CLOSED: Merry Mondays, Week One: Love {Giveaway Included!}

Today begins five weeks of Merry Mondays here at Tree, Root, and Twig:  mini holiday guides meant to help you find a gift for the special people in your life.  Today’s theme is ”Love,” and I believe each of these gifts exemplifies or inspires love, compassion, and good will.  Make sure to read through to the end for details on entering an awesome giveaway!

 

 Gift cards are a popular choice during the holiday season because they offer the flexibility some recipient’s prefer for chosing a gift that would suit them best.  This year you can double the meaning behind giving a gift card by choosing the Give Card.  The Give Card is a prepaid Visa card that shares $5 of its value with a charity of the recipient’s choice.  The rest can be spent like cash wherever Visa debit cards are accepted.

You order the Give Card online, chose from a pre-valued card amount of $25-$250, the card is sent Standard shipping to your recipient (for FREE) and received in 5 business days after purchase.  Your recipient then logs on to the Give Card website to activate the card and choose from among more than 5,000 charities to receive their donation portion of the Give Card.  Charities include registered non-profits like The American Red Cross, The Humane Society, and many more.

For more information on taking advantage of this unique holiday gift, visit www.givecard.com.

  

 

Things Remembered holds a special place in my heart, as it was one of the “must-stop-at” stores whenever my twin sister and I went to the mall as teenagers.  We loved looking through their collection of often shiny, always thoughtful personalized gift ideas. 

Things Remembered continues that tradition of quality today with many gift ideas for under this year’s Christmas tree, including:

(click on item names for more information!)

• Max the Bear and other exclusive Make-A-Wish Foundation gifts
• Personalized USB drives
• Snowman Water Globe
• Race Car Water Globe

Things Rembered also has their Custom Couture Jewelry Collection available for the holidays.  Gift givers first choose a bracelet or a necklace in one of five designs (including pearl or beaded chain).  They can then add one of three engravable pendants, and finish it off with a miniature, sparkling birthstone pendant, initial pendant with pearl accent,  and/or one of six miniature charms, including star, angel, cross, heart, butterfly, or key.

Things Remembered provided me with an item for review from the Custom Couture Jewelry Collection, and I chose the linked chain with heart closure, a round pendant with the phrase “Still I Rise” engraved on it, and two initial charms:  M and N.  I chose this as a gift for my twin sister, who – with her two daughters (the M and the N) – has fought through some very tough times this year to rise above it all (the phrase “Still I Rise” is from an amazing poem by Maya Angelou).

The necklace came out just beautiful – shiny, clear, and lovely.  The heart closure on the necklace is a very sweet touch.

There is a pleasing weight to the necklace, and when worn reflects the light around it, making it a real attention-getter.  The length of the chain is perfect, as it falls just above a standard shirt’s neckline.

Things Remembered has generously offered a piece from their Custom Couture Jewelry Collection for giveaway to one lucky reader!  The winner will choose one item from each of the three steps shown above (1:  a bracelet/necklace chain choice, 2:  a pendant – engraved, and 3:  either a birthstone, initial charm, or crystal icon).  To enter, please answer in a comment to this post:  how would you use this gift if you won?

For extra entries, chose any of the following and leave me an individual comment telling me which method you used:

• Follow @tremembered on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway (put username or link in comment)
• Become a fan of Things Remembered on Facebook and leave a comment on their wall saying what gift from Things Remembered you’d like to give (leave link to post here).
• Subscribe to Tree, Root, and Twig via RSS or email
• “Friend” me via Google Friend Connect (see bottom of page)

Giveaway open to US residents only.  All entries are due by 11:59PM (CST) Monday, December 7th.  Good luck to everyone!

You might also enjoy these related posts from Tree, Root, and Twig:

1. Merry Mondays, Week Two: Live
2. ‘Tis the Season for Merry Mondays
3. CLOSED: Personalized Multi-Tool Flashlight for Father’s Day, from Things Remembered {Review & Giveaway}

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