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For Anyone

Some products just don’t fit into a category.  Here are some fabulous gift ideas suitable for anyone on your list.

For kids about to venture out on their own, Mama Says, No More Frozen Pizza! ($18.99) is a recipe collection of 24 laminated recipe cards packaged in a retro pizza box.  The product was developed by two Atlanta moms whose kids kept calling home from college or their first apartments asking for recipes and cooking tips.  The recipes included in No More Frozen Pizza! are simple and affordable, and the packaging and photography are fab.

pop1Who doesn’t love popcorn?  I Love Popcorn is a gourmet popcorn company with 30 different flavors sure to satisfy any taste buds!  I can personally attest that the caramel is melt-in-your-mouth delicious.  And to honor her grandmother, who died from Alzheimer’s disease, owner Sarah Conrow has created a special limited-edition Alzheimer’s Association tin.  Proceeds from the tin will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Giftguidetree_2Chic Cookies ($25) offers hip, themed cookie decorating kits that simplify the art of cookie decorating by confining everything you need in one box. The kits offer step-by-step instructions for cookie rookies. Over thirty themes are available.  Each Chic Cookies kit makes hundreds of cookies and contains cookie cutters, frosting bags, decorating tips, couplers, bands, a scraper, highest-quality colors, and detailed instructions (a guidebook, photograph cards, an at-a-glance guide and a frosting color chart).  I can’t wait to try it out when we make Christmas cookies next month.

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Treat the chocolate lover in your life to a tin of South ‘n France Bon Bons ($28.95) in seven delectable flavors—Café au Lait, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Coconut, Cookies ‘n Crème, Fudge Brownie, Peanut Buttah and Pistachio.  I am here to tell you, these are utterly delectable.  Hand-chopped, hand-rolled, and hand-dipped in chocolate, I daresay they are even better than homemade.  After all, YOU didn’t slave over the stove all day!

Teacover_300dpiThe Tea Drinker’s Handbook ($29.95) is a tasteful guide that explores the pleasures of tea through word and image.  I’m not a tea drinker, but this book makes me wish I were!  With 240 pages and 200 full color photos, it would make an elegant addition to any coffee table (or tea table!)

How_to_photograph_childrenGive the book How to Photograph Children for $29.95.  This is a friendly, technically savvy guide to taking irresistible photos of all the children in your life.  With 200 sample portraits, it’s a fabulous resource for moms and grandparents and anyone with a child they love to photograph.

Pickaflick1dvd Got a movie lover in your life?  A movie themed gift box from Movie Noodle will bring the total movie experience right to their door.  Packages range from $32.95 to $39.95.

Sterling_2Sterling Vineyards has just  introduced two organic grape wines ($12.99)–a 2007 Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.  Available only at Whole Foods and Safeway Stores, these wines are made with organic grapes grown without artificial fertilizers or synthetic chemicals.

Unfortunately I didn’t get to taste test since they were unable to ship to PA, but here is what they say about the flavors.

Chardonnay Tasting Notes: The wine is clear pale gold with aromas of green apple and stone fruit, and subtle notes of vanilla and baking spices.  Pairs well with various cheeses, grilled fish , chicken, quiche and pasta with clam sauce.

Sauvignon Blanc Tasting Notes: The wine is a clear pale straw color and offers aromas of lime, guava and a hint of fig.  The wine lingers and pairs well with various cheeses, ceviche, sushi and pastas Alfredo or primavera.

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Who says a gift can’t be practical?  Give the gift of dental health with a rechargeable power toothbrush.  The Oral B Vitality ($22) gives you a lot of bang for the buck.  And the newly launched Pulsonic power toothbrush ($69.99) has a slim, lightweight handle that is easy to manage.  Its timer indicates when the recommended two-minute brushing time has been reached, and signals at 30-second intervals to encourage thorough brushing of the four quadrants of your mouth.  You think you brush long enough?  Try brushing with a two-minute timer.  You’ll be AMAZED at how much longer you should be brushing. TRUST ME!

This adorable Flip Video Ultra ($129) mini-camcorder has about 60 minutes of memory and is available in a four colors, including orange and pink!  It’s the little things, you know.  It connects to a PC or TV for instant viewing, and the built-in high-speed software enables sharing of video instantly from any PC or Mac and publishing of videos instantly on YouTube or other video sharing sites.  Best of all, it fits in the palm of your hand (or in your purse) for convenience and ease of use.  This is a great gift for young and old alike.

V4_scanning_docFor the business traveler, gadget geek, or unorganized man in your life, NeatReceipts ($199.99) for PC and Mac is a small portable scanner for digitally organizing all the paper clutter in your life.  Scan and organize receipts, business cards, and other paper documents, and get a jump start on tax time by keeping your financial documents organized all year round.  My husband does the budgeting in our house, and he is in heaven with this new gadget.

For the techie in your life, how about a portable external hard drive to back up his precious data.  The Seagate FreeAgent Go ($119 to $199) is a practical but unique gift.  It’s small and light and comes with a protective pouch.  My husband pointed out that it comes with both firewire and USB ports and accompanying cables, and he adds that the firewire is a wonderful feature because it means that you don’t have to carry any additional power supply.  Mmm’kay.  Yeah, what he said!

The Slacker G2 ($199.99) is the next generation of the portable Personal Radio player. Slacker’s patent-pending radio delivery network automatically downloads and continuously refreshes thousands of personally selected songs on each device and turns them into personalized radio stations–all for free.  The Slacker G2 remembers your musical preferences and updates automatically with thousands of songs via WiFi. This means you don’t have to deal with stale playlists or lost time managing your iTunes anymore. And after you get the player, there is no need to spend money to keep it filled with the latest music.  I didn’t get to sample one of these, but it sounds pretty cool.  They had me at “no more stale playlists”.

Prod_red451pro_sizedFretlight is the world’s first real computer-powered teaching guitar that is like having your own personal guitar teacher inside your guitar. Just plug it into a PC or Mac and the video-based guitar lessons will take you from zero to rockstar as they walk you through a variety of lessons and songs that are illustrated on the guitars lighted fretboard. Think Guitar Hero, but with a real guitar.

Five models are available ranging from Acoustic to Pro Electric ($399-899).  No, I didn’t try this one out, but it sounded so cool I had to include here.

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One Response to “For Anyone”

  1. morison dony on February 16th, 2009 at 4:52 am

    I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

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