Knitted Headband with a Twist and Reading On - Blogmas Day 18

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I hope you are doing well. It is Blogmas day 18 today and that sounds even closer to Christmas to me. 6 more days until Christmas now! Last night I finished knitting the headband with a twist from Mirella Moments on Ravelry.  I like the finished product, it is cozy and soft and looks really nice. I am so used to wearing hats, but this headband would also be nice to wear as well to keep your ears warm. This was also a quick knit and can be a quick gift to knit up for someone on your Christmas list. It took me about two nights of knitting to complete it. Also I used a chunkier yarn so it knitted up faster. I used size US 8, 5.0 mm circular needles to knit up the headband. I am not quite sure what type of yarn I had it in my stash, it is a worsted weight yarn. I am thinking of gifting this to my sister for Christmas. This was one of the knitted gift ideas from my post called Ten Gift Ideas to Knit for Christmas. I posted on December 6th. It was definitely a quick knit and fun once I got the hang of the pattern. I enjoyed that I could knit it up while watching shows and vlogs.

The twist was made by sewing up the two ends together 

Close up of the twist

I am still currently reading Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben and I have been making more progress lately. I started reading before bed as well so I read at night a bit and in the morning for about 10 -20 minutes each time. I did the miracle morning routine for the first time in awhile and it felt good to meditate again and journal. I didn't have time to read though, so I want to read more tonight before bed.

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Thank you for visiting my blog today for Blogmas! I will see you again tomorrow for Blogmas Day 19 when I share how my Christmas village came together.

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Miracle Morning Routine Update-Blogmas Day 17

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I hope you are doing well. At the beginning of the year I read Hal Elrod's book The Miracle Morning. I was so excited to get started on developing my morning routine that would bring positive results to my life. I did the miracle morning for 30 days as Hal suggested. I talked about my experience in a blog post called 'my experience with the miracle morning'.  I really had a good experience with it and I have continued all year to incorporate aspects of the miracle morning to my mornings.

My current routine on mornings when I work out is I do a workout for 30 minutes, then shower, then I get dressed for work and then sit with coffee and cereal. I update my planner a bit and write some notes in my notebook on my goals. On mornings when I don't workout, I make a coffee, then I write in my notebook, update my planner, and read for 20 minutes. then I have cereal and then get ready and dressed for work. The photos below are dark from taking them before work this morning. I wake up at  6:20 am on mornings I workout and 6:40 am on mornings when I don't do a 30 minute workout. I work at 9 am so this wake up time gives me plenty of time to get some things done.

My Happy planner helps me to schedule important things during the week

My journal where I write goals for the day and track accomplishments

I unfortunately have not been meditating, saying affirmations, or visualizing my ideal life daily. I stopped doing these three tasks and I do not have a reason for this.  At some point, I started my list of goals and writing notes on them which took over for journal writing which I miss doing as well. The meditation for 5 minutes at the start of the morning worked well to calm me and get me in the head space for the start of the morning. The affirmations made me feel positive and energized me. The practice of visualization allowed me some time each day to picture my ideal life and what would make me happy.

I think the reason why I stopped doing certain things from the miracle morning, is that over time I didn't hold myself accountable to do all the steps. I stopped doing the morning routine daily and then it became easier to drop some steps all together because I was doing the miracle morning some days and not others. I probably stopped the morning routine when I got the job transfer in May because it affected my routine a bit. One important thing I have learned from reading the book Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben is that if we create habits, it is easier to keep on doing them even if we do them for a short period one day just to not break the habit. I think I started skipping days, then it was easy to stop altogether or forget to do it. I still do spend quite a bit of time on myself in the morning, at least one hour before work. I am not doing all of the steps, but my intentions are still there to work on bettering myself and my life.

Going forward, I would like to start doing all the steps to the miracle morning again. Even if I can't do all the steps for long I want to spend time daily doing the 5 steps of silence, affirmations,  visualization, exercise, reading, and scribing. For the rest of 2019 I will do the steps daily and I will let you know in an upcoming post how it went. I will continue the routine into the new year.

