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Mae’s Handcrafted Natural Soap Giveaway!

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Have you read about all the harmful ingredients in store-bought soap yet the thought of making your own is too intimidating? Would you like to wash with a gentle lather safe enough for a baby’s skin? Then let me introduce you to Mae’s Handcrafted Natural Soaps.

These natural soaps made with real tallow will delight your senses! Mae lovingly makes all her soaps in small batches to ensure the highest quality. She uses the best of the best ingredients: real tallow is gentle on your skin while at the same time is used for the bar’s hardness, which means it doesn’t get mushy in the shower. Olive oil is added for further gentleness along with a touch of coconut oil for a fluffy lather.

Cranberry-Fig-resized-300x199Only high quality soap scents or essential oils are used, and even then they are added with a light hand. Mae’s bars give you an absolutely delicious scent you can enjoy in the shower, without becoming obtrusive during the day. Even her coloring agents are of a natural origin. These unique combinations make long-lasting, gentle bars that your whole family will love.

You Can Win Natural Handcrafted Soap!

Would you like to win some of Mae’s Natural Handcrafted Soap for yourself? Well, here’s your chance! Enter below and be one of SIX winners for a $25 credit that you can use to chose your favorite soaps from Mae’s delicious selections.

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Aunt MaeThis review and giveaway is on behalf of a dear friend and sister in Christ who unexpectedly lost her beloved husband in February of this year. He left Mae and a young son behind, reeling from their loss.

Mae’s husband had been out of work for a year, living off of a small military pension. The family, understandably, had to cut back on expenses – one of which was their life insurance policies. His sudden death now leaves Mae and their son with very little income (less than a couple hundred dollars a month). Because of different personal situations, she is currently ineligible for benefits like Social Security. Mae homeschools their son, and thanks to The Home School Foundation, she will receive a grant to cover homeschooling supplies and curriculum. She is asking the Lord to provide for her son and herself through her small businesses, one of which is making soaps and other body products.

As you can see, the situation is dire for this sweet widow and her son, but we know that God is able to do more than we could ever think, or ask (Eph. 3:20), and we hope that you will consider joining up with us to help our dear friend by supporting her business.

We’re asking you, dear readers, to seriously consider the call of James 1:27—to care for widows and orphans and consider Mae’s Handcrafted Natural Soaps for your next soap purchase.

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James 1: 27

Anyone who knows Mae is touched by her. She is an incredibly godly woman, who acts as a Titus 2 mentor to those who know her. She is loved so dearly and we want to do all we can to support her during this incredibly difficult time! Please pass this on by sharing this giveaway on Facebook and Twitter.




 

If you’d like to give a donation, you can send via Paypal to RaymondBenevolentFund@gmail.com. Please remember to choose “Personal” giving so the Raymond family doesn’t incur fees with your donation. If you need more details on how to do this, please contact sarahevan5@aol.com and she’d be happy to send you directions.

A big thank you to all the bloggers participating:
Ann @ DuctTapeandDenim.com
Anne @ Authentic Simplicity
Tara @ Everyday Ramblings of My Life
Jill @ Jill’s Home Remedies
Sara Elizabeth @ A Mama’s Story
Gail @ The Imperfect Housewife
Renee @ I Am The Clay
Del @ Devote & Seek
Jill @ Blessed Beyond a Doubt
Rebecca @ Rebecca’s Ramblings
Hilary @ Accidentally Green
Marci @ Amazing Graze Farm
Susan @ Learning and Yearning
Erin @ The Humbled Homemaker
Justyn @ Creative Christian Mama
Chelsea Rebecca @ For Unmarried Christian Women
Chelsea Rebecca @ Hearts for Home
Paula @ Whole Intentions
Amy @ A Heart Surrendered Blog
Bambi @ In the Nursery of the Nation
Dana @ Clan Chris Dean
Kristen @ Smithspirations
Caroline @ The Modest Mom Blog
Alicia @ Walking In Faith
Stephani @ The Cheapskate Cook
Amber @ Homemaker by Choice
Marci @ Thankful Homemaker
Katie Sullivan @ Brighton Park Blog
Anjanette @ Raising the Barrs
Pam @ Mom Does Reviews
Kristy @ Little Natural Cottage
Stacy @ Something Whimsical
Natalie @ Visionary Womanhood
Paula @ Beautiful Life of Joy
Rachel @ Of Love and Beauty
Reagan @ The Arsenal
Kelly @ Generation Cedar
Kelly @ Practical Savings
Stacy Karen @ A Delightful Home
Kristen @ Five in Tow
Diana @ A Little Bit of Spain
Elizabeth @ Yes They Are All Ours
Jacque @ Deep Roots at Home
Karrilee @ Abiding Love, Abounding Grace
Karrilee@ Blessed Memories Scrapbooks by Karrilee
Shawnee @ The Apronista
Adrienne @ Whole New Mom
Janine @ True Aim Education
Kathryn @ Singing Through the Rain
Alicia @ Fun Reviews and Giveaways
Deborah @ A Delightful Glow
Stephanie @ The King’s Bookworm
Christy @ The Simple Homemaker
June @ A Wise Woman Builds Her Home
Shadedlily @ With Them
Joy @ Artful Homemaking

