I'll be writing about Christmas shopping for the next couple of months. Here you will find lots of great HANDMADE gifts, like jewelry, home decor, clothing, accessories, and Christmas decorations. There are some wonderful online venues like Etsy and ArtFire. There are less known venues like Zibbet and many more like it. What better way to save money and support small businesses instead of the huge corporations. If you like unique or one of a kind creations, handmade is the way to go!
Here are a few examples of some beautiful handmade gifts to tease you and let you see what's to come:
This week's featured artisan is Barbara Rosenzweig - Watercolors by Barbara. Beautiful creations to add to your home! You can find Watercolors by Barbara on:
Win a Nook ~ Kindle ~ iPod Shuffle
My friend, author Amanda Stephan, is having a huge giveaway on her site. I had to share with my readers because it's such an awesome giveaway. You could win a Nook ~ Kindle ~ or ~ iPod Shuffle!! Just go to her blog http://www.thepriceoftrust.com/ to see how to enter. Some ways to enter once you get there: blog about it, tweet it, or share it on Facebook. There are many great ways to win these amazing prizes! Go to her blog and check it out!
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I am saving up to buy Christmas presents for my kids, so I’m glad I have Straight Talk which costs about half of what the other companies cost! I have 5 kids to buy for, plus a husband and other family, so the cost of Christmas adds up quick and any way I can save money is a blessing! I love the fact that there are no contracts, and no surprises on my bill. Every month my bill is the same, so that makes budgeting my money so easy. Straight Talk’s coverage is nationwide and has excellent reception, too. Hook, line and sinker
There are plans to fit any need and any budget on Straight Talk. The “All you need plan” comes with 1000 minutes, 1000 texts and 30 mb of data per month. Then the Unlimited Service is available and you can call, text, picture messaging and go online as much as you want for only $45 a month! Can you believe you can get unlimited calls, texting, picture messaging, and web for the entire year for just $499.00? For those who call other countries regularly, the Straight Talk International Long Distance Service is a flexible calling plan that lets you to call internationally from home, your cell phone, or office at nice, low rates. Call a friend
Most companies charge for 411 calls, but with Straight Talk they are always free! Also free are the activation, reactivation and termination fees. No other company can say that.
Many phones are available starting at $10.00 for reconditioned phones with camera, mobile web access, MP3 player, and blue tooth. Those are what I usually get for my kids. There are also smart phones, touch screen phones, and app capable phones with lots of features such as voice navigation, camera, video, music player, instant messaging and Blue Tooth. Android on Straight Talk
With all the ways Straight Talk helps me to save money, I’ll be able to buy some really cool gifts this Christmas!
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TRESemmé Fresh Start Dry Shampoo is so convenient that I don’t know how I lived without it before! I’ve learned some tips to use dry shampoo to its fullest advantage. For starters, I always shake the bottle vigorously before using it, and also in between sprays. Lifting my hair in sections and spraying the roots in short bursts lightly makes it easy to get the shampoo evenly distributed through my hair. I tried once to spray it all over my head like hair spray, and that didn’t work too well, so I wouldn’t recommend that! Using my fingertips, I massage it in and then I leave my TRESemme’ in for one to two minutes and let it soak in. Taking the time to use it correctly makes the product work the best. Finally, if the spray nozzle gets a clog, just take it off and run it under hot water, then reattach.
I like that there are many choices in the full line of dry shampoos by TRESemme’. There’s Strengthening Dry Shampoo containing keratin and B-vitamins, strengthening hair and keeping it healthy. The Volumizing Dry Shampoo has mineral clay and citrus, which removes oil and adds volume. The Smoothing Shampoo is a formula rich in Vitamin H and Silk Proteins removes oils and keeps the hair sleek all day. Lastly, the Moisturizing Dry Shampoo features witch hazel, citrus and Aloe Vera, to keep hair moisturized while removing oil and odors. All of this, with not even a drop of water!
Each of TRESemme’s Fresh Start Dry Shampoos is infused with citrus and is excellent for removing oils and odors, for those days I don’t feel like washing and restyling my hair.
This week's Featured Artisan is Andrea Zimmerman Rogers - Blue Highways. Gorgeous Handbound books and journals. A work of art to keep your thoughts, pics and more! You can find Blue Highways on:
