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Giveaway: $25 gift certificate to Gadanke.
"Hi Smile & Wave readers! I'm Kaelah Bee and I write at the blog Little Chief Honeybee. I'm a 22 year old southern belle with bright red hair and an abundance of tattoos and piercings. My life motto is to "Dress as though every day is a tea party". My blog is a hodgepodge of daily outfits, foodie features, free mixtapes, wedding wednesdays and everything I find inspiring! You'll also see a lot of my stellar boyfriend Mike and my two lovable bulldogs, Georgia Sue and Pipkin LaRue. I make handmade hair accessories in my spare time and I'll soon be expanding my etsy to include my entire owl collection as well as lots of vintage goodies! I hope you'll stop by and say hello!" - Kaelah
Giveaway: 2-pack of autumn-inspired fabric rosette headbands.
"My name is Hollie and I live in Western PA with my sweet English Bulldog, Wheezy. I became a vintage lover/hunter about 2 years ago after I started to tag along to yard sales with my mom. Each Saturday morning is now devoted to treasure hunting with her. I focus mostly on vintage housewares and decor and find it so thrilling to discover that one piece sitting in the corner waiting for a new life. My own personal vintage collections at the moment consist of gnomes, birds and cameras!" - Hollie
Giveaway: I am giving away a sweet vintage necklace/brooch. It pictures 3 horses in a cameo type setting and hangs on a thicker gold chain. It can also be taken off of the chain and worn just as a brooch. It will look great with any vintage dress! :) (valued at $22)******************************************
TO WIN ALL FOUR PRIZES:
Share your favorite Thanksgiving afternoon activity!
Winner will be announced on the 26th.
xoxo,
Rachel
TO WIN ALL FOUR PRIZES:
Share your favorite Thanksgiving afternoon activity!
Winner will be announced on the 26th.
xoxo,
Rachel
380 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 380 of 380WOW!! These are all so amazing!
My favorite afternoon activity is playing Scrabble and watching old kids movies with my little siblings!
Nap!
Eating pie!
My family will be playing some awesome flag football to get ready for the feast!
watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is hands down a favorite tradition of mine!
Oh boy- a nap for sure!
We normally all go out for a walk as a family after we finish our meal. Then if the turkey hasn't hit us yet we will play a game! Lots of laughter. Thank you!
My favorite Thanksgiving activity is seeing my aunts and uncles, grandparents, and especially my cousins who live across the country. I miss them so much but whenever we have Thanksgiving it's like we're still little kids (:
It's funny how food brings people together.
katmckid at aol dot com
Eating pie with amazing friends and bf. Life is good.
looking through the black friday ads! ah. and eating the best pie in the WORLD.
ashley
ashley.kay@hotmail.com
having a nice glass of wine at the end of the night when all of the guests are gone and going to see a movie.
After the big meal, my husband and I take our nieces for a LONG walk. So much more energizing than napping in front of the tv!
This is an amazing giveaway btw.
After the big meal, my husband and I take our nieces for a LONG walk. So much more energizing than napping in front of the tv!
This is an amazing giveaway btw.
my afternoon thanksgiving activity changes every year. this year i am looking forward to playing with my nieces and watching elf.
a tie between a nap and board games! Thanks for the lovely giveaways!
Playing Jenga... It's the only day we play it... and it goes on for hours!
eat, nap, eat, nap...
my favorite thanksgiving activity is sleeping. We have a "nap time" where after our early dinner, we all nap for a couple hours then get up and have pie and coffee, it's the best way to combat the food coma!
<3 Elise
Eliseives(at)yahoo(dot)com
After thanksgiving dinner, my grandpa always took the grand kids for a walk at a nearby park. It was late afternoon, before sunset, and it was so much fun to climb trees and enjoy the beautiful outdoors.
My fav activity has to be eating and hanging out with my family. :)
After dinner bonfires!
We don't have thanksgiving here in the UK... but if we did I guess it would be snuggling my bf on the couch with a nice mug of cinnamon coffee and scoffing my face full of chocolate!
