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And the winner of the Festival Bracelet in Navy is…
Ellen A) check your inbox for an email from me and B) your comment made me laugh!
Today is our last giveaway of the week. I’m sad it has come to an end, but I have had a blast reading all your fun Christmas stuff and mailing out all the fun goodies. I definitely saved the big one for last. Up for grabs today is Noonday’s Rustic Leather Tote.
Let’s all take a moment to just soak in the ultimate goodness of this lovely bag.
Ahhhhhhh! It’s just beautiful. I don’t own this one, but boy, oh boy how I wish I did. Several of my friends have it and it’s crazy gorgeous. Am I currently gushing too hard on a bag?!?!?! I think not…I mean, just look at it. And did I tell you the inside is a white and blue pinstripe?!?! Sigh.
2 ways to enter:
1: Leave a comment…any comment will do. Maybe share the present you are most excited to give to someone this Christmas. I love giving gifts so I totally get excited when I think I picked out something extra special for someone.
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Winner will be announced tomorrow…a Saturday post…hold the phone.
Make sure you follow along on instagram too…I’m @pitterpatterart…to enter to win the Geo Print Leather Wallet. Just to make sure things are extra fun on Instagram today too…this gorgeous lady is up for grabs as well. It totally looks like fabric printed, but you guys, this sucker is leather and crazy pretty!
Yesterday we rocked leaving encouraging notes on cars. The kids loved it and we set off zero car alarms. All the praise hands. Solomon insisted he put his “You’re car is cool” note he wrote on this truck.
Today we are sharing sonic happy hour with a stranger. With our kindness advent I always stress to the kids this is not about us, but others, so they didn’t get donuts when we delivered donuts and they didn’t get a treat for themselves when they picked out something for their friends. I want them to enjoy giving just to give not because they get something as well, but when we share Sonic happy hour we always do partake in a slushy. Plus it’s Friday, so hello tradition!
Tomorrow we will be surprising someone with chalk art. Their driveway victim has been selected and they cannot wait.
Last night was our big Timbali Crafts Christmas party. Thanks so much to everyone who came out and shopped. We still have a lot of Timbali available so all you locals, if you’d like to come shop just email me at pitterpatterart at gmail dot com and we’ll make that happen. This is such a great way to purchase with purpose this Christmas and there’s still plenty of great stuff left.
Have a great weekend. Happy Friday everyone!
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I am excited to give my 2 year old niece a sweet baby doll 🙂
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I saved up my money and bought my step daughters a PS4 for Christmas this year. Meanwhile I have convinced them we can’t afford one and maybe after Christmas we can get one. I can’t wait until they open it.
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I got handmade beaded serving utensils for my mom who loves to always “add 1 more” to the table.
I’m making a few art pieces for my sister…can’t wait!
I organized a photo shoot with all my cousins (15 of us!) and I put the group shot on a custom blanket for my grandparents – all of their grands and great-grands! They’ll love it! 🙂
I found antique pillow shams for mom… They have her initials embroidered in a lovely deep red-colored thread.
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I’m excited about a couple gifts… We got our kids a Polaris ranger and mom tickets to go see Motown the musical at TPAC!
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I am most excited about giving the Timbali zipper bags to my friends! I can’t wait to fill them with gift cards, lip gloss and goodies!
Every day my son gets to open a Christmas book (or two!) and we read it at bedtime. I love watching his excitement each night. He opens the same books each year, so it will be fun to see him start having favorites as he grows up! By far my favorite gift to give that keeps on giving. Most of the books were passed down from when I was a kid 🙂
I cannot wait to give my husband Symphony tickets!!!!
I’m excited about the art supplies we have gotten for our daughter. She is an excellent artist and will now have a big set of Prismacolor colored pencils to draw with.
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I love this bag!!!
I can’t wait to give my oldest daughter a necklace I helped design…..it’s a world map with her birth state, and her adopted siblings birth countries connected by a red thread with hearts on each!! Love it!!
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My 15 year old son worked at chuch camp this summer, and while he was there, I guess he became somewhat of a coffee aficionado. He’s asked for three things for Christmas…Turkish Coffee, Israeli Coffee & a new tablet, that takes pictures, so that he can take pictures of his friends who are graduating from High School this spring. Gotta love this guy!
I think we can make that happen!
