Embroidered Holiday Gifts for Unique Christmas Giving

Embroidered gifts are unique and can reflect a persons hobbies, interests and taste in unlimited themes. From sports to humor, many with customizing options. Below are a few from my Christmas section. Over 1,000 designs to choose from and all with full guarantee.
Check them out at Embroidery 4 U.

Gingerbread Kitchen by Embroidery4U

Dear Santa by Embroidery4U

Bite Me Gingerbread by Embroidery4U

Santa's List by Embroidery4U

Scuba Diver Santa by Embroidery4U

Customize the text area on Scuba Diving Santa

Kiss Me Now Frog by Embroidery4U Funny Text says...Kiss Me Now to Avoid the Holiday Rush!

Gingerbread Lover Gifts and Apparel

Fun festive Gingerbread gifts to help celebrate those special moments.  Art is original by artist SpiceTree. This is a small sample of available gifts, ornaments and apparel from my SpiceTree Gift Art store.

Gingerbread First Christmas by Spice
You can customize the Date for a Sweet Gift Idea

Wide selection Funny Bite Me themes on gifts and apparel in my store by Spice

Gingerbread Girl by Spice
This sticker features a delightful Gingerbread Woman with fun circle of hearts and gems

Gingerbread Man - Bite Me by Spice
Delightful stickers and more with this cute Bite Me theme

Sugar and Spice by Spice
Cute Gingerbread man and woman magnet has candy cane border

Gingerbread Trio by Spice
Adorable gifts featuring a boy, girl and dog all in Gingerbread style

Bite Me by Spice
Fun Gingerbread Bite Me mug for home or office

Gingerbread Man Tuxedo by Spice
Fun Gingerbread Man tuxedo gifts for him

Christmas Keepsake Ornaments

Fun festive Christmas ornaments to help celebrate those special moments. Made from beautiful acrylic and hand cut. Comes with a red ribbon for hanging. Art is original by artist SpiceTree. This is a small sample of available gifts, ornaments and apparel from my SpiceTree Gift Art store.

Dove & Holly Peace - Ornament by Spice

Bite Me - Oval Ornament by Spice

Beary Merry Christmas Ornament by Spice
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Frosty Snowman Family - Pink Ornament by Spice

Frosty Snowman Family - Blue Ornament by Spice

Beary Merry Christmas Ornament by Spice

Gingerbread Couple First Christmas - 2010 by Spice

Jon Stewart and the Rally to Restore Sanity

It may be too late to order a tshirt to wear to Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity, held in Washington DC on October 30, 2010. But you can always buy one to wear the rest of your life -- to commemorate the event or to wear in solidarity with the notion that we need to restore sanity to our political process.


Visit Scarebaby Design at Zazzle to purchase or for more!

Who Stole My Coffee??

I didn't think I was really addicted to coffee. Sure, my intake went from once a week to once a day, increased from one cup at a time to two, but really - that's not so much, right? I don't stop at Starbucks to buy $4 coffees (no matter how deliciously delightful), I don't *need* coffee to get up each morning... Yeah. That was until somebody stole my coffee.

I recently took a trip with my husband to Hocking Hills, and of course, I brought along a can of my favorite instant latte. That's right. I love instant coffee. :P Things were fine and dandy until we got back from vacation, and there was no coffee to be found. I couldn't believe I could possibly leave behind my precious tin of coffee. That would be akin to leaving one of my dogs behind. I searched everywhere - I rummaged through bags, the dirty clothes, places I had searched five minutes prior. It didn't matter. It was gone. I was coffee-less and miserable.

"Okay," I thought. "It'll be okay. I don't need coffee anyway. A few days without it until I can get to the grocery won't kill me."

Uh huh.

Day one wasn't so bad. I had a teensy bit left in the house, and I enjoyed it mightily with my breakfast muffin.

Day two, about mid-morning I developed a headache. As the day progressed, my eyes became squinty. Various objects started to resemble my missing container of coffee. I began to blame my corgi for stealing and hiding it. He, in turn, began chuckling behind my back, and looking entirely innocent and non-talking-dog-like whenever I turned back around. It had to stop.

I finally managed to drag myself in a zombie-ish coma to my car to take another of my dogs to class, and as I smashed the car into the wall of Tim Horton's, I stumbled from it moaning, "Coffee, coffee... corgi stole my coffee...." Luckily, the employees of Tim Horton's are professionals that recognize the symptoms of coffee withdrawal, and provided a cafe mocha stat! Relief, sweet relief. I was able to dislodge my car from their building and continue, refreshed, to dog class.

