Keurig Sampling, Brewer Exchange, and Giveaway (Ends 9/14)!

Ready or not, here comes Fall…

It’s that time of year again – time for sweaters and boots (depending on where you live of course!), kiddos are heading back to school, and Pinterest is full of every dish imaginable made with pumpkin.  As another Fall season begins to creep in, I’m ready to celebrate with a warm cup of coffee…and it just may be pumpkin flavored.

Coffee and Fall go together like Summer and swimming.  They fit like a glove in Winter.

Oh, how I love coffee and how I miss drinking it regularly while I’m pregnant!  If you love coffee, convenience, and you happen to live near me in the Piedmont Triad (of NC) then I have some incredible news for you.  Because I don’t want to leave anyone out, everyone who lives near or far can check out the Keurig deals to be had right now on Amazon.com…and scroll down for a giveaway below.

Keurig Brewer

For those who live near the Piedmont Triad you can take part in sampling one of the 75,000 free cups of premium coffee that Keurig is handing out or exchange your old drip coffee maker for a brand new Keurig free of charge (while supplies last!).  To participate in the brewer exchange you must be 18 years or older and have valid proof you’re a NC resident.  Keurig will host a series of sampling and brewer exchange events from August 22 – September 27.  For full details and dates go to Keurig.com/Triad.

Why choose a Keurig?  Here a few reasons why I love mine:

Less Mess Only one tiny cup to pop in and throw out.  There are no messy filters or coffee grounds to worry about.

More Sleep I can hit the snooze button because my coffee will be ready in under a minute from the time I hit the start button.

More Variety Keurig K-cups have over 250 gourmet varieties of coffee (including pumpkin spice), tea, apple cider, and hot cocoa.

Less Noise I dislike noisy appliances and with the whisper quiet Keurig I have no complaints.

Would you like to own a Keurig of your own?  I’m glad you would because I have a Keurig giveaway just for you!
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Air Walker Bounce Castle Giveaway Ends 6/14

Air Walker Bounce Castle Giveaway
Hosted By: So Sew Mama
Sponsored by: Blast Zone

“BLAST ZONE” is American company and their bounce houses have every feature you could ever want!   Plus, the colors are bright and vibrant!

Enter for your chance to win an Air Walker Bounce Castle!
Giveaway open to US residents 18+ only
All entries are optional but will increase your odds of winning.
May 20- June 14
There is a Mandatory email entry, all of the rest will increase your odds of winning.
Good Luck!

*Disclosure: So Sew Mama and Embracing Beauty are not responsible for sponsor prize fulfillment. I was not compensated for this post. So Sew Mama received a sample to try with her family. All opinions are 100% her own. Facebook, twitter, and Pinterest are not affiliated with this giveaway and are released of any obligations.

Healthy Home Makeover & $500 Giveaway

Would someone consider me “green?”  I don’t know.  Maybe.  I’m not green for the sake of being green or because it’s trendy.  I actually despise the trendiness of it.  I’m mostly green because I’m frugal.  Plus, since having a baby I’m ever aware of BPA, parabens, and formaldehyde in everyday products.

MightyNest

While researching safe products for my baby and my home I came across MightyNest.  They’re a company that’s dedicated to helping parents create healthy, safe homes by being an online store, resource center, and community of engagement and support, not judgment.  Doesn’t that sound good?  Here’s a little more information from their website:

Founded by two parents, their mission is to give families the ability to research, get advice, and buy high quality, natural, non-toxic everyday products all in one place.

From kitchenware to skin care, MightyNest‘s safety experts have built the web’s broadest selection of products that are free from known toxic ingredients such as BPA, PVC, Phthalates, Lead, Melamine, Formaldehyde, Parabens, and more.

MightyNest seeks to help people feel motivated and empowered to make changes in their lives, whether large or small.

