What are the best Bible journaling deals for Black Friday? You might be surprised that some of the best Bible journaling deals will be before Black Friday as many retailers are getting a head start on the Christmas buying season.  I polled the Bible Journaling for Beginner’s Facebook community to find out what they’d like to have researched where you’re likely to find these items on sale this year. Can you guess what made the top spot? Scroll down to find out, but before you do…make sure you’ve entered our contest to win Bible journaling supplies and faith-based gifts worth over $100!

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#1 & 4 Bible Journaling Deals on Supplies

To get the best deals on Bible journaling supplies you want to shop with coupons. All of the local retail craft stores will have coupons and sales ranging from 40-70% off.

DaySpring 30% off: Dayspring is launching their Black Friday sale early this year. Shop their entire line including their Illustrated Faith line. Use code: FRIDAY18 to get 30% off through 11/25 (Excludes Willow Tree and Illustrating Bible).

Michaels 30% off: Michaels will have 30% off including sales items on Thursday and 25% off on Friday. You can get your coupon or save gas and shop online here.

Load up that Bible journaler’s stocking with craft supplies like glue sticks, scissors, stickers, and more. Craft supplies always make my list. Here are my favorite brands:

• Stickers and Washi tape came in at number two. Who doesn’t like washi tape? Illustrated Faith as a wonderful line of faith-based washi tape here.
• Pens and Pencils – Illustrated Faith Precision pens, Microns, and Faber Castell Pitt pens are my favorites! I’m slowly building my collection
• Stamps –   faith-based stamps used to be hard to find. Hobby Lobby has them, but you’ll find more selection online these days. Some of the brands that I use include:
  • Illustrated Faith Stamps
  • Gorguss Stamps
  • Tim Holtz Stamps
  • Faith-based Stamps
• Gesso – Dina Wakely or Art Basics Clear Gesso

Here are a few How-to Bible Journaling books you might want to check out:

• The Complete Guide to Bible Journaling – You can watch my review here.
• The Art of Bible Journaling-You can watch my review here.
• Faith Journaling

#2 Illustrating Bible

The best discount on the Illustrating Bible is likely your local Christian retailer. DaySpring will have the most inventory, but their discount codes exclude the Illustrating Bible. Use code: FRIDAY18 to get 30% off at Dayspring through 11/25, but sadly it doesn’t include the Illustrating Bible.

#3 Die Cutting Machine Deals

I own both the Brother Scan and Cut and the Silhouette Cameo 3. I love having the ability to scan a pdf into the Brother Scan and Cut machine and have it cut out the stickers, but sadly after having it for a whole year I still use the Cameo 3 20 times more. I love the Silhouette Cameo 3. My first Silhouette was purchased in May 23, 2012, for  $270. It still works great, but I wanted the extra blade and wireless functionality of the Cameo 3 so I use that machine all the time. If you’re curious about how to print and cut, check out this blog post. If I were buying one this year, here’s what I recommend:

• Silhouette Cameo 3 – I love mine! You can buy it here http://amzn.to/2zN4C6for you can buy it directly from the manufacturer here. They had an amazing Black Friday sale last year and I expect them to have another great one this year as well.
• Silhouette Portrait – The Silhouette Portrait is limited to cutting 8″x12″ http://amzn.to/2yOARyu
• Brother Scan and Cut (not design and cut) http://amzn.to/2ipz3Ws
• Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine – http://amzn.to/2yRCxY9

If you don’t want to shop Amazon, it’s likely that Michaels will have die cutting machines at around $199.

#5 Other Journaling Bibles

My favorite place to purchase Bibles is Christianbook.com. Their prices are always less than Amazon unless Amazon decides to run a book promotion. We’ll post that to our Facebook Page if/when it becomes active.

#6 More Time

I save so much time by employing automation to help me around the house. I love my InstaPot pressure cooker, crock pot, and vacuums that do the work for me.  I always recommend that people try to find more time by employing tools that save you time.

If you’re looking to give your Bible journaler a little more time, here’s a few low or zero costs items that you might consider:

• Precook meals
• Take care of the kiddos
• Do some of the Christmas shopping
• Take over the Christmas cards
• Grab takeout
• Clean the house
• Order the gifts online with wrapping, and have them sent directly where they need to go
• Make or buy the cookies or treats
• Remind her that she has to take something off her to-do list before she can add a new to-do
• Volunteer to set up for the Christmas tea and help clean up too

#7 Money for Others

I love Bible journalers! They’re always thinking of others. Some Bible journalers would love a donation in their name to a worthy cause. Others would love to have money to take their family on a special outing. If money isn’t something you like to give, how about gift cards?

Gift cards are so easy to buy, and they’re perfect for the person that’s hard to buy for. Here are the gift cards I recommend for Bible journalers.

• Amazon – http://amzn.to/2zKnkve
• Hobby Lobby – www.hobbylobby.com
• Lifeway or other Christian Bookstore
• Michaels
• Joann
• Dollar Tree
• Mastercard, Visa, or Discover gift cards (purchase fee applies) – http://amzn.to/2zKnXVC

The entire poll is here if you’d like to see all of the results:

I’d love to know what’s on your wish list this year! Let me know what you think the best Bible journaling gifts are in the comments below as well as if you know of any other Bible journaling deals this season!

What are the best Bible journaling Gifts? Christmas is just around the corner, and my husband is always asking me what I want for Christmas. While we don’t focus on the gifts much, I do want to make it easy on him (and others), so I polled the Bible Journaling for Beginner’s Facebook community to find out what they’d like to have. Can you guess what made the top spot? Scroll down to find out, but before you do…make sure you’ve entered our contest to win a fantastic set of Bible journaling how-to books.

