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The winner of The Christmas Collaboration card giveaway is…
Meggie- Oh Come Let Us Adore Him is my favorite!
Congratulations Meggie! Oh Come Let Us Adore Him is my favorite too. Send me an email and I’ll let you know how to get your Christmas card!
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If you are still debating about what to do for your Christmas card this year, this is the post for you! Have you seen The Christmas Collaboration shop? It involves two of the most talented ladies I know. Lindsay of Pen and Paint has collaborated her art skills with Katy’s design skills of Katygirl Designs to bring you unique Christmas designs.
The Christmas Collaboration shop sells beautiful Christmas prints (don’t you love this one?) tags, and note cards.
And they are selling Christmas cards too!
The designs are so great! I love seeing my sweet boys on these cards. How do you even pick one?
You can choose from single sided or double sided…one photo or multiple photos.
And this is the best part. A portion of every Christmas card sale is going to benefit the Joyful Life Library. So great! Lindsay and Katy believe in Heather and her project and are so excited to be able to give back in this way. You all know I love Heather and the Joyful Life Library so I am really excited about this! I am amazed by Lindsay and Katy’s hearts and their generosity. They teach me a lot!
And speaking of generous…they want to give away a Christmas card to one of you! Giveaway Details: 1 Christmas Card by The Christmas Collaboration 1 winner chosen at random 1 entry per person Giveaway ends Monday, November 25th at 10pm CST To enter, visit The Christmas Collaboration… then come back and leave a comment telling me your favorite Christmas card or design. * * * Follow Lindsay on Instagram @pen_and_paint and see more of her work at Pen and Paint Follow Katy on Instagram @katykristin and see more of her work at Katygirl Designs Have a great weekend!
The winners of the Set of 3 8×10 Christmas Printable Prints & matching gift cards are… Rachel – I love the “Today will be great” printable in mint. It’s a great reminder that everyday is a gift from God. + Heather – ” Gracious words are like a honeycomb” one would be a fabulous reminder on our home. Hard to choose because they’re all so good! Congratulations ladies! Send me an email and I will let Heather know that the printables go to you! * * * * * Also, DaySpring is having some SUPER DEALS this week I wanted to let you know about.
Redeemed Found and Treasured Large Purse
12 Day Holiday Countdown
Wonderful Grace – Carved Wooden Tray
Redeemed – Lovely by Design – Overnight Bag
Redeemed – Romans 8:28 – Wristlet There are 16 SUPER DEALS like these ones so make sure you go check them all out! And get free shipping over $30 purchase with code shipping30 So here’s the story behind our family pictures this year… They were originally scheduled at the beginning of October. Which also turned out to be the day after Joel got Bell’s Palsy. So I emailed Gina and explained what happened and that Joel probably wouldn’t be up for taking pictures and asked if we could reschedule. Of course she was so understanding so we waited a few weeks to see how Joel was doing. He was getting so much better but his progress has been SLOW so we decided to go ahead and schedule them and hope for the best. Picture day came and Joel still couldn’t smile but he graciously agreed to just go ahead and take them. He is a good sport because I’m pretty sure if it had been me I would have not wanted to be in any pictures. Well, the boys and I look great…but Joel on the other hand… 🙂 I’m totally kidding. It is just weird to not see Joel’s big smile when that is such a defining characteristic of him, you know? And he wasn’t a big fan. I actually didn’t think he looked that bad. 😉 The boys looked adorable, of course! So here are a few of our family pics this year…
Levi loves Miss Gina. Griffin wasn’t so sure. Can you sense his uneasiness? Haha.
But then he started to warm up.
And then Gina told us to make silly faces and this was Levi’s pose. How can you not smile at that crazy face?
And Griffin was all smiles after that.
I always like to have a picture to remember their sissy too. And my heart always aches a little when I actually see it. I wish so much that she was here, sandwiched in between her two crazy brothers.
See what I mean? Not bad, just not his typical smiley self. We did get one really good family pic where the Bell’s Palsy isn’t very obvious…but I’m saving that one for the Christmas card. 🙂
I think this is one of my favorites. Gina told them to go take a picture with their mama and they messed up my hair instead. So typical.
