Giveaways ending soon

6 readers are each going to get 6 pieces of Rosa's Fudge over at Living Smart Girl.  Rosa's has 22 flavors and they look FANTASTIC!  With that many flavors, you can find the typical ones like Chocolate, Maple, and Peanut Butter and uncommon ones such as Chocolate Coffee, Chocolate Strawberry, and Pina Colada.

Living Smart Girl is also giving away 2 "Out of the Box" samplers.  This is a sampler of all kinds of handmade goodies from a variety of different companies (think candles, bath products, cat toys, snacks, etc.)   This giveaway is great if you're a blogger because to enter, you have to put a link to this giveaway on your blog and let YOUR readers know that they too can enter by re-blogging, much as I'm doing here.  :)  After you blog, you just leave a comment with your blog link on LSG's post.

Gone Coupon Crazy is doing 10 weeks of giveaways and this is the first week.  This week's winner will get a great tote bag (I know, I've bought two of them!) filled with a surprise!  Definitely something to check out and keep an eye on the next few months!

MNMSpecial has a $35 Jiffy Lube gift card to giveaway.  Who COULDN'T use that?!  There's a quick and rather handy quiz you'll take over at Jiffy Lube's website to enter this one and personally, I'd suggest taking it even if you're NOT entering the giveaway.  It definitely has some eye-opening info!

Skin MD Natural is giving away a great looking Valentine's basket full of their products.  This one really appeals to me because of my eczema!  Skin MD has some products that are supposed to work well for skin conditions such as that.

The Musing Mommies do a weekly blogcast and are giving listeners a chance to win a mystery box.  You just need to listen to a podcast and leave a review on iTunes as to what you think.  I personally think you'll be back for more!  They're entertaining, informative and most importantly to me, down-to-earth.
44th Street Fabric, a nice etsy shop, is giving away 3yds of cute fabrics for a reader who takes part in a VERY quick scavenger hunt (think 3min).

Dandy Giveaway is giving a reader a $25 GC to the Homestead Company, a natural skincare company.  I was just looking at their site and would have NO problem spending $25.  They've got a nice range of products from diaper creams to lotions to spa items.

The Trendy Treehouse is giving away a copy of Wordtoons.  It introduces doodling where you doodle a word into a picture of what the word represents.  (Picture turning the word "dog" into a picture of a dog.)  This is a great one for parents working with kids on new words!

Upcoming MommyPR giveaways

Fraiche: Talk about some FANTASTIC looking bath items.  The scents at Fraiche run the gammut from Bare Naked to Squeaky Clean to Hu-la and everything in between!  The winner gets 3 bars of soap and triple with 3 swizzles of their choice!

Tech4o Accelerator Watch:  It's a great-looking watch by Tech4o that records your step-count for the day, a great idea if you're trying to lose weight (no, not me!  never!  well... maybe a pound or 40...)  It actually stores up to 10 days of workout history and even "calibrates your walking and running stride for an even more accurate record and approximate number of calories burned!"  NICE!  And it's pretty sexy to boot!

Fundex Games Set: It's set of 3 Fundex games for a range of ages.  There's Musical Hot Potato, which we all know but now has been "formalized" and takes care of the music by itself, Mouse Match, a cute color matching game, and A to Z, Jr. a great word game.

Gourmet Basket: This is for the winner's choice of 3 great looking spa-type baskets by GourmetGiftBaskets.com.  The choices are Bath & Snack, Complete Hand Care, and Complete Foot Care.  It's a hard one to choose and these are only 3 of an enormous number of baskets they have available!

BabyPop Cape: I have to say, I'd LOVE to get a BabyPop Cape for Liam!  These are SO cute for ANY kid that likes to dress up as some sort of superhero.  While the giveaway is for a cape, they also have matching masks, gloves and tshirts to make the ensemble complete!  Awesome!

Wonder Hangers (+ Twin Draft Guard!): Here's something that would definitely help clean up those cluttered closets! (Again, not that I'd know ANYTHING about that!  I'm simply a source of information!  Really!  You're not buying it are you?)  Essentially, you hang the Wonder Hangers out on your closet rod, hang 5 items from them, and then remove one end from the rod.  The result is that instead of everything hanging on the rod, 80% of your items now hang down from one point, helping to consolidate it.

Twin Draft Guard (+ Wonder Hangers!): The Twin Draft Guard doesn't just sit by the edge of your window to block drafts, it actually goes under the window and sandwiches the bottom edge to fully block the draft from both the outside and inside.  This would be great for any house that has windows that don't have perfect seals.

Thymes Body Products: This is for a pack of what look like 4 great products by Thymes: Essentials Hand Lotion, Essentials Foot Scrub, a Bath Salts Envelope, and a Triple-Milled Soap.  These are all made with essential oils and natural ingredients!

