Happy Memorial Day - Enjoy our Online Exclusive Promo!

Enjoy this web online promo from now through Monday, May 27th

Visit us at Gifts Define and enter promo code: GDMEMO20 during checkout

ENJOY!!

Holiday PROMO - Buy 1 Baby Mobile Get 1 Baby's First Christmas FREE!

This offer is eligible for Gifts Define's page members or if you haven't become a member, simply LIKE our Gifts Define at Facebook page! Purchase one Gifts Define's deco mobile (ANY design) and enter promo code "GDFB member" in the comment box during checkout -- you'll receive one FREE Baby's First Christmas (value at USD29.00) Please pick bird color: aqua or pink & mention your baby's name for personalization. This offer is good thru Dec 1st midnight, for both U.S. and Int'l customers. This promo can't be combined with any other offers. One gift per customer. ENJOY!

Click HERE to view our charming and adorable deco*mobile collection!

http://giftsdefine.com/category_11/BABY-MOBILE-DECOR.htm

August is our Birthday Month!

Finally August is here! Gee, soon will be holiday season with the Halloween then the Thanksgiv......ok better not go there. Let's enjoy August for now, when the summer is hot and that it's our BIRTHDAY MONTH too...yay!!!!! This coming August 14th is our 3rd birthday (still small but we are growing) We're so excited and grateful for that wonderful three years of creating handmade cuteness to all of you.

Well as a small company with small of everything (tiny office, limited budget and staff), it's not all easy breezy journey to stand tall to this day. When we first started, we're simply nothing -- we were just another crafters popped up on the internet selling oh that kind of felt stuffies. It's not easy to create a niche to your business when many other bigger, more well-known profiles/companies offer similar things you do. Discouraging, underwhelming, that only our passion can conquer the doubts and we work hard to build our creative products to be different, high quality and to be deemed special by our audiences. Not only that our handmade collection are not mass-produced but we create and handcraft each of our collection from the heart and we listen to what our customers want. Simply stated, we take our creative job personal, not merely business.

Today, we are blessed to have quite many friends who love us, appreciate our work and find our handmade creations as special, extraordinary and truly one-of-kind. It's so rewarding to receive that many feedbacks and emails of how our products bring cheers and joy to their lives, that our heartfelt creations have carved many wonderful gift giving moments as well as brought fun and colors to their home. So so happy to know that and thank you for believing in us! On this day, well, we're still a small creative company we found 3 years ago, still owns that huge obsession of creating wonderful things -- but we're stronger, smarter to do our job better and eager to sew more hapiness for everyone...everywhere...one stitch at a time...

STAY TUNED FOR OUR BIRTHDAY BASH GIVEAWAYS!
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Cute Emily with her Boneka Abby

It's just make us so happy and smile as wide as Mississipi river :) when seeing each of our handmade dolls make someone happy...One picture at a time....Look at sweet Emily with her Boneka Abby. Both Emily and Abby love everything p i n k!!! Well...they seem to become friends forever ever after....so cute! Send us your photo with your Gifts Define creations, we'd love to see the "love". Have a wonderful day today! We surely will...

Constructing the new working desk

The hardest part making your own custom working desk is to construct the design layout to fit harmoniously in your given space (especially when you're no interior nor furniture designer). Well....so far this is the desk deisgn I can come up with for my new office space and my hubby Jeff builds it for me. All I know, having this desk the way it is would make my work in the future a whole lot easier to navigate and definitely more organized. If only we have more time in the world to complete this new office project...ugh...it'll take awhile for us to finish and paint. Oh wish me luck!

Today is a Gift...

"TODAY IS A GIFT". We found more story to tell about this inspiring quote....
Yes, we decided to create limited edition of "birthday pin" to celebrate our upcoming Gifts Define's 3rd birthday on Aug 14th. As you could see from my post earlier, the pin will feature the new mascot I designed for our new website as well as our favorite quote

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More on TODAY IS A GIFT....
"today is a gift" quote meant more than just a word for us. It gives us such an inspiration, appreciation and celebration of what we do: "Creating wonderful things to make people happy".

The more complete sentence of the quote says:
"Yesterday is History, Tomorrow a Mystery, Today is a Gift, That's why it is called the Present" As most of you have noticed, Master Oogway in KungFu Panda Movies had made this quote popular when he mentioned it to Shifu -- and we're just so touched hearing him says this meaningful wisdom. Now, where and by whom this quote is actually from? Well, we found the the best answer as follows:

The full quote often read:
"The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.

