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Gift Ideas

Homemade Father’s Day Gifts

Homemade Gifts for Father’s Day! A recent post (Father’s Day Gift Guide 2009) offered many suggestions for Father’s Day gifts, but if your children would like to create something special for dad, here are a few easy ideas! Custom Made Snack Mix Mixing up a batch of snack mix will get kids thinking about dad’s... Read more »

Tip Tuesday – Gift Giving the Smartbox Way!

Gift Giving the Smartbox Way! So often when trying to think of a gift for someone, buying more “stuff” just doesn’t fit the bill.  If that’s the case for you, Smartbox has the perfect solution!  Smartbox is all about giving the gift of an “experience” that is specially chosen to suit the recipient.  The shopping... Read more »

Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2011

Ten Marvelous Mother’s Day Gifts! It’s that time of year again and memorable, thoughtful gifts for the mothers in your life are just a click away! Sentimental? Uncommon Goods has a wonderful necklace that features a dome cover that opens to reveal a warm copper “nest” that can be filled with your choice of one,... Read more »

Birthday Gifts for 7 and 8 Year Olds

Terrific Birthday Gift Ideas for 7 and 8 Year Olds and Up! Birthday Gifts For Girls Wrap’n Ribbon Craft Kit – this kit by ALEX allows fashionable girls to create their own ribbon wrapped bracelets in a rainbow of colors.  Amazon.com, $12.74 High School Musical Mystery Date Game – This game is a spin off... Read more »

Five Fabulous Gifts for Mother’s Day

Five Fabulous Gifts for Mother’s Day! This year Mother’s Day will be celebrated on Sunday, May 9th, and if you’re stumped for a gift to give or a gift to request for yourself, here are five new suggestions that might just be perfect!  In fact, I love each of these five gifts so much that... Read more »

Perfect Gifts for Gardeners – Gardening Gift Ideas

Fabulous Gifts for Gardeners! As my children have grown, my interest in gardening has grown as well! With a bit more free time and a bit of knowledge gained from my garden club, I’m excited about what’s available in the world of gardening products.  Here are some of the most interesting and useful gifts for... Read more »

Busy Bee Lifestyle Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2010!

Top 10 Gifts for Mother’s Day 2010! There’s probably no person more deserving of our love and appreciation than the mothers in our lives!  Treat the special women in your life to a gift that is just perfect for them! For A Mom Who…. Loves to Garden:  Beautiful Floral Gardening Tools! From Celia Birtwell, this... Read more »

The Mother’s Day Corsage

Tip of the Week:  The Mother’s Day Corsage! I just read a great article in the April issue of Southern Living that wistfully reminisced about feminine traditions that have gone by the wayside – noting that some were deservedly forgotten and others worthy of revival! Among the icons that we’ve bidden a happy farewell, the... Read more »

The Ideal Bookshelf

Look What I Found:  The Ideal Bookshelf! Artist Jane Mount has come up with a fabulous idea:  creating paintings of your ideal bookshelf!  In other words, after selecting book titles, Jane will paint a one of a kind work of art, illustrating that very bookshelf!  She states that, “I paint people’s ideal bookshelves: your favorite... Read more »

How to Be a Fabulous Gift Giver

Tip of the Week:  How to be a Fabulous Gift Giver! The desire to be a fabulous gift giver has been on my mind ever since last Thanksgiving when I started to compile my holiday shopping list.  I wanted to shop and buy gifts, but what to buy?  The presents that I wanted to give... Read more »

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