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Online Shopping for Unique Gifts - Gift Baskets - Gift Ideas - Organic Foods

 

Everybody loves unique gift ideas, organic gift baskets, gifts for your valentine, personalized gifts, gift boxes for boyfriend, girlfriend, best friend - the list goes on and on.

The convenience of online shopping makes it possible for anyone with online access to select fancy, unusual, and often last minute gifts for their loved ones.

Gift giving creates good karma and self-esteem, and so often it simply makes good business sense. But what should you get? There is so much "out there"!

This lens shall be your gift picker today, and whenever you come back for more unique gift ideas.

A Growing Trend: Healthy, Organic Food Gifts 

In the spirit of intelligence and caring...

Yes, this is my own product: Agasweet flavored agave nectar. It doesn't get much more unique than that! And here's why:

Agasweet is handmade in Austin, Texas, and sold at Whole Foods Markets and a few select other fine retailers in the Southwest. This low glycemic, tastefully flavored and healthy agave sweetener was a small sensation at the 2007 EXPO East in Baltimore, and the 2008 Fancy Food Show in San Diego. Great sales and national distribution are on the horizon, but in the specialty food industry, it always takes several months, or even years, until even hot new products get placed in all locations.

So, this year - Agasweet is one of the "best-kept secrets" in the market place for unique, original artisan food gifts. Find all relevant information on my special Agasweet lens, right around the corner! Then come back and click on the Etsy icon below to connect to my online store.

A loving gift for everyone - even for diabetics!

EBay Buyers Love Agasweet!

Great Agasweet Deals On EBay! 

Below retail price - to compensate for your shipping cost!

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Super Light City Shopper 

Imorted from Germany, no less!

This super light shopping tote carries a lot of gifts without being a strain on the carrier.

Baroque Large City Tote bag or City Shopper ~ Reisenthel, Germany

Amazon Price: $29.94 (as of 07/26/2008)
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Release Date: 12/31/1969

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Truly original handmade crafts... 

from great folks in a small Canadian town

Rick and Kathy are artisans of a rare breed. They offer a huge selection of superb quality gifts backed by superior customer service. Browse their beautiful online store for a guaranteed gift giving success.

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Let's brush up on the Art of Gift Giving 

C. Marie's 10-step program
Beautiful blog with great gift giving advice and fabulous gifts on display
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A guide on exchanging gifts with the Japanese

Spiceburst video 

Spiceburst Gourmet Spices

At Spiceburst Gourmet Spices, we infuse Portuguese sea salt with fresh-roasted garlic, fresh lime, roasted jalapenos, and orange zest to create our truly unique spices. Check us out at www.spiceburst.com!

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Spiceburst makes gorgeous food gifts 

The Incredible Maria Corbalan 

Austin's Taco Queen

This is the story of a powerful woman who started out selling tacos from a cart and turned her business and herself into an Austin legend.

Maridée: The Memoirs of María Haydée Corbalán

Amazon Price: $11.66 (as of 07/26/2008)
List Price: $14.95

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Original Art Gift Cards 

I love this artist!

ArtByUs.com Art Auctions - Buy and Sell Fine Art, Original Oil Paintings, Watercolor Paintings, Acrylic Paintings, Art
There are no current listings for this seller. Please visit ArtByUs.com Art Auctions for other great artists!
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Examples of my Custom Chocolate Wrappers

The Ultimate "Unique Gift" - Personalized Chocolate Bars! 

And they are very affordable, too!

See the examples in the polaroid above? I made these chocolate bar wrappers, or sleeves, for a variety of clients. And these are just a few examples - I made hundreds of them!

It's a very simple idea: You e-mail me one or more .jpeg files of your photos or graphics, include a description of the text you wish to be on the sleeve, and I design your wrapper for FREE! Yep. Free.

Now you're wondering why I'm overweight if I work for free. You think I eat all my own chocolates? Nope. But - where's the catch? you ask. Let me explain:

I'll design your fantastic looking personalized unique one-of-a-kind chocolates for FREE only if you buy some of the bars. (Now we're making sense!)

