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posted on February 26, 2025

Now Available! The Mother’s Gratitude Journal, By Meagan Francis & Sarah Powers

Meagan and Sarah co-created a guided journal for moms, and it’s available for purchase now!

The Mother’s Gratitude Journal: An Easy Guide to Capturing Everyday Joys and Milestone Moments is a guided journal moms can use to reflect on ordinary days and extraordinary moments using approachable, thought-provoking prompts. Capture the essence of the season you’re in, while infusing those long days with a bit of celebration for yourself – and gratitude for the opportunity to experience it all.

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posted on March 8, 2023

Fun & Practical Easter Basket Ideas Your Kids Will Love

With some intentionality, Easter baskets are great way to refresh your kid’s playthings and activities while also filling in those practical items they’ll need for spring and summer. I find that sticking to a few specific themes or categories when putting together Easter baskets for kids helps to simplify shopping and keep things affordable. Here are three themed Easter basket ideas with gift suggestions for each!

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posted on December 14, 2022

How To Incorporate Handmade Gifts Into Your Holiday Giving

Handmade gifts take time, money, effort, and creativity – all resources that are in short supply during the busiest time of the year. But that doesn’t mean you can’t incorporate some elements of handmade into your gift giving. Here are five ways I incorporate attainable homemade magic into our gift giving traditions during the holiday season!

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posted on December 12, 2022

Gifts That Don’t Stick Around (In A Good Way)

I’m sure I’m not the only one fighting an uphill battle to get a handle on all of the STUFF we’ve accumulated during holidays past, it gives me great joy to introduce you to the gift guide full of items your loved ones will appreciate as much as (or more than!) something they have to store, clean up, or take care of. 

All of the “gift” ideas included in this guide are consumable in some way—meaning they are items or experiences the recipient will use, enjoy, and, hopefully, remember fondly. And while a few of them are cheats and include tiny items you might need to hold on to for more than a day or two, most are either edible, recyclable, or completely intangible!

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posted on December 5, 2022

5 Practical Gifts For The Work From Home Mom

I love a practical gift. It might not be super trendy or flashy (see insulated water bottle) but the practical gifts are the ones that I think really can make an impact on a loved one’s day to day life. Hopefully this list of five practical gifts for the work from home mom in your life helps spark some inspiration during this gift-giving season!

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posted on November 29, 2022

House Rules For Gifting & Giving: Episode 393



Planning, shopping, wrapping…Oh My! Today we’re featuring YOUR genius House Rules for gifting and giving this holiday season. We chat creative ways for extending the fun on the big day (without more buying), self care for mom after a wrapping marathon, what Santa brings (and doesn’t), how to handle extended family gift giving, AND gifts from the cat (yep, you read that correctly).

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