Holiday Gift Guide: Soap and Paper Factory

Hey y’all!  Sorry I haven’t been around for a few days, I’m working 6 days a week and with trying to keep up with my kiddos and the holidays upon us, I’ve had very little time for much else, BUT I’m here now so I wanted to share a few more great holiday gift ideas with all of you courtesy of the Soap & Paper Factory!

If you’ve never heard of the Soap & Paper Factory then you’re in for a treat! 

About Soap & Paper Factory

We created this line to combine all natural, beautifully scented, handmade products wrapped in exquisite, earth friendly packages. Each pattern and fragrance are created together. Each fragrance is designed to stimulate the mind, body and spirit. Each pattern starts as a hand drawing often inspired by nature and finished with a modern flair.

Our products are hand crafted here at our factory in New York. So much care and attention goes into each item, from sketch to production line, making each product is totally unique and great for your home and body. We use the best oils and go organic whenever possible.



There are so many great gift ideas available from the Soap & Paper Factory, from beautifully scented candles and room diffusers, to luscious soaps and solid perfumes, all hand crafted and presented in beautifully designed papers.  If you’re looking for an extra special gorgeously handcrafted gift for someone special this holiday season you should definitely check out Soap & Paper Factory!

Disclosure:  I received items from Soap & Paper Factory for inclusion in our Holiday Gift Guide, all opinions are my own!

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Personalized Gifts from Personal Creations {We LOVE Them}

I love Christmas, I know, I’m like a broken record, but it is just so true and I’m so excited by all of the Christmasy things that are going on right now (shopping, wrapping gifts, the lights, the baking, the gift giving) that I just can’t help but say it over and over.  One of the reasons I love Christmas most is because I love giving gifts to others, seriously, nothing makes me happier than to see a smile creep across someone’s face because of a gift I gave—I love that feeling.  While I always try to give a gift that I know the recipient will love, sometimes it’s a lot easier said than done and when I’ve run out of ideas and options and gift cards just seem too impersonal, I do still have a secret weapon—Personal Creations!

I’ve been a fan of Personal Creations for a while now and I am always blown away by the number of personalized items they carry and the quality of the finished product—I am always 100% satisfied when I place an order with them.  Since I have been a Personal Creations customer in the past, it only made sense for me to work with them on a review when I had the opportunity.  I would be lying if I told you that I wasn’t excited about working with personal creations—I was—and my experience with them for my review was much like the others I’ve had—totally awesome! 

I received a gift code to shop for an item (or two or three) from Personal Creations for my review and to be honest, the hardest part was sticking to budget (I always want to buy nearly everything I see on the website), but I did manage to get a few great gifts for some of the people on my list and still come in under budge—score!  I know you’re dying to find out what I bought, but first I want to tell those of you who might not be familiar with Personal Creations, a little more about them!

Personal Creations are “unique personalized gifts for life’s special occasions” and I think that is a great way to describe them as it is so fitting.  Personal Creations specializes in helping their customers give gifts that are “one of a kind” just like the people receiving them and they’re pretty darn good at it too.  They have a large selection of personalized gift items for all types of occasions including, personalized baby gifts, wedding gifts, birthday gifts, anniversary gifts, Christmas gifts and SO much more!  If you’re looking for a gift as special as the person you’re giving it to, Personal Creations has something (and chances are a lot of something's) that’s perfect!

Back to my review, as I mentioned earlier, I had a $65 gift code to Personal Creations to shop for my review item so I took the opportunity to order a few gifts for a couple of people on my own holiday shopping list.  First up was my mother and my mother-in-law, both of which are incredibly hard to shop for.  I’m always stuck between buying my mother something that I would like and buying her something that she can look at but not really use and I was determined not to do that this year.  Since both my mother and my mother-in-law drink coffee in the morning, I decided to look at the selection of personalized mugs and found two that are absolutely perfect for them! 

