Bellestyles.com is a wedding favors website. So if you are in the market for wedding favors, you need to check this site out.  But don’t get fixated on thinking of this site as only wedding favors, because you would be doing yourself a great injustice. Okay, maybe that’s an over exaggeration. However, I love this site and all the cute things they have to offer woauld make great gifts! And not only wedding favors, but think also party favors!

So first let’s cover a couple of adorable bridal items:

Love the aisle runners! So spectacular!

Cute makeup bag for bride!

This cute wedding cake favor works well with my diet!

Next, some really cute party favors:

These window planter place cards would be so cute for a summer tea party!

I know a few people who would adore these flip flop luggage tags!

They have a great selection of personalized mint tins too! Not just for baby showers either.

And finally, cute gifts:

Great housewarming gift, Father’s Day gift, or just something for you are these etched drinking glasses.

These personalized drinking jars are more my style.

Finally, they have a huge selection of personalized iPhone, Ipad, or tablet covers that are really adorable.

So, bookmark the site for future purchases, or just dive right in and start shopping! Let me know in the comments section what you think of this site.

If you have any stainless steel appliances, you know that they look purdy, but they are awful when someone puts their little paws on them and leaves a mark.  I have tried the sprays, the special rags, etc., and can tell you that the one I love the most are the Weiman Stainless Steel Wipes. You can find them with the cleaning supplies at your local supermarket.

I have discovered that if I clean my refrigerator or dishwasher panels in a circular motion with the wipes that it doesn’t leave any sort of streaks or marks. I love that I can use one wipe for both the huge french door refrigerator I own, the dishwasher, the sides of my coffee maker, AND my toaster! Leaves everything very clean and shiny! Another great thing about the Weiman Stainless Steel Wipes is that even when you get to the last one in the container, it still has enough juice on it to get the job done. I cannot tell you how many other wipe products I have used in the past that dry out before you are even close to the end of the wipes. That so irritates me!

I am very close friends with Jacqueline Laurita from the Real Housewives of New Jersey. In my head. In real life, I follow her on Twitter @jaclaurita. She has been very honest and open about her son Nicholas’ diagnosis of Autism, and shared all the treatment plans that they have used to help him become very verbal again. He was speaking a little, and then completely stopped, and that’s when he was diagnosed with Autism.

In following this story, she posted a video of Nicholas working with an app that helped him spell out words using sound cues. That app, you may have guessed, is Bob Books. I think this app would be great for children who are learning spelling, letters, alphabet, etc., not just a child with Autism, so I wanted to share it with you.

There are several Bob Books apps at the App Store, and since I do not have a small child, I downloaded the free one, which is Bob Books Reading Magic Lite. It is a fun app.

From the developer:

Millions of kids have learned to read with Bob Books. Now Bob Books is coming to the iPhone with Bob Books Reading Magic!

Start your child reading with this phonics-based interactive game. The simple drag-and-drop interface can be used by the youngest children. Your favorite Bob Books characters and full-color animations encourage kids along the path of learning to read.

Bob Books Reading Magic continues Bob Books’ commitment to bringing children a satisfying, successful first reading experience, with easy first steps, wholesome values, authentic hand-drawn illustrations, and beautiful full-color animations.

Bob Books Reading Magic will show your child how to:

-Make the connection between letters and sounds.
-Sound out simple words.
-Spell the words they’ve read.

The game includes twelve scenes for a total of 32 words. Four game levels provide increasing challenges to children as they play.

Bob Books Reading Magic follows the same method and principles as the #1 bestselling Bob Books series. Bob Books were created to lead to the ah-ha moment when letters first turn into words. By slowly introducing new letter sounds, using consistency, repetition and stories that fit short attention spans, your child will quickly find his or her own ah-ha moment.

This great recipe is from cookeatpaleo.com.  I keep trying to do the Paleo diet full throttle, but I am not quite there yet. If you are looking for Paleo recipes, or gluten free recipes, please check out cookeatpaleo.com. I love avocados, and tuna, and quick recipes, so this one hits all the marks for me.

Avocado Tuna Salad

• 1 avocado
• 1 lemon, juiced, to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped onion, to taste
• 5 ounces cooked or canned wild tuna
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Cut the avocado in half and scoop the middle of both avocado halves into a bowl, leaving a shell of avocado flesh about 1/4-inch thick on each half.
2. Add lemon juice and onion to the avocado in the bowl and mash together. Add tuna, salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Taste and adjust if needed.
3. Fill avocado shells with tuna salad and serve.