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I think it is so easy to get off track of something that is so beneficial for us. This can also be the same with many healthy habits we incorporate into our lives. What matters is about how we pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and start again or find something else that works better for us. I think it is so worth it when it comes to The Miracle Morning because I remember how good I felt when I was doing the routine daily and want to do that again.

I am also excited to read Hal Elrod's new book The Miracle Equation, which is on my to-read list for 2020. I am planning on re-reading the Miracle Morning soon to go over the steps again and rekindle the excitement of starting the routine.

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Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas- Blogmas Day 16

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I hope you are doing well. Welcome to Blogmas day 16! I can't believe it is only 9 days until Christmas now. I did some gift wrapping last weekend and I used mostly wrapping paper and gift bags. I know there are so many fun ideas for wrapping and I wanted to find five ideas for creative wrapping to share today. I will try out one of these ideas to wrap a gift and will share in another post. It is so much fun to be creative with gift wrapping and sometimes I feel like I could step it up a notch. The ideas below would be fun and there would be more cute and interesting gifts under the tree.


1. Wrapping a gift and making a pom pom for the nose to make Rudolph is so cute.

• You'll need: red yarn, a black marker, and brown paper to wrap the gift. 
• Pom pom tutorial: Youtube video link

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2. Another cute idea is this snowman gift wrapping. I love the cute little smile.

• You'll need: white paper, ribbon, cut out the orange triangle for a carrot nose, and black  circles for the eyes and buttons. Draw the mouth with black marker.

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3. This beautiful Christmas tree gift wrapping design would really impress your recipients.

• You'll need: brown wrapping paper, thin red ribbon, thick green ribbon for the tree. Bell is optional.

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4. This Santa's belt gift wrapping would be so festive under the tree.

• You'll need red wrapping paper, black paper and gold square.

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5. These origami gift boxes are great to wrap little items like jewelry, chocolates and more.

You'll need: thick colored paper, ribbon

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Thank you for stopping by today! I hope that one of these ideas for gift wrapping interests you. I really love the cute snowman and reindeer wrapping ideas and think children would really love receiving these as gifts.

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My Weekend - Blogmas Day 15

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I hope you are doing well. I had a good weekend visiting with family and friends. I started the weekend off knitting the headband and posting a Blogmas post. Then I went to get a fresh hair cut and felt so much better afterward. It looks nice just in time for the holidays. I wrapped up some gifts to bring over to my parents place to have them under the tree and ready for Christmas day.

Started some wrapping

I then drove in the snow, rain, slush weather to visit my family. I was a bit worried about the weather, but it was okay driving to visit them and glad I didn't have to cancel my visit. I just took my time and didn't drive too fast. Once I arrived, I had some coffee and fruitcake with my mom and we chatted.

We sat with our two cats Moo and Roo for awhile while we waiting for my dad and sister to come home. Moo came over on the couch to where I was sitting and lay down halfway on my legs and half on the couch. We sat like the photo below for a good 15 minutes. He enjoyed the chin massages and the pets.

Some cuddling time with Moo

Moo looking at the door waiting for food

We ordered Thai food for dinner and I loved the garlic shrimp, the shrimp Pad Thai, and the spring roll. We had some red wine and caught up and we had Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman on in the background, it was playing on TV.  I slept over in my old bedroom at my parents house.

The next morning, my mom made us eggs and toast for breakfast. We chatted more and then I went to have lunch with my friends and exchange gifts. We met at her condo and she had put out a nice spread of food for us. We exchanged some gifts, I got them some chocolates, lotions, hair masks, and makeup sponges. My friend got me Ferrero Rocher chocolates and face masks! I love the chocolates and can't wait to try out the masks. I really got into using face masks this past year and find them so relaxing to put on. My other friend got us some fun DIY projects to work on in the new year next time we meet up.

Gifts from a friend

I did some shopping for a few last gifts for Christmas for my family and Liam. I still have a couple of gifts to buy this week, then I will be done finally. I have a secret Santa gift exchange on Wednesday at work and have to buy some gifts up to $20. I still don't know what to get because it is going to be a game where you aren't buying for a specific person and you pass the gifts around according to a story. Then I drove home and Liam and I ordered pizza for dinner. He just got back from some time spent with friends. We are relaxing now and I wish the weekend could go on longer. I am feeling more in holiday mode now, so I feel like I am looking forward to time off soon for Christmas. I have Friday off this week and am looking forward to having that time off to spend time shopping and going to a Christmas Market with Liam.

