See the purple links at the bottom of this post to download copies of your own tags!
I was reading a wonderful poem by Helen Steiner Rice, called "Heart Gifts." In the poem, it spoke of the day to day heart gifts we can pass to others along the way, such as a smile or sympathetic nod. I was inspired by this poem and started thinking of other heart gifts that would cost nothing or next to nothing. The only requirement: The gift has to be thoughtful and from your heart! I decided to make my first heart gift for my grandson. He absolutely loves cars and trucks and I had a half yard of truck fabric in my stash. I sewed a large, over-stuffed pillow for him. He was so excited when he saw the trucks on the pillow. He kept pointing at the pillow and saying, "Nana....Me! Mine!" All it really cost was a little of my time.You may be thinking, "Well, that's a nice idea, but I can't sew." Think about what your talents are and how you can bless others with them. For example, maybe you have 4 large apples sitting in your refrigerator right now. How about pulling out your small saucepan and make some nice cinnamon apples for your elderly neighbor down the street? What a wonderful little heart gift that would be!
Maybe you know someone from church who has arthritis in her hands. What about making a couple of microwavable buckwheat hand warmers for her? Another nice heart gift!
What about the young woman with 3 kids and a husband who just got out of the hospital? What would it mean to her to have you bring a simple crock pot dinner and dessert to her door?
Your challenge for today is to think of a heart gift and pass it on!
Click on the purple links below to download your copy of some extra large Fall and Christmas themed heart gift tags. The tags say, "You Have Been Blessed By A Gift From The Heart! You can use these tags when blessing others with your heart gifts. Enjoy!
Autumn Angel Blessing Tags in Adobe PDF format:
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Autumn Angel Blessing Tags in Regular Jpg. Format:
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Snowman Blessing Tags in Adobe PDF format:
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Snowman Blessing Tags in Regular Jpg. Format:
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4 comments:
Hi Lori Jean,
Love the tags and snagged them. I had made a large amount of strawberry raspbery freezer jam over the weekend. My 89 year old neighbor loves jams on her toast and and pbj sandwiches so I brought her over some of the jam. I had these aready made just waiting for someone to give them to. She had mentioned she was hungry for some jam but nothing at the store looked good to her. When I borught this over she was very surprised and thnakful and siad she knows what she is going to have in the morning! I had given her osem strawberry freezer jam earlier in the summer and she loved it so thought she could taste test the strawberry raspberry kind! Cathy
Cathy,
What a wonderful idea! I just love freezer jam! I made some freezer strawberry compote last year and it tasted sooo good in the winter! Such a treat to have out of season fruit during the winter.
I'm sure your neighbor truly appreciated your great heart gift!
Lori, gifts from the heart are the BEST! I want to share a gift that I received years ago and it was the gift of time from my friend. I have 5 children and my neice was also living with us at the time. My youngest daughter is developmentally disabled and required(s) a lot of time and care as she did/does not dress herself, relieve herself etc. My friend gave me the BEST Christmas present. Once a month she took my 2 youngest for the day. I would pick them up when the older kids got out of school. This gave me time to do whatever I wanted, clean house, shop, walk, sleep, lol, whatever. What a wonderful gift of time and honestly? It was the best gift I have EVER been given. I needed that time and to know that someone cared and understood........
I can think of so many ideas... the elderly neighbor that may need a trip to the store once a week....Coupon book full of car washes and other gifts of help for someone you know. A meal for someone home from the hospital of just had a new baby; take a lonely neighbor out to lunch or breakfast or invite over to a family dinner!
Lori Jean, I love the tags and have them saved, and will put them to use.
Don't forget your significant other...sometimes in the rush we overlook those we love the most. A coffee card; a trip to the gas station for them; a car wash...while they take a rest. :-)
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