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Valentine’s Day #Giveaway with Cracker Barrel

January 26, 2012 By Whitney 132 Comments

Hey Moms, remember that awesome 12 Days of Giveaways I did over Christmas?  One of the giveaways we had was an awesome giveaway from Cracker Barrel. Now, back by popular demand, we have another giveaway from Cracker Barrel!

Did you know that not only is Cracker Barrel a restaurant but they have a store attached to everyone restaurant where you can get great gifts and items for your family?  Everything in the Valentine’s Day themed picture above is available at the Cracker Barrel store online or in person.  One lucky Mommies with Style winner will win a Valentine’s Day themed prize pack similar to the one in the photo too!

How can you win?

You can enter up to 4 times (the only required entry is the first one to leave a comment!  All the others are additional entries):

1) Leave a comment on this post.  (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)

2) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter & follow me on Twitter @WhitneyMWS as well as @CrackerBarrel:

Enter to win a @CrackerBarrel prize pack on Mommies with Style via @WhitneyMWS #wingiveaways http://bit.ly/aatNRf

3) “Like” Mommies with Style and Cracker Barrel on Facebook (if you already do, promote this contest on your page)

4) Subscribe to my feed or email newsletter and stay on top of all of my daily posts! If you already subscribe, please leave a separate comment letting me know that you are currently a subscriber (thank you!).

This giveaway will run until February 2nd.  One winner will be selected and notified after that time.

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#Giveaway: $100 to Spend at Thirty-One Gifts (Adorable Totes & Bags!)

January 25, 2012 By Whitney 107 Comments

Thirty One Gifts is the leading provider of fun, stylish and functional products for women, their families and the home. From signature purses and totes, to storage solutions that help organize your life, there’s something to fit every personality and situation.  The name Thirty-One comes from the verses of Proverbs 31 in the Bible that celebrates the busy, hardworking wife, mother, friend, daughter and sister in all of us. Thirty-One recognizes women for who they are and all they do for their families and their communities!

Have you guys heard about Thirty One Gifts?  I first heard about them in the fall when I was invited to my first party.  A direct-sales company, this is one of those companies where you go to a private party to buy their products.  I was unable to attend but they seem to be everywhere these days and I’ve been coveting several of their bags!

They have everything from small purses to big totes to organizing products that are super cute!

Special: I wanted to note too, they are having an awesome special for the month of January.  Two of the Thirty-One Gifts thermal lunch totes are on sale until end of day January 31st for $10 and $15 respectively!  How awesome is that.

If you are a planner, buy ahead and get these for an end of year teacher gift!  You can even have them personalized for another $7 so for $17 you have an adorable and affordable teacher gift.  What’s not to love about that.

So I have an awesome giveaway for one lucky Mommies with Style reader!  You can enter to win $100 gift card to spend at Thirty-One Gifts!

How can you win?

You can enter up to 4 times (the only required entry is the first one to leave a comment!  All the others are additional entries):

1) Leave a comment on this post.  (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)

2) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter & follow me on Twitter @WhitneyMWS as well as @ThirtyOne:

Enter to win $100 to spend at @ThirtyOne on Mommies with Style via @WhitneyMWS http://bit.ly/aatNRf

3) “Like” Mommies with Style and Thirty One on Facebook (if you already do, promote this contest on your page)

4) Subscribe to my feed or email newsletter and stay on top of all of my daily posts! If you already subscribe, please leave a separate comment letting me know that you are currently a subscriber (thank you!).

This giveaway will run until February 2nd.  One winner will be selected and notified after that time.


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Holiday Entertaining on Any Budget with Sam’s Club & A Kitchen Aid Mixer Giveaway

December 24, 2011 By Whitney 668 Comments

There’s a Sam’s Club about a half of a mile from my house.  We used to be members but let our membership lapse a couple of years ago.  But this week I rejoined after I was issued a challenge from Sam’s Club to create a holiday meal for my family for $50.  Sam’s Club sent me a membership and a gift card to get shopping.

I wasn’t sure what to expect for $50 but believe it or not, I had no problem making a nice dinner for the fam on that cost.

With 4 people in our family, I didn’t need a ton – here’s what I got:  I got a fully cooked turkey breast like this one (but got turkey breast only) for $19.98.  Can I tell you guys, this was DELICIOUS.  And huge.  It lasted for 3 days – 2 meals plus I sliced it up for sandwiches for my son for school for two days after. Not bad for $20.

