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Raising a Modern-Day Princess: Inspiring Purpose, Value, and Strength in Your Daughter

By Pam Farrel & Doreen Hanna / Tyndale House

Help your daughter journey into womanhood with a healthy self-image and knowledge of who she is in Christ! Writing from their personal experiences, co-authors Farrel and Hanna stress the importance of creating a rite-of-passage ceremony for your young woman; provide helpful tips in chapter-end “Mentor Moment

My Thoughts…

The book Raising a Modern-Day Princess by authors Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna has  moved me and it’s entirely changed my way of thinking in how to raise my own daughter as well as taught me how to influence the young woman around me.

Grace, dignity, inner beauty, and self worth, traits every daughter of the King should have instilled into her life. Often enough no one is taking the time to celebrate daughter’s journey into becoming the woman God has created them to be. It’s not hard at at all to do this, in fact Raising a Modern-Day Princess suggest many types of rite of passage celebrations both big and small that can change and impact a girls life forever. The examples of personal testimony of mothers, fathers,  and daughters that took part in this are ever so moving.

Not often is it that a book speaks such revelations that tugged at my heart strings and left me in tears. I encourage every sister as well as brothers  in Christ to pick up this book and read it.

I promise you, if you take the advice of this book, whom ever God has laid on your heart will feel purpose, value, and strength in moving forward and following the path God has laid in front of them.

This book is on the top favorite reads for 2010 and ten for me, and I am quite honored and blessed by those that contributed in writing these words of truth. If I could, I would personally give everyone I know a copy of  Raising a Modern-Day Princess.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

***Special thanks to Christy Wong of Tyndale House Publishers for sending me a review copy.***

Carolyn, an aspiring Etsy store owner from Beyond Quilts has continued to wow me with her fantastic and functional products for both the young and the young at heart. If you missed my previous review on her adorable children’s and doll quilts, I encourage you to check it out by visiting the following link: http://connected2christ.com/theblog/2009/09/etsy-beyond-quilts-review-and-giveaway/

As of recently, I was given the chance to review one of Beyond Quilts latest creations called a Scoodie! This creation is muti- functional as it’s not only a scarf but a hat as well…hence the name Scoodie.The colorful blue Scoodie I was sent to review is covered in adorable owls and is made from fleece which keeps it’s wearer  both snug, comfortable and warm during the cold winter months.

I love my Scoodie because not only can  I wear it, but my daughter can as well, all I had to do was  fold it back!  It’s perfect if for unexpected weather on the fly as I’ve been caught plenty of times without an umbrella or a snug warm hat!

Overall, the Scoodie makes for a fun, eye appealing, fashionable and functional must have item! Another thing that’d I like to add is that the Scoodie it ships absolutely free making it a great deal at only $10.00.

Do check out Beyond Quilts as Caroyln offers a variety of beautiful quilts, as well as other handcrafted products for people and pets at her store for very affordable prices! If you’d like to keep up with all the latest from Carolyn, I encourage you to visit and subscribe to her blog.

Disclaimer: I was sent a Scoodie for review from Beyond Quilts. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.

It’s not everyday that you find a spa related company such as  SpaDayR3, in which biblical principles and scripture are added to the many products offered. Lisa Hampton-Qualls owner, began this ministry of spa workshops to demonstrate ways to care for our bodies as well as tend to our souls. I enjoyed getting to know Lisa and I’ve really like the fact that I can see her love for Christ in what He’s called her to do!

Each of the products that can be found at SpaDayR3 are created solely from natrual ingredients which include no harmful additives such as mineral oil and petroleum. I was thrilled when given to opportunity to review some of the products that can be found at SpaDayR3, and would like to share my thoughts on each of them!

Aroma Spray is one of the many products that you can find under the Scent-ual Home section at SpaDayR3! I’ve been using a sample size bottles of the three following sprays: Socially Acceptable, Clean Air, and Orange Pomander (new holiday scent). I want to state that my husband is not huge on air freshener. He’s really picky when it comes to scents and fragrant type things. I’d been using this stuff for over a week and I’ve heard no complaints at all from him, in fact he said it smells really great and we both agreed that the Orange Pomander spray is our favorite! I can now thanks to SpaDayR3, have a great smelling home as well as keeping it disinfected and deodorized all at the same time! A little goes a long way so 6.00 for a 4 oz spray bottles isn’t a bad deal! And with eight different fragrances their is sure to be a perfect scent for everyone!

SpaDayR3 also offers a Natural Lip Moisturizer called Get Lippy! I found the flavor to be not too sweet as it’s flavored with a  touch of honey. Perfect for those whom don’t care for over the top scented lip care products. I’ve been using lip moisturizers a lot more now since it’s gotten colder and found this one to work for very long lengths of time. You can purchase a .25 oz jar for only 2.00 and I think these would make great gifts during the holiday season.

The Bath and Body Potions section of SpaDayR3 offer many fantastic products such as skin care oils. I was given the opportunity to try out a lavender and olive blessings sample.  They both smell wonderfully and can be used as Hot Oil Scalp and Hair treat, After-bath for dewy-fresh skin moisturizing, a relaxing deep tissue muscle massage oil or for a hand and foot pampering oil. I love that there is a variety of uses for the oils!

I was also sent several samples from the Think Pink with Gratitude line which include perfume, body wash, and lotion. I’m not huge into the floral smells but for those that may be, I imagine that they’d really enjoy this line. I am however a fan of the Butter Creme sample I was sent from SpaDayR3‘s latest collection  “Drama Queen Command Performance” which will be available soon!

Buy it: If you are looking for wonderful bath & body products, accessories, jewelry, environmental fragrance products, please do consider SpaDayR3, note that most items are about under 15.00 which make shopping during the Holiday not season less stressful knowing you can get great products for affordable prices! For instance I’d like to recommend the Sea-sations Take-out Spa gift set or you can always mix and match!

Disclaimer: I was sent several sample size products from SpaDayR3 to review. This review is 100% my opinion and has not been edited or reviewed by anyone. I was not compensated in any other way for this product review.