Category: review

**I received the below mentioned product at no cost in order to complete a review. No other compensation has been received.***

Fairly recently my family and I had the opportunity to try a few flavors of PB Crave peanut butters.  Now, my family and I like peanut butter alright.  We usually have at least one jar in the house at all times. Everyone in my family went nuts (no pun intended) over the PB Crave peanut butter.  Seriously, I had 3 jars of it and they were all completely gone in less than a week.  Granted I have a family of 6 (though the baby can’t have any yet) and my boys can definitely eat, that includes my hubby.  Before it had completely disappeared I had shared one with my sister when she came to visit the one day. She’s very good at portioning and actually keeps a health and fitness blog.  She said “Ang, you need to put this away before I eat it all”.

I wrote to PB Crave, told them how much I loved their product and asked them to please let me do a review for my readers.  And those wonderful people sent me some jars to review too.  You can see from the picture they’re obviously been opened already.  I had gone to Pittsburgh for the Just Between Friends Consignment sale, when I got home someone had already broken into the box.  The box had PB Crave all over it so my family knew exactly what was in that box.

Alright I’ve been going on and on about how much my family and I love it, I guess I should tell you a bit about it.  PB Crave uses peanuts grown by family farms.  The chocolate is premium Belgium chocolate. MEL-O honey is used in each flavor.

When you open any of the flavors, you’ll see a chunky yummy concoction.  Without looking at the label you can tell which flavor it is just by the tempting scent.

Just look at all that yummy goodness in there.  My family and I have ate them on crackers, bread, apples, and pretzels.  They are delicious in every form.

On top of being totally delicious, when you buy a jar of PB Crave peanut butter they donate a minimum of 2% per jar to Project Peanut Butter which is a non-profit organization that focuses on treating malnourished children.

Andrew Zimmerman actually has this in his OpenSky store

You can purchase PB Crave from their website: http://www.pbcrave.com/ and is available at the following stores: The Fresh Market, Earth Fare and at some Whole Foods grocery stores. And on Amazon:

You can find PB Crave on these social networks:

PB Crave on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pbcrave
on twitter: @PBCrave
and on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/pbcrave/

Is your mouth watering yet?  Well I have some good news for you.  When I contacted PB Crave about doing a review for them they also wanted to sponsor a giveaway for you all as well.

Oh one more thing, I stopped by their facebook page and told them they should make a s’mores type flavor. You know chocolate, marshmallow, maybe some cinnamon in it.  What do you think?

***I received a sample of the below mentioned products at no cost in order to complete a review.  No other compensation has been received***

You may or may not have heard of the benefits of soy candles over other candles that are paraffin based.  Soy candles are cleaner burning and come from a renewable resource.  They produce less smoke that a paraffin based candle. I love having a candle burning in my house and had read about the different types of wax and the differences.  I chose soy myself because my one son has asthma and the benefit of less smoke was good for him.  The idea that soy is renewable made it a greener choice for me too.

Soy Serenity Candle Company is a fairly new company, established in 2011, that offers premium quality soy candles at everyday low prices.  Sounds like my kind of company.  They are located in Hudson Valley, New York.

I had the opportunity to review a sampling of what Soy Serenity Candle Company has to offer.

I  received 2 different scents of the travel tins and they also sent me 2 of their tea candles.

The scents I chose were Lemon Lavender and Cucumber Cantaloupe.  I love lighter fresh scents, relaxing scents, or fruity scents so these were right up my alley.  The travel tins burn for up to 14 hours.  They are “eco-pure” according to their website.  They last 2 X longer, have a stronger scent throw, are non-toxic, and dye free compared to a paraffin-petroleum wax based candle.

I had the Lemon Lavender tin burning in my living room.  The scent was noticeable throughout my whole living room, into my dining room, and in the foyer.  It was not over-powering but a light scent that floated in the air.

The tea light candles were actually a surprise.  I didn’t know I was receiving them also.  The did not have scent names on them but they were both wonderful scents. I could definitely pick up a  tea and floral scent on the one.  Looking at the site I’m thinking it must be the White Tea and Ginger scent.  The other had a slightly sweet scent.  I could pick up a bit of vanilla and another scent the blended wonderfully with it.  Looking at the site I’m thinking it might be the Vanilla Verbena.

Soy Serenity also has jewelry candles that contain a piece of silver jewelry embedded in it that’s worth $15 to $1500!

All of the candles burned clean and evenly and gave a scent throw that had reach but was gentle.

If you’d like to try Soy Serenity Candles for yourself they have given me a discount code to share with you. Use code: SOYSERENITY for 5% off all orders.

You can find Soy Serenity Candles on twitter: @soyserenity
and on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soy-Serenity/191398034221908

***I received an ultimate camp pack for review purposes.  No other compensation has been received***

Moms, is there anything we can’t do?  I mean we’re multi-taskers, problem solvers, family coordinators, meal planners, boo boo healers, and some…even inventors.  Really the list could go on and each mom could have her own unique list of tasks and titles.  That’s why, as we’re nearing Mother’s Day, I’m proud to highlight this mom invented product.

Lovable Labels was started by a mom with a problem.  The problem of labeling all her sons things as she was told to by the daycare.  Everything from clothes, shoes, sippy cups, backpacks, etc.  She realized there was a need for personalized labels that would last, be waterproof, dishwasher and microwave safe, washer/dryer safe, sun safe, bleach safe, sunscreen safe, and temperature safe.  That’s what she created, labels that are just that, not to mention come in cute colors, shapes, and designs.

her diaper bag (mini metal tag)

On her shoes with the (shoe labels)

on her toys (slimline label)

In my opinion I think the camp pack would work great for daycare or school too.  So many things you could label.  If you visit their site: http://www.lovablelabels.ca  you’ll see a variety of labels to fit your needs.  Allergy labels, medical ID bracelets, household labels, and even stationary.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.