That's why it is called the present."In the 1902 book, "Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights..." by Alice Morse Earle, it is noted that the words "Time Waits for No Man" is a play on words or punning device of "gnomon" that has been used on sun dials. A gnomon is a pointer on a sun dial. Somewhere along the way came the full quote which has been truncated by some to the abbreviated version.
Many believe the phrase has its root in "Time and Tide wait for No Man" meaning no one is so powerful that he can stop the march of time. According to "The Phrase Finder":The origin is uncertain, although it's clear that the phrase is ancient and that it predates modern English.

The earliest known record is from St. Marher, 1225:"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."A version in modern English -- "the tide abides for, tarrieth for no man, stays no man, tide nor time tarrieth no man" evolved into the present day version.

Nowhere is this sentiment more artfully expressed than in Emily Dickinson's poem #1292, "Yesterday is History." Yesterday is History,'tis so far away --yesterday is Poetry,'tis Philosophy --Yesterday is Mystery --Where it is today --While we shrewdly speculate -- Flutter both away


So beautiful.....

Shane and his little Tooth Guardian Angel

One of our darling customer Lauren got her son Shane a Tooth Guardian Angel...and this is her story that has made our day:

"This tooth guardian couldn't be any sweeter. He arrived safely today wrapped in beautiful packaging, along with the tooth certificate. And he couldn't have come at a better time! I ordered this thinking we'd have time before we would use him. I couldn't have been more wrong. Our son got his first two loose teeth yesterday! Thank you so much for this great item! Fantastic craftsmanship and thoughtfully wrapped. We look forward to doing additional business with you in the near future!"

We just love the picture she took of Shane posing with his new little Tooth Guardian Angel friend! Thanks Lauren for sharing this....

Sneak peak on our new website look...

We just want to brag about this exciting project: redesigning our website! But the reality is our new website is far from being done! Lots of work...and more to dos still...though we are so relieved to have gone this far with the project (among other things that's goin' on in our world right now). First phase is tackled...the front page design. It will be featuring our drawings of Gifts Define mascots...a girl with pink hood with her little pet friends as well as the costumed-boy with his little friends. We're hoping that we can complete this project by early August so that we can celebrate it along with Gifts Define's 3rd birthday (cross our fingers). Ok, we better stop day dreaming and back to reality...lots of other projects we need to wrap up. Chao!

Become Gifts Define Fan on Facebook!

Don't you know that Gifts Define has a Facebook Fan Page? We're addicted to Facebook-ing and we think the power of Facebook is just remarkable. It makes connecting, sharing, making new friends and communicating with everyone all around the globe a whole lot easier, simply said. We hope that our Fans Page on Facebook will allow us to connect & share more with our existing friends, supporters and soon-to-be newfound friends! All of you are invited to pay a visit and we (all the staff and the dolls) will be so thrilled and privileged if you become one of our fans! Of course, as our darling fans, you'll be the first to know for any exclusive discounts and promotional events! We see you there!!

Us mentioned ...in Project Nursery

We are so delighted to have our deco*mobile featured by one of our favorite blogs "Project Nursery". The article is titled (which we like) "Mobiles Made to Match". Melisa, the co-founder/editor behind all the wonderful articles I enjoy reading at PN, has really captured the design essence of what we'd like to offer with our custom-made deco*mobiles...uniqueness, charm, quality and one-of-a-kind mobile that surely 'made to match' your room or nursery project. Read the article HERE

Real Simple...Real Party Favors...Real Deal!

No more wondering...that recently we got several favors orders from some new clients and darling emails from friends which leading us to "Real Simple Simply Stated"! We are just so thrilled to finally notice that our "Premium Party Favors" Collection is being mentioned in one of our favorite blogs ! Read our featured article here for a wonderful review by Jennifer Sbranti, the lady whom we thought to be the mastermind behind the most beautiful party moments & gift favors ever...

Hello...!! for having her writing something about our party favors?!? It's just the Real Deal... :)

We're back in the U.S.A!

For any order received during our travel abroad (Mar 17 - Apr 9) will be processed and mail within this week. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Also, we appreciate and grateful for your wonderful emails and best wishes during our time away! We're so blessed with your wonderful friendship & support! All the best to all of you...we'll be updating our blogs and post some photos of our tripin Asia as soon as we're all get settled back in our studio. We surely have lots to catch up & order to complete ...time to go back to work and to create!! Glad to be back!!

Our little trip to Asia...

We'll be visiting our studio & staff overseas in Indonesia from Mar 17th - Apr 9th. We're still accepting & working on orders during this time as usual, though orders received within this period will be mailed when get back in the U.S.

