Mother's Day gifts (to wear, for the home, personalized jewelry) to give round up

They say the best gifts to give are the ones that you would want to get yourself.  So I've compiled a list of gifts to give to your mom on Mother's Day, or ones that you can add to your list for your kids to get for you.  Every single item are things that I would love to get {hint hint sweet husband and kids of mine!}
I've broken it up into some easy to find gifts {to wear, for the home, personalized jewelry} and provided the links directly to the products for easy shopping.

To Wear

Fancy Pants shirt from Seven Lemons {I'm a big fan of snarky}Fleece Wrapped cardigan from Nordstrom {I've seen this on all body types, you can't go wrong!}Love Each Other tank from Persimmon Prints {on sale! Plus matching tank for kids!}

For the Home

Her Heart of Love Personalized sweatshirt blanket {classy take on the personalized blanket}Personalized family tree pillow Glamis Highball glass from Anthropologie {for no other reason than it is a stunning glass}Gold dot Starbucks travel mug {because we all know mom's run on coffee}

Personalized Jewelry

Leather wrap mom bracelet{from top to bottom, left to right}personalized sterling silver name ringcrossbar necklace from Lisa Leonard personalized signature braceletmother daughter heart necklacehand stamped sterling silver stacked ringssignature personalized necklace

Easy to send

Shari's Berries Who wouldn't love getting chocolate dipped strawberry treats?Happy shopping!  
Check back on Friday for a round up of Mother's Day gifts that you can make. I promise you, there is no macaroni art included!

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Make up tips for your teen daughter and natural beauty for yourself

My daughter will be 13 next month. She will be entering into her teen years which had me starting to think about how I feel about make up.  Isabella started experimenting with mascara earlier this year. I guess I had my head buried in the sand because it hadn't even occurred to me that someone who is as beautiful as she is would even think about wanting to wear make up.  I remembered being younger than her though when I started sneaking my mom's make up from her bathroom.I thought that instead of sneaking make up from my drawer that we would have an open discussion about it.  But first I had to question her to see why she wanted to start wearing make up in the first place.  At this age, some of it is just to fit in with your peers.  Your friends are doing it, you want to do it too.  And while that's not a great argument for most things, this time, with something as innocuous as make up, I let it fly.  I've spent a lot of time in my kids schools.  I've seen middle school girls who I can tell sneak into the bathroom before school and put on a mask of make up. I also see high school girls who wear far too much make up and really could use a few tips. I don't want to prohibit my daughter from something that is quite harmless and I want to encourage her to wear make up in the way that it was intended...to enhance your natural beauty.I recently discovered Victoria Jackson cosmetics.  I love that it's called the "no make up" make up.® It is exactly what I look for in a beauty routine, especially a beauty routine that I want to introduce to my daughter.

I am a firm believer that if your make up routine takes longer than five minutes, then you are doing too much.  This is the make up that I wear on a daily basis. I start with a moisturizer that has SPF 15, and I follow that with my favorite Victoria Jackson foundation duo, the Victoria Jackson Here Comes the Sun bronzing powder, and then the Victoria Jackson perfect everyday blush.  I use a neutral eye shadow and a black liquid eye liner followed by Victoria Jackson lush mascara.  That's it!

Here's a little before and after.  This 30 something {o.k. I'm 36 and proud of it!} mom of three wearing no make up on the left and after my make up routine on the right.  

If I only had one piece of make up I could wear for the rest of my life it would be this Victoria Jackson foundation duo.  It's light, sheer and oil free and it's great for blending out those uneven skin tones. The best part is that it doesn't fall into those fine lines and get stuck making those lines even more pronounced.

My daughter was next.  I want to encourage enhancing her natural beauty with make up, not covering it up, so we only used two products-the Victoria Jackson bronzing powder and the lush mascara.

I think she is quite beautiful before with no make up, but a little bronzer on her cheeks and a little touch of mascara helps to give her that inner confidence that goes right along with that outer beauty.