Then I got potatoes and broccoli for another $20.  So I was well under $50 and ended up getting some extra fruit and other produce to get myself to $50.  Awesome, right?  I will definitely be shopping for meals again at Sam’s Club for the rest of the holiday season and beyond in 2012.

Giveaway: Sam’s Club has also offered a generous giveaway to Mommies with Style readers for the holiday season!   One lucky winner will receive this KitchenAid Professional HD Stand Mixer that’s pictured to the left ($268.98 value!)

Enter to win by commenting below about Sam’s Club (do you have one near you?  Do you belong?  Your answer doesn’t have anything to do with eligibility to win – just comment anything to enter to win – just making conversation!)

Note – You can enter up to 4 times (the only required entry is the first one to leave a comment!  All the others are additional entries):

1) Leave a comment on this post.  (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)

2) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter & follow me on Twitter @WhitneyMWS:

Enter to win Kitchen Aid Mixer on Mommies with Style via @WhitneyMWS http://bit.ly/aatNRf

3) “Like” Mommies with Style on Facebook (if you already do, promote this contest on your page)

4) Subscribe to my feed or email newsletter and stay on top of all of my daily posts! If you already subscribe, please leave a separate comment letting me know that you are currently a subscriber (thank you!).

**This giveaway will end January 1st, 2012.  One winner will be selected at random and notified after that time.**

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Hot Holiday Toys: LeapFrog’s My Own Story Time Pad & #Giveaway

November 23, 2011 By kate 110 Comments

WINNER ANNOUNCED! Congrats to Ada Miller who won the LeapFrog My Own Story Time Pad! Thanks to all who entered!

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Giveaway #3 is here! This time it’s LeapFrog’s new My Own Story Time Pad – an easy-to-use tablet for little LeapFroggers. Perfect for kids 2+ years (though fun for younger kids too), the Story Time Pad is a lightweight tablet that includes stories, songs and activities that can be personalized for your child! Scout, Violet and the other LeapFrog friends educate and entertain as your child learns about letters, phonics, storytelling, music and more.

One of the coolest features of the My Own Story Tim Pad is the ability to personalize a number of the activities. Using LeapFrog’s Connect Application, you can have Scout or Violet say your child’s name, customize parts of stories and songs, and create pretend emails and messages from friends or family members. Toddlers will get a kick out of hearing Scout call them by name, mention their friends and talk about their favorite places.

My Own Story Time Pad comes pre-loaded with 1 story, 1 email, and 3 songs, but by connecting to the LeapFrog Connect Application you can download additional stories and songs (up to 5 stories, 10 songs and 3 emails at a time).

Some of my favorite feature:

- No tablet envy. I love that the tablet looks and feels similar to LeapFrog’s LeapPad tablet and other adult tablets but is geared for younger learners. No more arguing over who gets to use the tablet! With the My Own Story Time Pad, my 3 year old can have a tablet geared just for him.

- No wrong buttons. Whenever I give my kids my phone to play a game, I inevitably find stuff rearrange, reprogrammed or downright missing. One of the great things about the Story Time Pad is that there are no wrong buttons! Kids can press buttons is any order, at any time and the tablet will not delete content, harm the activities or self-destruct. Plus any button they push will likely make a sound, start a new activity or provide some kind of giggle-inducing feedback.

- Durable. LeapFrog makes stuff for kids. Kids that drop stuff. So they’ve made the My Story Time Pad out of durable plastic that can handle the bangs and bumps of life.

- Lightweight. The tablet weighs in at just over 1 lb. and is easy for a child to hold in the car or fit on his lap.

- Multiple volume settings. The Story Time Pad features two volume settings which is nice, but unfortunately no headphone jack which I wish it had.

Visit Leapfrog.com to learn more and purchase a My Own Story Time Pad – available in white or purple for $29.99 (Be sure to sign up for LeapFrog’s emails to hear about great holiday deals and sales too.)

