Everyday Confetti by Karen Ehman and Glynnis Whitwer
Updated 1/21/2014 7:15 PM – Congratulations to our winner — Noreen Messmer – submitted comment on 1/17/14!
I am super excited about this new book EVERYDAY CONFETTI written by two friends — Karen Ehman and Glynnis Whitwer. I admire both of these women, each for their own unique reasons. This book they co-authored together is just icing on the admiration cupcake!
Really, they had me at the title — Everyday Confetti!! I would love to make everyday a little special for my family. This book shares very do-able and fun ideas to make everyday extraordinary for those you love. It also contains easy and inspired ideas for birthdays, milestones and holiday celebrations! Here is how Karen and Glynnis put it:
“The calendar is filled with special occasions and holidays that certainly call for a little confetti. But what about ordinary days? Those seemingly routine days when the calendar doesn’t indicate an occasion to buy a card, bake a cake or toss some confetti? By bringing a little confetti to an otherwise ordinary day, we can make it a celebration. A celebration of life, of each other, and, most importantly, of God’s goodness.
Our desire with this book is to spark your creativity and provide you with ideas for planning and implementing wonderful holiday and holy day celebrations with your loved ones. But we don’t want to stop there. We hope that with a little ingenuity and a slight shift in your spiritual perspective, you will learn to toss a little confetti into the everyday too — to be on the lookout for days and ways to make the ordinary extraordinary.” – Karen and Glynnis
Everyday Confetti is my newest favorite read! Karen and Glynnis speak part of my heart, and I love the ideas and recipes inside the pages of the book! I am already planning on giving this book as gifts with a package of confetti!!! I am honored to have two contributions in the book on pages 35 and 53. I hope you will take a look!
And I would like to do the same for one of you visiting here!! Just leave a comment, including your contact information, and you will be entered to win Everyday Confetti and a supply of confetti!!!
Photo credit: Plenty of Color
Check back in a few days when I announce the winner!
In the meantime, go toss some confetti and make today extraordinary for someone in your life!!
DIPlightfully yours,
Sharon Sloan
I am always looking for ways to make my household a fun loving day. The last 3 years have been a struggle and I decided this year is the year to turn things aroung. I am excited to read the book
Everyday should be filled with confetti – no matter what is going on if you throw in some bright and fun confetti it will look better! 🙂
I have been wanting to get this book!! Thanks for the offer((:
I would love this book. I am great when it comes to Thanksgiving and Christmas and even birthdays sometimes. But the rest of the holiday and everyday in general, not so much. I would love to have this book so that I can find out how to make the oridinary the extraordinary. 🙂
Sounds like a wonderful book. Excited about it. I have four children that I homeschool. We’re always celebrating something. 🙂
This book looks wonderful. In our home we don’t put emphasis only on special days, we make every day special since it is the only one we are guaranteed. 🙂 Would LOVE to have a copy !!
I am so excited about this book! I love entertaining family and friends, but I’m always doing the same boring things. It would be great to win the book to get some new ideas!
I would love to make life in my family more of an every day celebration. This book would give me ideas to get the ball rolling. Thank you for hosting this giveaway!
planning a big graduation party. Would love this book to get more ideas – trying to learn to be “the hostess with the mostess:”
I would love this book, sounds like a great resource to make every day special!
Sounds like a fun book.
I, for one, need some new ideas for entertaining and celebrating and this book seems to be the perfect partner to Serendipity. Let the inspiration and fun begin!
I agree with previous comments – every day we are given on this earth from the Lord is worth celebrating, so why not do so? I’m always looking for ideas to spice things up a bit!
Sounds like a wonderful book to encourage any household!
I love this idea and concept of celebrating “ordinary” days.. So fun! Looking forward to checking it out!
This book sounds right up mine & my daughters alley! We love a good creative activity. – how they turn out is another story sometimes:). We would LOVE the book!
I am always looking for thoughtful and special ways to make birthdays more memorable. I would love this book and the chance to read some fresh idea. 🙂
I am constantly looking for ways to make special days special without a lot of expense or huge amounts of time involved. Not to mention there are a few ordinary days when we need that pick me up. This would be a fabulous read.
We have a special needs child and work to find ways to celebrate
everyday. It’s important for us and for our son. I think this book would
help us find new celebrations and new ways to celebrate.
Celebrating encourages joy. We need joy everyday and want our son to understand
that! Thanks for the opportunity!
With an adult daughter and her two sons living with us, we sometimes need to be intentional about looking for reasons to celebrate. Smile. Look forward to reading the book.
I’d love to read this book! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
I love to make days special for my family and friends and am always looking for new ways to do that! Sounds like an awesome read.
This book sounds wonderful, thanks for the opportunity!
Sounds like a fun book. This area is not my forte and I want to move forward with a positive attitude, looking for joy and celebration every day! 🙂
I’m always looking for new ideas to brighten things up. This would be a perfect resource!
Make every day a confetti day. Shower your life with the confetti of Gods promises. Throw around some love, laughter and warmth. Add in family and friends, with a dash of peace and harmony and finish with a sprinkle of The Holy Spirit. Having this book would help with the practicalities of bringing about a confetti day everyday.
