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44 Ways to Give your Loved One the Gift of Time this Valentine’s Day
I’m always looking for ways to give gifts that don’t involve a huge amount of “stuff.” It isn’t easy though, because gifts of stuff are often easy–especially when things are always being advertised and wish lists are often being updated. With Valentine’s Day approaching, I’ve been thinking of ways to give the give of time instead of the gift of stuff–or at least maybe a bit of both. What is the “gift of time”? There is a basic idea out there that everyone receives love a different way, more specifically in one of five ways: acts of service, words of affirmation, physical touch, gifts, and quality time. I’ve mentioned the…
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Make A Difference By Giving These 10 Sustainable Gift Options
|PR| This post contains gifted products. As always, all thoughts are our own. Please read more on our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Page. The holiday season is here! And with that comes the need to think about gift giving. We love a good experience or homemade item as a gift, but sometimes it’s nice to give a quality physical gift to someone as well. This guide is all about helping you find items you can feel good about gifting–items that are thoughtful, practical, have good style and are, of course, good for our planet. Sustainable Gift Guide 2023 Choosing a sustainable gift can be both easy and complicated. There is a lot…
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Words of Affirmation Gift that will Cost you Pennies!
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I’m focusing on making presents for Christmas this year. Making gifts can be a great way to reduce waste and also a great way to reduce spending. I also mentioned that I like to gift experiences and am trying to combine the idea of an experience with a homemade gift. As someone who appreciates kind words, I came up with an idea of a homemade “Daily Affirmations” jar. It is a perfect, low-cost Words of Affirmation gift for a loved one. Love Languages and Words of Affirmation While I don’t believe the idea of five love languages is perfect, it is a…
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Date Night Boxes–Fun DIY Christmas Gifts that Anyone can Make
When giving gifts, I love making things and I also love giving experiences. Both stem not only from my desire to keep waste and clutter to a minimum, but also my hope to give a personalized gift that will be enjoyed and cherished. Leading up to this Christmas my boyfriend and I were talking about finances and inflation and fun, embarrassingly adult topics like that. Since making gifts can be more affordable than buying them, we also talked about how we would love homemade Christmas gifts from each other. That got my wheels turning and I came up with a way to combine my love of experiences and making things…
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Low Waste Teacher (or Anyone!) Gifts
This year with my kids now in two different classes, piano lessons, sports, and dance, there are a lot of teachers and so a lot of teacher gifts to pull together! I know it’s not necessary to give gifts, but I like the idea of taking the opportunity to thank and show appreciation to the people who pour so much into my children on a regular basis. But what gifts might be appreciated while not adding to the “stuff” of life? My criteria for teacher gifts What I’ve come up with! I’ve decided to give a few of my favourite low waste products and will include a family Christmas card…
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6 Places to Feel Good About Shopping this Holiday Season
Anyone else regularly think about not wanting to give billionaires more money? With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, I wanted to offer some options for places to feel good about shopping. Big box stores may seem convenient and affordable, but independent stores can be too! Break up With Amazon this Christmas I can understand the desire for Amazon‘s convenience when shopping and I’m not judging if you make some purchases from there, but there are so many reasons to look at spending your money elsewhere. We talk about small businesses often because small businesses directly help support our communities. There’s also the fact that our dollars spent at small…
