Apr 9, 2005

Giftsprings Home and Garden Ezine

	*Giftsprings Home and Garden Ezine* Bringing you home decor and gift ideas, home and family articles, featured products and special discounts
April 9, 2005

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Table of Contents

What's New

Inspirational Thought for Your Day

On Sale at Giftsprings

Featured Article-Dolphins and Trophies in the Living Room

Featured New Arrivals

Riddle

F*reebies Around The Web

Ad Swaps, Readers Share and Other Tidbits

Bonus Mother's Day Article

Business Ads and Home Business Tips

Riddle Answer

Disclaimers and Consumer Information

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What is today's Mystery 24-hour Daily Special?

What's New at Giftsprings...

Hi! Spring is here and the weather is catching up to the season in more and more parts of the country now. Hope it's nice where you are or that it soon will be!

Giveaway!!

I've got some great things to share with you in this issue of the newsletter. First, don't miss the giveaway for two free items - just enter by emailing me to enter the giveaway. You can also include any comments or testimonial you'd like to let me know how you like this ezine, but that's not required for your chance to win, just appreciated. I'll randomly select one of the emails I receive during the 4 days following the sending of this ezine as the winner for one of the two giveaway items.

One item will be a pocket engraved stone with the word "heal" engraved on it to inspire yourself or a loved one with. The other item is a collectible Lord of the Rings Frodo doll, great for the collector or a favorite child.

Just email me at and for the subject line write either or write depending on which one you'd like to get your chance at getting. You can even enter once for each item. Good luck!! (Make sure you live in the USA because we don't ship internationally, and keep an eye on your email within the next two weeks in case you are the lucky one that is selected to receive the giveaway item!).

Articles!!

There are two in this issue. One is about how kids can encroach with decorating our living rooms along with us (it's happened to me!) and whether this is wise or not. I'll share my views about that with you. Then there's also an article about gift ideas for Mother's Day too. It'll be here soon! Are you ready?

Sales!!

If you like deals, make sure you always check our Daily Super Sale Item at our website at http://www.giftsprings.com/category/daily-special and check out the featured sale items and some new arrivals I've included for you below too.

Feel free to email me with your comments, questions, and anything else you'd like to share about this ezine. (Please use subject line: Subscriber of GS Ezine)

Enjoy the ezine and I hope you'll visit with us at Giftsprings soon. (Remember mom!!)

Liz Hekimian-Williams
www.giftsprings.com

Inspirational Thought for Your Day

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou, interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday

On Sale at Giftsprings

Here are some items we have on sale right now...Go to our bargain center to see what else is on sale, and don't forget to check out our 24-hour Daily Special.

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Wood "Granny�s Inn" Birdhouse
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Camphor Wood Jewelry Box
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Wood Tile Top Wine Trolley
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Giftsprings Daily Special http://www.giftsprings.com/category/daily-special
Giftsprings Bargain Center http://www.giftsprings.com/category/00005
Giftsprings New Arrivals section http://www.giftsprings.com/category/0009
Personalized Engraved Stones - customize one as you wish! http://www.giftsprings.com/category/estones
Find out about becoming an independent work at home distributor... http://www.giftsprings.com/category/00080
Giftsprings offers you 10%+ discounts off retail on most items, free gift with purchase on orders over $50 and free ground shipping for retail customers on orders over $100 http://www.giftsprings.com/category/promos
Please note that some offers at Giftsprings.com may be for a limited time, and do not apply to wholesale customers. Some items sell out and can become temporarily unavailable or permanently discontinued. When you see something you want, order it right away to avoid disappointment.

Featured Article

"Home Decor Tips: What's a Glass Dolphin and My Kid's 3' Tall Trophy doing in my Living Room? "

By Liz Hekimian-Williams
www.giftsprings.com

I'm sitting here wondering about this question myself! What *is* a glass dolphin and a huge academic trophy doing in my living room? Is this the right home decorating mix? While I remember choosing the glass dolphin along with some other nautical decor as decorations for our living room, I did not select some other items that I'm noticing are now part of our living room decor! Clearly the kids have been adding their own special loves into our living room decor mix. These sneaky additions include a very large FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) state winner's trophy (related to my son's computer 'guruness' ), my daughter's academic medal celebrating her creativity, and even a medal for our dog! (She came in 2nd place in the "browser games" at a local park for doing a great job with her impromptu doggie tricks with my daughter's guidance). These items the kids have "featured" in our living room are now right in the middle of our oak entertainment center. I can't help thinking we must be breaking some professional home decorating rules. Talk about eclectic home decorating!

