Gift Guides

Mother’s Day is this weekend, and if you’re anything like me, it may have crept up on you! If you’re still looking for the perfect thing, I’ve gathered a list of some last minute Mother’s Day gift ideas for you. Or if you’re a mom, you can always “accidentally” forward this post to your hubby. Haha!...

I’ve had some requests for stylish graduation gift ideas, so I’m putting together a quick post with some of my favorites. First, I will say that I always give money as graduation gifts. I figure that’s what they really want and need. But if you have someone special to you and you want something more...

I was asked to participate in the #JaredTimelessMoments campaign, sponsored by Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry.  Although I have been compensated, all opinions are my own. Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s about time to start thinking about gifts for the moms in your life! There are so many stages in the life of...

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, and it really crept up on me this year!!! I realize I should have gotten this post up last week, but if you’re a procrastinator like I am, perhaps you need a few last minute Mother’s Day gift ideas. I’ll never forget the Mother’s Day when I was expecting our first...

If you’re anything like me, you are a bit of a procrastinator. Perhaps you did MOST of your Christmas shopping on Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday, but there are always a few stragglers. Suddenly it’s three days before Christmas and you realize you still have some shopping to do before the big day. Do you brave...

As you probably know, I fancy myself a bit of a foodie so of course I had to include a Holiday Gift Guide for the Foodie in my collection! Food gifts are some of my favorites to give and to receive. You can make your own, of course, but I often buy them. For instance, there’s...

Every year at about this time, I start panicking about what to put in my kids’ Easter baskets. I’ve shared before that growing up, my parents didn’t do Easter baskets, but it was a tradition that I easily adopted when we had our own kids. It’s definitely not the focus of our celebration, but it’s a...

photo credit: ThinkGeek.com I’m not such a scrooge that I won’t give my kids any candy at Easter, but I prefer to buy one piece of good quality chocolate (I found dairy-free chocolate bunnies at my local whole foods store! score!!) and then fill their baskets with mostly non-food items. But the older they get, it’s...