All Angel Gifts: All Angel Gifts sells worry stones that are hand-painted and finished.  They come in a range of designs from religious angels and crosses to 4-leaf clovers to ones that you customize with your own photo.

Finn McCool and S is for Shamrock: MommyPR frequently has drawings for Sleepy Bear Press books and here's another one.  4 winners will receive either Finn McCool and the Great Fish or S is for Shamrock: An Ireland Alphabet (2 winners for each book).  I've won several of the Sleepy Bear Press books and love them all.  While Liam's a bit young for several of them, I can't wait to introduce them to him because they're such engaging stories and alphabets and illustrated beautifully!

 

Wat-aah Gift Set: Wat-aah is a line of premium waters for kids!  The intent is to help with the issue of youth obesity by getting kids to drink something other than sugared beverages.  The water comes in 4 varieties (Brain, Bones, Energy & Body) and has a loud-mouthed cartoon kid as a spokesperson- something all kids should be able to get into.

Miss Oops Butter Hands: What can you say but, "It's like buh-tah!"  Miss Oops' Butter Hands is a buttery lotion that helps moisturize dry skin.  As a side note, I highly suggest taking a look at the Miss Oops site and reading the product names and descriptions for a good chuckle.

Valentine's Day Card

I thought I'd enter a few challenges I've seen posted so this card is what I'm going out the door with... and my hubby will see it on Feb. 14.  Nothing like a card with multiple purposes!

The pink and red papers are from Stampin' Up (PLEASE don't ask me what colors they are!)  The black spotted paper is from an MME pack.  The hearts were cut on my Cricut from the "George" cartridge, stamped with SU's "Antique Background" and embossed with a shimmery/silvery clear powder.  They were then sliced apart with Sizzix's "Puzzle Maker 2".  The text was printed on the computer and though it's hard to see, the one red puzzle piece and the sentiment are popped off the card with dimensionals.

Happy New Year!

Obviously I've been a bit delinquent in posting anything as of late but I did want to wish you all a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  I hope it's as good and better than the past year!

Upcoming MommyPR Giveaways

Have I mentioned how much I love MommyPR and the great ladies who run it?!

Cuties Clementines: These look delish and they're in an ultra-cute stocking to boot!  Liam has recently been on a clementine kick and can easily down 2 or 3 at a sitting.  I'm sure he could do more but I prefer to limit him.  :)  Unfortunately, no stores in this area carry California Cuties but you should definitely see if they're in your neck of the woods.

Kid's craft kit of winner's choice.  Creativity for Kids makes some amazing craft kits for the kids and they're not just for the olders ones.  There are some felt and cloth based kits for the younger set.

Luna Bars Gift Pack: I didn't realize Luna now had fantastic flavors like Chocolate Raspberry and Chocolate Peppermint! 

Avery Holiday Pack: Avery has put together a pack of holiday-related items including the Avery Holiday Wizard and Stretchable Fabric Transfers.  It sounds like you can do a lot with this one!

Holiday Gift Pack: Lollipop Rascals is a great site full of wonderful items and gift sets for kids, all arranged by themes like space, safari, and holiday.  It's definitely somewhere I'll keep in mind for kid's presents in the future!

Illuminated Jet Bib: This one should catch the attention of anyone who has a hard time getting the attention of a little one while trying to get them to eat.  Think Geek has made a bib with an illuminated runway on it.  Of course, this wouldn't mean much except that the fork has a plane for the handle. 

HealthMaster: This looks like quite the appliance.  The HealthMaster is a blender, chopper, mixer, and and and.  Not only does it blend and chop but apparently you can make a hot soup in it, start to finish.  Wow!

There are also several giveaways on MommyPR for Pressman Toys' games:
Silly Socks: I'm quoting directly from MommyPR- this sounds like a blast for the little ones!  "Each player gets three silly socks to start. On your turn take an item from the washing machine. If it’s a sock that matches one of your three, put the pair in your laundry basket. But be careful! If you pull out a pair of pants you’ll lose one turn until you can try for silly socks again. The first player to collect three matching pairs wins. For 2 to 4 players, ages 3 to 5."

Rummikub for Kids: "The first Rummikub game especially designed for young kids, with 3 levels of play to keep up with them! Develops number and color recognitions skills and logical reasoning. A clever feature using shapes helps players self-correct their moves."

Splashy the Whale: This one sounds like good, messy fun.  "Get ready for an action-packed game with a splash of excitement! On your turn use the fishing rod to take something out of Splashy’s mouth. There are anchors, fishbones, even a submarine. But watch out. If you touch his tongue, he’ll spray you with water. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins."

