2020 has definitely been a rough year for everyone, and those of us with a small business are definitely no exception. The holidays of the past have often been the busiest time of the year for many of us, in large part due to holiday craft shows. 

Many of those shows just won't be happening this year.

So we thought, why not host a virtual one? We can all hang out online for three days, have some giveaways, interact with and support cool small business owners, and get our holiday shopping done!

So... we are!

We will be hosting the 3 Winks Holly & Mistletoe Boutique this November 19-21, and we have teamed up with so many incredible vendors from a wide variety of businesses and shops. There's really something for everyone!

If you're interested in joining, be sure to join the Facebook group and turn on notifications so you don't miss anything. 

Here's a list of our vendors!

Livvy Lou's Bow Shoppe
Polished and Purdy with Andrea
Jaci Hibshman with doTerra Essential Oils
Last Yesterday
Solo Wood Design
Lori's Card Creations
Bibs4Littles
Tara Fritz with Rodan and Fields
Sew Unique
Wreaths by Shalonda Alexander
Residual Resin
Craftastico
Color Me Culturally Confident
Sweet Louize
Zuckerman's Creations
Tara Fritz Art
Children's Culinary Institute
Baked in America

Plus one more surprise...

Typically, we only sell our hot cocoa bombs locally at craft fairs. This year, the Original Hot Cocoa Bomb will be available in our Etsy shop for the 3 days of the craft fair. Our available flavors will be:
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Original
Cinnamon
Salted Caramel
Cherry Cordial
Butterscotch
Gingerbread
Peppermint
and Hazelnut

These will be sold in packs of 4-12. Stop by early to make sure you get the flavors you want!

So who's excited? We definitely are! Will we see you there? Let us know in the comments!

       Are you cooking for a crowd this Thanksgiving and are you stressing out about pulling it off? Growing up in a large family and raising a large family of my own has taught me a few tips that I can share to help make your Thanksgiving meal prep much easier and successful.  A little pre-planning can take the stress to a much lower level. Be sure to print off the free timeline printable below to hang on your fridge to keep you on track! 

    My son and his wife have moved an hour and a half away from us, taking with them 2 of our grandchildren!  It isn't as bad as the ones who live 12 hours away in different directions, but it still kills me! So, I have determined that an hour and a half really isn't that terrible, and I am going to make that drive as often as I can to visit them, if only just for a day.  The Grandparent adventure booklets that we told you about in this post are going to help me make those visits memorable! 

    These two particular grandchildren are ages 2 and 4, a girl and a boy respectively.  I had the smaller books printed off for them because I thought that they would be great for their tiny hands.  You can choose to print off a booklet that says "Adventures with Grandparents" or "...Grandma" or "...Grandpa."  I meant to print off Grandparents, but accidentally printed Grandma, so I just wrote, "& Grandpa" on mine.  

    You may be wondering what I put in that Tupperware container!  
    Since my granddaughter is 2 years old, I know that she would love to bake and decorate cookies with me.  We've done that at my house before.  I've already made her a little apron to wear when she helps her mommy cook or when she plays in her play kitchen.  One of the pages of the book suggests that grandparents cook together with their grandchildren.  I decided that if I'm driving up there for an afternoon, we could spend a little bit of time just decorating the cookies, so I put together a cookie kit a gift that we can do together.  

   I put in the pre-baked sugar cookies, a container of my homemade frosting and some little packages of sprinkles.  (I love those little $1 packs that you can get at Michael's.)  I made sure to put in pink sprinkles because they are her favorite color!  I packed everything in Tupperware to keep it all fresh and safe.  I love decorating cookies with kids.  They have so much fun.  I wrote about my method of keeping everything somewhat organized when decorating with kids on this post. 

    My grandson, who is 4 years old, is a really good artist.  He loves to draw and he enjoys having me draw with him as we watch Art for Kids Hub on YouTube.  It is a lot of fun.  One of the pages in the grandparents booklet suggests doing art with your grandchildren.  So, I went to DollarTree and bought him a giant art sketch pad and some new crayons.  I know that he already has crayons, but who doesn't love a nice fresh box? 

     The fun part will be that they will both want to participate in the other's activity, which will be great and we can color in 2 parts of the booklet that day!  I'm so excited to get up there, see the new house and have some fun with these cute little ones!  I'll try to remember to post pictures on Instagram! 

    Have you thought of ideas for experience gifts to give to your grandchildren?  Share them with me! And head over to our Etsy Shop and pick up your own PDF Files of the booklet or the poster!  They will be a great way to give Christmas gifts this year! 

Lately I have been thinking about what to do on Halloween night. Because there aren't any parties going on with friends and it looks like trick-or-treating isn't really happening in my neck of the woods. I plan on having my kids trick-or-treat from door to door in our home among other ideas I posted for our Quaranween like crafts and costume contests. But I wanted something fun to wrap up the night. That's when I decided we could do a Halloween movie marathon!

When I started thinking of my favorite Halloween movies, I realized most of them are from Disney. Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown, Don't Look Under the Bed. Also my favorite Halloween shorts are from Disney too. Trick or Treat and Lonesome Ghosts are two Mickey and friends cartoons that I remember watching as a child.

This gave me the idea to make a list of all the Halloween related movies, shows, and shorts on Disney+ and share the list. Actually my original idea was a checklist, but there ended up being way more than I could include. The list contains all Halloween related movies and shows. It even contains memorable Halloween themed episodes.

You may notice that Disney+ has a Halloween collection on their search page. Our lists overlap some, but mine doesn't include some of what's on theirs because I didn't find it to be Halloweenish. And mine includes things that aren't on their list because I felt they were iconic Halloween episodes (I'm looking at you "And Then There Was Shawn" the ICONIC scary episode of Boy Meets World).

I also Included Coco and the Day of the Dead episode of Lizzie McGuire. I know they're not Halloween themed (well actually the Lizzie McGuire one Is a cross-over) but I love them! 

I also couldn't include all the Disney Jr episodes, so I left it at Vampirina. 

I hope this list helps you to celebrate Halloween. You can curate the perfect list of what to watch on Halloween with your family and not miss any of your faves.

I have the list in a printable format and on Instagram we'll be sharing a template for your IG story. 

​Happy Halloween!