I love that they are personalized with all of the grandkids names and for only $16.99 each (including personalization) you can’t beat it!  I love knowing that I’ll be giving our moms a gift that will bring a smile to their faces every time they use them and in my book, there’s no better gift than one that warms the heart and makes someone smile!  Since I’m already talking about glassware, I thought I’d tell you about  the cute personalized shot glass I order for my BIL Travis, he kinda collects them and when I saw the one below I immediately thought of him—I think he’ll like it…what do you think?

What do ya think?  I think they’ll be many shots taken from that glass this New Year’s Eve! 

Now onto the last gift I picked up from Personal Creations, I couldn’t resist looking through the personalized toys and I found the absolute cutest, most adorable plush bear even and I knew it would be perfect for Lil Diva.  The Pajama Bears come in either pink or blue and are adorable little brown bears dressed in bunny pajamas—it’s seriously the cutest bear ever!  I know Lil Diva will love her Pajama Bear to pieces and be so happy and proud that it has her name on it—done beautifully I might add.  If you have a little one who loves plush animals, in your life, you can’t do wrong with this, it’s too cute!

Now that you’ve seen my purchases and have heard me sing the praises of Personal Creations, I hope you’ll check them out for all of your personalized gift needs, they are simply the best and will be my go-to store for all of my personalized gift needs! 

You can “Like” Personal Creations on Facebook and Follow Personal Creations on Twitter for the latest news and product updates!  Also make sure you check out our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide for great last minute gift ideas!  Happy Holidays y’all!

Disclosure:  I received a gift code to Personal Creations to facilitate my review…all opinions are my own!

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Think Outside the Bag with Clipa!

I don’t have too many personal positions that I’m super protective of (with 4 kids you can’t own anything that you don’t want to take the chance of having them ruin…seriously), but there is one exception—my purses.  It’s not like I have Louis Vuitton on anything like that, but those that I do have, I love and try not to ruin.  If you love purses, or handbags as I prefer to call them, as much as I do then you’ll be able to totally relate when I say that I hate having to put my bag on the floor when I’m out somewhere and there isn’t anywhere to hang it—I really, really dislike having to do that.  Thankfully I found Clipa (well actually they found me) so now I never have to put my purse on a dirty floor again—it truly is the little things that make me insanely happy.

Purse hooks are nothing new, in one form or another they’ve been around since the 1940’s (I seriously wonder why I never even thought to look for one of these prior to Clipa), but until Clipa, purse hooks were made to go inside your handbag, where as Clipa’s modern design is made to go on your bag. 

About Clipa…

Clipa is different from traditional purse hooks, because it’s designed to go on your handbag instead of inside of it allowing for instant, easy access.  Clipa is made in the USA, weighs only 2 oz., holds up to 45 pounds and lasts 10 years.  Clipa comes in a variety of finishes to match most handbag hardware, it’s elegant, understated, convenient and it even doubles as a bracelet—seriously, is there anything Clipa can’t do?

I received the “Chloe” Clipa model for my review and thankfully I took it straight out of the package and attached it to my purse because it was needed less than an hour later when I took Sporty Spice to basketball practice.  As with most things, I was skeptical of how well it would work, but it worked just as it is supposed to and best of all, my purse never touched the ground—I love it already!

Clipa makes a great gift for busy moms and can be used virtually anywhere…the supermarket, on strollers, bathrooms, at sporting events and SO many more places and trust me, when you’re the only mom at basketball practice whose purse isn’t sitting on the dirty gym floor, you’ll be super glad you listened to me and ordered one…better make that 2! 

Make sure you “Like” Clipa on Facebook and Follow Clipa on Twitter for the latest Clipa news.  While you’re busy clicking links, make sure you take a second to check out Clipa in MIBR’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide, it has tons of great gift ideas for every member of the family! 

BUY IT

Clipa models range in price from $19.99-39.99 and can be purchased online at the Clipa website.

Disclosure:  I received the products mentioned above in order to facilitate my review…all opinions are 100% my own!

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