I swap out books on my vintage brass napkin holders as the season or holiday comes up. Here we’re going from Halloween to Fall. I love the idea of using these vintage napkin or letter holders for this. I got the idea years ago from maybe an influencer using an IKEA product? I’m not sure…
Happy Kwanzaa if you celebrate! Let’s do a book swap! I use these vintage brass napkin/envelope holders as shelves to display seasonal and holiday books. I switched our Christmas books: Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies’ Christmas Book, and Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast Who Donut for Kwanzaa books: Together for Kwanzaa and The Seven Days…
Fake leather book covers are not sustainable. They start to crack, peel and then shed everywhere. Even if you find a Bible cover or a devotional cover to put over it, the flaking still occurs inside the cover and then gets stuck to your cover and then you will have to scrape the flaking from…
Book Haul! So I was just just going to do a dropoff at Recycled Reads, part of the Austin Public Library but they told me they’re closing in December. So then I felt like I needed to support them. So I went inside and $32 later this happened. Granted the Osmo itself is $20, so…
I need to eat better and move my body more. @austinpubliclibrary#publiclibrary#librarybooks#books
Here’s my personal haul from today that included the final gift for my son’s teacher. We are big Mo Willems, and squirrel, fans! Updates from local Birdhouse Books and Gifts : May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month New pigeon book: Will the Pigeon Graduate? Mo Williams Squirrel books in English & Spanish…
Today’s #libraryhaul Austin Public Library#austinpubliclibrary#publiclibrary#booklover#cookingwithkids#compassion
I’ve been busy at church the last few months. I joined a new church last summer, and not only am I jumping in with regular church activities, but I was also preparing for our church’s 150th Anniversary celebration earlier this month cleaning, clearing, organizing and revitalizing the space. Church muscles were grown and I am…
We had a fundraiser garage sale for teacher appreciation at Wesley School last weekend and after the event there were a lot of books left over. Many of the books were very old, outdated teaching styles, or in poor condition so we ended up recycling many of them. The rest went to a Little Free…
I just made a donation dropoff to Recycled Reads. “Recycled Reads receives all of Austin Public Library’s weeded material, as well as donations from the public. They sell, recycle or repurpose this material, and all our proceeds benefit the Austin Public Library.” I cultivate what gets put in the Little Free Library program or the Recycled…