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The Christmas Tag - Blogmas Day 13

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I hope you are doing well. Today is the Christmas tag! I will be answering 20 Christmas related questions. The questions were found on contentcareer site. I like answering these questions because it gets me thinking about Christmas and reflecting on memories. So here we go!

The Christmas Tag

What’s your favourite holiday movie?

I said in a recent post that my favourite movie is Miracle on 34th Street. The 1994 version. I used to watch this movie almost every year. I haven't in awhile and will watch it sometime this Christmas.

What’s your favourite Christmas colour?

Probably red as the red is on Santa's suit and red is so warm and is on mostly everything Christmas related.

Do you like to stay in your PJs or dress up for Christmas?

On Christmas day, I love to stay in Pyjamas all day. Nowadays I leave my house for Christmas and we go to visit family so I don't stay in pyjamas all day long anymore.

If you could only buy one person a present this year, who would it be?

My parents for being so wonderful and treating them to something special.

Do you open your presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?

I open one gift which are pajamas Christmas Eve and then the rest of them Christmas morning and when I visit family during the day.

Have you ever built a gingerbread house?

I have when I was in elementary school. I remember eating way too much candy while decorating it!

What do you like to do on your Christmas break?

I don't have a Christmas break this year. I only took off Boxing day (my office is still open) and I have Christmas. I have a half day Christmas Eve then a couple of days. I spend time with family and look at my new gifts and be lazy mostly.

Any Christmas wishes?

That the new year is a good one and I accomplish a lot.

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Favourite Christmas smell?

Pine tree smell. We have an artificial tree this year so I miss the pine tree smell that comes with a real tree. I should get an air freshener of that smell.

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Favourite Christmas meal or treat?

Fruitcake.

Which holiday do you celebrate?

Christmas!

What are you doing for the holidays this year?

I am going to visit my Fiance's family next weekend and then Christmas day I am going to my sister's house to have Christmas dinner. We will open gifts before dinner as we usually do.

What’s your favourite holiday drink?

Eggnog.

Candy cane or gingerbread men?

Candy cane.

What’s your favourite holiday/Christmas song?

All I want for Christmas is you - Mariah Carey.

What’s the weirdest gift you’ve ever received

I can't remember a weird gift but I probably did! 

Have you ever made a snowman?

I have made a lot of snowmen when I was a child. I haven't in a long time. It is so fun when you are a child and wearing snow pants and the ball starts getting bigger as you roll it along and then the snowman is taller than you.

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What is your favourite winter fragrance?

I don't have one. Probably would be something peppermint.

What is at the top of your list this Christmas? (or whichever holiday you celebrate!)

I want to receive the Sims University expansion pack and also some Fresh facial products.

What is most important to you about the holidays?

Spending time with my family and friends and celebrating Christmas with them.

How about you answer these questions on your blog? Please let me know in the comments below what your answers to these questions would be.

Thank you for stopping by today! Hope you have a great day and happy Friday!

Books I Read in 2019 and Books I Plan to Read in 2020 - Blogmas Day 12

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I hope you are doing well. I have read 11 books so far in 2019 and I have really enjoyed the selection of books I have read this year. The list below is both of books I have finished and are still currently reading. I wrote a sentence for each book on my main take aways and my favourite thing about reading it. I love reading and I hope to get to my goal of 15 books read by the end of the year. I am currently at 11 so I would be happy with that and will try again for 15 next year if I don't meet it. Below that list, I included another list of books I plan to read in 2020.

Books read this year:

1. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
I really enjoyed this book, it taught me how to interact people to help them like you and feel respected. The tips that he suggested we so spot on and I try to apply them each day. This one I might look through every year to remember the principles.

2. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
A fascinating page turner that had the main message that things are not always how they appear.

