Allie's Giveaway

Hello friends! I just wanted to pop by during this non-stop work week of mine {can I get an amen??} to tell ya'll to go check out Allie's $100 gift card giveaway. She's awesome. These ladies are awesome. And let's be honest, we all could use an extra hundred bucks! I am truly proud to be one of Allie's sponsors and her dog Casey is pretty irresistible. Check out a Day in A Joyful Life here to enter.

Happy Thursday everyone.Wipe those brows and keep on keepin' on.

january ad swaps

ATTENTION ALL BLOG FRIENDS!

Yes you!

This is an official request for new or old ad-swappers for the month of January. Ya know, the thing where you post streetlights to stars' ad on your blog and I post yours on mine. You know the drill.

Anyway, I'm really excited about some new sponsorship posts and series coming up and I've love for you to be a part of all of it. Part of the reason why I blog is to create relationships with people I wouldn't otherwise meet, and I see this as a great opportunity to do just that.

If you're interested or have more questions or just want to say hi, shoot me a message over at streetlightstostars{at}gmail{dot}com

Thanks! Can't wait to hear from you!

check these kids out!

So I'm sure we've all read about half a million blogs about the season's change and the coming of fall, right? Okay maybe that's just me. One of my fall resolutions was to make a budget and stick to it. {It's a work in progress.}

But I wanted to ask you guys about your budgeting...do you do it? Got any awesome advice for the rest of us?

I know that one of my priorities after getting settled here is to give part of what I earn to something I really care about. Since working with Give Hope 2 Kids I have formed life-changing relationships with the kids I met and lived with. It is a miracle that they have been brought to the kids home to grow up. And it's amazing to me that we can love them and help them out from any geographical distance. 

Sponsoring children at the kid's home in Honduras helps pay for things like their schooling, food, home, clothes, and the salary of the house parents who have given up a huge part of their lives to invest in these kids. The idea of the sponsorship program is to form a lasting relationship with the children. 

So if you're looking to re-format your budgeting plan a bit this fall and include giving to something that really changes lives, I can officially give my first-hand approval to this organization. I love these kids with all my heart and want to see them grow up to be amazing, successful adults. Wanna be part of that?

 Check out here for more details. 

What organizations are you really passionate about? 

{photo credit goes to kelvin and monica johnson}

blog friends & happenings

Oh hello wonderful people,

Just popped in to suggest making friends with the lovely Ms. Gabi and her blog over at Kneadle and Bread. She's got some awesome pictures from her time in Brazil and other great posts about fashion, food, design and Boston {love that city!}. Today she's featuring her July sponsors {including yours truly} so go check it out and say hi.

In other news, we are looking forward to our next volunteer group making an appearance in the jungle house tonight. So today is a cooking, cleaning, and squeezing in a few choice to-do items kind of day. 

I'm glad our house doesn't look like this like it did the day before the last group came. Yes, that is in fact all of our belongings relocated into the living room. I never thought I'd cook pancakes inches away from several mattresses, a bedside table and a screwdriver set.

Keep it classy.