Helping you un-stump your brain and find the perfect gift
Mother’s Day
Seven Ply – “Turning Thrash’n into Fashion”
Apr 22nd
| “Turn thrash’n into fashion” with old skateboards that are ready to be recycled!
Important Note to Boarders! – You can send Lynn your own boards to be turned into custom items! (didn’t want that to get lost in this review) |
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Well, I’ve been meaning to get to this gift review for awhile now!
Lynn Weiler of Seven Ply contacted me about her handmade jewelry made from recycled skateboards, and when I took a look I immediately saw that this is a unique gift idea worth mentioning.
Lynn’s Seven Ply shop is hosted on Etsy, where the mission is to ”enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.”
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My first thought when I saw the jewelry (and other cool recycled skateboard products in Sevenply’s Etsy shop), was not only would this be great for women in general, but especially for female skateboarders (check out Girlz on Boardz!) and for girlfriends and wives of guys who have a passion for boarding.
To get a flavor for the types of products (in this case jewelry and belt buckles), I have highlighted a few of my favorites below:
Earrings
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| Checkered Love Small Hoop Earrings | Hazed Large Stud Earrings | Fully Flared Small Hoop Earrings |
Belt Buckles
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| Road Rash Belt Buckle | Pot Belt Buckle |
Necklaces & Rings
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| “So Fresh” Necklace | Two-Tone Hoop Necklace | Recycled Skateboard Bling Bling Custom Rings |
You can also read Seven Ply’s Blog and follow Sevenply on Twitter.
Wee Little Ones Can Shop for Mom!
Apr 11th
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, this is the perfect time to highlight an online store I found recently called Wee Can Shop. Of course, when you visit the site, you’ll see immediately that this is a great place to shop year-round, and not just on Mother’s Day!
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The store’s tagline says a lot about why I wanted to highlight the shop:
Welcome to the town of Wee Can Shop. Where children can shop for the ones they love. I’ve also been having a nice exchange on Twitter with Kimberly Foley, one of the founders of Wee Can Shop (follow her @WeeCanShop). Oh, and another cool thing – Kim gave us a coupon code that you can use to get 10% off your entire order on the site: 10% Off Coupon Code = giftstumped |
| Visit WeeCanShop |
There is a great selection of gifts on the site, and they have a very comprehensive set of ways to look for the perfect gift (e.g. Babies, Girls, Boys, Ladies, Gentlemen, Dad/Grandpa, Mom/Grandma, Teachers, Pets, The Eco-Friendly, The Gardener, The Cook, The Office, The Bath, The Holidays, Just Arrived, One-Of-A-Kind, Garage Sale, and 8 different price ranges).
A couple of my favorite products on the WeeCanShop website are these eco-friendly bags made out of recycled candy wrappers (handbag/purse) and newspapers (shoulder bag):
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| Handbag made from Recycled Candy Wrappers | Shoulder Bag made from Recycled Newspaper |
For more gift ideas for special occasions, be sure to look at our lists for:
Does She Love Ice Cream?
Mar 26th
With Mother’s Day coming up, and with the hot weather of Summer just around the corner, this is the perfect time to give the gift of ice cream! Ice cream that can be kept close to the heart, and won’t melt.
This Three Cone Rectangle Pendant, made by Carolyn Tillie and sold through Artful Home, is the perfect piece of unique jewelry for any woman in your life who says “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice scream!”
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| Three Cone Rectangle Pendant on Chain |
| $75 |
The Gift of Google for Your Technically Challenged Elders
Mar 23rd
It’s here!!!
Google for Seniors: Get Acquainted with Free Google Applications: Google Earth, Maps, Reader, Docs, Sites, Chrome
Despite the unfortunate release date of April 1st (April Fool’s Day), this came to fruition as a real book! (I had originally posted this as an “it’s coming” post prior to being published, and I had this small tickle in my brain that April Fool’s day was coming).
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Order (and pre-order) here at Amazon.com |
So, for your grandparents, parents, aunts & uncles, senior friends that may (actually) have an interest in becoming better-acquainted with all the rich information that Google has to offer, this could be a winning gift idea.
I personally think that donating this book to a Senior Center, Elderly Housing Complex, Assisted Living Living Facility, etc. would be very welcomed by those organizations.
Here’s a description of the book:
With step-by-step instructions and illustrative screenshots, this guide is designed specifically for seniors, and provides detailed information on the free software and services provided online by Google. For beginners and more advanced computer users alike, this insightful resource shows how to perform tasks such as exploring the world, building a free website, browsing the internet, creating documents, and sharing web albums & sharing online calendars, by using the host of options available through Google.
Give the Gift of Memories
Mar 7th
It’s a wonderful world these days where it is now sooooo easy to organize your photos and publish your own photo book full of memories.
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| Photo Courtesy of Shutterfly |
Giving a custom-made, personalized photo book is a fantastic gift, and practically guaranteed to WOW!! the recipient.
Unless, you don’t take great pictures, or if slap something together as quickly as possible, or the person receiving the photo book doesn’t like the memories you are presenting….
There are so many occasions that fit this kind of present – anniversaries, graduations, birthdays, thank-you’s, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day (maybe), and even just-because.
Most people already have their own personal favorite photo-sharing website, but here’s a quick list just in case you don’t have a favorite yet:
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Shutterfly |
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Snapfish |
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Blurb |
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Vistaprint |
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MyPublisher |
Have fun creating your photo book, and get ready for the crazy amount of praise you are going to get!
For a twist on giving the gift of photo memories, you might look at creating an online video out of your pics:
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Animoto.com |
(Oh, and Mother’s Day is coming up soon enough, so put this idea on your list.)
