Very nice gifts, indeed

You’ll note there is an ad on the right sidebar for St. Hubert’s Rosary Bracelets, which I’ve talked about elsewhere. I really can’t say enough about how comfortable and pretty these bracelets are (their pictures really don’t do them justice). I wear mine all the time, which is unusual because I’ve never liked bracelets; because I always have it on, I find myself using it for prayer while waiting in a doctor’s office or at the post office, etc. So, I’m praying more, which can only be a good thing, right?

We’re scaling back Christmas in these parts – it’s gotten so out of hand that it’s become too much like work and not enough like joy. I find that I am serious about buying my gifts from monasteries and cottage industry-type entreprenuers and staying away from the malls, and this book and this one will also be handed out!

And there are always Clarissa’s Cookies, which supports the Capuchin Poor Clares.

Meanwhile, on these bracelets – what makes them so particularly attractive to me (aside from the fact that they’re light and pretty) is that they have nothing dangling from them to get caught on things; it’s simply a great common-sense design. I’ve just ordered the garnet/freshwater pearl bracelets as Christmas gifts for my MIL and sister, and a nice black one for one of my sons. My neighbor, quite taken with mine, is getting one of her own. Really, I highly recommend them!

Some others seem to be on the same “buy homemade” wavelength. Feminine Genius linked to this post with more ideas.