Journal & Jewel Jewelry Box

Get this cute gift for the sweet little girl in your life. She can decorate the Journal and the Jewelry Box. Give her the gift of journal therapy! It is well known throughout history that writing out feelings is helpful and thanks to journals we know so much about those who have come before us. Let your princess record her fairy tale or dream new adventures! ~~~~~ www.plush-craft.com

Purr-Fect Pillow

This soft and sweet kitty pillow craft is for kids ages 5 and up! It comes with everything you need to make it including glittered fabric. Fun for those who like cats! I know my 6 year old daughter is going to adore this. She is creative and loves all things fluffy. It has a great price of !16.99 ~~~~~ Lalaloopsy Baking Oven! This is the very first working Lalaloopsy Baking Oven for children. They can make yummy treats in a matter of minutes. When not using it to bake it can be used for pretend play with dolls too.  It comes with 1 cake and 1 cookie mix and you can get refill packs as well! I plan to pick up a few of the refill packs to go with this gift because I remember loving my children’s oven as a child and never had too many mixes! ~~~~~ Little Tikes Touch & Go Bullet Train This very busy bullet train has buttons for little hands to press and rewarding sounds. It speeds along a bendable track perfect for small children! The track can be put together in 4 different ways for lots of play time fun. It has 14 pieces. ~~~~~ StoraStack From www.youcopia.com YouCopia strives to help people organize, enjoy, and live simply. This is a StoraStack made to help keep drawers need and lids with containers. It is adjustable and fits most drawer. It fits 12 containers (not included) and helps keep things neat. It is always a great feeling to need a container and know just where they are and their lids! With the holidays coming I know left overs are inevitable and I really look forward to using this. YouCopia offers many great products for organizing including this great K-Cup storage option: Click on the image to learn more! ~~~~~ “What’s the Big Idea, Charlie Brown?” (ISBN: 978-1621572572) by Charles M. Schulz. Rediscover history’s great inventions—and learn about a very important inventor you’ve never even heard of before—in this fun and enlightening new Peanuts story. The book includes presentations on great inventors and activity pages. “The Night Santa Got Lost: How NORAD Saved Christmas” (ISBN: 978-96988101) by Michael Keane. Every Christmas millions of kids and adults track Santa on the NORAD Santa Tracker. Now, author Michael Keane brings to life this fun tradition with his new children’s book. Families with someone serving in the military overseas will find this book especially meaningful. Both Books and many other books from award winning authors can be found online at www.RegneryKids.com ~~~~~ BEADOS™ QUICK DRY DESIGN STATION This toy that is great for any creative child was in the 2014 Chosen by Kids Top 20 Toy List released by Walmart. It has simple directions, make, spray, and then display. Includes 500 beads, two display trays, six design templates, spray bottle and quick dry fan. No heat – No Glue – No Mess! There are lots of kits for this brand and so there is a lot of add on play for it as well. I specially like that this is a special trying station so when we get other kits, those can be dried in this one! ~~~~~ LITTLE LIVE PETS^™ BIRD with CAGE This toy gives kids the fun of a pet without the responsibility, time requirement, vet costs, or the mess! This little bird will be there when they want to play and not neglected when they don’t. It records messages and plays them back. Has sound effects, and is interactive to the touch. they come with cute little cages easy to take along where ever your little is planning on plays. ~~~~~ Moxie Girlz Friends Dolls These cute little dolls are part of a great line of pretend play toys. There are many dolls and accessories. I think they will be perfect for the large doll house we have. Moxie stands for Positive attitude and confidence. What a great model for kids. These dolls are for ages 3 and up. ~~~~~ Beautiful children’s clothing that is eco-friendly and beautiful! I was blessed to do a review for The Seeds of 3, give it a peek! www.handmadebytheseedsof3.com ~~~~~ www.madefromearth.com I am so delighted to have discovered Made From Earth, an organic, holistic and healthy supplier of organic body lotions, organic face creams, and, organic lip balms. They are perfect for creating a healthy gift basket or stalking stuffers or simply to add to your home to pamper and nourish your guests this holiday season. Great products are so important these days in a world full of toxins! ~~~~~ The Ani-gram-it Board Game Stunning High resolution photographs bring animals to life in the Ani-gram-it Board Game, a finalist in the 2014 NYC Design Awards.  Just as the classic board game Scrabble uses letter tiles that create words, the object of Ani-gram-it is to “build” animals using tiles of their body parts. This is a fantastic game for family game night and a great gift for any game or animal lover! Available for purchase at www.na2ure.com. ~~~~~ nibblr.com The holidays can be a crazy time of rushing to and fro and it can contribute to making poor food choices. Not to mention shopping when hungry is never a good idea. Nibblr has a great service that sends snacks weekly to your home or office in perfect portions. The holiday season is upon us! Gift your friend or special someone delicious snacks from nibblr! ~~~~~ ~~~~~ www.mywonderfulwalls.com This is a long time beloved company for my family. A few years ago using this companies products we created a dream bedroom for 2 of our children. It was everything a magical forest should be and it was so easy thanks to My Wonderful Walls. This time we are reviewing their fabulous fabric wall stickers. Check back for that review soon. ~~~~~~   colormemonthly.com makes a great gift for the special person in your life that loves color and polish. Unlike other polish boxes that spend a lot of packaging and advertising this company puts the polish first! ~~~~~ www.sodastreamusa.com Soda Stream makes a wonderful and fun gift for most anyone. There are so many reasons why soda streams are fantastic! They save you room in the fridge from having many kinds of soda, make and drink what you want and have more flavors right there waiting to be made! There are so many options and now there are many styles of soda streams! Review coming soon! ~~~~~ www.onefurallpets.com Many of us are pet lovers and while we tend to get our pets fun things for the holidays we should also remember to bless our home too. Pets can leave our homes smelling….. interesting. Why not gift yourself, your home, or someone you know who has pets with a cleaner smelling home with a One Fur All Pet House Candle to freshen Pet-loving Homes. Review to come! ~~~~~ Thermal-Aid Zoo Animal Pack for kids are 100% and comforting health tool to help each fevers, bumps and bruises, and headaches.  We have not had ours for very long and already our Bunny has helped our 6 year old with a headache and our 8 year old with neck mussels he slept wrong on along with me having some cramps on a very long road trip. We simply put bunny in the freezer or cooler and pull him out when we need him! ~~~~~ www.homespashowerspray.com These aromatherapy spa shower sprays are a touch of luxury. They would make a sweet gift to add to a pampering gift basket or stocking stuffer. My favorite is the lavender scent. It is so relaxing and calming. I love it before bed. Just spray 4 times into the stream of the tub or shower and the peace just washes over you. I really like them all. ~~~~~ www.portagiobags.com Portagio is a new line of organizing handbags from Talus, specializing in organizational products since 1985.
Based in Portland, Maine, Talus focuses on creating quality constructed organizing, comfort and convenience products to support busy lifestyles. I have been using two of their bags now for a week and took them on a very special trip I will be soon be blogging about. I can’t believe how helpful they were on the trip.  ~~~~~   Annmarie Gianni is an internationally known author, health advocate, personality and founder of Annmarie Gianni Skin Care. I love how much this brand knows about health and skincare products and the poor regulation many countries have. They use truly natural ingredients without nasty additives. They are special and it shows. Any of their items would make wonderful gifts. Review coming soon! ~~~~~~