3. A Spark of Light - Jodi Picoult
An interesting read focusing on opinions about abortion. I realized that there are very different ideas about this topic and that it can really affect people and their families.

4. The Wedding Date - Jasmine Guillory
A light and fun read. It was so cute and I loved the relationship between the protagonists. A fun book to pick up and read wherever I left off and laugh and smile the whole way through.

5. The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
Shed some light on habits and how there are cues that we can control the habit that takes place once there is a cue. Learned how to create more positive habits as well and think about my habits.

6. The Miracle Morning - Hal Elrod
Learned that the morning is a great time to have a routine that sets you up positively for the day and for life. I started morning routines this year and now I have one I love.

7. Quiet - Susan Cain
Learned about how being quiet is not a bad thing, but a powerful thing and to harness the strengths within.

8. What to Expect Before You're Expecting - Heidi Murkoff
Learned more about how to prepare for pregnancy and increase chances of becoming pregnant.

9. the life-changing magic of tidying up - Marie Kondo
Learned how to get rid of things that don't spark joy and to organize my home.

10. Help Me - Marianne Power (currently reading)
Learning how reading self-help books do affect your life in positive ways and give you information on how to live a better life. I am inspired to read all of the books she read and try to put them to the test as well.

11. Better Than Before - Gretchen Ruben (currently reading)
Learning about how we each treat habits differently and stick to goals differently. Also more about habit formation and how there are some strategies that help us stick to habits.

Some of the books read in 2019

15 books I want to read in 2020:

1.  Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope - Mark Manson
2.  The Testaments - Margaret Atwood
3. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead - Sheryl Sandberg
5. Girl, Stop Apologizing - Rachel Hollis
6. Something Like Happy - Eva Woods
7.  How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease- Michael Greger
8. The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin
9. The Miracle Equation - Hal Elrod
10. Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
11. The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
12. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life - Nir Eyal
13. Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur
14. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler - Kelly Harms
15. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed-Lori Gottlieb.

What are the books you enjoyed this year and want to read in 2020? Any books you would  recommend that I read next year?

Thank you for visiting my blog today! I really enjoy looking over the books I read in the current year and spend some time planning for reading in the next year. I look forward to reading the books I listed, they all had great reviews on goodreads and a lot of them have been on my "want to read" list for quite some time.

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Ways to Give Back at Christmas - Blogmas Day 11

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I hope you are doing well. Welcome to day 11 of Blogmas! I just got back from a day of volunteering at the Chum Wish Foundation and it was wonderful sorting donations of toys and other items for newborn to 18 years old. It was great meeting new people and doing something to help others for a day. Today I will share with you a couple of the ways we can help to give back at this time of the year.

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Volunteering
Donating your time and energy somewhere is a great way to help out around the holidays. Every time I go and volunteer somewhere, I think that I should be doing it way more often and all year round. It makes you feel so good helping others, you meet new people, and you can also gain new skills by trying out new things in a volunteer setting. Some volunteer ideas going on right now in the Greater Toronto Area are:

Chum Wish Foundation: Sorting donations and "shopping" and putting together bags of toys that are appropriate for the ages of the children requested.Click here to find out more about volunteering.

Carol to Care: Trek for Teens Foundation is putting on this caroling to raise funds for homeless youth on December 14th from 1pm - 4pm. Click here to find out more about volunteering.

Yonge Street Mission - Helping to mail out Christmas cards to donors on December 12th and 13th. Task is printing out labels and affixing them onto envelopes. Click here to find out more about volunteering.

Ve'ahavta to Drive to Survive: Donation sorting of hygiene items and clothing. Click here for more information.

Donating

Donate money or items to causes that are close to your heart. I know Christmas always makes me think of those less fortunate and also the causes I love. I haven't donated in past years, but now that I am getting my finances in order and student debt paid off, I would like to start donating to causes I love. Some ideas of places to donate in the Toronto area if you are in Canada are:

Covenant House: Homeless youth are given a place to go for support and housing. This organization cares for the well-being of these children. Click here to find out more about making a donation.

