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Saturday
Nov212009

Great presents under $50

 

I am excited about the unique gift ideas below! They are inexpensive, meaningful and from small business owners with big hearts!

Thank you to the following sponsors: Green4Soul.com, EcoChicCool.com, Jennifer Kent Designs, Wine.com and The Passionate Olive.

Help them feel fabulous!

GREEN 4 YOUR SOUL: Give the gift of Green this holiday season with Green 4 Your Soul gifts and stocking stuffers!  Check out our large selection of spa quality natural and organic bath, body, baby, pet and cosmetic products.  Green 4 Your Soul product lines are Cruelty-Free, SLS Free, and Paraben free, and did we mention they’re fabulous too! Click here to shop! Use code INSPIRATION for 15% off all merchandise.  Ends 1/1/2010.

Cozy is inspiring!Eco Chic Cool: Dressing for cold weather has never been so stylish! Just drape this luxurious poncho over your outfit and you are instantly transformed! Eco Chic Cool will become your favorite resource for eco chic designer selections! Click here to shop!

 

Fun unique buckles Jennifer Kent Designs is dedicated to creating beautiful handmade accessories for the women and girls of ages. Our bestseller,  the "Wild Botanical Purple" Buckle is oval shaped and fashioned from cast pewter. It has an antique finish adorned with a raised rope border. The reverse side of the buckle features a beautiful scrolled design. The D-ring loop will attach to any of our belt straps or any 1½ Snap Belt.  All buckles are handmade and finished with a high-gloss protective finish.  Ships in a designer gift tin. Click here to shop! Use code for 20% off: MIL20 Ends 12/31/2009.

Gift set $40The Passionate Olive: Give a gift of an autographed copy of Carol Firenze's popular book The Passionate Olive – 101 Things to do with Olive Oil along with a bottle of The Passionate Olive extra virgin olive oil. This attractive cardboard pack with handle comes with a stainless steel spout. Click here to shop!

Melt a heart...

DigiPix.Us is the place for unique, stylish, fun, contemporary gifts. We make digital PopArt and Fine Art style custom portraits from our customers favorite photos that make great gifts for everyone on your Holiday gift list! For busy women it’s perfect because all ordering is done online at our website, anytime, anywhere. Click here to shop!

Eco Wine Trio: $29.99

Wine.com: The Eco Wine Trio, exclusively for Wine.com, includes three earth-friendly wines: a fruit-forward Merlot, a lush Rhône red and a bright fruity Pinot Noir are brought to you in a 100% recycled and recyclable gift box. These are the world's first offering of fine wines in PET* bottles, delivering all the quality of glass bottles with a 50% lower carbon footprint and the convenience of a lightweight, unbreakable bottle. 10% of the retail price goes to the EarthEra Renewable Energy Trust and EarthEra also carbon balances the shipment of this product from the winery to you. So sit back and enjoy your wine knowing you are helping the planet! Click here to shop!

Kimochi (KEY.MO.CHEE) means "feeling" in Japanese and each 13 inch Kimochis™ character comes with 3 plush "feelings" and a how-to- Feel Guide with tips for parents on connecting with their kids during emotional moments. Using the characters and their Kimochis™, kids can get in touch with their emotions through puppetry and play. Click here to shop!

Tyler Trends: A family owned company which sells quality organic or sweatshop free clothing designed for kids inspired by kids. The clothing has cute and funny prints of Animal Faces which have been designed by the norwegian establisher and digital artist Anette Tyler. Anette has been inspired by her children, Markus and Leah, who love animals, colours and shapes. Click to shop!

Inspiration for kids

Creating Music Series: A highly inspirational series of CD-ROM activities that allow children ages 5 and up to compose and experiment with music on the computer the way one would experiment with art via finger-paints, before learning to read, write or play an instrument! The newest titles in the series, World of Music, allows children to compose with instruments from four regions of the world. Click here to shop!

