These Father’s Day gift ideas are brought to you by GGAB, aka the Gift Giving Advisory Board’s in our Second Annual Sponsored Father’s Day Gift Guide. Enjoy this novel selection from independent creative businesses that excel at delighting us with their ingenious new products. 

What kind of Mother’s Day gift do you buy for your mom or that mother-figure in your life? It often seems like women have everything. So, how do we give them something special and meaningful? That’s exactly why you need the Gift Giving Advisory Board’s 3rd Annual Sponsored Mother’s Day Gift Guide – presented to you here.

Guest post by Dana Hoffman, Licensed Acupuncturist, Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine
I was blown away reading Audrey’s December article on her experience of receiving Botox injections for the first time. Hers is the first article I’d seen giving the not-so-good side of what happens when Botox (Botulism Type A) works too well at paralyzing the nerves that activate muscles. The part about drooling really frightened me…

Every home needs a set of these: the FixnZip™, a replacement zipper slider to easily repair broken zippers.
How often have you discarded or stopped using garments or other products because the zipper slidder was damaged? The sleeping bag, the windbreaker jacket, the backpack… You hope can magically find the replacement zipper (in the right size, right color. Good luck.) and get it fixed at a cost lower than that of the original product. Hummm. What are your chances?
Forget all that. You can now quickly fix zippers with the FixnZip.  Without tools or needles, all you need to do is figure [...]

By Anne-Marie Kovacs, Chief Wife
With spring barely palpable and, in Chicago, many frosty days still in the forecast, my family instinctively turns to comfort foods. Pizza, predictably, is one of those foods. I mean, homemade pizza.

In this year’s sponsored Valentine’s Day gift guide – brought to you by the Gift Giving Advisory Board – we propose an array of items that are sure to delight everyone. From the very young and on up, our quality advertisers are here to serve you and help you in your gift giving – you don’t even need to leave home – your gifts will be delivered right to your door.

By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
This is my final post in my Turning 50 series and, I must say, it has been wonderful focusing on me this entire year. But, I got carried away and became a little too self-absorbed. I made a mistake. A huge mistake. Warning signs should have been noted but I kept plowing forward. I got botoxed! It is almost like being punked by yourself.
I saw a Botox deal, $84.00 for 20 units of botox, on one of those Deals-of-the-Day sites and thought, why not, I know so many women (and men) who have had it done. [...]

By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
It is that time again when the Concert in the Park season begins. In our town, they are held every Sunday afternoon during the summer months. This is a time when we see all the families from this community come together to listen to some great music; everything from from Reggae to Top 40 Hits to Classical and Country. As the children play on the playground,

After everything she’s done for you, it’s time to celebrate Mom! The Gift Giving Advisory Board is here to help you show Mom how special she is with our 2011 Mother’s Day Gift Guide. Our expert advisory board members include the women of WickedlyChic.com, TheGiftInsider.com and TheSucculentWife.com. We KNOW gifts. We live and breathe gifts every day. And so, in this sponsored gift guide, we have pooled our know-how to bring you this very selective guide of some of the most beautiful,

By some standards, handwriting is already considered an “ancient” skill. Next thing we’ll know, it will be an extinct art form practiced by only a few artisans. Well, not in my lifetime if I have anything to do with it! These days, the charm of receiving a handwritten note is manifest (any handwriting will do, but do go all out with calligraphy as we mentioned recently) and its message exponentially more resonant than with anything sent electronically.