Small Business Saturday

Whether you shop small, shop local, or shop handmade...I hope that you consider shopping small business this Holiday Season! Cheers! -Ruth-

Gratitude | Simple and Meaningful

Gratitude. The feeling or expression of thankfulness. This week, every year we celebrate Thanksgiving. But, one of my biggest goals in life is to celebrate Thanksgiving daily. It is on of the things I strive for most on my journey of creating a simple and meaningful lifestyle. Every morning, I thank God and the Universe for everything past, present, and future. For both the positive and negative. For my body, mind, and soul. 

Gratitude reminds me of the good things in life, helps me to focus on what is really important. It is my belief that the happiest, most successful people know gratitude to be the to be the secret to that fulfillment. If you are consistently thankful for everything you have, have ever had, and will ever have...Life can be nothing short of amazing, no?

On this week that we celebrate Thanksgiving, I urge you to create a new daily habit of giving thanks. 

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GIVEAWAY | It's a date!

This is a sponsored post, accompanied by a giveaway from Datevitation. I was compensated for this post. However, all opinions of product are my own.

Y'all, It's a date! I was over the moon when Datevitation asked me to review their product. My husband and I truly need fun little exercises like this to get us off our big, comfy couch! In the past, I thought I was clever and I would write dates down on paper and put them in cute little envelopes with the intention to chose one at random. Can you guess what happened. Yeah, it never did happen! It was a cute idea though. No?

Datevitation has solved this problem folks! Datevitation is the web's first space where you can create your own custom love book! Plus, they have a library of over 500 date ideas (some naughty, some nice) for you to choose from in case you've got daters block. And, it's not just for lovers anymore! You can now choose activities for kids and parents! How cool is that?

Creating a custom book is really easy and relatively inexpensive, usually around $25.00, making it a super cute, affordable, and thoughtful gift. However, for Isn't that Sew readers, you can use PROMO CODE: THATSEW10 to get $10 OFF + FREE SHIPPING on your first purchase! That means you get a book for just $15.00 bucks! The cut off date is December 13th, so go get creating HERE! Did I mention that Datevitation is a family run business by husband and wife team, Alex and Olga Karpman. I love small, family business and entrepreneurship. So, what a great way to support a small business this Holiday Season.

It's simple to enter and win a free Coupon Love Book!  Simply complete your entrie(s) below via Rafflecopter. And don't forget to read Isn't that Sew's official Giveaway rules! 

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GIVEAWAY | ITS Handmade

Good day all! This week, I'm sponsoring 2 GIVEAWAYS! That's right, not one, but two! I'd love for you to go and check them out! You can submit several entries to increase your chances! Charlotte from Midnight Caramel is giving away ONE of my personalized brass necklaces and Elizabeth from Oak+Oats is giving away TWO personalized brass necklaces. Both are open internationally! This could be an awesome gift for the Holidays! Stay tuned for another special Giveaway I have planned for tomorrow! -Ruth-

Midnight Caramel Giveaway

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Handmade Holidays | Sneak Peek

Hey Folks! I am working on some really exciting handmade gifts for my family and friends this Holiday Season. Since it's no secret, here are the labels I've created for my products! Aren't they cute! The top label is for Lavender Linen Spray, the same recipe as this post. The only difference is I've doubled the recipe and I will be bottling them in cute glass bottles! And below is for my sugar body scrub, the same recipe as this post, only with essential lemon oils! I can't wait to get some product shots for you! 

Are you making any Handmade Holiday gifts this year?

Handmade Holidays

Oak+Oats Holiday Gift Guide is an extensive handmade gifting guide curated by Elizabeth of Oak+Oats. There are some truly amazing artists in this group folks. Plus, many of the shops, including myself, are offering steep holiday discounts.... Go get your promo code HERE! -Ruth-

Free Printable Wall Art

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Carrot Soup Recipe

Ok. It's officially Fall here in North Texas and I love soup...and by love, I mean that I could eat soup every day kinda love. In fact, I've even been known to make soup on 100° days...yes, that's a true story. It was this recipe for easy sweet potato soup. Yikes! So, in the spirit of Fall, here we have a carrot soup recipe! Make that carrot, potato, and bacon soup recipe! Yum! This soup is gluten-free and dairy free and still thick as can be! Amazing! Shhh, it's all that starch in the potatoes. 

Carrot Soup Recipe

45 minutes

2 lbs carrots

2 lbs potatoes

1 large yellow onion

1 large clove garlic

8-10 slices bacon

3 cans of chicken or vegetable broth

1 can water

salt + pepper to taste

First, chop raw bacon into little bits and toss into deep soup pan. Let bacon sizzle for several minutes. While bacon cooks, dice your onion, followed by the garlic, and toss it in the pan with the bacon. Next, chop carrot into small 1/2" cubes and add to pot. Let that cook up while you cube your potatoes. You can cube the potatoes as large or small as you'd like, it really doesn't matter. Again, toss them into the pot and let cook for a few minutes. Add chicken broth and water and boil on high for approximately 20 minutes or until potatoes and carrots are tender. Using an immersion blender or standard blender, blend soup to desired texture. 

You can also make this recipe in the crock pot, simply add all the ingredient and cook on low all day, or on high for 3-4 hours and blend. Enjoy! -Ruth-

Insta-Recap | October

Woah, I'm a little late on my insta-recap this month! Yikes! I told y'all I've been super busy. To be honest, work is insanely busy and it will be now through January. And every spare moment available, I've been pouring my energy into my new Etsy shop. So, in the meantime, I'd love it if you you follow along via Instagram! See you there! -Ruth-

GIVEAWAY Crush of the Month | Oak + Oats

It's that time of the month again! Elizabeth, from Oak + Oats is hosting her Crush of the Month Giveaway! The winner gets a subscription to the Parcel Post Company! Go check it out or enter below!

YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!

this giveaway is run via rafflecopter with plenty of chances to enter! after a week has passed, one winner will be selected at random and announced! all entries will be verified, so please play by the rules! 

this giveaway is sponsored by the following wonderful ladies: Jess of Jess Vartanian, Samantha of  Elah Tree, Ruth of Isn't that Sew, Erin of Mr. & Mrs. Toews, Nicole of Treasure Tromp, and Britney of The Quiet Place.

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