Favorite activity is eating and then relaxing while watching Football! :).
A tradition in my house!
snacking, sometimes going for a movie and a nap is a must!
Eating turkey and gravy, etc. and then passing out! Yummmm I love Thanksgiving and I love all those lovely giveaway items!!
drinking wine and laughing well into the evening with my mama, gramama and my aunties and then going back for round 2!
Thanksgiving afternoon usually means knitting and eating some dessert :).
I love all of the tradition that accompanies Thanksgiving. I love playing card games with my cousins, and eating of course, and laughs, and finally in the evening, go to the movie theater with my cousins and aunt. It's all about the traditions!
My favorite after Thanksgiving activity is looking at shopping ads, finding a good movie on TV or popping in a movie and kicking my feet up with the rest of the family and maybe catching a little nap!!!
I love to nap after cleaning up! But my favorite part is waking up and nibbling on leftovers for the rest of the night, while drinking and playing card games with my family!
a nice post-meal walk, and then starting in on some leftovers! yum!
Watching the first Christmas movie of the season, and playing board games with family! :)
I live in Canada, so we've already had our Thanksgiving, so this weekend afternoon, I'll be locked up in the library studying for exams-- thanks for the opportunity to win!
We take a short hike in the am so we can feel less guilty about eating all day.
Mary
My grandmother lives out in the woods and I always loved going through a walk after our Thanksgiving meal.
eating is #1 for sure but we like to hang out with family/friends talking and laughing and enjoying the moments.
My favorite thnaksgiving activity is sitting around the table laughing and talking with friends and family.
Thanks for the fun giveaway
My favorite holiday activity is when everyone gathers around the table to play board games. Such a treat!
Definitely the NAP! :)
A nap!!
Although, this year we'll be getting everything ready because dinner is at our house at 5.
It is soooooo napping! I like to stuff myself full of food...and then nod off! :) Awesome giveaway! Hearts, janna lynn
Snuggling in bed with the bf, which we never get to do, eating, and playing apples to apples with my hilarious family
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Besides eating and eating, watching movies while we digest :)
I love spending time with my family. It doesn't matter what we do.
i love taking a nice nap by the fire after eating lots and lots of yummy food!
i can barely MOVE after our thanksgiving meal so my favorite afternoon activity is a NAP!
going back for seconds!
and thirds.
And fourths.
my favorite thanksgiving activity is just to hang around with my friends and family, enjoying our time together!
i am loving all the thanksgiving posts! being in canada i feel like i'm getting thanksgiving twice!
I would have to say watching movies & snuggling/napping!
I would say naps! But actually, my favorite thing I've ever done on Thanksgiving was go bowling with my family and some friends from Africa!
My favorite Thanksgiving activity is the nap afterward. I love my family, but I'm thankful for rest and relaxation as well!
Being with family and playing games.
eating PIE!!! :)
My favorite Thanksgiving afternoon activity is playing Apples to Apples with my family. :)
My favorite Thanksgiving activity is eating pumpkin pie. Its the one time of the year I get to indulge in it.
I love watching March of the Wooden Soldiers. :)
It's not Thanksgiving day, it's the day before, but for my high school swim team we have "Pie Day". Everyone on the team brings a pie and we end practice half an hour early and everyone eats pie. And then we have a pie fight and make a mess on the pool deck and have to clean it up. It's the best day of swim team.
Haha the amazing nap after the giant meal!
I love watching the Rockette's dance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. My favorite part used to be eating stuffing, but now I can't eat it (wheat allergy), so I replaced with the Rockettes. I also love that it's finally ok to listen to Christmas music and watch Christmas movies.
my favourite thanksgiving activity is sitting outdoors with my family, laughing, being silly and enjoying fall! (Canadian Thanksgiving comes with autumn leaves and sunshine) <3
-Angela Anne
www.thesunshinememoir.blogspot.com
board games...thats what i love most. but wait. getting a roll and filling it with turkey and noodles. that might be the best.
ha!
angela
The family will actually be in the same room for more than 30mins :]
Talking and laughing with my sisters while standing around the turkey, picking off tiny pieces and eating them after dinner. It's the BEST.
