If you are looking for some unique mothers day gift ideas,Red Envelope has a large selection of gifts to choose from.  Many of the items can be personalized, which is of course a nice touch.  Personalized gifts certainly come across as a little extra thoughtful, since you can’t just run in at the last minute, and grab them off the shelf.

I received this custom engraved casserole dish recently, from Red Envelope.  It is quite large, big enough to hold a whole chicken, so is a great choice for making family size dinners.  If your mom has a special recipe, that she always brings to parties and family events, a personally engraved casserole would make a nice Mother’s Day gift.  Put mom’s name on it,the name of her “specialty”, or if she is like me and has a blog, you could always put that on it.

If mom has other interests, the site has many jewelry, luxury, and home & garden items to choose from.  Why not check out their Mother’s Day gifts, and see if there is something your mom would love.

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I don’t know about you, but sometimes, I am not so thrilled about standard light switches in prominent spots in my home.  In the past, I would match the rooms trim, or try and dress it up with a decorative switch plate.  Most of the time I would resolve myself to the less than ideal solution, but in one room in particular, the incongruence of the switch with the rest of the room bugs me.

I am going to be repainting the room soon.  The rusty barn red trim will stay the same color, but the greenish color will be getting swapped out for another color.

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A new Renu switch plate kit, from Leviton, would be a perfect solution for this spot.  I could either match the wall color, or go with red and match the trim. I am thinking matching the wall would be the best bet.  The Renu Collection has twenty popular paint colors available, and are easily switched out if you paint in another color in the future.  In addition to switches and wall plates, the company offers a wide array of innovative dimmers.

Upcoming Twitter Parties with Prizes

Want to learn more about Leviton products, have a nice time, and possibly win a Home Depot gift card?  Leviton will be sponsoring two upcoming Twitter parties:

• Thursday, April 26th 9pm EST
• Wednesday, May 2nd 9pm EST

Update: Leviton is offering 2 sets of Broadway tickets as a grand prize for the twitter party on Wednesday night! Join in on the fun and see if you’ll win!

To participate, follow @Leviton and the hashtag  #Renu during the Twitter events.

If you are a DIYer like me, make sure and follow Leviton on Facebook  too.

Despite using Glad quick tie tall kitchen bags exclusively for many years, I only just recently tried Glad Black Bags.  We always bought “whatever” when it came to large black bags, since they were only used in the basement trash can.  I had run out of trash bags for that basement trash can a few weeks back, but kept forgetting to pick up new ones.  That turned out to be just fine.  You see, I was sent a box of Glad ForceFlex Black Bags to try out for this blog tour, and I’m a convert.  I have been cleaning out junk and clutter down there, and these bags are pretty impressive in their ability to stretch to accommodate items that would rip other bags. Looks like this is an all Glad household now.

I am sure you are fascinated with my new found trash bag love, but this is not a review, I am actually writing today to share information about the Glad Black Bag Art Auction.  Glad has partnered with the Picker Sisters to encourage people to get innovative with their trash, and transform it into stylish treasures.  The auction will feature four mosaic artworks depicting animals, by artist Jason Mecier.  I am rather partial to the duck, shown below.  The pieces integrate items collected during Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, as well as items donated by several well known celebrities.

If you would like to bid on any or all of these special works of art, bids will be accepted through April 26th.  Proceeds from the auction befit Keep America Beautiful.

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Glad Black Bag and received a Glad Black Bag product and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.