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Holidays

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

How to Celebrate the Holidays on a Budget

Here are nine ways to have fun and spread holiday cheer in Snellville without breaking the bank.

This year’s holiday season can be special for you and your family regardless of your budget. Here are some fun tips for creating new holiday traditions while saving money. 1)    Make your cards from recycled materials. Cards can be made from paper grocery bags, cereal boxes, used file folders and even last year’s holiday cards. Feature your family’s artwork and use recycled wrapping paper or paper from catalogs and magazines for backgrounds. A great resource for making cards from recycled materials is "Creative Correspondence" by Michael and Judy Jacobs, available at Barnes and Noble or on Amazon.com.  2)    Have fun together and create a festive decoration by making a gingerbread house. You can bake the gingerbread yourself and use royal …

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Local Businesses Offer Unique Holiday Gifts

Looking for gift ideas? These small, local businesses offer something for everyone.

It's Nov. 1, and Walmart already has Christmas on its shelves! If you haven't started shopping yet, consider these unique gifts available locally.  Honor a veteran in your life with a brick in the Veterans Memorial. Available for a little over $100, the brick will be part of a large memorial on Oak Road and will include an "eternal flame" and continuous flow waterfall. Be a part of Snellville history while giving a unique, meaningful gift.  Purchase a gift certificate from About Face Skin Care/About Mind and Body, a local med-spa that specializes in nonsurgical facelifts and general skin care. They also offer yoga, pilates and other classes in their newly launched Mind and Body center.  Other gift certificate options are lessons in …

Tom Witts

3:38 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Buying a Veteran's tile for your veteran will be a gift that will be remembered forever. Buy before 12/15 and we will send you a certificate of purchase to give your veteran on Christmas morning. The certificate is suitable for framing and will become a remembrance all its own that you have memorialized your veteran on Snellville's Veteran's Memorial and eternal flame. For more information go to …   more ›

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