** GIVEAWAY ** Win a My Story Time Pad of your very own! To enter, leave a comment below telling us what tech gadget is on your holiday wishlist. (And be sure to check out Whitney and the other Gift Guide Girls‘ post on innovative, adorable and drool-worthy tech gifts here!) You can earn additional entries by doing any of the following – be sure leave us separate comments to tell us you did! 1) Like LeapFrog or Mommies With Style on Facebook, 2) Follow LeapFrog or MWS on Twitter, 3) Follow me on Twitter, or 4) Tweet about the giveaway with the hashtag #MWSgiveaway. Entries must be received by Monday, December 5th 11:59pm, PST. One winner will be picked via random.org and notified via email. Sorry, no P.O. boxes. US residents only.

MWS was not paid for this review. LeapFrog provided a sample of the product for review.

Kate Bayless is a writer, editor and is hoping Santa brings her a tablet. She has been very good this year. Her work has appeared in Parents, American Baby, Fit Pregnancy, iVillage and other publications. Visit her at www.katebayless.com or @katebayless.

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12 Days of Giveaways: {Day 10} $100 Gift Card to DaySpring

November 18, 2011 By Whitney 192 Comments

Note:  I’m a part of a fun holiday campaign for 12 days of giveaways!  Free stuff to Mommies with Style readers!  Every day for 12 days there will be one (or possibly 2) prizes for you to enter to win here on the site.  Missed a day?  Visit the Mommies with Style Giveaways page to see what’s current for you to enter!

Today’s giveaway is a fabulous one.  I am thrilled to have discovered DaySpring thanks to this 12 Days of Giveaways campaign.  I had never heard of them before but absolutely adore the products they sent over and I can’t wait to shop there again.<

Here’s what I received – all of the items I got were from the Ever Grateful line.  Beautiful, right? I’m already using the cake pedestal as a centerpiece on my kitchen table and I can’t wait to use the platter during the upcoming holiday season.

Ever Grateful 12″ x 17″ Large Platter – $34.99

Ever Grateful 10″ Large Pitcher – $28.99

Ever Grateful 6″ Bowls- $10.99 each

Ever Grateful 12″ Cake Pedestal – $35.99

A bit about DaySpring:

About DaySpring
·         MISSION – Share God’s love in fresh, true and inspiring ways.
·         Owned by Hallmark since 1999, Often described as “the Christian Hallmark”
·         40 year old company, started by 2 pastors in California called to use business to make a difference in their generation
·         World’s largest Christian greeting card company
About DaySpring Online:
·         Started as website for Free E-Cards and still offers ecards.dayspring.com (one of last Free E-Card websites)
·         Online store that offers most of DaySprings products and “best of” Christian product from other companies too
·         Heart to serve women and offer products that share joy, hope and encouragement.
Giveaway – so one lucky winner will receive a $100 gift card to DaySpring.  So awesome!

How can you win?
You can enter up to 4 times (the only required entry is the first one to leave a comment!  All the others are additional entries):

1) Leave a comment on this post.  (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)

2) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter & follow me on Twitter @WhitneyMWS:

Enter to win @DaySpringCards Gift Certificate on Mommies with Style via @WhitneyMWS #wingiveaways http://bit.ly/aatNRf

3) “Like” Mommies with Style on Facebook (if you already do, promote this contest on your page)

4) Subscribe to my feed or email newsletter and stay on top of all of my daily posts! If you already subscribe, please leave a separate comment letting me know that you are currently a subscriber (thank you!).

Who is eligible?

You must have a valid US address to be eligible.

Also, there are 11 other bloggers doing these giveaways on the same days – don’t forget to enter over on their sites on each day too!

Entries for this giveaway will close on Nov. 24. The winning entry will be selected via random.org. The winner will be contacted directly and must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected.

Blogs participating in this bash include:

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12 Days of Giveaways: {Day 7} Cracker Barrel Gifts

November 15, 2011 By Whitney 156 Comments

Note:  I’m a part of a fun holiday campaign for 12 days of giveaways!  Free stuff to Mommies with Style readers!  Every day for 12 days there will be one (or possibly 2) prizes for you to enter to win here on the site.  Missed a day?  Visit the Mommies with Style Giveaways page to see what’s current for you to enter!


Butterflies Dolls are a line of 8 dolls that are made exclusively for the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. They each have their own personality and name! The Butterflies are powered by your child’s imagination rather than batteries which helps them think more creatively. Each doll comes with her own outfit and you can purchase more clothes separately. Their hair already comes in the doll’s favorite hairstyle, so if your child likes to do her doll’s hair, this doll may not be the best for that. However, you can take all of their hair accessories out and put them in differently.

