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CSN Stores giveaway–CLOSED

I’m glad I found CSN stores. I love to window shop and of course buy when there’s something I really want. My husband and I have been slowly making improvements to our house since we bought it. First it was the wiring, then waterproofed the basement, then insulation, then we gutted the attic. Why did we gut the attic? Our plan is to turn it into a Master Bedroom. I go up there now and it doesn’t look like much just some open walls with new insulation. I sometimes dream about what I’d like it to look like. What kind of windows will we put in, what colors do I want the walls, etc.

I was browsing through CSN Stores and decided to check out their bedroom furniture sets. What fun it is to think how things will fit into the room. What I’d love to have. What will fit into our budget. I tend to lean towards contemporary looks. And if it has more than one function (for instance a head board that also has storage shelves).

I kinda like these set:


Ashley Furniture Kendi Queen Panel Bedroom Set in Dark Brown

I like that it has the shelves on the head board and I kinda like the color. It’s contemporary looking to me. Or then there’s this one:

Atlantic Furniture Bordeaux Storage Platform Bedroom Set in Antique Walnut

I like the Atlantic Furniture Bedroom Set because again of the contemporary look but also the storage drawers under the bed. A gal can never have enough clothes storage, right? But while we’re talking about drawers underneath look at the storage space on this one:

Wildon Home Applewood Bookcase Storage 3 piece Bedroom set

Actually this one would probably be the most compact and comfortable for the room. But while I’m dreaming, If money was of no object and space was not an issue, I like this set:

AICO Monte Carlo Poster Canopy 5 piece set in Silver Snow

There’s just something about a large canopy bed with elegant posts that says “princess” to me. Or maybe Queen. Queen of the household?

GIVEAWAY

I love working with CSN Stores. This time they are offering one of my readers a $40 gift certificate! Open to US and CAN Canadian readers please be aware that there may be international shipping charges.

Mandatory Entry: Browse the Bedroom Furniture Sets at CSN Stores and tell me in a comment, which one you would like if money and space weren’t a factor.
***Must be completed before any bonus entries can count****

Bonus Entries: Leave a comment for each one completed. If it has a +1 after the entry leave 1 comment. +2 leave 2 comments for that same entry and so on.

1. Follow Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More with google friend connect and/or Networked blogs
you can find the gadgets in the right hand column. (+1 for each one)

2. Follow me, @angiewith3, on twitter (+1)

3. Tweet this message:

” I entered to win a $40 @CSNStores gc from @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/csnbf 9/1 #giveaway “

(+1) can tweet once per day

4. Follow @CSNStores on twitter (+1)

5. Like CSNStores on facebook (+1)

6. Subscribe with RSS feed and/or Email. MUST be confirmed to count Gadgets in right hand column (+2 for each one)

7. Enter any of my other giveaways currently open. (+1 for each one entered)

8. Add my blog button to your page. Leave me a comment telling me you did and where I can find it. (+3)

9. Like FFCandM on facebook (+1)

1 winner will be chosen Sept 1, 2010 at 10 PM EST using random.org. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to winning email. If winner does not respond within 48 hours a new winner will be chosen.

***I did not receive any product or monetary compensation for this post. Giveaway is being sponsored by CSN Stores. Any opinions expressed are my own***

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 34. WINNER HAS BEEN SENT AN EMAIL AND HAS 48 HOURS TO REPLY.

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The Wild Side review and giveaway: part of "A Bonanzle Bonanzle"–CLOSED

I’ve always admired photographers. I’ve found myself wondering how they get the picture at just the right moment. How long do photographers wait to get “the shot”? Particularly when dealing with mother nature.

The Wild Side Bonanzle Booth is full of pictures like this. Gorgeous photos of sunsets, deer, flowers and much more. The prices are extremely reasonable. (As I would have it on Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More). Liz of The Wild Side offers two different ways to have your pictures delivered. You can order them and she will matte them with a professional look. Or mail them unmatted.

Here are the matted ones I received:

I know this is not a good picture on my part. I wanted you to see the matte mostly. They came shipped with a clear sleeve to protect the pictures. Personally, I think they look nice enough to hang like this. You can, of course put them in a frame of your choice.

I took the sleeves off and took a picture of each one in a better light so hopefully you can see more detail. It bothers me some that this blogger here is taking novice home picture of a truly beautiful photography. But this is the best I can do:

I chose deer pictures. My oldest son has a camouflage themed room. Originally supposed to be military camo but slowly he is drifting over to hunting. So this helped him with his choice of decor.

I was also sent a picture via email from The Wild side. I used it as a desktop background. My boys love it.

The photography in The Wild Side Bonanzle Booth is a great place to start to look for a great picture for that space in your home. Choose one for a desktop background like I did. Use them for projects or to add to a scrapbook theme.

