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Jewelry Birthday Presents For Little Girls

Birthdays are important marks in our lives. This is our own big day! We look forward to this every year. For a little girl’s birthday, it makes a big difference when jewellery is given. She will grow up having the appreciation for jewellery.

Perhaps the reason for this is because they are shiny, little, colorful and fun. Receiving jewellery enables kids to appreciate and understand the essence of beautiful objects. They develop a talent to appreciate beauty from presents they receive.

These days, the little category of children’s jewellery presents has become more popular especially if these are given on very important occasions such as birthdays.

An ideal gift for a special little girl is a unique and customized charm bracelets. These can be made of any material. The best are made of sterling silver and 14k gold. Charm bracelets bring out a little girls’ creativity as she can mix and match this with any charms she desires. Charms come in different sizes and figures. They are almost anything imaginable such shoes, hearts, butterflies, cartoon characters and a lot more. Commonly, charms are painted with enamel. The more expensive ones have gemstones and other materials incorporated in them. Charm bracelets have the potential to be the most relished item. But you have to make sure that the locks or clasps are well designed to prevent it from getting lost.

kids’ earrings should not be forgotten when thinking of giving kids jewellery gifts. The best options are 14k gold as little girls would love the feel and the look of this precious metal. Compared to 18k gold earrings that adults wear, kids’ earrings are lighter and fun which makes it perfect when worn at school, at home or anywhere else. Like charms, they also come in various designs.

The little girls will surely love wearing these as they come in different sizes and shapes like teddy bears, hearts, ladybugs, butterflies, cats, dogs and anything that you can imagine. Others come in simple designs or mounted with diamonds, pearls or birthstones.

Giving your kids with children’s jewellery may cost more than the traditional and common presents that we used to give. But the feeling of giving something that is meaningful and lasting is priceless. The best thing about this is that jewellery gift will last forever.

So, when that special little girl outgrows her first jewellery item, she can keep this and save it and later on pass it to her own kids.

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Birthday Present Ideas for Women – 5 Top Gifts

Don’t let her birthday slip your mind; or buy a gift half-hearted because you couldn’t think what to get her. It’s best to be prepared in advance so that the day will be special to her and easy for you!

Hopefully you have been listening to her hints to you. It is not easy for guys to always get it right but the best way to please her is to get her something that she will love not just you. However there are certain gifts that the woman in your life will always love. They are simple but most women will boast to their girlfriends with these gifts.

5 Birthday Present Ideas for Women

• Be the romantic and buy her two-dozen roses. You can add that special twist and have them delivered to her place of work to announce to the world she is loved. She won’t be able to stop telling her friends how romantic you are! Tip* don’t forget the card and write something personal that only you and her can smile about.

• All women love to receive gift vouchers on their birthday. It could be to her favourite store or a beauty gift voucher so she can go and relax and have some wonderful beauty treatments. You can personalize some vouchers adding that little extra touch. Tip* Maybe still get her a little gift with it so she has something to enjoy on her birthday before she takes the day to spend her gift voucher.

• Perfume – that wonderful scent that flows off your woman everyday is proberably not cheap and she likely has a few fragrances she absolutely loves, so do a bit of digging and pick her up that special perfume she can only afford once in a while. Tip* Take her out somewhere special where she can get herself ready and use her wonderful new perfume.

• Dinner at an exclusive restaurant. Has she mentioned a place she has always wanted to dine? Then take her there. It is something you can both enjoy on her birthday. Tip* Let the restaurant know it’s her birthday and maybe a small surprise could be arranged; a special dessert or even a birthday cake.

• A spa day how indulgent would that be for her! And what a surprise. A whole day of exceptional spa treatments while she relaxes and enjoys being pampered. Tip* you could make it for either the two of you; or her and her best friend so she can share the moment and have more fun.

All five ideas are pretty quick and simple to buy but still very thoughtful. A lot of times coming up with birthday present ideas for women feels like it gets complicated but keep the idea itself simple and add one of our tips to make it more personal and special. Maybe you would like to get her more than one gift?

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The Myth of I Do Better in the Actual Speech or Presentation Than I Do in Rehearsal

For those who don’t like prep sessions, dry runs, murder boards, and mock interviews, here’s a bit of advice from the professionals who play on the biggest stages.

I recently had a conversation with Franc D’Ambrosio, the actor/singer who was awarded the title of the “Worlds Longest Running Phantom” (Phantom of the Opera). Franc says that a great performance before the live, ticket-paying audience is in direct relationship to the rigor and effort put into practice and rehearsal. He’s even sounded this out with his peers in the sports world – gold medal winning Olympic athletes. Elite performers say that their practices have to be so rigorous and true-to-life that by the time they get into true competition, game or match, their performance is almost automatic. If you practice well, slight changes in a game or show won’t throw you off. To the contrary, if you haven’t rehearsed enough, little things can have a big negative impact on performance.

D’Ambrosio’s comments track one of the central points in Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. Gladwell cites research that it takes 10,000 hours of practice of constant repetition and coaching to get good at sports, playing musical instruments and countless other endeavors.

I’m not sure why, but an increasing number of executives have been trying to avoid the serious rehearsals. We have heard reasons such as: “I’ve been through training before.” or “I’ll read through the material tonight before tomorrow’s pitch, (speech or interview).” or “Make sure that the newer presenters get rehearsed.” I’m not a psychologist, so I won’t analyze what’s behind all the reasons why business people don’t want to rehearse. Here are a few of the ways to avoid rehearsing” I’m too busy. There are other things more important to do today. I’ve done this a million times before. I don’t like to show any weakness to my staff that is in the rehearsal room. We haven’t finished the speech or the deck, so how can I practice if the content isn’t done. I’m already pretty good. I can just go with the answers in the FAQ document.

The short answer to all of these reasons (excuses) is that to avoid the communicators disease of “woulda, coulda, shoulda” it’s imperative to invest the time in training, practice and rehearsal.

Here are a few suggestions to maximize your rehearsal:
• Place rehearsal time on the calendar. Once it’s on your schedule, it’s harder to take off.
• If you don’t like a big crowd, rehearse in front of a smaller group.
• Practice the toughest questions.
• Work on both style and content.
• Use video, even if it’s a “flip” type camera so you can watch yourself and make adjustments.
• If you don’t like the performance or an answer, keep working at it until you get it right.

Cliches are around for a reason. This one makes sense: Perfect practice makes perfect performance.

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