Get FREE and Discounted Ebooks Daily – 3/14

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Due to Amazon’s discouragement of posting FREE ebooks daily, I am going to be including very discounted books that I think might be of interest to the busy homeschool family.

 

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Get FREE and Discounted Ebooks Daily – 3/13

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Due to Amazon’s discouragement of posting FREE ebooks daily, I am going to be including very discounted books that I think might be of interest to the busy homeschool family.

 

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Get FREE and Discounted Ebooks Daily – 3/12

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Due to Amazon’s discouragement of posting FREE ebooks daily, I am going to be including very discounted books that I think might be of interest to the busy homeschool family.

 

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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, 6″ High Resolution Display with Built-in Light, Wi-Fi – Includes Special Offers - $119

Amazon Kindle Touch 3G Global Wireless with Special Offers - $149

Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3G Global Wireless with Special Offers - $139

Amazon Kindle Fire Wi-Fi - $199

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Get FREE and Discounted Ebooks Daily – 3/7

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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, 6″ High Resolution Display with Built-in Light, Wi-Fi – Includes Special Offers - $119

Amazon Kindle Touch 3G Global Wireless with Special Offers - $149

Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3G Global Wireless with Special Offers - $139

Amazon Kindle Fire Wi-Fi - $199

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Get FREE and Discounted Ebooks Daily – 3/6

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Due to Amazon’s discouragement of posting FREE ebooks daily, I am going to be including very discounted books that I think might be of interest to the busy homeschool family.

 

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Amazon Kindle - $69

Amazon Kindle Touch with Special Offers - $99

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, 6″ High Resolution Display with Built-in Light, Wi-Fi – Includes Special Offers - $119

Amazon Kindle Touch 3G Global Wireless with Special Offers - $149

Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3G Global Wireless with Special Offers - $139

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5 Homemakers eBooks Bundle – Over 80% Savings!

BundleoftheWeek.com, 5 eBooks for $7.40!

If you are an avid eBooks lover like I am, than you will love these weekly specials!

That’s right, you can get 5 eBooks for 7.40 each week.  So, if you see something you can’t live without, you better grab it while you can because the book selections change every Monday.

This week’s BundleoftheWeek.com collection includes five amazing resources to help you run your home more efficiently! Covering everything from organizing your schedule and household records to meal planning, cleaning and budgeting, this bundle is the perfect collection to help you keep your home resolutions. Get all 5 ebooks for only $7.40 (a savings of over 80%) for one week only.
With your purchase, you’ll get all five of the following ebooks:

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The Heart of Simplicity Ebook is only 2.99!

The Heart of Simplicity is now on sale for $2.99.  This is a 70% discount!  This will make a great Christmas gift for all those special women in your life.

Do you desire simplicity?

Today’s typical lifestyle is marked by busyness, consumerism, and stress. We, as women, often complain that there’s not enough time to “do it all.”

Do we suffer from a lack of time?  No.  We suffer from a lack of eternal perspective.

How we invest our time on earth will impact eternity in a million ways. Join over a dozen Christian women as we learn how to simplify our lives from the inside out andbuild homemaking foundations focused on Christ.

When we are faithful to focus on what is truly essential in our homemaking, we can build an eternal legacy . . . one simple day at a time.

Hurry the sale is only good through Friday, November 23rd!

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Have you grabbed the FREE ebook, Instilling Biblical Character yet?

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A MUST Read for All Homemakers – For the Family’s Sake!

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For the Family’s Sake 
was a tremendous encouragement to me as a homemaker who wants to make our home a haven.  Home is where I want to be and I want my dh and children to feel the same way.  Being a full time homemaker is my chosen career and where God has put me.  I’m so thankful that I saw the light before it was too late.  My oldest 2 children were 4 and 3 before I started being a full time homemaker and mommy.  When I had my first child, I never even imagined staying home.

After all, what did I go to college for? It was not even a topic of discussion between my dh and I.  Oh how the Lord changed our hearts significantly.