Usually my mom and I do something together while the guys watch football. This year we are making new covers for my couch throw pillows.
Watching Macys Parade in the AM, eating, watching Dog Show, put up some Christmas Bling!
soaking in all the tasty aromas coming from the kitchen... anxiously awaiting the feasting that will soon commence.
(while also sneaking as many bites of the sides as i can!)
i love all these things! and my favourite is the HUGE basketball game me and my 6 sisters and 6 bro-in-laws play every thanksgiving.
thanks!
Besides eating...napping, of course!!
Michelle Smith
turkey induced nap!!!
a nap! :D
tanky
lnflamm@gawab.com
I spent many Thanksgiving mornings watching Macy's parade on tv while coloring the turkey coloring contest our local newspaper hosted every year. As an adult it still sounds like a fun way to spend the day.
YAY!
I love just chillin' with the family.We normally end up playing some sort of game and then nearly falling asleep,haha.Sad,but true.And good :)
elizabead@gmail.com
Going into a food coma AKA napping!
gotta go with post turkey coma. ...which doesn't happen since the kids. :-)
going for a long walk with the family, talking and laughing.
for as long as i can remember, my family has had the tradition of putting up the christmas tree and decorations as soon as the thanksgivng meal mess is cleaned up. It is a tradition that i love till this day and will forever keep...just talking about it makes me excited!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
emelie
oooh, i think my 14 year old daughter would love these!
my favorite part of the afternoon is: lounging around and watching cable tv at my in-laws after our grand vegan feast! we don't have cable at home, so it's like a special little treat <3
Every year my giant family gets together for thanksgiving in Missouri. There are literally about 50 of us in one 3 bedroom house. It's crazy and loud and so fun. We play a huge game of trivial pursuit; guys vs. girls. It's my favorite part of November.
of course i love the eating, but the best thing about thanksgiving are what my family calls "LRTs," aka "living room talks."
my family is HUGE but we cousins are all close in age so we're really tight knit. we spend the time in between eating catching up on each others lives, making each other laugh, playing games, etc. it's the best.
Eating. Absolutely.
watching A Christmas Story with the fam. It's the PERFECT way to get ready for Christmas!
sweetest giveaway!
my favorite Thanksgiving Day activity is napping and watching Christmas vacation :) and Uno! :)
xo.
Jari
Listening to jazz music from the 40's and putting up the christmas tree!
favorite activity would be spending time with the family in the kitchen....and then eating!!!
Does taking a nap count? Other than that I would say it's cooking and just being with family.
Thanks for the chance!!
Going to see a cute movie is my favorite. It's how I saw the first Toy Story movies and I just love being able to go to the movies every year after eating. It's relaxing and cheerful!
Definitely board games with the family! <3
Eating is my favorite activity!
Eating, and then taking a walk with my mom & dog. And then, eating some more.
Oh :-? We actually don't celebrate Thanksgiving day here, but if we did, I would absouletly love to EAT all day long, STAY and spend time with my loved ones.
Great giveaways, by the way ! ;))
I've been going to a potluck deal the past couple of years, so I spend the afternoon splitting up the leftovers for people to take home!
My favourite thing is hanging out with my family... we have great family get-togethers!
Hanging out with the family and eating, of course!
Planning my black Friday! I just started going last year with my grandmother and we had a blast! Happy Thanksgiving!
Right after everyone's finished up eating and just before the cleaning up. There's a lovely lull in that moment.
Heyy (:
I'm from Canada so my Thanksgiving has already come and gone, but I defintely still have a favorite part!
Thanksgiving is "my mom's holiday" where all of her sister's and respective children come over to celebrate at our house. (4 sisters + 10 kids + their respective signifigant others ... ) now that my cousins are all getting older we take over the entire basement of my house & just enjoy each others company.
So I guess - sharing time with loved ones - but ALL my loved ones under one roof (:
Spending time with my family and eating stuffing. yum!
