In honor of Little H's first birthday, I'm giving away some awesome stuff. These products were donated by incredible business women. Just look at it all - it's all FANTASTIC! The retail value is $166 USD. Here's a bit more about what's up for grabs.
Item #1 is a sweet little purse from Original Cyn Studios. It has a lovely vintage air about it even though it was newly handmade. Retail value is $15.Item #2 is a lovely set of leaf inspired brass toned earrings from Ciara Obscura. I love the little crystals hanging from them - so elegant! Retail value is $45.
Item #3 is an indulgent, Arbonne aromatherapy bath product from Kim at MK Skincare. Retail value $18
Item #4 is a tutu so sweet you could munch up it's candy colored red and white stripes. Stacy at Sara Rose tutus donated this and it normally retails for $20.
Item #5 is a handmade Jingle Block which almost didn't make it into the giveaway because I'm in love with it. I was so tempted to give it to little H and send Lia of My Kangaroo a cheque for it's retail value of $20.
Item #6 is a precious pair of handmade baby booties from ValMade - retail is only $10, what a great price for these tootsie covers!
Item #7 is actually three pieces - hairbows from Jamie of Bows2Cute.com, perfect for any little girls's coif - valued at $10.
Item #8 is a coffee set from Hippy Dippy designs - hand made coasters and a coffee cozy to keep that bevy from burning your fingers and tables - value is $10.
Item #9 is something only a mom could have dreamed up. A security blankie in cape form. How sweet to have your little one drape this over their shoulders as they fly around the house. The blankie cape is from Frank & Me and retails for $18.
So, how do you enter to win this great stuff? There are 4 options.
#1 All email subscribers are automatically entered - you can subscribe now to be included.
#2 You can also add my blog to your favorite social media site like Digg, StumbleUpon, del.icio.us etc. Make sure you leave me a comment with your email address and let me know what site you added me to.
#3 Another option is to share a creative tip in the comments section - again, you need to include your email address so I can contact you if you win.
#4 Bloggers can add my button to their blog or write a quick post sharing this giveaway with their readers - come back and comment to let me know.
If you do them all you can get 4 entries total to up your chances of winning!! Wheee, I'm excited to send this great prize to one of my readers. The draw will take place in a week or so - I'd like everyone to have the opportunity to enter.
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115 comments:
I've stumbled you!
I've also subscribed to your feed,
and added your button to my site!
Thanks!!!
Didn't know if I should leave my email addy here, but there is a way to contact me via my site! I left my URL...
Hi
I just happened upon your site! : )
I blogged ya here: http://jasonncaryn.blogspot.com/2008/06/way-cool-contests-of-week.html
and subscribed via email...
Good things do come to those who stay up in wee hours of the morning.
Will definitely be sharing this with all my readers
Posted an entry on ya!
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And I've already had you linked for a while!
You're doing such a great job with this site mama!
Jen
hello. i'm subscribed and buttoned up over at www.nowenteringmomville.blogspot.com . my e-mail is quitecontrary1977@hotmail.com. and i love your site. oh yeah, a creativ tip.. my are of expertise is reusing fabrics. you can even reuse your ratty old undies. i use cute undies and their elastic to make headbands! but don't tell people that or they'll call you pantyhead.
Hello- I subscribed to your email newsletter and posted your button on my site www.sassypinkboutique.blogspot.com
THanks
Hey! I wanted to let you know that I added your button to my blog, and I also suscribed to your blog. I'm hoping that I'll have a girl and need all this super cute stuff!
Thanks Momma!
I subscribed to your newsletter. :)
Hi! I just fond you on Mom Bloggers and added myself to your feed.
Great stuff on here!!! I will do a post on my blog- Love is....
And, will add your button too! :)
Debi
Very exciting!!! I blogged on my site about this fun thing: http://originalcynstudios.blogspot.com/
Good luck all
Hi - I added your button to my blog!! Great site, I loved looking through it!
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I'm already subscribed!
I Stumbled ya!
I added your button!
Creative tip: hot glue is HOT! (sorry, my sense of humor mixed with not crafty = glue)
Wow what a great collection of prizes - I subscribed to you via email, and I added your site to my personal bookmarks - love your site!
Ha, I'll be thinking about quitecontrary wearing her panties on her head for a while. :P My tip is that glitter should never come in a house, ever, because it is impossible for it all to ever leave. Like tiny little poltergeists, glitter has magic power.
