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Tag Archives: forever gifts

From Ampa with Love

August 21, 2015August 23, 2015

Today is Daddy-O’s birthday and we are wishing him a wonderful day!  I want to take a minute to share two stories with y’all. As I’ve written about ad nauseam, it’s been a rough couple of weeks around here (but that’s turned around).   Well, Mother was scheduled to return to Savannah this Tuesday evening (after… Read More

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Forever Gifts {2014}

January 5, 2015July 31, 2015

As usual, I’m waaaaay behind on sharing what the littles received for their “forever” birthday gifts this year.  With both of them celebrating birthdays in the month before Christmas, rather than toys we give them each one nice item that we hope they will have forever.   To celebrate nine and six, we gave them… Read More

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Forever Gifts

January 11, 2014July 28, 2015

As y’all might recall, with both boys celebrating birthdays in the month before Christmas we forgo the mess of toys and give them one nice item on their birthday that we hope they will have forever.  They have received house portraits, John Derian plates, mini oil paintings, sterling silver baby cutlery, professional portraits, Sugarboo Frames… Read More

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I Love {House Portraits}

January 7, 2013July 28, 2015

Since the boys both celebrate birthdays within a month of Christmas, each year on their birthday we give them one, nice item that we hope they will have forever.  This year’s gift is rather tardy, however I’ll be the first to admit that it’s not like they’ve been chomping at the bit to get their… Read More

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One Day Early

December 12, 2011July 28, 2015

Cookie’s birthday is tomorrow, but since we had Mimi and Ampa in town and nobody had work or school to rush off to, we decided to start the celebrations early.  Let’s face it, the birthday boy doesn’t quite have a grasp on the ins and outs of the old calendar yet… He was thrilled to… Read More

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Pretty Presents

December 30, 2010July 30, 2015

Since the boys both celebrate birthdays within a month of Christmas, each year we give them one, nice item that we hope they will have forever.Now, before you shed a tear feeling so sorry for the poor children that receive a painting for their birthday, please rest assured that between their party guests, grandparents, aunts,… Read More

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GIVEAWAY! 📚❤️ Earlier this week, I introduced y’a GIVEAWAY! 📚❤️

Earlier this week, I introduced y’all to my friend Katie and her darling new business, @itsyourstorygifts. Now we’re celebrating with a little bookish giveaway!

One lucky winner will receive an Original Dressed Up Book, a surprise chapter book selected especially for their young reader and dressed up with thoughtful little extras!

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📖 Visit Katie’s shop through the link in my bio, then head to today’s Dixie Delights blog post and leave a comment telling me your favorite item.

Enter one way or all three!

Giveaway closes Tuesday, October 13 at 8 PM ET. Winner will be randomly selected and contacted Wednesday, October 14.

Open to U.S. residents. No purchase necessary. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram.

Good luck, y’all! And thank you for helping me celebrate Katie’s new adventure! ❤️
I was and avid reader and dreamer as a little girl I was and avid reader and dreamer as a little girl, and opening this felt like discovering a treasure chest. Honestly, it radiated just as much happiness and joy at 50. ❤️

My friend Katie recently launched @itsyourstorygifts, creating reading gift sets centered around a surprise chapter book and absolutely stuffed with bookish goodies. She sent me one of her Signature Book Boxes to experience for myself, and as you can see… it just kept going.

Everything was prepared with so much care and thought. I immediately pictured the child who would absolutely light up opening one of these, whether it arrived for a birthday, to celebrate something special, during a hard season or simply to say, “I’m thinking of you.”

I’m sharing much more about Katie, her new business and what’s inside the box on the blog today.

And stay tuned. We have something fun coming later this week!

Gifted by @itsyourstorygifts
Mahjong, but make it cards. @playhootenanny gifte Mahjong, but make it cards.

@playhootenanny gifted me their Mahjong Playing Cards, and Honey and I took them along on our recent weekend away. They’re beautiful, easy to pack and such a fun way to play when traveling with an entire mahjong setup isn’t exactly practical.

We picked it up surprisingly quickly, and these have officially earned a spot in my travel bag.

I shared more on the blog today, including a link to the set on Amazon!

#mahjong #americanmahjong #mahjongcards #mahjonglife
Helluva engineer 💛🤍 Helluva engineer 💛🤍
Aloha, senior year! 🌺🎓 Kicking off the Class of 2 Aloha, senior year! 🌺🎓

Kicking off the Class of 2027 with breakfast, besties and allllll the photo ops. If this is how senior year starts, I think we’re in for a pretty great ride!
It’s time. 🥹 As I hung our graduation door hanger It’s time. 🥹

As I hung our graduation door hanger, it hit me that this is the last time I’ll ever decorate for a new school year.

Here to make every “last” count. Let’s go class of 2027! 

💛💙2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣7️⃣
Fireworks on the 3rd. Bubbles at midnight HBD, USA Fireworks on the 3rd. Bubbles at midnight HBD, USA. 🇺🇸✨
How blessed we are to call America home. 🇺🇸❤️ How blessed we are to call America home. 🇺🇸❤️
This trip was never really about New York. It was This trip was never really about New York.

It was about watching two incredible kids chase big dreams, cheering them on from the front row, and soaking up every minute together.

The city was amazing… but these memories mean even more. 🤍🗽

To JB and Cee: we couldn’t be more proud. Enjoy summer in the city! 

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