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Who doesn't enjoy a nice bottle of wine? This is a quick and cost effective gift that can show people you're thinking of them, but want to make this easy gift a little extra special? How about dressing up a bottle with a beautiful artisan made decorative tassel? Xula Handmade carries beautiful accessories including tassels and poms that will make your Christmas gift much more personal. Each tassel is made by hand by artisan women in Chiapas, Mexico. Pick some up now, while they have their holiday sales when you purchase multiples.

A designer home fragrance candle and candle care kit would be perfect for the people with refined taste on your list. Our home fragrance candles are hand poured into chic white glass vessels making them a beautiful display candle for any home. The coconut wax candles also have 100% unbleached cotton wicks and are made of the best scent oils around. The fragrances are sophisticated and unique, White Gold has notes of lemon zest, jasmine and amberwood. Sapphire Sandalwood has notes of pear nectar, rose petals and sandalwood. Pair one or both candles with a beautiful candle care kit and you'll be the hero of the holidays.

As much as we enjoy receiving clothes for Christmas as adults, it's not always the most fun when you're a child. Big City Kids has some fun play sets and bundles for the little ones in your life! From a Bakery Play Set, Retro Diner Se, to a Play Lemonade Stand. These are fun play sets for kids who are spending more time than normal at home. Go check them out!

Whether it's for your furry friend or you're gifting a friend who loves their pet, they're bound to love the fun leashes, collars and accessories at Ripley and Rue. Keep your pets looking stylish and show your love for them with one of their cute cropped crews or their unisex sweatshirts. You can also stay safe from Covid with their fun Dog Mom Face Mask.

 

Gifts for the accessories lover in your life

We all have someone in our life who stands out from the crowd with their chic and cool style and accessories. How about gifting them with a vegan leather harness from Shop Jenny Machete on ETSY? The variety of styles and colors will complement most wardrobes and you can almost guarantee they don't have similar pieces in their closet.

 

Gifts for your favorite foodie

Who doesn't love to indulge in treats during the holidays? Sweet Delivery lets you do just that, offering custom candy boxes. You choose how many and what types of sweets you want in your box. How about some delicious gourmet popcorn? Tropical Shores Gourmet Popcorn Company has a variety of flavors to choose from. Classics like Cheesy Cheddar, Kettle Corn and Movie Time to unique flavors like Salt and Vinegar, Dill Pickle and Birthday Cake.

Dads and husbands are notoriously difficult to shop for, ending up with more ties and socks than they'll ever need. While the Playsation 5 might be an easy choice, perhaps your main guy is not a gamer, so how about a Theragun Mini Massager? He'll be sure to find that gift relaxing but if that's not his style and he's an active guy then perhaps he would love the Powerbeats Pro Wireless Earphones, they are Bluetooth-enabled and sweat-resistant. If neither of those ideas convince you, perhaps a stylish and cozy robe is the way to go, like the John Christian Hooded Fleece Robe. He'll thank you when he's lounging in comfort in front of the TV.

 

This holiday season more than any other, we encourage you to support small businesses. Please support them through shopping and sharing them with friends and family. If you don't know where to find them, start with this guide and go to The Product Boss Small Biz Directory, there are over 600 small businesses waiting to be discovered and shared.

  There are some people who have all their holiday shopping done by Halloween, are you one of those people? The majority of us are not. However, if ever there was a year to get ahead of the holiday rush, it's this year. This year has thrown a curve ball at everyone's plans and the retail business is no different. The majority of shoppers are expressing their plans to shop mostly online. This will affect the USPS and will possibly lead to unexpected shipping delays.

  We're here to get your gears turning towards gift-giving season and to help make your purchases as easy as possible. Let us guide you through the process of why it's better to shop earlier this year. Here at Karla Bonilla Designs all of our fine jewelry pieces are handmade in New York City's Diamond District. That means that our pieces are not mass produced and made with care in small batches and made to order in some cases. The process of making a piece from start to finish takes days and while we do keep some pieces in stock, custom pieces such as our Pave Diamond Initial Necklaces are made as they are ordered. Jewelry pieces with diamonds require us to source the stones, for the jeweler to choose the best ones and then set them individually. All of the gold findings need to be sourced and once assembled, the pieces must go through a polishing session before they're packaged and ready to ship. These are processes that take several days to complete but produce a quality product that we can be proud of.

  For these reasons, we at Karla Bonilla Designs want to highly encourage you to shop our jewelry collection during the month of November and early December. Take advantage of the multiple sales and offers we will share with you all and take away any unnecessary stress about holiday shipping deliveries. Please reach out to us for any special requests and follow us on social media for more holiday updates in the coming weeks. 

Let's talk about a new and innovative method of payment now offered on our website. We currently accept all major credit cards, PayPal and Apple Pay and as of last week we are now offering Swaypay. Swaypay let's shoppers split their payment in part cash and part social media posts. It works by giving shoppers a discount based on their Instagram following as illustrated below.

• <500 Instagram followers receive 10% off their purchase
• 500-1000 Instagram followers receive 15% off their purchase
• 1000+ Instagram followers receive 20% off their purchase
• 1 post per cart item

 

All items on our website now offer the opportunity to use Swaypay as a form of payment and you can check your savings simply by imputing your Instagram handle on the popup after selecting Swaypay. For example, let's say you've been waiting to buy the Athena Sister Ring but were waiting for a sale to purchase it. Well, now you have the option to buy it using Swaypay and receive a discount today. You can enter your Instagram handle and instantly see your discount. You will then have 30 days to post about the purchase to your feed and tag us.

While the discount is the best motivator for using Swaypay, it also allows you to grow your influence by using your social media platform. Your posts are also a great way for a small business to grow brand awareness and reach people that they otherwise wouldn't. It's a win, win!

If you have any questions about using Swaypay, please feel free to email us and let us know! We can't wait to see your Instagram posts!

 

Have you looked at your jewelry and thought it could use a little love? Or maybe it's not as shiny as when you bought it. Well you're not wrong, even fine jewelry will dull over time when exposed to sweat, body oil or makeup. To help with that here are three tips to clean your gold jewelry at home and leave it shining (almost) like new!

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