I love the idea for this book. That each day is special and finding ways to make that day joyful.
With all the everyday responsibilities and time constraints, this would be a great way to add some fun to the hectic routines.
I would love to have a copy of this book. Always looking for new ways to make someones day special.
Oh this book sounds like so much fun to read. I hope us win.
I can’t wait to read this book. I love your gift idea!
I love making the simple joyous.
This what my family needs. It is winter in Ohio and the days are very dark. We all need a little confetti in our lives right now.
I would love to have this resource!!
This book looks like fun, fun, fun!! I am looking forward to reading it. Blessings
I would so love to win!!! Thank you. Barb Wall
I would love to read this book. I need some new ideas to make our days brighter and better right now. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of this book.
This sounds like a keeper. Would be great to win it!
I would love to win this book. Because I left my creativity somewhere and I think this would really help me and my family of nine. Thank you for the opportunity. 🙂 !!!!
Looks like lots of ideas to bless the family. Would love to win a copy.
I would LOVE to win ANY of Karen Ehman’s books! So, please enter me! Thanks.
What an awesome gift! Would love to learn to throw creative celebrations.
I’d love to win a copy of it too. As many of us probably, I work full time with frequent OT, as much as I’d love to open my place for guests once I start thinking what to cook (and I am a very beginner level at it too 🙁 ), I need to clean, what would be the entertaining program- that just drains energy out of me just at the thought-level of initial idea. So I am always on the looking of nifty ideas that would help me be more ‘welcoming’ at my place.
As a fairly new wife (2 1/2 years) I have struggled finding ways to entertain in my home. Hospitality does not come naturally for me but I want to be more inviting by having family and friends over to connect with, especially those far from Christ. Having examples and ideas on doing this will definitely point me in the right direction and I think “Everyday Confetti” would be a great resource.
Crystal M.
Love the idea for this book! Would love to add it to my collection of favorite books.
What a wonderful book idea! Love the title and the cover too!!! Who could resist picking up a book with a cupcake on the cover!!!!!
I would love to read this book. I’m always looking for ways to put happiness into a ordinary day. Where I work at it’s usually gloom and negative vibes so anything to help turn that around. Thank you for this offer…
With God, everyday is special! I love the idea of celebrating in a tangible way when it’s just an ordinary day that no one else is celebrating. When my children were young, they wanted to celebrate our dog, Spot’s, birthday in a big way. So we did. We had special treats for Spot and cake and ice cream for us. Sometimes we would invite our best friends over for the celebration. They really seemed to enjoy it, even though we all had a good laugh about it. Incredibly, Spot lived to be 21!
After renting a house for nearly 10 years, we were able to buy our own home and we were so elated that we celebrated the first through fifth anniversary on the day of moving into our new home. I always made cheesecake and topped it with strawberries because I had a strawberry-themed kitchen. We invited our best friends to share in our joy, and they loved the celebration which took place in the snowy and cold month of February. After the fifth year, our schedules seemed to be too busy with school events and volunteer activities so we dropped it, but we cherish the fond memories.
I love the idea of finding joy in little things. I do try to incorporate mini-celebrations, but am often too exhausted to even think of an idea.
This book sounds perfect, and…..send on the confetti–we have a good vacuum.
Anything these two authors have their hands in turns out great – would love to receive this book.
I love celebrating special events and achievements. Sometimes though, that’s all I’ve got. I realize that it’s my job to be the cheerleader for my family and continue to uplift them. This would be a blessing to me as I could bless others!
I have been wanting to get this book!!!
Last year, 2013, was really a bad year so we decided this year is the year to turn things around & this book looks like it could help me
I have 3 boys and I am a crafty person. I would love new ideas to help make everyday special for them even though they may not always like my crafty ideas. Help is always welcome.
I have three boys and I am always looking for ways to make everyday special. They grow up so fast and the little things make a huge difference.
I’d be excited to read this book. At the beginning of this year, my husband and I have decided to celebrate things, big and small, and so I’m keeping a journal of those things that call for a celebration–a thank offering to God. So, far, it’s helped our eyes to be open to His gifts to us, something that used to just go by without a mention. Now, we stop and thank him together!
I would love this book. I think it would be very beneficial to me and my 13 year old daughter. We need some fun times. My husband of almost 20 years passed away unexpectedly about 4 months ago so we are trying to regroup. We were a very close family so it is hard all of a sudden being the mother and the father figure in the home.
I need some fresh ideas. I want to make family time for fun time! This seems like the perfect book for me.
Sounds like a very interesting book…..I would enjoy reading it!!!
I love the title of your new book! So inspiring!! I have a friend who makes every day special by adding the extras (ex. not just plain white napkins, but polka dot napkins or confetti napkins). I am always looking for more ways to make every day special in our families’ lives and in the lives of those I touch each day.
I WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK! I need some(joy)Confetti in my life right now,what with a disabled husband,a paraplegic son,and no job,I have a very stressful life. God Bless all you ladies! 🙂
I would love to win this book. I have so many parties in a year to do. So many great nieces and nephews of all ages. And with my Moms 80th coming up.
Sister in Christ.
Make everyday a celebration, that is a great idea……I’m always looking for new ways to pretty up our table for meals, new recipes, especially deserts. Very interested in reading about all your ideas… ;o) I’d love a chance to win this book.
anna_showlow@yahoo.com
Thank You
Anna
What a great idea for a book!
Confetting in the little things!
Ooh I’d love to win this book! It looks like a good resource to make the ordinary fun, bringing special touches to it. Thanks for the offer!!
Would love this book! Reminds us to celebrate the everyday!
Would love to have this book! Excited about what this new year will bring!
I have been following Karen’s blog for a while. I found you through her! Can’t wait to read this one!
I would truly love to read this book. I love the topic. Thank you for recommending it. And an extra confetti filled thank you for an opportunity to own a copy!
I would loke to win this book, I want more celebrations in our home. Have two grandsons in my home!
I would love to win this book, I really need to celebrate the everyday, get too caught up the everydayness of life.
I can’t wait to read this book! Every year, as one of my new year’s resolutions, I tell myself that this is the year I FINALLY get on the ball with birthday and holiday celebrations. I have great intentions, but then life gets in the way and I always feel like I could have done a better job and then I get frustrated- feeling like I didn’t do enough. 🙁
I love planning events, and need to be doing it much more in my home!
I can’t wait to read this book! I love the title! Thank you for the opportunity to win it!
Have a God Blessed Day!
What a clever idea for a book. We know that “this is the day that The Lord hath made. We should rejoice and be glad in it”, but do we really celebrate the ordinary days He has given us?
This looks like such a fun book to read and know my family would love it.
What a fun idea! I love celebrating with my three little ones (5, 4, & 1), but am often short on ideas. I want to be more intentional about filling our days with meaningful activities. Thanks for this post.
Oh, how I wish I would have had a book like this when my kids were growing up. But, whose to say that I can’t use it for my man and I. Love the idea of gifting the book with a packet of confetti.
I would love to learn how to celebrate every day! With the busyness of day to day activities, I often find it difficult to have mini celebrations. I need help!
The whole idea behind this book makes me smile.
As a mother of 3 year old twin boys and and a 16 year old boy my life is sometimes a complete mess.I would love to learn how to add more fun to our chaotic life and celebrate it with my boys.
Sometimes we get so caught up in everyday busyness that we don’t make our family feel special…this book sounds like a great idea for the busy family feel special.
I had been waiting to order this book until after the first of the year and here we are and maybe I will win it instead. I have three grandchildren and the idea of making our special days together even more special brings a smile to my heart! Thanks for the chance!
You are speaking to my heart right now. I am trying so hard to make each day a celebration. thx
My 6 kiddos & I could definitely benefit from some everyday confetti. Would love to win!
I’ve waited for this book to come out for some time now! It looks so fun! Even the smallest of things in our lives call for celebration!
This book sounds like it would be the perfect stress-reliever for making my ideas to entertain actually come to fruition.
Thanks so much!
Ruth Hill
ruthaw_1974@yahoo.com
I can’t wait to read this book! celebrating everyday is something I would love to do.
Oh, how I have been salivating over this book! YAY!!
Would love to receive and read this book! Would be helpful to getting me motivated to invite people into my home. Thanks for the give-a-way!
I’m excited to win this book
Making our house a HOME is my favorite thing. Hope I win; it seems full of wonderful ideas.
Great idea for a book – look forward to reading it!
Everyday Confetti is a fantastic title. We all need this daily in our lives.
This would be wonderful for my family. I’d love to make each ordinary day something a little more special!
Can’t wait to get ahold of this book. Would love to win.
Thank you for sharing, maybe I can change my orcinary days to Everday Confetti.
Every day the Lord gives us is a celebration!
Love the idea of every day being special and worthy of celebration! With God’s love, every mundane task or day is truly a gift and He calls us to be joyful in it. My new adventure as I set out to start the day (and each day after) is to find a little bit of confetti to throw.
It sounds like Everyday Confetti is something I need right now and something I could share with my 12 year old daughter as she is becoming to know Him better.
Id love to share this with my 12 year old daughter!
I’m excited about this book and eager to see the ideas given for making every day a little more special for my family!
I can’t wait to make everyday a confetti day!! Thanks.
Would love to win this book! Making every day special sounds exciting!
I am excited about this book, because I believe it is the little things that mean so much to our families!
Love confetti and celebrations – esp in marriage! Would love a chance to win the book.
Sounds like a fun book, hope to win!
Just love how all you beautiful sisters in Christ so freely share yiur wisdom, your lives and your love for the Lord. To God be the glory
Hope to read Karen’s book very soon whether or not I am chosen the winner. Gid bless!
I can’t wait to read this book. It would be even better if I won it!
Celebrate is one of my special words! This sounds like a book meant for our family!
This book looks AMAZING! If I don’t win it I will buy it for sure! Thank you!