorite things.
She is a fairy.
She is Lillian.
Love,
Camilla💙🌈
Mom
xoxo
2018
Handmade gift for Frank. His favorite colors are blue and orange. xoxo
The Italian Named Frank
Always ready
To celebrate
And to do it
With flair!
Good food and drink
He’s always happy
To serve up.
Willing to help,
Ready to give hugs,
With much love.
One whom can
Be counted on
To bring along
The silly side
Of any holiday!
Fra-gee-lay … it must be Italian!
It’s a Major Award!
Merry Christmas, The shitter was full!
Love,
Camilla😜💖😂
xoxo
2018
Handmade gift for Robert. One of his favorite colors is green. 💚💚💚
Handmade gift for Mom … Patty. One of her favorite colors is merlot. This was as close as I could get. xoxo
Ode to Patty
Always there,
Always with
Love to share.
Always with a
Comfy and cozy
House to share.
She makes
Us giggle
She makes
Us wiggle …
She makes us wiggle?
Well, not really, yet
That’s the word
That shot forth!
Deeply for her
Family she
Does care.
Always there,
Always with
Love to share.
Love,
Camilla 💖
xoxo
Handmade gift for Carolyn. Her favorite color is purple. Love you dearly, SongBird …. 💜💜💜
Dearest Carolyn – SongBird,
To have someone
such as you
to hold a mirror
so that one may
fully see the path
she has travelled
and continues to travel.
To have someone
such as you
shower your kindness
and generosity upon she.
To have someone
such as you
to share what
she needs to share
knowing it only
deepens the relationship.
To have someone
such as you
is a blessing
of the highest
and brightest.
I am blessed
by our friendship
I love YOU
Yo Cosmic Sista!!
Camilla – LoveSeed 💖
xoxo
Handmade gift for Frank. His favorite colors are blue and orange. xoxo
The Italian Named Frank
Always ready
To celebrate
And to do it
With flair!
Good food and drink
He’s always happy
To serve up.
Willing to help,
Ready to give hugs,
With much love.
One whom can
Be counted on
To bring along
The silly side
Of any holiday!
Fra-gee-lay … it must be Italian!
It’s a Major Award!
Merry Christmas, The shitter was full!
Love,
Camilla😜💖😂
xoxo
2018
December 25 2018:
My homemade gift to Thomas. Favorite color is a shade of aqua and favorite color combination is yellow and white. xoxo
That is Thomas
A beaming smile
To light the way.
A mind that
Craves to know
The why, the how.
A heart that
Thumps, thumps, thumps
With the wonder
At every pondering.
A young person
Making way
Through this
Crazy thing
Called adolescence.
Conversations,
Never dull.
Conversations,
Always full of passion.
A beautiful
Shining human
That is this one
That is Thomas.
Love,
Camilla🚀💞
Mom
xoxo
January 19 2018:
Finished Thomas’ Gift! Now I can move on to the 2018 Theme Poster!!
Who else likes to use recycled items for gift making?
I so much loved making this. I like to use recycled items so this is on a piece of cardboard. The top and bottom border, flower stem, and two hearts are candy wrapper (Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Honey Mints) as Thomas loves the color and we save them (and I love that they are only 3 ingredients).
The tree is from an old calendar, the cow is from an old issue of Edible Reno-Tahoe magazine, the house and cat are from an old Trader Joe’s circular, and the rest is glitter glue! Made to hang with a piece of old hemp shoe string. About 5 years ago a friend gave us rolls and rolls of this hemp string. Still using it!
He loves trees, cows, and cats, and I know he would love living in that house … xoxo
Dearest Thomas
May you always ask questions,
May you always engage others in conversation,
May you always seek to understand.
May you ever know there are times when silence is the Way.
May you continue to be an explorer in the sea of knowledge,
May you filter that knowledge through the knowing of the Heart,
May you love this life and live it to the fullest.
May you ever be connected to the knowing of your Heart,
May you ever still …. Go here to read more …
January 17 2018:
Finally finished Lillian’s hand made Christmas gift! Just need to add string for hanging! xoxo
Dearest Lillian
May you always live with an open and light heart,
May you always live knowing you are unconditionally loved,
May you always live knowing and allowing peace, joy, and abundance.
May good fortune smile and shower upon you,
May joy stalk you and be hidden in every nook and cranny of your life,
May peace float always above you as a puffy cloud in a bright blue sky.
May the shadows ever be …. Go here to read more …
