Celebrate Mother's Day with Great Photo Gifts from Snapfish

As you’re gearing up for Mother’s Day on May 8 and searching for the perfect keepsake for yourself or your readers, I wanted to provide you with a few gift recommendations from HP and Snapfish that we think moms will love! These include:

Available from Snapfish.com

• Photo books – Honor mom by capturing her favorite moments in a personalized photo book. You can even archive her favorite family recipes! Snapfish offers photo books with many creative layouts and a range of sizes including 8x11, 8x8, 5x7 and even 4x6 flip books, great for all occasions.Leather bracelet with photo charm – Put mom’s favorite picture on a bracelet so she can wear it every day.
• Sterling silver swinging locket – Looking for a gift she’ll cherish forever? Snapfish’s new sterling silver necklace with swinging locket allows you to display mom’s favorite photo in a locket that is sealed in a waterproof, UV-resistant coating to protect the image. Sent in a gift box, Snapfish does the wrapping for you.
• Keepsake Box – Perfect for keeping all her prized possessions in one place, this beautiful keepsake box is made of dark-stained wood and features one glossy photo tile, measuring 5" X 2¼" deep.
• Hardcover Journal – Inspire mom by helping her record her special day and year with a personalized journal by Paper Coterie. The journal features a photo and several custom designs she’ll flip for.
• Photo greeting card – Who doesn’t love a thoughtful greeting card? But why settle for one you can buy anywhere?  Instead, show your appreciation for mom by sending her a personalized photo greeting card on her special day. Snapfish offers a myriad of selections with more than 3,000 designs. You can even create a recordable greeting card to show mom how much you care, whether she’s close or far.
  
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• Photo books– Looking for a thoughtful gift that’s easy on your wallet and your busy life?  You can create and purchase a treasured keepsake while catching up on errands at your local Walmart.  HP and Walmart offers instant Photo Books in sizes ranging from 4x6 to 12x12 (product availability varies by store). Even better, Walmart is offering a price rollback now through June 30^th for great gifts at significant savings.
• Photo greeting card – Waited until the last minute to get Mom a card, but don’t want to settle for the picked-over selection at the store?  Create a custom photo greeting card in-store at Walmart and watch Mom smile as she opens it. 

My Take on Snapfish and Their Services

I had the opportunity to try out Snapfish and their services and I was amazed at the breadth and depth of their products. From the pendant listed above to a myriad of different photo books, you can make almost any memento that you can think of. I played around with the site and was intrigued to find how easy the site was to use. In seconds you can upload pictures and start making a photo book or special mothers day card or other unique gift. The sky is the limit! For me, I used a giftcard that I received to make a photo book that I think someone will definitely like (I'm not saying whom for wandering eyes may be watching). 

So if you have a special mom in your life that you are looking for a wonderful unique gift, look no further than snapfish.com where you can let your creativity soar and you can make purely spectacular things!

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Book Review - Bonding Over Beauty

About the Book

Unsightly moustaches. Zits the size of Skittles. Sudden underarm odor. Some horrible-sounding thing called “menstruation” looming on the horizon like Godzilla making a buffet of the eastern seaboard en route to New York City. Is it any wonder that a girl’s ‘tween years can be both a wondrous (boys!) and difficult time in her life? Mothers and caretakers have a choice to make: Is this an opportunity to foster her self-esteem and strengthen the bond between them—or just time passing until her dreaded teen years?

Erika Katz, author of the soon to be released book, Bonding over Beauty, a Mother-Daughter Guide to Self-Esteem, Confidence and Trust, is a mother and beauty expert who learned firsthand as a child actress and model just how bewildering this time in a young girl’s life can be. Erika wrote this beauty guide for mothers looking to connect with their daughters and build trust through the age old beauty / grooming rituals that every girl goes through on the road to womanhood.

“Bonding Over Beauty will equip moms with the information they need to be truly caring—rather than controlling—with their girls… It will enable moms to educate and empower their daughters to make positive choices. While on the surface this looks like a book about beauty, it is actually about moms being able to teach their daughters the most important lesson of all: beauty truly comes from within.”

— From the foreword by Dr. Jane Greer, psychotherapist and author of What About Me? Stop Selfishness From Ruining Your Relationships

Containing numerous bonding activities that can ease the difficulties faced by young girls on the road to physical and emotional maturity, the book also lets mothers know the crucial topics they need to address regarding the confusing effects of puberty. From step-by-step recipes for creating inexpensive, at-home body scrubs and acne remedies to advice on how to deal with unwanted body hair and even more unwanted periods, to recommendations for the best and most age appropriate beauty products for girls to use, Bonding over Beauty is an essential read for anyone raising a ‘tween girl.

My Take on the Book

This book is all about beauty and is for the person in a tween's life that is helping them with building their self-esteem and self-concept. Thus, though this book is touted for daughters, others can also benefit from the book itself, though I can see the importance of mothers and daughters bonding over this type of material. 

What I liked about the book was that it focused on beauty and health and made the reader consider the whole person. Thus, the book is not just giving beauty tips, but it also spends a lot of time on health and exercise which is very important in a young girls' life. The book was easy to read and with short chapters that hit home, anyone reading can get through a chapter in a short period of time and then have a good conversation together about what they just read.

There are some good resources in this book as well for parents. I know that I am not looking forward to the whole PMS Discussion and will probably let J-Mom take the lead on this. Yet, in this book there is a whole section on this whole issue and the way that it was presented here was so down to Earth that I was set at ease (at least somewhat)..

Overall, this is a great book that will help in the building of a strong relationship between child and parent. If you have a daughter going into her tween years, do not miss this book!

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Book Review: THE NAKED MOM by Brooke Burke

MOTHERHOOD REVEALED BY CELEBRITY MOM AND CO-HOST OF DANCING WITH THE STARS

THE NAKED MOM

A Modern Mom’s Fearless Revelations, Savvy Advice and Soulful Reflections

by Brooke Burke

**On-Sale: February 1, 2011**

Motherhood revealed-by a high-profile celebrity mom, dynamic CEO, and Dancing with the Stars co-host and winner.

Brooke Burke knows all too well that when you're raising four children, running a household, tending a relationship, building a multimillion- dollar business and pursuing a television career, there's no room for pretense or posturing. Rejecting the idea that there's some simple step-by-step path to the Perfect Body, the Perfect Relationship, or the Perfect Career, she reveals the truths about motherhood with the sincerity that today's smart, sexy and soulful moms need. Brooke lets readers know what really goes on behind the scenes of a surprisingly ordinary life as a celebrity mom, and how she manages to make it all work (on the good days). Always acknowledging the chaos that is present in any woman's life, Burke offers readers a more calculated approach to life and motherhood: dance through it. It's all about hearing the music, finding your footing, and moving gracefully.

From tips about caring for your body, to her own stories about the missteps she's made as a mother, to advice about how to handle the tough emotional challenges moms face, Brooke paints an honest picture of motherhood that all women can relate to, insisting that it's not about being right or wrong, it's about being your authentic, naked self.

My Take on the Book

While I am a Dad, I will say that this book shares a very transparent look into motherhood in the limelight. I have done many interviews with fathers that are doing this as well, and I have to commend Ms. Burke for the openness and honesty that she shares in this book. What I liked about this book was that it gives some great advice and resources for all moms (and it might even give some dads some things to think about as well).

If you are looking for a book that shares openly one well known mothers' journey, this book is one that I would highly recommend!

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