Thanks for entering me in this awesome giveaway.
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I added your button to my blog! I'm so excited!
I posted about your giveaways on my blog and added your banner to the post!
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Thanks!
I just added my self to your email newsletter! What adorable things!
wow how cute i love to give it a try to win this and well i've subscribed
I love this collection of prizes, what a great giveaway! I subscribed to your feed, added your button to my site, stumbled this post (I was the first to discover it, my stumble username is table4five). A creative tip, hmmm-I'm not at all crafty, my creativity comes in the kitchen. My tip is, when you unwrap a stick of butter, carefully fold up the wrapper and store it in the fridge. Then use it to grease a pan when baking. That's four entries!
table4five@gmail.com
Hello! Happy 1st birthday to your
"Little H.!" Such a special time!
I am glad that I found your useful site. I became an email subscriber. One tip that helps me is starting the bulk of the dinner meal in a crockpot first thing in the morning. Thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
Sweet!!
I've subscribed.
I've also dugg (ID: bunnymoney) and stumbled (ID: bunnybox9).
Posted your button on my sidebar
http://bunnymoney9.blogspot.com
A creative tip: Read all your fave blogs in a google reader! Saves time!
Hope I'm entitled to all 4 entries! Thanks!
bunnybox9 at gmail . com
i've subscribed for your emails!
Lovely stuff. I'll send a friend of mine who is having a baby soon over here.
When painting, and using a sponge for texture, I always cut the sponge into fun shapes such as a leaf, or cirle, or triangles. That is my creative tip. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
I am a subscriber, too.
planetmisty@gmail.com
Just added your button on my blog, and reffered everyone here! Also am subscribing right this very instance to your blog!
Hello. I found you through my Mommybar (Gotta love this thing, now I have hours of wasting time ahead of me.. I'm so excited!)
#1) I subscribed to your e-mail newsletter
#2) I added your button to my blog
#3) My tip..
One cup of Lemon
One cup of Olive oil
Put it into a spray bottle and use it as furniture polish. It smells great, its non toxic for the environment and for your household.
You can make new stuff as often as you would like. It is also great for your furniture!
Thanks for the chance. I have 5 daughters and I am sure they all would love something from this!
Thanks again.
http://crunchygreenmom.blogspot.com
LilithSilvermane at gmail dot com
I subscribed to your blog! What an amazing giveaway!!! *crossing fingers in hope of winning*
Very cute
What a great site. I subscribed and just wanted to say thank you.
I subscribed to your email list
dolls123[at]gmail[dot]com
I try to stay "GREEN" when I clean so I use lemon juice diluted in water for easy wipe downs!
New subscriber. Your site looks great! Glad I found it.
I subscribed to your feed. Great stuff!
Great prize. I posted a comment.
You can reach me at swiener1@tampabay.rr.com
geranium
would like to have this
I find that nature gives great inspiration for artwork and graphic design. Look at the patterns on leaves, flowers or animals for inspiration.
majqa1966@yahoo.com
Here's the deal-y deal...
I've subcribed via email, added the button to my side bar (http://seeryus.blogspot.com and now for my extra witty, oh-so clever comment...While I can knit...I've got some sort of ADD and my projects take FOREVER, (look! a pretty butterfly...)see what I mean, thank goodness I've got some great friends at work that help me stay on track to finish my long overdue project...knitty friends...I love 'em!
Hi,
I have subscribed to your feed. What a great giveaway...would be thrilled to win this one!
bvbabybv at gmail.com
I am a new subscriber! I find your blog very interesting!
My tip - make good use of your time whether the middle of the day or the middle of the night. I get just as much housework done when I can't sleep at night as I do during the day!
I stumbled you. Great giveaway, thanks! hellomary018 at yahoo dot com
I also added your button to my sidebar:
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Thanks again!
Wow- a great giveaway- we're expecting a girl too=). Creative tip- save the sectioned boxes for art supply boxes for your kids - that way they can easily find all of their supplies and cleanup is a dream!
add a packet of kooaid (the ones without sugar) to homemade playdough for color and scent
Just added myself to your e-mail list. Great giveaway. Thank You.