To help these dolls feel even more life-like, you can buy extra accessories and furniture. We receive the utensil set, the doll chef hat & apron, Butterflies plush cupcake and a Butterflies tote. These accessories are fun because they help make your child’s Butterflies doll seem even more realistic. She can cook with your child, dress up with your child – and do anything she can imagine!

If you’re looking for a present under $20 for Christmas, you have to check out Cracker Barrel’s Great Gifts (they even offer free gift wrap). Cracker Barrel sent us some classic great gifts that we love. The wood train set, the wood works airplane, and a sock monkey hat. Once again, everything doesn’t have to be powered by batteries! The classic wood train set comes with a track, train cars and other accessories. The train cars attach by magnets on either end which make them fun to move around!

If your little girls have fallen in love with the Butterflies Dolls, now is their time to meet them! The Butterflies Dolls will be at Cracker Barrel November 11-13 to take pictures with friends and family. If you buy a new Butterflies Doll while you’re there, you’ll receive a free Butterflies coloring book. Stick around and enter the “Great Gifts” Gift Baskets Sweepstakes where you could win a gift card or toys for girls and boys! They’ll even have holiday goodies to sample while you’re enjoying everything else at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.

The Giveaway:

Cracker Barrel is giving away some awesome gifts to one Mommies with Style winner. What you’ll win:

1 of the 8 Unique Butterflies Dolls
Butterflies Utensil Set
Butterflies Doll Chef Hat & Apron
Butterflies Plush Cupcake
Butterflies Tote
Wood Train Set
Wood Works Airplane
Sock Monkey Hat

How can you win?

You can enter up to 4 times (the only required entry is the first one to leave a comment!  All the others are additional entries):

1) Leave a comment on this post.  (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)

2) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter & follow me on Twitter @WhitneyMWS:

Enter to win a @CrackerBarrel prize pack on Mommies with Style via @WhitneyMWS #wingiveaways http://bit.ly/aatNRf

3) “Like” Mommies with Style on Facebook (if you already do, promote this contest on your page)

4) Subscribe to my feed or email newsletter and stay on top of all of my daily posts! If you already subscribe, please leave a separate comment letting me know that you are currently a subscriber (thank you!).

Who is eligible?

You must have a valid US address to be eligible.

Also, there are 11 other bloggers doing these giveaways on the same days – don’t forget to enter over on their sites on each day too!

Entries for this giveaway will close on Nov. 24. The winning entry will be selected via random.org. The winner will be contacted directly and must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected.

Blogs participating in this bash include:

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12 Days of Giveaways {Day 4}: Folica Hairdryer & Flat Iron

November 12, 2011 By Whitney 382 Comments

Note:  I’m a part of a fun holiday campaign for 12 days of giveaways!  Free stuff to Mommies with Style readers!  Every day for 12 days there will be one (or possibly 2) prizes for you to enter to win here on the site.  Missed a day?  Visit theMommies with Style Giveaways page to see what’s current for you to enter!

Folica.com is your one-stop shopping site for all of your haircare needs. They carry almost every product that you can think of to clean, condition, treat and style your hair.  They offer free shipping on orders over $50 and often run a promotion for anywhere from 10-20% off your entire order!
To introduce me to some of the high-end products available on Folica.com, I was given the following products to review:
Solia 1875W Thermal Ionic Hair Dryer: The Solia Thermal Ionic Dryer is an Italian engineered, 1875 Watt Professional Thermal Ionic Dryer designed to produce millions of negative ions that benefit the hair, making it shinier, smoother, and healthier.
Solia Tourmaline Ceramic Ion Flat Iron (1-1/4″) plus free heat proof pouch: features the Dynamic Alignment System to ensure perfect contact between your hair and the plates. It supplies even heat distribution for true silky straight hair. Its ceramic/tourmaline ion technology will generate gentle far-infrared heat and extra negative ions to create the perfectly frizz-free hair without heat damage. Kiss bad hair days goodbye! Now available in classic black, pink, red and purple color editions.
So receiving these products was timely as my old hair dryer literally broke the week that I received the new one from Folica.  I will say this – this thing is incredibly powerful!  It has a couple of settings for air power and I have to set it on the medium as the highest setting is too much hot air!  I’ve definitely never had that problem and the only reason I can’t set it to blow the hardest is that my hair is so fine.  This hair dryer is amazing for people of any kind of hair – fine to really thick – I promise, this thing will knock your socks off!
To inspire you to try them yourself, Folica.com is offering an exclusive code to Mommies with Style readers: Save 30% off theSolia Tourmaline Ceramic Ion Flat Iron (1-1/4″) plus free heat proof pouch and the Solia 1875W Thermal Ionic Hair Dryer when you use the code: SOLIASAVINGS at checkout. This code is only valid through 11/18/2011!
Giveaway:  I also have one of each product to giveaway to one lucky Mommies with Style winner!

