Crocheted blankets and thick wool socks!

Get on a plane and fly to Byron Bay. Warmer than coastal Victoria by a mile! Beautiful giveaway x

Tea, tea and more tea! (Drunk in front of the fire whilst wearing my husband's dressing gown!) lol. Love this giveaway. I could use some colour out here. X

Woolen booties (made by Granny) on my feet, a freshly laundered robe and a warm soft cherub in my arms. Nothing warms my body or heart more

When I was young, my grandmother would swirl a cinnamon stick around in my steaming mug of hot chocolate. I've never had a plain cup of cocoa since :) Cozy winter nights always make me think of her.

pj days, mugs of hot milky coffee and cuddles with my favourites x

Hot chocolate and a crocheted lap blanket. :)

My favorite way to stay warm in the winter is with a snuggly sweater, a movie, and hot chocolate. Oh, and a knitting project!

My daughter lives alone but often comes home for a weekend to visit us and friends. If she goes out at night with friends and is coming in late, I pop a hot water bottle in her bed. When she comes in cold and tired, it's a little treat that reminds her I love her.

I love to rug up with a big coat and scarf, and go for a walk. The feeling of being warm inside with tingling cheeks is wonderful!

An open fire. A glass of rosy wine. A hot water bottle. And a warm body to snuggle up with!

I open the front door and sit in my ski socks on the doorstep with a cup of rooibos in hand and thaw in the warm morning sunshine with my head tilted to the sky, eyes shut (all while my children run around barefoot of course ... I've given up nagging!) x

I love to curl up on the couch in front of our little Eco fire between my man and my (big) puppy, all 3 under a cotton blanket.

i am a sucker for all things knit, so i usually throw on a big sweater and warm socks- and cocoon myself into our indoor hammock.

I like to climb back into bed with my 3 year old, my 5 month old and pull my winter's nest handmade quilt up to our chins and snuggle. The fire's on downstairs but the house needs to warm up in the mornings. We tell stories and sing songs and enjoy time together before the day starts.
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soft knitting and hot almond milk chocolate by the warm coals in the hearth. And a warm, spicy meal to toast you from the inside! mmmm love winter

this winter there's a baby boy attached to me around the clock. he's like my little human hot water bottle.

rachel xo

now that i'm a mom, cuddling with my little one until she falls asleep, peaceful and warm in mama's arms (of course i cuddle my daughter in summer too!);)

Snuggled on the sofa with a quilt, my daughter and a good book...

Gorgeous give away! I stay warm cosleeping with my boys (3 and 5) and have heaps of brightly coloured crotchet rugs to use all around the house

open fire and thick woollen socks. And lots of cuddles from my boys:)

A warm cup of tea, and knitting with soft wool for my babes :)

I'm from Canada, so when it's cold, it can be unforgiving, biting, and frigid. A particular trick I use is tucking my pants into my socks to conserve body heat. When I go to bed, I layer myself with old wool blankets passed down from my grandmother.

I pile on the layers and cover the bed with as many blankets as I can, I even wear a wooly hat in bed!

One cold winter's night I went to a local pub with my mothers group. It was of those big warehouse places and despite wearing my coat, I was cold to the bone when I got home late at night. When I went to bed I discovered my husband resting in my side of the bed to warm it up for me. Better than an electric blanket or hot water bottle!

A thermos of spicy hot chocolate, fresh hot cinnamon donuts and my two little people all wrapped up in an old blankie with our backs to the sun out on an adventure. Heaven.

my favourite way to stay warm in winter is with a steaming cup of "chocolate abuelita" mexican hot cocoa, it reminds me of my family in Mexico :)

oh, i love warm drinks by the fire (if you have one) with my loved one. something about being locked away from the cold with a crackling fire makes a huge difference and kills any inner chill you might be feeling
kw ladies in navy
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What a lovely giveaway! My favorite way to stay warm is a night at home. The fireplace is hot. The record player spinning. I'm in the kitchen, making something beautiful and warm and delicious. My husband is dancing with our girls. Warm hearts make warm bodies.

xoxo
Lacy

I like to cuddle up with my momma in many layers of blankets, drinking haldi milk and my mum tells some of her adventurous days of her childhood. We sometimes read a good book or paint

Trisha

I like to take a relaxing bath with my two girls, 3 year old and 1 year old, after we lie in bed under the covers and the skin to skin is the best warm up.

