Happy Holidays with Shutterfly and a Giveaway

 Every year we send holdiay cards to our friends and family because I think it is great to be able to send smiles along with our Christmas Greetings!  For Christmas last year we created our cards on Shutterfly and I was impressed with all the different styles available.  It was a lot of fun to try them out with the pictures that we took.  I was thrilled with the cards that we finally decided on and ordered from Shutterfly.

This year there are so many new styles to choose from and after checking out all of the new Christmas Card designs I can’t wait to create our family Christmas Card, hopefully the photo shoot will go as smoothly as creating the card does!!

Here are a few of my favorites for this year:

Jolly Damask Holiday Card

Bubbles Of Snowflakes Christmas Card

Wrapped In Dots Christmas Card

  Be sure to check out all of Shutterfly's great special offers and don't forget to enter my giveaway for $50 off your Shutterfly purchase!!

Check out all the great ways to be social with Shutterfly

•             Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/shutterfly

•             Twitter: http://twitter.com/Shutterfly

•             Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/shutterfly/

•             Instagram: Shutterfly

•             Google +: https://plus.google.com/+shutterfly

•             Blog: http://blog.shutterfly.com/

The Giveaway

(please make sure to enter through the Rafflecopter widget)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Disclosure: I will receive money off my next Shutterfly purchase for writing this post to participate in Shutterfly’s holiday card promotion however these are my own unbiased experiences and opinions.

A Very Merry Shutterfly Christmas Card Giveaway!!!

I have used Shutterfly for both Emily and Juliette’s  Birth Announcements and was so pleased with how easy they were to create and personalize.  Last year we began the tradition of creating a Summer Fun Photo Book and I loved how easy Shutterfly made it to record all the special memories we shared together.  Every year we send a Christmas Photo Card to our friends and family because I think it is great to be able to send smiles along with our Christmas Greetings!  For Christmas last year we created our cards on Shutterfly and I was impressed with all the different styles available.  It was a lot of fun to try them out with the pictures that we took.  I was thrilled with the cards that we finally decided on and ordered from Shutterfly.

This year there are so many new styles to choose from and after checking out all of the new Christmas Card designs I can’t wait to create our family Christmas Card. 

So far my favorite designs are:

All The Happiness

  Bold Bright Joy

 Snowflake Borders

Once the great Christmas card photo shoot of 2011 is over and I upload my pictures I will be able to make the final decision.  Until then I definitely recommend checking out all that Shutterfly has to offer!

**Update**
Here it is!!  Our photo shoot was a little less than fun, however the card still came out amazing.  Can't wait to recieve them and then send them to all of our family and friends.  Click below to check out all the other amazing designs. 

5x7 Folded Card

View the entire collection of cards.

The Giveaway!

Shutterfly has generously offered 2 of my readers a chance to win 25 free 5x7 flat or folded cards.

( Winner will be responsible for all applicable taxes, shipping and handling).

Mandatory Entry

Visit Shutterfly and tell me which is your favorite Holiday Card Design or Shutterfly Photo Gift Idea????

(Please leave your e-mail address if you don't have it enabled on your profile).

Extra Entries

Follow A Mommy’s Adventures (1 entry)

Subscribe by e-mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)

Follow A Mommy’s Adventures on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)

Follow @kme0310 on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)

This giveaway ends on November 5, 2011 at 11:59pm.

The winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win.

Disclosure: I will receive free cards for writing this post to participate in Shutterfly’s holiday card promotion however these are my own unbiased experiences and opinions.

And The Crafty Kits 4 Kids Winner Is…

…Judy at What I Live For!! 

Congratulations to our winner and thank you to everyone that entered :0)

Crafty Kits 4 Kids Giveaway Event!

Wow, 13 kids friendly blogs are participating in this Crafty Giveaway Event.  Each blog had to come up with a simple crafty kits for children aged 2-6 to giveaway! Each blog is hosting their own giveaway and you can enter to win which ever kits you think your child would enjoy.

Be sure to check out the end of this Giveaway Post for a  Link to all of the other participating blogs

Sensory Collage Kit

On A Mommy’s Adventures I will be giving away a Sensory Collage Art Kit.  This kit contains everything your child needs to create an amazing Sensory Collage.

Included in this kit you will find:

A piece of Contact Paper (this is especially great for creating collages with younger children, however children of all different ages get a kick out of the sticky paper)

String, Tin Foil, Sand Paper, Feathers, Pipe Cleaners, Stickers, Buttons, Pom Poms, Tissue Paper, Felt Die Cuts, Cut up Straws, Foam and Crepe Paper  all in a variety of colors and sizes.

