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Looking for Last-Minute Valentine’s Flowers? Sams Club has you (or your husband) covered!

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My husband is great about giving me flowers on Valentine’s Day but if your husband needs a little nudge and an easy way to get roses for you, Sams Club has him covered.

This Valentine’s Day all U.S. Sam’s Club locations and SamsClub.com will carry the highest quality flowers from all over the world.The most popular Valentine’s bouquets—dozen rose bouquets and mixed floral bouquets—are available for under $20, as are 8-inch tulips, handsome orchids and non-rose alternatives (while supplies last).  Sam’s Club offers members next day deliveries, 7-day freshness guarantees, bouquets for under $20 and 100% recycled glass vases.

Sam's Club Valentine's Day Flowers

Tell your husband that it’s not too late to get flowers!

Choose from dozens of floral and rose bouquets, bulk flowers or potted plants from SamsClub.com and order by 10:00 am CST February 13th for Valentine’s Day delivery or order now and schedule your Valentine’s Delivery in advance. Visit SamsClub.com/valentinesday for more information.

Sam’s Club offers 100% recycled glass vases at just around $5—a tremendous value in both clear glass and lovely red frosted glass.

2 Easy Lip Balm Recipes to Make with your Daughter – A Great Valentine’s Day Activity!

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I hadn’t thought of making lip balm with my daughter, but these recipes are so simple that I think that we will give it a try!

To pucker up for this special day, bond over these beauty recipes from author of Bonding Over Beauty, Erika Katz. These easy recipes can be stored in an adorable heart case or a small jar.

fruity lip balm recipeFRUITY LIP BALM 

To keep lips soft and silky, this fruity lip balm exfoliates dead skin and softens at the same time.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 scoop powdered drink mix in your favorite flavor
  • Lip gloss jars

Directions:

Clarify the vegetable shortening by heating it in the microwave for 15 seconds. Stir in the drink mix. Pour the mixture into a lip gloss jar. Let the mixture harden for 10 minutes and your lip gloss is ready! You can decorate the jars with fun stickers and sparkles! Lasts up to six months unrefrigerated.

chocolate lip balm recipeCHOCOLATE LIP BALM 

This lip balm contains shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil, which are all excellent natural emollients. You can get creative and add other flavors like peppermint oil, tangerine oil, or raspberry oil.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon shea butter
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 2 teaspoons grated beeswax
  • 1 tablespoon vitamin E oil
  • 15 chocolate chips
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Put all the ingredients into a double boiler on the stove or in a microwavable container.  Warm the mixture until it melts. Stir until smooth. Pour the mixture into a lip gloss container and refrigerate until it hardens. Lasts up to 3 months at room temperature.

 

Bonding over Beauty: A Mother-Daughter Beauty Guide to Foster Self-esteem, Confidence, and Trust

These recipes were provided by Erika Katz, Author of Bonding Over Beauty, A Mother-Daughter Guide to Self-Esteem, Confidence and Trust.  The link will take you to the book page on Amazon.com.  The link is an affiliate link and we will get a small commission if you purchase the book..and we really appreciate it!

Enjoy and let me know how the recipes work for you in the comments below!

 

Nordstrom Marks Select UGG Styles Down + Free Shipping

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New UGG markdowns at NORDSTROM are going to make for some happy gift recipients this Christmas.  Or, maybe you will just buy a pair of UGG’s for yourself.  You know you’ve wanted UGG’s forever!  Or is that just me?

For those of you who would like to buy me a pair of marked down UGG’s, I’ll take the Caspia boot, the bottom right in the image below.  Rawhide laces style the front of this cozy short boot and it is lined with supple leather and plush genuine shearling.  If I was a bit taller I would like the Twisted Cable Over the Knee Boot but seeing as how I’m just over 5 feet tall, they would come up to my thigh.  That would not be so cute.

UGG Markdown at Nordstrom
UGG Markdown at Nordstrom

I really like the UGG® Australia ‘Elen’ Flat too!  I am not a fan of heels which means that my shoe collection is made up of flats, flats, and more flats.  These are cute and look super comfortable.

Plus Nordstrom offers free shipping & returns!

Order by 3:00 EST on Friday December 21st for guaranteed Christmas delivery.

Do you have a favorite pair of UGG’s?

 

Help Change the World with these Holiday Gifts + #Giveaway from @WorldVisionUSA

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I remind my kids often that they are lucky to have a roof above their heads at night, two cars to travel in, food to eat, and clean water to drink. They look at me like I’m crazy.  I can’t emphasize enough to them that their life is easy.  This holiday season I will have something in my hands to show my kids that is connected to a community somewhere in the world that is not as privileged as we are.  I will have hand-carved serving spoons to help tell the story of orphans in the Kamba tribe of Kenya.  The serving spoons are made to benefit orphans of the Kamba tribe in Kenya. Each one is unique—just like the children they help.

This holiday season, let the scarf around your neck, the ornaments on your tree, or the wooden serving spoons on your table be conversation starters. What’s the topic? Children and families in impoverished communities and solving the challenges they are facing, such as access to food, clean water, education, and more.

