I just love the Holiday season. I love the carols, the cookies, and even the cold. I love sweaters and scarves and having to scrape frost off my windshield in the mornings, and I love coming back inside with red cheeks to drink hot chocolate with marshmallows and candy canes. I love [...]

This week’s recipient is inspired by MamaElf, who has been Elf-giving like crazy (hooray for MamaElf!). She shared in Elf Chat that for one of her recipients, she wrote a poem. We all agreed that it was a simply fantastic idea, and that there are few things as lovely as receiving a heartfelt, [...]

This will be a quick post because of the Thanksgiving holiday, but I had to write (fast!) to tell you about this week’s recipient.  I have no idea how or if this one will ever work, but wow, I REALLY hope it does!
She goes by the name “MaryC”, and her blog is so simple [...]

It’s another Elf Tuesday, and you know what that means: Another $50 of giving money to a randomly selected Elf. WOO-HOO!!!!
But first, I want to celebrate something even more wonderful: Elves officially began Elf-giving last week, and already we received our very first (and very lovely) Elf thank you. How awesome is that? [...]

How fun is this: I’m gifting sisters today! And what an honor it is, to gift these two. Naturally, I can’t say how I came across them, but you can get a sense of one of the sisters from her website and blog, Pony Tail Acres.  Her website makes my job easy: I [...]

I was trying to decide who this week’s recipient should be, when yesterday’s “Get Rid of It” post gave me a wonderful idea…
See, I was thinking about clutter all day.  I was thinking that on top of all the rich blessings that come from releasing old things, there is another blessing just as wonderful: We [...]

First, I have to tell you, I’m still flying high from the absolutely amazing experience I had with my third recipient, who is without a doubt the single most gracious human being I have ever encountered.  (Shell: You warmed my heart to no end.  I would tell you that you made my day, but the [...]

Whew, I’ve had a hectic morning! But I think I may have managed, somehow, to add a “Leave Thanks” page to the site. I had gotten some advice yesterday that a form like this would help lend legitimacy to the site (assuming recipients use it, that is!). I’m still working out the [...]

I am so excited.  Today I reveal (drumroll…) my second recipient!
And I am going to need an Elf (FAST!) to help get her information.
Here’s the back-story:
Way back in August, I was reading some threads on the Mothering.com discussion board. (This is a board I posted on for just a little while, many years ago. [...]

Oh you guys I am SO excited. This is the post I’ve been waiting for. I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life for this post! I am just bursting to tell you about my first recipient. He is going to blow you away.
Now, I know I said I was [...]