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The Selfish Gift Guide

Posted on December 4, 2013June 9, 2017by Vanessa Smith
selfish gift guide

Yesterday on #BlogTrends chat there were a lot of complaints about gift guides being a bit boring, way overdone (market saturation) and just an excuse for bloggers to get affiliate link sales. I just tend to ignore them because we’re not big gift givers so it’s kind of irrelevant to me. And as you may […]

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New Mother Kit

Posted on November 9, 2013June 9, 2017by Vanessa Smith
26 Years and Counting: The New Mother Kit

A colleague in my day job recently went on maternity leave to have her first child. Not really knowing what to get her, knowing that she likes practical things, and liking making my own kits lead me to create the New Mother Kit.   Not having kids or ever having been around them myself, I’m […]

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Quick Present – Emergency Brownies!

Posted on October 28, 2013June 9, 2017by Vanessa Smith
Emergency Brownie Kit DIY Gift Basket

I love to make my own gift baskets. The commercial ones are usually expensive and not quite relevant to the person you want to buy them for. So, as with many things in life, if you can’t find what you want, then just DIY it!   Someone in my day job life was moving into […]

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