Share the Love

Do you know what I love most about the Internet besides awesome ideas and endless amounts of info? I love that it has become a place to find real connections with people! Probably the last place you'd think to find real authentic relationships & connections but I love what community I have found here. When Lyndsay from Pink Coffee Photo approached me about being apart of this series I jumped at the chance. 

Sharing love, spreading joy and kindness is what I want this blog to be about. Personally, I think there could always be a little more love and joy spread to this world. People need to see it, they need to feel it and know it's real. 

Jesus commanded us to love one another, it's the greatest commandment above everything else is to love. 

In an effort to spread and share the love around your world and mine this month I've teamed up with Lyndsay and some other awesome bloggers to share the love! A simple idea to share love with others, do random acts of kindness and show people you care. You can ready Lyndsay's heart here. 

From now until February 14th I'm going to do a few of these acts, then we'll all meet back here on the 14th and share how we shared love with others. You'll be able to link up and see what others are doing too. You don't have to be a blogger or have a blog to link up and take part. Use your Twitter, Instagram or Facebook to share with us how you accomplished this and shared the love. Use the hashtag #sharethelove2012 in your tweets & instagrams.

Join me and Lyndsay and these others bloggers as we share the love and spread joy to others this month. It can be big or small, whatever you'd like. I can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Here's a list of other bloggers joining us:

Kacia: http://coconutrobot.com/
Wynne: http://www.elderadventures.blogspot.com/
Scarlett: http://www.thedecordiaries.com/
Sarah Beth: http://www.sarahsandelblog.com/

Corinna: http://corinnahoffman.blogspot.com/
Jenna: http://www.dayofknight.com/
Sarah: http://www.sarahcardenasphotography.com/blog/
Karrie: http://www.karriedrakeblog.com/
Holly: http://printandmintblog.wordpress.com/
Kristian: http://www.kristianbishop.com/
Annie: http://farrarfour.blogspot.com/
Lyndsay: http://pinkcoffeephoto.com/blog/
Jess: http://j3designz.com/blog/

When You Give

I've been thinking a lot lately about my lil' shop, where I want it to go, and what I want to accomplish with it. I've been praying a lot and asking God to show me more ways to show his love to others. A couple of weeks ago some ides began swirling, and after doing some more praying and researching I'm excited about the next little step my shop is taking.

Each month I want to give 10% of that months proceeds back to a charity. Each month highlighting a new charity to give to.

Not only do I want people to know that by buying from the shop they are also giving back to some great chairties, and giving to those in need, but I also want them to know when THEY GIVE, they can be blessed as well.

There's a few charities that I'm excited to give back to, hopefully you'll find new ways to give as well beyond this and learn about some of these exciting causes you too can be apart of.

Here's just a sneak peek of where you'll be giving to over the next few months when you purchase something from the shop! Please take a look at the sites, read about their awesome charities and how they are helping bring awareness, support and how they are helping to change the WORLD! 

For March & April:

http://www.babybuggy.org/

Is a charity helping underprivileged families by providing baby gear and other baby items  to those families and mommies in need.

For May:

http://www.love146.org/

Helping abolish modern day slavery. Help end child sex slavery and exploitation.

For June:

http://www.myshineproject.com/

Help Ashley provide collage scholarships to kids at a local Arizona inner city high school.

GO HERE to buy something from the shop!