Free-Them:Not-for-Profit organization dedicated to ending Human Trafficking in Canada and abroad. I attended their annual walk in September and donated to the cause. It is a great cause and so amazing what they are doing. Click here to find out more information on donating.

Wishing Well Sanctuary: I visited this sanctuary for animals a couple of years ago and it was a wonderful experience. It touched my heart that these animals were all saved from factory farms or negative situations and were able to live the rest of their lives at the sanctuary. Click here for more information on making a donation.

StreetKnit project: Knitting mittens or socks for the homeless and dropping them off at a local library. Click here for more information on where to drop off your knitted items.

Donate toys: Donate toys to the Chum Wish Foundation. Click here for more information.

I posted these organizations with links to their websites, not to have you make donations to these causes, but to show some opportunities to reach out and help out at this time of the year. I also encourage you to think of what organizations you believe in and visit their websites to make a donation. I made a small donation to both Wishing Well Sanctuary and Covenant House tonight and I volunteered at the Chum Wish Foundation today. It makes me feel so happy to help others and give back my time and a monetary donation to those less fortunate. I will continue to donate my time and some funds towards charities and organizations each Christmas. I would like to make a sinking fund and put some money aside all year to donate more towards charities.

Do you volunteer and/or donate to charities each year?

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. I hope that you are enjoying the holiday season and I will be back tomorrow for Blogmas day 12!

Knitting an Ornament and Reading On - Blogmas Day 10

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I hope you are doing well. I have been busy and this time of year can get hectic with several things happening at once such as year end at work, Blogmas, and Christmas quickly approaching. I am so excited for Christmas and it is only 15 days away now! I am doing a daily countdown on my Instagram stories and I started yesterday. I have also been posting stories each day related to my Blogmas posts on my blog and also will be doing extra videos here and there related to Christmas.

I started knitting an ornament from Patons Merry Fair Isle Knit ornaments. It looks good so far and is very small. I used a size needle a bit lower than required I used size US 3, 3.25 mm double pointed needles so it might turn out smaller than they usually are. I haven't really knitted in fair isle for a project before, so it is a fun new challenge for me. I have practiced fair isle in the past to carry the yarn along and make a design, but never as a project. I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out! I just finished row 8 of the pattern and starting to see some of the fair isle design. Sorry for the photos they are dark because I took them this morning before work at 8 am.

I have been knitting the casual knit lace shawl pattern found on Ravelry. I had to frog some of it as I saw some errors. It is coming along, but I have been working on the Christmas ornament the past two days

I am still reading Better Than Before by Gretchen Ruben. I am really enjoying it so far and think it is a very interesting read. Habits are a really fascinating topic because we have daily habits that keep us organized and we don't really realize it sometimes. As I have become more in tune with my habits and how habits can help you go about your days, I have been working on adding in more positive habits that help me to do the things I need to do more seamlessly throughout the day. It comes more naturally without much thought which increases the chance I do these things more often that are positive in my life.

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My Christmas Favourites - Blogmas Day 9

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I hope you are doing well. Welcome to day 9 of Blogmas. I decided to do a fun list of my favourites for Christmas for different categories. It is fun doing this because I have to think about some of them and it is hard to choose sometimes between all the different movies and songs, but there is always a front runner in the groups. I really think all of these things contribute to how much I love and enjoy Christmas. I listen to Christmas music starting in October, yes I am crazy haha and I started watching Hallmark Christmas movies in November they are so cute. I think that all of the things below make the holiday season feel so special and I just love this time of the year.

Here is my list of favourites for Christmas:

Song: All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey
Something about this song always makes me feel so excited for Christmas. It brings back memories of my childhood and gives me a happy feeling.

Movie: Miracle on 34th Street. 
I haven't watched this one in so long but it is still my favourite from my childhood. I used to watch it every year with my sister and we would get excited for Christmas. I will watch it this year for sure.

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Cookie: shortbread cookies
They are soft, buttery and melt in your mouth and taste delicious. I had one while decorating my parent's tree this year to start the holiday season and loved it. I really like shortbread at Christmas, it feel like the cookie of the holidays.

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Cake: Fruitcake
I am one of the people who likes fruitcake haha so think and delicious and not too sweet.

