Jewels and Pinstripes has been very blessed this year and we would like to thank all of our gift bag participants for making our successes possible.  We have received over 50 unique thank yous from celebrities, 97 celebrity sightings from our participants’ products and 104 press mentions from our efforts with national magazines, online blogs, websites and more!

We are looking forward to 2009 and are busy building our gift bags that will debut in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for all of the new companies joining us in 2009!

Photo by Goffredo Crollalanza for Pacific Coast News

Valentina looks so cute in classic black and white! Salma Hayek, her mother and daughter Valentina are caught by the cameras while out shopping in LA last weekend.

Valentina is wearing the Rowan hairclip by Ladybugs and Lullabies in their crochet creations line that was gifted in her “It’s Fun to be One” Celebrity Girl Bag.

Need some adorable hair clips for your little girl?  Just enter promotion code JP20 at checkout to receive 20% off your website order at Ladybugs and Lullabies.

p.s.  Be sure to check out Ladybugs and Lullabies’ December little Ladybug of the month, Bailey Baio!

Visit Celebrity Baby Scoop for more pics of Valentina!

Check out all the magazines this week, we’ve had 6 Celebrity Sightings!

In the Best and Worst of 2008 issue, People Magazine highlights Halle Berry and daughter Nahla who is wearing the Life is good Love Bug Romper included in her New Girls in Tinseltown Gift Bag.

Us Magazine features new big brother Alexander “Sasha” Pete with dad Liev Schreiber in NYC.   Sasha is wearing Retrograde hook and loop stride rite shoes that were gifted in his “It’s Fun to be One” Celebrity Boy Bag.

InTouch has a pic of Halle and Nahla on the slide at Coldwater Canyon Park.  Nahla is wearing the Life is good Love Bug Romper included in her New Girls in Tinseltown Gift Bag.

The current issue of Us Magazine features Jodie Sweetin and daughter Zoie.  Zoie is wearing stride rite shoes gifted in her New Girls in Tinseltown Gift Bag.  The current issue also features Halle with daughter Nahla who is wearing the Life is good Love Bug Romper included in her New Girls in Tinseltown Gift Bag.

InTouch has a pic of Jodie Sweetin with her mom and daughter Zoie.  Zoie is wearing stride rite shoes gifted in her New Girls in Tinseltown Gift Bag.

Check out our press page for more!

We have partnered with OK! Magazine Online to giveaway our Celebrity “BUMP” Bag like the one pictured above, valued at over $3,000!  Just enter at OK! Magazine Online for your chance to make a loved one’s pregnancy extra special this holiday season (giveaway ends 12/25/08).

You will be showered with the same gifts that Kevin and Christine Costner, Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa, Ryan and Trista Sutter, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Dave Grohl and Jordyn Blum, and Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof have recently received!

The gift bag includes products from: Divine Basics, Wildflowers Photography, Baby Plus, Posh Tots, Baby Emi, Simply Divine Brownies, Baby Kaed, Bloomers Baby, Tuni & G, Boatman Geller, The Peanut Shell, LAF Brand, The Game Factory, Beba Bean, Tot-to-go Design Inc., Kickin Maternity, Daniel Green, Prego Planner, Sweet Shoes, and WubbaNub.

Click Here to view more details and pictures of our Celebrity “BUMP” Bag.

We are currently auctioning off two of our gift bags at charityfolks.com.  Charity Folks is an online marketplace that partners with non-profit organizations and corporations to provide exclusive items and experiences all to benefit numerous charity organizations.

The Celebrity “BUMP” Bag will benefit the Plasticos Foundation, an organization that provides “life changing plastic surgery for children correcting birth defects, congenital malformations and traumatic disfigurements of those at home and around the world unable to afford these services.”

Bid on the Celebrity “BUMP” Bag worth over $4,500!

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The Celebrity “It’s Fun to be One” Gift Bag (your choice of boy or girl) will benefit the Moment by Moment Foundation, an organization that provides “professional photographers to capture a child’s journey, providing lasting memories for families diagnosed with potential life limiting illnesses”

Bid on the Celebrity “It’s Fun to be One” Gift Bag worth over $1,000!

Both auctions end December 30th, place a bid today!