For your Christmas Cocoa...

The perfect gift for any coffee or cocoa lover on your list!! Pair one of our GORGEOUS Monogrammed Ceramic mugs with a Starbucks Gift Card and you have the ultimate gift for anyone. Buy yours now! http://www.girlytwirly.com/cimo15ozceco.html

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things....

Need a great gift for anyone on your list this holiday season? Our great, eco-friendly Holiday Water Bottles are the gift that keeps on giving...all year round! Help eliminate waste with these fantastic, BPA free aluminum water bottles and keep them fresh and hydrated. Your friends, teachers, co-workers and kids will love you for it! Perfect for lunchboxes, on desks and even for sporting events.
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Christmas All Over The Place!

The Girly-Twirly Gift Company is your one stop shop for ALL of your Girly Christmas needs! Choose from our new Christmas personalized Melamine plates, Gumball Paint Bucket party favors, ornaments, personalized aluminum water bottles...the list goes on and on. Shop now to beat the rush and spread out your holiday bills!

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Dress Up The Kids Table This Thanksgiving!

Our fun NEW Thanksgiving melamine plates will have the kids at YOUR kids table gobbling up their green beans to get to the bottom!! In beautiful fall colors, they make a GREAT favor for the kids to take home with them after Thanksgiving dinner is done. The best part? Quick shipping can have these on your doorstep in about 5 days!

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It's CHALKBOARD DECAL MANIA!!

RED HOT for the fall, our NEW Chalkboard Wall Decals are all the rage!! Choose your favorite shape and use them for grocery lists, schedules, reminders, phone messages or just for doodling! Kids love them on their bedroom and playroom walls, and mom's love them in the kitchen. Also great for offices to keep track of meetings and deadlines. A great gift for everyone on your list this holiday season!

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Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You...

NEW! Check out our NEW birthday candle personalized Melamine Plates! Such a perfect gift for every birthday boy or girl on your list. Grab one for every kid at their birthday party too for the perfect party favor. They can eat their cake on it, and then bring it home with them to use all year long! http://www.girlytwirly.com/kinucapebipl.html

WE ARE IN PEOPLE STYLE WATCH FOR NOVEMBER '09!

BE SURE TO CHECK US OUT IN THE NEW HOLIDAY SHOPPING ISSUE OF PEOPLE STYLE WATCH - ON SALE NOVEMBER 23rd!! Featuring our HOT new monogrammed eco-friendly wine bags for easy and stylish gift giving. They can be re-used over and over again for picnics in the park, going to your favorite BYOB restaurant, or just as a great hostess gift. Perfect for the holidays!

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The Perfect Little Gift

We have officially found it...the PERFECT girl gift. Every girl on your list will love our NEW 3 x 3" DOUBLE MIRROR PURSE COMPACT!! The print and monogram of your choice is fused into the lid for a scratch free, lifetime lasting, fade resistant beautiful look. In colors that really POP, and at only $22.00 this will quickly become your favorite "go to" gift for everyone...teachers, friends, co-workers...and even yourself! In lovely, heavy weight stainless steel. Perfect for make up touch-ups on the run. Grab yours quickly for the holidays for great stocking stuffers!
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Ready For October?

October is such a fun month...so many celebrations. Harvest festivals, pumpkin and apple picking, raking leaves, and let us not forget... HALLOWEEN PARTIES! Dress them up right this October in their very own, personalized halloween tee. In your choice of darling prints and fonts...they will be stopped everywhere they go in these adorable shirts. Pair them with a funky skirt and a pair of black and orange striped tights and high tops for the fashion statement of the year.

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Getting Ready Early This Year!

It's almost time...for HOLIDAY ORDERING, that is!! We are just starting to add some of our very popular personalized ornaments back on the site for the holiday. Every one of our beautiful ornaments is handpainted, and can be personalized with the name, initial or monogram of your choice. They make PERFECT gifts for teachers, co-workers, hostesses and family. Order now to beat the crazy holiday rush and slight holiday delays! www.girlytwirly.com/forhome.html

NEW FOR BOYS AND "GHOULS!"

New for Halloween 2009 at the Girly-Twirly Gift Company! These darling personalized Trick or Treat bags, candy pails and personalized kids tees and plates are SURE to make for a fun holiday. Give them out to all of your favorite boys and "ghouls!"

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Can You Stand IT??

