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Today I’d like to introduce a new and absolutely brilliant service available online: Tigerbow.com

Send gifts via e-mail. Photo courtesy of Tigerbow.com

Description of Service
Tigerbow.com is all about sending gifts via e-mail! They make it very convenient for you. You can even send the gifts to someone whose physical address you don’t know and let them decide where the gift should arrive!  Just give Tigerbow the e-mail address or the Facebook profile of the recipient and they’ll do the rest.

The recipient has the option of accepting or refusing the gift. What if your gift is not accepted? Well, in this case, you are not being charged. You are only charged if your gift is accepted and sent out. How cool is that?

The service is similar to PayPal in the sense that your address (your bank account in PayPal’s case) is not revealed. Another good thing to know is that the receiver’s address is not revealed either… so let’s say you met someone on Facebook and he or she is sending you a gift via e-mail using Tigerbow. When you accept the gift, your address is only given to Tigerbow who is not sharing it with anyone but the shipping company. 

At the moment, Tigerbow gifts are available within the USA.

Tigerbow on Facebook. photo courtesy of Tigerbow.com

Gifts available at Tigerbow.com

Some of the most popular gifts you can purchase at Tigerbow.com are gorgeous bouquets, funny greeting cards, delicious Godiva chocolate assortments, books and movies of all kinds.

For current gift selections and more info, please visit Tigerbow.com.

I haven’t had the chance to test this service yet but I am willing to. So if you really enjoyed this post and are in a “gift giving” mood, here is my Facebook profile:
 

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Today I am going to start our 2009 Valentine’s Gift Guide. It is going to be a marathon! Each website will have a short individual review; it will take me a few days to write them all so please be patient. We have lots of wonderful gift ideas you can choose from! And the nice thing is that you can purchase them online!

As you know, the idea behind Valentine’s Day is to express your love and to show that you care! You can do it with one gorgeous rose and some chocolate or with a fabulous diamond ring. It is up to you. But remember, you are buying the gift for the person you love not for yourself! 

I want to say THANK YOU to our wonderful readers and contributors. We couldn’t have done it without you!

I gathered the info in this long list (which is not complete yet!). Many more suggestions will be added in the next few days. The links below are randomly listed. Please read their Store Policies before purchasing online.

Aromatherapy, Bath and Body

•  MagicSenses.com – designer glycerin soap
• ABodyCandle.com - Body Massage Candles
• SaludSpaBar.com – custom perfume
• EcoLips.com – lip balm with organic ingredients
• GourmetScentedGifts.com – scented candles and soap
• Beekman1802.com – handmade goat milk soap
• Serah’s – cupcake soaps, unique gifts
• Sootheze – Toasty Bear Collection

For a good cause

• Project7.com -RPET Environmental Tee made from recycled plastic bottles
• The Leakey Collection - jewelry made by the Maasai women in Kenya
• ThistleFarms.org – bath and body products made by the women of Magdalene
• GreenFeet.com –  ”green living” gifts
• TheUltimateGreenStore.com – eco friendly and organic gifts
• OliveSmart.com – environmentally friendly products

Gorgeous Flowers:

• 1-800-FLOWERS® The Sweetest Love Bouquet
  

Books

• God Is a Woman: Dating Disasters
  
• Power of the Middle Ground: A Couple’s Guide to Renewing Your Relationship
• Social Climbers
• Women’s Coloring Books
• We’ll Kiss for Food
• Everlasting Matrimony: Pearls Of Wisdom From Couples Married 50 Years Or More

Personalized and customized gifts

• TreasuredBlocks.com – create your own block with the picture you love
• LifesSweet.com – unique photo books
• Pillowcasegram.com – personalize a pillowcase
• VoiceQuilt.com – beautiful keepsake boxes with audio messages
• MeandGoji.com – custom artisanal cereal
• MyGeneImage.com – beautiful art expressed from your gene
• PartyBeans.com – personalized Jelly Belly
• Jujups.com – where you can design!

Stylish and Practical

• VisAcuity.com – cool reading glasses
• Rosannainc.com - beautiful tableware
• Zipngoblanket.com - weatherproof blankets that zip-n-go anywhere
• DressTheDrink.com – beverage garnishing kit
• MaveryDesigns.com – stylish customized photo bags
• ParadisePen.com – fine writing gifts
• Psi Bands - acupressure wrist bands

Gorgeous Jewelry

• DivineDiamonds.com – The AhRing
• SecurityJewelers.com - one-of-a-kind jewelry
• NotJustAnyOldDay.com – unique calendar keepsake
• Rockmyworldinc – personalized jewelry
• SilverRiverMetal – sterling silver jewelry
• BlueSkyRocket.com - gifts for moms and daughters
• KushlaniHall.com – handmade jewelry
• MuseumWayPearls.com – pink freshwater pearls
• PrincessBands.com –  gorgeous handcrafted tiaras
• Abellagalleries.com – turquoise beaded jewelry—–>>>GIVEAWAY