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Favourite tradition: Parade and decorating my parent's tree
Going to the Santa clause parade and decorating my parent's tree in November. We always get together to go to the parade and then spend the day together, have dinner (used to be KFC and this year was pizza) then decorate the tree drinking eggnog and eating treats and listening to Christmas music. It is a fun time to get together and celebrate the start to Christmas celebrations.

Chocolate: After Eight
I still love these chocolates best and they are one of the flavours of Christmas to me. I used to have After Eights at my grandparents house on Christmas Eve and have that special memory and think of those good times when I have one. Anytime I have anything peppermint I think of Christmas.

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What are your favourites from the categories above? 

Thank you for visiting my blog today, it is so nice that you stopped by. I had fun reminiscing and thinking of my answers to these questions. Please join me again for Blogmas day 10 tomorrow!

Have a great day!

Ten Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Christmas - Blogmas Day 8

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I hope you are doing well. I have had a good relaxing weekend and enjoyed sitting by the Christmas tree. I have been knitting the shawl and had to frog some of it because I saw a mistake. I have been reading Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin and really enjoying it so far.  With the end of the year approaching, it is making me think of new year's resolutions and our wedding coming up quickly next year in May. Time is marching on.  I have been enjoying making posts for Blogmas to share with you the past eight days in a row. I really enjoy blogging daily, it is a lot of work, but it feels great to be posting more often. I am also enjoying visiting others' Blogmas posts and holiday related posts at this time of the year.

For Blogmas today I will share some fun stocking stuffer ideas for Christmas. I think my favourite part of Christmas morning is looking through the stocking it always holds those small and fun gifts that we sometimes didn't expect the most and are just little things your parents threw in for fun. I now put together a stocking for my Fiancé Liam and he makes one for me and we use the jumbo stockings I made for us a couple of years ago. You can put a lot of things in those stockings they really are called "jumbo" for a reason. I wanted to share some fun ideas for stockings that you can get from Indigo, Amazon and Etsy this Christmas. I will also be looking for some ideas for my family and Liam as well. I will give ideas for boys and girls, men and women. All of these items are between $5.00 and $14.50 CDN. I wanted to select items that are reasonable for stockings and you can buy more items to fill them up. This is not a sponsored post and they are not affiliated links. These are products I feel would be good quality gifts for Christmas.

Jumbo stockings knit in December 2017 under our lit tree

Stocking stuffer ideas:

1. For a knitter on your list. These stitch markers from Amazon would be great to receive in a stocking. They come in a lot of different colors.

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2. Back scratcher from Indigo. These are amazing I got one a couple of years ago and I love it.

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3. These mini crystal stone pack love set from Indigo is a great stocking stuffer. It is said to increase self-awareness and personal growth. These would be perfect for the new year to feel more connected with yourself.

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 4. Silly Putty: Found on Amazon, silly putty is fun for children and I remember playing with these a lot. I think its fun for all ages and probably a good stress reliever for adults.

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5. These hatchimals found on Amazon are a perfect small toy to fit into a child's stocking this holiday season. These adorable toys "hatch" when placed in water and a small animal appears out of the egg.

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6. This beautiful bookmark would be a fun stocking stuffer for one who loves to read. Found on Etsy by PurelyChicDesigns.

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7. Personalized custom bottle opener corkscrew from EngraveMeThis on Etsy.

8. For someone who loves doing Sudoku puzzles this is the special Christmas gift Sudoku book from Amazon and has tons of puzzles for them to enjoy.

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9. Mini Tin Candle - Mulled Wine & Clove - This holiday candle from Indigo is perfect for someone who likes lights candles around their home. This scent would also be wonderful and festive for Christmas. They also have other scents such as smoked cedarwood & amber and frosted juniper berry.

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10. This hockey puzzleman - brain teaser from Indigo is fun to receive at Christmas. Liam got one last year and enjoyed it.

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That's it for my stocking stuffer ideas for this year! What are some things you like to put in stockings? See you again tomorrow for Blogmas day 9 post! I can't believe it will be December 9th tomorrow time is going by quickly.

Have a great day!