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Stocking Stuffer Ideas for the Garden Lover

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Looking for affordable stocking stuffer ideas for garden lover friends, family members or coworkers? aHa! Modern Living has hand selected the top selling garden products for under $20 and fit perfectly in many stocking sizes.  If you like everything you see, buy them all and save 10% and FREE Shipping.

Matchstick GardensMatchstick Gardens $2.50

It’s your own portable garden that fits in your pocket.  Available in herb and botanical varieties.

Our Matchstick Gardens also made Marie Iannotti’s, garden writer for About.com, Top 10 Gifts for Gardeners list.
Floral ClippersFloral Clippers $5.00

Regular hand pruners can make trimming those small, delicate flowers quite challenging.  Your garden lover won’t have to worry about bending the stems those precious flowers with these compact, easily maneuverable flower clips. Great for snipping fresh herbs for savory recipes.
Pot PadsPot Pads $6.00

Pot Pads will help your container gardener move heavy containers (up to 3,000 pounds) over uneven surfaces, keep deck or patios surfaces from staining, and provide much needed air flow to the plant’s roots. Available in red and green.

Read Kerry Michael’s review of our Pot Pads on her About.com Container Gardening blog.
Weeder Garden GlovesGarden Weeder Gloves $7.50

The unique foam coating will protect your gardener’s fingertips from the elements, while the extended cuffs will guard their wrists from scratchy, itchy weeds. Available in blue, pink, purple
Soil ScoopSoil Scoop $18.00 NOW $14.40

The Soil Scoop is the jack-of-all-trades.  This tool can perform a variety of gardening tasks: digging, weeding, chopping, cutting, potting or planting. Available in blue, purple, yellow, green, red.

Watch this tool in action on Fern Richardson’s blog, Life on the Balcony.

“I LOVE my Soil Scoop.” Kerry Michaels, garden writer for About.com
Write + Erase Plant TagsWrite + Erase Plant Tags $16.00

Help the garden lover in your life keep track of their seedlings with these stylish, modern plant tags. Made from U/V resistant soft rubber, these tags will stay legible and are re-usable season after season. Available in herb and botanical designs.
Ken Ho WeederKen Ho Weeder $16.50

This tool is great for scraping away those annoying shallow weeds in your gardener’s flower or veggie beds.  The Ken Ho Weeder will be hard to lose in the garden with its bold red handle.

Still not what you’re looking for? Check out more garden related gifts in our for Modern Garden category.

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Gifts for the Gardener Who Already has it All

Monday, December 7th, 2009
Photo source: Happy Mundane

photo by Happy Mundane

Every year, the Christmas season starts a little earlier. This year, stores were filled with plastic evergreen trees and stacked boxes of greeting cards even before the Halloween costume aisle was cleared out.

The holidaze begins months in advance. Yet every year, regardless of how early you start your Christmas shopping, there is someone who remains on your list. This is the someone for whom you need to find a gift that is unusual; not just another trinket from a big-box store. aHa! Modern Living is here for the rescue with a selection of gifts for that tricky person on your list who already seems to have it all.

Gifts for the Un-green Thumb

We all have that friend who claims to kill every plant she lays hands on. Here is the perfect solution for the aspiring gardener or apprentice who is still learning the trade. The Matchstick Garden totally makes planting as easy as pie. All you have to do is tear off a little matchstick, which is already brimming with seeds, stick it in the ground, and give it a little sprinkle of water. That’s it! They come in both wildflower and herb varieties, and at the price of only $2.50 per packet, you can afford to give both!

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Matchstick Garden

One of the most common reasons that houseplants are killed is over watering. The pretty and sleek Aqua Genie Watering Can aims to prevent over watering. It’s made of lightweight plastic so that it’s easy to lift and won’t rust. This is a super error-proof and user-friendly watering can.

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Aqua Genie Watering Can

 
 
Gifts for the Novice Gardener
 
Your friend who is just starting to dabble in tilling and cultivating will love to receive some new tools to help her along the way. Chances are, she’s using some old rusted hand-me-downs. She’ll really be inspired to plant a fabulous garden when she receives the Garden Tool Hand Set. This is everything she needs to dig, transplant, and weed.
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Celebrate Cyber Monday with Great Deals for the Holidays!

