Tuesday's Giveaway Linkup {11/29}

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Welcome to Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up with your hosts Aimee @ Classified: Mom & Karen @ Tots and Me & Alicia @ McCrenshaw's Newest Thoughts!

This link up will be posted Monday at 7 PM est. and run all week long! Make sure you stop in as often as you can to list your latest giveaways.

Here is how to use the Giveaway Link Up 1. Post your reviews and/or giveaways, as many as you have, be sure to add the end date (family friendly please) 2. Help spread the word about the giveaway link up by grabbing our button, Tweeting or posting on Facebook. (Not mandatory- but it helps get more exposure to your giveaways as well!) 3. Take a moment to enter any giveaway that strikes an interest to you! If you would  like to follow the three hostesses, we will gladly follow you back! Simply leave us a message to do so. Thank you for linking up with  Aimee @ Classified: Mom & Karen @ Tots and Me & Alicia @  McCrenshaw's Newest Thoughts! 

#WIN Your Holiday Gifty! {Tuesday's #Giveaway Linkup is Here!}

Yeah, everyone is in a tight crunch for money lately. But why spend money, when you can win your gifts? Peruse the links below... you probably know someone who'd LOVE to have some of those prizes under the tree (or wherever you exchange your gifts!)

I have to say that I managed to win most of Little Guy's birthday gifts this year! And I know he's going to love them. I can't tell you how tempted I am on some days to pull one out for him "just because".

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Welcome to Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up with your hosts Aimee @ Classified: Mom & Karen @ Tots and Me & Alicia @ McCrenshaw's Newest Thoughts!

This link up will be posted Monday at 8 PM est. and run all week long! Make sure you stop in as often as you can to list your latest giveaways.

Here is how to use the Giveaway Link Up 1. Post your reviews and/or giveaways, as many as you have, be sure to add the end date (family friendly please) 2. Help spread the word about the giveaway link up by grabbing our button, Tweeting or posting on Facebook. (Not mandatory- but it helps get more exposure to your giveaways as well!) 3. Take a moment to enter any giveaway that strikes an interest to you! If you would  like to follow the three hostesses, we will gladly follow you back! Simply leave us a message to do so. Thank you for linking up with  Aimee @ Classified: Mom & Karen @ Tots and Me & Alicia @  McCrenshaw's Newest Thoughts! 

Looking for Inspiration or Want to Share a Project or Recipe? {The Frugal Girls!}

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So, every Thursday, I can't wait for The Frugal Girls' Chic & Crafty Party to get posted. What is it? Well, I'll tell ya! It's a great linky filled with a ton of really neat projects and recipes from all over blogdom. The links contain "chic & crafty" ideas that range from the super easy to very involved. I've learned how to completely make over the crappy-looking, yet functional pieces of furniture that hubby keeps dragging home on garbage night. I now have a recipe for Strawberry-Peach Jam that I'm planning on trying this weekend, after out next Farmer's Market trip. And, I used the Flowers for the Black Thumb idea to send flowers to my mother-in-law with the kids.

Oh, and did I mention that this linky doesn't just give you a place to feature your DIY craft, recipe, or idea. When you submit a link, you're entered to win something, too! As a special "Thank You" to those who link up, The Frugal Girls will choose (randomly) one person to receive a gift card of some sort. I was the lucky winner of a $25 Hobby Lobby GC a couple of weeks ago for linking up my revamped Seed Bombs post!!!

Little Guy and I made a special day of it, yesterday, with a bus ride to Hobby Lobby and a craft supply shopping spree. For the $25, we were able to get him 5 sets of watercolors (he goes through them like crazy!), his own box of 64 crayons, a ton of stickers, pop-poms, google eyes, pipe cleaners, a giant jug of glue, lots of construction paper... and more. I've never seen a kid so excited to be buying this kind of stuff - he was just in heaven! (Yeah, he's definitely my kid! LOL)

So, if you've got something you'd like to share, go link up. 
Anything that takes an iota of creativity is welcome, 
even party ideas, 
tips on cleaning and crafting, 
and, of course, 
those project and recipe posts.