Since my little one was born I’ve been working on replacing old pans that are chipping.  We’ve replaced our old grill where the top of the lid was chipping off and falling in our food.  We’ve also replaced old, old melted plastic containers that were full of nasty toxins.  I’m a sentimental person so it wasn’t always easy getting rid of things that were passed down to me from my family or my husband’s family.  Brand new shiny things helped to ease the separation pain but because of the cost I’m only replacing a little at a time.

I found a giveaway to help me replace more items at a quick rate!  MightyNest is giving away $500 through their Healthy Home Makeover Pin it to win it Challenge.  I’ve started pinning to win already and you can too!

Mighty Nest Pin to Win Giveaway

The giveaway is pretty simple really.  You just repin your favorite items from MightyNest’s “Healthy Home Makeover” board onto your own Healthy Home Makeover board.  There are things for every room in the house and even a good amount of cute baby toys.  Trust me, once you start pinning it will be hard to stop.

That’s it though!  Just pin and you’re in.  For more information go here and check the rules on the specifics.

Here are the other ways you can connect with MightyNest!

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Enter the MightyNest $500 Healthy Home Makeover Giveaway!

 

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Disclosure: A gift card is being provided by MightyNest for my time in sharing this giveaway. All opinions are my own.

$150 Evgie.com Vinyl Decal Giveaway Ends 4/26/13

Vinyl Decal Giveaway

Welcome to our Vinyl Decal Giveaway! This giveaway is hosted by Embracing Homemaking and Bay Area Mommy. Special thanks to Evgie.com for sponsoring this giveaway and to our co-hosts.

Vinyl decals are a great way to change the look of a room.  They’re inexpensive, they’re easy to apply and remove, and they add just a touch of whimsy to your walls.

Where to buy:

  • You can buy all of these decals seen here (and many more!) on Evgie.com.

What you can win:

  • $150 Gift Certificate to put towards ANY purchase at Evgie.com.

One lucky reader will win this $150 gift card but you can’t win if you don’t enter! This giveaway will run from April 16 at 12am EST through April 26 at 11:59pm EST. Open to US & CA residents 18 years and older only. Void where prohibited. No purchase necessary. To enter, simply use the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!

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Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this post. This blog is not responsible for prize fulfillment. For questions regarding this giveaway, please feel free to contact Ashley from Embracing Homemaking at MrsAshleyWalkup@gmail.com.

Pre-Mother’s Day Giveaway! Valued at over $450! Ends 5/9/13

Welcome to our Pre-Mother’s Day Giveaway! This giveaway is sponsored and hosted by Embracing Beauty and Bay Area Mommy. Special thanks to Buy Blue Steel, Thermapen and 31 Gifts for providing some of our prizes, and to our co-hosts I’m a full-time mummy, Finger Click Saver, and Rocky Mountain Savings!

This Mother’s Day prize pack includes the following great prizes:

Silver Rope Blue Steel Ring ($170)

1 Thermapen ($90) – You can read my Thermapen review here.

1 Thirty-One Tote ($70)

$50 MacCosmetics.com GC

$50 Amazon.com GC

1 Coupon Clutch ($30+)

One lucky winner will win ALL these prizes! This giveaway runs from April 16 at 12am EST through May 9 at 11:59pm EST. Open to US residents only. Void where prohibited. Must be at least 18 years old to be eligible. No purchase necessary. To enter, simply use the GiveawayTools widget below. Good luck!

Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this post. This blog is not responsible for prize fulfillment. For questions regarding this giveaway, please contact Bay Area Mommy at isis@bayareamommy.net.

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$100 in Swagbucks Giveaway Ends 4/20/13 + 100 SB for New Members!

Swagbucks GiveawayI’m excited to be partnering with Swagbucks to give away a $100 in Swagbucks (10,000 Swagbucks to be precise)!  We’ll be giving these codes away to three lucky winners after the giveaway closes on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 1pm EST.  Shore Savings with Patti, Family Centsability, and  Coupon Crazy & Freebie Fanatic are helping me promote this giveaway and  drum up extra excitement over it so stop by their sites and say hi!

