My name is Shelley Hunter and I am the creator of www.GiftCardGirlfriend.com, a consumer resource to teach people how to turn any gift card into a thoughtful gift.

I also help small businesses start gift card programs. So I can talk to the benefits of having a gift card, ways to maximize, and how to use it as a marketing tool.

And I'm a work-at-home mom. So I can talk to the adventures of having small co-workers under foot, how to run a business from a domicile, and any other shoestring budget types of questions.

Shelley Hunter is a wife and mother of three children. Although her primary job is being a stay-at-home mom, she has invented and licensed several products to a handful of companies and thoroughly enjoys the creative process of using her imagination to solve problems. She initially set out to resolve the impersonal nature of gift cards doing what everybody else did—design gift card holders. But she later realized the only way to make a gift card feel more personal is to put a little feeling into it. The process is simple but the impact is great. Shelley is a graduate of Brigham Young University and a former IT professional. She loves to give (and receive!) gift cards.