Barbara Baker started This Little Light of Mine Candles, LLC in March of 2023. Her company began making soy candles. They have since expanding to creating wax melts, air fresheners, car fresheners, and hand painted fairy light jars.
Gifts
25 Best Gifts for Teachers in 2023
Whether you’re shopping for a teacher for Christmas, back-to-school, teacher appreciation, or just because, you won’t want to miss these 25 Best Gifts for Teachers in 2023 … from a teacher who has been teaching for 23 years. Times change and technology improves, so some of the items on this list of 25 Best Gifts for Teachers won’t appear on other lists. Read on to see why!
Getting Into the Spirit! , Inspirational
101 Best Christmas Quotes for the 2023 Christmas Season
There is something about Christmas that makes people stop and reflect, and I believe that the majority of these Christmas quotes are the result of their authors doing just that. As I was researching these 101 Christmas quotes for this article, I was struck by how often the themes of togetherness, nostalgia, comfort, and hope are evident in people’s thoughts of Christmas. Kindness, generosity, and giving are also represented here, as are renewing and starting over.
We look back on Christmases past with fondness, and we look forward to Christmases future with joy and anticipation. Christmas gives us the opportunity to be the best versions of ourselves. Some of the Christmas quotes featured here also serve as a reminder that Christmas isn’t about what’s under the tree.
Fa La La Fairies
Fa La La Fairies: Chapter One – Summer Vacation
Trianna is hanging out with her mom at the North Pole while the other Scout Fairies are visiting theme parks and museums this summer. Like most middle school students, she’s not ready for summer to end.
Fa La La Fairies
Fa La La Fairies: A to Z
Here is where you’ll find a description of all the Fa La La Fairies. Shhh. You’re not supposed to know any of this!
Christmas Book Reviews
Robin’s Review of Snow One Like You by Natalie Blitt
Disclaimer: Affiliate links to the books I review help me to earn a small commission and keep this website going! My readers are not charged extra for using affiliate links, so your support doesn’t cost you anything! I will always give you my honest opinions of the books that I read. Thank you in advance for your support! Can 5 Seventh Graders Save the Annual Winter Festival? Snow One Like You is one of 36 books that currently make up Scholastic’s immensely popular Wish Series. Young adult author Natalie Blitt currently […]
Gifts , Save on Gift-Giving
2023 Tax-Free Weekends / State Sales Tax Holidays
Many states have enacted legislation to make back-to-school and off-to-college shopping a little easier on families by giving them a break on paying sales taxes. Some states exempt you from sales taxes on clothing, shoes, and school supplies. Others allow exemptions on computers, other electronics, and sports equipment. One state exempts all TPP (tangible personal property), and one state is giving families a three-month tax holiday on “food and food ingredients” this year. Read on to find out if your state participates in Sales Tax Holidays, and what qualifies for […]
Getting Into the Spirit!
Chase Away the Summertime Blues with a Little Christmas Romance in July
There’s a song that I remember my momma playing when I was a little girl that declared, “There ain’t no cure for the Summertime Blues.” (Eddie Cochran – Summertime Blues – 1959) Over the years, there have been several covers of the song. While I prefer Cochrans’s version for the nostalgia, my favorite cover is Alan Jackson’s 1994 version of “Summertime Blues.” This summer anthem has also been used in commercials. The seeming timelessness of this song leads me to believe that a lot of people can relate to its […]
Christmas Book Reviews
Robin’s Review of Christmas at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan
If you’ve been following along with my blog, you already know that I fell in love with Jenny Colgan’s New York Times Bestselling Christmas novel, The Christmas Bookshop. I re-read it several times because I didn’t want to leave these characters and these stories. So, with the other books in my TBR pile staring at me, I purchased Christmas at the Cupcake Café, hoping to have a similar experience. I was not disappointed!
