On the eve of Thanksgiving some twelve years ago, I wrapped a pie in an apron with a handwritten note of sympathy slipped into the pocket, and delivered it to a neighbor experiencing more heartbreak than should be. Her response of delight and warmth was unexpected and very touching.
In offering a small gesture of recognition to the family’s situation, I was surprised at the unexpected joyfulness that I experienced. The win-win of the exchange was so memorable, I knew it had to be shared. So I created TIE ONE ON DAY™.
Celebrated on the eve of Thanksgiving – Wednesday, November 25 this year – TIE ONE ON DAY is an annual opportunity to share our good fortune by wrapping a loaf of bread or other baked good in domestic cloth and tuck in a sweet note; then tie one on…an apron, of course! and deliver the offering to a neighbor, friend or charity in need of a bit of kindness.
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To encourage y’all adding TIE ONE ON DAY to your holiday tradition and embracing its message of sharing and gratefulness, a dedicated group of generous SPONSORS are putting some fabulous “give” into the TOODAY 2015 Goodie Giveaway!
To enter the TIE ONE ON DAY Giveaways, leave a comment at the end of this blog posting, sharing with others how you plan to be a part of this year’s TOOD. Your comment is your entry into the November 24th drawing for the giveaways. Four (4) Giveaway winners will be randomly selected and contacted via their provided email.
*TIE ONE ON DAY Giveaways are open only to entrants living within the United States
Thanksgiving is a holiday known for recollection, making new traditions and sharing. The apron symbolizes these concepts. A small bit of your time will make someone else’s day brilliantly brighter. And the more who participate, the more who receive. Such is the win-win of TOOD.
So please join me and tie one on…an apron, of course! and through Tie One On Day, make a difference in someone’s life.
Tie One On…Give from the heart…Then give thanks
xoxEllynAnne
To accompany your Tie One On Day delivery, this complimentary note card is available to download HERE.
PLEASE INCLUDE AN EMAIL WITH YOUR COMMENT, SO I CAN LET YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE A GIVEAWAY WINNER
Promoting Tie On One Day at our local craft & vendor marketplace, and at craft shows. People think it is a neat idea.
Greatly appreciate your promoting TOODay! xxxea
Looking forward to participating in “Tie One On Day”. My vintage aprons are ready to go to a new home.
TOODay is a perfect opportunity to find new homes for our aprons! xxea
I enjoy doing this every year. This year I hope to share with more people….may have to start sooner !
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Daizy, thank you so much for bringing TOODay into your family’s holiday traditions. xxea
What a wonderful idea! Thanks!!
Kelli, hey! I’m so happy you discovered my Tie One On Day because whatever you chose to do, another’s day will be made more the brighter. xxea
I plan to take a loaf of beer bread and an apron to my dear, sweet sister-in-law who is undergoing treatment for cancer. She has opened her house and heart to our extended family for Christmas every year since 1990. It is our turn to honor her.
Candy, hey! your gesture to your dear sister-in-law will inspire many. thank you! xxea
What a great idea! I have so many beautiful aprons . . . but they are all sitting in a box. I now plan to share them with family and friends so they can enjoy them too along with some of my favorite pumpkin bread!
Veronica, lucky recipients of your collection and yummy bread – a win/win combination! xxea
I am participating in a craft show and I will mention this idea t o people. Let’s Tie One On for all the winter holidays we might celebrate, too!
Sharing Tie On On Day is so appreciated, so thank you! xxea
This year I am getting a couple of friends together and we are making 80 loafs of pumpkin bread and wrapping them in Thanksgiving kitchen towels that are being donated by my family and friends. We will distribute them at our local foodshelf’s November distribution. Its on the 21st not Thanksgiving eve. but the results for them and for us will be wonderful. I did this last year for the first time only the bread was not wrapped in kitchen towels. I put the names of the people that assisted me in a drawing for an apron I made. I would love to make 80 aprons for next years distribution. Any one want to help with that?
So inspiring, LuAnn, and a fun time in the preparation with friends, to boot! Thank you ever so, xxea
Thank you for your inspiration. I will Tie One on this Thanksgiving.
Eliza, it’s great to have you become a part of giving from the heart and then giving thanks. xxxea
I have so many aprons and see such pretty ones everywhere
aprons are excellent wrapping “paper”! xxxea
I just found out about this and I love it. Going to make two aprons and some great bread and send them out. Thank you. Great Idea!
Delighted you discovered TOODay and more so because you will be brightening someone’s day x 2! xxea
I’ve just been made aware of this great way to reach out with care and feeding of body and soul. I will definitely participate. As a newbie in a new to me neighborhood, this is a great way to reach out to my neighbors.
