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Customized Puzzles for $12.95 at Snapfish

Snapfish has added some great new products recently to their wide array merchandise that would make awesome gifts for loved ones this Christmas. One of those products is the Children’s Puzzle by Frecklebox for $12.95.
I just made one of these puzzles for my preschooler for Christmas and I know she’s going to love it. Frecklebox [...]

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Must-have New Toy for Preschooler — Mickey Mote!

Don’t you just love it when your child interacts with something she is watching on television. It makes you feel good about letting her watch T.V. when you hear her counting with Mickey or singing with Minnie or learning her ABC’s with Big Bird or conjugating verbs in Spanish with Dora.
Well, the new Mickey Mote, [...]

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Christian Jewelry Made Incredibly Stylish – and Custom Pieces, too!

I have a new piece of jewelry that gets more attention and compliments when I wear it than my favorite piece of David Yurman. It’s a beautiful cross on a simple leather cord by kpWired Designs.
kpWired Designs is co-owned by Kim Plank and Maggie Robinson. Kim started the company about five years ago and began [...]

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Holiday Cards Designed by a Mom!

I’ve mentioned repeatedly that I’m a huge fan of the photo printing, gift-making, card-designing, photo-book creating Web site Snapfish. I’ve also mentioned that this year, Snapfish has more than 130 designers and more than 3,600 new designs from which to choose in their holiday cards store. Now I want to share with you a conversation I [...]

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GIFT IDEA: Adorable Personalized Family Tree Christmas Ornaments

I’m one of those Moms who buys one new Christmas ornament every year for our tree. Often, I try to pick an ornament that represents the year, and sometimes I pick more than one. This year, I found the MOST ADORABLE Christmas tree ornament that I know I will cherish forever. It’s a personalized family [...]

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Children’s Products (Toy) Award Winners & Giveaway

The National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) has announced the winners of its 2010 Children’s Products Competition. After evaluating hundreds of outstanding submissions, NAPPA’sexpert judges and family testers selected 83 products to receive the esteemed NAPPA Gold Award and 122 products for NAPPA Honors.
And if you want to win one of the award winners — the Ground [...]

2Nov2010 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
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Made My Holiday Cards on Snapfish; 20 Percent Coupon Code! $50 Snapfish Giftcard Giveaway

I made my Christmas cards this week on Snapfish. I know. It’s not even Halloween yet. But I was so excited about all the new designs and card-making features on Snapfish, and I wanted to get them done before a really fun Twitter party on Tuesday (details to follow — you gotta come) and I [...]

23Oct2010 | lipsticktocrayons | 21 comments | Continued
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Must-have Bedtime Books

Like many families with young children, our family has a bedtime routine that involves reading books together just before the “tucking in, kissing goodnight” conclusion. We have and dearly love the classics such as Good Night Moon and Love You Forever, Pat the Bunny and Brown Bear Brown Bear. We’ve also grown to adore the [...]

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