How can you win?

You can enter up to 4 times (the only required entry is the first one to leave a comment!  All the others are additional entries):

1) Leave a comment on this post.  (Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post and click “Post Comment”. You must be on my site – you can’t do this through a reader.)

2) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter & follow me on Twitter @WhitneyMWS:

Enter to win a hai dryer & flat iron from @Folica on Mommies with Style via @WhitneyMWS #wingiveaways http://bit.ly/aatNRf

3) “Like” Mommies with Style on Facebook (if you already do, promote this contest on your page)

4) Subscribe to my feed or email newsletter and stay on top of all of my daily posts! If you already subscribe, please leave a separate comment letting me know that you are currently a subscriber (thank you!).

Who is eligible?

You must have a valid US address to be eligible.

Also, there are 11 other bloggers doing these giveaways on the same days – don’t forget to enter over on their sites on each day too!

Entries for this giveaway will close on Nov. 21. The winning entry will be selected via random.org. The winner will be contacted directly and must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected.

Blogs participating in this bash include:

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Halloween Giveaway: Enter to Win 70 Full-Sized Twix Candy Bars

October 19, 2011 By Whitney 274 Comments

I just could not resist this one.  Not only is Twix one of Nate’s favorite candy bars, it’s one of mine too!  I’ll clearly be doomed on Halloween night as I usually try and giveaway some sort of candy I can’t stand so I’m not tempted.  But this year, I’ll be giving away full sized Twix candy bars.  Which may actually prevent my two little ninjas from ever wanting to leave the house since it doesn’t get much better than this.  Yum.

Giveaway: One lucky Mommies with Style reader will also receive 70 full-sized Twix candy bars!  They will be shipped overnight after Wednesday, October 26th – the day I’ll pick the winner.

To enter, comment below!

Additional entries:
1) Tweet about this giveaway.  Sample tweet, “I entered to win 70 Twix candy bars on Mommies with Style @WhitneyMWS http://bit.ly/oZz3B8″

2) Like Mommies with Style on Facebook. (Be sure to comment to let me know you did!)

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Giveaway: No Slippy Hair Clippy

October 19, 2011 By zareen 18 Comments

I have been a long time fan of No Slippy Hair Clippy. I discovered them when I had my daughter, now 5, and loved them for their beautiful clips, bows and headbands and their quality. They were one of the only clips I could find that would stay in her hair. They have a velvet lined, patent pending alligator clip that keeps the clip from slipping out, it also does not break or damage hair, and is super comfortable. Best of all they are great for all different ages. No Slippy Hair Clippy offers great smaller styles as well as wrap around headbands that are both appropriately sized and gentle enough for baby, but they also have offerings for toddlers and young girls through their teens.

No Slippy Hair Clippy has recently introduced a new line, Clipettes, modern grosgrain lined no-slip hair clips.  These adorable clips come in an array grosgrain bows and ribbon prints such as multi dots, colorful stripes, animal prints, ladybugs, and more.  They have a non-slip grip that will hold securely without damaging hair. And they only start at $2.95.

No Slippy Hair Clippy is running a giveaway through November 17th for a lucky MWS reader to win a $50 gift certificate to No Slippy Hair Clippy.  To enter “like” No Slippy Hair Clippy on Facebook, follow them on Twitter (iclippy) and/or follow their blog noslippyhairclippy.blogspot.com. Be sure to come back here and leave a comment for each one to let us know you have done so. Each one will count as an additional entry.

No Slippy Hair Clippy will also be offering MWS readers a 25% off discount by using code “MWS100“  This promotion will run through November 17th (excluding gifts, and not to be combined with any other promotion).

