Life on a Budget
Chevy is going having a cool Super Bowl Commercial. I’m excited about the Super Bowl this year because the Steelers are in it again! That’s my team. Anywho, You can head over to Chevy’s Facebook page and vote for our team.
Are you part of the Steeler Nation or are you a loyal Cheese Head? Let them know:
And While you’re here, Why not get a sneak peak at the Super Bowl
After the opportunity to review the first “The Dragon and The Turtle” book, my 2 oldest boys asked if there were anymore Dragon and Turtle books? I told them I wasn’t sure if there would be anymore yet. Then I found out about “The Dragon and The Turtle Go on Safari” by Donita K. Paul and Evangeline Denmark from Blogging for Books review program.
My kids were eager to read the newest book. This is lovely because it’s usually like pulling teeth to get them interested in a book. I read it to them before bed last night. All three (my toddler included) huddled around me to see the beautiful illustrations and the fun story. The Dragon and The Turtle books are centered around being a good friend. There are also a couple other morales and lessons tucked away in the book. They even offer questions and suggestions to interact with your child about the book once they heard the story.
The Dragon and The Turtle Go on Safari is a great story about how far your imagination can take you. It also has those great little moments in there about being a true friend.
I think The Dragon and The Turtle Go on Safari would also make a great classroom book that could have a couple of project ideas centered around it. This could also be a fun book to get your child’s imagination going.
Walterbrook Multnomah publishing is also holding a contest around Both “The Dragon and The Turtle” and “The Dragon and The Turtle Go on Safari” a cute contest for the kiddos to win some cool prizes.
The Grand Prize includes:
–A child size tent
–2 sleeping bags
–Campfire treats
–Essential Safari tools (compass, flashlight, and spy glass)
–Stuffed animals
–Copies of “The Dragon and the Turtle” and “The Dragon and the Turtle Go On Safari”
2 runners up will receive a copy of each book and a stuffed animal.
You can go HERE to enter.
Contest ends Feb. 11, 2011
I would love it if you have the time to rank my book review! You can use this box:
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I’m so excited for the Valentine Handmade with Love gift giveaway hop that starts tomorrow and runs until Feb. 6. Many blogs are participating. I have 6 awesome sponsors that have offered up some really cool prizes.
1. HautTotes is offering a really cool zipper pouch with a fabric design exclusively available from HautTotes.
2. The Clever Hedgehog is offering a $25 gift certificate for her beautiful handmade jewelry,
3. Concrete Minerals is offering 2 of their best selling mineral eye shadow shades in Lolita and Smut.
4. South Texas Naturals is offering 5 bars of hand crafted soap in the winner’s choice of scents.
5. Madame Koiteh is offering a romantic lover’s gift basket that is a 3 piece bath and body set which includes: shea butter enriched spa bath salts, shea butter infused massage oils, and a moisturizing glycerin soap all in Strawberry kisses scent. As a bonus she will also give the winner a handcrafted candle tin in Japanese Cherry Blossom scent.
6. Angie’s Handmade Candles is offering a wax dipped bear in the winner’s choice of scents.
Several items will be available to International readers.
So how can you get 5 bonus entries today? Blog about this giveaway today with a link to my blog. Then when you come back to enter the giveaway tomorrow (starting at midnight) just leave 5 separate comments that you blogged about this giveaway with a link to your blog post on the giveaway post! Feel free to copy whatever you like from this post to use in yours.
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I’m a one that actively seeks out low entry giveaways. Almost daily. It seems that there a many different perceptions of what is considered “low entry”.
I seek out low entry giveaways for several reasons:
1. Good chance of winning
2. Helps out fellow bloggers to get more entries into their giveaway
3. A lot of them are grocery or beauty type items I would normally buy anyway. This has helped take a bite out of our grocery bill which is fantastic.
So my question to you is, What do you consider “low entry”?
My personal definition is a giveaway with less than 100 entries and ending within a week. There are exceptions if there are several winners. I usually multiply that by the number of winners for the giveaway. So if there are 2 winners, less than 200 entrants still fit in my definition and so on. One exception to my rule would be if it’s a really big prize with less than 200. For example, something like a Dyson vacuum with only 200 entries and a week left would be low for that prize, in my opinion.
I don’t like it when I see 200+ entries with 1 winner and it’s being promoted as low entry. I also hate to see when there is still 2 weeks left on the giveaway and it’s being promoted as low entry. That’s just my opinion though. I know there are many views out there.
That being said, I found a giveaway with low entries today I thought I’d share as an example:
Barefoot in Portland has a giveaway for a GLEE make your own candy kit. With my entries included there are only 13 entries so far and end 2/4 (less than a week away). So stop over and enter.
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The Valentine Handmade with Love Gift Hop will be happening Feb. 2-6. Many blogs will be participating. All giveaway items are handmade items. I’m so excited to be sharing my wonderful sponsors with you. The next wonderful sponsor I have is: South Texas Naturals
I’m a fan of shea butter and whipped body lotions. While browsing the site I see that South Texas Naturals also offers whipped shea butter, cuticle cream, goats milk lotion, solid lotion stick, and other things to quench that dry winter skin.
South Texas Naturals took the time to answer some of my questions to learn more about her business:
” I started making handmade soaps about 10 years ago after the birth of my 2nd child. He had very bad eczema and I need to find a solution to his dry skin that was cost effective as the medicine the doctors prescribed was too expensive. I did a lot research and found many stories of how handmade soaps was great for dry skin. So I was decided to give it a try in making my own and I haven’t been able to stop since. My biggest passion about it is being able to create my own recipes and trying them out. Not all make it through to the end, but I love the feeling of accomplishment once a recipe I create comes together!
I have just started to venture from just soaps to other handmade products such as lip balms, lotions, solid lotions and massage bars. I am hoping to expand my product line this year in 2011 to bring many more handmade products. ” —South Texas Naturals
South Texas Naturas on twitter: @STNaturals
And South Texas Naturals on facebook
If you want to get a head start on some of the Valentine Gift Giveaway Hop entries you can follow the sponsors on their etsy, twitter, and/or facebook pages now.
South Texas Naturals will be offering one FFCM reader their choice of 5 handcrafted soaps. Here are just a few of the many that South Texas Naturals offers:
Stop by South Texas Naturals to see what other scents and types they offer. South Texas Naturals giveaway will be open to US only.
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