I subscribed to your e-mail.
digicat@sbcglobal.net
Cool giveaway! My creative tip comes from scrapbooking retreats where we stay up late scrapping. But it applies to other crafts. When you go to bed, leave a page (or project) started, or almost completed. That way when you are sleepy in the morning it's easy to get started and pick up momentum. Otherwise you sit there and stare at the table til you wake up. ;)
Hi!
I have subscribed; I have buttoned you in my little sidebar and now for entry number three, I shall give you a creative tip.
I save empty vitamin or pill bottles and then when my paint cans are down to the end, using a funnel, I pour into my pill bottles. These are then stored very prettily and used for woodwork crafts!
A creative tip... Reuse formula cans for loose change holders.
My creative tip is to keep kids occupied during dinner prep/cook - my hardest time of the day.
We took a big Ziploc bag of fridge magnets and throw them on his high chair and he'll play with the for hours. In and out of the bag, over and over!
I subscribed to your feed and here is my tip...
If you decide you need to return an item of clothing to the store, but you just snipped the tag off, you can reattach the tag by touching the tip of a hot glue gun to the plastic where you snipped and pressing the two pieces back together.
Thanks,
liz[at]lizlog[dot]com
My creative tip: Use a pool noodle tucked under the fitted sheet instead of renting bed rails when traveling. Works like a charm for my almost three year old!
mom2sagecambria at gmail dot com
We make little story books out of sticker packs- staple some construction paper together and let the kids have at it with stickers. Some can turn out pretty beautiful!
Love these tips! A fun and easy thing to make with fabric scraps are beanbags. Fill with beans, rice, flax seed.
Just subscribed to your emails! Great site! For a creative tip - well, a great (and easy) gift to give is to do a simple cross stitch picture of the person or family you're giving the gift to. I just find "people" designs and change hair color etc so they look like the real person.
great prize,great contest
Subscribed to your feed!
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Put your button on my blog too!
Eileen-Lilly(at)hotmail(dot)com
Subscribed via email and added your button to my blog!
I subscribed!! :)
subscribed and will add your button to my site!
Awesome giveaway! Creative tip... save kids jerseys all through the years and then sew it up into a blanket! Cute!
Hi I subscribed to your e-mail newsletter.
yourstrulee at sasktel dot net
i subscribed and added your button!
thanks!
moore.g at insideconnect.net
great giveaway!
I subscribed and
added your button to
my sidebar.
My creative tip would be to store broth from soups by pouring them into ice cube trays. When you need to add broth to a meal you will have your broth ready for cooking and easy to access. Thanks!!
kenzkween at hotmail dot com
I subscribed to your email and added your button to my site! Thanks for the great giveaway.
Great site and I blogged about your site on mine!
From here to Maternity
Here's a tip:
When you're spraying a pan with oil spray, open the dishwasher and put the pan on the door -- the overspray will be cleaned up when you run the next load of dishes.
start dinner in a crockpot early in the morning
Good things do come to those who stay up in wee hours of the morning.
my tip would be don't throw out kids old clothes. keep them and try your hand at making a patch quilt.
I subscribed & put it on http://www.myspace.com/deyates66. Here's an idea for all those plastic bags gotten at the grocery store: cut into 1 inch strips and crochet with it. I've made rugs so far, but I'm sure there are other things that could be made with them.
At a bridal shower, my friend's mother gave me the tip that if you put dirty dishes in the fridge, they don't stink. I haven't tried this myself, but it was good for a laugh.
beccachristensen at hotmail dot com
I joined the mailing list.
My tip is to buy all white towels. They'll be a matching set, even when you have to replace some, and if worse comes to worse you can just bleach them.
Thanks for entering me.
jelaurenzi@yahoo.com
I reuse my son's formula cans to store some of my craft items.
Good luck to every one
What an awesome giveaway!
For creativity, never underestimate a good cup of coffee or tea and great music!
Thanks for the cool giveaway!
Megret
meg.wilson@gmail.com
What an awesome giveaway! I just stumbled upon you too! I subscribed to your feed and love your blog! Sent you an email about a submission too.
Melissa
mjenningsdesigns.blogspot.com
great giveaway-I subscribed
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
A friend sent a link to your site. After looking around, I just had to subscribe. Thanks.