Ring Around the Nosy: What kid wouldn't love to put on an elephant mask and see their parents doing the same?  "It’s the game that turns you into a playful pachyderm! Spread the rings on the game mat and put on your mask. Then- with your hands behind your back!- try to be the first player to scoop up your color rings using only your trunk. It’s a laugh-out-loud good time for everyone!"

Awesome blog candy giveaway at Scrapmaster's Paradise!

Samantha at Scrapmaster's Paradise had her 90,000th visitor in Nov. and is now giving away a massive scrap/stamp blog candy package to someone on Christmas day!  Something to DEFINITELY check out!

And I quote:

As shown there are 90 different odds and ends:

Prima Flowers
Pebbles Stencils
10 pieces of gorgeous ribbons (some misc. and some Stampin' UP)
Stampin' UP designer Buttons
Stampin' UP hodgepodge hardware
ONE Stampin' UP Bermuda Bay ink pad, brand new!!
Misc. Stampin' UP felt shapes (all retired)
One brand new Stampin' UP Stamp set called Holiday Collection (retired)
journaling squares
Stampin' UP Stampin' Dimensionals, glitter Tombo multipurpose adhesive
Stampin' Spots with a Whisper White reinker
ONE Vivid Ink Pad in RED
Stampin' UP Elastic

Also shown is 90 sheets of misc. 6X6 patterned papers!!!

And NOT SHOWN I will also include:

90 Cricut die cuts cut out from cardstock!!! I have over 70 cartridges (including the Pink Journey and some brand new ones!) and I WILL LET YOU CHOOSE SOME SHAPES!!!!
90 misc. Buttons from my stash
90 misc brads. and eyelets from my stash
 
Then there's even more if she reaches certain numbers of visitors and followers by Christmas!

A final few giveaways...

Before the holiday rolls us all over...

SAHM is giving away a $30 GC to Walmart.  Definitely a nice thing this time of year!

Gobs of Giveaways is giving away 2 kid's Munchie Mugs with gripper lids so the tykes are a little less likely to dump the contents on the floor, in the car, on the sofa, in the chair... not that I would know.

Born2Impress:
Chakra/Yoga- related jewely: Someone is going to win a $50 GC to Shanti Botique.  Even if you're not into yoga and such, they've got beautiful pieces!

Someone else is going to win a cute kid's umbrella from Kidorable (they have really cute lines of kids rain gear!)

Finally, someone is going to win a linen and bamboo tote bag from Bambooya.

MORE giveaways happening

Gobs of Giveaways is giving away ID Me Labels- Perfect for the tots in daycare or elementary school!

The Speedy Gourmet is giving away a Century of Flavor Cookbook: A cookbook from Nielson-Massey Vanillas!  I can only imagine how divine the recipes in this one must be!

MNM Special:
YourPictureBook: Not only does YourPictureBook.com personalize the book with a child's name, they actually include illustrations based on a photo of the child!  They also have DVDs, posters, and coloring pages!

Pretty Please Press Books:  The books not only contain values lessons such as working towards dreams and behaving, they also have vocabulary and concept cards and lesson plans!

Day Counter: How long have those green beans been in your refrigerator?  The lunch meat?  This handy little device from Days Ago will tell you.  They have 3 different counters- magnetic, rubber banded, and suction-cupped to work with all types of containers.  Obviously, the counter can be reset!

MomStart:
Reusable shopping bag & Sunsweet coupon:  As part of their Pop-a-Prune promotion, Sunsweet has paired with MomStart to give 5 readers reusable bags and coupons good for 1 Sunsweet item!

Portable Hard Drive: Seagate makes portable hard drives perfect for backing up all types of media external to the computer.  Great for families like mine using a 7yr-old computer!

Fabric Creations is giving away a $25 GC to both Target and ToysRUs!  What else needs to be said?!

Living Smart Girl:
[me]&goji Cereal: You've got to check this out!  YOU pick what goes in your cereal and we're not talking about Lucky Charms here!  Cranberries, Blueberries, Goji berries, granola, etc.!

Samples Box: Out of the Box Sampler sells boxes of samples- bath items, candles, etc.  You never know what you're going to get but they're supposed to be great!

Brown Paper Packages is giving away a $100 GC to Hot Mama!  They make some fantastic looking personalized jewelry!

MudBug is offering up a Bumbleride Indie stroller!  I'd love to get one of these- the 3 wheel stroller has become VERY appealing now that we struggle with the 4 wheels because someone grows HEAVY!

DIY is offering up 10 amazing handmade items or GCs to stores selling handmade items!  This is an ongoing giveaway- the sign up takes place over almost a month with daily entries!

Tinahdee is giving away one of her fabulous handmade rings or bracelets- you decide which when you sign up for this one!