lugz.com

“The Howitzer.” Designed to keep you in comfort and style whatever the situation. #LUGZ Built for the Streets. Lugz is a known quality brand in footwear and super popular. They are made solidly with great styles you can count on. A pair makes a great gift for him and there are Lugz for her too! Check back for a review soon! ~~~~~

Oscillococcinum ®

Non-Drowsy · No Drug Interactions · Works Naturally with Your Body

Oscillococcinum works best when taken at the first sign of flu-like symptoms. For my family we try to use this specially when there is a fever and body aches or a headache. It is a brand I depend on, specially this time of year. While I think this product is very well know and used in the crunchy parenting circles I wanted to include it here as I know not all the readers are crunchy here and I know that many of us will be traveling over the holidays. This is a must for my family when traveling as we do tend to get sick while on the road and need everything we can get to help us through it.

Review and Giveaway to Come

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Surpahs DS1 Dual-S Body Fat Scale

If you have friends like I do who work so very hard to get in shape and be healthy than you might be brave enough to gift them this fantastic scale. Personally, this scale is a gift to myself this year as I need to focus on my own health and weight. I love how elegant this scale is and how it has a bright LED screen. I specially picked this one out for myself. It is easy to use and unlike my old one that needed people to select their profile before getting on it (if they could remember what number was theirs!) this one automatically remembers up to 4 peoples stats.