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Need to get some holiday shopping done but you’re stuck behind your desk all day?  Or maybe you’re too busy running errands for the family to scout out the best deals around town.  Then take a quick peek at our Cyber Monday Specials during your next 15 minute break, or wait until you get home to browse our specials from the comfort of your own sofa.  We are offering 20% off and FREE Shipping on our 9 most popular items (see below). Hurry! Sale ends today, 11/30/09, at midnight PST.

Have we piqued your interest?  Then start shopping our Cyber Monday Specials.  In order to receive FREE Shipping, choose either UPS Ground or FedEx Home Delivery during the checkout process and enter the discount code CYBER20 on the Summary Page.  We offer a 30-day Money Back Guarantee on all orders and free return shipping.  So don’t fret, shop with confidence at aHa! Modern Living this holiday season.

Cyber Monday Sale

Happy Shopping!


West County Garden Gloves Burgon & Ball Pruners Garden Hand Tool Set Etched Botanical Glass Votives Shake-a-leg Salt & Pepper Shakers Fragrance Diffusers Modern Bird Ball Feeder Roost Mortar and Pestle Modern Nesting Bird Box

 

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Great Stocking Stuffer Ideas

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Flickr photo by jacreative

Flickr photo by jacreative

Every year we all dread Christmas shopping. Fighting over the last Tickle Me Elmo, waiting in line, ducking through huge crowds… ack! It’s no wonder that our stress levels sky rocket during the Christmas season.

This year, it’s time to turn over a new leaf. At aHa! Modern Living, we make shopping a total snap with our no-fuss shipping and return policies. We use eco-friendly packing materials, and any order that’s over $75 ships for free. So what are you waiting for? We have the perfect stocking stuffers for everyone on your list.

The Gardener

Check out these beautiful little Garden Plant Tags. They are made of UV resistant rubber, so they won’t fade even in the summer. They’re reusable, too, since each name can be written on with a gel pen, then erased later with soap and water. You can select from two different designs, Botanical and Herb, both of which are sure to be adored by those who love to get their hands dirty.

Garden Plant Tags

Garden Plant Tags

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Save a Turkey – Have a Vegetarian Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Too funny looking to eat?

Too funny looking to eat?

Every November since 1947, the President of the United States has been gifted with a live turkey from the National Turkey Federation.  Don’t you think that President Obama would appreciate an update? I mean, how about a gift with a little more staying power, like the adorable Owl Salt and Pepper Shakers?  These are better than real-life birds.

Owl Salt & Pepper Shakers

Owl Salt and Pepper Shakers

How the turkey gift tradition started

Anyway, the tradition began of giving the President a turkey so that he and his family could then eat it for Thanksgiving dinner. It wasn’t until 1963 that the tradition of consuming the presidential turkey was upset. President John F. Kennedy was the first one to irk the system. He looked at the turkey and simply said, “let’s keep him.” Hence, the first presidential turkey pardon occured.

Now, despite President JFK’s trend-setting ways, turkey still remains the ubiquitous symbol and favorite food of Thanksgiving day. Did you know that every year, 5.32 million turkeys are slaughtered for Thanksgiving? Yikes, that’s a lot of birds!

Eco-impact of a turkey dinner

Meat production isn’t particularly earth-friendly. Conventionally raised meat does not contain as many pesiticides as produce, but it can contain both hormones and antibiotics. Plus, it takes multiple times the fuel and water to produce one meal’s worth of meat as it does to produce a meal’s worth of grain. So a veggie Thanksgiving menu is better for the earth, and for your body!

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Coming Soon: New aHa! Modern Living Website Design!

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Sneak peek at the new home page design

Here at aHa! Modern Living (AML), we are constantly striving to make your shopping experience with us as simple, pleasant, and of course fun, as possible. This holds true to our very foundation, and our goal of helping you to create a symbiosis between your home, and the peacefulness of the outdoors. With our new website design, shopping for beautiful nature-inspired gifts and home accessories will be even easier; just make sure to brush the soil off your hands before you click your mouse.

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10 Great Garden Gifts for Back To School

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

As we bid a heartfelt “adieu” to summertime, it is time to turn our thoughts to those of the pens, paper, and textbooks. September is a month that marks fresh beginnings, and it is a wonderful time to show those whom we appreciate most, our teachers, that we are ready for a terrific year. We all know that teachers deserve a little extra TLC for the extremely hard work they do to support each individual student. aHa! Modern Living makes it easy to find a perfect, and perfectly affordable, gift for every teacher in the Gifts for Under $25 shop.
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