OK girls...are these adorable, or what? Our NEW fall Halloween and Thanksgiving girls Hair Clips are in....and boy are they CUTE! Grab yours quick....they are FLYING off of the shelves here at the GTGC. http://www.girlytwirly.com/sthewr.html

Booooo!

New for Halloween 2009...our SPOOKY HALLOWEEN PLATES & BOWLS! These make DARLING gifts for any little goblin on your list. They will surely gobble up all of those peas and carrots to get to the bottom of these cuties. I guarantee it.

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Another Summer Memory From My Childhood

I have to stop doing this. For some reason lately, when I am trying to clear my mind for a minute between work, I have been looking up vintage items from my youth. Last week it was the rollerskate (see earlier blog posts)...this week, THE 1973 - 1978 PEPSI COLLECTORS GLASSES FROM MCDONALDS. Oooohhhh, how this takes me back to summers swimming at my grandmother's house. They were 99 degree days. I was learning to swim. These amazing glasses were BIG, held an entire bottle of soda WITH ice, and were the coolest thing since Wonder Bread. After getting them filled with Pepsi with our McDonalds meal, we would race home, wash them out and claim them as ours in the glasses cabinet. NO ONE WAS TO TOUCH THEM. Mine were Road Runner, Cool Cat and Pepe La Pew. My aunt Michelle had the Fog Horn - Leg Horn, Yosemite Sam, Daffy and Porky. We were cool, we were hydrated, and those were the 70's. I have a tip for McDonalds. Wanna bring back sales? BRING BACK THE REAL COLLECTORS GLASSES WITH A VALUE MEAL. People would come often to collect each one, they would feel like they were getting their money's worth with the $7.50 meal that you charge these days, and maybe, just maybe, my daughter would have a summer like mine collecting her very own glass memories that make her smile.

Cocktail Friday - Nantucket Creamsicle Recipe

OK folks... got a doozie for you today. I had this one for the first time 2 summers ago living on Nantucket Island, and I CAN'T GET IT OFF MY MIND!! I decided we need to mix this one up this weekend. You should too...you'll thank me for it!

Nantucket Creamsicle

1 shot Orange Vodka (I like Triple Eight Orange Vodka from Nantucket)

1 shot Vanilla Vodka (again, I like Triple Eight Vanilla Vodka from Nantucket)

2 shots Ginger ale or cream soda

Splash of orange juice

Combine Blend all in a martini shaker over ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled Martini Glass. Garnish with Orange rind!

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Eco-Friendly AND Stylish Lunches For All...

NEW, NEW and OHHHHH so hot, our new reusable INSULATED lunch tote bags are IN!!! In great plasti-fabric for waterproofness and easy cleaning, with a silver insulated lining and a full velcro strip across the top to keep everything contained and cold. They are topped off with strong webbing handles and GREAT prints that are hip and fabulous! Monogrammable too...you can't lose with these. The BEST PART? The PRICE TAG is only $12.00!! You can't beat that with a stick. Soon to be your new favorite gift for every eco-fabulous girlfriend you have. Buy yours today before they sell out for fall! http://www.girlytwirly.com/mowogi.html

I Could Just Cry...

I found these Nike Roller Skates (circa 1980) on Etsy today...and I could have CRIED!! I had this EXACT SAME PAIR when I was 12 years old. Mine even had those weird blue-green rubber wheels that didn't match the blue stopper...just like these. Am I really this old?! I found myself staring at the photo and longing for those roller skate races down the street with my girlfriend Lisa (we were usually using them to chase bad guys during our pretend episode of "Charlies Angels"...ahhh, the good old days. Nary a worry about the seriously TWISTED ANKLE in these with no side support!) My favorite part about these is the simple design...just a darned running sneaker bolted to a roller skate base. They don't make things this stupidly simple anymore! Never the less, they are for sale if anyone is looking to bring back their youth. Please someone...buy them before I do.

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Sunday Morning Brunch Bloody Mary

This week, my cocktail Friday recipe is really for a lazy Sunday morning...after a long weekend of entertaining!! This yummy cocktail is the perfect drink to serve with your Sunday Eggs Benedict, as your guests are slowly meandering downstairs from a good night of sleep.

Ingredients

1.5 oz Good Vodka (I like Grey Goose)

3 oz tomato juice

0.5 oz lime juice

7 drops Worcestershire sauce

3 drops Tabasco sauce

freshly ground pepper

1 dash celery salt, freshly grated

Serving Instructions

Combine ingredients in glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Serve the Bloody Mary in a pint glass. Garnish with a stalk of celery and a lime wedge!