Free 100 Swagbucks to new members:

Anyone new to Swagbucks can use my exclusive sign-up code BEAUTY70 will get an extra 70 Swagbucks in addition to the 30 they’ll get for just completing their profile.  That’s 100 free Swagbucks to start you out on the right foot!  A $5 Amazon gift card is only 450 Swagbucks!  This code expires on April 20, 2013  at 11:59 pm PST so sign up now and start turning your searches into free gift cards.  You can only enter this giveaway once per person but there are certain entries you can do daily – such as tweet about the giveaway!  To read more information on Swagbucks check out my Get Paid to Search post.  Ready to sign up now?  Go here to Swagbucks to sign up and click on the text that says “I have a sign up code,” enter your code BEAUTY70, complete your profile, and voila, you are on your way to earning free gift cards!

What we’re giving away: 

– One grand prize winner will receive 5,000 Swagbucks (Can be redeemed for a $50 Amazon gift card)
– Two runners up will receive  2,500 Swagbucks each (Can be redeemed for a $25 Amazon gift card)

 

I’m excited about giving away Swagbucks because I like that the winners can choose what they do with their Swagbucks.  If you win you could play games, Swagstakes, take advantage of Swagbuck’s Local Deals, or buy a gift card in the Rewards Store.  If it were my I would probably buy Amazon gift cards!  What will you do with your Swagbucks if you win?

 

Enter via the Rafflecopter form below and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  This giveaway is open to anyone 18 years and older.  You must be a Swagbucks member to enter but not necessarily a new Swagbucks member!

Good luck and check back for the winner’s announcement next Sunday!

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Enter to win a free $500 Whole Foods Market gift card!

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It Works! Giveaway

A few months ago, I heard about a company called It Works! that boasted an unbelievable claim.  They said they could shrink the fat right off your body using nothing but a body wrap and less than an hour of your time.

Their claims seemed so outrageous, especially when coupled with photos like this:

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An actual customer of Heidi’s lost over 5″ after one body wrap application

The first thought that entered my mind was, “I wonder if that really works?” Because I’ve had twins, people, and even though I work out and eat healthy, I still have a bit of a baby pooch that wasn’t there before.

Not only that, but the skin on my stomach looks like a sock that’s been stretched out one too many times.  I don’t have stretch marks, which is a miracle, but I also don’t look like I’m in high school anymore.

Imagine that.

So when I had the opportunity to try an It Works! body wrap myself, I jumped at the chance.  Even though I was skeptical, I hoped this kind of magic was real because so far, the garden gnomes and kitchen elves have been a huge disappointment.

Saundra and her daughter Heidi, two independent It Works! consultants, sent me one individual It Works! Ultimate Body Wrap.  I was kind of hoping for a vat of the stuff but apparently they don’t sell vats.  Yet.  However, the Ultimate Body Wrap comes in packs of four so you can plaster them all over yourself if you’d like, although you should try to restrain yourself to only two at a time just to be safe.

Since I only had one wrap, I had to decide where to put it.  You can use the Ultimate Body Wrap anywhere from the neck down.  But, my baby tummy had to be the first to go.

The body wrap was very easy to apply.  I simply unfolded it and wrapped it around my stomach area, magic-lotion side down.  It smelled a little like Vicks Vapor Rub and tingled a little like it too.  That’s because it is loaded with botanical ingredients like menthol, camphor, and eucalyptus.  The tingling sensation dies down as the lotion soaks in.

One wrap doesn’t go all the way around unless you’re a twig, but I was happy to see that even though I’ve very tall, it was able to cover the majority of my stomach and my hate-handles (let’s be real, people–there is no love there).

The directions said to wrap myself up in Saran Wrap to keep the lotion in place.  My husband found this part of the process highly entertaining.  Not in a, “Wow, Baby, you’re so sexy” kind of way but more like a “Ha ha hahahahahahah!” kind of way.

