Egg Carton Saints: Mother Mary

Yesterday, I posted about crafts you can make on a SNOW DAY and I was blown away by some Egg Carton People made over at Michele Made Me.

Today, I bought the TWO tutorials that Michele offers…and the only thing holding me back is I don’t have enough empty egg cartons!

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SNOW Day!

Well, we’ve got an unexpected stay-at-home SNOW DAY! … and we’re looking for things to do with stuff we already have at home!

I propose 7+ Catholic Recycle Crafts!

1. Grace Catapult:  flinging mini marshmallows (of grace!) aiming to fill up TP roll people (see below) OR target sin (consider a homemade Angry Birds game*

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How are you jumping into 2014?

 Need some ideas to jump into the new year 2014?

1.  Did you pick a Patron Saint for the New Year? I used the Saint Generator at Conversion Diary  and received St Raymon Nonnatus…and I received St John Gualbert in the 2014 Patron Saint for the Year Devotion at A Catholic Life.

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7 Quick Takes: Happy New Year!

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Our friends came from Ottawa and I think we got all 10 kids out on the rink!

Just in case you didn’t realize what a big deal 10 kids on a rink is.

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I released a FREE Catholic Blog Planner this last week!

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Perpetual CELEBRATION with the Communion of Saints!

Getting organized for the new year?

Have you seen our NEW Communion of Saints Family Calendar!?

 Here’s January!

It’s a Perpetual Calendar…so it can be used YEAR after YEAR!

If you mark your special family dates ONCE (birthdays, Sacrament anniversaries, milestones), you can make copies of the calendar for Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. We have…and now the WHOLE family has a record of ALL the same family dates, to which they can add their own!

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Blog in a Blink: 2013

Since we lost our all time hit count per post when we switched from Blogger to WordPress this year (install the Jetpack plugin if you’re switching to WordPress!), we have selected what we remember to be our 13 most popular blog posts of 2013.

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Catholic Blog Planner

The NEW Catholic Blog Planner 2014!

This 16 page FREE printable offers month-in-a-view blog planning with Catholic Feast Days, Monthly Devotions and space to record Top Referrers and Top Posts.

It prints in black and white, to be bound at the top or hole-punched for a binder or duotang.

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7 Quick Takes: Cool Stuff for Catholics’2013

So I’m running with scissors a little bit for this edition of 7 Quick Takes during these Christmas holidays! We’re enjoying some awesome family time with our ice rink in our Winter Wonderland of a backyard, after the ice storm a couple days ago! The luge run is under construction…and some of the big fallen tree limbs will be taken away by the town…soon.  It’s sad to see some of the fallen trees around town, but the ice and snow covered branches sure are pretty!

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…VERY last minute Christmas Gift!

Communion of Saints Calendar Easy Peasy Christmas Gift

Purchase online here.

Print at home.

Grab a big clip and possibly a 9×12 sketchbook from the Dollar Store

for a unique Catholic Saints Gift!

More details about our newest Communion of Saints Craft Kit here.

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The Last Week of Advent…via Jesse Tree ornaments!

This is the LAST week of Advent via the Jesse Tree Ornaments, from the Jesse Tree Ornament Swap organized by Michelle at Liturgical Time.

With December 1st being a Sunday this year, this is the shortest season of Advent possible. We actually have a couple extra ornaments to accommodate other years, when Advent includes more days! For no purposes other than to show them off, here are the remaining 7 ornaments!

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