GIVEAWAY

Liz of The Wild Side Bonanzle Booth is offering a choice of either 5 emailed photos or 2 matted/unmatted photos of the winners choice to THREE of my readers! This giveaway is open Internationally with the exceptions for Mexico, Cuba, and Iran.

Mandatory Entry: Visit The Wild Side and leave a comment stating which picture is your favorite and why. Don’t forget to leave an email address so I can contact you if you win.

Bonus Entries: Leave a comment for each entry. If it says +1 leave one comment for that entry. +2 leave two comments for that entry and so on.

1. Register with Bonanzle.com (+5) it’s FREE and leave your Bonanzle handle

2. Leave a comment in the chat box on The Wild Side telling Liz you’re visiting from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More (+3)

3. Follow FFCandM with google friend connect, Networked blogs, by email, and/or by RSS feed. Leave a comment letting me know you did so. Email MUST be confirmed to count. (+1 for each) All are in right hand column.

4. Enter any of my other giveaways and let me know in a comment which ones you entered. Leave a seperate comment for each one entered (+1) for each.

5. Tweet the following giveaway message on twitter: “I entered to win my choice of photos from The Wild side and @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/TWSbon 8/30 3 winners #giveaway” (+2)
**be sure to leave the link to your tweet in a comment. Click on the time stamp of your tweet then copy the URL of the page with your lone tweet on it. Paste into a comment***

6. Leave the following message on your facebook status: “I entered to win my choice of photos from The Wild Side and Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More 3 winners! 8/30 www.luvsavingmoney.info”
**be sure to leave the link to your facebook status. follow instructions for tweet status link if you’re not sure how. It works the same way***

3 winners will be selected on Aug. 30, 2010 at 10 PM EST. Winners will have 48 hours to respond to winner notification email. If no response in that time frame, a new winner will be chosen. Winners will be chosen randomly via random.org.

**I received an emailed photo and 2 matted photos at no cost to me to enable me to complete a review. I received no monetary compensation for this post. Any opinions expressed are my own**

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Another Way to Save—Low Entry Giveaways

I know this method is not a guarantee. I wouldn’t COUNT on a low entry giveaway to get you something you really want but I’ve saved myself a lot of money like this. Ten Talents blog introduced me to the lovely world of low entry blog giveaways. Now I’m addicted.

Well it’s true that you’re probably not going to find…say…a Dyson Vacuum in low entry giveaway, BUT you can save yourself some money on groceries, health and beauty items, small toys that are great for reward systems for the kids (or the holidays will be here before you know it and will make great stocking stuffers or prizes at a kids birthday party).

I’d like to share with you what I’ve won on low entry giveaways in the LAST MONTH. The purpose of this is to prove a point.

1. 3 coupons for FREE Wanchai Ferry Frozen Entrees
2. 1 coupon for a FREE ANY Gorton’s Seafood Item (and you know some of that stuff is expensive like coconut shrimp, Tilapia, etc)
3. 2 coupons for FREE 6 packs of Aquafina flavor splash + 6 lip glosses
4. 1 Bottle of Fiber Gummies
5. $50 Card Direct gift code (for personalized greeting cards great for thank you’s, advertise my blog whatever)
6. 2 Teething Bling necklaces (I really wanted to try these and saved myself some money)
7. 2 boxes of Mom’s Best Cereal
8. An eatsmart kitchen scale (I needed a kitchen scale and again saved myself some money)
9. $25 gc to Walmart (who couldn’t use that??)
10. A Nature Sounds CD (it was an item of my choice from Twin Sister Productions that’s what I chose)
11. Affordable Scarves gc ( I was able to buy myself to lovely scarves for the upcoming winter with this one)
12. A coupon for FREE Breyers Ice Cream (um yum!)

That’s just the ones I can remember. I really don’t spend all day on the computer ( I work every morning and have 3 boys so that couldn’t happen even if I wanted it to) Now I honestly don’t know what all that adds up to since I don’t know the retail value of some of the actual products i won but I think it would be safe to say at least $100 in savings.

I just entered a giveaway today to win 2 coke tshirts and 25 mycokereward points. And 5 OTHER winners will also get 25 mycokereward points. There was only 5 entries including mine. Ends tomorrow. http://www.themamazone.com/2010/08/coca-cola-national-parks-and-fun-in-sun.html

There’s the link, go for it.

So how do you go about finding a Low Entry blog giveaway? It’s really not that hard. Here is a list of ways to find them.

1. (My favorite) Ten Talents blog. She does a Low entry lowdown EVERY DAY! I recommend following that blog.