I love this collection of prizes!ty 4 the great giveaway!:)
My creative tip would be geared more towards sewing. I like to use old clothes that I don't wear or that are spotted/torn as my fabric for sewing projects! You'd be amazed at what pretty things you can make out of old clothes!! Plus its really cheap!!!
hngrube(at)gmail(dot)com
Great prizes. My green tip for you is to compost everything from scraps to ground coffee.
http://iluvcontest.blogspot.com/2008/06/giveaway-time-by-maternal-spark.html
my entry and I have subscribed by email too :)
nice giveaway by the way :)
You really have some great prizes.
Pour yogurt into popsicle trays and freeze them. They make nice healthy summer treats.
Very cute things.
I subscribed to your feed and for creativity, I find that if I have a camera with me all the time when something I see inspires me, I take a photo of it so I won't forget and then I can run with the idea when I get home!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
I just subscribed to your newletter, great prizes, please enter me
I have subscribed to you site. I am an oil painting artist and my tip is to cover your palette with aluminum foil between paintings, to keep the paint fresh for another use.
nanoart@yahoo.com
Creativity seems to come from the little alone time I have and extra sleep combined with a fresh influx of caffeine- I don't usually have it so it affects me more
What a fantastic prize package! I'd be so thrilled to win it. My tip is simple: because chemical cleaners are not safe to use around our beloved pets I always stick with safe natural products like vinegar, lemon juice and baking soda. As a bonus, they leave behind a clean fresh odour rather than fumes.
What a great prize to win! Even when you no longer have little babies always keep a container of diaper wipes in the car for those sticky messes or just oh so yummy take out delights. They are so much cheaper than handi-wipes for adults and clean just the same.
As a graphic designer, I can say that nature provides plenty of inspiration for creativity. I remember taking leaves that fell off of trees in the fall, and using a crayon to rub the image into a piece of paper. It looked cool and is a fun craft for kids who like nature. Flowers are always an inspiration this time of the year.
majqa1966@yahoo.com
I let my older kids choose recipes that they want us to try from various cookbooks and then let them cook them. It gives me a break and they are getting really good at cooking. vidomich@yahoo.com
my tip is to use the back of unwanted printed pages to lower your consumption and to save money.
and i stumbled you
and i'm a subscriber!
to get a stain out really easily, spray it with hair spray let it sit for a while, then wash with cold water and soap, it works really well!
If it is acrylic paint, keep rubbing with tide and water on carpet. It does go away.
I've also subscribed to your feed.
I subscribed and added you to Delicious. A creative tip -- I save all kinds of fabric. Even from worn out shirts and sheets. You can cut up just about anything to use for a quilt or when you need a little scrap for something here and there.
Bring snacks and drinks on long car rides to avoid constant stops.
My tip is more green than creative. Think about every item before you put it in the trash. Could there possibly be another use for it? Is it recyclable? Could someone else use it? You'll be surprised what you can find another use for if you just give it one additional thought before throwing it out.
So glad I found your site. Okay, I subbed, added your button and am now going to add a creative tip- get down on your kids level and play with them. See the world through their eyes and quit worrying about the messes- There will be plenty of time to have a clean house, but the little munchkins grow up faster than you think. Start them with ice and a bowl and a spoon and work your way up to crayons and markers and glue and glitter and feathers and beads. They are amazing at creating things out of the most ordinary objects and it is way more fun to be right with them instead of supervising.
Be sure to enter my contest when you are checking my site for your button. ;)
I stumbled upon you.
Just signed up for email.
Love the comments. Especially the pool noodle under the bedsheet when traveling. I am going to try this. Thanks
Thank you for your giveaway and I subscribed by email.
My creative tip would be to camoflauge your veggies in another food where your little sweeties won't even know there eating anything they consider, "yucky!" For example, I break up my zuchinni super small and slowly cook it into spaghetti and my son eats it up and has no clue that he is eating vegetables..lol. I love it!
save your baby's favorite onesies so you can make a quilt as a keepsake for mother or child
Bridges freeze before roads.
theyyyguy@yahoo.com
Love to let parents know if a pill is difficult to go down; coat pill lightely with some fat/free margarine; many thanks SW
this is great! count me in! this is a very good site!
sweetangl5632@aol.com
My creative tip is to use empty egg cartons to store crafting supplies. I also subscribed to your blog!
When I noticed how pretty designer labels were, I started to save them. I removed them from suit jacket sleeves and they sometimes are attached to jeans. I recently sewed then on to a piece of fabric and had it framed. It looks great.
kathleenyohanna@hotmail.com
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