Archive for October, 2008

  • Partners card – We honor it!

    Sunday, October 26th, 2008

    There are a lot of great causes to choose from.  Most of them don’t offer the opportunity to help them while helping yourself more financially!  But Partners Card does exactly that.  Each year, for 10 days you can receive a 20% discount from over 750 retailers and restaurants by showing your partners card.  
     
    The card [...]

  • Do you need the Mom agenda desktop organizer?

    Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

    The school year is in full swing, bringing with it lessons, study sessions, sports practice, PTA meetings just in time for the craziness of the holidays!  If you are finding it difficult to keep up with all these events, perhaps the Mom Agenda Desktop Organizer is right for you.  
     
    The Mom Agenda 17-month calendar keeps [...]

  • Teacher gift alert – Wrap a Latte monogrammed coffee sleeves

    Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

    The end of the fall school term is drawing near and everyone scrambles for teacher gift ideas.  Here is a great idea: Give a monogrammed coffee sleeve and a Starbucks gift card.  Wrap a Latte monogrammed fabric coffee sleeves come in over 30 different fun, stylish fabric choices.  Everything from animal prints, polka dots, retro [...]

  • Noble Initials - Pewter stick-on letters - personalize just about anything!

    Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

    Noble initials are stick-on pewter initials that stick to glass, metal, plastic, leather, ect.  They look very classy and are a great way to personalize journals, glasses, photo albums, scrap booking, ice buckets – the list is endless.  Just buy a plain, inexpensive object, add a noble initial, and presto, you have a personalized gift [...]

  • An update on McKinney’s Dickens festival

    Saturday, October 18th, 2008

    Kerrie is on the Dickens committee and they have decided on the main attraction for this years festival is a snow tubing hill.  It will be right in the downtown with a big hill and a show machine.  It will be a lot of fun for Texas kids who don’t see a lot of snow [...]

  • Naturally Ever After wedding invitations on recycled paper

    Saturday, October 18th, 2008

    Our generation has really started being consciences of the environment around us and fortunately the next generation is equally concerned.  Although “green” products sometimes get knocked for being inferior to traditional goods, that’s not really true anymore.  For example Naturally Ever After wedding invitations are printed on recycled paper, yet have the look and feel [...]

  • The best custom cupcakes in McKinney Texas!

    Saturday, October 11th, 2008

    The best thing about our gift store is all the great people we get to meet.  People like Christi with Oh Cupcakes.  We got to know her as she has selected wedding invitations.  Despite a very serious accident at work a number of years ago and the unpleasant circumstances after it, Christi is one of [...]

  • The Dude Deck and the Babe Box could be a lifesaver!

    Friday, October 10th, 2008

    These cards are a great concept and we knew we had to get them as soon as we saw them.  We’ve all been there, (when we were single!) at a party, bar, some social function.  You met a girl (or guy) you like.  How do you communicate interest, without things getting awkward, and in a [...]

  • Old World Christmas Ornaments

    Friday, October 10th, 2008

     In our house we have a Christmas tradition.  As a couple we selected an ornament that most reflects the happenings of the past year, and add it to our collection.  As we decorate the Christmas tree, the ornaments we selected in year’s past bring refresh our memories.  Before opening our store we never really paid [...]

  • Our Oh Mint nap mats / rolls are now on the web

    Sunday, October 5th, 2008

    Oh Mint nap mats are padded and lined with nylon and cotton with a ribbon trimmed, soft, fleecy blanket.  It rolls up and has a Velcro closure with carrying strap. It has a soft fleece blanket attached and a removable foam pillow. To clean, just remove the pillow and toss the rest in the washing machine.
     
    The best [...]

  • An Ezy Roller is a thrilling gift for children

    Sunday, October 5th, 2008

    We have a new product in our store that just about every kid goes nuts over.  It’s a three-wheeled cart from New Zealand called Ezy Roller.  The small size belittles its durability – it has very solid tubular steel frame.  The wheels are the same as you would find on rollerblades and are non-marking.  The [...]