I’m excited to give my almost 2 year old her main gift, the Fisher Price BeatBo robot guy. She is obsessed with it. Every time it’s on TV or in an ad, she starts saying “Bee-bo! Bee-bo!” I also can’t wait to give my mom her gift, but I’m not saying what it is in case she sees this 😉
This bag is amazing! The best gift I’m giving and getting this year is a weekend out of town with my family skiing and enjoying nature.
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I’m actually gifting Noonday to a special friend!!!
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I am most excited about seeing the excitement on my 2 year Olds face. He is really loving the Christmas season and I know Christmas morning will be a blast.
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This year, for maybe the first time ever, I feel like our Christmas is not about gifts or eating or anything like that. This year I’m excited about being gathered with my family and thanking God for His many blessings on us this year. He’s been good to us, protected us, loved us.
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We are gifting my Mom a fancy mixer. She grows a huge garden and is always in the kitchen.
This is really silly, but I am so excited about finding a new-in-the-package PopTart container at a Thrift Store for $.12. I’m giving it to my husband in his stocking b/c he takes those everyday to work and wraps them in a paper towel for the journey. Now he won’t burn his hands. : )
I’m giving my newly gluten free sis-in-law a Whirley Pop stovetop popcorn maker.
I have a hilarious gag gift shirt picked out for my husband. I crack myself up every time I think about it and I can’t wait to give it to him!!
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I am excited to give my daughter mexican dominos. This is so simple but she loves playing! And I enjoy spending time playing with her!
I love giving gifts to the kids, but this year I can’t wait to see our two foster children open up their Christmas gifts. It doesn’t even matter what it is, those little eyes will light up when they see gifts under our tree(s) :).
I’m giving my daughter a framed picture (2 8X10s) of her with her two children when they were newborns. It is precious to see your child with her children.
The most fun Christmas shopping is for Operation Christmas Child! We do that all year long when things are on sale.
I can’t reveal my favorite gift because it’s a super surprise and I don’t want to run the risk of it being seen ahead of time 😉 it’s a goodin’ though!
hope you and yours have a very merry one, Laura!
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I’m excited to give my 2 year old her first doll house.
Love this bag! I’ve been looking for a new bag for awhile. For Christmas I got my mom a necklace with all the grandkids names on it. She loves them and spoils them rotten. So I know she will love this present. I can’t wait to see her face when she opens it. Yay!
The present I’m most excited to give is a yellow lab puppy to my two boys! There’s just nothing like a boy and his dog. We’ve named the puppy Alli-gator. Love reading your blog!
We do Sonic happy hour on Wednesdays to get our slushes!
We adopted a local family with two little boys – I’m most excited for their Christmas 🙂 (winning the bag would be a fun bonus!)
Love your advent tradition with your kids!! What a great impression that will leave on their lives in terms of being generous with their love. Go Mama!!
I’m enjoying giving “random acts of kindness” to strangers during these days of Advent 🙂 Thank you for that wonderful idea!
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I’m excited to give my sister the Timbali bag I got her last night!
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I am so excited to tell my parents whether they’re having a granddaughter or grandson in April!!!!
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So excited to give gifts that give back this year!
I love the idea of the kindness advent! What a fun tradition 🙂
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I am always excited to give my kiddos gifts. And my nieces. I love gift giving!
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I am pumped to get my daughter baby doll stuff. We are expecting our second in May and she needs to get some mommy practice in!
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Im most excited about watching my two year old open gifts. I think she has an idea of what Christmas is and I know she will be so excited. You never know what will come out of her mouth, I’m sure it will be priceless.
Luggage to my kids for our trip on the 26th!!!
I picked my MIL for the secret santa that my husband’s family does. I’m excited to give her things that will bring her joy (still in the works). Some new kitchen tools, maybe some art, a book, and maybe a BeautyCounter item (because I’m going to a party this weekend). Also, this Noonday bag would be so timely because the only strap of my canvas leather bag just broke this week!
The best gift I am looking forward to giving…a HUGE BEAR HUG to my 19 year old daughter…in the airport on December 20th when she returns from Italy where she has been studying abroad since August 30th. She was in Paris and less than 1-1/2 miles from the restaurant attack. It was 45 minutes from the time I found out about it until I got to talk to her…longest 45 minutes of my life. God protects her always, but I need to hold her in my arms!! She would love this bag!!!!
