Another neighborly gift in the books! I am being really challenged since moving here. We have the sweetest baker of a neighbor & I just cannot keep up with how giving she is. We had so much fun bringing them our Stovetop Holiday Potpourri, but she has upped the game with a box of homemade Christmas cookies. Time for a little Christmas gift drop off! With a little idea guidance from my sister in law, the gift of hot chocolate it is! I needed some help coming up with some non-oven related gifts to give. Her idea of a hot chocolate kit & the left over clear ornaments I had at home made the perfect answer to this gift.

This one is not Christmas related but something that I have been wanting to try for so long! There are a lot of ways the internet says you can do this, but in true Aby fashion, I am going to wing it. I thought that Christmas would be a good time to share this since it could be a great gift idea. Whether something for your in laws or a stocking stuffer, we love our beeswax wraps. They are a product most people know about but might not try them out for themselves. Well, now they get to!

I love all the fun gift ideas when it comes to spoiling your mail carrier & amazon driver. The treats at the front door during the holidays is such a special way to make them feel as such. They spoil you with service all year long, why not spoil them back. Christmas, however, brings pressure & long, long lists so overwhelm can hit quick. In this blog post I wrote about this overwhelm, my heart for Christmas & what I would like it to look like. In addition I included 5 simple gift ideas so that you can lend a present to more people that have impacted you this year without adding to the craze.

Now that we are living in our (hopeful) forever home, I think it’s about time to make friends with our neighbors. We have always known our neighbors at our other houses, but were never super neighborly. One time we helped a man on crutches shovel his driveway! However, there’s more we could do. We have received cute plates of cookies from the house across the street & are so excited to finally give back! These stovetop potpourri holiday jars were not only relatively inexpensive, they were super easy to make a large batch of. Here’s how we made 12 jars of holiday goodness for our friends & neighbors!