The next day, I had to suffer through another morning without coffee - but as I had an appointment in town, I knew I could stop at the store and replenish my supply. At the store, I grabbed every flavor I could reach, threw them into my cart, snickering madly at my good fortune, and checked out with the speed of a NASCAR driver. The drive home was equally as quick, though fortunately minus the wrecks and destruction. I cackled to myself as I set each tin tenderly in my cupboard, glancing and smirking at the corgi, whose short little nubs couldn't possibly reach my new supply of sweet, delicious coffee. He merely sat there, head tilted, pondering. No doubt mocking me in his little corgi mind.

As I reached for sweat pants to put on for the rest of this now glorious Friday, I spied something shiny in one of my bags on the floor in my bedroom. It was the missing tin of coffee. I sat down and laughed until I cried. And the corgi came over, grinning mischievously, and sat in my lap, demanding that I rub his ears.

$5 off Halloween Canvas Trick or Treat Bags

We all know that canvas bags are so much better for the environment than plastic ones. But there are plenty of other reasons to give your children canvas trick or treat bags for Halloween. The first one is safety. Small children, let's face it, ought not to be playing around with plastic bags at all. And even if they're old enough to be trusted with plastic, they may have younger brothers and sisters for whom a plastic bag filled with candy can be both an irresistible draw and a dangerous object.

Cheap, Sturdy, Roomy Halloween Candy Bag by HalloweenFun

The second reason is convenience. We all keep holiday lights, ornaments, decorations and such in a big box, to return to year after year. You can toss your canvas candy bags in that box, and they'll be there, ready for the kids, next year, just as cute and convenient as ever.

Cheap, Sturdy, Reusable Trick or Treat Bag by HalloweenFun

The third reason is that they're a lot more festive and fun! And they're on sale!

Cheap, Sturdy, Reusable Trick or Treat Bag by HalloweenFun

And now through October 24 get $5 off on Halloween bags at Zazzle, with coupon code SCARYSAVINGS at checkout.

Vintage Halloween Witches

Vintage art is fantastic and the holiday themes were full of delightful whimsy. I love all kinds of vintage art and thought these Halloween Witches especially nice and deserving of the time taken to restore the rich color and detail.

Little Witch Girl by Memory_Lane

Little Witch Girl by Memory_Lane

Delightful vintage art features a little Witch girl in pointed black hat and red cape with her cute black kitten.
Or Below is a fun vintage witch in fabulous pointed hat, and her little black cat. They are sitting on a crescent moon and have been carefully restored.
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Witchy Woman by Memory_Lane

Witchy Woman by Memory_Lane

Witchy Woman by Memory_Lane

These cute designs are available on too many gift items to show here, but can be seen at my Memory Lane vintage gift store.

Flying Witch by Memory_Lane
at Zazzle.

Flying Witch by Memory_Lane

Wonderful vintage Halloween design features a young girl in a Witch hat and cape while sitting on a flying broom. She holds a large carved pumpkin.
I hope you enjoyed my small sampling and I will bring you more in the near future.

Give Stickers Instead of Candy This Halloween!

Stickers make a great Halloween treat instead of candy! It's a fun alternative to the sugar overload. Stickers are also perfect as favors for a Halloween party, as cupcake flags or decoration on Halloween treat bags. Check out this super cute assortment of fun Halloween stickers.

Little Kid T-Shirts and Onesies

Little kids like to feel special. I remember when I was a wee one, my brother and I had matching "I'm the Little Sister"/"I'm the Big Brother" t-shirts, and we wore them all the time. You know, back before my brother would drag me down the stairs by my ankles or stuff me into the laundry hamper and sit on top of it. We have a lot of pictures of vacations where we proudly wore our matching tees.

It's something you've got to take advantage of, I think. I mean, once your kids get older, it's going to be a lot of "She's looking at me!" and "Stop touching me!" I also think it helps with the initial jealousy of having a new baby in the house. We've got pictures of my brother bottle feeding me, before he turned into the Evil Thing from Planet 9 Who Wanted to Torture His Little Sister Forevermore. I think that happened when I was about seven. So seven blissful years, which we all owe to "I'm the Big Brother" shirts. I bet now that $20 seems like an awesome deal, eh? ;)

T-Rex I'm the Little Brother Onesie by PatchworkPals

Apatosaurus Baby's First Christmas Onesie by PatchworkPals

H is for Hippo Baby T-Shirt by PatchworkPals

U is for Unicorn Child's T-Shirt by PatchworkPals