We're excited about our journey, where we will be meeting our friends and the ever so supportive artsy local women artisans, do some creative training, as well as possibly foresee some wonderful market opportunities. Wish us luck! :) What we don't look forward too much is the almost 40-hr flight + layover trip we have to take. We'll be flying from Tampa, Florida to Los Angeles, California (with a stop over in Chicago, Illinois), then we'll continue our flight to Hong Kong where we'll be changing plane to get to Jakarta, Indonesia. But, all will be so worthwhile....Too bad we can't bring our sewing tools with us, otherwise we can make tons of dolls during the 30-hr time we're 'on the air'! Anyways, we do have our iPods ready filled with lotsa groovy tunes to keep us alive and some good PhotoShop books ha ha....(can you tell how geeky we are!)

Feel free to email us at info@giftsdefine.com as we check our email daily while we're abroad. Thanks for your patience & support!

Us mentioned...

Featured in Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine Dec. 2008

Conversation Birds including our "Yay! I'm Pregnant" Pregnancy Keepsake Bird
"Friendly felted birds chirp holiday cheer when tied atop a package or hung upon a tree."

Featured: Tooth Guardian Angel in Tutus & Turtles Blog

Save Handmade!

(Information derived from Cool Mom Picks blog)
OVERVIEW:
We're all for strengthening the safety standards of mass-produced toys, clothes, and accessories made in China, and banning toxins like phthalates and lead. But this year, the CPSC passed the ill-conceived Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act which goes into effect in two months and will absolutely decimate the small toy manufacturers, independent artisans, and crafters who have already earned the public trust.

With this act going into effect February 10 2009 so many people we love will be affected: Moms who sew beautiful handmade waldorf dolls out of home, artists who have spent decades hand-carving trucks and cars out of natural woods, that guy at the craft show who sold you the cute handmade puzzle--even larger US companies who employ local workers and have not once had any sort of safety issue will no longer be able to sell their goods. Not without investing tens of thousands of dollars into third-party testing and labeling, just to prove that toys that never had a single chemical in them still don't have a single chemical in them.

Click the button above for more information.

VOTE FOR US at Etsy Holiday Voting!

Yippie...our BIRD PARADE Deco*Mobile is nomitated in Etsy's Holiday Voting - Holiday Toys category! We're just so thrilled to be chosen among the super talented Etsy artists who make incredible, handmade toys. Etsy features 60 incredible handmade toys for voting this year. May the best toys win (vote for us!)

Detail click here:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/etc/holiday-2008-choose-your-favorite-toy-3044/

Cast your vote click here:

http://www.etsy.com/voter_list.php?room_id=25

Voting ends on Friday, December 12th at high noon, Eastern Time. Feel free to contact us or convo us thru Etsy to find out more about how we hand-craft our Deco*Mobile!

Us mentioned...

Featured: Bird Bannerama

Craftblog in Spanish DecoPeques.com
(our customer from Barcelona, Spain forwarded us this mention, thank you^^)

Featured: BONEKA Sophie

SMALL magazine - Winter '08

Featured Safari Quest deco*mobile
B:Kids holiday gift guide '08 for babies/nursery

Featured: Squirrel PetPencil

Cookie Magazine Online stocking stuffers '08 under $25

Us, mentioned.... ^^

Our Bird Parade Deco*Mobile is featured in Etsy page Gift Guide for Baby.
Our Bird Party Favors are listed in Hostess with the Mostess' Wish List.
How happy we are to get noted in these two awesome sites!

Rock the Vote and Vote Cute!

Whooa, October is here and ... before we get to the spirit of the upcoming Holidays, for the time being...."'Tis the season to VOTE!" Send an inspiring statement and friendly empowering reminder of 'getting your voice heard' -- by displaying these adorable Elephant and Donkey Pocket Pets. Hang them pretty in your car, office desk or your bag and show support for your candidate! This FEEL GOOD VOTE! gift set is wonderfully packaged in our adorable Tin Suitcase in caramel & robin's egg blue color (4" x 5.5" x 2.5") -- with complimentary gift tag. Available online!

Bird Parade Deco*Mobile at HWTM Wish List

I love love Hostess with the Mostess Blog...not only it filled with so many fun smart tips to arrange wonderful party favors, it also has the most wondrous, colorful & eye-catching photography ever! I just adore the blog look... Having HWTM as one of my favorite fancy blog, I'm so delighted to notice that HTWM is "wish list" ing our Bird Parade Mobile. Just so cute to see one of our handmade creation on their wonderful blog.