I love these two so much. What a gift it is to be there mama. Thanks so much Gina! The pictures you take of my family are treasures…even the ones with crazy faces! And next year we will be back with all four of our smiles! **Photos by Gina Dreher of Gina Dreher Photography**
As I prepared and prayed about what I shared with you last week, I started realizing that I have a lot of work to do on my own heart. I can see myself easily getting busy and preoccupied with Christmas activities again this year and pushing out my time with God. I needed to recommit to prepare my heart as Christmas approaches so that I can help point my kids to Jesus and love those around me well. And you know what? Last week proved to be one of those busy weeks where I had to fight and be disciplined to stay in the Word. I was beginning to feel overwhelmed and I thought how in the world can I write about these things when I’m struggling to live them out myself?! So, I just wanted you to know that. I am not perfect. I fail. I struggle with all the same things that can pull us away from keeping Christ at the center of Christmas as you do. I am not an expert and I definitely do not celebrate Christmas perfectly myself. I am so thankful that God gives me grace and fills in the gaps from my insufficiency. I emailed Heather and asked her if she would have time to create some printables that went along with the Christmas carols I shared last week. Of course, she went above and beyond and created two sets of printables. I love them SO much! We were able to give one of these to each mom that came to our “Surviving the Holidays with Grace” session which was fun! Our hope was that the ladies would take one of these prints home and tape or clip it up to remind them of the things God was asking them to do to make Christmas more about Him this year. I had decided to hang up “let every heart prepare Him room”. I thought this was the one the Lord was nudging me on this year. But then today I was feeling some weariness and thought maybe I should hang up “a thrill of hope the weary world rejoices” instead. I probably just need to hang up all three, right?!
Heather is selling these prints and other fun Christmas printables in her shop. She is the sweetest and offered to give away some of these print sets to my readers! Yay! The great thing about these prints is that they are an instant download. Once you purchase (or win!) a print or a print set you instantly download them to your computer. Then, you can print them at home or have them printed at a print shop.
Heather also designed these matching gift tags. They are an instant download also and included in the giveaway!
Giveaway Details:
Two readers will win 1 instant download print set & matching gift tag set of your choice
TWO winners chosen at random
One entry per person
Restricted to US residents only
Giveaway ends Wednesday, November 20th at 10pm (CST)
To enter visit The Paperie…
then come back here and leave a comment
telling me which print you need to hang up in your house as a reminder this year?
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Heather is also offering 25% off anything in her shop when you use the code: merry25
AND
You get a FREE printable banner download with every Christmas printable purchase…and they are so cute!!!
Thanks, Heather!!
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Mindy - My favorite one is “Good Tidings of Comfort & Joy” – although I love them all!!! 🙂
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Carley - The link didn’t work, but I love the “O Come let us adore Him” card. You’re boys make it adorable!
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Liesel - I love the O Come Let Us Adore Him card and the Happiest of Holidays!
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Jessica Wheeler - O Come Let us Adore Him!!! I love Levi’s sneaky grin and Griffin’s sweet face:)
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Erin - I love the Joy to the World card.
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Amy - Love the “Good tiding of Comfort and Joy”
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dana - Love Good Tidings of Comfort & Joy!
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Amanda - Such perfect timing!!!! I had been looking at these cards this week and had picked out my favorites (joy to the world and come let us adore home) but hadn’t ordered yet!! So now maybe I’ll win!!! Yay!!! Such cute cards!!
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Meggie - Oh Come Let Us Adore Him is my favorite!
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Lisa Kirkes - The link didn’t work for me either, but I did find them on Etsy under The Christmas Collab. I love their “Joy to the World” cards, but they are all fantastic. So creative!
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Kate - Unfortunately the link isn’t working, but their cards are beautiful!! We gave up on Christmas cards the past two years, so I am REALLY motivated to get them done this year. Love the sentiment of “O Come Let Us Adore Him!” The true reason for the season!!! Thanks for all of the reminders to keep our eyes on the Lord!
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Beth K. - I really like the Happiest of Holidays with 4 photo openings (I have 4 children), but I also like Joy to the World. It would be a hard decision to make if I won.