Curled up on the couch under a soft, warm blanket that I spun and knitted. With my 4 year old daughters, husband and dog curled up all around me. Best ever!!

It has to be all 4 of us (nearly 5) snuggled up around the wood burning stove. One year, when all the water and gas pipes froze we even cooked our dinner on it. I think it was the best meal I've ever had! x

my favorite way to stay warm in the winter is with a good cuddle session with my husband. we live in an old, drafty apartment on the third floor that tends to get a little chilly in the cooler months. we love putting our baby asleep in her room nearby and getting under heaps of knitted throws to cuddle and watch an old movie or read books together. it is simple and cozy. it serves as our happy place. a place for us to reconnect and engage with one another, without the distraction of a wee one. it's in thinking of this moment alone that i crave winter.

It's all about the light for me. Firelight, candlelight...a favourite lamp....not that one...the other one...that one's too bright.....and a walk outside rugged up at dusk in the cold Canadian air ...just as lights turn on and fireplaces are being lit and the blinds not yet drawn along the little streets....nothing makes me feel warmer than being out in the cold at that time of day...

We just had the fire cleaned today, so I had to let it go out. I cranked up the oven and made cinnamon scrolls, nothing like baking and comfort food to keep you warm.

I love all of her things!
I am overseas at the moment and have actually missed the Little Tienda Instagram photos...they are generally such a bright part of my day!

My favourite way to stay warm during the Brisbane winter is to fly to the States where it is summer! Which is just what I have just done!
Unfortunately that is not an option every winter so my second favourite way to stay warm is to have a family cuddle party. The doona and pillows get dragged from the bedroom into the living room. We all...including the dog...pile on and then cover ourselves with quilts. There is mulled wine for the parents and hot coco for Toddler C. We sip and snuggle and watch Peppa Pig!

Curled up with my little family, sitting near a fire, telling stories ;)

Oh my goodness, such colourful beauty!

In order to really feel warm in winter the best thing is going outside for a walk in the cold cold winter air and then, after returning home, lighting a fire in the wood oven and taking a footbath (in a thrifted, old, huge, silver-coated goblet!) while either sipping ginger tea or eating a warming chickpea-potato-carrot-leek-stew seasoned with ginger, garlic, chili, thyme and rosemary. And of course a big, warm woolen sweater, a lot of blankets and woolen socks. If the snow happens to fall outside in the dark winter night while the fire crackles inside, it's kind of magic...

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My favorite way to stay warm is to sit in front of our woodburning fireplace with a warm cup of chai in hand! It never fails to warm the body and soul.

Megan

In front of the woodstove in the family room with some hot cocoa and a great book! Or a stack of great books! :-)

I think it would be to wear a cosy hat/scarf with a hot beverage in one hand and the fireplace!

I stay warm by snuggling up in bed with my fiancée, Andy and the kiddos. We watch a family movie or read a pile of books with cups of hot chocolate and a big bowl of homemade popcorn!

Well, I'm a lazy one : I like tea but you'ld have to tuck out of the blanket to make it and it's so warm and cozy on the couch...

But for now, it's summer time and I have no problem keeping my warmth...

Good luck all best way to stay warm.is to chase my two cheeky boys around the garden and blow raspberries on.their bellys :-)

It used to be a hot chocolate, all snuggled up on the couch under a blanket with the TV on.. Now it's cuddling my 9 day new baby boy in a wrap and kissing his forehead in one minute intervals while wondering the entire time how I got so lucky to be his mama!

My grandma lived in a terraced house in South Wales. There was no central heating so she was something of a hot water bottle enthusiast. When I went to visit having a hot water bottle to cuddle up to in bed felt like a cosy treat. As the stopper was opened you used to hear a little exhalation, a hot water bottle sigh. x

When I was a little girl, I would watch my mom quickly rub her hands together and blow in them each time she got into the car in the winter time. I catch myself doing this all winter long to try and warm my fingers and it makes me laugh. It's nice to know that no matter where life takes me, little parts of my mom will always come with. :)

I steal my husband's explorer socks and big cosy polar fleece hoodie. Couple it with a ginormous bowl of minestrone and I'm pretty cosy and toasty.

