Once Upon A Family

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This weekend I had a few girls over for some fall treats and to make a fun craft. I bought some supplies at the craft store and we made time capsules. I got this great idea from a new home based business called "Once Upon a Family". This amazing company sells products that help you be intentional about your family life by building and keeping great traditions in your house and reinforcing strong ties and family values. I fell in love with their ideas and inspiring love for family a couple years ago at a scrapbook store which ended up going out of business. Recently I called to find a consultant in our area that could do a celebration during my craft night and found that there are no consultants in the Boise/Meridian/Nampa area, so since I love the products so much, I became a consultant. I figured that it would be a great chance to get some discounts on these products that I love and also would be fun to have celebrations with my friends and find others who are inspired to build strong family ties as well.

So for about half the night we looked at the "Once Upon A Family" products and the other half we made our own keepsake, a time capsule. CJ and I plan on using this family time capsule once a year on New Years Eve. We'll each drop a short list of resolutions and goals for the following year as well as reflect on previous year's resolutions. We'll use this time capsule as a fun way to reinforce our values and goals as well as keep track of what we're up to each year. New Years Eve is a great time to reflect on the past as well as make goals for the future. This year we'll have a place to put those goals and plan on keeping this tradition for years to come. Here are some pictures of the time capsule that I made...

From MISC

From MISC

I covered a wine box that I purchased from the craft store with cute scrapping paper and some modge podge. The paper had some cute coordinating decals which I modge podged right on and tied a pretty matching rope to use as the handle. We'll proudly display this time capsule on our mantle each year and hopefully this fun new tradition will help us be more intentional about our goals and aspirations. If nothing else, it will keep us accountable to each other.

So the craft night was great and it was so much fun to hang out with the girls. What I loved most about it was that we got a chance to chat about our families and what we're doing to make sure that we're cherishing every moment together and keeping family ties close. The "Once Upon A Family" products are so cool and if any of you local readers would like to host a celebration at your house, I would love to chat with you about that. No pressure from me...but I think once you see these great ideas and products you'll be hooked just like I am. And even if you aren't local to Boise but would still like to order, just let me know. I'll be happy to submit an order for you and mail it to your house. For the local girls, since I'm the only consultant locally, you're guaranteed to host a party that has products that most people haven't seen before. I'm so excited to do many more things in my family like the time capsule and excited to be more intentional about my family life.