Fun Finds: Preserving the Memories

September 2023

September is home to Grandparents Day, and we're here with a handful of great ideas to connect the generations by way of the kitchen!

Why You’re So Amazing Grandma

This book is filled with playful prompts for your child to create a custom gift for Grandma! Once complete, you’ll be left with a vibrant keepsake serving as a time capsule of a child’s personality and love.

Available locally at The Joy of Living, $10.95 | Mention this article for 10% off!

Custom Family Recipe Tea Towel

Turn any handwritten or typewritten recipe into a kitchen towel with The Printed Gift. The Nashville-based company beautifully preserves Grandma’s recipes!

From $20 | https://theprintedgift.com

Nana’s Cookies Candle

Capture the smells of Grandma’s kitchen with the scent of homemade soft sugar cookies infused with warm vanilla and accented with sparkling sugar.

Available locally at Liberty & Vine (16 oz $23.00).

Grandma & Me: In the Kitchen Activity Kit

This intergenerational book includes everything for Grandma and her grandchildren to connect and cook up memories- a storybook, pot holder, kid-sized apron, fabric paint, activity recipe journal, and conversation cards.

$34.95 | https://www.barnesandnoble.com

Life Notes: Thoughts & Wishes For Your Grandchild

Deepen the Grandparent/Grandchild bond with 20 themed notes. Once completed, you’ll have documented reflections about falling in love, family, friendship, and bravery to present to your grandchild.

Available locally at The Joy of Living | $16.95 | Mention this article for 10% off!

Recipe Book

Make sure to capture the best family recipes forever with a blank recipe book from Kunista Co. It has room for 100 recipes, chef question prompts, a spill-resistant cover, lay-flat binding, and baking conversion charts.

$24.95 | https://kunitsa.co | 15% off with promo code Simply15

Originally printed in the September 2023 issue of Simply Local Magazine

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The Keepers of the Memories

Don't let just one person be the collector of your family's stories, be an active participant. May we all be the keeper and sharer of our stories.

Golfing with Grands: Bonding Over Tee Time

The game of golf is a sport for all ages, making it an ideal way to spend a summer day for both the grandparent and grandchild. Two local grandpas have found that to be the case and their grandsons would quickly agree!

Creating Christmas at Every Stage

Let’s journey our way through a few of life’s stages and look at how to create – not perfect – but memorable, perfectly imperfect Christmas experiences at every stage along the way.

Collecting Moments, Not Things

The generational connection, collecting moments and memories, not things.