The newest edition of the Chic & Crafty Party will post at 8pm tonight! (Thursday) Your idea could even be featured later in the week in its own post on The Frugal Girls. Let me tell you, that's no little thing - being featured by them will mean a ton of exposure for your idea!




**I didn't get anything for posting this. Heck, The Frugal Girls don't even know I'm posting this! I just want to share this really cool linky with you and tell you about a great chance to win a GC to some crafty-type of store. And to thank The Frugal Girls for sending me and Little Guy on our fun shopping spree, thanks to that GC I won!

Freckles Crafts Giveaway WINNER!!! (Was it you?!)

First, I'd like to thank Rebecca of Freckles Crafts for this great giveaway. Not only did she award me with a year's supply of crafts from her own blog giveaway, but she also offered a giveaway to you my readers. I hope that some of you liked what you saw in her store and plan on stocking up on some kits for those summer "I'm Bored!" days. They've got some really great kits, including one of my favorites (if you're my husband and you're reading this, then hint, hint, nudge!) :

Felted Owl - ONLY $4.50!!!

 And, without further ado....

Out of 141 entries (you guys are great, by the way!), the winning comment was #99, belonging to angieb:

angieb said... 99 

Angiebestboss@_______.com I liked Freckles on FB #1 Angie Best-Boss

April 27, 2011 11:23 PM 

 

Congratulations to Angie! I'll be emailing you tomorrow morning.

If you didn't win, don't be sad. I'm working on a really great set of giveaways for May. I've won some really amazing handmade items from Etsy shop owners around the world. I'd like to give back to them by reviewing those shops that made some of my favorite prizes and purchasing some of their items to give to YOU! Just be patient and check back often. It's going to take me a while to write up all of these reviews and set up giveaways!

 

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So, here's the deal. I've entered into TWO Facebook photo contests. I don't know why - I guess it was just a whim. I hate when people ask for votes in order to get entries into a giveaway. Or when they say something like, "I'll vote for you if you vote for me." So. I'm going to give it to you straight - IF you happen to like the photos below, AND you feel like "liking" the sponsor's Facebook page, then please go vote for me.



We Read Barefoot is offering a $25 Gift Certificate to their children's bookstore to the photo with the most likes. The mission was to post a photo of your child(ren) reading. I entered this because, when I saw what they wanted photos of, I got really excited. I had JUST, a couple of hours before, taken a couple of really great pictures of my kids reading together. They were so enthralled with what they were doing that they didn't even notice me standing there with the camera. Little Guy was pointing at each word as my oldest read it. I can't believe that he's figured out that each group of letters on the page represents a single word already!

Click on the photo to be taken to the We Read Barefoot album.

 If you like this, please "like" it with your personal page. They will not count fan page likes. Thanks!




Next is this UPrinting.com Facebook thing. I don't know how I got sucked into this one, but I had a really cute photo that went with the theme. Now, here's the thing - I don't even know exactly what the prize is! I am fairly sure that it has to do with winning the chance to review and giveaway their products, like banners, magnets, etc. I don't know! Anyway, there are a ton of great photos that follow the theme for the "Happy Smiles Photo Contest." Mine is of Little Guy about two minutes after I woke up. You see, Daddy got up with him that morning and let me sleep in. In order to get little guy to do what he wanted, my dear husband bribed him with a powdered donut - for breakfast! Unfortunately for him, I woke up before he could clean the happy camper up. When little guy saw me, he said, "Don't tell Mommy I eat donut! Heeheehee!"  (The closed eyes are always present when he know the flash is coming. I can't wait until he outgrows it!)

Please click the photo to be taken to the UPrinting.com "Happy Smiles Photo Contest."

