How To Keep Your Beer Cold

There is nothing worse than organizing a party and offering warm beer to your guests because you do not have any Koozies to keep your beer cold.  Beer Koozies are party essentials.  They can keep your beer cold for a long time without leaving water in your hands or water dripping on your clothes.   Beer Koozies are great as gifts too.  Here are two types of Koozies which are perfect for your parties, barbecues or company’s dinner.

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An ecletic koozie available at lillypulitzer.com

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Goldman Leather Koozie available at Wheelmen & Co.

Best Place To Buy Paper Bags

If you don’t know already, I am into crafts right now.  More like paper craft.  My all-time favourite is to wrapping presents with brown paper or kraft paper.   There are so much we can do with kraft paper wrappers.  They look great with flower toppers, twines, paper flowers and many more. Just last Christmas, I made paper bags made from kraft papers for my friends’ presents instead of wrapping them with the usual wrapping papers.  I decorated the bags with cut-out initials of my friends’ names from pages of magazines. Then I sealed the bags with  a ‘ribbon on top.  My friends loved the packaging idea.  Are you into paper crafts too?  Well, if you are then you may want to check out PaperMart.com.  This craft supplies store has been in business for over 90 years.   They are the largest discount packaging company in the United States.  Paper Mart has a huge selection of over 10 million boxes and 100 million bags.  At their website, you can find plastic, tubes, cans, jars, metal containers, restaurant supplies, all kinds of paper and many more.  They have a group of highly trained and experienced employees to provide the best service.  So, whether you are looking for paper bags, favor boxes or organza bags for your gift-wrapping or wedding, Paper Mart has them all.

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The Best Chocolate Covered Berries

Do you like chocolate-dipped fruits?  If you do, then you may want to check out Shari’s Berries. This online store has an array of delightful chocolate-dipped strawberries that will send you to Chocolate Heaven.  Do you know that Chocolate covered strawberries have become one of the top popular gifts now?  Shari’s Berries carefully hand select only the largest and most succulent sun-ripened strawberries.  Their ingredients are from one of the world’s finest gourmet chocolate companies.  So, if you want to kick off the summer with some mouth-watering chocolate goodness, do check out Shari’s Berries.  If you want great discounts, please click here for sharisberries.com coupons.

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Dragon’s Blood Elixir Hot Sauce

Father’s Day is tomorrow.  Have you made any plans on how to celebrate this special day?  My good friend just bought 2 tactical rifle scopes for her husband and her dad for Father’s Day.  I did not get any gifts for the spouse this year but we are going out for a dinner. I was surfing the net just now and came across this Dragon’s Blood Elixir Hot Sauce that will certainly set the mouth on fire.  Since the spouse in into bbq these days, this sauce is just perfect. Love the name of this sauce.  May be too late for Father’s Day gift but I am sure the spouse won’t mind.

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Sweet Whimsical Pick-Me-Up

Need some inspiration lately?  Well head over to Penny Wishes at Etsy.com.  Her shoplifting prints will surely bring a smile to your face and make your heart feel lighter. These prints make very nice gift for your friends or family.  They are great for sprucing up the wall to your home.    This is my favourite print. What is yours?

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diy pops for parties

Eventhough the birthday party for my 6 year old is over, I am still visiting food and party blogs for some party treats.  I don’t know what has gotten over me but I don’t mind organizing another birthday party because I’m so going ga-ga over these oreos and marshmallow pops.  I saw them at Hip Hip Hooray.  They are so simple to make and the result is so much fun.

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Marshmallow Pops

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Oreo Pops

The cooking instructions are the same.  Get some sucker sticks for the oreos or marshmallows, stick into frosting,  melt chocolate using double boiler, dip cookie/marshmallow into chocolate, sprinkle them with colourful sprinkles.  Ain’t that fun?

DIY Gift Wrapping

I have been visiting many craft blogs lately and feeling very inspired.  Perhaps I should start a Craft blog and post about the lovely projects which I have seen.  That way, I can always go back to read them and try to do some of the crafts eh?  What I love most are the creative paper packaging for gifts.  There is nothing better than a simple brown kraft paper as gift wrapper.  There is so much you can do to decorate the gift.

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newspapers or map make a good wrapper too.

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Pens Made From Recycled Paper

Have you seen a paper pen before? Well this is my first time too.  This cool and eco-friendly pen is made of recycled A4 paper.  Awesome eh? All the paper used for this handmade pen was taken from the offices and each sheet of paper is different.  This means that no two pens are alike.   You can get this pen from ContraForma.com.

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Birthday Presents For A Six-Year Old

My daughter will be celebrating her birthday next month.  I can’t believe that she’s going to be 6 soon.  Time sure flies.  I am planning a simple birthday celebration for her at the park with her friends.  I have been busy planning for her birthday like sending out the invitations, deciding on the type of food and making party packs. When it comes to gift for her birthday, I found a few really awesome things at Personal Creations.  It is really hard to pick out a gift since everything is so lovely there.  Perhaps I could get her aunts and grandparents to buy her gifts at Personal Creations too.  I have narrowed down to a few things.

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Ballerina Musical Globe

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Flower Name Stepstool

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Stackable Wood Storage

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Rag Doll

Upside Down Apron Cooking Guides

Here is something really neat for those who love cooking –  A Printed Upside Down Apron.  Besides being a place for you to wipe your dirty hands or keeping your clothes free while you cook and bake, this Printed Upside Down Apron works as a kitchen aid too.  The apron is printed with all kinds of information such as liquid and dry measurement, temperature conversion, common abbreviations and common cooking terms.  Also included are guides on how to roast chicken and turkey, how to check a steak and pasta portion sizes.  All you need to do is lift up the apron to find all these information.  Get one now from Perpetual Kids.

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