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February 28, 2018 · 1:40 pm

Personalized Books & Gifts are Perfect for Easter #ISEEME

Can you believe Easter is right around the corner? Where has the time gone, it seems like yesterday we were launching our Holiday Gift Guide and now we are looking forward to spring and Easter!

If you are looking for some special Easter Gifts for the little ones in your life, I See Me! has some great options. Shop their site for Personalized books and gifts for your SOMEBUNNY special.

Some of my favorite items are The My Snuggle Bunny gift set . This set features an adorable snuggle bunny who counts 10 ways that it loves your child, in this beautifully illustrated storybook. Gift set includes the book plus a cuddly plush bunny by Jellycat for your special child to snuggle with!

The God Loves You! book makes a cherished personalized Easter gift that will become a treasured keepsake. God Loves You! tells the child just how much God loves him or her… and that the child is God’s special creation! It comes personalized with a child’s name on the cover and throughout the text. God Loves You! features beautiful poetry by award-winning children’s author Jennifer Dewing and colorful, whimsical illustrations by award-winning artist Maria Carluccio.

The Eggcellent All-In-One Gift Set is a hand-picked coordinated gift set that includes: an adorable personalized Easter coloring and activity book, matching page of 18 stickers and a colorful placemat made special with your child’s name.

Inside the book, your child will complete fun and educational Easter activities such as coloring in the eggs, helping the Easter bunny find his way down the bunny trail maze, finding eggs in the hidden picture, and more! Your child’s name will be personalized on the cover of the coloring book and throughout the activity pages and illustrations.

I See Me! has personalized placemats including special ones for Easter like the Snuggle Bunny Placemat. A personalized placemat is the perfect way to make meal time and snack time more fun! Each one is made to order and makes a special Easter gift. The 12”x17” mats are made of high-quality durable plastic that can be easily wiped clean with a damp cloth. The placemats are printed in the USA. Theymeet CPSIA guidelines for food safety, and are BPA-free.

Check out all of their personalized Easter Gifts on their website. Let me know what you like best.

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March 30, 2015 · 10:21 pm

Easter Burlap Bunnies Craft Ideas Even Young Children Can Help With

My kids are on spring break this week and we are still experiencing single digit temperatures at night! It sure doesn’t feel anything close to spring. Believe me when I say, we’re looking for all of the spring crafts we can do to hopefully bring spring our way. Easter is next Sunday and I want to share some cute burlap bunny crafts you can sew and your kids can help decorate and paint. Below is a supply list of what you need to make the bunnies.

Burlap Bunnies Supply List

Let me share what we have made so far.

I purchased a roll of burlap, cut two pieces and folded them in half

The pieces are folded in half and look deceivingly smaller in these photos than the actual size.

Next you cut a V in the middle.

Then I trimmed the tops to look more like rabbit ears.

Next, I just took it to my sewing machine and sewed each side up to right under the ear.

Turned it right side out.

Then I stuffed it with fiberfill. If you want you could also used dried beans.

Off to the sewing machine where I sewed around the ears and in between to securely hold the filling.

You then tie with a ribbon of your choice. Next, you can paint, color with markers or paint pens the inside of the ears and make a face. I added buttons for cuteness, you can really have fun here and the kids love to help! You can add a white cotton ball tail to the back side of the bunnies. These make adorable country inspired decorations or you can make one for everyone with their name as place holders for dinner. There are so many great ways to use them and they are simple to make.

Next, I wanted to make a bunny to hang on the door. This nearly turned to a Pinterest Fail but I turned it around. I just found a basic bunny template online and printed it out. I had to extend it because it was too large for the paper. I pinned and cut the pattern out of the burlap.

Then off to the sewing machine to sew around the bunny. Leave a part open so you stuff it.

After you stuff it, just sew the opening close and trim your threads.

Here is the almost Pinterest fail. We had wanted to put polka dots on the natural burlap with the spouncer brushes but it did not go as planned. LOL

Back to the drawing board and we painted the bunny purple, leaving the edge natural and adding pink polka dots.

Then you want to find a ribbon to hang it with.

We decided to continue the polka dot theme.

I attached the ends of the ribbon to the bunny some machine stitches.

