Christmas Gift Ideas for Men

Men are so hard to buy for. It's so hard to find something unique and special for a guy. I surfed through Etsy and found some fantastic gifts for men.

The steampunk flask is from Steampunk Trunk on Etsy

The switchplate will make a great secret Santa gift or stocking stuffer is from Dandee and the amazing shaving kit (which I know my dad will love this) is from Orange Fuzz Boutique

Homemade Panettone

I don't know if you know this but I love to bake. Every year I make homemade panettone to give out as gifts. Panettone is a sweet bread beaded with candied peel and raisins that Italians make at Christmas time.

Nothing beats homemade fresh panettone.

I bought the moulds at Golda's Kitchen .The package comes with paper moulds for the panettone and cellophane bags to wrap the bread in. Wrap them up, add some Christmas ribbon and this will make a wonderful hostess gift.

Free Shipping On All Our Christmas Bibs

Today is the last day to take advantage of our Cyber Monday Sale.

We are offering free shipping on our Christmas bibs and 15% off all hair accessories.

Take a peek in our Etsy Shop.

Our bookmarks make great stocking stuffers.

I Love Handmade and All Natural

When choosing stocking stuffers, I try to be unique and original. I would hate to open up my stocking and find generic drugstore items in my stocking! Come on Santa! Isn't everything handmade at the North Pole?

Well, I found some goodies at Lulu's Garden on Etsy.

The PMS avenger lip balm, tiredness lip balm and the Gardener's Hand Therapy made with lavender, rosemary, cammomile and geranium how cool!

Some of the gift packages are uniquely packaged all ready for gift giving.

Lulu's Garden's products are all handmade made with natural ingredients, which are a perfect fit for stocking stuffers, teacher's gifts, baby sitter gifts, the gifting possibilities are endless.

New Item In Our Store

We are having so much fun making our ponytail holders and hair clips!

The holiday season is quickly approaching and we are stocking our Etsy Store with great gift giving goodies!

We've added stylish adjustable rings that would make great holiday gifts for your child's teacher, babysitter, secret santa and for bridesmaids!

The rings are embellished with a 7/8" covered button.

And best of all the rings are only $4.50!

Teachers Gifts

It's always hard to find unique and quality gifts at an affordable price for gift giving. I found something, which I think teachers will utlize and use.

I found these beautiful personalized memo pads from Sweet Life Paper on Etsy

I made coordinating magnets to compliment the memo pads.

This is a wonderful gift that teachers will not re-sell at their yearly garage sale where they sell their numerous mugs and picture frames that they receive during the holiday season.

My Son's Birthday Brunch

My children love being with our family. They love to go on family vacations, and spending their birthday with their extended family. This year my son requested a Sunday Brunch with the "Famiglia". I had set up a beautiful buffet, of greek yogurt parfait, french toast, turkey breakfast sausages, and a delicious cremini mushroom and swiss chard quiche (visit marthastweart.com for the recipies or the current edition of her magazine).

What a success. We all ate like pigs and chatted. The finishing touch to his birthday was a delicious tiramisu ice cream cake. Yup, I made it all. Tiring but worth it.

The guests all took home expresso pound cake with two sachets of the new Via coffee from Starbucks.

Halloween

It was quite a busy day for us on Halloween. We had a birthday party early afternoon for my niece at the Funnery in Newmarket. It was quite amazing. An indoor playground for the children. There's a lounge area where the parents can relax, have refreshments while their children play. All guests at the party had to dress up. It was quite fun!

The Funnery is located at 611 Steven Court, Unit 3, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 6Z2
(P) 905-252-1619 (F) 905-418-0242

The Funnery Play Park

After the party we hurried home and prepared ourselves for a fun night Trick or Treating. Trick or Treaters were greated at the door by my husband dressed as the Ghost Rider. The wee ones were a little scared but most of the boys thought he was really cool!