So, does this make any sense for home decorating? I'm sure some would say it doesn't, since my living room home decor, as it stands now, would not fit in with their expectations of what the coveted perfect model home interior decorating should look like.

However, perfection is in the eye of the beholder, and I like it. This home decorating scheme makes perfect sense for our family! Maybe you'll agree this is true for your family as well after you consider the following ideas about "who's living room is this anyway?". You know how it's suggested that people incorporate some of their "loves" into their living space? Well, I think most people figure this means only the adults should be incorporating their loves into the living room space. Then they decide that all other kid-related loves should be relegated to the children's bedrooms. But guess what ... the living room or family room space, (we actually have a "great room " which is one big room combined), typically gets used and enjoyed by both the older and younger generations in many families. This is true in our family. So, it makes perfect sense that the kids would want to include some of their own decorating trinkets to proudly display in our important and central home interior space too!

And to tell you the truth, if our children are proud of their achievements and want to showcase them in our living room, we are certainly proud to include some of these items that help our children feel joyful. It is said you should decorate by featuring what you love. Then why not feature things representing our children, their accomplishments, and what THEY love as well? And while you may already feature family photos in your living room, which is a great start, maybe there's more you can showcase about your family and kids. Have you ever inadvertently chased away your kids when they have tried to have you feature something else that is meaningful to them in the living room or family room space? Maybe you told them to put it in their own room. If it's really important to your child, you might want to re-think relegating that treasure to some hidden spot of the house.

Certainly there will be times you will need to set some limits on what's acceptable for the kids to include in the living room, or else your home decorating may go well beyond eclectic. For example, you may have to negotiate a certain place in the living room for their treasures or permit only a certain number of their featured items to display within the family's common space to keep everybody happy. (Yes, even I won't let the hermit crabs take up residence in my living room space!) But overall, you will be bringing more of what you love into your living space when you include your kid's cherished mementos. You'll not only be including your own eccentricities, but also the love of your children's!

Your kids will be delighted to be included (and you might discover that glow-in-the-dark things are fun for adults too). But what about your visitors who might question your home decorating choices? Well, they don't live there day in and day out like you and the children do. So while you might take their suggestions under consideration, you are the only one who ultimately knows what makes your heart smile and your family happy. Make your home decorating decisions accordingly. You'll know you made the right decorating decision when you enjoy that special feeling of pride and joy about your own, very unique, eclectic home decorating style-home decorating that includes your cherished family's loves as well.

�Copyright 2005 Liz Hekimian-Williams, All rights reserved

Liz Hekimian-Williams writes for Giftsprings.com, an established online home and garden shop that features gifts, home decor and personalized gift ideas including custom engraved garden stones. You can visit Giftsprings year-round at www.giftsprings.com

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Featured New Arrivals

Orange Sun Tablecloth
Code: 35388
Sale Price Now! $35.95 (MSRP $39.95)
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Orange Sun Pattern Pillow
Code: 35386
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Riddle

What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library...

Try to guess, then you can find the answer below...

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Ad Swaps, Readers Share and Other Tidbits

Share your home and family, shopping, and/or inspirational tip, article, feedback or testimonial about Giftsprings and/or this ezine here: Use subject line: "GS Ezine Article, Tip, Feedback" and send it to me at

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Bonus Mother's Day Article

Click through to read the rest of the article...
Here's the first paragraph ...

Will Mom Like This for Her Mother's Day Gift?
By Liz Hekimian-Williams
www.giftsprings.com

While you'll find out momentarily what your mom will not want as a Mother's Day gift, let's get right to the topic at hand and discover what your mom will likely enjoy as her Mother's Day gift. First, consider this. Will you be mainstream with your gift idea this time around and go for the "usual" card, flowers, or candy gift? Or, will you be a trendsetter and look for more unique gifts to delight, inspire, and honor this very special woman in your life, the one who is simply known as "mom" to you? Surely, you'd choose a unique gift for mom, if you only knew how to find it. Well, the secret is out and home decor gifts are in!

Why home decor gifts? Because ...

Read the rest of article here: http://www.giftsprings.com/category/mothers-day-gift

Business Ads and Home Business Tips

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Riddle Answer

What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from a library...

A Telephone Book!

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