We got our 18 mo old son a tool bench with tools so he can be just like daddy. I can’t wait to see him “fixing” things.
I’m excited to give my best friend her feather earrings for her birthday over a month late!!!!!! Please forgive me.
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I’m excited to give my girls their Christmas gift.
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I love this bag!!! I just became a Noonday ambassador so I’m excited to give away noonday stuff for Christmas.
I adore this bag and I’m still searching for the best gift for my sister, it’s gonna be hard to top last years string art!
I have a plan that if I win this give away, Irma goon g to the person whose name I have drawn for Christmas gift exchange. That would be the best present I give.
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Every year we each get to choose some things from the Samaritan’s Purse catalog to help people. It’s my favorite gift to give each year! Goats, chickens, clean water, etc. We have four boys, three adopted from China so we also love to help with a surgery for an orphan in China. Love Without Boundaries is an amazing organization that helps orphans get the surgeries they need. I love all the traditional gift giving too, but these are the traditions I know my boys will remember.
I love this bag! And I love this blog! And I am most excited to give my dad his gift of a photo book of our trip to Guatemala!
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I got my nephew the game Pie Face…but I’m pretty sure there will be some good traction on that game after he goes to sleep! 🙂
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I’m excited about the personalized gift I ordered my sister!
Excited to gift to my hubby and our two precious boys!!
I’m most excited to give a customized kid’s memory game (with faces of everyone in the family!) to my nephews & niece! They’re so cute, check it out: https://pinholepress.com/c/memory-games
Every year I make my mom a calendar full of pictures of our family from that year. It’s become a tradition and it is always her favorite gift!
Love the bag! Hoping to gift my family some really neat family tree art. Just not sure it is going to come together in time.
My oh my is this bag gorgeous! I’m excited to give my sister a personalized jewelry box with pictures inside.
Love the purse! I don’t know about Christmas gifts–at this point I’m just thankful I finished up my Christmas card last night! I almost didn’t get a card done, and Christmas cards are my favorite!
I am making my grandson a crocheted rainbow afghan. He has so many favorite colors I thought this would be the perfect solutions. Blessings
Most excited to give a meal to a family in need.
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I’m such a procrastinator… Who knows what I am going to get yet. But I always love buying things that I know my mom will love. She’s so cute when she opens presents. I love Christmas and I can’t wait to be home with the fam!
We just waited 7 years to adopt and he’s finally here. We are most excited for him to meet our family. What a special gift.
I found the most beautiful vintage Pyrex bowl (turquoise!) at a craft fair, and am filling it with lots of memory-type-stuff for my aunt. I’m turning one of my mom’s recipes, and one of my grandmom’s recipes into tea towels…then hope to bake the cookies / pie and fill the bowl up with love (and possibly burned cookies…but hey, it’s the thought that counts!). We both miss my mom and grandmom bunches…so I’m hoping this bowl-o-love brings a little sparkle back to our hearts. Can’t wait to give it to her!
I also REALLY want this big. Holy moly. It is beautiful. I’ve been eyeing it ever since you posted the first picture about giveaways… Wow. Whoever wins it is one lucky duck.
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I’ve been reading your blog for years now and I always enjoy watching what you and the kids do every December. Plus that truck was pretty cool Solomon, totally deserved a note!
You do a lot of good in this world..nice to see.
I’m loving on someone else in place of buying my dad a gift- and then I’ll gift him the story of who I’ve been able to help. I can’t wait.
Always Love being with our Family, Grandchildren, and spending time with my parents, who are 88 and 86.
I bought my kids tickets to see Newsies months ago and can’t wait for them to finally know!! 🙂
The best gift of all is giving to others less fortunate or just having some hard times. Even when you feel you don’t have a lot to give just watching their faces light up with excitement and tears of joy makes it all so rewarding.
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My favorite gift to give this year is a book to my husband, his 98 year old uncle just died and at his funeral his son talked about “Uncle John” he was born on the family farm and he died on the same family farm. He never had an outside job to support his family, he farmed, supplied all the local stores with fresh produce, trained mules and raised his family and grandchildren, he married his 13 year old wife and lived with her for 68 years right there on that farm. This book has an entire section as a tribute to Uncle John and my husband wanted it so bad but didn’t know how to get it, I found out how and am so excited to give it to him this Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
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I love to give the gifts my 3&4 year old pick out for others. They put such heart into the gifts.
