a little bit of me.: {Our Holiday Reading Stack & a Give-A-Way!}

December 02, 2011

{Our Holiday Reading Stack & a Give-A-Way!}

(Comments closed - winner in the post above...!)

One of the holiday traditions that we're adopting this year is Melissa's wrapped book-a-day reading pile. I think that i must have first seen this link last year on Mel's blog and just have known that it would be a great thing to start for our own family, this year.

Evan does not to go to sleep without reading multiple books before bed, EVERY.SINGLE.NIGHT. and i love that. :)

And so - we have 25 wrapped christmas books.

Well, actually just 10 wrapped thus far. 15 more Christmas books waiting to be wrapped in my closet, and also 8 Hanukkah books(!). We used a lot of books that we already had, and then added a bunch to our collection this year too!

I'm a little bit picky about what gets unwrapped when, so I used Stampin Up's cute holiday #s set to stamp a tag for each of our books - which also lets Evan know which book he's supposed to unwrap that night. The punch that I used is by Stampin Up as well! :)

...Andddddd Stampin Up has been kind enough to give me an AMAZING give-a-way to offer up on the blog today -- a set of the #s stamps, and also a set of the cutest holiday greetings (which i've already used on my december daily - see post below!) -- as well as some of their gorgeous fabric & ribbon!!! just leave me a comment to win and i'll choose a winner by the end of the weekend!

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Comments

I love the book idea and may need to add that to the list of "to dos" for next year! Thank you for the giveaway offer, love the stamps!

Posted by: Sarah | December 02, 2011 at 10:49 AM

Love the idea of such a calendar :) Have to keep it in mind for when I have kids, too!
And the giveaway...oh my..beyond words! ;)

Posted by: Sandra | December 02, 2011 at 10:53 AM

We're doing a book-a-day too this year! Those are way cool number stamps! Thanks for the chance to win! Happy holidays and happy reading!

Posted by: Melinda T | December 02, 2011 at 11:08 AM

I saw someone else adopt this idea and I just love it! I think I'm gonna get started...one day late is not too bad, right :)

Posted by: Michelle Whitlow | December 02, 2011 at 11:26 AM

Cute fabric in the background and what I want to know is WHAT THE HECK is that in #10??

Posted by: Marisa | December 02, 2011 at 11:29 AM

The stamps are awesome! Fantastic giveaway and I love your start to the December Daily album!

Posted by: Leslie Murphy | December 02, 2011 at 11:32 AM

As a bibliophile this is one of my favorite holiday ideas EVER. This would be wonderful no matter the ages of the family members. Thanks for the chance to win.

Posted by: Shay | December 02, 2011 at 11:35 AM

love those stamps - also, where did you get that red and white subway Christmas sign that is in the background of your pics? Its adorable!

Posted by: Jessica | December 02, 2011 at 11:35 AM

You have such great ideas, gorgeous photos, adorable kiddos and inspiring layouts! And great giveaways!
Love your blog!!

Posted by: Heather Jordan | December 02, 2011 at 11:36 AM

I'm also doing this for my almost 3 year old. We read Mater Saves Christmas last night and he got a special Christmas Lightning die-cast (bought on clearance last year)to go with it. Those stamps are great because I put a post it note on each present so I know which book at night to give him. Thanks for the great giveaway!

Posted by: Rebecca Hallberg | December 02, 2011 at 11:45 AM

Love these! Thanks for the giveaway!

Posted by: Melissa | December 02, 2011 at 11:51 AM

Thank you! Marshalls - $15 :)

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Posted by: Susan Weinroth | December 02, 2011 at 11:51 AM

what a great idea. Thanks for the chance to win.

Posted by: Amanda | December 02, 2011 at 11:58 AM

I have been wanting to do that. Need to make it a priority to find more Christmas books.

Posted by: Hanna | December 02, 2011 at 12:10 PM

i want half your book stash, please!
i've been wanting to do this fooooooorever and i'm stuck at like 10 books. ha.
looooooooove you.
xoxoxo.

Posted by: gabby | December 02, 2011 at 12:10 PM

Love the idea of wrapping books. This year i am doing Boris the Elf who comes to visit and leaves tasks for my stepdaughers to do (via Tara Whitney)and I would love to use some of those products on the tags!

Posted by: Hailey | December 02, 2011 at 12:24 PM

I always think I am going to do the book advent and it never gets done, but maybe this year I will do 12 days of Christmas with books--that will give me some more time to get it done!

Posted by: rebecca keppel | December 02, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Those are awesome!! I love your tags :)

Posted by: Kristyn | December 02, 2011 at 12:31 PM