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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Holiday Gift Guide: Ideas for Mom

Surprise mom on Christmas day with one of these gifts from Bloomingdale-Riverview area businesses.

After spending the past few weeks shopping for and wrapping gifts, decorating for the holidays, baking and planning family gatherings, moms deserve to find something special beneath the tree on Christmas morning. Bloomingdale-Riverview businesses are prepared to help you find that special something for mom. The Green Boutique, 1032 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico Residents will find everything they need at The Green Boutique for the woman who loves to accessorize. The boutique has a large selection of jewelry, purses, shoes and belts as well as home decor items. Co-owner Matt Creager suggests an item from the My Flat in London line by designer Jan Haedrich. The My Flat in London line features charms, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, purses and …

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Winthrop Shop Allows Customers to Customize Gift Giving

Sherry Wilson offers unique handmade soaps, candles and embroidered gifts at Aroma Bath and Body.

Among Sherry Wilson's favorite childhood pastimes while growing up in South Africa was making fragrant soaps with her mother, Lynn Braun, in the family's back yard. "We were always making something, and making soaps was one of my favorite things to do," said Wilson. However, Wilson put her hobby on a back burner when her mother was transferred by her employer, Hewlett Packard, in 1993, and Wilson, then a teen, joined her in the United States. After college, Wilson married and became a real estate agent. Then, seven years ago, she decided to revive her childhood hobby, making soaps to give as gifts to family and friends. "Everybody said I should try selling them," she recalled. So she started a part-time business, selling her handmade soaps…

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