I find Zazzle to be very cool since you can customize gifts for your mother with unlimited photos, colors, and designs, whether it be a Spa Bag, a necklace, a Keepsake Mug, or a Family Photo Album.

Mother’s Day Necklaces

Mother’s Day Mugs

Pamper your Mom with a unique, custom-made gift. I found it very easy and enjoyable to create and personalize a gift that my Mom would love. You can use their designs or add your own photos. They have customized t-shirts, mugs, keychains and more great gifts for your Mom, grandmother, friend, daughter, wife or girlfriend designed by artists — or you can create your own.

Made in just 24 hours, Zazzle’s Mother’s Day gifts will make Mother’s Day extra special.

I thought this was a great idea. They had funny tshirts and mugs and others that really spoke to the heart. They even had kindle skins and iPhone cases, notebooks, candy jars and more.

How fun to create a mug and yet not have it come out misshapen or lopsided like it would if I actually made it! I chose to get my Mom, an art lover, the Mother and Child by Klimt mug. I love that you can choose your color scheme or add an interior color. I chose pink and I loved the combination. It’s also dishwasher and microwave safe – a bonus.

My gift arrived super fast and was just perfect. I can’t wait to add it to my Mother’s Day gift basket.

Feeling inspired? You can start here and create your own lovely Mother’s Day customized gift.

Come back to the blog for the Magical Mother’s Day hop on May 7 and win a $25 gc to Zazzle to create your own masterpiece for Mom or yourself.

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 Disclosure: I was provided items for review but all opinions expressed are my own. 

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Huge Office Supply nerd here! I especially geek out over paper notebooks,  notepads, and pens. I suppose that’s natural being a writer. So when I got a wonderful package the other day from Shoplet and Roaring Spring, I was understandably thrilled.

Inside I found:

It has a strong poly cover which is great because if it gets wet you can just wipe it off. And the covers come in 4 awesome colors: Aqua, flamingo, plum, and kermit!

Moving on to my new favorite notebook that I have in my purse and take out when I get home: The Roaring Spring Environotes Sugarcane Notebook. I just have to say: Sweet! It’s the perfect size for me, 9 1/2″ x 6″, wirebound, college-ruled and with 80 sheets of white paper produced from sustainable sugarcane fiber. This paper has a smooth and silky feel and is great for my notes on stories, poems or projects. It inspires me.  There’s just something about having a notebook that fits you and is the perfect size. This would also be great for business meetings as it fits easily into a purse or a briefcase, yet is big enough for whatever you need. It’s great to have a sustainable, environmentally-friendly product that is just as good, if not better than the norm.

And now, we get to the most fun item in the package, Roaring Spring Elephant PooPoo Paper. This is a really cute mini-notebook/journal. It is really attractive and the paper looks like the homemade kind I used to buy for exorbitant prices with pressed flowers or other designs. This paper has bits of fiber in it that look very cool and I like to write quotes in it or snippets of poetry that I think of as I’m going through my day.

But, let’s get to the interesting part here: PooPoo Paper. Yes, I’ll admit my friends laughed, my family laughed. No one wanted to smell it, but, guess what? No smell whatsoever. In fact, if you didn’t tell me what it was made of, I would think it was handmade paper made without poo at all. And what’s great is that this is 100% recycled paper, individually polywrapped. Elephants eat lots of grass each day and since grass has so much fiber and the elephant’s digestive system doesn’t digest it well, the poo is full of great fiber. How wonderful to recycle this for something so useful and harm no trees. The paper is a good thickness and very attractive in my opinion. I feel this is a great gift for your green-loving friends, for artists, writers, poets, note-takers, and anyone who likes something out of the ordinary.

The demand for sustainable products is rising as more and more consumers realize how small changes can add up to a better environment for us all.

In fact, Roaring Spring was named 2010 Recycler of the Year by the American Forest & Paper Association.

Through recycling, we annually save 25,889 trees, 11 million gallons of water, 4690 cubic yards of landfill space, 6.4 million kilowatts of electricity, and eliminate 93,809 pounds of air pollutants.

So, thank you Shoplet and Roaring Springs! You’ve introduced me to a great line of products that I will be using in the future and I will be including the PooPoo Paper with my eco-friendly gifts just because I think it’s that cool.

I was sent products for review purposes, however the opinions are 100% mine.

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My offering to you all is a wonderful Dale and Thomas  12 bag Popcorn Sampler.

This is a great gift for any occasion or no occasion at all! It’s great for friends, family, colleagues or all for yourself! (What, who would do that?) Inside you will find twelve of the best-selling flavors of  Dale and Thomas’ extraordinary gourmet popcorn.

Each flavor is hand-crafted in their kitchens with only the finest ingredients and is crunchy and decadently delicious.  Each footlong bag serves approximately 2-3 people. All popcorn is gluten free.

Check out these flavors inside:

– Peanut Butter & White Chocolate DrizzleCorn
– Twice-As-Nice Chocolate DrizzleCorn
– Chocolate Chunk N’Caramel
– Black & White Biscotti
– Double Chocolate DrizzleCorn
– Dark Fudge with Praline Almonds
– Cinnamon Creme DrizzleCorn
– Southwest Cheddar Chipotle
– North Country Cheddar
– White Cheddar & Black Peppercorn
– Hall of Fame Kettle Corn
– Dale’s Caramel  

I had a chance to sample these flavors and they ranged from rich chocolate to savory and tangy – they ran the gamut of deliciousness.

It would be really hard for me to pick a favorite, but I was especially enamored of the Chocolate Chunk N’Caramel and the White Cheddar & Black Peppercorn. The chocolate was not too sweet and high quality and drizzled just enough to let the popcorn flavor shine through. The White Cheddar and Black Peppercorn didn’t last long! Warning: This popcorn is very addictive! (In the best way of course).


You really can’t go wrong with this as a gift. Thank you, Dale and Thomas for sponsoring!

3 little words: It’s ridiculously delicious! 

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