My mum's hand knitted socks. She knitted them from yarn that belonged to my grandmother whom never got around to knit it herself. Bas. kets of yarn from generations ago turned into socks that now keep my feet toasty and warm. That and large mugs of tea.

I offer this equation:

A roasting chicken + a game of hide'n'seek with the littles + mug of spiced cider + the promise of a tumble in some flannelette sheets later = warm in winter :-)

I bake, when the oven is on it warms the house and when I'm done baking I sit in the rocking chair with my big fluffy lambskin by the window with the winter sun curled up with a slice of whatever warm goodness I have made in one hand coffee in the other.
The winter weight I'm gaining from this also helps me stay warm!

Well I've lived in a couple of different cold places like Northern Ireland and Ohio, and yet I've found this remedy to stay warm works on both sides of the Atlantic. Sure, the cozy cover and hot water bottle work for a bit, but I've found the coldest winter to be cured by a good conversation over a cuppa. The cuppa tea starts out pipin' hot, poured right from the kettle into my favourite cup, cup grasped tightly by frigid fingers. But it's not the tea that warms me up, because it turns cold before I can gulp it all down. Confession: I rarely finish a full cuppa tea for the conversation that goes on. You see, it's the company shared, the friendship formed, the stories spilled, the truth told over the cuppa tea that truly dispels any winter in my heart, which always feels worse than the below temperature outside. Just as the teabag colours the water, so do the people colour my life. The sweetness of the person far succeeds a spoonful of sugar. I have tea-stained teeth and a glad, grateful heart to show for it. So what warms me up? Sitting down and having a good conversation, never mind the cold tea leftover in my mug. Fill up my cup. Fill up my heart.

flanny pj's, woollen socks from nepal and cuddles with the hubby!

At the moment it's snuggling up to my 3 week old baby boy in front of the fire, lots of milky kisses and rubbing my cheek on his soft hair. Couldn't be better. Jxx

I have discovered that steaming, hot cuppas are enjoyed even more thoroughly when drunk with plenty of cuddles! A white porcelain mug still warm from the tea inside and cuddled to your cheek is simply heavenly. I love doing this on days when the fog covers the blue queensland mountains that I call home and the rain is gently falling on the old tin roof. This is how I enjoy winter.

My favorite ways to stay warm in the winter are herbal teas saved from the garden in summer, snuggling with my love and my puppies (and also running around with them in the snow, I LOVE winter!) and snowboarding. I love the feeling of hunkering down, watching the snow fall and finding ways to laugh and crafty projects to work on... I know that it is more than one way, but I don't think I have just one way to stay warm and enjoy winter. It is one of my favorite times of the year!!!

cardigans, fuzzy socks, ugg slippers, and warm herbal tea...love just thinking of it!

My favourite way to stay warm in winter is to say 'no' when I want to and 'yes' when my heart feels it. Usually my 'yes' is to cozy nights by the heater, herbal tea, favourite books in bed, writing and occasionally we rug up in layers for a winter walk. Leaving my schedule free enables me to stay in and forget about being a social butterfly, which is what my heart and body really needs! In winter we remember our closeness. :) x

I'm originally from the north where Winter barely exists. A little cardigan is all that's required when the season changes. Moving to Melbourne brought a new meaning to Winter, one that at first I battled with, staying indoors moaning about the cold. After three Winters here, I made a resolution to embrace the cold. I started to really appreciate the beautiful skeletons of trees as they shed their leaves, the difference in the light especially in the mornings, to invest in warm wollen stockings, a heavy coat and yes, lots of tea. Getting outdoors with my little one is no longer a battle anymore.

In the winter, I often find myself resenting the cold, wanting to hibernate and counting down the days to the solstice (today! hooray!) but this year I've got the use of a bicycle. And although the ride down the hill in the mornings requires a beanie over my ears, jersey underneath my high-vis, and a wool scarf around my neck, and absolutely leather gloves, I find myself craving the energy that cold air into my lungs going down the hill gives me. Usually, I get to work pink-cheeked, energised, and warm. Also, I pour myself large cups of tea in glass jars to warm up my hands whilst working from my bed at night.. and who could forget the warmth of a huggable hot water bottle?!

ps. I'm in NZ so understand I may not be eligible to enter. Just felt like sharing a story anyway. x

Snuggled up in front of the fire, with my nana's crocheted blanket on my lap, and the warm, wriggly bodies of my four little people all around me - and my beautiful big person love too! And if we're going to get really particular, the picture is complete with a sweet, soy-milky cup of tea, and a little craft project happening too! xox

Knitted hats, scarves and gloves. Hot chocolates. Ugg boots and pyjamas. That's how I like to stay warm in winter!

