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How to Shrink Wrap a Gift Basket with Cellophane

Shrink wrap and cellophane is the perfect final addition to a gift basket. Besides giving a polished finish, shrink wrap or cellophane holds items in place preventing slippage of carefully arranged gifts. Although shrink-wrap/cellophane bags comes in a variety of forms, the individual bags in small, medium and large are the cheapest and simplest to use. Available at your local craft store, shrink-wrap bags are the beginner’s dream. Be sure to pick up a few bags as shrinkwrapping quickly becomes addictive.

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Babar The Elephant – Friend or Freak?

The other night my daughter Elby pulled The Story of Babar off her bookshelf to read as her bedtime story – a welcome respite from the endless recitations of Knuffle Bunny Too, Leonardo the Terrible Monster and a few Richard Scarry books which have been on a constant loop. Let me preface this post with the fact that Ive read Babar before – not only was it read to me as a child a few million times but Id also read through it thirty-five years later with my daughter when she was (according to me) too young to fully appreciate it.

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Malbu to Manhattan > Epiphanies from Me to YOU

I recently took the Memorial Day weekend off from work. I traveled from the coastal town of Malibu to the island metropolis of Manhattan. I am sure the kids back in Malibu missed me terribly, or so I like to think. Most likely the kids had all already lined up their own play dates for the weekend anyway. Plus, the long weekend away from the kids made it possible for them to have some good quality family time.