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World Card Making Day & Free eCards 2 Oct 2009, 10:01 pm

October 3rd is World Card Making Day. At Precious Moments, we love our free eCards and will commemorate this special day by sending eCards to everyone we know. You can do your part to honor the day by sending an eCard to someone you love.

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Star in your own full-length Precious Moments video! 24 Sep 2009, 3:41 pm

Precious Moments has partnered with Kideoto help your little one become a star! Upload a child’s picture and the image will be added to the PreciousMoments movie Our Angel Saves the Day!

In this photo andaudio personalized adventure your child is a little Angel who mustbring two villages together in the spirit of friendship and trust. YourAngel will be featured in full color animation beside the love-ablePrecious Moments characters throughout this story for the whole family!

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Are You a Gift Finding Wizard? 23 Sep 2009, 1:52 pm

When you shop at PreciousMoments.com, do you like to browse through our product categories and see what tickles your fancy? Or, are you more to the point…using our site search to narrow down your shopping needs? Let us know your preferred method.

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What are Your Favorite Social Shopping Sites? 18 Sep 2009, 6:33 pm

On PreciousMoments.com, you can save all of our products to some popular social shopping sites. The list is impressive:

• Kaboodle
• kirtsy
• Amazon Wishlist

We offer numerous other social bookmarking sites for your convenience. It dawns on me, however, that I never asked you what social shopping sites they use. So, here is your chance. Do tell…on what sites do you bookmark/save/tag your favorite Precious Moments products? I will be happy to add the top sites to our social shopping service.

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Celebrating Heroes of Hope: A Precious Moments Event 18 Sep 2009, 1:36 pm

In response to popular demand, Precious Moments is excited to announce Celebrating Heroes of Hope:  A Precious Moments Event, Saturday, Oct. 17, at participating card and gift retailers (PDF) all across the country. 

The purpose of the event this year is to showcase Precious Moments’ partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®.Participating stores will offer exclusive product, including afirst-to-market St. Jude figurine and a St. Jude event doll. Tenpercent of the purchase price of these items will go to St. Jude. Drawings for Precious Moments products, event exclusive contests, fungiveaways and a discount for Precious Moments Collector Club memberswill be part of this event.

Do you plan to attend Celebrating Heroes of Hope? If so, leave a comment below and let us know which store you will visit. More event information is available on our events page.

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Special Precious Moments Offer 16 Sep 2009, 6:29 pm

We have a special offer if you place an order of $35 or more. Your order of $35.00 or more qualifies you to purchase our new “Girl With Snowflake Musical” for only $9.95! This beautifully crafted resin music box rotates as it plays “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” and has a retail value of $35.00. Save over 70% now by simply adding it to your shopping cart as you check out. (Limit 1 per order, while supplies last). Shop now.

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Our Newest Disney Gifts 16 Sep 2009, 5:06 pm

With so many classic Walt Disney characters, movies, and memories, we really have an endless selection of gift and figurine ideas.

Our latest collection of Disney gifts feature Disney princesses such as Sleeping Beauty and Belle as well as Nemo. These new members of the Precious Moments cast make adorable collector’s items or early Christmas gifts. They only problem you will have is deciding which ones you must have! View all the new Disney gifts and enjoy.

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Precious Moms Website Will Close in October 15 Sep 2009, 9:59 pm

Precious Moments is sad to announce that we will will be closing downPrecious Moms on October 30th. Precious Moms was a wonderful outlet fornews and information of dedicated moms and the decision to close thesite was not an easy one. If there is any information or content youwish to save, please copy and save the information to your computer byOctober 30th. We appreciate your past support and input on the site.

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Charm(ing) Bracelet and Jewelry 15 Sep 2009, 3:18 pm

Do you wear your heart on your sleeve? Well, now you can wear your heart on your wrist or your ears or both! The Precious Moments sterling silver bracelet and earrings have the signature Precious Moments heart and are the perfect way to wear your Precious Moments.

We all know an avid fan or collector with many figurines. We also know how difficult it can be to find a figurine or gift they do not own. Jewelry is a perfect gift. Our newest items will flatter the most dedicated fan while providing them a unique gift beyond their figurines.

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Best Seat in the House 14 Sep 2009, 11:49 pm

I almost hadn’t come to the class at church that night. With four kids and a full-time teaching job, I had plenty to do.

But my 11-year-old son, Brady, was having surgery the next day. I hatedto think of him alone in the operating room. I’d been praying forweeks, asking God to be with Brady and his doctors during surgery, butit didn’t feel like enough.