*** EDIT - HOLY COW!!! I just found out what the prize for the UPrinting contest is: a 4GB Flip HD Camcorder. Oh, please like my photo! ;)

Thank You!

WINNER of the $5 iCards Select Quick Giveaway

Thanks to everyone who entered this Quick Giveaway.

Out of a whopping 18 entries (LOL) the winner was #17 - Musings By Michele

Musings By Michele said... 

Would love to win thanks brosius at tds dot net

April 2, 2011 8:56 PM

I'm emailing her shortly and she'll have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

A Couple of Giveaways - Reminder

Please head over to two giveaways I am holding that will end this weekend.

First, there is a Quick Giveaway for a $5 gift card to use on any merchant at iCards Select. It is ending on Saturday night (3/2).

Next, is my March of Kindness giveaway. This one is a little different in that I am not asking anyone to follow, like, tweet, etc. for me. I just have a few fun questions that you can answer, if you'd like. This giveaway is for a copy of John C. Holt's How Children Learn and will end on Sunday night (3/3).


I have Tweet buttons at the top of both giveaway posts and would love it if you'd click on them and share these giveaways with your Twitter followers, or even let your Facebook friends know. Not required, just thought it wouldn't hurt to ask!

Quick Giveaway - $5 Gift Card {Ends 4/2}

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So, I received a $5 gift card from iCard Gift Card Select. What you do is take the code and redeem it for a gift card from the merchant of your choice. I don't shop at any of these merchants, so I really have no use for it. Rather than just let it sit there, unused, I figured I'd see if anyone else would like it. Here is the list of merchants that you can get a $5 card from:

1-800-Baskets
1-800-Flowers
Athleta.com
BananaRepublic.com
Barnes & Noble eGiftCards
Bass Pro Shops. com
BathandBodyWorks.com
Brookstone.com
Cabela's.com
Cheryl & Co. Fresh Baked Cookies
Chili's eGift Card
Chocolate.com
Crutchfield.com
CVS eGift Card
Dell.com
Dick's Sporting Goods.com
Drs. Foster & Smith
endless.com
Fairway Rewards
Fandango.com
Fannie May Chocolates

FragranceNet.com
Gap.com
GapBaby.com
GapKids.com
GapMaternity.com
giftback Charity Card
Harry London Chocolates
Kmart.com
L'Occitane
L.L.Bean.com
Lands' End.com
Macys.com
Magazines.com
Maggiano's eGift Card
Modell's.com
NASCAR.com
NFLShop.com
NHL.com
Nike.com
Nutrisystem.com

OldNavy.com
Omaha Steaks.com
On the Border eGift card
Overstock.com
PapaJohns.com
Piperlime.com
REI.com
Romano's Macaroni Grill eGift Card
Sears.com
Sephora.com
Shoebuy.com
Shutterfly.com
Spaweek.com
Sports Authority.com
The Popcorn Factory
The Voice Library
Timberland.com
TravelocityIncentives.com
Wine.com
Zappos.com
Now, after checking out the iCard site, I understand that some of these merchants do not redeem the $5 card, so it may be that a few of these won't go through. There weren't many that didn't, though.

So, here are the rules:

Mandatory - Just leave a comment with something like, "I want to win," in it along with your email address.

Extra Entries -

• Follow me on GFC (top right side of this page)
• Like me on Facebook (there's an easy "like" widget in the right sidebar on this page)
  
• Follow me on Twitter

This giveaway is not sponsored by anyone. I merely received a gift card and don't need it, so I'm passing it on to you. I am in no way affiliated with iCard Select or any of its merchants. I am not responsible for any injuries, etc. resulting from someone winning this prize (like heart attack from learning you won.) This giveaway will end at 11:59 pm EDT on Saturday, April 2. Winner will be notified by email and have 48 hours to accept before a new winner is drawn. I'll use the little random.org widget at the bottom of this page to choose the winner.