Monday, November 21, 2011
Top Gift Ideas for Women
Having some trouble coming up with an idea for your sister, mom, aunt, grandma, friend, or other female? Well this post just might help you! Welcome to my first top gifts for the Holiday season 2011 Blog post. This blog post will consist of my top gifts and where or how you can get them and find out more!
#1 Scentsy Warmer- Scentsy is a great idea! Its like a candle but, theres no flame! There is a little light bulb that slowly melts the scented wax! There are lots of different designs to choose from and even more scents to pick from! You can find out more about Scentsy in this Product review on www.canadianfreestuff.com by following the link HERE ( if you are visiting before December 12th don't forget to enter the giveaway to win a scentsy warmer!)
#2 Jewellery- Earrings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and MORE! All can be a great choice for a gift! My personal favorite is charm bracelets such as Nomination or Pandora and once they have the base of the charm bracelet they can add new charms that they like and can express themselves through their bracelet.
#3 Gift basket- Creating your own gift basket can be fun and easy with LOTS of themes to choose from! Find a nice bin, bucket or basket to create your gift basket. Sometimes you can find really nice and useful baskets and bins at the doller store. You can also find great items for your gift basket at the doller store or in discounted and clearence bins and shelves. You could do themes such as Cold day survival kit ( with a warm blanket, a book, some hot chocolate, and what ever else you would like to add), An at-home spa day ( filled with a bubble bath or bath salts, facial mask, mosturizer, maybe some chocolate or candy to enjoy), Movie night( with a movie, blanket, popcorn, candy, chocolate. There are millions of great gift basket ideas get creative!
#4 Personalized and creative things form artscow- I came across artscow last year and found so many great things you can create, have made and sent to you. I ordered playing cards last year and collected pictures of the kids in the family and gave each their own number or suite and put their picture on the cards. They were a huge hit and everybody wanted a deck. You can also make photo books, clocks, aprons, and so much more have a look
I will add more as I find and look into them and if you have any to add please comment!
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The Holidays are COMMING!
I know what your thinking.... It's only November! Some of you might not even what to start to think about shopping for gifts already. I will be completely honest with all of you that I HAVE started my Christmas shopping and started decorating the house! I think that one of the most stressful parts of the holiday season ( other than budget) is finding that perfect gift for everyone on your list. I completely understand that! So I thought I would try to help out a bit by posting my top gift ideas :) I hope that by posting some of my top gift ideas will help you out for the holiday season of 2011! Good luck to everyone with their holiday shopping and stay tuned for posts on getting through the holidays, recipes, gift ideas and MORE!
That's It for my short blog post for right now :) stay tuned!
Monday, February 7, 2011
My Favorite Coffee Machine THE Tassimo
Who ever knew that a coffee machine could be so intelligent, so revolutionary? I always thought that a coffee machine was just a coffee machine. That all they could do was whatever you spent about 5 minutes setting it up to do. In our house there was always coffee sitting left in the pot from the morning before because no one had drank the last cup or two of the remaining coffee. Sure I could just make less coffee, and that might not be a problem, but I could never get the right balance for coffee grounds and water.
But then, I got my Tassimo home brewing system. Finally there came an end to left over coffee staining the coffee pot, no more spilled coffee grounds while attempting the perfect measure. I was so excited to get my brand spanking new Tassimo out of it's box and let it take over the spot where my lame old coffee maker once sat. My mom was just as excited as I was and was standing beside me saying, can you make me a coffee!? I want to try it too! So right away we got the Tassimo out of its box and began reading through the instructions. At first we thought it would take us a week or two just to learn how to use it with it being so "high-tech" compared to our old coffee maker. One of the first things we did was follow the cleaning procedure, it was as simple as placing the special cleaning disc in the holder, watching it clean, and pouring out the HOT water when the cup was full.
As we were cleaning it we stood there wondering what we wanted to make first, and reading what other flavors were available.It is amazing how the machine knows what to do with just the little barcode. Including cleaning! We had a package of Starbucks coffee, a pack of hot chocolate and a pack of cappuccino. Once we were finished the cleaning and set-up process we set the tassimo up in its new spot on the counter. With reading through the owner manual and looking over the box we were amazed at just how much this machine could do. Not only does it make coffee, but tea,and hot chocolate? So far my favorite coffee machine ever, I had never had a coffee machine that could do so much!
My mom had chose to have a Starbucks coffee so we grabbed a cup, and grabbed the T-Disc. For those of you who don't know what a T-disc is, it's like your coffee grounds and your filter put together in one compact package. We inserted the t-disc and carefully read every single step to make sure we weren't going to screw it up. Much to our surprise it was extremely simple! In much less than 5 minutes she had a nice big cup of Starbucks coffee. Neither of us have ever been to Starbucks and never understood what the big attraction was. So we both gave the freshly brewed coffee a sample. Some how I got chosen to take the first sip. I am not a coffee drinker so I didn't know just what to expect. I didn't like the Starbucks coffee and I figured my mom would since she drinks coffee pretty much every day. She wasn't a huge fan of the Starbucks either.
Later that night we just had to try the Tassimo again! So she decided to give the cappuccino a try, and I decided on the hot chocolate. Since the cappuccino involved using two different T-Discs we decided to make that one first. It was really simple all you had to do was insert the one T-disc, and then once that had finished brewing open up the top take that T-disc out and put the next one in. We were both in shock over how nicely and how professional this machine had made this cappuccino. Deciding to have some fun with it we decided to grab some chocolate shavings and sprinkled them on top. As my mom walked around the kitchen sipping her cappuccino I decided to make my hot chocolate. I wasn't quite sure just how this was going to work since it looked like a really thick syrup. So In the T-disc went and I pressed the button and watched as it brewed me a cup of hot chocolate. As it was brewing I remembered we had a few left over marshmallows from making rice krispies so I decided to grab two of them to add to my hot chocolate when it was done brewing. It was so delicious, i absolutely love the hot chocolate that the Tassimo "creates".
Since then we have bought the T-discs for:
Nabob Coffee
Maxwell House Coffee
Skinny Latte
Latte
and of course, MORE hot chocolate.I can't wait to try out all the other T-Discs we have yet to try, like the Chai Tea Latte, sounds delicious right?
Maybe I can even figure out a way to create a cafe mocha with it, or maybe Tassimo will soon come out with a T-disc for that too!
They even have a recipe section on their site to make other drinks, even cold drinks and dessert! Click Here to check out the recipes
Click Here To Learn More About Tassimo
You can purchase Tassimo and Tassimo Products at:
The Bay
Future Shop
Sears
Zellers
Home Outfitters
Costco
Do you own a Tassimo Brewing System as well?
If so Please leave a comment telling me what you thought of it, and what your favorite T-discs are!
Friday, January 7, 2011
New year, new reviews
Alright the time has come that I work even harder to get some new reviews happening on here. The time has come that I speak my mind and provide you all with great reviews. You the consumers deserve to know about great products and how I feel about them.
I look forward to providing some reviews this year and meeting new people. Happy new year and check back every so often for reviews!
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