100 Things You Can Make While Watching TV

Be productive during Chill & Netflix

Here is a big, inspirational list of things you can make while watching TV.

Turn Netflix & chill into something productive by using your crafting or hands-on skills. Or turn those sports game commercial breaks into an opportunity to get your body toned and flexible.

You can use these as gifts for family and friends, to sell at a craft fair, to start an Etsy shop, donate to a homeless shelter, or launch your own small business!

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Christ-Centered Christmas Traditions that Children Love

Christmas Traditions That Children Love

We love Christmas so much at our house. All the traditions, all the decorations, all the presents.

Even the cheesy parts, like schmaltzy Christmas music and drinking hot cocoa by the fire.

We love watching Home Alone and The Santa Clause, wearing Santa hats and listening to someone read A Christmas Carol (even if it’s just the Disney picture book version with Mickey Mouse).

We love Christmas so much because we love celebrating that Jesus came into the world to live the life we couldn’t live, die the death we should have died, and make us right with God now and forever.

This is such good news (what we Christians call “the gospel”) that our family loves to do anything that makes the coming of Jesus seem as beautiful, fun, attractive, intriguing, inspiring, and awesome as it truly is.

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21 Quirky & Awesome Gifts for Musicians

21 Gifts for the Musician in Your Life

The best gift ideas for musicians are those off-the-beaten-path gifts that are both awesome and just a little bit quirky.

Because — let’s face it — musicians are weird. So a quirky gift for a musician is oddly fitting. As a musician myself (guitar, and I tinker around on a banjo) I know that musicians like gifts that are just a little bit…different.

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21 Things You Can Age In A Barrel

Make things in oak barrels!

In this article, we’re going to look at twenty-one things you can age in a barrel.

Barrel aging is so on point right now. From beer to beeswax, there are tons of things you can age in a barrel. Our ancestors knew all about canning and cellars and barrel aging, and it seems like we’re rediscovering it thanks to the internet.

Perhaps because of all of our web-savvy tethers to technology we have this internal and almost inexpressible yearning to go back to the ways things were back in the day.

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14 Casablanca Gift Ideas for the Movie Buff

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So you need a Casablanca gift. A gift idea with a “Casablanca” or classic movie theme.

Film buffs are known for being picky gift recipients, but I think that if you take the time to understand what is important to them then you will be well-equipped to find the perfect movie gift, every time. We’ve collected 14 Casablanca Gift Ideas for the Movie Buff to help you out.

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Hole-in-One Guide: Recognition, Etiquette, & How to Display

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So you hit a hole-in-one, eh? Congratulations!

Whether it’s your first ace or your 3rd (you lucky golfer) there’s no denying that it’s a special achievement worthy of some recognition and at least a little fan fair. If you’ve been hitting the greens for any length of time, though, you know the game of golf is also a game of rules.

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