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SPONSOR GIVEAWAY | Win $35 to Chic Tags

Welcome to my newest sponsor, Chic Tags. One lucky reader will win a $35 gift certificate towards Chic Tags' collections of tags, journaling cards and embellishments, perfect for Project Life and scrapbooking projects.

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Chic Tags is a delightful mom & pop shop located in central California! They specialize in delightful paper tags for all your crafty needs! Our shop started with 3 punches and a paper trimmer. True story.

What started as a small Etsy shop has now become a manufacturing company. Chic Tags debuted their beautiful paper tags at CHA Winter 2013. Veronica sketches everything by hand on a notepad and her husband Albert converts them into wonderful little tags for all your crafty needs. <

They just released their Road Trip line perfect for all those spring break adventures!

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The giveaway will be open until midnight EST on Saturday March 30. Winner announced on Sunday. Good luck!

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FEATURED SPONSOR | 30 Days of Lists

Please help me in welcoming 30 Days of Lists as a sponsor. This month-long project is a collaboration between Kam of Campfire Chic and Amy of Lemon and Raspberry to encourage and challenge to you to journal something every day–even something as small as a list.

Kicking off March 1, 2013 through the entire month, they will be posting a daily list prompt–anything from weekend goals to celebrity crushes. At the end of the 30 days you’ll have a collection of entries creating a small snapshot of your life right now. Only 5-10 minutes per day are really needed. That’s all. Just write.

Registration opens on February 4th and the challenge starts on March 1st. There is a small registration fee of $8 which will automatically enter you for a chance to win these great prizes: 

• Register in the first 48-hours (by 11:59 PT on Tuesday, February 5) and be entered to win Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists by Nathaniel Russell AND subscription to your choice of One Year of Everyday or Our First Year Together journaling prompt email series !
• One of the first 100 Listers will be randomly selected to win a Project Life Core Kit of your choice! Even if you’re not a Project Lifer, these journaling cards can be used for any memory keeping – like listing!
• One of the first 300 Listers will be randomly selected to win a $50 Blurb gift certificate!

Subscribe to the 30 Days of Lists Newsletter for updates. Happy list making!

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My Christmas Wish

I ran this excerpt from the 1947 film The Bishop's Wife this time last year because it's one of my favorite Christmas movies. It's so sweet and Cary Grant is perfection.

The movie ends with a Christmas Eve sermon that gets me every time. I just watched it again and was struck by the message more than ever. In light of the heavy hearts, frustrations, and reflection this holiday season has been surrounded by, I wanted to share it with you again. 

The sermon starts at 0:50. You can also watch the clip of it here. 

Tonight I want to tell you the story of an empty stocking.

Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child's cry. A blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We haven't forgotten that night down the centuries. We celebrate it with stars on Christmas trees. With the sound of bells, and with gifts.

But especially with gifts. You give me a book; I give you a tie. Aunt Martha has always wanted an orange squeezer, and Uncle Henry can do with a new pipe. For we forget nobody, adult or child. All the stockings are filled, all that is, except one. And we have even forgotten to hang it up. The stocking for the child born in a manger. It's His birthday we're celebrating. Don't let us ever forget that.

Let us ask ourselves what He would wish for most. And then, let each put in his share. Loving kindness, warm hearts and a stretched out hand of tolerance. All the shining gifts that make peace on Earth.

My true wish for us all. Sending my love to you, friends old and new. Merry Christmas.