Mother’s Day gift ideas

18 Aug

SURPRISE GIVEAWAY: Lisa Leonard Designs {Handmade Jewelry}

Winner update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that entered! And the 3 lucky winners are… Commenters #50 – Jessica, #462 – Michele, and #260 – Eveline. Congrats, ladies!
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I’m so excited to share this week’s Surprise Giveaway with you! For those of you that love a thoughtful/sentimental gift idea – whether [...]

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6 May

Surprise (Twitter) Giveaway: Elum

categories: fabulous gift ideas, letterpress, paper love

We have a new Surprise Giveaway for you today – with a twist! Our friends at Elum – the brilliant letterpress invitations & stationery company that creates gorgeous eye candy like this and this – are offering up one of their luxurious letterpress desk sets to a lucky Twitter follower!
Each desk set is valued at [...]

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5 May

DIY: Adorable Flower Cookie Pops

categories: DIY, desserts, mothers day, party favors

I’m so excited to share today’s guest post with you! The ultra-crafty & talented Meaghan Mountford – author of The Decorated Cookie and Cookie Sensations: Creative Designs for Every Occasion – is here with a fun DIY cookie project.
Since Mother’s Day is right around the corner, Megan has personalized the downloadable envelope template in this [...]

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Read more → Posted on May 5th, 2009 at 9:07am

4 May

Smocks…Entertaining in Style

categories: hostess gift ideas, linens and textiles, mother's day gifts

Watch out boring, boxy aprons…there’s a new girl in town! Say hello to Smocks – and to flirty, smart designs for entertaining in style!
Smocks is a brand new company created by mother-daughter duo Christopher Ireland – a West coast techie & marketing/brand consultant – and Kelley Culp – a fashion editor & designer living in [...]

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Read more → Posted on May 4th, 2009 at 1:35pm

30 Apr

SURPRISE GIVEAWAY: See’s Candies

categories: mother's day gifts, reader giveaways

Winner Update: Wow – you guys really love your See’s! This giveaway is now closed, but thanks so much to all 586 of you that entered! I wish we had gift certificates for all of you, but as always we’ve gotta narrow it down, and the randomly drawn winners for this giveaway are…. #418 – [...]

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Read more → Posted on April 30th, 2009 at 7:50am

29 Apr

SURPRISE GIVEAWAY: Cambria Cove

categories: fabulous gift ideas, reader giveaways

Winner update 5/8: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that participated! We drew the random winner this morning, and that (extremely lucky!) person is commenter #403 – Pamela S. Congrats, Pamela! Hope this makes your day! We’ll be in touch via email to coordinate your prize.
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Every once in a while when [...]

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Read more → Posted on April 29th, 2009 at 8:16am