I am actually gifting 3 Noonday items to my daughter in law! Love your advent stories as always….
I have 4 13 year olds coming over for a slumber party tonight- it’s junk food central around here today! Brownies, cookies, cake, chips, dip, cokes a pizza are on the menu!
We are making a trampoline splurge for our boys for Christmas…hiding those boxes was a challenge! 😉
My parents anniversary was last month, my brother, sister and I took a pictures together, this was my moms dream for years! We didn’t have money when we were growing up, so my moms dream was to have a picture of her 3 kids together. My dad says she cries everyday when she sees the picture! Best gift ever!!!
THIS. BAG. Been crushing on it for a while 🙂 Gonna be honest, I am not the best at gift giving. It becomes a checklist thing for me and I tend to just want to mark people off my list. Starbucks gift card? Yes. Funny socks? Ok. 😉
This year my husband and I have vowed to be more intentional and thoughtful with the gifts we choose our people. We want them to feel thought of and truly loved! #nomorelazygifts
I’m looking forward to sending out the ornaments I got this year for the kids that I’m a baptism sponsor for. I give them an ornament every year and this year’s ornaments came from Trades of Hope and are beautiful. They are recycled cereal box stars made by women in Haiti and are preventing orphans by providing a sustainable business for them–allowing their family to stay together!
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I am most excited to give my son the robot we got for him. He didn’t ask for it. I’m not even sure he knows it exists but he love building things and technology so this is perfect!
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I always love giving my husband his gifts because it’s so fun to spoil someone who never treats himself!
I’m guessing the most special gift in our home this Christmas will be the GIFT OF FAMILY… Our two “NEW” kiddos (ages 14 and 17 – in an orphanage for 13 years) will be spending their first Christmas EVER, with their FOREVER FAMILY!!! We are grateful…..
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I got my husband something he’s totally not expecting and I’m super excited! Also my little girls(four of them) are always fun to buy for of course!
I’m excited to give my four kiddos things from their wish lists! It’s going to be a fun Christmas!
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I plan to make something for my mom bit I don’t want to say what in case she reads this comment.
Our kids draw names to give their siblings gifts. I love watching them thoughtfully decide what to give their sibling. It is the best!
Can’t wait to see how excited my 3 year old daughter will be when she sees a bicycle on Christmas morning.
Merry Christmas!!!
Hugs…Those are my favorite to give and get….big dreamy hugs 🙂 Getting to see family on Christmas day (which has never happened for us before due to everyone being so far away).
Excited about giving my boys Just Dance…it’s a fun time. 🙂
I’m excited to give my sisters kids a)something that makes a lot of noise and b) something with a million pieces. Muhahaha. Payback time!!!
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Cannot wait for our favorite tradition on Christmas Eve! We open a box full of pajamas, a Christmas movie, and popcorn so we can enjoy the day lounging and stuffing our faces!!
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I’m excited to give my husband bourbon infused coffee 🙂
I’m excited to get a new phone case! #momlife
And to give our son who is 2 his Christmas gifts as this is the first year he will have a clue what is going on!
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I really think of what to give people and get excited each year because I think I do pretty good and they will enjoy the gift….I hope.
I most excited to give the gift of time. All 9 of my kids will be home for Christnas! Glorious!! And YES that bag is swooney!
My favorite gift I am making is a shadow box for my 16 year old bonus son (step-son but I hate calling him that). He started his first varsity football game this year and I am making a shadow box to commemorate his accomplishment.
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Excited this year to finally have a really great holiday photo for all the grandparents.
My 4 year old cousin asked for “parkly shoes with a wittle heal” and I cannot wait to gift her just that!
I am looking forward to sharing some Timbali! Knowing all the proceeds go to help out these wonderful women in Swaziland makes the gift giving that much more special.
I’m excited to give my daughter some Legos she’s been wanting. And that bag… wow is all I can say. I’ve been saving for a real leather purse for over a year. I’d love to win.
Giving my 15 year old “Piano Guys” tickets. One for her and one to take a friend of her choice. FREEDOM!!
Love the bag. Never apologize for gushing over a bag!
My kids, age 13 and 9 have been begging for bean bags for years. I found a great deal on Black Friday. I can’t wait to surprise them!
