Giveaway! Beautiful table linens with your links!
I’m always excited about giveaways because I love the items, but I kind of hate it too, because I want to make sure each and every commenter gets one and it hurts me that I can’t do that!
But it consoles me that at least I can give you a discount code. For the books from last week ( do go check them out if you missed ), you can get 15% off at TAN books with THIS CODE, good until December 18:
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This week dear Thérèse at Lovey Lady Linens is offering her lovely Madonna table runner or tablecloth to a lucky winner!
So a few weeks ago we were feasting at the home of new friends and I noticed the beautiful table cloth. But when I touched it, that’s when the swooning began. If you are a quilter, you understand the concept of “substrate” — the actual fabric apart from the design printed on or woven into it. You’ve been disappointed when pretty yardage comes out of the wash looking tired and flat; you know that thin material lacks “body” and won’t hold up.
Well, these linens have body! That table cloth was so rewarding to the touch! I liken it to expecting the usual printer paper and instead finding high-quality card stock under your fingers!
So, all of that to say, worth it!
You can visit and follow Thérèse on Instagram to see all her offerings. About them, she says on her website:
Each of the curated collections you find here bears a Marian name in honor of the Blessed Mother because she is the embodiment of perfect virtue in her role as a wife and mother and no doubt, as homemaker; I tend to think that she maintained an orderly and beautiful home.
My hope is that you find an item—be it a tablecloth or a quilt —that brings a sense of joy, peace, love, and beauty into the sacred walls of your home.
Leave a comment here to be entered in our giveaway: one 112″ runner or one 60 x 90″ table cloth, for tables sitting 6-8 (you can mention which you’d prefer in your comment!).
bits & piecesI have two articles this week (writing articles is not my favorite thing to do but it just happened): Who Should Educate Your Children? at Catholic Answers and Can the Constitution Mandate Pregnancy and Vaccines? (a look into a line of questioning from Justice Amy Coney Barrett) at Crisis. (I don’t know why all titles end up as questions; probably because I’m that controversial haha)As we bask in the glow of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, I offer you this short piece on John Henry Newman’s view of this doctrine and reality, written when he was still a Protestant. The real pandemic: the loss of marriage and family in our country Only 18% Of American Households Are Families With Married ParentsI don’t think that Abigail Shrier has quite examined the depths of feminism and LGBT identity, and I would urge parents to teach their children never to lie, including never calling a “he” “she” etc (remember, the Commandment is actually not bearing false witness). But otherwise this speech to Princeton students is fantastic and should be read by or to and discussed with every teenager in America. Stand up for the Noahs!Is it just my husband and me, with our journalism/book production/copyediting/general-printed-word geekery, or does everyone care about and shed actual tears over stuff like The End of an Era: A Short Film About The Last Day of Hot Metal Typesetting at The New York Times (1978)Oscar Peterson’s interview with Dick Cavett, a “dazzling piano lesson”. For an amazing analysis of that epic performance of Boogie Blues Study (credits will be awarded towards your music theory degree, haha), do click on that last youtube video. It’s worth it. from the archivesI’m all about celebrating Advent, not Christmas, before Christmas, but I’m also all about preparation, because not sure what elves are coming on Christmas Eve to get everything done, and mamas need to pace themselves! And the whole point is that the more important an event is, the more effort we put into getting things ready! Here is a post with a craft and a link to my Pinterest board with nice crafts for your kids that result in items that would be welcomed as gifts. Here is a classic post from me: long, involved, not at all to the point, with stuff tacked on the end. However, if you want one Advent-worthy cookie/snack recipe (try not to burn yours like I did) and the actual list of our favorite Christmas cookies, linked to their respective recipes, this is it, this is what I’ve got. I am truly the worst blogger; SEO experts everywhere are falling on their swords over me.For your budding scientist: Spiders use flight by electrostatic repulsion — they fly using electricity! liturgical livingToday is the feast of St. Damasus, and it’s also Habou’s birthday. Please say a prayer for her if you remember!
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