2. On twitter there’s a little search bar on the right side. Type in “low entries” and hit the search. You will find tweets with bloggers asking for entries (I’m usually there). That’s how I found out about the coke one. You can also try variations of the search and you sometimes get more. Try searching: Very low entries, Super low entries, low entry, no entries, etc.

3. Thrifty Things Low Entry giveaway linky. For giveaways with 75 entries or less. http://thethriftythings.blogspot.com/2010/08/low-entry-link-up.html

4. You can also do searches for low entry blog giveaways on google/blingo/yahoo/etc but this is more unreliable because you’ll usually get a bunch of unrelated stuff too.

5. Low Entry Giveaways on Mom bloggers giveaways are supposed to be with under 100 entries but some people sneak in a regular one too so you’ll have to check.

6. Low entry giveaways ending soon on Tight Wad in Utah

When you enter low entry giveaways it not only gives you the best chances of winning something but it also helps out the blogger. Bloggers want your entries in their giveaways.

So go ahead, start entering and start saving some money.

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The Cat’s Meow Review and Giveaway (Part of the A Bonanzle Bonanzle) CLOSED

The Cat’s Meow Bonanzle Booth is…well….the cat’s meow, as the saying goes. A collection of beautiful and unique items. Like this unique agate candle holder:

Or the neat little agate statuettes such as this Love birds one made from Mexican Onyx:

The Cat’s Meow also has lots of beautiful jewelry as well as gorgeous beads if you’re a jewelry maker yourself. FYI Liz of Cat’s Meow had this to say:

"I sell jewelry, beads, pendants, and 
collectible items here.  Much of my inventory consists of items I made.  
I do make jewelry. As far as the collectible items, I purchase the 
components separately and put them all together.  I have a blast doing 
this too."

I was able to review one of these lovely bracelet from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth :

Cubic Zirconia and Crystal Bracelet

 This isn't the exact one I reviewed, I have my own picture below.

   She has even more colors and styles.

 The bracelet I chose is Cubic Zirconia and Crystal.  The main part of the bracelet is clear beads

 while the decorative part is 2 rows of light purple with a row of pink down the middle.  One of several

 things I loved about this bracelet is the strong magnetic clasp.

I was able to put my own bracelet on in a flash without contorting my arm or having hubby

have to help me put it on.  You can see the clasp in the top photo.  Here is the COTA/L side in me

coming out again but magnetic clasps are great for someone with arthritis

or Fine Motor Coordination issues too.

The bracelet has a lovely sparkle.  I wore it around the house for a day to see if it would fall off

 (with the magnetic clasp)The magnetic clasp held up great!  So I decided to put it to the real test and wear it to work

with me the hospital. If it didn't fall off there it wasn't going to.  After my shift of lifting patients,

bumping around in the small rooms, typing up notes, teaching people dressing techniques, etc

the bracelet was still in good shape.

I also got quite a few comments on it from my coworkers.

 Also, You can see the little elk statuette next to the bracelet in the top pic.  That was an added gift.

 It's from Peru, made of soapstone.  Very cute.

There are many more beautiful pieces of jewelry, beads for crafts, candle holders, statuettes,

earrings, and pendants to ogle over.

Of course as I would have it on Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More, the prices are very affordable.

  My bracelet is listed as only $9.99

 The customer service I experienced from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth was pleasant and timely.

 Shipping was faster than expected with my piece.

Review Summary:  Beautiful, unique pieces, great customer service, fast and accurate shipping, good quality pieces,

as well as affordability makes The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth a must see booth when looking for a

beautiful or unique gift.

GIVEAWAY

Liz from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth is offering one of my readers an item of their choice up to a $30 value!

 MANDATORY ENTRY:   Visit The Cat's Meow and tell me in a comment, what you think you might choose if you win.

 Also, Liz would like to know, what attracted you to that item?  don't forget to leave your email address

so I can contact you if you win.  This must be completed first for any bonus entries to count.

Bonus Entries:  After you've completed mandatory entry, if you'd like, you can take advantage

of bonus entries for more chances to win.  If the entry says +1 after it leave one comment for that entry,

 +2 leave two comments for that entry and so on.

 1.  Leave a comment in The Cat's Meow chat (must sign into bonanzle or sign up for free bonanzle account)

that you're visiting from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More (+2)

 2.  Follow FFCandM via google friend connect, facebook, and/or networked blogs  gadgets in right hand column

(+1 for each one)

3.  Make a purchase from The Cat's Meow  and leave a comment saying you did (+5)

I will be checking this with The Cat's Meow

4.   Follow me, @angiewith3 on twitter (+1)

5.  Leave this comment in your facebook status and leave a comment with the link to your status

(works the same way as twitter status.

  after posting click on time stamp of status then copy and past the link on that page)

"I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/snowbearsmom and

Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More

www.luvsavingmoney.info"  (+2)

6.  Subscribe to FFCandM by email and/or RSS feed.  Must confirm email subscription to count.  (+2 for each)

7.  Tweet about this giveaway:   "I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow

                                                  and @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/tcmbonanzle 8/24"       (+2)

8.  Vote for me on Top Mommy Blogs and leave a comment telling me you did. (+1)

9. Enter any of my other current giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one(s) (+1 for each one entered)

Giveaway is open worldwide with the exceptions of: Cuba, Mexico, and Iran.