He’s so precious.

Even with my midsection wrapped up like yesterday’s pizza, I was able to walk around, wrangle children, and waste time on Facebook like usual.

The directions said to leave the wrap on for at least 45 minutes.  It also cautioned against leaving it on longer if this was your first time wrapping in case your skin was sensitive.  So, I tried to behave even though I kind of wanted to spend all day wrapped up in magic lotion, just in case the extra time made my backside smaller too.  It was a long shot.

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Another actual customer shows significant loss after 1 application.

When it was time to take the wrap off, I rubbed the remaining lotion into my skin, as per the directions, and went about my day, making sure to drink plenty of water.  Saundra told me to drink half my body weight (in pounds) in ounces of water for 72 hours to assist the herbs in drawing toxins out of my body.  If I weighed 120 pounds (stop laughing) then I’d drink 60 oz. of water.

I drink a lot of water anyway, but it was encouraging to see that the It Works! products weren’t trying to make me skinny by drawing water out of my system so I’d shrink like a raisin.  Nope.  I was staying well hydrated.

By the evening of the first day (sounds biblical, right?) I was already noticing an improvement in the tone and texture of my skin.  My stomach felt like butter.  Anywhere the wrap touched was super-hydrated and springy like baby skin.  Even the little wrinkles around my belly-button (thanks, twins) had almost vanished.

I could hardly wait for the 72-hour mark to take my measurements.  I took three: one at my belly button, one two inches above the belly button, and one two inches below.  I didn’t notice any difference in the measurement above my belly button, but that’s understandable because I’m pretty much all ribs right there.

But, as I’ve aged, the Great Migration has started to happen so it made sense that I’d notice the biggest difference in the areas that are a bit more…south.  I lost 1” at my belly button and 1 ¾” two inches below my belly button!  Wow!  That’s not bad especially since the biggest differences are normally seen after more than one application.  I was pretty thrilled!  In fact, I’d have to say it works!

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My own side profile pictures didn’t really do the wrap justice since I wasn’t quite willing to bare my belly for all of you. But You can already see how flat my stomach is becoming after just one application!

In fact, I think It Works! is the perfect thing to help get ready for all those summer events like weddings, graduations, and swim suit shopping expeditions.  You know.  Stuff.

So, we’re offering an It Works! giveaway so you can try the products yourself!  Heidi and Saundra got together and put together a prize package that’s almost as good as a vat of It Works! magic.  One winner will receive 1 Ultimate Body Wrap, 1 Facial Applicator (to tighten and tone the entire face), and 1 mini Defining Gel.  That’s a $60 retail value!

Click on the Rafflecopter link to enter.

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HUGE Nail Polish Giveaway – Ends April 15, 2013

Nail Polish Giveaway Ends April 15th

Spring has officially sprung!  However, if you live in a place like me you aren’t exactly seeing the trees blossom and hearing the birds sing just yet.  In order to help get us in the mood for spring I’m hosting a HUGE nail polish giveaway!  These fun colors will help boost your spirits and get your toes ready for sandal weather.  This giveaway will last for a few weeks and then it will end on the most dreaded day of the year.  That’s right, April 15th.  There will only be one winner but hopefully it will make someone’s April 15th fabulous.  Even if you don’t win, this gorgeous 35 piece nail polish set is very affordable so you might just want to order your own set.

What we’re giving away:

  • A 32 piece set of vibrant nail color.  0.34 oz each.  This set contains glitter, metallic, & neon shades!
  • 3 scented nail polish remover pads.

Why:

We love you!  That’s right, you!  Our readers are what keeps us doing what we’re doing day in and day out here in the blogosphere and we want to take a moment and say thank you!  We truly appreciate you.

How to enter:

Enter via the Rafflecopter below.  This giveaway is open to those who have a US shipping address or anyone who is okay receiving an Amazon gift card worth equal value.  If you have any questions feel free to contact me.  Good luck!

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