The Gift Detective » Under $150 http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog Making Gift Giving Personal Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:22:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Unique Gift for Independence Day! http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog/archives/4752 http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog/archives/4752#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:54:28 +0000 The Gift Detective http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog/?p=4752 When I saw this American Flag Collage Paining ($140), I was immediately drawn to the uniqueness of the mixed media, the arresting look of seeing news headlines within each white stripe of this flag and the boldness and familiarity of the red, white and blue!

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There are many people who are not only patriotic, but like to have visual symbols (like the American flag, eagles, Lady Liberty) of the country they hold so dear to their heart.

This is a great gift for someone who has served their country, someone who loves art, someone who loves flags or someone who loves America.

This gift would be even more personal for someone who has Texas or San Antonio roots, since all the headlines are taken from the “San Antonio Express Newspaper” as the artist, J.M. Strawn, was born and ...read more]]> When I saw this American Flag Collage Paining ($140), I was immediately drawn to the uniqueness of the mixed media, the arresting look of seeing news headlines within each white stripe of this flag and the boldness and familiarity of the red, white and blue!

Click to Purchase, $140

Click to Purchase

There are many people who are not only patriotic, but like to have visual symbols (like the American flag, eagles, Lady Liberty) of the country they hold so dear to their heart.

This is a great gift for someone who has served their country, someone who loves art, someone who loves flags or someone who loves America.

This gift would be even more personal for someone who has Texas or San Antonio roots, since all the headlines are taken from the “San Antonio Express Newspaper” as the artist, J.M. Strawn, was born and bred in Texas.

This gift is a one of a kind so, if you know someone who would love this, you shouldn’t hesitate to get this gift!

Photo courtesy of the artist, J.M. Strawn. If you would like to see more work by the artist, please visit her Etsy shop, J.M. Strawn Studio.

Happy gifting!

]]> http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog/archives/4752/feed 3 Members Monday: In honor of Marathon Monday… http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog/archives/4464 http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog/archives/4464#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:51:51 +0000 The Gift Detective http://www.thegiftdetective.com/blog/?p=4464 …I’m going to be blogging about a great fitness gift!

The Boston Marathon is a big deal here (not surprisingly!) and I thought to honor those men and women who push their bodies to the limits and spend countless hours training for the 26.2 miles that they traverse before they cross that finish line, that I would blog about a fitness gift that, similarly, takes quite a bit of training to see spectacular results…but is probably well worth the struggle. I’ll let you know in about ninety days…

In the meantime, let me tell you about this gift!

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The Boston Marathon is a big deal here (not surprisingly!) and I thought to honor those men and women who push their bodies to the limits and spend countless hours training for the 26.2 miles that they traverse before they cross that finish line, that I would blog about a fitness gift that, similarly, takes quite a bit of training to see spectacular results…but is probably well worth the struggle. I’ll let you know in about ninety days…

In the meantime, let me tell you about this gift!

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