Here's to great times with friends and family - cherished moments to last a lifetime. Give the gift of love this holiday season to your {best} friends. Some great gift ideas for the best friend right here at The Pepper Kids
{1} the Chef .... voila .. a designer apron with a great cookbook !
{2} the Tea lover ... an INITIALLY Yours Mug !
{3} the Perfect Hostess .... a Set of 12 days of Christmas Plates !
{4} the Best Mom Ever ... A Personalized piece of Jewelry !
{5} the fashionista .... Pearls and Rubies Bracelet !
{6} the comfortable blogger .... PJs to zone around in comfort !
And heaps more ....
Enjoy !!
Monday, September 24, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
There is only one beautiful child in this world ....
"There is only one beautiful child in this world and every mother has it" ... Anonymous
This blog posting is dedicated to all moms and their special little ones !! We salute you PePPeRMoMs !!
What is about being a mother that inherently creates these feelings to give the utmost, give everything we have to our children. And the most amazing thing is that all of us as mothers bond as we have the same feelings for our little ones.
I recently met some amazing women from "First Candle". First Candle is a national nonprofit health organization uniting parents, caregivers and researchers nationwide with government, business and community service groups to advance infant health and survival. With help from a national network of member and partner organizations, they work to increase public participation and support in the fight against infant mortality.
These fantastic people have a mission in life to help babies get to their first birthday safely. The statistics are scary - every day there are several families in America grieving over the loss of a baby. Even the thought of something like this would bring tears to our eyes. A cause to help prevent these occurences by bringing awareness, helping research and development is truly an important and noble cause much required in our community.
You can visit First Candle at http://www.firstcandle.org/ and check out the "How to get involved" section within "About us" if you are interested in helping make a difference.
Thank you Marian, Deborah & Laura. You are amazing people doing amazing things and I am honored to have spent a few hours with you.
This blog posting is dedicated to all moms and their special little ones !! We salute you PePPeRMoMs !!
What is about being a mother that inherently creates these feelings to give the utmost, give everything we have to our children. And the most amazing thing is that all of us as mothers bond as we have the same feelings for our little ones.
I recently met some amazing women from "First Candle". First Candle is a national nonprofit health organization uniting parents, caregivers and researchers nationwide with government, business and community service groups to advance infant health and survival. With help from a national network of member and partner organizations, they work to increase public participation and support in the fight against infant mortality.
These fantastic people have a mission in life to help babies get to their first birthday safely. The statistics are scary - every day there are several families in America grieving over the loss of a baby. Even the thought of something like this would bring tears to our eyes. A cause to help prevent these occurences by bringing awareness, helping research and development is truly an important and noble cause much required in our community.
You can visit First Candle at http://www.firstcandle.org/ and check out the "How to get involved" section within "About us" if you are interested in helping make a difference.
Thank you Marian, Deborah & Laura. You are amazing people doing amazing things and I am honored to have spent a few hours with you.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Lights, Camera, Action ... And Away we roll ...
Take 1.. Take 2.. Action !!
Well, its all about action around here...what with photo shoots for newspaper photographers and kids running amuck during these lazy summer months !! Well, its not all busy and not all lazy. I am somewhat bragging here, but eh, I am feeling downright proud of where thepepperkids.com is today as compared to 6 months ago.
Thanks to Sandy Bosch, we were featured in the local newspaper 2 weeks ago.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/hinsdale/business/471958,do-bzprofile-071907-s1.article
Sandy did such a fantastic job and we cannot thank her enough. We probably don't deserve all the kind words, but we do really really appreciate them. Well, more press is on the way with Babytalk magazine in September.
I somehow think PR is like pregnancy. You create a baby, you love it, its the thing that is top of mind, you really care about it (hint - thepepperkids.com - my third one!). Then you engage in a 9 month long wait while the world picks up (read PR) and the "bump" starts to show. The appearance of the bump in ==PRLAND== means some PR starts to occur. So our "bump" is appearing a little over the usual 4 months+( ehhmm I am embellishing here but I think I am allowed to .. right?). Well, at least the bump appears which means we are progressing !!