Latest Bio Impedance Analysis (BIA) technology with 4-electrode measurement, estimates body fat, body water, muscle & bone mass, and kcal (total amount of Kilocalories to consume each day in order to keep body weight)

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Surpahs Touch Anti-Fingerprint 11 Lb/5 Kg Precision Digital Kitchen Food Scale with Blue Back lit Display

This light weight and ultra-thin and sleek kitchen food scale would make a great gift for someone on the path to health. It is extremely accurate and simple to use. One touch and  it calculates the net weight of your ingredients (automatically reset weight, automatically subtracts the weight of any bowl or container). It is helpful in baking, brewing, and many other hobbies. It can also be used for helping to calculate shipping weight for mailed gifts this year as I will using it for a lot this holiday season.

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good2grow is a fantastic brand that cares about kids and what parents go through to get the best nutrition into them! I highly recommend these juices to family and friends who honestly ask what the kids might like them to have on hand when we visit. The Apple Juice is 100% organic and they have what we call “sneaky juice” that are vegetable and fruit blends that taste great! They are so cute too! You keep the character tops and then just get the 4oz or 6oz juices that are cold in packs, then add the child’s favorite character top to their new juice. This can help use less cups over the holidays too if you assign a special top to each child.  Check out their site to find these near you: http://www.good2grow.com/store-locator

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TravelWise Packing Cube System – Extra Durable 5 Piece Weekender PLUS

I have found this cube system to be so helpful on our last trip and I am going to tell you all about it soon. For now I just wanted to highlight them here as I know many readers are getting ready to travel themselves. These cubes fit well in my large luggage and medium size too. They have mesh screens that allow for airflow when compressed unlike some other brands and also viability so you can at a glance remember what you placed in each cube. This makes finding what you need without digging a lot quicker and neater. This allows for more time to play or work and less aggravation in my experience!

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www.wonderforge.com

Wonder Forge has games for the whole family in themes they love. I picked the frozen game specially for my 4 year old daughter, the Trickshot Duel with Spiderman for my  year old son, and the Pictopia Disney Trivia for my oldest but I know that all the kids will love playing with all of these games. They can be found on Amazon of course but also in stores like Target making them easy and quick to pick up for last minute gifts and convenient holiday shopping. You might notice a lot of games in this years Holiday gift guide as I strongly believe you can’t go wrong with them. Wonder Forge has a passion for childhood entertainment and they know what speaks to creative growing minds. Reviews to come!

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Gravity Maze is the only marble run with a logic puzzle! Design and build colorful, translucent towers to whisk your marble from starting point to target to solve 60 different challenges. Ages 8+, MSRP $29.99. I am so excited to share this game with my 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter. They are both hands on learners like most kids and I think this logic puzzle will challenge and delight them. It is a solitary game but I just know they will be playing with it together to solve the 60 puzzles. I will post soon about what they think of it! http://www.thinkfun.com/gravitymaze ~~~~~ The Haywire Group has brought some fantastic fun to family game night with Bodydoodles The Tattoo Guessing Game that promises to be a lot of laughs! This game lets your body and that of your friends, be the canvas for your spectacular art. Because we all know we would only put our very best art on the skin of our beloved friends and siblings and parents right? (I will let you know just how washable these markers are! LOL)  DICEcapades Multiple award winner! Trivia, drawing, word & number play, physical challenges, and over 100 dice! Can you stack six dice on top of each other within 30 seconds? Who can be the first person to roll a triple? Can you name as many state capitals as your roll? Know what arachibuytyrophobia is??? Dicecapades isn’t just the luck of the dice – it’s the smarts of the roller! Complete with over 100 dice and 100 cards, exercise both sides of your brain with this super-fun game for friends and family! With a mixture of dice games, physical challenges, artistic creations, and trivia questions that are sure to test your noodle, you’ll see why Dicecapades = CRAZY FUN! For 2-6 players. ~~~~~ grandtrunk.com Goods for the Road is their moto and they have something for every kind of adventurer, from the beach goer to the backyard vacationer. Their goods have us covered! High quality and easy to take along items can make your trip feel like easy luxury. I think their hammocks make perfect gifts for most anyone, specially with how easy they are to set up! I just saw a complete stranger at the park in one of these while his kids played and I thought what a brilliant way to spend a nice afternoon! I plan to do the same soon! I got one of these for my step-dad even! Check them out! ~~~~~     www.hammacher.com Hammacher is a well known company that sells some of the best gifts on the planet. I always find so many items in their catalog that would make life more interesting or easier in some day. I was so excited to find this globe for my children who love geography and are at that age where they want to know everything about our planet. Not only does The Always Current Interactive Globe tell us what is going on now around the world but also tells us what happened in the past, all the way back to the time of the dinosaurs! I am so impressed with this globe, one of the best we have seen. Full Review coming soon! ~~~~~ www.loo-hoo.com

Is creating a HEALTHY HOME your top priority?