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Beautiful bag! I don’t have one specific gift I am excited about. Our son is 2 1/2 this year though and I can’t wait to see him the day of because he is so into all things Christmas this year.
I am so excited to give my 6 year old daughter a bracelet from Noonday. She went with me to my friend’s Noonday party last month, picked up every single piece of jewelry 🙂 and she left bummed because she didn’t get anything. She didn’t know I snuck a bracelet on my order for her. I can’t wait to see her open it! She will be really surprised Christmas morning.
I love giving gifts to my kids!
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Giving the new illustrated Harry Potter to my son and I’m so excited.
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I got my mom a mint green hoodie from Target that is SO fluffy and soft. She’ll be snoozing in that snuggly thing all the time. 🙂
We’re not so much about gifts around here as we are about doing something special together. Spending time and making memories.
Entry 1: I ordered a 6 month subscription to a date night box. Woohoo!
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Entry 2: I’m super excited about the gifts I’m giving that involve myself monogramming, which I am a super beginner of, but I love personalizing things for my family and friends.
Super excited to give my 2yr old a doll house, she is going to love it!
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I am most excited to give my 1-year-old nephew his very first basketball hoop… my brother played basketball through high school, so I think the gift will be more for him than for Nathan at this point… but I’m excited to see both of them have fun with it!
Rustic Leather Tote Entry: I am excited to give my soon to be 1 year old granddaughter a baby doll for Christmas. Her parents do not allow any gifts of toys other than her birthday (12-20) or Christmas so I have been waiting a whole year to do this. By the way-I swoon over your chalkboard.
The handbag is beautiful. I am excited to bind my father’s sermons in a book to give to my mom and siblings. I lost my dad this year.
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love the bag!!
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I would love a new bag, in fact it’s on my Christmas wish list! I plan on blessing others with handmade gifts this year. Made from the heart for the holidays…Christmas, that is! He is the reason for the season! God Bless!
Gorgeous bag…! Would be perfect for this preschool teacher 🙂
I’m looking forward to giving my 6 yr old his Star Wars stuff for Christmas. He’s super excited about the movie and will love it.
I’m looking forward to giving my boys Star Wars socks in their stockings. They love interesting socks & I do too!
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Love Noonday and everything it stands for!
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We got my boys tickets to see Wild Kratts Live just a few weeks after Christmas. They’re going to be SO excited!
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If I win, I will give this to my daughter for Christmas!
After reading all the comments I realize my Saturday will be spent shopping. #notonegiftwrapped #needtomakealist
I’m excited about giving my wife a stand mixer in the aqua color she loves.
I can’t wait to give my two little ones their gifts on Christmas morning – they are 3 and 1 and it is going to be so much fun watching them open their gifts! Christmas is so magical at this age!
I bought my husband Boba Fett socks and a record player. I’m not sure which one I’m more excited to see him open. He’s a total Star Wars nerd, so I’m leaning toward the socks!
Your kindness advent always blesses my heart — so fun! I am making (my first ever) quilts for my parents & two sets of in-laws — I’m equal parts excited & scurrrrred! Either way, can’t wait!
I am totally behind on my Christmas shopping so I can’t really tell you what I’m most excited to give, but I teach a spe ial needs preschool class and love making ornaments and crafts with the kids and knowing they will be enjoyed by their families for years to come. So I guess that’s kind of a gift.
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My gifts seem so easy this year. My son wants cash and I bought my daughter lots of cute things for her apartment. She is moving out this weekend!
Wow. What an awesome gift to give someone!
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We’re doing a book exchange in our family and it’s been fun to find books for all the different ages and personalities from 91 year old grandpa to a 5 month old neice.
Love this handbag. This year I got my husband a down vest, which he’s been eyeing for years. Super excited.
Oh my goodness that bag is a real beauty. I look forward to trading in the diaper bag for beautiful leather bags soon. This one would work 😉
I’m excited to give my 14 year old daughter, Ivy, her very own journaling Bible. It’s all she asked for.
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Watching our family open up handmade presents from our 3 year old 🙂
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I’m excited to watch my daughter pass out the Christmas presents she selected for our family. She can hardly contain herself!! I love Noonday & I adore this bag! 🙂
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Can’t wait to give my son a puzzle of his mudding birthday party
This would be a fun bag to carry around my SE Asian home!