Holiday Gifts

Holiday Shopping Part Two – Hello World Wide Web

November 19, 2011 Gifts

This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series The 12 Posts of Christmas:2011

In part one of our holiday shopping guide, we stayed close to home and explored what locally owned shops had to offer. Now, let’s head out to the world wide web and find the best places to shop online. Because it’s hard to beat shopping without leaving your bedroom! Here’s some of our favorites sites [...]

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Holiday Shopping Part One – Keep It Local

November 14, 2011 Gifts

This entry is part 2 of 12 in the series The 12 Posts of Christmas:2011

You’ve made your list of gift recipients (you do have a list, don’t you?) and now you need to get some shopping done. Do you put on your jammies and fire up your laptop or do you fill up your gas tank and summon your good parking karma? For most people, holiday shopping is a [...]

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8 Custom Made Gift Ideas (That You Have to Order Now)

November 8, 2011 Gifts

This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series The 12 Posts of Christmas:2011

Nothing says “I took the time to find something special just for you,” like a personalized, custom-made gift. The problem is you have to plan in advance if you want to have the gift by Christmas. That is why we are starting our annual 12 Posts of Christmas series with some wonderful custom gift ideas. [...]

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Unique Places to Find Gifts

December 10, 2010 Gifts

As my friends and readers of this blog know, I’m not a shopper. Really. Not. A. Shopper. But I do like giving people gifts. That makes the holiday season a bit of a struggle for me. The Internet has solved most of this problem, because looking at Amazon when I’m sitting on the couch in [...]

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Gifts for Anybody

December 3, 2010 Gifts

Updated November 2011 Here’s our list of interesting gifts for practically anybody (little kids excepted.) Art Prints Scratch Off World Map – $34 For world travelers and those who aspire to it. A classic world map you can hang on your wall and scratch off the countries (like a lottery ticket) that you’ve visited. Lets [...]

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Gifts for Guys

November 29, 2010 Gifts

We think guys are either really easy or really hard to please at Christmas. Joan’s Very Excellent Husband Don is a cycling fanatic. He makes a list of all the cycling things he wants and where to purchase them. A couple of keystrokes by Joan and Don’s wish list is complete. It’s not clever or [...]

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Gifts for Cool Women

November 22, 2010 Gifts

Art Prints Burst Into Flames Artwork – $69 Absolutely how I feel every second of every day. I LOVE THIS. Tiara and a Cape Artwork – $13 Good for the daughter, young woman or the best friend in your life. More Ideas Than Time Artwork – $25 Our sentiments exactly. Clothes and Accessories Reclaimed T-shirt [...]

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