Standing in the doorway of the church hall I couldn’t believe howmany people had showed up for this class. It looked like more than ahundred were seated at the tables scattered throughout the hall–but nota familiar face among them.

No one I can ask to pray with me for Brady. I sat down at a table next to a dark-haired man, but the instructor immediately asked us to move.

“Let’s fill in all these vacant chairs up front,” she said. Thedark-haired man got up to look for another seat. I crossed the room toan empty chair. But just as I got there, someone else took it. Ispotted another chair at the next table. The same thing happened again.And again.

I did not come here for a game of musical chairs, I thoughtas I made a beeline for another chair. I flung myself into it andturned to see…the same dark-haired man I’d left behind.

“We meet again,” he said as the instructor stood to speak.

“Tonight I thought we’d talk about our lives outside of church,” shesaid. “Everybody share with the people at your table how you work yourfaith into your daily life.”

The dark-haired man said, “I’m an anesthesiologist. Before I put apatient under, I pray for him. I ask each patient if they’d like topray too. I used to be embarrassed about this…”

“I think it’s wonderful!” I interrupted. “My son is having surgerytomorrow. I’d feel so much better if his doctor could pray with him.”

“Where is his surgery?” he asked.

I mentioned the hospital. “Dr. Duplechain is doing the operation.”

“Then I can assure you that your son will be surrounded by prayer,”he said, “because I’m the one scheduled to be taking him into theoperating room.”

In a room full of strangers, God had seated me – twice! – next tothe one man who could pray with me tonight and my son in the morning. 

By Bonnie Kidder, Lafayette, Louisiana

This story first appeared in Guideposts magazine.

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Are you Getting a John Deere Tractor this Christmas? 14 Sep 2009, 7:57 pm

Well, maybe you aren’t getting a real, genuine John Deere tractor for Christmas. After all, how could that fit under the tree. But that doesn’t mean you cannot have John Deere on your tree. Our newest John Deere ornaments show the excitement of every little boy as they open up a their John Deere-themed gifts.

These Christmas ornaments are a perfect way to remember Christmas 2009 and a great way to reminisce for in the future as you decorate your Christmas tree. Pass down these collectible ornaments to your son or grandson and they’ll forever remember the year they got their first Deere.

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Here Comes Santa Claus… 11 Sep 2009, 7:53 pm

We’ve launched a new collection of Santa Claus figurines, ornaments, and gifts. These Santa-themed items perfectly celebrate the season and its playful nature. The adorable depictions of Santa Claus can adorn your Christmas tree, mantle. or decorative arrangements. 

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New Birthday Angel Gifts 10 Sep 2009, 5:27 pm

Check out our new line of birthday angels and gifts for only $7.50 each.  These 12 angel figurines have been individually designed to add a touch of heaven-sent glamour to everyone’s birthday month. Each holds a colorful heart emblazoned with its month and set with a crystal birthstone, and their wings feature a pearlized finish.

Here the September angel is shown with a crystal symbolizing the birthstone Sapphire. See the entire line of Birthday Angels here.

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Add Precious Moments to Your Website or Blog 9 Sep 2009, 7:58 pm

Do you have your own blog or website? Are you interested in displaying the latest Precious Moments blog posts? Well, here is your chance. You can embed our latest blog posts ranging from Disney figurines to 2009 Precious Moments ornaments on your own site. Simple copy the code below and paste it on your blog or site. That’s it! The last blog posts will be displayed on your site with images and links to the actual post.

Now is your chance to add some Precious Moments to your site. Let us know if you embed our posts on your site and what you think. The code needed is below.

<script src=”http://pipes.yahoo.com/js/listbadge.js”>{“pipe_id”:”cc03c5bbc7c7e7deaba8926990f5c13f”,”_btype”:”list”}</script>

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Christmas card ideas 9 Sep 2009, 5:39 pm

My friend Andrea is one of the most organized people I know.  It is barely September, and already she is planning her Christmas cards for this year.  Yikes!  I’m lucky if I get mine in the mail the third week of December after scrambling to find a recent photo of the kids I can use! 

Well here at Precious Moments we aim to please.  Click here to grab some free Christmas clip art that you can use to make a lovely holiday card that is not only personal, but less expensive than those store-bought cards – unless you are like Andrea who buys her Christmas cards on sale Dec. 26th to use the following year.  Enjoy!

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