And progress is good. Now I am tired and I have a craving for some chocolate - well, its all part of the "pregnancy" !!
Well, its all about action around here...what with photo shoots for newspaper photographers and kids running amuck during these lazy summer months !! Well, its not all busy and not all lazy. I am somewhat bragging here, but eh, I am feeling downright proud of where thepepperkids.com is today as compared to 6 months ago.
Thanks to Sandy Bosch, we were featured in the local newspaper 2 weeks ago.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/hinsdale/business/471958,do-bzprofile-071907-s1.article
Sandy did such a fantastic job and we cannot thank her enough. We probably don't deserve all the kind words, but we do really really appreciate them. Well, more press is on the way with Babytalk magazine in September.
I somehow think PR is like pregnancy. You create a baby, you love it, its the thing that is top of mind, you really care about it (hint - thepepperkids.com - my third one!). Then you engage in a 9 month long wait while the world picks up (read PR) and the "bump" starts to show. The appearance of the bump in ==PRLAND== means some PR starts to occur. So our "bump" is appearing a little over the usual 4 months+( ehhmm I am embellishing here but I think I am allowed to .. right?). Well, at least the bump appears which means we are progressing !!
And progress is good. Now I am tired and I have a craving for some chocolate - well, its all part of the "pregnancy" !!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Humble Beginnings http://www.thepepperkids.com
Lets start at the very beginning ... a very good place to start... and we are not going to sing Do Re Me, Fa So La Ti... I do remember it ! Wo !!
Here I am thinking of where and how it all began. Well, the name 'The Pepper Kids' was born on a SouthWest Airlines flight to Seattle from Chicago August 2006 towards the end of the summer vacation. It was our last few days before going back to school so we decided to spend them in Bill Gates' Microsoft city, Seattle.
The name was a "family affair". My husband and I with our two children (ages 7 and 9) doodled on a SouthWest Airlines napkin (the one with the map of the USA) all through the flight brainstorming about the possibilities or rather impossibilities of finding something that resonated with all of us. You can see the challenge. Yet, we hit it !! "The Pepper Kids" worked !! It had the word "kids" that my 7 year old thought was extremely important. It had the word "Pepper" which my 9 year old kinda liked as zesty and colorful. It had the "P" and the "K" sound which my marketing science studies told me worked wonders (we have to see about that) and my husband liked the name too (Jackpot!) Chiching !
As soon as we landed, the very first thing we did after checking into the hotel was to register the url http://www.thepepperkids.com
To make perfect things even more perfect, the Asian tradition in which peppercorn packs are added under children's pillows when they sleep at night to protect them is a timeless symbol of good fortune, love and appreciation.
The name is inspired to add zest and spice along with timeless symbols of good fortune, love and appreciation.
Here I am thinking of where and how it all began. Well, the name 'The Pepper Kids' was born on a SouthWest Airlines flight to Seattle from Chicago August 2006 towards the end of the summer vacation. It was our last few days before going back to school so we decided to spend them in Bill Gates' Microsoft city, Seattle.
The name was a "family affair". My husband and I with our two children (ages 7 and 9) doodled on a SouthWest Airlines napkin (the one with the map of the USA) all through the flight brainstorming about the possibilities or rather impossibilities of finding something that resonated with all of us. You can see the challenge. Yet, we hit it !! "The Pepper Kids" worked !! It had the word "kids" that my 7 year old thought was extremely important. It had the word "Pepper" which my 9 year old kinda liked as zesty and colorful. It had the "P" and the "K" sound which my marketing science studies told me worked wonders (we have to see about that) and my husband liked the name too (Jackpot!) Chiching !
As soon as we landed, the very first thing we did after checking into the hotel was to register the url http://www.thepepperkids.com
To make perfect things even more perfect, the Asian tradition in which peppercorn packs are added under children's pillows when they sleep at night to protect them is a timeless symbol of good fortune, love and appreciation.
The name is inspired to add zest and spice along with timeless symbols of good fortune, love and appreciation.
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