Category: Gift Guide

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

It’s back to school time and that means books!  Books for studying, books for reference, and books just to enjoy.  Who couldn’t use an online gift card for books at say…Barnes & Noble?

Gift cards make such a great gift and GiftZip.com can be your one stop shop when you’re shopping for them.  A place to go when your child

Most everyone has a digital camera these days, but there are still some of us who don’t have a smart phone or an iTouch to show off pictures of our vacation, children or new home.  Yet with a digital photo frame keychain, I can still show off my pictures, and in a compact way.

I received the Digital Photo Keychain & Keyring in pink from wholesalekeychain.com to review.

This 1.5 inch 128×128 LCD display, comes with

With the new border laws now in effect, if you want to any kind of international traveling (and yes that includes Canada and Mexico), having a passport is a must.  Passports by their very nature are sensitive documents, and are a gold mine for a pickpocket.  So you want to make sure that you have a secure place to carry it when you are in the airport, or sight seeing.

If this is a product that you are in need of, then check out Executive Gift Shoppe’s selection of Passport Holders.