Dinner with friends by a fireplace, having a good laugh! The warmth will last a lifetime.

Sitting in front of the fire with my family and a hot milo

Snoozing under my down comforter. :)

I wish it could be endless sunggles and cuddles with my 3 babies but they are all too wriggly and they get restless and run away from me after a couple of minutes. Luckily i have cups of tea and sunshine on the back step. If i'm even more lucky i'll get to read a page or two of a book before one of them interrupts me :)

Spooning with my dog with a big thick blanket tucked in all around us! He loves it...

cuddle with my 2 little girls, my hubby watch a movie (Home alone, 1, 2 3 haha)you know christmas it's coming when you see this little boy at the tv. & drinking hot chocolate from "la abuelita " the best .

to snuggle with my love, body heat!!! Love that scarf !!
thanks :)
Lauren

Staying warm in winter to me means bringing the KNITWEAR out of the closet! Knitwear of various blends & garments are worn and snuggled to keep myself, my husband and two boys snuggly and warm. x

A thick slouchy knit, a hot water bottle and an open fire. We don't actually have a fireplace in our home but a girl can dream!

I put on thick wooly socks, leggings and my 5 month old. Wearing her keeps me warm, partly from her body pressed against me but mostly because she makes me smile and my heart swell. Keeps the blood moving from all the swelling it does! X

In an ideal world, keeping warm would be by way of cuddles but sadly, that's not always practical. So, it would be with the warmest of cuddly jumpers, thick wooly socks and a bowl of homemade soup. Yum! x

Hello, I’m Chu.
We don’t experience winter here in the Philippines yet we have a wet season, which starts in June (it’s now so rainy here) and prevails until September to October. On rainy days, we often have “tinolang manok” (chicken soup) to fight the cold. My family prefers the native free-range chicken for this dish. The chili leaves, ginger, green papaya, and malunggay (horseradish) leaves make the dish oh so flavorful and perfect to warm my three year-old daughter’s icy nose and toes. After the meal, she kisses me and we hug and snuggle by our living room window, looking outside, feeling the cool of the rain once again—this ritual and the meal we shared as family are enough keep warm the huge mama heart I have, Jodi. : )

Hi !
In France, winter have been sooo long this year. I made liters of hot soup (my favorite is the "orange" one with carots, pumpkins and chestnut)...

I do my favourite Yoga- some Bikram, that gets me warm straight away, have a hot shower and then throw on my layers including my beautiful mustard scarf and pop to my organic restaurant down the street for some homemade pumpkin soup & a soy latte! I love Winter! x

A warm bath and then bed! Think I'll do that right now.
Love this collection of goodies.

my favorite way to stay warm in winter: a warm bath or a manhattan cocktail!
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I have warm hearty soups, drink hot cups of lovely coffee & cuddle my daughter!

Clothingwise, I love to wear any kind of vest or kidney warmer or simply a bigger scarf tied creativly around my waist, as this seems to be a crucial part of my body when it comes to staying warm! Everything else is just hot soup (carrot, sweetpotatoe, pumpkin) and hot mulled wine! ;-))

xoxo Trine

Right now.....a gas heater, ugg slippers, a homemade blanket, a chai tea and a little dog. Knowing my family and friends love me and flannelette sheets to snuggle into later. Sharing blogs and crocheting hats for friends. English comedies on the telly. All these things keep me warm and happy. And a bit of Mexican loveliness would certainly help too!!

Now that we are back in Florida our Winters are very mild, but my favorite ways to keep warm are steamy drinks and cozy sweaters...enjoyed in flip flops of course. Thanks for the giveaway!

What a lovely giveaway! I love mornings by the fire with a hot cup of tea, or stormy walks with my chunky wool sweater, linen scarf wound tight and of course my favorite hand knit gloves to keep my fingers warm.
Take Care, Lissa

A glass of red wine, a hearty stew cooking on the stove, Ella Fitzgerald coaxing us to dance in our socks and robes and layers. Then splashes in a warm bath, bedtime stories, and baby feet kisses. Snuggling in with my love under the quilts and watching a favorite movie.
Thank you for the opportunity!

