If your grandchild, niece, nephew, or special little one lives away from you, a great gift to think about giving is a Recordable Storybook from Hallmark. You record your own voice reading the story and then send to the child. All kids get so excited to hear their relative’s voice and special message to them! It is a fun gift, I think more for the giver than the recipient. Aren’t those the best kind? How many toys can a kid have after all?

With multiple options to choose from, you can purchase a different one for each child, if they all live in the same household.

It is also a great idea if you have a family member in the military to record a book for their child.  The USO at my airport, DFW, offers all military being deployed from the airport to have the opportunity to be videotaped reading the book to the child, and then the USO sends the videotape and the book to the child, at no charge.  When I first heard of this, I immediately sent a check to the USO to help fund this, and have done it every year since. It is such a great idea, and if the USO in your area doesn’t offer it, then purchase one of the Hallmark recordable storybooks and if possible, videotape it also.

These recordable storybooks are available at all Hallmark stores.

Hallmark carries a wide variety of recordable storybooks, not only Christmas-themed. What a treasured gift to give a child of your voice, which (according to Hallmark) will last even after the battery is changed.  I wish I had a book that my mom read to me, even at my age. Do you think I should get one for my son for Christmas?

Aren’t these personalized holiday gift tags adorable?

I thought you would like them! 24 personalized tags for $26 at Stacy Claire Boyd.  This is a great gift idea for someone or stock up for yourself.

Check out the rest of the website while you are at it.  If you haven’t already ordered your digital holiday cards, this would be the place to go!

I want that baby.  Do you think I could use that picture on my Christmas cards?

Stacy Claire Boyd has great digital Christmas cards, announcements, business cards, party invitations, stationery, baby announcements, wedding invitations, and much, much more.  I love this site.  Not your ordinary designs. Exceptional quality and individuality.

How is everything going for you this month? Are you one of those people who already has the presents wrapped and under the tree, and your cards sent out? I usually am very organized but for some reason this year I just seem to be behind on everything. Better go wrap a present or two right now!

Today is sort of a drive-by of some of my favorite gift posts – just in case you missed them the first go-round.  Any of these would make great Christmas gifts! All are personalized gifts, which are my favorite kind of gifts!

Design your own mosaic photo 

Vintage Pearl personalized jewelry

Design your own Kleenex box 

Photoweights – paperweights with anything you want inside!

Wanna know a secret? Victoria’s Secret has a lot more than just bras and panties. Don’t get me wrong; you cannot go wrong with picking out a little somethin’ somethin’ for a girl at Victoria’s Secret. Also, for you guys out there, a great little trick is to always buy a size SMALL for your beloved. Even if she isn’t, you can pretend you thought that was her size. She will love you forever. But today, we are going to focus on the millions and zillions of fragrances and gift sets at Victoria’s Secret.

Fragrance gift sets:

Even gifts for him!

Body lotions and potions all under $20:

And a large selection of individual products currently on sale 3 for $25 or 5 for $30 – you can cover a lot of gifts with those prices!

Don’t forget, you can never go wrong with a gift card.  Or buying a size small . . .