When I was younger, it was playing football with my cousins. Now that I have 3 children of my own. . . my favorite thing is trying to sneak in a nap!
My favorite afternoon Turkey Day activity includes eating, sleeping and sale watching :)
thanksgiving afternoon=siesta time! haha
My favorite Thanksgiving afternoon activity is to just sit back in my seat pants and nibble on leftovers while playing cards with my brothers.
Watching a Christmas movie and napping with my kiddos...
laying around letting the turkey set in with my whole family! ahhhhhhhhhhhhh im so glad thanksgiving is here. keep calm and gobble on!
afternoon thanksgiving activity? Drinking two buck chuck wine with my grandma and laughing until our stomachs hurt! :)
love, polly
Of course my favorite activity is eating, but I also love the baking that I get to do :)
My family always goes through the Black Friday ads from the paper ... we have to get a game plan together!
My favorite Thanksgiving activity is playing games with all of my cousins after dinner!
Lovely giveaway! My favorite thing to do thanksgiving afternoon is putting up christmas trees and lights and making the house warm, cozy and full of holiday cheer.
My favorite Thanksgiving activity, aside from eating, is making hand turkeys out of construction paper! Plus feather headbands and/or pilgrim hats.
I love to think ahead to the Thanksgiving season! :)
I like to play pictionary or taboo. But, it depends on the group. Since I live away from home, I tend to have TG with friends so board games aren't always everyone's cup of tea. This year, I think I might manage a game of TG Jeopardy because the majority of attendees won't be North American. I hope people will go for that.
just being in the presence of family and friends is a joy... but i always love to go around the table and hear what each person is thankful for.
xo.
katie
A nice long nap after filling my belly!
cuddling up with my love and little ones and napping off and on while watching movies!
thanks for hosting a great giveaway!
my favorite thanksgiving afternoon activity is prepping the stuffing. maybe because stuffing is my favorite thing about thanksgiving (i could do without the turkey!)...
We always go to the movies on Thanksgiving while my grandma & aunt cook! We actually didn't do it this year & will go after dinner instead, but it's still my favorite part of the day. Tradition!
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my favorite is being with all of my mom's side of the family, eating turkey that my abuelita cooked el salvadorian style!!!! deeelish. family and eating is the best combination, if you ask me.
Taking a post turkey nap!
We spend thanksgiving afternoon with all the junk catolouges we can find makring some pages for gifts and makeing christmas gifts from online shopping
Eating...and laughing...having fun with family.
pippirose59 at gmail dot com
Mine has always been a nice nap with the sounds of my rowdy family drifting in from the other rooms.
Napping!!!
hanging out with family: cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, great grandparents. ohh yeah. :)
Gossiping. That's always the best. ;)
I like to drink coffee and catch up with my family.
I love heading to the states with my boyfriend, and having two thanksgivings (I'm Canadian, but he's american - so we head to his place for American thanksgiving, and celebrate mine in Canada!)
Every Thanksgiving after brunch my female cousins and I take a trip to CVS/Rite Aid/Walgreens, whatever is around, to shop for lipgloss and nail polish and girly things while the boys all watch football. It's been a tradition since we were old enough to be out on our own =]
a long happy peaceful nap at my in-law's!
Stuffing myself with food and talking to friends & family!
watching football!
I love playing with all of my little cousins! They have so much energy!
My favorite Thanksgiving afternoon activity is playing cards and board games with my family.
thanks for the great giveaway!
MY favorite thanksgiving activity is playing games with the family. :)
Football, naps, snacking, and maybe some board games.
Laughing with friends, of course!
Eating dessert, drinking coffee, and chatting with all my female family members. We tend to have a little women's "powwow" after the big meal. : )
My favorite Thanksgiving activity is not only eating but cooking also!
My favorite part is when everyone gathers around the table to sort through the newspaper for the sales!
