I put together this gift basket to help bless and warm their new home. The idea actually comes from the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. In one scene, the main characters, George and Mary Bailey, give a special house warming gift of bread, wine and salt to Mr. Martini after he purchases his home.

I simply love this idea but wanted to add my own twist to it by incorporating a few more items. I purchased most of the items from Target but if you have a local farmer’s market or downtown shops near the new home owners, this could make for an added touch.

I started by lining the basket with a dish towel and printed these labels. You can get these from my shop HERE. I used white card stock paper for printing

Here is a list of the items I added to the basket.

Bread – That this house will never know hunger

Wine – That joy and prosperity will reign forever

Salt – That life may always have flavor

Honey – That life will always be sweet

Olive Oil – That life may be blessed with health and well-being

Candle – That life may always be bright and happy

Chocolate – That life may always be sweet

Plant – That your home is filled with life

Get the house warming gift tags. CLICK HERE

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Now that it’s almost fall, I pulled out our decorations and am getting ready to sprinkle our house in oranges and browns and all things pumpkin. I put together a list of some of my favorite letter board quotes for the fall season and Halloween.

My Favorite Fall Letter Board Quotes

Autumn Leaves and Pumpkins Please

Happy Fall Y’All

Autumn is My Favorite Color

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

‘Tis The Season to be Fall-y

You Had Me at Pumpkin Spice

The Only Thing Getting “Lit” Today Are My Candles

Give Thanks

Let’s Get Lit – Me to My Fall Candles

Hello Fall – Change is Good!

Fall: That Beautiful Season Between Boob Sweat and Frostbite

Leaves are Falling, Autumn is Calling

Leaves are Falling and Pumpkins are Calling

I love Fall Most of All

Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

Orange You Glad It’s Fall

Time to Turn Over a New Leaf

If Money Grew on Trees, Fall Would Be My Favorite Season

Oh My Gourd, I Love Fall

You Are the Apple of My Pie

Let’s Give Them Pumpkin to Talk About

Make it a September to Remember

Let’s Get Cozy

It’s Sweater Weather

Never Fear, Fall is Here

Dear Summer, I Only Used You to Get to Fall

Thanksgiving Letter Board Quotes:

Grateful for the Small Things, the Big Things, and Everything In Between

Whatever Floats Your Gravy Boat

Count Your Blessings, Not Your Calories

Gobble ‘til You Wobble

Happy Thanksgiving, Remember to Set your Scales Back 10 pounds This Weekend

Get Your Stretchy Pants Ready

Thankful & Grateful

Leftovers are For Quitters

Halloween Letter Board Quotes:

If You’ve Got It, Haunt It

It’s Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus

Double, Double Toil and Bubble. Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

If the Broom Fits

Peek-a-Boo

This is my Resting Witch Face

Trick or Treat Yourself

Beware, Little Monsters Live Here

Happy Halloween Witches

Keep Calm and Eat Candy

“When Witches Go Riding and Black Cats are Seen, the Moon Laughs and Whispers, Tis Near Halloween.

Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun

Broom Parking Only, Violators Will be Toad

BYOB- Bring Your Own Broom

I Love My Mummy

Bone Appetit

I’m Only Here for the Boos

Where My Witches At?

A Witch Lives Here With Her Little Monsters

Hello, My Pretty!

I’ll Put a Spell on You

Eat, drink and Be Scared

Happy Hallo-wine

Boo-ya!

Monster Mash and a Candy Stash

Creeping it Real

Perfect Night for a Fright

Let’s Get Smashed

Black Cats and Pointy Hats

Get Yourself a Letter Board:

This one is my favorite!

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Felt Letter Board 10 x 10 with Rustic Frame

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Later, in college, I would sit in my lectures, with my multicolored pens lined up on my desk and take the most beautiful notes. I’m sure the cute guy next to me with his black ball point pen thought I was crazy, but hey, I aced my classes because of those notes. 

Well, fast forward to adulthood and somehow the power of the rainbow had slipped away. Those glorious bright colors had faded into mundane afternoons and endless to-do lists.  That is, until one day, my friend asked me if she could organize my bookshelf. 

We were having a playdate at my house. The kids were running around making a mess as we attempted to chit chat, probably about how we felt like we were failing our kids or how my son would never get potty trained.  She got up and walked over to my children’s bookshelf, hands on her hips, and asked, “Kate, can I organize your books?”  

“Wait what? Like Dewey Decimal system organize?” 

“Ummm, sure?” I hesitantly replied. 

I then watched her take all the books off the shelf. Well, half were already thrown on the floor from when my toddler tornadoed through our living room earlier. She sat down and proceeded to put them back on the shelf in rainbow order, one by one, color by color, just as ROYGIV instructs. 

It was beautiful. It was magical. It made me happy to look at it. 

She took my shelf, which was a mess of books sitting in every direction, much like how I was feeling as a mom, and turned it into a cheerful display that I wouldn’t be ashamed to show off if someone unexpectedly stopped by. 

Today, I continue to keep this shelf organized by color. About every few weeks I have to redo it because either my toddler takes every book off the shelf as toddlers do or the boys don’t put them back exactly where they got them in the blue section but that just means the boys are interested in books and we actually DO read a lot. 

Plus, it can be kind of therapeutic and relaxing to take the chaos in my  house and put some order to it. 

I started looking around the house and seeking out more places that needed a burst of rainbow. And I found some. 

• My Ikea children’s plates and bowls add a pop of cheer to my cupboards. 

• Dave Pilkey books make the best rainbows.

• My closet turned into an organized burst of color as well. 

• Art supplies just beg to be sorted. 

So, in motherhood, we might feel like we are books that have been thrown on the ground, not able to find our way back onto our unorganized shelf, but with a little time to reset, we can shine as bright as rainbows again too!

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