Artwork by M. Gauvin – www.matthewgauvin.com
Father’s Day is June 21 this year so it is time to start thinking ahead to that special day, but so many Father’s Day presents will make great gifts at any time of the year because you are celebrating your father or husband, not all fathers. So, this gift should be personal and not some generic “I Love Dad” mug.
I wrote a post a while ago about a Hot Stone Massage Kit. It was a small, simple and inexpensive kit made as an introductory kit for learning about hot stone massage and includes enough small stones to be able to give a foot massage – but I gave info on how to upgrade it a bit and make it back massage ready. Well, I was surfing the net for great gifts to blog about and …read more
So, I’ve done an abundance of research on the teeny-tiny wonders that are now available – the pocket-sized HD video camcorders. I read, I watched, I searched and watched and read even more reviews. I sought out the side-by-side comparisons of the top three cameras (the Creative Labs Vado HD, Flip Mino HD and the Kodak Zi6 HD) and I personally chose the Creative Vado but, they are all solid choices, I just found that for my purposes (to record product reviews and interviews for the blog) that the Creative Vado would offer quality and functionality while not breaking the bank and being able to easily be toted everywhere so that I can capture a great gift idea at a moments notice. Mind you, pocket-sized camcorders are not what you want to memorialize a really special occasion (i.e. a wedding) with but they are …read more

What an excellent way to engage children and teach them something about science and life at the same time! I think that the butterfly garden on its own is a fantastic gift – if you read the reviews people are just so consistently happy and both the children and adults love the experience of watching this amazing life transformation. If you are giving this to young kids, getting the book can really add to the experience – the book is geared toward kids between 4 to 8 years of age and is a really wonderful way to explain to them how the butterfly garden will work.
Who do you give this to? Of course you can give this gift to kids or a classroom to enjoy but don’t limit yourself to young ones! Do you have a friend going through a transition in life? An unexpected change in career, newly …read more