My favorite part is going on a walk after we feast, then coming home and winding down with coffee and dessert :)
Sharing with my family what we're thankful for. :)
Does napping count? :)
Besides eating?? Feeling miserable, waiting for that to pass & eating again. :)
Going a big family reunion in New Jersey!
the unbuttoning of the pants after the last mouthful of food. It's like a little chorus of Bravehearts all around the table as our bellies cry out "Freedom!!!"
eating pumkin pie while flipping through black friday ads, then napping in the sun afterwards!
-audi <3
celebrating my birthday!! : )
katie liz
in true american style, our family goes to see a matinee. :)
puzzles and board games!!
Oh my goodness, probably filling up on pecan pie and oreo dirt (yum!) and then wrapping up warm and taking a walk with my friends.
I hope you had a magical thanksgiving!
--Charlotte
Drinking coffee and being lazy!
eating yummy leftovers
eating then sleeping! haha
Hey Rachel!
Hope I'm still in time!
my favorite part of thanksgiving is my family!! and playing board games and bowling :)
As strange as it sounds, I actually enjoy doing the dishes. I don't do them alone, everyone gets involved in drying and putting away. It gives us a chance to chat while we all accomplish something nobody really wants to do, but can't avoid.
Getting out of the house, bundle up all the kids & go for a walk in the chilly air...
Sitting around at Grandma's eating dessert with the Fam. Best times ever!
we play board games!
yesterday, we played yahtzee, tonight we're playing scrabble, and tomorrow night we're playing apples to apples.
(yes, thanksgiving is a 3 day event for my family.)
:))
xo haley
Every year we forget to make at least one thing. One year - it actually was the Turkey. We had lasagna instead. Its become a hilarious tradition that we always try to break and it never EVER happens. This year, the cranberries didn't quite make it.
Katie
i love hanging out and watching "miracle on 34th street" with my family =)
My Aunt, Cousin, Uncle's Girlfriend and myself looked through magazines filled with crafts and ideas for Christmas interior decorating. Chatted up a storm, pointed out likes and dislikes.
Very enjoyable time.
This is such a lovely giveaway.
My favorite part of Thanksgiving is playing Scrabble with the family. :)
-Abbey
luvinorange(at)yahoo(dot)ca
I love sitting down at the table to feast and before we stuff our faces, we go around the table and everyone says what they are thankful for, even the kids. It's great to hear what everyone says and I love hearing how my boys answers change from year to year as they get older.
Thank you for the giveaway, I hope you and your family had a lovely time.
i love a
good rest
on thanksgiving
afternoon!
<3,
karri
We like to drink hot chocolate and watch christmas movies. <3 - Natasha
Napping!
I love the feeling after everything is cleaned up in the kitchen and then I sit down with the sales papers and start planning.
playing board games and watching football.
Naps and holiday movies!!
Becca
The eating is priority number one of course, but afterwards my family likes to lay all over each other on the couches and complain about our food babies while exchanging funny stories and laughing. It rare for us to all have that togetherness any other time of the year, so i really cherish those moments!
Hot Chocolate! I have a mental block that won't allow me to drink it before thanksgiving - fall is for cider, winter is for hot chocolate!
My favourite Thanksgiving activity is jumping on my cousins' trampoline in the backyard, haha.
Hands down my favorite thing to do is play cards with my hubby's 89 year old grandma! i love her and it's just so much fun!!
xo
My favorite activity is cooking in my pjs since I usually make Thanksgiving dinner for my partner and me. Thanks for the giveaway. :)
-Laura
cutlinecrafts@gmail.com
Cooking the dessert. =)
Currently is napping with my 3 year old and 7 month old! Hehe! I love going to my mom's and decorating for Christmas. Its pure chaos while we do it but so much fun!
My favorite activity is the lack of activity - napping!
What a grand giveaway! I'm a little late but, my favorite Thanksgiving activity is when the family gathers to play games after eating =]
~ Krystina
EATING in fancy clothes...then playing games afterwards because we can't MOVE! Love this contest!
In my country we don't celebrate Thanksgiving (unfortunately!). But if we did, I think I would enjoy cooking and decorating the table the most. I would also enjoy watching the men doing the dishes. ;)
Kim
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