To Enter:

Just leave a comment on this post and you will be entered to win this kit

(Please leave your mail address if you don't have it enabled on your profile).

Extra Entries:

Follow A Mommy’s Adventures (1 entry)

Subscribe by e-mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)

Follow A Mommy’s Adventures on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)

Follow @kme0310 on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)

This giveaway is open WORLDWIDE and ends on August 13th at 11:59pm.

The winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win.

Good luck and visit the other giveaways in this awesome event:

Jumpstart Review and Giveaway

I was very excited JumpStart contacted me to try out their  3D virtual world to write a review and giveaway a 3 month membership to one of my readers.

 

JumpStart is an award-winning 3D virtual world that give children a safe online environment to learn while having fun.  After you personalize your “Jumpee” which is the avatar that represents you in this virtual world they are able to explore the many different games and activites that JumpStarts virtual world has to offer.

Emily has not played many games on the computer, but she was very excited to test this one out.  Before I had her try it I browsed it myself and then set up her Jumpee, I had to pick out the eyes, hair and clothes.  I have to admit I had a lot of fun doing this part.  I also played a few of the games to see how they worked.  I like to see how difficult the questions or activities are and what happens if they get an answer wrong.  Once I had an idea of how it worked I let Emily give it a try and she LOVED it!

We tested out Story Book Land which is recommended for ages 3-5.  Emily was not able to navigate through the 3D world on her own, but I am sure that as she gets older it will be no problem at all for her.  First I helped Emily customize her Jumpee, this time she was able to pick out all the different features, which was fun to do.  Next we tried some of the games in the School House.  Her favorite was the Monkey Drop.  In this game there was a number at the top of the tree and Emily had to click on the monkey that was hanging from the tree with the number that matched.

Overall I felt that this could be a wonderful and fun way to reinforce concepts that are being worked on as well as helping practice using a mouse.  I was amazed at how much better she got at it in just a short time. 

JumpStart offers a Free Account so you can visit the site and check it out, but if you get a Members Account you have access to a lot more!

To Find Out More Visit JumpStart:

• Jumpstart Blog – a place to share your thoughts about the games, parenting tips, crafts and learning ideas.
• JumpStart Website – play and explore all that JumpStart has to offer

*The Giveaway*

Win a 3 Month Membership to Jumpstart.

*To Enter*

Visit Jumpstart and tell me something you learned.

Additional Entries:
(Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry to be counted)

• Follow A Mommy’s Adventures publicly.

• Follow me on Twitter @Kme0310 and tweet this giveaway!  You can use your own or tweet this {Win a 3 month membership to Jumpstart @amommysadventures http://tinyurl.com/2dwcp9c} ~ You can tweet once a day, but be sure to leave a link and comment for each one.

• Follow A Mommy’s Adventures on Facebook

• Check out the JumpStart Blog and leave  a comment telling me something you liked about it.

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry

The winner will be announced here, and also e-mailed so please include your e-mail in each comment or enable it in blogger. The winner must respond within 48 hours or I will choose another winner.

Good Luck!!! This giveaway will be open until Sunday, October  24, 2010 midnight EST.

Disclosure: I was provided with a JumpStart membership at no cost by Knowledge Adventure in order to test the products’ abilities and give my own personal opinions on it. The opinions I have given are mine and may differ from others but were not influenced by the company or the free product provided.

And the winner of the Easy Lunchboxes Giveaway is…

…Comment #36

Congratulations

to  Sarah from The Ramblings and Adventures of a S.A.H.M!!!

Thank you to all who entered this giveaway be sure to check back soon for some more fun giveaways!!

**A very big Thank You to Easy Lunch Boxes for sponsoring this giveaway**

I will be emailing you shortly, if I don’t  hear back from you within 48 hours another winner will be chosen.

Easy Lunch Boxes Review and Giveaway!!

We were recently sent a set of Easy Lunch Boxes and a cooler bag to review and I have to say they are amazing.  I decided to test them out on our recent trip to the zoo.  We didn’t want to have to buy food there so I packed our whole family lunch.  We each had our own container and I had fun finding yummy and nutritious foods to fill each compartment with.

Emily was so excited to see what she had for lunch.  The cooler bag is nice and large so I was able to fit 2 containers and an ice pack to keep our lunches cold  as well as some extra snacks too!

    Emily was able to open the container herself which is always a big plus and loved the selection of foods all neatly stored for her.   It reminded us of  bento lunch boxes or  Muffin Tin Monday.  I loved how sturdy the plastic is and how many different healthy lunch combinations I can pack using this system.

FDA approved. No BPA, phthalates, lead, vinyl, or PVC. Safe for dishwasher, freezer, and microwave.

