I recently hosted a Stella & Dot trunk show and got over $400 in free jewelry rewards! It was a very fun shopping spree! Here are some of my favorite pieces that I selected, many of which are perfect for the holidays or gift giving.

These Leather Wrap Bracelets are so in right now and look great layered with other bracelets. Have you seen the Tory Burch ones or the ones from Chan Luu? The Stella & Dot ones are equally chic and at a much better price point! ($39 for single wraps, $59 for double).

I love these gold fringe hoop earrings — they look amazing on and are a great price at $44. They also come in silver. I ordered both pairs!

I love the Stella & Dot charm collection — I can mix and match my perfect necklace and make something special for my daughter, mom, sister-in-law, friend, or for myself! I wear my charms on a long gold chain (it looks great layered with shorter necklaces) and my 7-year old daughter wears her initial on a pretty hot pink ribbon (with a peace sign, of course!)

This gorgeous hematite ring looks great with casual or dressy outfits. I couldn’t decide between the hematite or gold…both are amazing! At $49 maybe I should get both!

My daughter couldn’t decide between all of the adorable girls items, and they recently launched a collection of tween items too. (Most girl and tween items are $14 to $29!) They make great gifts and come in adorable tins — no gift wrap needed! (Actually, all Stella & Dot items come beautifully boxed and wrapped in tissue for great and easy gift giving!)

If you have never experienced a Stella & Dot piece, now is your chance! Jen is raffling off your choice of her best selling bracelets: the gorgeous gold Stella Vintage bracelet, or the fun and funky silver Bardot spiral bracelet. Both are beautiful and would be great additions to your wardrobe! How do you enter? Enter a comment below with what bracelet you love. For an additional entry,  follow the latest Stella & Dot news by following Jen on Twitter @JenThomas19002 and follow MWS @mommieswstyle. For two more bonus entries, please tweet about this contest!  Be sure to @mommieswstyle and @JenThomas19002 so we know you’ve done so! Contest ends on Sat Dec 4th.

Want to make a Stella & Dot  purchase online? (They make great gifts and are wrapped in adorable packaging!) Take advantage of a very rare offer and take 25% off any item of your choice, today only, 11/26, using code USFAM10 at checkout. Happy shopping, enjoy!

When I started wearing them, I could not believe how amazing they looked and felt. The XFIT morphs around your body and hugs you in all of the right places! What a dream!

Over the past year of wearing DL1961 Premium Denim I found they did not fade, stretch, lose their shape or style! I’ve worn them multiple times before washing them (less laundry to do) without the jeans sagging out or bagging in inappropriate places. Once you wash them, they are restored to their normal shape.

Browse and purchase online at DL1961’s site– and don’t worry if you are unsure of fit. DL1961 will be happy to work with you to find the best pair or will return your purchase for full credit should they not fit. Halle Berry, Blake Lively and Rose McGowan are just a few of the celebrities that have experienced why these are not your typical designer jeans and you can too!

From now through October 31st, save 20% on your purchase and receive free shipping by entering code DLJLV8 at checkout. This discount is rarely offered, so take advantage today.

The Great Trade-In¯ event places an emphasis on specific baby products, that due to safety concerns, may not be the best candidates to be handed down or resold. Beyond recalls, certain older and used baby items can be potentially unsafe for a variety of reasons, including damage or lack of compliance with recent advances in product safety standards.

You don’t need to have purchased the item you want to trade-in from TRU or BRU and no receipt is required. You can bring in multiple items and you will be given one 25% off discount for each item traded in. The discount must be used that day on another item from the participating categories and manufacturers. Trade-In items and purchased items can be from different categories.

Their hair clips are quite unique and beautiful, with a patent pending. Originally designed with a magnet to enhance the hold, they now use a more expensive Plush Swiss Velvet wrapped completely around the metal clip, to provide an identical snug, secure grip. It’s now lighter weight, and so soft that she won’t even know it’s there! Their clips won’t hurt if she pulls them out, either, and because they use the highest quality clips available, they don’t bend easily, like others do.

No Slippy Hair Clippy invented the no slip hair clip in 2000 and has been making meticulously handcrafted hair clips ever since. They continue to introduce new and innovative products for babies, girls and women which are Made in America, under their quality control. No Slippy Hair Clippy was created to accompany your little girl’s sense of style throughout the ages and stages of her life.

No Slippy Hair Clippy recently introduced a new modern line of value hair clips called Clipettes. Clipettes offer a moderate price range, with no skimping on quality! Each hair clip is fully lined in grosgrain and have a special non-slip grip for a soft, yet secure hold.

Here’s your chance to win $75 in your choice of products (gifts excluded) from No Slippy Hair Clippy! Visit the site and let us know which clip is your favorite in the comment section in this post. A name will be drawn at random on June 29, 2010. So make sure your entry is posted by midnight on June 28, 2010.

Want to shop now? Save 15% off your purchase (gift and retired styles excluded) through July 9, 2010 by using code Mommies610 at checkout.

The Leakey Collection was born out of a devastating drought in Kenya back in 2001, which devastated the Maasai people. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the collection goes to help support this nomadic tribe.  Click here for additional details.

Use code MWS at checkout to receive 20% off your purchase through Monday, June 7th, 2010.

It has padded shoulder straps and a chest strap to stay comfortably on, name and an address label inside the pack and a top grab handle for the pack for when you need to carry it. In addition, there is a removable safety strap if you would like to be able to have your child within arms reach at all times. The Animal Daysack also has a weatherproof hood that stows away in a zippered top pocket; open it out and your child can complete the transformation from little person to little cow! It is so cute and my son loved wearing his cow hood. Besides the cow, the Daysacks are also available in a turtle, ladybug and bumblebee, and are appropriate for ages approximately six months to three years old. My son really enjoyed toting around his own stuff and I am sure yours will too.

