***WINNER…WINNER…WINNER…*** The winner of the giveaway is Bethany A. Thanks so much to everyone who commented and shared their favorite things! It was so fun to read them!
Today’s my 34th Birthday! Last year I hosted an online Favorite Things Party and it was so much fun I want to do it again! Because what’s better than getting gifts when it’s not even your birthday??
For the past four years, I’ve invited my closest girlfriends to dinner to celebrate my birthday. Because birthdays are meant to be celebrated! During dinner we swap cute gift bags filled with our favorite things. I wish I could invite each of you to the party. I’d serve you my favorite Classic 50’s Dr Pepper and a scrumptious red velvet cupcake (my mom’s recipe).
Since I can’t invite you to the actual party – we’ll we have our own little Favorite Things Party here on the blog!
One lucky reader will win a prize pack that will include a few of my favorite things (I’m not telling which ones). For your chance to win just leave me a comment and tell me a few of your favorite things. I will pick a winner March 1st!
This year a few of my favorite things are…
Dr Pepper
This NEVER changes. It always takes the top spot on my Favorite Things List!
Planner Accessories
Um, did you know they make cute stickers for planners? My friend Emily introduced me to a whole new world on Etsy and I am in love! My husband (and our bank account) might not be so happy about my new discovery. I love (and order) from this shop often.
I also LOVE pens and have found the Paper Mate Flair Ultra Fine Tip and Staedtler pens to be my new favorites. They are perfect for my planner. Speaking of planner? After using an Erin Condren for several years, I decided to try the Simplified Planner this year and I am totally loving it!
This year I decided that I would count gifts again: when we stop practicing gratitude we become immune to His glory all around us. I discovered this fun gratitude journal and have loved listing out my gifts one by one. I just wish there were a few more pages per month because I’ve run out of space a few times. This journal also includes coloring sheets and fun questions to answer along your gratitude journey.
Pie Five
My favorite new spot to get pizza!
Amazon Prime
I love being able to order books or pens (or anything really) and it showing up to my door in two days! It’s not uncommon for me to pull out my phone when I’m shopping and do a price check on Amazon. If it’s cheaper, I order right then and there and wait for the box to show up on my doorstep. My husband may or may not enjoy seeing all those Amazon Prime order confirmations. I just tell him I’m saving us money in the long run 🙂
Project Life App
I’ve been scrapbooking since I was in high school (go ahead and make your old lady joke, I can take it) and my world has been changed by the Project Life App! I can literally make scrapbook pages and order them from my phone! It’s AMAZING! It’s so convenient that I am completely caught up on my scrapbooks. No piles of photos sitting in a box. No memorabilia mess needing to be sorted. Finished pages shipped right to my door and ready to slid into albums.
Snail Mail
I love to send it and I love to receive it! I think the world would be a happier place if more people found colored envelopes tucked between the bills and credit card offers. I think a few hand-written words can change the world!
e.l.f. lip exfoliator & Vaseline Lip Therapy
I read about this lip exfoliator on a blog recently and paired it with the Vaseline Lip Therapy my mom put in my stocking. I haven’t worn lipstick since. This is the perfect combination for pretty lips!
Happy birthday, Jennifer! I have some happy memories of cards received from you (I probably still have some of them lying around somewhere…you always did have the prettiest pens!) and also remember some fun scrapbooking sessions. Love the idea of a favorite things party! I may have to do that soon for my big 3-0! Some of my favorites these days are French press coffee, crocheting pretty things with yarn, watching Downton Abbey and Once Upon a Time, trying new recipes (especially Pioneer Woman ones!), essential oils, and the app Plant Nanny (which reminds me to drink more water)!
I love the Pioneer Woman’s chicken parmesan. Have you tried it? It’s a MUST!!! Thanks for sharing your favorite things with me. You should definitely host a party for your 30th. It is SO much fun! You will be hooked!
I love so many of the same things. Kindred spirits, friends! 🙂 Happy birthday to YOU, one of my very favorite online blogging friends.
Maybe I should actually answer the question … 🙂 Some of my current favorite things are fiction books by Colleen Coble, the Project Life app, snuggles with my baby girl, and avocados.
I have saved those books to my Amazon wish list! They look SO good! And I’m right there with you, the Project Life App is amazing! Thanks for the birthday wishes!!!!
I, too, have been the grateful and honored recipient of your many sweet snail-mail cards. (And a freebie book!) Your thoughtfulness and servitude blesses me to see. And I’m thrilled you’ve become a bonafied blogger!!
Ha ha! A bonafied blogger?? Not really sure about that, but I appreciate your sweet encouragement.
Aw happy birthday Jennifer! I’m so glad the blogging world has brought us together. I love journaling, books of all sorts, stationary and all things tea related 🙂
Thank you Lori! I’ve missed connecting with you through our blogger group! So glad our paths crossed in this online space!
Happy birthday, Jennifer! Lord, thank you for blessing us with a brave friend willing to share her journey. Please let this year be one of exponential growth for Jackson and his devoted momma. Blow her mind with the progress he makes this year! Thank you, Lord! In Jesus’ name, amen
Jennifer, I turn 46 on 2/25. I love chocolate chip cookie cakes with lots of white frosting. And books. Lots of books! ?
Happy Birthday in just a few days!!! Thanks for the sweet prayer and well wishes. I hope you get to enjoy a cookie cake and good book on your special day!
Happy Birthday Jennifer! I hope your cupcakes are delicious!!! I too love cupcakes, and I love making them even more 🙂 have you tried the colored sharpie pens?!!! They are soooo wonderful 🙂
Thanks Nichele! Yes, I have! They are great!!!
some favorites: library books, the farmer’s market, passport stamps, smoothies, saturdays, rain on a tin roof, + state parks 🙂
Happy birthday! My favorite things include playing tennis, vintage clothing, old records, and exotic fruits.
First of all, Happy birthday!!
Some of my favourite things include: japanese marshmellow snacks, strawberry icecream, sushi, swimming, and designing templates.
Memoirs, cream cheese, cheesecake, vintage trinkets and memorabilia, and beautiful fashion jewelry. 🙂
Hi Jennifer! You are a dr. Pepper girl and I am a Coke girl all the way!! There is nothing better than an ice cold Coke. This is not a fun one but I love windex with vinegar lol. I love fine tip colored sharpie pens. Right now I am on a sour straw kick! I love bubble baths and candles. Another favorite thing of mine cards through the mail. I love to send them for special occasions! Lastly one of my most favorite things I absolutely love is spending time with my family!!
I hope your birthday was fabulous!
My favorite things include…
– fondant
– sunny reads on the deck
– running on the beach
– 90’s movie
– urban decay makeup
Happy Birthday! Some of my favorite things are the Bible, coffee, chocolate, hand sanitizer, a journal, and I could keep going.
hooray for birthdays! and happy birthday to you. i’m with ya on the snail mail love. there’s something so sweet about it…and although i feel like i “never have time” to sit down and write to someone, i’m always so glad afterwards when i do. it forces you to slow down! some of my favorite things are: wearing dresses, some freshly picked flowers, home cooked meals (and sweets ;p), tickling/playing with my baby boy, thrifting, netflix, and a good smoothie!
My favorite things include cute squishies and plushies, anime figurines, checkered shirts and so much more!
One of my favorite things is Spongelle, it’s a sponge and body wash in one. I also love Farmacy sleep tight moisturizer, it one of the best products I have used.
Happy birthday!!
I love hiking on different trails, girls nights, old romantic movies and hot drinks.
I love lattes, chocolate, and sunshine