You can add a ribbon around the neck or other embellishments. I chose to keep ours plain country simple for the side door. Let me know if you try some burlap bunnies and how they turn out. If you want to make things really easy they have burlap already printed with polka dots or you could make egg shapes and use with multi color burlap or chevron stripe. Happy Easter! Please if you are in a warm part of the country would you send some spring our way! Let me know what you think and if you tried any of these crafts.

Margery Williams’ “The Velveteen Rabbit”, Deluxe Gift Edition Review & Giveaway!!!

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A few weeks ago the little ones and I began to add Spring and Easter bedtime story books to our routine. Experiencing an Arctic blast here in the Northeast, I found it very promising to read stories about springtime. Many of the stories were about bunnies, ducks and the rebirth experienced each spring.

Along the bunny theme we recently were sent the beautiful Deluxe Gift Edition of The Velveteen Rabbit. The first time we read it, my little guys were all ears (no pun intended). They wanted to know why all the boys things needed to be burned because of germs, and wondered why they couldn’t just wash them. They were very glad to know the Velveteen Rabbit was not burned and was made real because he had been so special to the boy. This is a delightful story to share with your children or to give as a gift. Would make a beautiful addition to put in an Easter basket!

A deluxe gift edition of one of the most beloved children’s stories. With illustrations remastered from a 1922 first edition and a beautiful cloth binding with gold accents, this lovingly reconstructed classic is the ideal collectible gift for baby showers, birthdays, and holidays throughout the year. Includes a book plate for personalizing your gift.

At first a brand-new toy, now a threadbare and discarded nursery relic, the velveteen rabbit is saved from peril by a magic fairy who whisks him away to the idyllic world of Rabbitland. There, he becomes “Real,” a cherished childhood companion who will be loved for eternity. Treasured for generations, here is a timeless tale about the magic of boundless love, newly available with the luminous color of the original edition.

Excerpt From The Book:

“What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?”

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”

“Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit.

“Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.”

“Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” he asked, “or bit by bit?”

“It doesn’t happen all at once,” said the Skin Horse. “You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand.”

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November 20, 2013 · 10:00 am

Happy 25th Birthday To The Energizer Bunny!!! Get A $10 Walmart Card with Purchase of 2 Packs of Energizer Max Batteries!!!

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Did you know the Energizer Bunny is celebrating his 25th Birthday? The bunny that keeps going and going is also sharing gifts with all of us! Right now you can purchase 2 specially marked packages of Energizer Max Batteries and qualify to receive a $10 Walmart Gift Card! With the holidays coming buying 2 packages of batteries is a cinch! Remember when buying gifts this holiday season, especially gifts for kids, check and see if they require batteries. If they do, buy them and give them with the gift! I was lucky my dad was the battery king and in our walk in pantry he had a large stock of batteries of all kinds. We had big Christmas Eve gatherings that were spared the crying and whining because of this stash. I cannot tell you how many kids received gifts that needed batteries and the giver had not taken that in consideration.

My husband with our 2 packs of Energizer Max Batteries!

My husband pointing out the $10 Gift Card Offer when you purchase 2 packs of Energizer Max Batteries!!!

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I have heard horror stories of parents hunting around for batteries to power up a child’s new toy, even making desperate swaps from the remote, flashlights or other battery-powered devices to try and save the day. This can all be avoided if we make sure to include the batteries with the gifts we give.

Our house now runs much like mine as a child, my husband is the battery king in our home and we have a nice stash of batteries. We are ready for anyone who does stop by with a gift for our kids and forgets the batteries. You might want to take advantage of this special promotion to stock up on popular Energizer Batteries and to buy them for the gifts you are giving. You get a nice gift back in the way of a $10 Walmart Card by mail!

We went all out in celebrating The Energizer Bunny’s birthday and made a pink cake with my signature buttercream icing. Even the Hulk and a fire fighter stopped by to wish the Bunny a very happy quarter of a century birthday!!! Look for the special display at your local Walmart and take advantage of this offer, because you know soon it will be going and going away!

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So what are you waiting for? Go out there and get your batteries and your $10 Walmart Gift Card. I love that it’s the Energizer Bunny’s Birthday but I am getting a gift too! It’s an added bonus because I would be buying the batteries anyway and now I get a special perk that I could use on coffee, candy, or more batteries!!!