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Artistry Skincare Set ($680 value!) Review & Giveaway #AmwayArtistry

October 18, 2011 By Whitney 129 Comments

Designed to make your skin look and feel younger, Amway’s Artisty Skincare line is a skin care line I hadn’t heard of before but have been recently checking out.  Of course I had heard of Amway but didn’t know that they are one of the top five largest selling skincare brands.  They are dedicated to making sure their products take care of your skin and let’s face it ladies, we aren’t getting any younger and can use all the help we can get!

Not sure what you need skincare wise, they have a Skincare Recommender on their website where you can answer questions to find out what products might be best for you!  I also love the Virtual Makeover which is a little addicting.  Pick a model’s face whose skin is similar to yours and you can play around with the different products online to see how they will look on you – check it out, it’s actually kind of fun!

My favorite product thus far has been the Artistry Creme LuXury. Here’s a bit of info about it: Creme LuXury gives women the power of CellEffect, re-energizing skin for optimum performance and a revitalized appearance. Look forward to firmer, softer, smoother and more radiant skin that acts up to 15 years younger.

Giveaway: One Lucky Mommies with Style Reader will win The Amway Artistry Skincare Package, worth more than $680. It includes the following products:

o Polishing Scrub

o Intensive Skincare Renewing Peel

o  Microdermabrasion System

o Skin Refinishing Lotion

o  MicroExfoliation Cloth

Time Defiance System:

o  Cleansing Treatment

o  Conditioning Toner

o  Night Recovery Cream

o  Day Protect Cream

o  Creme LuXury

To Enter:

Comment to enter.

For additional entries, tweet about this giveaway.  Please @WhitneyMWS and follow me so I know you have tweeted, and use #amwayartistry in your tweet.

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Photo Fun with Smilebox, Plus A Giveaway

October 15, 2011 By Whitney 26 Comments

How much fun is this slideshow that I made up from my cousin Emily’s wedding in Vermont last weekend?   I used Smilebox, a photo sharing service that makes sharing photos and making cool slideshows like the one below incredibly easy.  It probably took me no more than 15 minutes to put this slideshow together.

(Hit the arrow on the bottom right to play it once you are in there!)

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow
Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox
Free slideshow design created with Smilebox

Neat, right? You can make scrapbook pages, holiday cards, invites and more. Print them, post them to Facebook, email them to a friend. As you can see, there are lots of options!

Smilebox also has an iPhone app – snap photos on your phone and edit them from there!

Giveaway:  One lucky Mommies with Style reader can win a year subscription to the desktop service!  To enter to win, simply comment below.  One winner will be selected at random after Sunday, October 23rd.

Disclaimer:  I was compensated for testing out Smilebox but all opinions and thoughts in this post are my own.

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Sure Fit Slip Covers: Making Your Old Couch New Again!(Giveaway!)

October 13, 2011 By afterthealter 16 Comments

When I moved into our current home I brought with me couches that were purchased after I graduated college. I didn’t want to buy new couches for this home because I believed we would soon move, and therefore decided the couches would work for a bit. Fast forward 4 years and the couches were looking extremely worn, and tired. We still didn’t want to buy a new couch, but weren’t sure what to do with our stained old couches. That’s when I found Sure Fit Slip Covers , and made my old couches new again!

In today’s economy it’s not always realistic to be able to get new couches whenever yours get a little worn.  Sure Fit offers slip covers for all your furniture pieces. From sofas, to love seats to recliners, Sure Fit can make any furniture construction type look brand new again. On top of the different fits, they also have a ton of different fabrics and colors to choose from. This means that you will definitely be able to find something to fit your room.

The idea of a slip cover scared me. The biggest question I had was whether or not they would fit my couches. Would they look funny? But when I started to put them on my fears were put to rest. The cover easily stretched over my couch and love seat, and was easily tucked in all the right places to make it look like a new couch. I was amazed at how easy it really was! To see for yourself check out one of Sure Fit’s Demos!

See the difference? It looks like I have a new couch! Gone are the spit up stains, and now we have a cover that can easily be cleaned if we should in fact get more spit up stains (which is inevitable!). Sure fit Slip Covers is a great option when a new couch isn’t an option. But why should you suffer with your old couch? Now, you don’t have to!

