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Looking for a unique, great, very personal Christmas gift?  Maybe you need some for the classroom, students and/or teachers.  How about those office mates, besties and family.   We have plenty of awesome items to share and they were all created with you in mind.  In fact some were created by request and now I’m sharing with you too.  My favorite time of year for designing is Christmas and my second favorite is Valentine’s day.  I think most of us get excited about giving our circle of friends and family the best, the cutest, the most unique gifts that we know they will love and my friends who doesn’t love chocolate?  Chocolate isn’t all we offer, we do have alternatives, and you are always welcome to special request, however chocolate is a big part of what we do.

Our first item are the Christmas character bars.  I went crazy after the Thanksgiving bars and designed a whole family of those little guys and gals.  Just take a look at this picture and tell me they aren’t cute!

Christmas Character Bars

I just love these wearing their little hats and scraves!  Let me introduce them from left to right starting with the top row:  Gingy, Penguin, Red Nose Reindeer, Elfy, Mr. Frostie.  Second Row: The big man himself and the Mrs.–Santa and Mrs. Claus.   I don’t think I have a favorite in this bunch they are all just too cute!  They’ve been flying out of here in a little box sleigh and some have even made it to a retail counter.  These would make an awesome teacher gift and kids love giving them, I’m sure they will be the kid of the day when they hand these out!  *At the bottom we’ll share some links on how to buy these little fellas.

Next item up:

Letter from Santa

Personalized Letter From SantaNow this is sweet! What a great way to get your kids extra excited about Christmas....a super unique and custom message from Santa. Have an older kid asking lots of questions and doubting Santa, send them one of these to keep the spirit alove one more year. After you answer some questions this letter will use their name, the town they live in, what they may get for Christmas, friends and brothers and sister's names. You may also request anything custom to be added.Next in LineClassroom Candy CanesClassroom Candy CanesNow these are simply perfect for classroom friends. My son loves giving these out in the classroom to his friends and the kids absolutely love them. If you're not able to send candy to school or don't want to just custom request some festive pencils instead! Same low price and they will still be absolutely adorable. These are the 3 most popular items. We have many more items to choose from oh wait, I almost forgot about the custom request I received and created just the other day. This one is also awesome for the classroom! Who doesn't love..... Polar Express

Polar Express inspired!  What kid doesn’t love this movie?  Seriously, how awesome is this?  Even I’m impressed.

What’s your favorite?  Maybe none of these hit your fancy.   That’s okay, there’s more in our online store click here–>Christmas Catalog

For more details about the items above use these links:

Christmas Character Bars

Santa Letter

Classroom Candy Canes

Golden Ticket (Polar Express)

Have any questions or need some ideas send me a message and I’ll be glad to help.  Before I go I want to give you a little something for free.  A Nice List Certificate, print this out and write your child’s name on it!  

Enjoy!

This is probably our most popular product each year!  A personalized letter from Santa.  What kid doesn’t want to know that Santa has put their name on the Nice List and send them a letter that is addressed to them with personalized conversation pieces!?  Then you add the personalized candy bar treat they get and a few other bonuses it makes it the perfect pre-Christmas gift!  So what exactly do I get with the letter?  It’s not just a letter is it?  Not from Sweet Expressions it’s not!

Here’s what you get with our Santa Letter:

• Personalized letter
• addressed envelope with faux postage and faux North Pole Postmark
• personalized candybar wrapper filled with your choice of chocolate bar or coloring book w/crayons
• Faux autographed picture of Santa
• Bonus– Jingle bell necklace (think about the movie North Pole Express)
• Parent’s instructions/suggestions sheet
• Price is $8.99 (includes shipping– multiple letter discounts available)

I just received this in my email inbox and had to share this with you.  I’ll be printing one of these and leaving it by the plate where we leave Santa’s cookies.  That way my kids will “know” Santa came to visit! 

This is totally FREE and a great idea.  After you click the link to the picture just right click the picture to save to your computer and print later or print without saving it.  Santa Picture

The picture was sent to me by www.santasgoodlist.org

Don’t forget to track Santa at http://www.noradsanta.org you can even use google earth to track him in his sleigh tomorrow!

According to the calendar countdown on this site there are 3 days, 9 hours and 40 minutes left until Christmas!  And that means you only have a couple of days left to get those last minute gifts.  We all seem to have those 1 or 2 that either we simply forget or we thought it was marked off our list!  I know I’ve been in that situation many times througout the years and this year I can proudly say, I’M DONE!  I laugh when I type that becuase I truly do hope it’s all done. 

So what are some last minute gifts to give?  In the last couple of days I’ve been given a few new ideas and then there are the safe super easy options.

You can go the super quick route or get a little more creative with the same amount of time.  For instance if your last minute gift is for a movie buff get a plastic popcorn container, the red and white striped that resembles the retro popcorn bags (you can get a set of 4 for $1 at the Dollar Tree), fill that with a new DVD they haven’t see yet, a bag of microwave popcorn and a box of movie candy or large chocolate bar and soda so when they get ready to watch it they will have all the food items they’d get at the theater.  If you don’t find or don’t have the time to get the retro popcorn bowls just use a gift bag.  You could even get a plain white craft bag and color it with red stripes and write popcorn on the front as well as To: and From:.  You could do this similar thing with just about any gift such as cosmetics or hair items.  You could place some cosmetics in a clear plastic cosmetic bag, add some ribbon and a tag and viola you have a great looking gift!  Another variation for the creative kid is to get a clear box from the storage container section and fill it with crayons, pencils, beads, paints, along with accessories such as brushes, sharpener, etc include a pack of paper and use a permanent marker or paint pen to decorate the box with their name, add a bow to the top and watch their eyes light up. 