World Vision’s Maximum Impact Fund gift catalog

How can a clothing accessory or table decoration contribute to this dialog? When gift-givers make a holiday donation through World Vision’s Maximum Impact Fund, the gift is used where it’s most needed, tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. With a donation of $25 or more the donor receives a free gift (a few listed below) to wear, carry, use or give to a loved one.  Most of the Maximum Impact Fund items available in the catalog are made by micro-enterprising artisans around the world and the sale proceeds directly benefit their communities.

With a donation of $25 or more, the donor receives a free gift to wear, carry, use or give to a loved one.  Most of the Maximum Impact Fund items available in the catalog are made by micro-enterprising artisans around the world and the sale proceeds directly benefit their communities.

Here are a few gorgeous gift ideas from the catalog:

  • Tie the beautiful beaded ornaments to napkin rings as a vivid tabletop decoration. The set includes three handmade Zakale wire and bead ornaments from Nairobi. Meaning “reuse,” Zakale crafts are made from recycled materials by a group of Kenyan artisans reclaiming their own lives from poverty.
  • Dish up a holiday salad with unique hand-carved serving spoons made with care to benefit orphans in Kenya.
  • Accessorize for a holiday party with a silk scarf from the coast of Thailand. After the harvest season, the women of Thailand’s Surin Province put down the farming tools and take up the loom to hand-wove the beautiful Sabai scarves.
  • The BPA-Free 16 oz. eco cold cup comes in handy when on the run. Every sip is a reminder of those who’ve been helped.
Watch this YouTube video to learn more about how the Gift Catalog works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlK9ILxEAs

Win Hand Carved Serving Spoons

One lucky reader will win these these hand-carved serving spoons.

Entries accepted through 11am December 26th.  Open to U.S. residents ages 18 and over only.  No P.O. Boxes.

Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun #Giveaway – #bb4Me @DaisyOutdoor

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My son is going to be a happy boy this Christmas.  He’s the best boy I could ever dream of having.   That being said, when Sebastian was young, it didn’t occur to me that he’d grow up to love multi-tools, camping, and bb guns.   I don’t know what I expected.  Nothing compares to the good ole’ outdoors to Sebastian.  My Grandfather passed away when Sebastian was about 7 years old but he still remembers his Daisy BB Gun.  My Grandfather had a great big garden with vegetables that he worked hard to grow and would talk of threatening the mischievous garden rabbits with (the sound of) his bb gun, although he never followed through with even the slightest threat when we were around.  His Daisy BB Gun was kept in a gun cabinet behind his recliner in the living room right by the back door, but he never took it out in front of the kids.  He was a very smart man.

Sebastian is a Boy Scout and loves to be outside, go hiking, camping, relax in his hammock, and build campfires.  The only thing that will make his backyard adventures even more exciting is when he opens his brand new Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun, bb pellets, and goggles this Christmas.  We won’t see him for the rest of the day or the day after, I’m sure.

Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun

During our shopping trip to buy the Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun, I was pretty excited.  I actually looked like I knew what I was doing in the sporting goods section at Walmart because it was so easy to find what I was looking for!   The Daisy section at our Walmart is considerable and I recognized the Daisy logo upon entering the section and found the Red Ryder BB Gun quickly.  Gathering accessories to go along with the bb gun was fun too!  I bought safety goggles and a HUGE container of BB pellets for Sebastian to enjoy with his new bb gun.

Daisy Red Ryder Carbine bb gun

We are super excited about holiday gifting especially when it comes to our kids, this year.  Every November I get a bit anxious about what the kids will possibly want for Christmas, then it never fails that by the end of the first week of December they both supply us with a list of at least two dozen gift ideas.  My son’s wish list is made up of 80% outdoor products and 20% iPhone accessories and I think between my husband and I and relatives, he will get 100% of the outdoorsy items on his wish list this Christmas.

Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun

Before he’s allowed out the door with his new bb gun, he will have to understand a few gun safety tips:

  1. Check your target and beyond your target.
  2. Only load or cock a gun when you are shooting.  He is NEVER allowed to have pellets in his air soft gun in the house and he is NEVER allowed to cock it in the house.
  3. Anyone shooting or near a shooter should wear shooting glasses.  Do not take chances!
  4. Avoid ricochet. Never shoot at a flat hard surface or at the surface of water. Ammunition can ricochet off of water just like a skipped rock.
Find more gun safety rules on Daisy’s Website.
A Christmas Story movie - Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun

My husband and I already have our safety speech prepared.  Don’t shoot at anything except a target,

A Christmas Story

always wear protective eyewear, and don’t shoot anywhere near icicles!   I think you know why.  At least if you’ve seen the iconic Christmas movie, A Christmas Story, you know why.  The Daisy Red Ryder BB gun was available beginning in 1938 and is a well known bb gun as featured in A Christmas Story.  My husband loves that my son will have a Daisy Red Ryder almost exactly like the one Ralphie has in the movie.
You’ll find Daisy Outdoor products at stores including Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Kmart to name a few.

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Daisy has offered one of our readers a prize pack that would make a perfect gift for a (10 year old or older) child.

Required entry: Visit Daisy’s website then come back here and tell us which Daisy Brand product you like best.
Entries accepted through 12am EST 12/17/12.

 

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