Isabella and my mom are HUGE fans of Hallmark's When Calls the Heart. They'll binge watch episodes as they become available. They will gladly watch episodes they've already seen. You can call them "Hearties" for sure. So, when Shout! Factory offered the send the When Calls the Heart movies over on DVD for review, I knew, without a doubt, that we'd have to share them here. I actually grew up absolutely loving Janette Oke books. I devoured them. So to have a television series based on her … [Read more...]
Get Your Hallmark Photo Greeting Cards in One Hour!
Do you send holiday cards to friends and family this time of year? We still, every year, send out greeting cards that usually are a photo card, but occasionally we send a photo inside the Christmas cards. Did you know you can make Hallmark photo cards online at the Walmart Photo website? This year, Hallmark gave us the opportunity to try out this simple, beautiful, and quick service. I ordered a couple sets of photo greeting cards for Christmas and they were ready in one hour! And, we were … [Read more...]
Christmas Tradition: New Christmas Ornament Each Year
My four year old son is in love with Batman. Period. He has a Batman rain coat, Halloween costume, Bat Cave toy, and the Batmobile. Now this year, as our Christmas tradition continues - a new Batman Christmas ornament for the Christmas tree. Obviously, he has not seen the movie Batman V Superman but he's definitely heard of it from kids at school. He pretends to play it at recess with the other kids and comes home playing it with his toys. He is drawn to Batman and Superman and superheroes in … [Read more...]
Hallmark Flowers: A great Mother’s Day gift idea!
It's May already. Wow! That means Mother's Day is coming up. I have a perfect gift idea for the moms in your life: Hallmark Flowers. Did you know that Hallmark had their own line of flower bouquets that you can send that special person in your life? I didn't know this until two weeks ago, when I had the opportunity to not only review a bouquet myself (how can you say no to flowers?) and send one to a special mom in my life. I choose to send a bouquet to my sister-in-law Melanie who … [Read more...]
DIY Greeting Card Box
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SendSmiles #CollectiveBias. We have several family and friend birthdays during the summer months. I like to give unique gifts that are fun and practical. I know a standard gift card is so much easier, but putting some thought into a gift is so much more fun. Don't you think? I don't know about you, but I love when someone puts thought into my own card and gifts. Getting personal … [Read more...]
Easy Valentine’s Day Cards with Hallmark
This year for Valentine's Day we are giving out non-candy Valentine's cards. One girl in my Princess' class is diabetic and so we thought to be fair to her, we'd give out Valentine's Day themed pencils with her cards. There are many handmade Valentine's Day cards to be found online - and they are all so cute. But, to be honest, it is easier for me at this point in my life, to buy Valentine's Day cards for my Princess' class. So that Pinterest board full of card ideas will have to wait until next … [Read more...]
Our Black Friday involved Rudolph!
We have a family tradition of putting up our Christmas tree and in-house Christmas decorations up on the day after Thanksgiving - always in the evening. We listen to Christmas music and drink hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows. My Princess has been counting down all week to do it. This special family night really is a highlight of our entire year. We still use an artificial tree that we've used for the last decade. My awesome hubby, puts the color coated branches in each assigned slot, while … [Read more...]
