Sunday, July 31, 2011

A Great Gift Idea for A Classic Car Enthusiast

If you're looking for a gift idea for a classic car enthusiast than I have a great idea for you.   Now if you're anything like me there isn't enough money to purchase an actual 1919 Ford Model-T car as a gift (or whatever car they really hanker after), however you might be able to afford a 1919 Ford Model-T Christmas ornament for them.

There are lots of different American Classic Cars available as Christmas ornaments and they are a great gift idea as every Christmas when the tree is being decorated your friend or family member will remember your gift as they hang it on the tree.   It's also a great way of collecting all of the classic and vintage cars that they love in miniature form - there's nothing to say they can't have them on display all year around.

I have compiled a selection of these Christmas ornaments at Classic American Cars Christmas Ornaments from the vintage 1919 Ford Model-T mentioned above to the 1955 Ford Thunderbird and my favorite the 1957 Corvette right up to the 1970 Ford Mach 1 Mustang.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Justin Bieber Laptop Skins

Are you looking at buying a gift for a Justin Bieber fan?   There are so many different Justin Bieber gift ideas to choose from that it's hard to know where to start.   Today however I'm going to talk about Justin Bieber laptop skins.

We've brought our dd a laptop for her birthday and these laptop skins seem like a great idea for personalizing a laptop.   I'm sure anyone would love to show off their favorite singer, actor or just activity on their laptop.

This Justin Bieber laptop skin is the most popular one that I've sold, although it's not my favorite, but then I'm not his targeted audience!

With most children requiring laptops to do their school work on it seems like laptop skins will become a more and more popular gift idea and with Bieber fever showing no signs of abating the Justin Bieber laptop skin continues to be a winner in the pop culture market!

I have a range of different Justin Bieber laptop skins available on my aptly named Justin Bieber Laptop Skins site and I'm sure that you'll find the perfect one on there - unless you're going with the masses and grabbing the one featured here - two pictures of Justin on one laptop skin is the reason I think it's been so popular - what do you think?

Monday, July 11, 2011

Celebrity Rubber Duckies

Have you seen celebriducks before?   They are an amalgamation of famous celebrities and rubber duckies and they make a fun gift idea.   I had ducks on the brain so I wanted to find a duck related gift idea to share with you and from there celebrity rubber duckies were an obvious choice!

Why do I have ducks on the brain?   Well yesterday morning both my dogs started barking excitedly and when I walked out onto the balcony I saw that we had intruders.   They were a cute intruder as opposed to the scary ones and I quickly called out to my daughter thinking how cool it was that she had a student free day.............we had two ducks swimming in our pool!

I had heard of ducks visiting people's pools before, but this was the first time since we put our pool in five years ago that ducks had visited us.   They had a pleasant swim and then took off.................I waited for them to come back today, but so far there's no sign of our 'intruders' returning.

So it's time for a blog post and I thought right what makes a great duck gift - well there are so many cool duck gifts on offer, but I couldn't really go past these celebrity rubber ducks - they are so cute!

Whether you want to bathe with the King himself, Marilyn Monroe, the Blues Brothers or President Obama himself there is a celebriduck just right for you............there is even one of the pope!

I'm not sure if a papal celebriduck means that your bathwater becomes holy water, but you'd want to wear a swimming costume or cover his eyes wouldn't you!


If you're looking to find a Christmas gift for someone there is even a Santa celebriduck - what better gift idea is there?

Let's face it everyone loves their rubber ducky from children to adults, celebrities to neighbors why even the Queen has a rubber ducky by all accounts!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Star Wars Collectibles - Great Gift Ideas for the Star Wars Fan in Your Life

I've just come across these fantastic Star Wars Collectibles which would be perfect for one of my friends who is a huge Star Wars fan.   A Darth Vader Collectible Mask which has me just wanting to say 'Luke, I am your father', which has just totally aged me!   There is also a Clone Trooper Collectible Helmet and a Yoda Collectible.  

Yoda has to be one of my favorite Star Wars characters so here's the Yoda one first -



What would Star Wars be without Darth Vader?   So let's look at the Darth Vader Collectible Mask now, this is something that my friend already owns and has pride of place on display in his dining room.




The next Star Wars Collectible that I've found for you is a Clone Trooper Collectible Helmet -


Clone Trooper Collectable Helmet


I hope you've enjoyed these three Star Wars Collectibles and have found a great Star Wars gift idea for someone in your life.   If you don't think that these collectibles are the type of gift that would be appreciated then you could always check out a few Star Wars t-shirts which are always a great stand by gift idea.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Gravy Boat with Warming Stand

I only came across a gravy boat with a warming stand like this one recently and my first thought was - waht a great idea. If there's one thing I love about winter (I live in Australia so we're entering winter right now) is the Sunday roast with lashings of delicious gravy.

This cool looking gravy boat serves a great purpose in style - what more could you ask for.   Admitedly the candle under the gravy boat did make me think of 1970s fondues for just a moment, but the idea is still fantastic.

Apparently this glossy-white porcelain gravy boat will keep the gravy delicious piping hot - even for second helpings which means you should buy it!

The other great thing about winter is that I will often make apple pie for pudding on Sundays too - well I say pudding, but we generally let the roast settle for a bit so it's more like supper!   Anyway apple pie goes really well with custard and you know what?   You can also use this gravy boat to keep your custard lovely and warm, ideal to pour over your apple pie, apple crumble or whatever dessert rocks your boat1

I want one of these myself, but other ideas are to buy one for a housewarming gift or to give to newly weds etc.   Just don't forget to give them a few tealight candles as well.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Bottle of Wine Glass

Do you know someone who enjoys a nice drop of wine or two?   This very nicely sized wine glass will take a whole 750ml bottle of wine very nicely!

If you've ever seen Cougar Town then I believe that this glass is one that Jules would love even more than her 'big' glass, in fact her big glass might even be one of these...........I really need to pay more attention to that show!

I think that a bottle of wine glass also makes a great gag gift for any friend who enjoys a drop of red...........or white, or rose or just about any wine really.   It would also be quite funny to take out when you say oh I think I'll only have one glass today - hello, big glass!

Purists should also like this glass because it will allow the wine to breathe - who needs to decant their wine when they have a large bottle of wine glass to pour it into?

Whatever the reason you want to use for having/buying this rather large wine glass have fun, but remember don't drink and drive - only having one glass is funny in front of friends at home, but not behind the wheel on the roads.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Butterfly Accessory Holder

I have only just come across these butterfly accessory holders, although they have been around for a while.   They are available in green, white, pink and purple that I have seen - take a look at what they are like -

Don't they look like something that would suit a girls bedroom?   I was thinking that they'd look good hanging from the hook on the back of dd's bedroom door.   They would also hang up in the wardrobe easily.

These are promoted as butterfly scarf hangers and are ideal for hanging up all of your scarves, but when I came across them I was told they were a butterfly accessory holder. I was at the house of one of my daughter's school friends and her friend had a purple butterfly accessory holder on the back of her door.  

There were two scarfs, a couple of belts and some necklaces all hanging from it and my daughter thought it looked pretty cool.    Guess what might just be on her birthday list this year?  

Not only does the butterfly scarf hanger make it easy for you to store your scarves.....or belts or other accessories, it also looks good and can make your accessories also act as room decor.