Caps for Sale!- Everest Hats

Today my Dad leaves for Nepal to start his journey to the top of the world- Mt. Everest! He will be gone until June and I will probably post a few more times about this until he gets home as my thoughts will be with him a lot until his safe return. He designed and had some Everest hats made for his family and climbing team as you see here. We are selling the extras on my website with 100% of the proceeds to be donated to the Angelman Syndrome Foundation in support of his grandson and training partner Ollie who has yet to be officially diagnosed with Angelman's, but is severly disabled and has many symptoms of Angelman's. Two of my sisters, including Ollie's mom are traveling to Nepal with my Dad to make the 30 mile trek to basecamp and will be visiting some orphanages with bags of clothing, toys, and medicine donated from the generous community we are blessed to live in. You can read more about his trip at http://www.eightsummits.com/tsummits.com/.


Dad and Ollie

Design Your Look-alike Gal to put on Stationery

Create a gal that looks like you to put on stationery, to-do lists, pads, thank you notes, and invitations. These darling pads were featured on EXTRA TV as one of the best gifts ever this year! The little pads are so cute you will start making excuses just to leave notes! At the Design-her Gal website, go to "get started" to create your gal then select which stationery to put her on. They donate 5% of every order to the Gal to Gal foundation supporting women with stage 4 breast cancer.

Cheers To The First Day of Spring and More Birthdays!

Not only is it the first day of spring, my baby turns 11 and my Mom officially becomes a senior citizen today. She is celebrating by taking a deserved day off from Jenny Craig and having a martini and lunch with her bff Janet. I found these fun martini glasses from a darling new website www.themerrymartini.com. They offer unique gift items, tabletop accessories, gifts for the entertainer, swanky martini glasses, stylish pet gifts and online assistance with event planning. Cheers to spring and Cheers to Mom and Danny :)

Next Stop- Mt. Everest!

Happy Birthday Dad! Today my Dad turns 66 and is preparing to leave March 30th for his 2nd attempt to become the oldest American to summit Mt. Everest. If you want a good read, go to his website http://www.eightsummits.com/ and find out more about him, his trips up the other 7 summits of the world, his training partner Ollie, and his trip reports from his 2007 trip to Mt Everest. He has inspired so many people, most of all his family who has always known he is something special.

46 New Stampers at Charming Cards

As spring is approaching I am starting to think about teacher appreciation, Mother's Day, Easter, and birthday gifts for some special people in my life. Everyone loves a gift with their name on it. It shows that you took the time to special order it. Custom stampers have always been a hot item here at Charming Cards and we were excited to hear about a new line by Noteworthy coming out with unique fun designs as well as a 3-5 day turnaround time. Their suggested retail price is $40, but we are offering them for $34.99. The self inking pad is estimated to have 10,000-14,000 impressions. What a great lasting gift!