Category: Gifts & Hospitality
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Shrimp Boil Party
I’m so pleased to introduce my readers to a new MostlySensible contributor, Ann Shrader. She’s my mom! There’s no one on earth who has a knack for putting together some really neat gift and hospitality ideas. Ann Shrader has been a missionary kid, a Bible college professor’s wife, and a pastor’s wife, and a veteran…
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Goodie Bags for Young and Old
Hosting a party in my home is always a joyous time. Anytime our home is opened for a party or other get-together it’s nice to send folks home with a little something if I can. Time and resources were in short supply for me, so I made some simple gifts. It was just enough to…
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Christmas Hot Pads
When the kids are settled into a school routine, and I am too, I like to make homemade Christmas gifts. 🙂 I like to include at least one homemade item in the Christmas gifts for the family. So what to do this year? Here’s an idea for you that I did a…
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Christmas Pillowcases
I like to do a homemade gift for my family at Christmas time. One year, I did pillowcases. It was super easy! At first, I had thought to try to find out what each person’s bedroom colors were and try to match those, but that turned out to be too difficult. Matching colors was a…
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Throw Blanket Gifts
A month ago I planned to sew together a gift to give to my parents who were coming for a visit near the time of their birthdays. I also wanted to send with them home with a throw blanket for my grandma who is home-bound and whose birthday was also coming up. The days clicked…