Get cold first, going out for an evening walk in the snow and moonlight. Then change into fresh wool socks and sit by a fire with a mug of stew or a hot toddy. Enlivening and warming!

The best way to stay warm in the winter... I am cold all year long so I have to be especially creative in the cold Minnesota weather. Fuzzy socks, although not the cutest, are the ideal footwear of a eternal freeze baby. I usually pair that with my largest sweater. Although it makes no sense, the larger the sweater the warmer I seem to be. And to keep my neck and hands warm I usually knit a scarf while simultaneously wrapping it around my neck as I knit. To warm my heart and soul, a hot dark chocolate mocha and the man I love by my side. I've spent countless winter nights in this manner and sometimes the summer heat makes me miss the excuse to get extra cuddly under a warm blanket.

x dotti dee

A cup of tea warming my hands, slipping my feet into a favorite pair of slippers, oversized sweaters, cuddling up with my kiddo on our sheepskin rug.

Layers upon layers of cosy knitted clothing. Long boots and toasty socks.
And an open fireplace never goes astray.

Nothing like body heat people....get under the covers with your true love! x

ugg boots, coffee and a hottie* tucked into my p.js.

* I'm talking hot water bottle here, not spunky bloke. Although...

We often head away to our family holiday house, and sit outside around the open fire. The air is so cold with the ocean breeze but the fire keeps our hearts warm x

Slippers! Toasty warm feet are a must in the winter. Also tea :)

Over-sized sweater around my shoulders. Woolen socks on my feet. And a wee babe tucked sleepily into a wrap across my chest, she giving me warmth as I give it to her.

The way I stay warm for the winter? Leaving Canada, and moving to Indonesia where winter chills can't catch me! (kidding. {sort of?})

Now that I no longer have to worry about being freezing for six months of the year, I can look back on winters with some degree of nostalgia, and remember fondly my winter uniform of long johns, cozy sweaters, wool socks. In the evenings, I'd grab a book, pull a kitchen chair right up next to our farmhouse wood stove, and watch as my cat found her warm spot directly under thestove, little ears just shy of singing, and we'd both be warm right to our bones.

With my alpaca rug, ugg boots and the occasional treat of mulled wine winter is not so bad

I walk everywhere, that keeps me warm! What a lovely giveaway :)

Coffee!!! And sitting in the winter sunshine while my girls play in the backyard =)

A warm cup of tea, besides a crackling fire with my beautiful husband and our little girl.
Thank you Lisa xx
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Right now, in our first house with free cold air conditioning from the gaps in floorboard, the best way to stay warm at night is spooning the husband!! Hah .. seriously! And even if we ain't in the spoonin' mood, he's 6 foot 7, fills most of the bed, and warms the bed up nicely :)

Well, that's easy. When it get's really cold in winter, me and my man cuddle until we're both warm, my feet don't freeze anymore and.. summer is back! I adore the quite hours we spent on our couch, watching nature change in season through the window, feel completely protected in his arms and talking about warmer times, the meals we're going to prepare together and the friends we're going to go with on a winter walk through the snow.

In bed with my two little boys snuggling either side of me. Bliss. Until one of them breaks wind!......

A walk in the windy, rainy, wintry weather. Then that warmth that envelopes as we tumble through our door. Breathless, dripping noses and shedding our layers of pvc & wool. That warmth of coming home.

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What a lovely giveaway. I love to sip away at my pot of tea, hot water bottle on my lap and sit in my patch of sunlight in a sheltered spot on my porch. Even though I live in Canberra there are warm cosy spots to be found!

What a fun giveaway! I stay warm wrapped in blankets with two kitties tucked up against me! (Although it is summer in Boston, so staying warm is far from my mind right now!)

The only way for me to get warm when I'm chilled to the bone in wintertime is to draw a hot steaming bath and soak in it for an inappropriate amount of time.

One of my favorite ways to stay warm in the winter is to pile on as many blankets as possible, light a fire (and/or candles), and cozy up with my love. it's the best way to let all the chills out. (:

Sitting by the woodstove layered in hand knits, with an in progress pile of hand knits in my lap!

