Best #personalized #gift for #kids this year: Wonderbly #Books #2023HolidayGiftGuide #spon

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So, it's no secret that I am an absolute bookworm. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that my kids would be raised as such as well. In fact, my kindergartner is such an avid reader and loves reading so much that he's already started reading some books on his own. It's an important part of his daily routine. You've read our posts in the past; you know how much we love our variety and well, as a health-conscious mom, I like the good treat every once in awhile, but I'm all for healthy options for gifts as well! So, with that, I'd like to introduce a very special place that has now become one of my favorites...Wonderbly.

Loving our Personalized #Disney and #Dinosaur Reading with In The Book! #books #spon

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We absolutely love personalized gifts! I think it gives that added touch that makes a present that much more special. In fact, I’ve given some personalized books to our nephews in the past. So when In The Book reached out, what was the difference?

My very own pirate story! US 03/04 #books

With all the Peter Pan Diamond Edition talk lately, pirates like Captain Hook are in! Even Paul Collins, the voice of John Darling, loved Captain Hook's character. So, it's only suitable that I got my hands on this adorable personalized pirate story from I See Me. I See Me features a variety of different stories and settings for books, gifts, placemats, and more! What's neat is that you can personalize it all for anyone.

#ValentinesGifts: YourNovel.com

 

YourNovel.com brought to you by Fletcher Newbern is back on WOS! For Valentine's Day this year, they released Celebrating Romance 2, the novel that allows YOU to star in 10 different romantic short stories.

One Stop Christmas Hop Spotlight: #YourNovel.com #Review

 

A little part of us always wishes to be the hero or heroine in a book or a movie. With YourNovel.com, that easily becomes reality. YourNovel.com Inc. is the brainchild of husband/wife writing team Kathy M. Newbern and J.S. Fletcher, who together is the author known as Fletcher Newbern. They developed the concept and founded the company in 1992 and have written 20 of the 28 current novels available. Interestingly enough, when they aren't writing romance novels, they travel, visiting many of the exotic locations used as settings in their novels.

Christmas Ideas #6: First Time Books Personalized Children Books Review

When I first found out about First Time Books, I was incredibly excited! This is such a wonderful present, whether its for Christmas, birthdays, other holidays, or even for learning their A, B, C's! Not only is it something personal that can make your little ones feel special, but it also inspire them to learn.


Here's a little background information about them from their site, written by John Burke, the mind behind this creation:

Our Story

Welcome to First Time Books, an interactive web site that lets you personalize and order children's books. Below is our story on how First Time Books was created.

My wife and I were having trouble potty training the youngest of our three daughters, Molly. With 25 years of printing and book binding experience, a light went off in my head one night. I devised a potty training book that represented the characteristics of my daughter, such as ethnicity, gender, and hair color. My business partner, Chad Kase, and I created and programmed a distinctive, unique and special storybook about Molly and her potty training adventure. Needless to say, after receiving her own potty book, Molly never entered the bathroom without it. Within 2 weeks, I was living in a diaper-free home.

We set out to create a new frontier in children's books. The goal of our company since inception is to offer an array of personalized products that excites children and motivates them to learn. We believe a customized, personalized product can have a significant positive impact on a child's development - from potty training and learning ABC's to reading in general. As our company and product offerings continue to grow, as more creative ideas begin to develop, our goal of servicing the development of children will never cease. We hope you enjoy what we have to offer, and that our ideas and products excite you as much as they do us.

With Christmas coming up, I chose a Christmas book for my SO's nephew. I have to say, I really enjoyed the fact that you could personalize the book to match the gender, hair color, ethnicity of the child and the parents. You could also choose the friend's names that you wanted to use in the book and even the Christmas present the child gets from Santa! Its actually quite quick and fun in its own way. This will be his first Christmas and I'm sure this will become one of his favorite stories for a while to come!


When the book first arrived, I was very happy with its quality and colors. Everything looked terrific and the storyline was good. Actually, the funny thing was, the cover picture of the child seems to resemble my SO. We had quite a few laughs over that and I'm sure the family will as well because it seems my SO has the face that represents the Asian boys out there. ;)


First Time Books has such a wide range of ideas and products that I think it was truly an innovative idea. They have personalized ABC books and workbooks, birthday books, halloween books, zoo books, potty training books, coloring books, I spy books, journals and even personalized family notepads. Definitely a great idea to keep learning fun.  


My take: 10 stars out of 10. Awesome gift idea and I'd love to get one for my own little ones when the time comes but for now, our nephew gets this sweet present.


Buy It: Get your own personalized book for your little ones at First Time Books. They come in a variety of versions and prices ($5-7 PDF, $15-30 soft cover, $30-40 hardcover). You can print off your book yourself if you choose the PDF version.

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Shutterfly Holiday Card Review -They're In!

Okay, remember a while back, I did this post about these really cute designs from Shutterfly for Christmas cards? So, I finally found some time to design my own cards and omg, the process was so easy and there were so many effects that I still had a hard time choosing. I'm a little shy about my cards so I'll blog about what I did instead. I thought it'd be fun and hilarious to make a storyline involving my puppy and use the card to break the news to our family and friends that we recently got a new pup. 

Here's the design I used, I liked how it was simple and elegant.  So, basically, in the center frame is our adorable pup and then surrounding that center picture are pictures of us with funny or shocked faces like "Oh no, what have we done!?" I know, I know, you have to use your imagination but they turned out great! There were even effects for the pictures, you could make them black and white or do that hazy look that makes everything kind of dreamy. I got the cards within a week of designing them and I was very pleased with their quality and speed of delivery! I was expecting paper thin cards but they came on these thick high quality photopaper and wow, I am definitely impressed! I think our families will get a pleasant and shocking surprise when they receive these cards.

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Shutterfly Holiday Card Review

As I was flipping through the various Christmas card designs at Shutterfly, I found it hard to pick which one was my favorite design. Instead, I've narrowed it down to several of my favorite choices. I loved how they had a range of designs from simplistic with just one photo to several photos. I especially enjoyed how they had all sorts of cards, some fun, some elegant, and honestly, if I had a choice, I'd get some of each kind!


1) Mod Snowflakes Christmas Card -I love the bright colors on this one, it just makes it look fun and I can't resist it! The only thing for me though, is that I have a story I have in mind that I'd like to put on my card so the one picture option may not be for me. But still, colors and snowflakes all adds up to a funky card.

2) Seasonal Chic Holiday Card -This one is just simple and elegant, a bit more conservative and would definitely be a possible choice for family and friends!

3) Or if you want to create a story like me, Shutterfly offers various holiday story cards. These were a couple of my favorites. I loved how these two designs allow you to use many pictures and the vibrant colors were a bonus!

Shutterfly is an awesome idea for adding that personalized touch to your Christmas and holiday cards at affordable prices. The best news is that Shutterfly is offering 20% off all holiday cards at the moment!

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