Ever find yourself trying to figure out who you gave which gift to not only for the holidays, but for your friends and family birthdays too?  How about all of those presents you are buying for the kids’ parties your children attend?  If you are looking for a quick and easy way to track all of your gifts, your friends and family preferences, and even manage your thank you notes, check out Gift Elephant.

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It’s the tail end of the school year and that means thanking teachers and coaches who have helped your children over the past year.  Oftentimes people like to pool resources together to give one class gift.  You know what that means: the homeroom parent must organize collecting money, deciding on the gift, and generally organizing the gifting.   Often this can mean chasing down people for money and trying to figure out an appropriate gift, etc.  Who wants the trouble? 

A great solution has been found: edivvy.com. Simply log on and choose your thematic edivvy card that will be sent to the group, customize it with the details and the item that has been chosen ( they have loads of merchants to choose the perfect gift from including Amazon, Apple, Linens & Things and more more, more), set up how much each person contributes either by leaving it open for the people to choose the amount themselves or designate an amount, hit SEND!  Once the amount for the item is reached, the product is shipped out with a gift card that is signed by everyone who contributed.  Simple, easy, and no fuss.

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Love this creative article featured on The Bargain Jargon featuring Kids’ Gift Ideas – All Under $5!  The ideas range from a locket to thematic packs and more.  Wonderful, budget-friendly inspiration for the next time you have to buy a birthday present!

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Have you ever found yourself rushing into a store half an hour (or maybe even less!) before your have to drop your child at his next birthday party and looking for a gift that is within budget, age-appropriate, and that you would absolutely love to give? Lisa Felding and Stefanie Katz-Rothman often found themselves in this scenario and decided that there had to be a better way to find a gift for a child’s birthday party. The two created GIFT HERO. This service offers a clear and edited selection of gift options and an easy search tool that finds gifts by gender, age, and price range. It’s so convenient! GIFT HERO brings you a manageable selection of 20–22 gifts that are in your budget and have been vetted by the editors.

Lisa and Stefanie also understand how expensive and time-consuming it is to wrap birthday gifts, as the items are often awkward in shape and size. GIFT HERO offers eco-fabric bags made from recycled bottles. With drawstring pulls, the bags immediately wrap your gift in a cinch and help the environment.

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Looking for a unique, personalized gift this holiday season?  Check out Splurge Bakery!  This is Julie Winer’s brain child, and a yummy one at that.  Splurge Bakery will take your photos, business logo, your own artwork and place it on her delicious cookies…everything from shortbread to chocolate…and they are super yummy!  What a great gift to give anyone during the holidays and beyond. 

Julie was kind enough to take the Peppers and Pollywogs’ logo and personalize some cookies.  The logo looked incredible (see picture) and the cookies tasted wonderful.  They were almost too cute to eat!

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Your kid is attending a party and you are trying to find a present that is educational for the birthday child? Where do you look? Here are some great places to check out:

• Cranium which creates products that “celebrate the full range of everyone’s natural abilities” have excellent, innovative, and creative gift ideas and they are grouped by age as well.
• IQ Kids which provides an excellent selection of award-winning and educational toys.
• Growing Tree Toys which provides a great selection of educational toys. The focus on arts & crafts is particularly good, and check out their Gift Finder…great resource!!
• Leap Frog Store – if you are looking for interesting and educational electronic products, the selection is quite good.