Lynne, welcome to the TOODay ‘hood, a grassroots movement promoting gestures of kindness. xxea
I have 3 aprons ready to go!!!! I’m excited to share the aprons!!
Thank you so much!!!
Tying one on (…an apron, of course!) is a great way to spread the love and kindness of TOODay! xxea
First time hearing of TOOD. Love to sew and now a great opportunity to use some of ‘my stash’ which includes some apron panels. Good, fun, way to share during a Season of Thanksgiving. Thanks for the idea.
As a part of the Season of Thanksgiving, TOODay is an opportunity for a new holiday tradition. thank you! xxea
This year, TOOD is November 25, and that also happens to be my daughter’s B’day. Along with her B’day gift, I will be giving her a TOOD of an apron with a loaf of bread for her to use as the hostess at the Thanksgiving Day dinner at her home the next day.
Sharon, thank you for introducing TOODay to your family and through your daughter, spreading the love that is at the heart of TOOD. xxea
WOW … What great memories I have of remembering my aunt putting on her apron 🙂
Aprons are reminders of women in earlier generations, and memories of your aunt are surely dear! xxea
What a wonderful way to meet your neighbors when you are new in town. Sounds like great fun too!
Sally, TOODay is an excellent ice breaker and in today’s hurry hurry, taking the time to meet and greet is a gift in itself! xxea
Thank you
I am participating by sharing TOODAY on both of my Facebook pages, Instagram and Twitter. I am telling all of my students. Most importantly, I am baking bread (trying Nancy Zieman’s recipe this year) and making aprons (I might even give Mary Mulari’s Hot Dish apron pattern a try!) for a minimum of 6 neighbors.
thank you, Linda, for embracing TOODay and introducing it to others. Greatly appreciated! I need to check on Nancy’s recipe and Mary’s aprons are gifts themselves! xxea
I just discovered this wonderful day. I have a small sewing company and make many aprons. I am going to donate some apron wrapped baked goods to the local food bank. I love this idea. Thank you!
Oh, Anna, apron-wrapped baked goods will be received with such excitement. Thank you! xxea
I will be participating for the first time so I will start out with something easy and make a couple of simple aprons from my stash.
That you’ve joined the grassroots movement of TOODay is wonderful – and all aprons have a basic simplicity and when sewn with love, are the best to tie on! xxea
I have an apron hanging in my kitchen that I made in 8th grade Home Economics class (1968). I made it from feed sacks that my mother had saved. My granddaughters love to wear it when they help me in the kitchen.
For so many, that home ec apron is not a pleasant memory, but yours is so imbued with sweet memories, it is that most special of heirlooms. xxea
What a wonderful new tradition to pass on to my daughter and family. It begins this year!
Thank you so much, Sondra, for embracing TOODay a part of your family’s new holiday tradition!! xxea
This year I will again participate in the TOODay. I have a neighbor who recently lost her husband and needs some cheer.
Barbara, my inspiration for TOODay was the result of my taking a “bit of cheer” pie to a neighbor who experienced a devastation, much as yours. So wonderful that she is on your mind and in your heart. xxea
An attitude of gratitude is such an attractive element in our personality. It goes with sharing so well. TOODAY should be encouraged to last all year!
I love the idea of aprons. I hope they will come back for others!!
TOODay is an opportunity at Thanksgiving to give from the heart and then give thanks. Thank you! for embracing the Day. xxea
Such a good idea and I am going to participate. This should be fun and rewarding. Plus, it will
get me back into sewing. Thank you.
Pat, perfect timing for your sewing revival and TOODay participation! xxea
Just moved to the area and this will be an ideal way to meet my new neighbors! 🙂
Denise, welcome to TOODay! Meeting your neighbors through gestures of kindness is a wonderful introduction. xxea
Although instead of the 25th, on the 21st November my Granddaughter’s and I will be volunteering at the Good Seed Church helping to feed the homeless and hungry. On 20 th I will make 20 gallons of gravy and roast 3 of the 12 turkeys for that Saturday. As I’m visiting in another state I think this is a way to pass on the gift to my Granddaughter’s that giving to others is a special privilege and gift that never stops giving. Hopefully, this will stay with them for their entire lifetime and they will pass this on to their children.
Lorij, showing by example is the best way to impart what’s important to us. Thank you for sharing gestures of kindness with so many. xxea
Great idea for my neighbors and two friends who were recently widowed. I’m going to make Nancy’s Zieman’s
A-Z bread.
