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Traditions & Memory Making

Ideas for Simple Holiday Parties

by Melissa @ The Inspired Room

I am having an informal and simple holiday party Saturday morning. I’ve invited the ladies from my new church over to my house so we can get in the festive holiday spirit — and we are doing it on a budget! I asked each of them to bring a 4 x 5 card with their [...]

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Vacation & Keepsake Memory Jars

by Melissa @ The Inspired Room

My son loves collecting little keepsakes and treasures. Sometimes we go on leisurely treasure hunt walks through our neighborhood, hand in hand, to see what we can find. We pick up pine cones, bottle caps, pretty rocks and leaves. I love going on treasure hunt walks with him. He also enjoys finding or buying little [...]

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Traditions: 20 Little Things
to Do This Summer

by Melissa @ The Inspired Room

You all know I love to make lists of happy things. Well one of my BBFF’s {best blogging friends forever} Meg has a family tradition that I think is fantastic. Every year she has her kids make a list of things (see it above and read about it here) they want to do during the [...]

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Capturing the Moments

by Melissa @ The Inspired Room

Flickr: lepiaf.geo
Part of finding beauty in life is savoring the little moments. A lot of life is stressful, busy, hardwork, often forgettable and quite unremarkable. And, many days are downright painful and difficult.
That is what is so sacred about beautiful moments. They come and go so quickly we can miss their significance.  We might be [...]

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