It's time to spring clean your make up.  Pitch that eye shadow you have had for two years, get rid of that broken compact of powder.  I have a beauty bargain for you! Victoria Jackson® is offering an exclusive 25% discount off the entire site using promo codeLOVEVJC.  Valid until 4/4/15.

I participated in this sponsored campaign on behalf of Victoria Jackson® and One2One Network. All opinions stated are my own.

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Picattoo-make tattoos from your favorite instagram photos

Picattoo is a really cool new product by the fun and creative team at INK361. They are personalized temporary tattoos, made from your own Instagram photos. Picattoo comes in a pack of 12 tattoos for only $14.99. They are printed on high quality tattoo transfer paper and last about a week. I love that they ship FREE worldwide!

Simply log into your Instagram while you are on picattoo.com, select the 12 photos you would like to use, submit your order, and the tattoos will be at your doorstep in approximately a week.

Since they are made from your own photos, the options are endless. I made mine from photos I took on safari in Africa over the summer.

The ability to be creative in making your set of tattoos makes Picattoo perfect for people of all ages, and both boys and girls.  It's a great stocking stuffer or they make the perfect gift.

Picattoo is great for kids to show off things that they love and are proud of. For example, their favorite toys, their pets, or even themselves or their siblings and family members! Another great idea for Picattoo is typography. Kids love being able to wear their own name in a creative way. Picattoo is very popular with pet lovers of all ages, because it is a cute, safe, and temporary way to show off their beloved furry friends.

 Another cool use of Picattoo that you wouldn't normally think of is decoration. Picattoo is perfect for children's theme parties. Decorate cups and plates, or make it a fun activity for the kids. You can also use Picattoo to decorate things such as your nails, mason jars, Christmas baubles, and notebooks.

You can be really creative in your use of Picattoo. Get yours here!

disclaimer: This is a sponsored post but all opinions are 100% my own.  I wouldn't share something if I didn't love it.

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NatureBox made me a satisfied customer

I haven't worked a lot of jobs in my lifetime, but those jobs that I have held have mostly all been in customer service.  I find that it's getting harder and harder to find companies that are founded on integrity.There have been a few companies that I have been impressed with,but most recently, I was blown away by NatureBox.
Let me start by saying that I am not being paid for my opinion.  I am receiving no compensation for this post. I am just wanting to share with you a company that I have encountered that had such good customer service that it made me want to write about it.

Several months ago, as a partnership with PopSugar,I received my first NatureBox as a promo.I tried out the snacks, and was instantly hooked on the lemon pucker pistachios.

I had a promo code to try another NatureBox for half price and thought that I would give this company a shot, not as a blogger doing a review, but as a mom and a snack lover.I placed my order and was a bit confused with the ordering process.
The top of the website said that in just three easy steps you could have your monthly snacks.How hard could it be?
Step one was to choose my snack box size.I'm still trying things out, so I got the five box size{they also have 10 box and 20 box sizes}
Step two was to pick my snacks from a wide range of items or have the company surprise me.I knew I needed a lemon pucker pistachio fix, so I put those in my pantry{twice}and that left me with three other snacks to choose from.Lucky for me, they also had $1 snack specials to choose from,and since I wanted to sample as much as I could, I selected three of those.
Step three has me simply waiting and receiving my monthly order.Each month you can change the items in your snack pantry, add different ones, or have the company surprise you.

