Saturday, February 7, 2015

My Favorite Things Party!!

I decided to write what I've done here as a reference! 

That way it can be easy to find for those of you who would like to do this with your friends, women's ministry groups, co-workers, or family! :) 


Here are the instructions I sent out to the ladies.  I used email, but you could make a cute paper invitation too for this! :) 
My Favorite Things Party
1. Choose 1 of your most favorite things that costs $5 or less
This can be your best kept secret cleaning product, beauty product, special treat...anything that is YOUR favorite. 
2. Buy 3 of that SAME EXACT ITEM. (Shouldn't cost you more than $15 - and it will not be 3 different things…they will all 3 be the same exact item; for example, same color/flavor of chapstick, same color of socks, same kind of candy!)  
3. Bring those 3 EXACT SAME ITEMS to the party. They don't have to be wrapped because you'll be showing everyone what it is!
4. You'll be going home with 3 new items that could become your new favorites *But you’ll be arriving with 3 of the exact same thing!!! 

When the ladies arrive at the party, they place their items on a table for display, and then I have them write their name on 3 different slips of paper and put all 3 pieces of paper in  a basket.

Then I'll have everyone draw a number from a different cup, and we go in order of the number drawn. 

Each woman stands up and explains what her item is and why it is her favorite, then she immediately pulls 3 names from the basket to give it to!

We had women go home with chocolates, chapsticks, utility knives, cleaning products, chips and guacamole, chips and salsa, candles, and sooooo many other goodies! 

We will have a few get-togethers before our next BIG event - that will be this summer! It’s our Summer White Party…I’ll have details on that soon!  

Please email me or leave a comment here if you have any questions! I am happy to help you host your own party!! It is definitely something our ladies look forward to! 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

On a Scale of 1 to 10

If I compared my life to one of those 1 to 10 scales...I often think of what I would start as 1 and what I would have as 10. 

I would probably need to decide what 5 was too. 

You know, right there in the middle. 








10 is supposed to be perfect. So what would my perfect life look like? 

And 1...the worst...what would that look like too? 

5...mediocre. 

What does my mediocre life look like? 

I don't know about you, but this is pretty deep thinking for me.

And to be honest, I don't know if I quite have this all hashed out myself. 

But, it has me thinking. 

Thinking about what I would want my life to look like...and also about what I would not want it to look like. 

And I don't want to live a boring life. 

Lee and I have already been challenged to live a story worth telling...to live a life that others would talk about...would be inspired by...would be challenged by. 

A life that would make someone say, If they can do it, I can do it!

So, I'm actually going to take some time to think about it before I share. 

While I'm thinking, would you share with me what you have as one of the things that would make your life a 10?