Warmth outdoors, finally got myself some good gear after years of being cold- long down coat, thermal leather mitts, water proof -40 boots paired with thermal merino socks . So worth it.
Warmth indoors, woodstove roaring, hand knit wool layers, sheepskins, wool throws, hot tea, knitting, and really cozy wooly slippers.

Fave way to stay warm in winter; a hot cup of milky tea and a baby on the lap. xo

Cuddled up in bed with my beau... (with warm socks, and thermals!) - it get sooo cold here in the UK xx

Winter in this house revolves around a roaring fire, which means we spend a lot of time in the living room. Sheepskin rugs cover the chairs, thick blankets are stacked high for cuddling up together in the evenings, and we light candles to warm the light which can feel so blue (as can we if we're not careful). Pinecones burning on the flames and a glass of mulled wine in hand, and we're content.

Whilst my kitchen warms with the sweet aromas of a baking apple tart, we would sit in the lounge room overlooking the grey sea to play mahjong with my husband's Malaysian grandmother. The perfect fusion of his eastern and my western cultures bonding over chilli hot chocolates.

I love placing a hot water bottle against my kidneys (just like my ma always told me too), put on some of Mama's hand-knit socks, and cuddle up under a blanket (my favourite one to snuggle under was made by my sister).

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i love to be sitting by our crackling open fire, a bottle of shiraz gently warming on the mantle and a babe or two snuggling on my lap, sometimes a pussycat called pip joins in too x

It's weird to think about winter, as it's summer here. And, truthfully, even Winter in California isn't too bad. But on those rainy nights- when the sound of heavy rain drops have you wondering if your roof is leaking and the smell of wet concrete reminds you of a lotion you have in your bathroom cupboard- I like to listen to music to keep warm. I pop on a record, grab my littles, and twirl. Rain falling on the otherside of the window and my little munchkins in my arms swaying like the waves of the sea. The music and the movement keeps me warm.

Oh my goodness, I have been in crazy in love with Little Tienda since I saw their dresses mentioned on your Facebook page! What a heavenly giveaway. Oooooh cozy in winter. Gingerbread and Hot chocolate, with a blanky, in front of the fire!

Soup and snuggles with my little ones keep me warm over Winter, plus looking over the memories of the Summer been which help tide me over to the next one.(Having a blog is pretty helpful for that last part.)

I would love to win this giveaway, everything Little Tienda is gorgeous!

Inside, watching grey skies through timber windows, warm socks, woollen blankets, baked goodies and tea. Always tea.

Copious, copious amount of Hobart Breakfast tea and feeding our fire continually with wood. Oh and mongrel socks - if you haven't discovered them yet, I highly suggest investing in a pair. They are so warm and so very colourful. Perfect for a cold day; warmth and colour.

In winter when the days get cold my son says to me it's time for extra long snuggles now and I couldn't agree more. Nothing makes me warmer than snuggles with my boy :)

Dancing! The layers of clothes come off and it's incredibly warming and invigorating. If if I'm feeling a little risky, I'll even 'untuck' my singlet. Probably one of the handiest things my mother instilled in me was to wear a singlet. I always keep my chest and back warm in winter wearing my singlet tucked in-not always so hip but definitely hot.

Waking up slowly to the warmth of my family unfolding each morning--my partner and our baby son--intertwining bodies under a goose-down comforter and wool blankets, as the crisp, electric-blue dawn carefully rises over our sea-side home. Our faces nuzzle one another in sweet welcome.

My partner and I individually brave the chill to go pee, one of us rekindles the woodfire and puts a pot of ginger tea on as we find the rhythm for our day; there are root vegetables to process, home projects, crafts & creativity. Time for fire magic, intention movement. We find rhythm in the mysterious, in nature's cycle through ritual. For winter is a death time, an internal time, a time of getting to the root. Trying to consciously expand out instead of shrinking away.

A few years back my mother got herself very unflattering pair of fleece pants and would wear them constantly. I used to make so much fun of her..but oh how i am eating my words! Last week i got my thick pair of pants (very flattering at least) and i am in love! I can.not.take.them.off!! So my awesome thick fleeces are my favorite way to stay warm..throw in my two little girl, thick fluffy duvet and some good old bed romping and it is heaven!

