Looking for a clever place to help your school age kid keep a few important things?

KEEPERS

Keepers, a hands free neck wallet is the perfect place for a few dollars, a lunch meal ticket, keys  or ID.

With our kids back to school soon here comes another great product made by a Mompreneur out of Atlanta, Georgia.   Tamara Jones, President of Keepers Bagatelles was problem solving when she invented the Keeper.  The Keeper is  a product of ME TOO! BRANDS, LLC.

Imagine this senario:  Lunchtime at school and the change purse comes out. Through the line and pay for lunch.  Sit down and eat,  finish and take the tray to the garbage.  Dump.

Oops,  everything on the tray slides into the garbage.  The change purse is gone in a blink.   Sound familiar?

Ahhh, if only you had one of those “Keepers.”

Developed by a mom who got tired of replacing the change purses that ultimately went the way of the lunch trash, Keepers Bagatelles is a unique  product that is finding its way around the necks of more and more school age kids this fall.

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The Keeper holds essentials for school kids and also for college students, teachers and sports fans who are finding the hands free convenience a reason to wear the stylish Keeper.  The Keeper can be used as a badge holder for those who carry ID cards that need to be swiped and with the rear ID window Mom’s can tuck away emergency info for a “just in case” moment.

Tamara says more new products are on the way and include  a phone keeper, an aqua keeper and a passport keeper.

Sometimes ladies, keep what you need in a Keeper and leave the handbag behind. There are designs for guys too.

Not just another good idea,  the Keepers are made from sustainable fabrics and sewn in the USA by refugees who have been granted asylum in the United States.

Jones explained that the organization, Threads of Promise, is fulfilling its purpose in helping the refugees ultimately run their own businesses.  The invention of the product,  says Jones, is  helping obtain bottom line goals of awareness of environment issues, social responsibility and, of course, profit.

The Keeper’s official debut was in August, ‘08 and is priced at just $24. This convenient Keeper will hold your essentials in a fashionable way and has been designed with safety in mind;  Tamara created the Keeper with a breakaway safety buckle.

Think soccer or football games when handbags are a nuisance; think field trips when ID and some money are essential; or how about a walk across campus?  There are a number of occasions when a Keeper will work perfectly.  With many different designs available, you’ll find one just right for you or any member of the family.

The company has begun a school partnership program where Keepers Bagatelles will design a keeper in school colors and then donate 10% to the school PTA.

Keepers Bagatelles are available at www.keepers-bags.com. Be sure and get one.  Your support for the Threads of Promise mission will be appreciated.

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Keepers Bagatelles President, Tamara Jones, is donating a Keeper for a KathyDowDiscovers free giveaway!  To enter, just email Kathy@KathyDowDiscovers.com with subject line: Keepers!

That’s exactly what prompted Adam Ancira to create a jewelry line of handmade bracelets using Synergy Beads. A teacher, with no background in creative endeavors such as jewelry, Ancira, who follows a holistic and spiritual path, says he was looking for something that would be a visual reminder.

“I wanted to remind myself to see situations differently if overwhelmed or overworked; to take a deep breath and calm down,” said Ancira who handcrafts each bracelet in his Ann Arbor, Michigan home.

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The beads, ordered from abroad, are made from cocoa wood, handcrafted clay, recycled glass, quartz or lava rock and fashioned into unisex bracelets in two sizes: regular or large.

What makes the bracelet more than just an attractive piece of jewelry is that each one is categorically tagged for either Abundance which is meant as a blessing of success and achievement for the wearer; Awakening which is meant for removal of personal barriers or  Serenity, Gratitude and Balance which are among the dozen different styles he offers.

If his intentions to help you experience calmness, enlightenment or clarity aren’t enough, Ancira has purposely designed his product to be “green.”  All beads are made of natural or recycled material, the shipping packaging is made from 90% recycled paper and each piece is wrapped in 100% recycled tissued paper.

Is this a good guy or what?

And there’s still more.  Ancira has committed to donate 5% of his annual sales to the Animal Placement Bureau, a no kill animal rescue in Lansing, Michigan.  All bracelets are priced at $17.99 and shipped free in the U.S.

Buying one of these stylish bracelets brings more than just a good look to your wrist;  a prayer is said for the wearer before each bracelet is shipped.  If just looking at the bracelet isn’t enough to make you slow down and count your blessings, remembering that it was made with hope and promise and sent on the wings of prayer might just do the trick.

“A miracle is just a shift in perception,” Adam says encouraging each of us to remember our inner peace and just chill.

There are two kid sized bracelets available:  one that stands for Unity and encourages our young to have empathy for others as well as a bracelet for Growth which encourages joyful awareness.

Although the Synergy Bracelet is new on the market, Ancira is hopeful that business will continue to pick up.  The jewelry was recently included in a VIP gift bag for a charity event for the empowerment of women. Celebrity artists Wynonna and Naomi Judd were gifted with a Synergy Bracelet at that event.

Remember “that you were meant to shine and inspire those around you,” Adam says.

I’ll just add that you should remember to get one of these for yourself and for someone you know.  These bracelets are perfect reminders “not to sweat the small stuff.”

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