Now for the good news. Sure Fit is offering a Mommies With Style reader their own set of Sure Fit Slip covers! That’s right! You get a cover for your couch AND your love seat! Now you too can revamp your room! The contest will run until Monday, October 24th.

To Enter:

Go to the Sure Fit Website and tell me which cover you need the most!

The winner will receive a Stretch Pique cover in the color and construction of your choice.

Good luck! You will be amazed at how much of a difference such a small and inexpensive chance can make to your room.

I was provided with a set of Sure Fit Slip covers for the purposes of this review. As always all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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KidCo Anti Tip Straps: Anchor For Safety (Giveaway!)

October 6, 2011 By afterthealter 5 Comments

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has been putting more warnings out there about the dangers of furniture and TV’s tipping, and harming your child. With TV’s now being so slim and light, and furniture being a little less sturdy, you’d be amazed at how easy it is for your child to pull them down on top of themselves. If your child is now walking and/or pulling themselves up than you need to do anything in your power to protect them from the dangers in your home. And what better company to trust with making your furniture and TV’s secure than KidCo?

As posted by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission

A new data report (pdf) shows that between 2000 and 2010, CPSC staff received reports of 245 tip-over-related deaths involving children 8 years old and younger. More than 90 percent of the incidents involved children 5 years old and younger. In more than half of the 245 fatalities (56%), the child was crushed by the weight of the television, furniture, or appliance. The majority of these children suffered fatal injuries to the head (67%).

In addition, more than 22,000 children 8 years old and younger are treated in hospital emergency rooms every year (2008-2010) for injuries related to instability or tipover of televisions, furniture, and appliances. And like the fatalities, a majority of these injuries (56%) are to the head.

Those numbers are just scary! To help protect our children, KidCo offers all your baby proofing needs. Two great product that they offer is the anti tip furniture strap, and anti tip TV strap. These straps connect to the wall and prevent your unsturdy furniture from tipping onto your child. As the statistics suggest, this is a HUGE problem in households today, and doing whatever we can to protect our curious children is definitely worth it.

To promote child safety, KidCo is offering TWO that’s right TWO Mommies With Style readers a TV strap, AND a Furniture strap! The giveaway will run until Friday October 14th, and two winners will be chosen.

To enter, go to the KidCo website and leave a comment telling what baby proofing product you use the most.

I was provided with the KidCo TV strap and furniture strap for the purposes of this post. As always all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Huggies Slip On Diapers Review & Giveaway

September 10, 2011 By nancy 37 Comments

Skylar rockin' the Huggies Slip-onsHuggies just introduced a slip on diaper called Huggies Slip-ons– and I want to know why didn’t anyone think of this years before? My youngest child is almost 13 months and has turned from a baby into a toddler who hates to sit down for diaper changes. I’ve always been horrible at “put the diaper on the standing child”, so when I got samples from Huggies to try out, I was psyched.

Basically, it works just like a pull up, but is much more absorbent (as in — your kid can sleep in it and it won’t leak all over the place). You can also just slide it onto a child that’s lying down (there are tabs you can easily take apart to remove (or apply the diaper). We tested the Huggies Slip-ons at home (during playtime, mealtime, naptime and at night), at the park and on the road (we went up to my inlaws’ house in upstate NY) – so I feel we tried out every possible scenario a parent may have and I was really pleased how the Slip-ons performed. No leaks, no blowouts that leaked.

While I’ve used pull-up training diapers with my older children (my 3 1/2 year old still naps and sleeps in them), I know that they are work well.. to a point. They can’t handle what a regular diaper can — but the Huggies Slip-ons did. The cost is more expensive than the regular Huggies diapers I usually use, I found it was worth it to have for those times when my little guy will not lie flat for a diaper change or when we are on the go! And they were absolutely perfect for the park — it was such a relief to just be able to stand my son up and change his diaper at the park with the Slip-ons. If you’ve ever diapered a baby on your lap on in your stroller (we’ve ALL done it), the Huggies Slip-ons will make your life so much easier!

They’re designed for babies from 12 to around 36 months.

Giveaway

Now, if you don’t just want to take my word about how much I love Huggies Slip-ons, then enter our giveaway of 2 packs of Huggies Slip-on Diapers –winner gets two packs in her preferred size.