Give us this day our daily bread…Nancy’s recipe will be a treat to those who receive your gestures of kindness. xxea
I love sewing aprons to give as gifts. This year I’ve got several to make for wonderful friends and relatives that provide cookie exchanges, Thankgiving and Christmas dinnertime key and my family.
So many aprons, so many lucky recipients! xxea
Love this idea. Bread and aprons just go together. Thanks !!!
Connie, yes! I totally agree – bread and aprons fill the heart and soul. xxea
What a great idea! I discovered your site through Nancy zieman’s blog. Will try her recipe for bread and wear an apron made by my mother in law Angelina who I never met. My hubby kept several of her things, of which were aprons she made for herself.
Nancy Zieman is a dedicated sponsor to my TOODay and I am so grateful for her generosity and sharing. Thank you for becoming apart of the TOODay mission! xxea
I shared the link on facebook. What a great idea and I am so pleased to share it with others. If even ONE person shares AND bakes to care and share it will be great indeed. I got the idea from this email … http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/sewing-2/national-tie-one-on-day-is-november-25/ Here’s praying others find the same link.
Patricia, thank you so much for sharing the message of Tie One On Day, and like Nancy, giving from the heart. xxea
I love this idea. I have saved all the details and plan to do this next year.
This year, next year, every year!! xxea
Kudos and thanks for the apron idea . I give away more pies than I keep at the holidays, and the apron idea is a good one. Thanks for the idea and the chance to win …
Diana, hello, thank you and you’re welcome!! xxea
What a wonderful idea! I will begin praying about who needs a special remembrance on this day and will definitely promote it in my church next year.
Becky, thank you! xxea
My daughter is hosting thanksgiving this year. A new apron and some pumpkin bread will be a great thank you. Maybe even an apron for grand daughter too!
The Thanksgiving hostess can always use a new apron, and a sweet she didn’t bake is like that cherry on top! xxea
Thanks for such a wonderful way to give comfort to someone- I shall be “tying one on” before Thanksgiving!
Ha ha! Here’s to tying on one (…an apron, of course!). xxxea
I’ve made sewn items and quilts for charities for years. Tying one on day will give me another opportunity to brighten someone’s life. Thanks for the opportunity!
It’s such a win-win, isn’t it, Marilyn, giving from the heart and brightening someone else’s day? xxea
I am going to make an apron from a men’s shirt and bake a loaf of bread for a family who lost their house to fire over the summer.
Oh, my goodness, what a huge loss for them. Your gesture will surely be appreciated. xxea
I’ll be giving away an apron on Thanksgiving day, and thank you for this lovely opportunity to share and maybe get something in return. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
An apron is not a dish towel, and a new one on Thanksgiving day is a perfect gift. xxea
My sister in law recently moved out of state to be closer to her grand daughter. I made them matching aprons so they look great during quality cooking time
Ann, your sister-in-law will think of you as she and her granddaughter wear your aprons. So sweet! xxea
Love that this is so popular…I do this the week before Christmas. Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Thanksgiving!
Teresa, kindness has no expiration date. Thanks for sharing the love of TOODay! xxea
My daughter and I came up with a list of women in our community that need a smile and helping hand. We are going to buy aprons this year. But, next year we plan on expanding our list and making the aprons ourselves.
Susie, store bought with love is a kindness of its own. xxea
This is my first year participating in Tie One On. I made two aprons that I am going to mail out to my two best friends to share in this new tradition/holiday. Thank you for starting a great tradition and bringing the apron back. (Was it ever really gone?)
RoxAnn, thank you for participating in Tie One On Day, sharing the message of gestures of kindness through aprons! xxea
I’ve participated in the TOOday in past years….. And have always been delighted with the reaction my gift of a hand made apron and homemade bread have gotten! I will of course be seeing and baking up s storm again…… And surprising my recently divorced friend!
Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday for those of us with “spare” to share our bounty, as with your friend. Bread and an apron are truly giving from the heart. xxea
Opps….that’s sewing and baking up a storm!!!
My 20 month old daughter and I will be participating by giving a goodie wrapped in a homemade child sized apron! I’ve also been posting about it on my FB page. This has been a family tradition of ours for the past three years!
I discovered your site—and your mission—just in the nick of time! I’ll be promoting TOOD via Instagram and Twitter, and I’ll see if I can’t leave work a little early today so a neighbor I should know better can have some fresh-from-the-oven goodness.
I am so excited about this project. Count me in for TOOD 2016…. Off to start making aprons and share with friends.
What a great idea! I remember being a waitress at weddings and each girl got an apron to wear as a gift for helping. I fondly remember my grandmothers always wore an apron! I will be sharing my canning bounty from my garden this year all wrapped up in apron. Share the love!