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Shari’s Berries: Valentine Sweets For Your Sweetie

February 8, 2010 1 comment

There is only 6 days left before Valentine’s Day and judging from my own husband, not many men have planned ahead.  So if you still need to order your sweetie a Valentine’s Day treat, consider Shari’s Berries this year. Forget the usual cookie bouquets and heart shaped candy boxes of chocolates.  Shari’s Berries has hand dipped chocolate covered strawberries and cherries that look amazing!  These boxed sweet treats start at $19.99 and go up depending [...]

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Holiday Gift Idea: BookSwim Book Rental Club

December 7, 2009 0 comments

I’ve found the perfect gift for the book lover in your life!  BookSwim is a service similar to Netflix but with book rentals instead of movie rentals.  Or maybe you love to read but hate having stacks of books lying around that you’re only going to read once. BookSwim is the first online book rental library service lending you paperbacks, hardcovers and now college textbooks Netflix®-style directly to your house, without the need to purchase! [...]

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Holiday Buying Guide: Laptops & Desktop Computers

November 11, 2009 0 comments

You may be planning on purchasing that special someone a laptop computer this holiday season.  Well, CNET has recently released their 2009 desktop and laptop review roundup just in time. The all-important holiday season is here, and with it the inevitable confusion about how to find the best deals on desktops and laptops. In order to help cut through the clutter, we are once again scouring the shelves of big retail stores to find boxed [...]

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Handmade Holiday Gift Tags

November 9, 2009 0 comments

From here until the end of the year, posts will most likely be centered around Christmas.  It’s my favorite holiday and I’m getting geared up already.  So, let’s start with these adorable handmade gift tags from “Fresh Lemon Blossoms“. Miki makes amazing handmade paper items such as notepads, greeting cards and gift tags.  The fall tags initially caught my eye until I realized she had Christmas ones made already. These gift tags are beautifully constructed [...]

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Felt Handmade Halloween and Fall Hair Clips

September 11, 2009 0 comments

With the neighborhood kids back to school, fall is upon us and Halloween is quickly approaching.  Fall is by far my favorite season here in Pennsylvania and I’m always searching Ebay and Etsy for new pumpkin decor. Late last night, I was sorting through pumpkin stuff on Etsy when I came upon some adorable handmade felt hair clippies by Shining Stars Boutique. These felt hair clips come in a variety of designs, shapes and colors.  [...]

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pottery earring pot

Unique Storage Idea For Your Earrings

August 18, 2009 0 comments

Any woman who wears earrings knows how frustrating it can be to dig through your jewelry box trying to find the match to the earrings you want to wear.  You find one and it’s like the match wants to play hide and seek.  Sometimes I search and search and give up when I find two others that match instead. Montezummamudd has another earring storage idea for you.  Their handmade pottery jewelry pot keeps 23 pairs [...]

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Handmade Electronic Reader Carrying Bags

August 15, 2009 0 comments

I’m intrigued by electronic readers such as Kindle and have wanted one for some time now.  If it wasn’t for the lofty price, I’d already have one. I go through about a book a week, so an electronic reader would eliminate my many piles of read books lying around.  Hmm, maybe I can convince Santa to bring me one this year. If he does, I’m buying one of these nifty handmade electronic reader purses by [...]

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