Susan Schaeffer Macaulay does a wonderful job in pinpointing the important elements in making a home run smoothly in a Godly way.  She stresses that making a home that is a joy, comfort, and encouragement is one of the most important things anyone can do.

She also mentions that the home is the basic building block of society. Homemaking in it’s self is a lost career.  No longer being a stay at home or a full time homemaker is a prestigious career.   However, I believe this one of Satan’s manipulative ways he uses to disrupt a Christian family home.

Homemaking may or may not be a full time, but I believe it needs to take priority over other things in our lives.

Ummm…this includes blogging, right? LOL!

For me this means also limiting our outside activities involved in homeschooling and extra-curricular activities for the children.  Yes, they are all fun, but attending every activity of interest would be detrimental to our family home life, as well as going against our family goals.  We must find balance in our lives which is such an imperative concept in training our children.

Bottom line….. You must be home in order to make a home a haven. Some of the topics discussed in this marvel of a book are..

  • Home is the best place for growing ground for children
  • Importance of bed time routine, meals as a family, and reading good books    together
  • Daily Rhythms
  • Keeping things in perspective
  • Early and Vital Day

And there is so much more.  This book inspired me to read her mother’s book,The Hidden Art of Homemaking.  Admittedly, I skimmed through that book awhile back and really couldn’t get into it, but I stuck through it and can say it was wonderful.

Also, the author is a Charlotte Mason advocate which I can totally appreciate.  Not so much in the way of education in this particular book, but as the means of treating children as people.

In a nutshell, For the Family’s Sake will definitely be one I will be putting on my dd books to read list.  It would make a great graduation or wedding shower gift.

Check out more encouraging reads!

Joyful Homemaking!

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50+ Soup Recipes and Challenge!

50+ soup recipesThere is nothing more soothing on a brisk cool day than bubbling hot soup!  I love trying new soup recipes each week.

Friday is Soup Night at our home!

I challenge you to make a hot tasty soup at least one time per week during the cooler months!  Your family will look forward to the new soup recipe each week!

Which one will you try first?

Chicken Soup Recipes

Pasta, Zucchini, Borlotti Bean and Leftover Roast Chicken Soup Recipes

Cream of Chicken Soup

30 Minutes Buffalo Chicken Soup

Chicken Pot Pie Soup

Chicken and Corn Soup

Thai Chicken Soup

Chunky Chicken Soup

Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup

Grandma’s Chicken and Dumpling Soup

Cream Cheese Chicken Soup

Tex Mex Chicken Soup 

Turkey Soup Recipes

Turkey Carcass Soup Recipes

Cheesy Spinach Lasagna Soup

Easy Turkey Soup

Turkey Meatball Soup

Turkey Bean Soup

Creamy Corn and Turkey Soup

Creamy Turkey and Wild Rice Soup

Spicy Turkey & Chiptole Soup

Turkey Soup with Cheddar Dumplings

Turkey and Bacon Soup

Turkey Chili Taco Soup

Vegetable and Potato Soup Recipes

Potato Leek Soup with Bacon - tons of soup recipes

Crock Pot Potato Soup

Roasted Potato Soup

Creamy Tomato

Vegetable Soup

Weight Watchers Zero Points 

Pumpkin Vegetable Soup

Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

Vegan Curry Soup

Vegan Wonton Soup

Gazpacho Soup

Helen’s Crock Pot Vegetable Soup

Easy Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Noodle Soup

Guinness and Onion Soup with Irish Cheddar Crouton

Cream of Zucchini Soup

Mushroom Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

Beef Soup Recipes

Huge list of Soup Recipes

 Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup

Meatball Alphabet Soup

Beef Barley

Vegetable Beef Noodle Soup

Beef Tomato Barley Soup

Cheesy Spinach Lasagna Soup

Cheeseburger Soup

Comfy Ground Beef and Barley Soup

Tortilla Meatball Soup

Crock Pot Ground Beef Minestrone Soup

 Bean Soup Recipes

61 Soup Recipes

Navy Bean Soup

Cilantro White Bean Lime Soup

Easy Black Bean Soup

Refried Bean Soup

Red Beans and Rice Soup

Lima Bean Soup

 Gourmet Bean Soup

Tuscan Bean Soup

16 Bean Soup

Rosemary White Bean Soup

Irish White Bean Soup

Spinach Bean Soup

Pumpkin Bean Soup

I can’t decide which soup recipes we will try this week?  Are you up for the challenge?

Have you pinned the overwhelming soup recipes list yet?

I am sure you will enjoy 101 Fall Crock Pot Recipes!  And Sidetracked Sarah shares 50 Slow Cooker Soups!

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