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Thistle Farms - Holiday Candle & Jewelry Giveaway!

In light of the current chaotic state of the world, I'm trying to focus on love this holiday season. The angels among us. The people who are working hard to make positive change. Thistle Farms is doing just that and I'm proud to be joining forces with them this week to give one of you a sweet little surprise in your mailbox.

Thistle Farms is a global community of women healing from trafficking, addiction and homelessness. The company employs more than 1500 female survivors, providing free housing, medical care, therapy, education and job training to make natural products that are good for the body and the earth. You may have seen some of their lovely handmade items at your local Whole Foods. Shopping for yourself or others becomes a whole lot more meaningful when you know with that every purchase you make, you are giving back to someone in need.

With the freezing cold temperatures this week, I've been staying warm in their beautiful handmade Himalayan naari shawl and cozying up with their three trees soy candle, which gives off the most amazing scent of fresh fir, cedarwood and spruce.

If you'd like a candle of your own, in addition to the gorgeous 18K gold dipped mother of pearl stud earrings above, hop on over to my Instagram where I'm hosting the giveaway.

The instructions are simple:

1. Follow me on Instagram
2. Leave a comment with your favorite holiday tradition
3. Leave a second comment tagging a friend 

I'll be announcing a winner a week from today, on Christmas Sunday, December 25th!  

 

This post is sponsored by Thistle Farms. The content and opinions are all my own. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that keep Happiness Is running!

Our 2016 Holiday Cards From Tiny Prints

 

Happy holidays from Charlie Brown and his annoying unidentifiable grown-up companions! 

We came up with the Charlie Brown concept before Bowie was even born, funny enough. But he was too young last year to pull it off. We weren't even sure we'd have a bald, white baby. But low and behold... we did! It was on.

Except we didn't realize how challenging it would be to make a 14-month old pose, stay still and smile! Normally, Bowie is a total ham and we have no problem getting him to act like a trained monkey. Even with my parents dancing and making funny noises behind the camera, which normally does the trick, he was not having it. This is the ONLY good shot out of a gazillion before the meltdown. A pensive finger-biting Charlie Brown is better than no Charlie Brown! 

As for execution, Tiny Prints came to our rescue yet again. They have gobs of beautiful designs to choose from - but this year, we chose to upload our own with custom envelopes and matching striped liners. The recipient address printing made the entire process a piece of cake. And the giant personalized postage stamp of Bowie's sweet smile just had to be done. Everything arrived to our house a couple of days after I placed the order and amazingly, I got them out to friends and family two whole weeks before Christmas. That's a first!

Are you sending out cards this year? If you're still thinking about it... you've still got time!  

 

P.S. See our past holiday cards here - 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010 and 2009.

 

This post is sponsored by Tiny Prints. The content and opinions are all my own. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that keep Happiness Is running!