1 winner will be drawn using random.org.

Winner will have 48 hours to respond to winners email. If no response a new winner will be chosen.

Winner drawn 8/24 at 10 pm est.

***I received an item to review at no cost.  I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post.

I was under no obligation to give a positive review.  All opinions expressed are my own***

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 85.  WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED

AND HAS 48 HOURS TO REPLY OR NEW WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.

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Abbamart.com part of "A Bonanzle Bonanzle" review and giveaway!—CLOSED

One of the featured vendors on my “A Bonanzle Bonanzle” event is Abbamart.com. Abbamart sells on both Bonanzle.com as well as their own personal website: Abbamart.com.

What is Abbamart? Great deals on beauty products! Abbamart has good deals on make up brushes and sets, puffs/sponges/applicators, hair brushes, nail and foot care items, and more.

For instance this DIY facial kit for only $3.80!

Or this 9 piece Toray Makeup Brush set for sensitive skin only $11.50!

There is lots more great deals just check out the website: www.abbamart.com or their Bonanzle Booth

I received the 7 piece Natural Make up brush set from abbamart.com to try.

These are well made makeup brushes with natural hairs. Very inviting when sweeping your makeup on. It came with a durable pouch to hold them in and great to travel with. The Foundation and blush brush had nice reusable covers for the brush hairs. I tried them with both mineral makeup and conventional make up. They worked well with both.

I have sensitive skin. It gets irritated quite easily. These natural brushes from abbamart.com felt so comforting to my skin. And a pic with the finished makeup application:

I’m a more natural makeup girl and yes, that is my shower curtain in the back.

The brushes are also very easy to clean when needed with soap and water.

This set come with: (This is directly from the description on Abbamart.com

“1. Powder Brush made from soft, natural sheep hair; 165mm

2. Angled Blusher Brush for applying face color and highlighter; 165mm

3. Eyeshadow Brush made from genuine sable hair; 138mm

4. Sable Angled Brow Brush for filling and contouring eyebrows; 135mm

5. Sable Lip Brush to define and enhance lips; 135mm

6. Ruby Cell Sponge Eyeshadow Applicator for concentrated color payoff from your shadows; 145mm

7. Lash & Brow Comb for separating lashes and grooming brows

Sophisticated coffee-checked storage clutch included.”

Review Summary: Abbamart.com has a lot of great values when it comes to beauty products. I had questions and the customer service I received was truly exceptional. The prices are right, they have great products, and shipping was fast and accurate.

GIVEAWAY

Abbamart.com is offering one of my readers the same 7 piece natural makeup brush set that I received ($20 value)

Mandatory Entry: visit www.abbamart.com and imagine you had $25 dollars to spend in abbamart, what would you buy from www.abbamart.com with your $25 dollars? Leave a comment with what you would buy and don’t forget to leave your email so I can contact you if you win.

Bonus Entries: (leave a comment for each entry. if it says +1 leave one comment for that entry +2 two comments for that entry and so on)

1. Follow Abbamart on twitter (+1)

2. Like Abbamart on facebook (+1)

3. Follow Abbamart Girl’s casual blog (+1)

4. visit abbamart’s bonanzle booth and leave a note in her chat that you’re visiting from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More (+1)

5. Tweet this message: ” I entered to win a natural makeup brush set ARV $20 from @angiewith3 and @abbamart http://bit.ly/abbamart ” or you can use RT button above just be sure to include @abbamart and @angiewith3. Leave a link to your tweet in a comment (+2)

5. Leave this message on facebook: ” I entered to win a natural makeup brush set (arv $20) from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More and Abbamart.com http://bit.ly/abbamart ” (+2)

6. Enter one of my other giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one. (+1) for each one entered

1 Winner will be chosen using random.org on Aug 22 at 10 pm est. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to winner notification email. If winner does not reply in that time frame a new winner will be chosen. International entries

***I received the 7 piece natural makeup set from abbamart.com to review. I received no monetary compensation for this post. All opinions expressed are my own. Any direct excerpts from abbamart.com are stated as being so. ***

RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 6. WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED AND HAS 48 HOURS TO RESPOND OR A NEW WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN.

THANKS ALL FOR ENTERING!

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