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Spotlight GPS Pet locator

Raleigh-based Positioning Animals Worldwide (PAW) and the AKC Companion Animal Recovery recently launched SpotLight GPS, a locator that tracks a pet’s location. SpotLight customers receive enrollment in AKC CAR, which includes a collar tag with unique ID number. Fitting on the pet’s collar, SpotLight “senses” when the pet leaves a boundary, dubbed a SafeSpot. Upon escape, SpotLight alerts the owner via text message, email or both, and the owner receives the dog’s real-time location and turn-by-turn directions. The AKC CAR recovery team also is “on call” around the clock to assist with tracking. SpotLight has a “rescue” button so that if the pet is found, a Good Samaritan can notify the owner and AKC CAR. Spotlight GPS sells for $249.99, not including activation fee and service plan.

SpotLight GPS

543 Keisler Drive, Suite 104, Cary, NC 27518
(866) 989-7768) (SPOT) | www.spotlightgps.com

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SweeTea Southern T-shirts
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SweeTea Southern T-shirts

If you’ve ever been “in a pickle” to find fun, pretty T-shirts, here is your chance. SweeTea is an apparel line designed to celebrate our colorful Southern dialect. Owners and North Carolinians Susan Bashford and Karen Hall, both relocated Yankees, say it was their Southern husbands’ sayings that sparked their business five years ago. Today, their products sell in more than 20 states. Their preshrunk, soft pigment-dyed shirts are for men, women and children in a wide variety of colors. Sayings include “Wild as all get out!,” “Daggumit,” “Am’h fixin ta ….” “Punkin,” “Either fish or cut bait,” and “This ain’t my first rodeo.” Prices are $20 for short sleeve shirts; $25 for long sleeve shirts. T-shirt lines include txtea (text message sayings). Baseball caps and tote bags also sold.

SweeTea, LLC

6320 Johnsdale Road, Raleigh, NC 27615
(919) 790-7900 | www.sweeteashirts.com
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Tree of Life Creations:  Soap, gift baskets
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Tree of Life Creations:
Soap, gift baskets

Tree of Life Creations is a cottage business near Fayetteville. For owner Jodi Lynn Krier, soapmaking is a passion and her goal is to provide a product enjoyable to use and beneficial to health. Krier, a member of South River EMC, combines her own recipes with premium food grade ingredients, essential oils and phthalate-free fragrances. Soap scents are organized by categories such as Floral and Green, Mint, Baby & Children, Gourmet, and Fruits. Soaps for men fall under Unisex and include Rosemary Spearmint and Cucumber Coconut Milk. Gift baskets include a Fall Sampler, with four 2-ounce soaps (Lavender, Cranberry, Autumn Wreath, Country Apple) with lotion for $16.50.

Tree Of Life Creations Soap

Jodi Lynn Krier, 2217 Smith Rd,
Hope Mills, NC 28348
(910) 483-5745 | www.treeoflifecreationsoap.com

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