There is more info on the chocolates themselves on my "Molded Chocolates" lens. But here on this lens I will tell you how you can order your own.

I offer 8 flavors - 7 dark chocolates and 1 white:

Blackberry Black Walnut Jalapeno
Bavarian Hazelnut Coffee Bean
Crushed Espresso Beans
Tres Leches Coconut Macaroon
Southern Pecan Caramel Coffee Bean
Peanut Butter Praline
Spiced Rum Raisin
White Chocolate with Crushed Gingersnaps


The bars weigh 3.5 ozs. before getting wrapped in silver foil and your personal sleeve. I know - how much? you say. How about $3.50 per bar plus shipping. I think that's a fair price.

Here's another detail:

I request a minimum order of 6 bars, and a minimum of 2 bars per flavor. That means that you could order 6 bars of the same flavor, or 3 x 2 bars of 3 different flavors, or 4 bars of one flavor and 2 bars of another flavor. Are you confused yet? ;-)
I recommend that you order more anyway, to balance out the shipping cost. The shelf life is about 6 months.

I plan on having this offer set up in my Etsy store soon. Until then, we can do business through my e-mail link from this lens and you could pay me through PayPal or a snail mail check (info provided in e-mail).

Gorgeous Gift Baskets! 

You can't go wrong with one of these!

Mediterranean cuisine at its finest. Pure products for heart-healthy cooking!

Seths Blog 

Wisdom from Squidoo's founder might just be the best gift you can give. He's changing the world, and so can you - by passing around his bestselling books.

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My favorite camera on Amazon 

Canon ZR800 Digital Camcorder

Canon ZR800 MiniDV Camcorder with 35x Optical Zoom

Amazon Price: $299.99 (as of 07/26/2008)
List Price: $329.99
Used Price: $150.00

This camera is a true gem! And the price is right!
Many even more expensive models don't have an external microphone input. Inexplicably, Canon did not continue this important feature on their newer models.

I'm using this camcorder with great satisfaction.

Release Date: 12/31/1969

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Please Visit My Blog "Chef Keem's Squid Kitchen" 

"Secret" recipes revealed and much more...

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The cutest Doodlebug designs... 

...on many great gift items!

Wouldn't it be nice to meet only smiling folks?
This funny little cartoon critter is irresistible! Find a large selection of various designs on caps, totes, gift cards, tees, and many more products!
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Still feeling generous? 

Leave me a little note, please!

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Y'all come back, y'all hear?

rockycha

Great lens - love the choices! Thanks for your cheers on my lens today :)

Posted June 13, 2008

KimGiancaterino

Lots of great gift ideas!

Posted April 30, 2008

Irenemaria

Oh maaaan I wish I could live a little closer to this. ;-§

Posted April 20, 2008

GramaBarb

"a little note" just for you. :) Great lens!

Posted April 09, 2008

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About chefkeem



Hi, I am Chef Keem, sentenced to Squidoo-for-life.
Born and raised in Munich, Germany. First career in pop music as A&R Director, record arranger and producer for CBS and Jupiter Records.
Came to the States in 1981 and settled in Austin, Texas. Graduated from chef school, worked as chef and pastry chef in restaurants and hotels. Started my own company, Sweet Venus Delights, in 2001. Developed recipes using agave nectar as sweetener. In 2004, created a line of flavored agave nectars and called it Agasweet. Currently sold at Whole Foods Market in TX, LA, OK, CO; Central Markets, TX, and many other fine stores.
I am also the executive chef for the Driftwood Lodge in SE Alaska, operated by the
Alaska Expedition Company

Squidoo has been good to me - and vice versa. Check out what I've done so far, in my lensography.

For "secret recipe" revelations and other food-related bits visit my blog "Chef Keem's Squid Kitchen".

I'm very proud of my 2 Lens-of-the-Day honors, for my "Agasweet" and "Anonymous Alcoholic" Lenses.

I'm equally proud to be a Squidoo Champion Activist. We do a lot of good here on Squidoo and - for some reason - it seems to come back very nicely. I'd like to invite you to join our great efforts. Just ask me how.

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