It’s not too early to start thinking about two major June events that usually require some sort of thoughtfulness on your part: Father’s Day and Graduation. This is especially true if you’re shopping for a Dad or Grad gift online (need to factor in shipping time). I have created shopping guides to help you find the perfect gift to surprise your loved ones with this year. For Father’s Day ideas, take a look at my Father’s Day Gift Guide. For guy graduation presents, click on my Guy Grad Gift guide. And for graduation gifts for ladies, check out Girl Grad Gifts.

P.S. Father’s Day is on June 21st this year!

Shown (L-R): Dad/Father Frame, Fog-Free Mirror with AM/FM Radio, Graduation Caricature Print, USB Tulip Hub, Wake Up iPod Speaker and Alarm Clock, and Grad Guy Bobblehead.

SHOP EASTER NOW

As a child, Easter was almost as exciting as Christmas. Mystical beings who bring gifts to good little children are always good in my book. And there was always lots of chocolate and candy involved on both holidays. Presents and chocolate. All good.

Except for the fact that the Easter Bunny left his presents out on the cold porch by the door and the wrapping paper was always see-through (cellophane leaves very little to the imagination), Easter was and is always a happy, springtime celebration. Dying, hunting, and eating hardboiled eggs is a pretty sweet tradition too. Yum. (Just don’t get me started on the Easter bonnets with elastic chin straps and the white ruffle socks we had to wear for church in the morning. Cute, looking back. Horrible at the time.)

Clockwise from top right: Ceramic Egg Hanging Planters, Egg Lanterns, Nyokki Egg Plant Pet, Sidewalk Chalk Eggs, NEW Godiva Easter Carrot, and Stripes the Long Eared Bunny.

To help you celebrate Easter this year, which is right around the corner by the way (April 12th), I shopped around for some cute gifts your friends and family might enjoy. I also found some festive holiday decor for your home, should you be hosting this year’s get-together. Check out my Easter Gifts and Decor shopper’s guide for more cute Easter ideas.

Happy Easter!

When I was 14, I battled the elements walking with the rest of my grammar school cheerleading squad in the rainy San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day parade in a hooded green garbage bag-esque “raincoat.” Not cute. From that experience, I learned that rain and Aqua Net hairspray do not mix.

I’ve since made up for the lack of merriment I had that St. Paddy’s Day by dressing in green, applying temporary “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” tattoos, and hanging out with friends in the annual celebration of all things Irish. (Last year, we scored our temp tattoos from a trio of green-bearded “little people” walking down the streets of San Francisco’s Little Italy. Talk about gold!) In my Kiss Me, I’m Irish! Green Things for Girls and St. Patrick’s Day Stuff for Guys shopper’s guides, I’ve found lots of cute/funny green shirts, leprechaun costumes, and glittery shamrocky stuff for you to sport on March 17^th. Get pumped, it’s coming up!