One simple way to reduce harmful chemicals in your home is to add LooHoos to your clothes dryer instead of dryer sheets.

If you have someone who is trying to live more green on your gift list this year, and lets face it, we all should be, then I suggest these Dryer Balls by Loo-Hoo. We love dryer balls! They are all natural, saves on drying time, and that saves on money and is better for the environment. These are a win on so many levels.

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steeldragonjewelry.com

This is the replicated hand crafted jewel eye of a smoke fox. This collection of mythical creatures from dragons to vampires to many beautiful animals has to be seen to be believed. They are gorgeous and so unique. I am blessed to have some very creative people in my life and I know they will love these. All the settings (the metal part of the jewelry) are “316 stainless steel”. This is the same material used for many medical instruments and most high-quality cutlery. These are on of a kind to this shop only and are very special for your someone special.  ~~~~~

D-Link has many options to help modern parents with every day life!

  Wi-Fi Baby Camera (DCS-825L) – Designed for the modern parent, the baby camera ($179.99) is a versatile and complete monitoring solution offering HD video, integrated motion and sound detection, temperature sensing, night-vision technology, and video recording. Using a mobile device and the free mydlink Baby Camera Monitor app and service, parents can easily tackle a range of at-home and remote monitoring.

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toilettreeproducts.com

One of the things I think many of us love, specially Moms is luxury spa items. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a bathroom that feels like a spa? I am lucky to have just that! I love my Bamboo Deluxe Shower Floor and Bath Mat as it looks amazing, feels amazing, doesn’t slip on the floor and is a solid design. I don’t fall getting out of the tub and either do the kids. The LED 7x Magnified Makeup Mirror with Cosmetic Organizer Base feels like a luxury to me because leaning into the mirror over the sink is a pain and I love the organization on this so I am not lost in bunch of make up I am not currently using. These make nice gifts!

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www.tipsyelves.com Tipsyelves.com has sweaters for everyone! I think we all should have a sweater that makes us smile and others too. This is a concept that has really caught on over the years and there are parties dedicated to the “ugly” sweater that our Aunt Betty just thought we must have because there is nothing cuter than a full grown man in a sweeter that has blinking Christmas lights. Thankfully there are better sweaters to get and gift. Check them out!

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thehappyheartsfamily.com

This very cute line of plush toys and books and more are the loving work of Marlana Liburdi. This not so little family of little heart aliens live on the planet Morluv. And get a call everyday on their magic red telephone to help children on planet Earth. Everything about them is bright colors and smiles. You can check out their page and find a review and giveaway here soon! ~~~~~

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I love products made in the USA as this is my country and I want to support jobs here this is one of the reasons I like this company so much. The other reason happens to be that their candles smell amazing and are just what I have been looking for. These ones are small and perfect for smaller areas. They burn clean for over 20 hours each, and they make a wonderful gift! This company offers many scents, my current favorite is “First Snow”.  You can find them on Amazon!

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crazycups.com has Coffee, Decaf, teas, hot chocolates, apple ciders, and spicy eggnog for some holiday cheer.  If it can be brewed in a Keurig® machine, they offer it! My family tried out 20 varieties and loved so many of them! What a way to kick up the Keurig love! If you know someone who loves beverages and has a K machine, this is the gift for them! So many bold flavors and ones I have bet you have never tried. The kids specially loved all the kinds of hot chocolates! Crazy Cups Coffee Single-serve Cups contains 35% more coffee (13g!!!) than other brands, bold aroma and amazing as brewed over ice. Why not give them a try?

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Brick Warriors are a great stocking suffer for those who love LEGOs and who doesn’t? These are accessories for LEGO people from greek Mythology, Goblins, to modern weaponry! All BrickWarriors toys fit seamlessly with LEGO® minifigures! We specially loves the wings! There is so much variety to help bring your little minifigures to life. Look for the review soon! 

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