To enter, leave a comment under THIS Post telling us about the craziest place you’ve ever diapered your baby. Winner will be picked by random.org.

For Extra Entries
Follow @mommieswstyle and @nancy_horn on twitter (+1 entry)

You must be a US resident.

Giveaway closes September 21, 2011.

This post is sponsored by BabyCenter in conjunction with the BabyCenter Blog Network. All prizes and compensation are provided by BabyCenter and Huggies.

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Udi’s Makes Eating Gluten-Free Easier & A Less Daunting Option for Us {Plus, A Giveaway}

August 25, 2011 By Whitney 36 Comments

Udi's Chocolate Muffins at BlogHer '11. Photo credit to Jo-Lynne from Musings of a Housewife

For years, I’ve been hearing my friends Kelly and Jo-Lynne talk about eating gluten-free.  I’ve listened curiously but without much personal attachment to the subject.

Then a couple of weeks ago, my vegan sister told me that she had gone gluten-free.  And that she’s lost 30 lbs doing it and all of her skin problems (bad eczema she’s had since childhood) are gone.

Meanwhile, Nate (7 years) has been complaining a lot this summer of having a stomach ache.  We can’t seem to find any rhyme or reason to the times he complains.  It’s been sort of on and off all summer and definitely seems related to food.  Someone suggested that maybe he has a wheat intolerance and that we try first eliminating that as an experiment to see what happens.

The idea of going gluten-free in our house is totally daunting to me.  But I decided I owed it to Nate to give it a try – a little at a time.  I’ve been slowly weaning us all from gluten, which hasn’t been as hard as I thought.  (Rice for pasta.  Corn tortillas instead of my usual wheat ones.)

In the meantime, I was already familiar with Udi’s Gluten-Free as I had visited their tent at a party at BlogHer just this past summer.  I was scarfing down these brownies like they were going out of style and I could not tell the difference between one of these chocolate muffins and a regular chocolate muffin that has gluten.  Truly.

Which is really awesome because I’m thinking that I can try some of the bread and other products for Nate’s lunchbox for back to school this fall.  He certainly won’t know the difference and it’s great to know that there is an option for gluten-free that is so readily available and that they have tons of products available that I would normally put in his lunchbox (packs of cookies, bagels, etc.).

Udi’s makes hamburger buns too, which I’m pretty psyched about too as I typically make Nate’s turkey sandwiches for his lunchbox on hamburger buns so I figure I can just switch to the Udi’s ones without much of an issue.  (I love easy!)

Time will tell how this goes for us and I’m still pretty intimidated by the whole thing but it’s nice to know there is a brand out there that’s readily available in my grocery store that will help us ease into this experiment without too much of a change.

Check out all of Udi’s Gluten Free Food offerings on their website and while you’re at it, Like Udi’s on Facebook!

Giveaway: $50 worth of Udi’s products (hamburger and hot dog buns, granola samples, and muffins).  Comment to enter.  Maybe give me a tip or two on gluten-free options as I endevour to cut down our gluten intake even more?  Tips are appreciated but not required of course.

One winner will be selected at random after Thursday, September 1st.

You can get an extra entry for tweeting me @WhitneyMWS with the link to this post.

Disclaimer:  I was compensated for writing this post but as always, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Giveaway: Pretty Pushers Maternity Hospital Gowns

August 24, 2011 By zareen 24 Comments

I am astonished that I am already 27 weeks pregnant. I really haven’t been paying attention. I am finally just starting to think about things like the nursery and the delivery. While the excitement and joy of delivery day far out ways the negatives, the day does come along with its own unpleasantness. Pretty Pushers aims to make some of that unpleasantness just a little nicer.

They provide attractive, comfortable hospital gowns designed to work when you are laboring and make you feel prettier. They have openings in all the right places to accommodate fetal monitors, epidurals etc.

The gowns are one size fits all and are made of a 100% cotton, they even have organic cotton gowns. Pretty Pushers are even made to be thrown away after use (though you would never know it from the high quality), because really who wants to come home with a soiled gown. Pretty Pushers are both functional and fashionable.

Comment on this post with your due date or if you are entering for a friend when they are due for a chance to win your own Pretty Pushers gown. One lucky reader will be randomly selected on August 31th.

Baby Carriers -n- More is currently offering 15% off Pretty Pushers products if you use the discount code “LABOR15.“

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