The most common last minute gift and where you cannot go wrong most times is the gift card.  Now you can stop in Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, Target and other similar stores and get gift certificates for just about anywhere including dining, movies, or just the regular AmEx, MC or Visa that can be used at any store.  Those work out especially well when you don’t know where their favorite store.  Spice up the gift card giving by getting one of those very small Christmas stockings, add a candy cane or gum or chocolate treat.  Even add their name to the stocking with some glitter glue which you can usually find next to the regular size stockings.  If you can’t find glitter glue use fabric paint or the old fashioned craft glue and sprinkle glitter on the glue and let dry, it will look just as good!

Another easy idea that will save you time is to go to the section of your favorite store where they keep the seasonal stuff.  They always have the gift sets like hot chocolate, coffee, candy, hot sauce, and even accessories for ice cream sundaes.  Usually with those the boxes look so great you really don’t need to wrap them or even put them in a bag.  Add some ribbon and tag or a bow and it will be a gift to give!

Here are several more unique ideas that actually just popped in my head.  I’ve done this before and people usually love it.  One is to go online and purchase a subscription for their favorite magazine or one you know they’d like to get.  Buy them the most recent issue since they won’t get one in the mail for a few weeks and give them a card stating that they now have a 1 year subscription to the magazine!  Who says wine bottle bags are just for wine bottles.  Have a last minute giftee that loves Mountain Dew and funyans?  Get a wine bottle bag and fill it with a 16 or 20 oz Mountain Dew bottle and a snack bag of funyans!  That sounds great to me right now, heehee.

Now for the precious and so meaningful gifts that cost little to nothing to give.  Make a coupon for someone stating you’ll give them free baby sitting services.  If you own a business give them a GC for a free item you know they’ve been wanting, a free haircut, manicure or other service/product you can give.  My 5 year old made one of these at school and brought it home to us and it is just so cute and I will definitely keep this one in the memory box.  It is a 5×7 card with a Christmas border and in the middle there are the words:  “This is a very special gift that you can never see.  The reason it’s so special is it’s just for you from me.  You never can unwrap it, please leave the ribbon tied.  Just place it somewhere close to you, it’s filled with love inside.”  Then there was a little faux gift box taped to the side and my son signed it “Love, Zack” and drew hearts on it.  The most adorbale thing I’ve ever seen and one of the best gifts I have ever received.  A perfect example of how money CAN’T buy love. 

More last minute gift ideas/options:

• gather some of your holiday baked treats and give them as gifts
• fill a jar with the dry ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies and include your favorite recipe
• Fill a mug with Hershey kisses, add a little ribbon to the handle and a tag/card “Cup of Kisses from me to You”
• Print your favorite family or child digital picture and put in a frame
• Netflix gift subscriptions http://www.netflix.com/GiftPurchase
• iTunes gift certificates (you can buy them just about anywhere and even buy/print from their website www.itunes.com)
• A virtual Visa debit gift card delivered by email!  http://www.giftcards.com/consumer/virtualgift.html

Hope you have a wonderful last minute shopping experience and I hope I’ve sparked an idea for you that will save you time, money and stress!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Keeping it Unique,

Kristal

Secret Santa is the game we play, hiding gifts on the porch for neighbors to find and they have to wonder what little elf left that on their porch!  This is a great and fun way to keep in the holiday spirit, place a small gift for your neighbors to find at their front door!  If you’ve never played this before the object is to leave a small and festive gift on someone’s porch without being seen and they’ll have to guess who left it.  You leave instructions with them to do it to someone else so you start a chain reaction of fun and giggles, not to mention you may get a small treat back at your door!  Now I read this someone where else after being a recipient to a doorstep gift and it said to set the gift down and ring the bell and then run and or hide so you’re not seen.  Now lets face it, I’m 35 and out of shape so this option wouldn’t work for me this year.  Maybe one of your older kids could pull this off but mine are too little.  However, the stay-at-home mom option is to just wait until they go to work or when you see your neighbor leave, place it at their front door for them to find when they return.  If they don’t use their front door often and you’re worried they won’t see it without you or someone else pointing it out then hang it on their mailbox or at the back door if they use that more often. 

Here’s what you do.  You make up a small gift whether you use a small gift bag filled with candy or homemade goodies to a basket with fruit, you decide on the secret gift.  You want to make sure to use your computer or handwrite the instructions.  This is what I’ve used in the past:

“Twas the weeks before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was calm, especially not mom.  When from somewhere in the neighborhood an elf arrived delivering holiday cheer, then running to hide.  An elf has taken time to share, now you can too.  Copy this letter and your elf times two.  Then spread the spirit to those near you.  Keep your elf on your door so others will see that you have a gift under your tree.  Enjoy the holiday Cheer!”

You make up two of these and secretly give them to two neighbors and this little greeting/poem tells them to do the same.  You could also put on there for them to tape the greeting to the door or actually get some little elf at the Dollar Tree for them to place at their front door so as this is passed your neighbors will know you’ve been given a secret gift.  It’s really fun and a great way to get to know your neighbors if you’re new in the community. 

(click on the picture for a full version and print if you’d like to use it!)

If you decide to be a sneaky little elf this Christmas I’d love to hear your stories!  Please Share with an email.

Keeping it Unique,

Kristal =)

A cookie exchange is a great way to get lots of holiday goodies without a lot of baking.  It’s also a great way to have a ladies night in or even a mom’s group activity with kids.  So invite your friends and family over for a sweet and delicous cookie exchange and please don’t forget some samples and the recipe you used.