Grill Charms™The perfect gift for BBQ lovers! offer an entirely new concept in outdoor entertaining. Grill Charm™ your food PRIOR to cooking to distinguish spices and flavors, steak temperatures, or to avoid health or allergy issues. When dinner comes off the grill, everyone knows which one is theirs. They are not only the hottest grilling accessory of the season, but with four fantastic collections to choose from Grill Charms™ make the perfect gift for any occasion! Click here to shop!

Purpose Design Gourmet Spice Kits: A perfect gift for your outdoor chef! This lovely frosted gift box contains eight 1.75 inch (48 mm) glass top containers filled with 8 savory and exotic rubs that will have you wanting to fire up the grill every night. These rubs are NOT commerical mixes, but hand blended in small batches by me. Includes serving suggestions on the ingredients insert included with the kit. Click to shop!

Teatulia: Organic tea straight from one garden in Bangladesh. Teatulia's organic white tea has been described as smooth and clean-tasting with a bit of a creamy mouth feel. Legend in Bangladesh is that you should pick the youngest parts of the tea plant before sunrise to get the most impressive delicate white tea. Canister contains 16 silk pyramid tea bags. Due to our unsurpassed freshness of our whole leaves, each bag can be steeped 2-3 times! Click here to shop!

UPHORIA's BE U Eco-Candle Collection was created to inspire and empower us to live our best life! U`PHORIA candles are infused with the highest quality fragrance and essential oils and feature some of favorite inspiring quotes! Click to shop!

 

Natural and beautiful = a great giftAglow: A Soy Candle Company: Nothing makes a better gift than soy based candles, burning beautifully for the earth and luxuriously for your home. There are letters for every name and symbols from peace to love – crowns, cross, stars and more. Each one is decadent with hand-strung crystal beading. Click here for candle inspiration!


Soiree Wine Aerator will make a perfect holiday or hostess gift! It fits securely into any wine bottle allowing you to pour, without dripping directly through the Soirée. By pouring wine with a Soirée, the Soirée creates an intermediary stage where the wine is infused with oxygen and then cascades into your glass. In using the Soirée to aerate your wine, you will notice the subtleties and character of the wine emerge immediately upon entering your glass. Soirée delivers a truly "open" wine just by pouring through it! Click here to shop!

Give big smiles for only $13.95!Schmitty's Healthy Do's & Don'ts 2010  Calendar is the perfect gift for dog owners and sure to bring big smiles! The calendar offers fun pictures and valuable tips to help pet  parents help their pets live healthy and happy lives. BONUS  - Order Schmitty's 2010 calendar and receive a really cool FREE leash while  supplies last. That's inspiring! Click here to shop!

Fur Shui Your AnimalsFur Shui: An introduction to animal feng shui is a great gift book and stocking stuffer filled with fun and value for only $12.95. Now you can have more love, abundance, better skills, more balanced health all by having a bit of fun as well as a closer bond between you and your pet!  Fur Shui is a very exclusive gift book for animal lovers! Click to read reviews and buy!

Paint Can Bird Feeder: $24.99StarlingInk's Paint Can Birdhouse: This spooky birdhouse is made from an unused gallon paint can! This husband and wife team have been building recycled, unique home and office decor for the last 15-years. Click to shop and get inspired!

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Reader Comments (6)

Thank you for featuring our inspirational candles :)!

December 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Rose

Absolutely Michelle! Happy holidays!

December 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMisty

Exercise should include yoga, stretching your body, build-up of muscles, thighs etc. It keeps your mind free from tension and feels fresh.

July 26, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAna

Great ideas. Never though not even of one from this list.
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September 14, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJaquelinea

I learn much from your article. Life is a beautiful journey. Everyone can only live but once. Wise people knows that we should enjoy our life. We should care about everything around us. Clothes, foods, friends, families and everything. Come on, make a better world for you and for me. At the same time, I think my website is good as well radwao radwao - Belstaff Jacket.

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