Remember how I told you I was a bit confused with the ordering process?Well, that's because I ordered with a special promo code.
I immediately called the company after placing my order because I wanted to make sure that I was going to receive my two orders of lemon pucker pistachios.{can you tell how much I love them???}I was told by the very lovely customer service agent that after I placed my order I had 6 hours to place my desired snacks in my pantry que. Phew!
I knew NatureBox had it all figured out and I was just complicating it.Several days later, I received my box of snacks in the mail and was surprised to see that none of the snacks that I put in my pantry were in my box.
I called customer service to report the mix up and Julie was as nice as could be and offered to resend the correct order.  We were unsure why the mix up happened, but NatureBox was as kind as could be to resend the correct box{with the right number of lemon pucker pistachios inside!} and they let me keep the box that they sent to me that was incorrect.
Just this afternoon, I received an e-mail from Julie telling me that they realized that the error was because the promo code I was using was a popsugar promo code and I was unable to select my snacks with that promo, but instead I was provided with snacks that had been pre-selected.  
However, even though the fault was probably mine since I used a promo code that probably somewhere said that, they still followed through with their promise to send me the snacks that I had selected in my pantryfree of charge!
Talk about good customer service!
And since I love a company with good customer service and am now a loyal customer, I want you all to feel free to order without regret or fear.I promise you will love NatureBox as much as I do!{and don't forget to try the lemon pucker pistachios!}
If you would like to place an order for your own NatureBox, feel free to use this code for $5 off your first order.

In the nature of full disclosure, there are affiliate links included in this post.If you choose to order from this company, I may receive a discount off of my own order.

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Repair your nicks, gouges and scratches in your floors, cabinets and furniture

I have a lot of wood in my house.

We have wood floors, wood tables, wood cabinets...

And now I feel a little like Forrest Gump!

Over time, that wood starts to show it's age.

Nicks, gouges and scratches happen and are all part of living in your home,

but that doesn't mean you have to live with the imperfections!

One product that I love is this ReStor-it furniture touch up kit.

The furniture touch-up kit restores furniture, floors and cabinets by concealing minor scratches, blemishes, worn edges and imperfections.

Popular marker colors match natural, light oak, dark oak, cherry, walnut and mahogany wood finishes so you are sure to find a color that matches your wood.

This past summer, I dropped a bowl on my hardwood floors.

The bowl broke and left two huge gouges where it bounced.

The marks were driving me nuts because they were big enough to make my floor look constantly dirty.

I started by taking a filler stick to fill in the deep gouges created by my broken bowl.

Then I applied the marker over the filler and wiped off the excess.

I promise this is the same spot on my floor.

You can't even see where the gouge was!

I loved the outcome so much that I was so excited to tackle every nick and scratch in my house!

This drawer in my kitchen is right next to a corner cabinet and when it comes out, the screw on the back of the knob ends up scraping the drawer.

It's left this scratch from years of daily use.

I used my filler stick to fill the scratch in...

and finished it off with the marker on top.

Isn't it a 100 times better?!

See?  There really is no reason to live with furniture, floors or cabinets that are filled with imperfections.Fix them with ReStore-it furniture touch up.

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Origami Owl lockets + giveaway!

Just in time for Mother's Day last week, I got this cute little box in the mail.

It came with a cute little handwritten note, packaged and inspected with care.

Love that!

This is what was inside that sweet blue box.

Once I put everything together, this is the necklace I had made and lovingly selected just a few weeks prior.

I filled this locket with a "love life" plate and put a few of my favorite things inside.

I adore the beach, warm breezes and sand between my toes, and everything in this locket reminds me of that.  It's like a warm day at the beach condensed down into a locket full of goodness.

I love it!

One of the things I want my readers to come away with from my blog is to be inspired.

I also only share products that I love with my readers, 

and I am in love with Origami Owl!

Put those two things together, and you have this awesome custom necklace in our giveaway prize pack.

I'm sure you could find 100 different things to wear this necklace with!

The locket includes:

• Large Silver with Crystals Locket
• 32" Silver Link Chain
• Three Dangles: "Open my heart" dangle, pink pearl and vintage crystal
• Large Gold "Inspire" Plate
• Five Charms: Large Rosegold Gear, Silver Crystal Heart, Vintage Flower, Black Cameo, and Fleur de lis

Want to win?

I know you do!

And you will love your new Origami Owl locket as much as I love mine!

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