Today’s post on Ronda Carman’s All The Best showed a fabulous note of encouragement from Lonny Magazine: Thank you, Ronda and Lonny! I think this makes a great statement about the direction of the relationship between shelter publications and bloggers, don’t you?  How do you think this conversation can be positively continued between bloggers, online [...]

Drumroll…… The winner of the Double Gift Week Giveaweay is….. Mims Goza! Congratulations! Thank you all so much for entering this giveaway and sharing your wonderful stories of how you give back to the community during the holidays. What a way to get into the holiday spirit!

Jane Green Warburg, also known from her books as Jane Green, is known for her insightful writing which peers into the complex lives of women.  The New York Times bestselling author has pulled the curtain away from issues such as body image, grief, divorce, and second chances while we read on with bated breath.  She paints [...]

The Double Gift Week Giveaway ends at midnight.  Be sure to enter to win a $200 gift card to GiftsThatGive.com by clicking here, reading the post, and telling us what you or your family does to give back to the community during the holidays.  Don’t forget, you must also register your user name at GiftsThatGive [...]

For this final piece in the Double Gift Week series, I thought it would be nice to end with some dessert.  I love sending food gifts during the holidays, and there is nothing like having a box handed to you by your UPS man and opening it up to find delectable goodies.  The Great Spirits [...]

This beautiful bracelet is made of chocolate brown smoky quartz, with a gold leaf that symbolizes the family tree.  Created by two adoptive mothers, Denise Cox of Denise Cox Designs and HelpUsAdopt.org founder Becky Fawcett, the bracelet serves to raise awareness for Fawcett’s organization, which is a nonprofit grant program that provides financial assistance to [...]

These are some of the yummiest jeans I have seen in a while! I did a post a few months back about Hollywood Million Denim’s president and founder, Michele Genevieve, when she as a featured designer at Fashion Week OC.  These are jeans for almost almost any occasion, and they always look fantastic.  The have [...]

A friend of mine brought these neat little $20 gifts to my attention on Facebook recently, and they have stuck out in my mind ever since.  RumbaTime watches are fun little silicone timepieces that serve as a reminder that there is fun to be found in the every day.  Created by three college friends who [...]