The SG Notebook

Trying to think of a gift for the flower girls can be a challenge for a bride. Have you ever considered paper dolls and/or other wedding related books? Dover Publications have several options that you can group together in a nice little package. It would certainly help the little ladies remember your big day. Next to the bride, they tend to be the stars of the show. You can be sure they’ll want to remember that! Why not hop over to Dover and see what they have? Go to this page and scroll down.

Pick out the books, put them all together in a pretty cello or organza bag, and you have a very special thank you gift for these very special young ladies. SG would be delighted to take care of this for you if you’d like one less thing to do.

By the way, don’t forget about our great special going on with some leftover Dover books from our discontinued fun bags. Listen, these are great for homeschooling moms of preschool through third graders, grandmoms, Sunday school teachers, party favors, etc. etc. Believe me, this is a very good deal even including the shipping since the retail price on these books is now $1.50. Figure it out with your calculator!!! More info is here.

Happy Planning!

Maxine

Question: What starts with t ends with t and is filled with t? Answer: A teapot.

Have you noticed that we love tea here at SG? We like it ourselves, but we also recognize that lots of others do too. As a result, you’ll find we have several products which are related in some way to this much consumed beverage. One of our favorites is a special little teacup that would go well in some little corner of any home. And when you add a little aromatic tea light to create the right ambiance for the given moment, how special is that? I wanted to remind you of our several tea related items, and also let you know that soon we’ll be adding a very affordable favor/gift package item to the set. Stay tuned. It’s coming in the very near future. Here are direct links to the items in the “tea set.”

http://speakablegifts.com/KA_teacup_tealight.html
http://speakablegifts.com/KA_teapotTimer.html
http://speakablegifts.com/KA_tea_infuser.html
http://speakablegifts.com/gp_mycup.html
http://speakablegifts.com/gp_mysoulthirsts.html
http://speakablegifts.com/appre_gratefully.html

Enjoy a cup while you browse!

Blessings,
Maxine

I always do it. Bite off much more than is chewable. Doing a bridal tip each and every week is a bit much. So our “weekly” tip will be a bit less often than that. But hopefully it will be often enough that brides will come from time to time to see what new helps are being offered. Subscribe to our feed to be sure you don’t miss any! More are coming quite soon, hopefully.

If you want to save money on your wedding flowers, you really don’t want to get them when they’re not in season. Getting them in season is the way to go and this article will help you with that. I’m a proponent of silk flowers, but that’s another post. Hope the above site will be a help to you in deciding not only on what flowers to choose, but on what season would be best for your big day.

Happy Planning,
Maxine

I wanted to put a plug in for a favorite product and thought a picture of two of my favorite girls would be in order. Here you see a picture of my younger daughter and Bev’s younger one. “Auntie Nee,” as she is affectionately known to Bev’s girls, is always ready to have fun and cuddle with her two nieces and do they ever love her! She goes frequently to stay over at their house and I do believe they think she is a part time member of their household.

These girls, my daughter and granddaughter–one leaving the precious girlhood days and one who, God willing, will enter them in the not too distant future–are a reminder to me of how critical those years are. Do you have girls? I can think of no book I would more wholeheartedly recommend than Beautiful Girlhood to help you instill important godly characteristics into their hearts. We have it, you know. You can purchase it with the companion which was written in recent years, or you can purchase it alone. You can even buy both of them in a gift package with a bookmark we designed for that purpose.

If you would like to know more, please go over to the product page at our site, where you can make your purchase if you’re convinced that your home library should not be without this timeless classic. If you have girls, I would say that is the case.

For His Glory,
Maxine