Use coupon code MWSMMX until September 31, 2010 to save 20% off any regularly priced item on the site. Please note the pricing on the site is in Canadian dollars.

My husband and I shared the Shaun White Backpack from Burton. It is an awesome, laptop backpack that has more storage and compartments than I have ever seen in a backpack! In addition to the nicely padded laptop compartment, it also features an Easy-Access, Side-Entry zipper, which is an added bonus when quickly stowing the laptop in a tight space like an airplane. My husband is always anally organized, so he especially appreciated that this pack had a plethora of pockets and compartments.

There are a handful of easy to access, exterior pockets, great for PDA’s, cell phones, MP3 players, and even snacks. Additionally, there are a myriad of interior pockets, great for storing cords, power packs, office supplies, etc. Once we saw the backpack arrive, and knew how easily it would keep us organized on the go, it was a no brainer to quickly unpack our existing backpack, and replace it with the Shaun White backpack. While Shaun himself is a champ on the half-pipe, at the very least, you will travel like champs with his backpack! It’s currently on sale for a great price!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with a Nintendo DSi, it is a portable gaming system that kids love! The Nintendo DSi system comes with nine different built-in software applications: Nintendo DSi + Internet, Nintendo DSi Shop, DS Download Play, System Settings, Nintendo DSi Browser, PictoChat, Nintendo DSi Camera, Nintendo DSi Sound and Flipnote Studio.

The coolest feature of the DSi is that the unit is able to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots for Internet browsing and online gaming. While we were away, we frequented coffee shops that had Wi-Fi and my daughter was able to quickly download a new game. The DSi does have parental controls available so that you can limit access to certain content. Additionally, the DSi’s digital camera makes it ideal for capturing anything you want. My daughter is really into taking pictures of anything and everything, so she really loves this feature. There are actually two cameras – one inside for showing the player in an online gaming environment and the other on the outside for taking more traditional pictures. The outside camera is 3.0 megapixels and the quality is pretty good.

As far as the gaming on the DSi goes, it should be noted that the DSi plays all Nintendo DS games. There are literally hundreds of titles from which to choose. One game we received and that my daughter loved was Style Savvy, a game that combines creativity and fashion with a collection of trendy clothes, chic accessories and stylish shoes. In the game, you’re the owner of a clothing boutique and you must purchase inventory, monitor the store’s funds and try to please your fashionista customers. Once you build up some cash from your loyal customers, it’s time to start making real business decisions: Should you expand your inventory? Should you start getting ready for seasonal changes? Utilizing the wireless capabilities of the DSi, your child can join up to three of their friends in hosting a fashion runway contest to see who has the best eye for fashion!

The DSi is on-sale this week at Target and is available in the following colors: White, Blue, Pink and Black.

My son is accustomed to falling asleep while listening to ocean waves. He had a hard time going to sleep as an infant and the waves just seem to sooth him and put him to sleep.  When we travel, we always have to lug his wave machine along, which is a hassle. So when we received the Dozy Dolphin On The Go by Cloud b for our recent trip, we were thrilled!

The Dozy Dolphin On The Go helped recreate his sleep time routine by bringing his familiar sounds of ocean waves with us on our trip. It plays four water-based sounds with individual push buttons: Dolphins Playing, Whale Songs, Tranquil Melody, and Ocean Waves.  There is a volume control button and two sleep timer options: 23 and 45 minutes.  My son absolutely adores his Dozy Dolphin! He plays and cuddles with it when he falls asleep.  It is super soft thanks to the soft hypoallergenic bamboo fabric so it won’t irritate sensitive skin.  Bamboo fabric grows without the need for fertilizers or pesticides, is the most renewable resource on the planet and is 100% biodegradable.  It’s also antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-static and softer than cotton.  Attached to the Dozy Dolphin is a Velcro strap that allows for easy attachment to cribs, strollers and car seats!  Included with the Dozy Dolphin is a booklet that teaches children about endangered dolphins, a Dozy Dolphin Storybook and adoption certificate. Besides the Dozy Dolphin On The Go, Cloud B also has 2 other travel animals – Sleep Sheep On The Go and Gentle Giraffe On The Go!  

Cloud b’s mission is to thoughtfully design and develop useful products that help children sleep better, and simplify parents’ lives. I agree that their products have helped my children sleep better as we also have the Twilight Turtle and Ladybug to add to our collection.  My kids use them every night when their room is dark and it lights their rooms right up! They can’t be without them at night!

Check out their products and save 15% off most regular priced items on Cloud b’s site by entering code MWS-310 until March 23rd.

Another product we brought along on our trip was the GoPillow! My son and daughter loved the Go Pillow! so much that they actually fought over whose turn it was to have it! The GoPillow! is a portable pillow that has a built-in blanket tucked away inside. My kids loved snuggling with it on the airplane (of course taking turns), since it is super soft and cozy. The portable pillow consists of an inner core of soft, pliable cushion/foam and a soft outer fabric covering.

The Go Pillow! reminds me of a cylinder type pillow that you can place your hand on up to your elbow inside to securely cradle your child while feeding them. The built-in blanket tucks neatly inside, providing easy access to pull out while on the go to allow for mother and baby privacy while out in public breast feeding.

Besides being great for snuggling and breast feeding, it also makes a fabulous nap blanket since your child can rest their head on the pillow while lying on the blanket. Additionally, it makes for a nice place to change your child’s diaper. The GoPillow! is washable (we were thrilled since we took it on the plane) and is available in pink and blue. Check out the GoPillow! where you can see pictures of the fabulous ways it can be of use!  Receive a free breastfeeding guide with every purchase-no code required.