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Pamela - Love the Oh Come Let Us Adore Him!!So cute and perfect for this season.
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Jen - Love the o come let us adore him card!
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Janelle - I love the Joy to the World card!
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Hannah J - I love the “Share the Joy” card!
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annaO - How DO you decide? They’re all awesome. I do love “O Come Let Us Adore Him”.
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Heather L. - They are all beautiful! I’m partial to the “Joy to the World” one … but, they are all quite lovely!
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Lacie Hutchins - I have been searching for the perfect Christmas card that is affordable. So far I have come up empty handed! Either they are too expensive or they are too secular (I like Santa as much as my kids, but I like to share the TRUE meaning of Christmas better!). I LOVE these! My fave is the one with multiple photos! I hope I win!
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Brittin Olson - Joy to the World
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Diana Ysla - Happiest of Holidays 🙂
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Sarah Damaska - The cards are amazing and cute, of course, but benefitting theJoyful Life Library? I LOVE that. 🙂 I would choose “Comfort and Joy”.
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EmmaG - I found a link that works by going to katygirl’s shop. I would choose Joy to the World.
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Kasey - I love the “Joy to the World” design but would have a hard time deciding, they are all so great!
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Andrea Jansen - Oh I can hardly decide on just one, but I really like the Oh come let us adore him.
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Bekah Moser - Joy to the World
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Stephanie Koeppen - I picked out The Joy to The World one the day the shop opened. Now I am just praying my photographer gets me my digital pictures from our holiday shoot before the deadline. Fingers crossed!
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Julie - This is so cool, Jess! Thanks for sharing. I can’t really pick a favorite. You know me and my annoying indecisiveness. 😉 I like Share the Joy and O Come Let Us Adore Him. 🙂
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Jane - I love the mini tags – I don’t really send out Christmas cards to many people, but I love the idea of having such gorgeous cards to attach to my gifts, particularly as they’re not all about Santa, but point more to the actual meaning of Christmas.
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Emily - Joy to the World is my favorite!
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Kelsey - I love the “O come let us adore Him” card!
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samanthalund - o come let us adore Him!
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jen papoccia - Oh come let us adore him is my fav! They are all super cute though
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Joelle - I love the Come Let Us Adore Him cards! So awesome!
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ranee - my favorite is the “good tidings” print…they are all so great!
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Kendra - I like the ‘Joy to the World’ one!
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Sheyenne - I Love the “O Come Let Us Adore Him” Cards, but can’t decide if I like the gold or colored one best! (PS- The link reversed two letters… the “I” and “R” in Christmas. I just reversed them and it took me right to it!)
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Jenny - I really like the “Warmest Wishes” card but they are all adorable!
(PS- I also couldn’t use your links- I couldn’t even find the shop by searching on etsy for some reason… but I went to the Pen and Paint blog and found a link there that worked)
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Michelle - Good tidings of comfort and joy is awesome!
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Roma - My favorite is ‘O Come Let Us Adore Him’.
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Lissa - I love the O Come Let us Adore Him!
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Alisha M. - I love the “good tidings of comfort and joy!” So beautiful.
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Kim - I love the Joy to the World card! Definitely, that one! But, now that I think about it, I think it is the same card that we’ve been looking at on our refrigerator since last Christmas from one of our favorite families! 😉
So, in the interest of being different, I also love the simple Merry Christmas & Happy New Year card.
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Sharla - I like Good Tidings of Comfort & Joy! Thanks for the giveaway. 🙂
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Keli - Love ‘O, come all ye faithful!’ All are beautiful!
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Zoe - Love the ‘Happiest of Holidays’. Christmas cards are so fun, aren’t they?
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Jenny - I love the photo card with “o come let us adore him”! What a great cause and beautiful cards!
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Melissa Philipchalk - I love the “Good Tidings of comfort and joy”. They are all so sweet!
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Haley F - Love, love, love the O Come Let us Adore card
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Janel N. - I love the Joy to the World single & double sided. 🙂 They’re all super cute!
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Olivia Stewart - I love the o come let us adore him card!
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