The Holiday Housewife July 2014

What's in the Box?

The Holiday Housewife is a monthly subscription box with a theme each month.  It is $24.99 for a monthly subscription or $29.99 for a one time box.  Payments are made through Pay Pal.  

This month's theme was Girl's Night In.  It promised pampering items from Etsy makers and another charm for the bracelet that you get in your very first box.  There were two recipes in the box - one for Cookies and Cream Popcorn and one for Cookies and Cream Hot Chocolate. 

Here's the first look:

Bird Guest Soap with Lavendar and Spa Salts by Kathyinozarks Handmade soaps  -  ($3)  This is a very pretty soap with a bird on it that smells very strongly of lavendar.  You can purchase more like this here. 

Lavendar Spa Bars with Pink Himalayan Salt by KathyinOzarks soaps -   ($16)  This is a very cute soap that also smells strongly of lavender.  You can purchase it at the same place as the bird soap.  

Chai Fizzie Powder by Triskele Treasures, LLC -  These are little fizzie packets made with baking soda and citric acid.  To check out their shop, click here.  I do not see these for sale individually.  There are several things in their Etsy store I am interested in - check out the bee soap and the Irish set!  

LA Colors nail polish in and a nail file -   I love this shade of pink and the nail file is really cute!  

PrimeTime Extra Butter Popcorn with popcorn bags - there is usually a snack in the Holiday Housewife box and my family will enjoy this.  We love popcorn for our movies.

Sugar Scrub Cubes in Oatmeal Milk & Honey and Pink Sugar by Symbolic Import -   ($3)  These are really nice little cubes to scrub with - they can be purchased here.  There are also a lot of cute scrubs in this shop - I am thinking about those Gingerbread ones for stocking stuffers.

  

Star's Reach Lip Balms in Chocolate and Cotton Candy -   ($5 a piece)  These are very nice little balms but I am afraid the labels are not going to last very long.  To buy more in other flavors, click here.

Purse Charm for the Charm Bracelet -   In your very first box, you receive a charm bracelet to add the charms in each successive box to - last month I got the bracelet and a feather charm.  This month it was this cute little pink purse charm.

This box had a very good value - just the few items from the Etsy store I could price added up to $26.   I cannot wait to pamper myself with all these goodies with a girl's night in! 

The Holiday Housewife Box June 2014

What's in the box?

The Holiday Housewife is a monthly box for $24.95.  June's theme was Free Spirit.  

The box promises 4-5 items with a monthly newsletter and recipes.

This month had two recipes:  Buffalo Blue Cheese Meatballs and Margarita Mix!  

"The Month of June is dedicated to your inner bohemian girl and letting your Free Spirit run wild!"

 Magnetic Clip - (.75)  The cute little clip on this month's theme saying is very cute.  I love the little pink accent jewels.  LIKE!

Gift Bag - ($5.00) This is a very cute gift bag and it comes right in time - I have a friend who celebrated a birthday this weekend.  LIKE!

Bohemian Love Heart Peacock Necklace and Burlap bag - ($8.95 and $1.00)  This is necklace is very cute and I put it on as soon as it was out of the box because it matched my outfit perfectly.  It is long too which I love. The little bag it came in is pretty cute too.

 LOVE!

Up close of the necklace charms:

Owl Note Cards - (5.92) - These are super cute little note cards and they are exactly what I would pick out in a store.  Very cute owls and love having thank you cards on hand.  LOVE!

Owl Journal - ($6.99) I love this little Owl Journal too.  Perfect size to throw in my purse to make lists. And I love the lime and pink together.  LOVE!

Charm Bracelet with Feather Charm - ($22.95 and $3.00)  The first time you sign up for Holiday Housewife you get this lovely charm bracelet and each box includes a charm.  This month's charm is a feather.  Very cute and I love how cute this is.  LOVE!

Flower Hair Clip/Pendant - ($5.50) I would never wear this in my hair but I do have the perfect purse to attach this to so it is not a total loss - love that it has a pin to also make this a pendant.  LIKE!

Hazelnut Wafers - ($4.99)  The box also included some wafers and my husband snagged them right away. So they were a win for him!  LOVE!

The value of the box came up to a total of $72.58 (they included a $7.99 shipping fee in their total value price) and I paid $24.95 with shipping included. 

So the items in the box were ones I would use or like to wear, so it was worth the money to me.  I am very excited to see what is in July's box as the spoiler says "Girl's Night In" and promises great pampering items for Etsy shop owners.