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#10 Best Bible Journaling Gifts – Gift Cards

Gift cards are so easy to buy, and they’re perfect for the person that’s hard to buy for. Here are the gift cards I recommend for Bible journalers. Please note that there are affiliate links in this post. You don’t pay more when you use our affiliate links and it really helps support us. Thank you!

• Amazon – http://amzn.to/2zKnkve
• Hobby Lobby – www.hobbylobby.com
• Lifeway or other Christian Bookstore
• Michaels
• Joann
• Dollar Tree
• Mastercard, Visa, or Discover gift cards (purchase fee applies) – http://amzn.to/2zKnXVC

#9 Best Bible Journaling Gifts – Die Cutting Machine

I have a Brother Scan and Cut on my list this year. Mostly because I’m crazy busy and think that having the ability to scan a pdf into the machine and have it cut out the stickers will save me time. Don’t get me wrong; I love my Silhouette Cameo. I’ve had it since May 23, 2012, and it’s worked like a champ since day one. I’ve owned many Cricut machines, but Provo Craft was a bit behind the digital game when I switched to the Silhouette years ago. My Silhouette was $270 back in the day, and now you can get a better one for about $230. Here’s what I recommend:

• Silhouette Cameo 3 – This one is two generations after mine. I love mine, but this one is better! http://amzn.to/2zN4C6f
• Silhouette Portrait – The Silhouette Portrait is limited to cutting 8″x12″ http://amzn.to/2yOARyu
• Brother Scan and Cut (not design and cut) http://amzn.to/2ipz3Ws
• Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine – http://amzn.to/2yRCxY9

#7 A Partner

Who wouldn’t want to Bible journal with a friend? If you have a friend that’s into Bible journaling, ask her over for some fellowship. You’ll build your relationship while building your knowledge and growing closer to God. It’s a win-win-win! If you’re having a hard time finding a partner, please consider joining our Bible journaling for Beginners community. It’s like having your own family of Bible journalers who are passionate about God!

#6 Best Bible Journaling Gifts – Bible Journaling How-to Books

Bible journaling in its present form hasn’t been around for very long even though note-taking in the Bible has been around for decades. There’s something amazing when your right and left brain work in harmony to bring the story to life, and you finally make sense of it all. Bible journaling helps you remember the lessons, the stories, and verses and makes it easy to explain it to all ages. But, you must start at the beginning if you want to do it and not “ruin” your Bible. I put “ruin” in quotes because I don’t think you can ruin the Bible if you’re using it for what it’s intended to be used for — to build your knowledge of the Word, grow your relationship with God, and spread the good news.

Here are a few How-to Bible Journaling books you might want to check out:

• The Complete Guide to Bible Journaling – You can watch my review here.
• The Art of Bible Journaling-You can watch my review here.
• Faith Journaling

#2, 3, 5, & 8 Best Bible Journaling Gifts – Bible Journal Supplies

Bible journaling supplies make the perfect gift. Let’s face it, supplies are expensive. A good pen set can set you back $7 for one or two pens! Supplies made it to my list this year too. I’d like a big bottle of Matte Medium to last the entire year. It would be great in my stocking (hint to my husband). Here are my favorite brands:

• Stickers and Washi tape came in at number two. Who doesn’t like washi tape? Illustrated Faith as a wonderful line of faith-based washi tape here.
• Pens and Pencils – Illustrated Faith Precision pens, Microns, and Faber Castell Pitt pens are my favorites! I’m slowly building my collection
• Stamps –  I remember when faith-based stamps were hard to find. Now they’re starting to arrive at stores like Joann and Michaels. Hobby Lobby has carried them forever, but the selection keeps getting better and better. Some of the brands that I use include:
  • Illustrated Faith Stamps
  • Gorguss Stamps
  • Tim Holtz Stamps
  • Faith-based Stamps
• Gesso – Dina Wakely or Art Basics Clear Gesso

#1 More Time to Bible Journal

More time to Bible journal is the leader of the best Bible journaling gifts according to a poll from our Facebook group of over 12,000 members. That makes a lot of sense. We are all busy, especially during the last quarter of the year. If you’re in retail or you deliver packages, it’s even worse. Not only do you have the stress of making end of year numbers, but you also have frantic shoppers, and packages to deliver. Of course, if you work in corporate, you’re busy too with year-end activities, planning, and hopefully a Christmas party or two. For moms like me, we’re attending school functions almost every week, and if we’re lucky, we may even bake a few goodies. But, truth be told, I’ll probably stop the by the bakery on my way to the cookie exchange. And no…I won’t tear off the label and pretend they’re mine. I’ll wear my “I cheated” shirt proudly because I’d rather be a little shamed than miss the gathering altogether.

If you’re looking to give your Bible journaler a little more time, here’s a few items that you might consider:

• Offer to take care of the kids for a few hours 
• Do some or all of the Christmas shopping
• Put the labels on the Christmas cards, or better yet order them because she hasn’t yet
• Grab takeout
• Clean the house, hire someone to help, or tell her it looks just fine
• Order the gifts online with wrapping, and have them sent directly where they need to go
• Make or buy the cookies
• Remind her that she has to take something off her to-do list before she can add a new to-do
• Volunteer to set up for the Christmas tea and help clean up too

The entire poll is here if you’d like to see all of the results:

I’d love to know what’s on your wish list this year! Let me know what you think the best Bible journaling gifts are in the comments below.