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April 9, 2005
Giftsprings Home and Garden Ezine
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Giftsprings Home and Garden Ezine
Bringing you home decor and gift ideas, home and family articles,
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products and special discounts
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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
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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
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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."
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Maya Angelou, interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday
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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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| 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
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life, the one who is simply known as "mom" to you?
Surely, you'd choose a unique gift for mom, if you only knew
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