Handpicked Favorites
Here are a few handpicked favorites to make your new year brighter!
Happy New Year! It’s a whole new year and a chance to start things out fresh. This year a few friends and I have started a new monthly series where we each pick 4 of our favorite things each month. We’re hoping it will be a great way to learn about items that we’re loving for the season and a good way to meet some new bloggers and their style. Here are our Handpicked Favorites for January (Handpicked Faves for short).
Handpicked Favorites
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My Handpicked Faves for January
- After decorating for the holidays, it’s nice to have one easy decor change! I love THIS vintage book I found years ago. Each month it features beautiful, seasonal watercolor images of nature scenes. I simply prop open a page on a pretty easel to welcome in the new month. You can find vintage versions HERE, or newly published versions HERE. The only difference is the texture of paper used for publishing.
- Cleaning is always on the agenda after the holidays, and my favorite tool is my Dyson stick vacuum. I will never go back to a cord vacuum again. Even my big boys love using it in their rooms and their cars! I bought mine directly from Dyson and opted to get the extra tools, too. Definitely worth it. Bonus-they’re on sale for the new year. Find the vacuum my family and I love HERE.
- Yes, fasting is the new health craze and I have jumped on board whole-heartedly! I started learning from Dr. Fung and am now learning more about women’s fasting from Dr. Mindy. It’s amazing to learn how our bodies were created to function at their best. I’ve lost 25 lbs, many inches, and am heading to reverse my Type 2 diabetes; I feel great! Find my favorite health books and more HERE.
- Winter decor is a thing where it lasts for months! We got 15″ this week in 2 days; we have SO MUCH SNOW on the ground this year! I bought this pretty, glittery wreath on Amazon while I was Christmas shopping (because we all do it;) and am amazed at how beautiful it is for the price! Love when decor can be enjoyed longer than the holidays. Find it HERE.
Faves from my Friends
Cindy from Reinvented Delaware
- Holiday decorating can make our muscles hurt, am I right? My back and shoulders can really get sore fast after all of the lifting, moving, rearranging, taking down….you know, all the things! My Bob and Brad Massage Gun takes care of all of my aches and pains. The great thing is, I can use this massage gun for about 5-10 minutes in the evening while watching TV and I get instant relief! Currently, it’s 37% off!!
- You might know I am a big planner! The pen and paper type of planner. For the last 6 years, I have used the bullet journal system to keep my life straight and I’ve never looked back! This year I found an amazing dot-grid journal that is perfect for my bullet journal needs. I purchased several, one for a personal daily writing journal, one for note-taking for my business meetings, and of course, one for my bullet journal. As a side note, Pentel Energel pens with .3 Needle tips are the best pens on the planet!
- We don’t hire anyone to come to clean our home although I have considered it lately! But our Roomba vacuum keeps things tidy between cleanings. We have had one for the last 10 years. I have mine set to vacuum 3 times each week and I empty the dirt container on the weekends. It’s such an easy way to stay on top of the mess the floors can become!
- Last year, I got serious about making homemade yogurt in our Instant Pot. It’s so tasty and I have it each morning with frozen berries or in a smoothie. Then I found the perfect container to strain off the whey to make greek yogurt. Hubby and I were talking about the savings at dinner last night: One qt store-bought greek yogurt costs about $5. One quart of homemade greek yogurt costs about $1! That’s a huge savings!
Regina from Saved from Salvage
- You know how after Christmas you just want to organize and clean everything? We just purchased 5 of these COMMERCIAL GRADE SHELVES for the garage. They have six shelves, are easy to assemble and are super sturdy. They hold so much. I’m headed back for more soon.
- I’ve been crazy busy organizing and these are my go to STORAGE TUBS. I like things to match so I picked up more of these to add to the decor in the attic and now on the garage shelves. Just make sure when you are putting the shelving together you space them far enough apart to fit your tubs.
- I saw these and had to have them. How can you not love these SPRING BLOOMS. It’s too early for us in Maryland but leave it to Terrain to have these gorgeous blooms to add some color to your winter home.
- You know what else I’m loving? This beautiful CASHMERE SCARF. It’s super soft and is 40% off. Yes please. The cream color goes with everything, well except Dempsey’s dog hair.
Anna from Sky Lark House
- This YOGA MAT is fabulous. Particularly if you need extra cushioning for sore knees or wrists.
- These YOGA BLOCKS are a must.
- This DIFFUSER is great to use before going to sleep.
- This ESSENTIAL OIL helps to ensure a good night’s sleep.
Find more of our Handpicked Faves HERE.
Hope you learned about some new things that will help you get a fresh start to the new year! Thanks for reading Handpicked Favorites. If you enjoyed your visit, make sure to become an Insider to keep the ideas coming:)
Hi Lora!
I have that Dyson vacuum and it is FABULOUS! Also, I love the winter wreath you shared . . . winter in NY also lasts for a loooong time. Good luck with all the shoveling of snow. Be safe out there! (And stay warm)
Yes, ready to say goodbye to winter after Vday…no matter how much snow we still have!
I’ve been seeing the Dyson vacuum on some of the home decor YouTuber’s videos I watch. It looks amazing!
I’ll never go back to plugging a vacuum with a cord!
This is such a fun idea!!! Love it! Happy New Year Lora.
Happy New Year!! Fun things in this post!