Category: review

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I enjoy a glass of wine now and again.  Give me a good Riesling or Pinot Grigio and I’m  happy.  I also appreciate a good wine glass.  Something about an elegant wine glass that just enhances the whole wine tasting experience.

Valentina Paris asked me if I’d like to review their their hand painted wine glasses. They describe them as mouth-blown wine glass hand painted in Paris by Valentina Paris artists. Each glass is unique. Of course I said yes.  How could I pass up a wine glass with a description like that?

I received my wine glasses quickly . They came wrapped with care. When I first pulled them out of the box my first honest reaction was “Holy cow these things are BIG!” I’m not used to a big wine glass. After I got over the initial reaction of how big I thought they were, I examined the glass. I could see the two I had were unique from each other.  Colors in different places, design slightly differed from the other glass.

I know, in the pictures they don’t look big.  I decided to compare them to a bottle of wine and some other wine glasses I had.  They certainly do stand out from the other glasses.  Much prettier than most of my other wine glasses.

 

Now if you look at the picture in the top right of this collage you can see the size differences.  The Holiday one on the far right is one of those from Arby’s from years ago.  Remember those?  That’s actually the size I normally use.  The one on the far left was from a review I did about 2 years ago.  I thought those ones were big. Then there’s the Valentina Paris glasses.  I took to my private facebook page to poll friends on what they thought about the size of the wine glasses.  Was it just me, were they really big?  Turns out, my wine glass collection is finally complete.  It seems most everyone that chimed in felt that this was the normal size for wine glasses.  I also got a LOT of compliments on them!

• Jennifer said “I have glasses from Pier 1 that can hold half a bottle lol”
• April said “They’re gorgeous!”
• Cathy said “we are big wine drinkers and have several sets of glasses but none that pretty. they look about the size of ours.”
• Jennifer J said “They are beautiful!”
• Sara said “So pretty though! & they can totally be used for fancy cocktails too”
• Trisha said “So pretty!”
• Karen said “Those are very nice!”

The glasses are light, given the size.  I think they’d really add some ambiance to a dinner date or party.  These glasses were available on Amazon but it looks like they’re out of stock currently

I received the below mentioned product at no cost in order to complete an honest review. Any opinions expressed are my own. This post also contains affiliate links. Regardless I only post legitimate offers from trusted sites. 

What kids doesn’t love a playhouse?  The problem with the big plastic or wood playhouses is either you put them outside and can’t use them in bad weather or you put them inside and have them take up a lot of space.

The Click n’ Play Knight Castle Play Tent is up and ready in about 10 minutes, when the kids are done collapse it and put it in this carrying case.  Stick it in a closet, under the bud, or in a toy chest until the next time they’re ready to play.  My 2.5 year old daughter and 6 yr old son are having a blast with this.  It’s perfect size for her.

 

 

My 6 year old son is about 4 foot tall. You can see from the picture he’s just as tall as the tent, maybe an inch taller.  He can’t stand up in the tent but he was able to crawl in and sit in the tent comfortably.  They actually wanted to eat their lunch in the tent together so I let them.

The diameter of the tent is 40 inches.  This is not a huge tent so it’s a better choice if you don’t have a lot of space.  I loved watching my kids play and pretend using this tent.  A great piece for imaginative play.

 

The set up…the set up…If I’m to be honest I thought it would just pop right up when I pulled it out of the carrying case.  This is not the case.  There are about 5 tent poles that you position inside. There are braided nylon pockets that the bottom of the poles sit in, then there is a velcro strap you loop around the poles where the walls meet the roof inside.  Then you tuck the top of the poles into little pockets that meet at the point of the roof. The good news is that the pieces are have three segments that are connected internally by a string so you can take it apart to bend and move where you need but you won’t lose any of the segments.

Now this is not the most rugged of tents.  It was awesome for some indoor play time.  It would not be a tent you’d want to sleep outside in the back yard with.  Also my 2 year old undid the velcro a couple times so a pole pole would come away from the wall a couple times but it’s a quick easy fix.  Even my 6 year old could do it.

It’s only $19.99 on Amazon and free shipping if you have Amazon Prime . For $20 I’d say if you’re thinking about it, go for it.  My kids have been having a blast with it.