Don’t miss:

• Bookwormbaskets.com – gifts for everyone you love
• Giftybox.com – the experience gift
• Mousenvy.com – unique novelty computer mice
• BravoBride.com – wedding items
• BigPawDesigns.com – gifts for pet owners
• Moo.com – greeting cards, minicards and sticker books
• ZandaPanda.com – Kaleidoscope heart mold
• JustMoviePosters.com – beautiful posters
• Letters-from-the-Heart.com- great for Mom and Grandma’
• ScanDigital.com – scan your old photos and make them digital
• Staubusa.com – Heart Fondue Pot
• OneTrueMedia.com – make your own video montage
• ParadoxyProducts.com - LovePaper
• TheJimi.com – the Jimi wallet ——>>> GIVEAWAY
• Intouch IT7150 - wireless internet frame

Art

• Nouvelles Images – beautiful image products
• ABlue MoonArts.com – gifts for the art lover!

Gourmet and Desserts

• VereChocolate.com – will launch their Valentine’s Chocolate Collection next week
• TheChocolateTherapist.com – book and chocolate gift set
• CharlesChocolate.com – gourmet chocolate with edible box

Clothing and lingerie

• PuttinontheBliss.com – Bliss Happens Collection
• Flingwear.com - intimatewear for the active lifestyle

Kids and Teens

• GirlInADress.com – Tees designed by a 9 years old girl
• Ficklets.com – add personality to your glasses —->>> GIVEAWAY

Flowers and greeting cards

• Speaking Roses
• Moganeycards.com – custom made cards -> GIVEAWAY

Especially for Men

• Remington-products.com – grooming products

Arts and Crafts

• Originals by Lauren – beautiful quilts

Updated daily from now (Jan. 13) till Valentine’s Day. Come back soon to see what’s new, read the individual posts on each of them and participate to our GiveAways!

photo courtesy of everlastingmatrimony.com

 We had the pleasure of featuring EverlastingMatrimony.com in our 2009 Valentine’s Gift Guide.

Over 4,000 years of relationship/marriage success are documented in the elegant coffee-table book “Everlasting Matrimony: Pearls Of Wisdom From Couples Married 50 Years Or More.”

75 couples married 50+ years, the voices of experience, give “real-life advice” on creating and keeping a lasting, loving union. Husbands and wives are interviewed separately. Sprinkled with nostalgic and years-later photographs. Hard cover. 160 pages.

Price: $39.95

To purchase, please visit EverlastingMatrimony.com .

“The book provides compassionate and pragmatic help for couples in need of guidance. Author Marty Babits, a therapist and educator, shows couples how to realize their potential for intimacy and understanding. The Middle Ground he speaks of is not a place for compromise; it is a blame-free zone where couples learn to create emotional safety and rebuild damaged trust.

Vivid guidelines, exercises, tips and vignettes bring the Middle Ground concepts alive. Using what is possible as its longitude and what is positive for its latitude, a course beyond conflict and on to forgiveness and reconnection is charted. Readers welcome aboard.”

More details on the author and the book can be found at powerofthemiddleground.com.

You can purchase the Power of the Middle Ground: A Couple’s Guide to Renewing Your Relationship at Amazon for only $14.

If you have read it already, please leave us a message telling us what you liked the most about it.

The Complete Ripley Novels (Hardcover)

Looking for a gift for someone who always has their nose in a book?  Here are some gift ideas for the avid reader.

Boxed Sets

If you know what type of novels, series or favorite author a person reads, then a boxed set is the perfect present.  You can give an entire collection of works which can be added to a person’s personal library, or start one,  if they just gotten into reading books.  For instance, crime fiction lovers would be pleasantly surprised with the Complete Ripley Novels boxed set, which includes the well known The Talented Mr. Ripley novel for which a movie was made.  For lovers of the classics, Barnes & Noble Classics Great Novels Set comes with six timeless works for one affordable price.

Bookends

If you know someone who already has an extensive library, then bookends would make a great gift. Barnes and Noble has a great collection of bookends to choose from to match any decor.  From Playful Puppies Bookends to Homer and Aristotle Cast Marble Bookends, you would be sure to find the ones which would match any person’s personal taste.

 Reading Aids

Of course, the bookworm is not complete without the use of their reading aids.   A bookmark is nice, but a bookmark which is also a dictionary is even better.  The Franklin Compact Oxford Dictionary is a bookmark and compact dictionary in one, for serious readers who don’t want to get stuck with literary terminology.  If you want to give something more on the practical side, then the Old School Wooden Lap Desk is what you are looking for.  The wooden top of the lap desk has a pencil ledge and has brass hinges which opens to storage underneath.  The bottom is cushioned, which makes it great not only for reading, but also for writing notes in bed.

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