To warm the body and the soul - chai. Homemade mixture, all combined with warm gooey honey. The kick with the spices keep me toasty!

to wear a poncho and make a hot-water bottle in my bed before to go to sleep! I do not participate this time because I won the other day (I am so happy about it)! Anyway thanks for this beautiful giveaway...

Warm clothes, warm house, warm blanket, hot tea and a warm snuggle!

My love of Winter knows no bounds.

Cold frosty mornings, lots of fog, drips of ice dangling from the ferns. Winter for me is warm toddler snuggles in the middle of the night, hot breath on my neck as a welcome home from my husband (instead of a kiss!), red wine in front of the open fire, iview on the ipad in bed laughing together like gurgling drains over Russell Howard's Good News show, sheepskins on the leather couch, and lots of lovely comforting nourishing food. Winter for me is a chance to slow down, reassess what's important, and envelope my family in warm comforting surrounds.

I keep warm this winter using the internal furnace called the third trimester and a scarf and a cardy for good measure!

I make it my mission to be as unsexy as possible: fleece pants, thermal underwear, beanies (the daggier the better) and my very favourite down booties that make my feet look freakishly large (for a visual: http://www.mec.ca/product/5011-601/mec-get-down-booties-2-unisex/?f=10&q=down%2Bbooties). All of the above coupled with endless cups of tea, good books and snuggling make winter wonderful.

We just installed a Vermont Cast Iron stove that was my husband grew up with in his family home so now you could mistake our living room for summer if you don't look out the window. Just add some mulled spiced wine and a good book and we're set!

From the first sign of cold you can not separate me from my hot water bottle, we are fast friends, in bed, in the car, at kinder meetings, on the couch. At the first sign of freezing there are two or even three! Its love.

This is a very layered answer. Wool socks, bulky sweater, cozy fire, hot chocolate, and cuddled in the middle between my husband and boys. When I was younger we had a very steep driveway that led directly to the main road. We used to take our sleds and zoom down the driveway. The snowplow driver really enjoyed giving us a jolly good scare OR maybe he was actually trying to get us;) Hot chocolate and layers...from childhood into your twilight years it is a timeless way to stay warm:)

Thank you for the chance xo,

Heather
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By eating warm pumpkin soup, curled up next to my partner in my trackies.

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We make applesauce with cranberries in the howling time of midwinter. Cooking down apples picked from my grandpa's tree in early fall, the cranberries snap as they burst open in the moist heat of the saucepan. My love kisses my hands, hot from the stirring, and my heart is warm.

Having loved ones over for a dinner feast! This usually consists of roast chicken or a big hearty soup, with plenty of drinks to go around. Nothing like good friends and bourbon to warm ones frozen bones! (Wool socks don't hurt either ;)

My favourite part about winter here in Canada (and we know winter, real winter :) ) is coming in from outside and cuddling up with a hot toddy and a good book in front of the fire. Having someone to curl up with you under a warm blanket is pretty special too - that can be a child, friend, relative, lover. ps, I really LOVE the colours in those gifts, in particular the little dress. I've been looking for something like that for my daughter.

It is funny for me to think about winter when it is so during the day in Santa Fe right now. People warned me about being 7 month pregnant in June. In the winter to keep warm I love to roast and bake anything. Spending time indoors working on crochet and eating tasty things from the oven keeps me warm and inside.

I just hope it's not too late to post a comment to enter this giveway.

My favorite way to stay warm in winter ... em ... I remember as a child, going to music school with my cello on my back, being so cold, my "baby" (the way I called my cello) too ... I entered the classroom and opened the box. My cello was so cold, my long and thin fingers too. And I start to play. At the begining, it hurt a lot as I started (trying) to move my fingers. Step by step, the blood was coming in my fingers and being warmer and warmer. This energy going from my fingers to the rest of the body. When I play music I feel like I tell a story so I completely forget how I feel, if I'm cold, or hot, if I'm sad or not, I'm just telling a story so this warm my heart and my body ...

When mid winter cold seeps through the cracks, and even warm water seems to burn, we pile into bed. Our little ones all clamor up into our bed and under the comforter with us. Sometimes we read. Sometimes we sing songs. Sometimes we makes tents with our legs up in the air under covers- giggling all the while. I cherish those little moments when all of my offspring are still safely under my wing.