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A personalized pumpkin patch

By Lori | October 15, 2009

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When you first think about Halloween and Thanksgiving, they may seem very different. But when you give it a little more thought, they complement each other nicely. Pumpkins are one of the things that tie these two holidays together.

Pumpkins have a significance in both Halloween and Thanksgiving. Pumpkins make their first appearance in October as Halloween gets closer. People of all ages celebrate the tradition of going to a pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkin. This pumpkin is later carved into a jack-o-lantern and set out on Halloween night.

After Halloween, pumpkins stick around and are used for a favorite dessert of pumpkin pie. Whether you make your own or purchase one, pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving tradition for many families.

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Celebrate the fall holidays with a personalized gift featuring pumpkins. Our Pumpkin Patch plaque is the perfect decoration that can be displayed throughout the fall season.

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A Place to Hold Halloween Treats

By Lori | September 9, 2009

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For many, Labor Day and the first day of school marks the end of summer. Fall is growing closer and will be here before you know it. That means that Halloween is right around the corner. If you haven’t already started, you will soon be thinking about Halloween costumes, decorations, and candy.

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Our Make Your Own Pumpkin jar is a wonderful glass jar that is perfect for the Halloween season. This glass jar makes a great decoration to be displayed anywhere in your home. Fill it with your favorite Halloween candies or treats. You and your family will be delighted to bring out this beautiful jar every Halloween. It makes a great addition to your own home and a great gift for someone else’s home. Also check out our Halloween glass jar.

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The beauty of spring….

By Darla | February 27, 2009

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Spring is a time of year filled with thoughts of renewal and rebirth. Plants come back to life and the world is awash in color. Rain fills the air with a fresh scent and makes everything sparkle. Easter arrives and hope blooms in the hearts of many. This is why spring has been enjoyed and revered by many throughout the ages. Since spring is such a special time of the year, you may have many things to celebrate – especially if you have a new baby,

Every birth is special but spring births and first babies often seem even more momentous. for as long as you can from your first precious moments together to all of the firsts that your little one will experience throughout the year.

You can’t get back your first minutes with your child but you can preserve them in the personalized which is perfect for any nursery.

You can also enjoy looking back at all of your with the My 1st series of frames:

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Halloween Personalized Gifts

By Lori | October 17, 2007

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The fall season arrives, the weather starts getting colder, and before you know it, Halloween is here. As the month of October quickly approaches, kids and adults begin making plans for the celebration of Halloween. The celebration may start weeks before October 31st, as people begin making or shopping for their Halloween costumes, planning parties, and decorating their houses.

Decorating for a holiday is one of my favorite things to do. For Halloween, I like to use creepy decorations to make the house look scary. I use decorations with themes of ghosts, witches, , skeletons, bats, and . These are all commonly used and highly recognized Halloween symbols. They are also common Halloween costumes.

There is an endless possibility of ideas for Halloween costumes. Scary costumes of witches and ghosts are very common, and so are costumes of the most popular cartoon and movie characters of the year. When I was younger, my mom used to make costumes for me. I still like to dress up every year. It is a tradition that I don’t think I will ever grow out of. Now I come up with a creative idea and put my own costume together. I find it more fun to put a costume together than to just buy one in a store. It also means that there’s no chance of anyone else having the exact same costume as me. A is a great way to display a photo of yourself or others dressed up in a Halloween costume.

A new baby always adds excitement to a holiday. Halloween is the perfect occasion to dress up your baby in an adorable costume. Treasure this moment with a photo and a .

On the night of Halloween, many children get dressed up in their costumes, and set out to go trick-or-treating. Children usually have a special bucket or bag, or even just a regular shopping bag or pillowcase, to carry around and use to collect candy from neighborhood houses. The tradition of trick-or-treating has also spread to malls and other shopping areas. As an alternative to trick-or-treating at houses, children can go around to different stores.

For older children and adults, it is more common to go to a Halloween party either on the night of Halloween itself, or a weekend before. Although, there are teenagers who still continue to go out trick-or-treating and insist that they are not too old to do so.

Carving pumpkins and making jack-o’-lanterns is a very popular Halloween activity and tradition. You can pick out a pumpkin at pumpkin lots, grocery stores, or even a . Pumpkins can be carved in classic jack-o’-lantern face designs or more intricate designs of just about anything you can imagine. You can display a photo of you and your beautifully carved pumpkin in one of our .

Other ways to celebrate Halloween during the month of October are to go to a theme park, , or hayride. Many theme parks like Universal Studios, Disneyland, Disney World, and Knott’s Berry Farm have month long Halloween celebrations. The parks are usually decorated and have special shows or events. A haunted house doesn’t necessarily have to be in a house, it could be just about anywhere. There could be a haunted house set up in a building, in a garage, or even outside, and it could be more like a haunted maze than a haunted house.

Another popular way to celebrate Halloween is by watching scary movies. Movies like The Exorcist, Friday the 13th, or ones about Frankenstein, Dracula, and other Halloween monsters are popular choices. During October, many television channels play horror movies. Many television shows also have special Halloween themed episodes. It is also common for new horror movies to come out in the theaters in October.

No matter how you choose to celebrate Halloween, either by dressing up, carving pumpkins, or watching scary movies, the holiday is a chance to have a fun and exciting time. It is also a chance to buy a for yourself, family, or friends.

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