Category: Gift Guide

For cute, romantic, personal or tasty ideas to show your deep love on February 14th, check out the Valentine’s Day Gifts on RedEnvelope.com.  You will be completely inspired and find a gift that sure to please your sweetheart, and I’m pretty sure you’ll find something that you’ll want to ‘hint’ to someone that you’d like!

Saving money is a big deal these days, but you don’t want to skimp on those Valentine’s Day gifts you plan to give to your special someone.

Chocolates, Cakes and cookies are popular gift items for the romantic holiday, but you don’t have to sacrifice quality for price – especially when many stores jack up their prices because of the Valentine holiday.  Swiss Colony help you find fantastic gifts for everyone and keep some change in your pocket – without skimping on quality or flavor.  More than half of their Valentine’s Day products are under $20!

If you want to be the coolest parent EVAH, then I have it on good authority from a four year old that all you need to do is buy your child a My Pillow Pet.

But if you don’t want to bank on the words of a four year old, My Pillow Pets were named as one of the “Fabulous Fifteen” on the Toys “R” Us “Hot Holiday Toy” List.  (Insider secret, last year they sold so many right before the holidays, that they ran out!)

If you are in need of some wonderful personalized gifts, you should check out Dakota’s Personalized Gifts and The Anniversary Rose Gifts.

When I was asked to do a review of Dakota’s Personalized Gifts, it took me a long time to decide on a product I wanted because they have so many nice things.

Novica is different.  They want to provide you with an alternative.  They want to give artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true artistic talents and to spur their creativity.  Novica is the perfect place to access unique gifts and hard-to-find items at great values that only the Internet infrastructure can allow.  Many of the artists that provide Novica with the products on their site, receive microfinance loans, where Novica partners with every day people (like you and me!) to allow them to grow their businesses.

I love using my slow cooker especially during the winter months.  I can say after having used Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook for a whole weeks worth of meals, that whether you’re just starting to use a slow cooker, or are a veteran with this small appliance, you will find hundreds of new favorite dishes to make in it.

The book begins with tips for using your slow cooker.  What to buy, learning it, maximizing its use, debunking the myths, safety and adapting recipes.

We love showing off our vacation photos, and I have them displayed practically every way known to man.  I recently was able to create some gifts on Winkflash to show off some of our photos and it was a great experience.

Here are some gifts you can make showing off your family photos.  these gifts are sure to be a hit with grandparents and other family members.

PHOTO ORNAMENTS  – The backs of these also allow you to write a personal message with a permanent marker if you like.

Advice to New Parents by the Authors of Heading Home with Your Newborn

Pediatricians, moms and authors, Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP offer a wealth of “parent-tested, pediatrician-approved” advice in Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality, Second Edition (American Academy of Pediatrics, September 2010). Available on the American Academy of Pediatrics official Web site for parents, HealthyChildren.org. Also available in bookstores nationwide.

The following are excerpts to help you navigate those first crucial weeks of parenthood and caring for a newborn: 

As a young girl, I would stand in front of my mirror applying the lip balm my aunt used to get me each year for Christmas, pretending it had some “color” to it.  Funny, now that I’m a grown up and can wear as much “color” as I want I prefer a more natural look.  Like the products from Softlips PURE 100% Natural Lip Care line.

All the Softlips PURE 100% Natural products are free from

Talk about making you hungry, huh?

I love comfort food.  There’s something about the smells and tastes of the foods you had as a kid that makes a house feel like home.

The new Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook: Treasured Heirloom Recipes from Gooseberry Patch Family & Friends consists of recipes of both traditional classics and new favorites.  There are also some very different recipes in it, that have some