Back to school is just around the corner and although Emily will only be going to a preschool class 2 times a week for a few hours  these will make lunch time so much easier for me.  Especially since The Easy Lunch Boxes site not only offers kids lunch boxes, but they also have lots of other hints and tips as well as yummy Lunch Recipes.   I plan on preparing our lunches the night before so that all I have to do is take it out of the refrigerator and serve or bring them with us where ever we may be headed that day!

*The Giveaway* 

Easy Lunchboxes is very generously offering a set of 4 lunchboxes and a cooler bag {winner chooses cooler color} to one of my readers!

**Please note this giveaway is offered to US & Canadian residents only. Please do not enter this giveaway if have won or received free product from EasyLunchboxes within the past 3 months.

*To Enter*

Mandatory Entry: Visit www.EasyLunchboxes.com and tell me one thing you learned about their products.

Additional Entries:
(Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry to be counted)

• Follow @easylunchboxes on Twitter
• Become a fan of Easy Lunchboxes Facebook
• Follow A Mommy’s Adventures publicly
• Subscribe to A Mommy’s Adventures
• Follow A Mommy’s Adventures on Facebook
• Follow me on Twitter @Kme0310 and be sure to include your twitter name in your comment so I can follow you too :0)
• Tweet this giveaway!  You can use your own or tweet this {@kme0310 is hosting an @EasyLunchboxes giveaway Enter here  http://tinyurl.com/2asxhfe  } ~ You can tweet once a day, but be sure to leave a link and comment for each one.
• Blog about this giveaway and include a link back to A Mommy’s Adventures. (This is worth 3 extra entries ~ leave a comment for each one)

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry

The winner will be announced here, and also e-mailed so please include your e-mail in each comment or enable it in blogger. The winner must respond within 48 hours or I will choose another winner.

Good Luck!!! This giveaway will be open until Wednesday, September 15, 2010 midnight EST.

**Thank you to Easy Lunch Boxes for providing me with a free set of containers and lunch bag for me to review on my blog. These are my honest opinions and may differ from others but were not influenced by the company or the free product provided.**

And the winner of the $60 CSN.com gift certificate is…

 

…Comment #176

Congratulations

to  artsy_momma!!!

Thank you to all who entered this giveaway be sure to check back soon for some more fun giveaways!!

**A very big Thank You to CSN.com for sponsoring this giveaway**

I will be emailing you shortly, if I don’t  hear back from you within 48 hours another winner will be chosen.

It is not to late....

to enter to win a $60 gift certificate to CSN.com Stores!!!

Just visit the giveaway post to see all the details. This giveaway will be open until Monday, August 16, 2010 midnight EST.

CSN.com Giveaway

 

This Giveaway is Closed ~ Congratulations to artsy_momma!!!

I could not be more excited about working with CSN.com to offer one of my amazing readers a $60 gift certificate.   If you are looking for an awesome shopping site where you can buy just about anything from bedroom furniture sets  to school supplies you must head over to CSNstores.com and check out their 200+ online stores ASAP!!!

*The Giveaway*
CSN.com has very generously offered a $60 one-time-use gift certificate for one of my readers to use as they wish on any of the CSNstores.com websites!

**Please note that this giveaway is only open to residents of the United States and Canada

*To Enter*

Visit CSN.com and leave  a comment telling me what you would spend the $60 on!

Additional Entries:
(Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry to be counted)

• Follow A Mommy’s Adventures publicly.

• Subscribe by email, using the gadget at the top of my right sidebar.

• Follow me on Twitter @Kme0310 and be sure to include your twitter name in your comment so I can follow you too :0)

• Tweet this giveaway!  You can use your own or tweet this {Win a $60 gift certificate to CSN.com at A Mommy’s Adventures http://tinyurl.com/2byr28n } ~ You can tweet once a day, but be sure to leave a link and comment for each one

• Blog about this giveaway and include a link back to A Mommy’s Adventures. (This is worth 3 extra entries ~ leave a comment for each one)

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry

The winner will be announced here, and also e-mailed so please include your e-mail in each comment or enable it in blogger. The winner must respond within 48 hours or I will choose another winner.

Good Luck!!! This giveaway will be open until Monday, August 16, 2010 midnight EST.

**Thank you to CSN.com for sponsoring this giveaway**

UPrinting Business Card Giveaway

UPrinting has graciously offered me the opportunity to giveaway 500 Business Cards to one of my readers and I couldn’t be more excited!

My mom and I were just talking about getting business cards printed for YummyFelts, so I know exactly what I will be doing with my Business Cards that I can print online, but what will you do with yours???

Business Cards are handy, versatile products that are not just for businesses! You can use it as blogger cards to promote your blog or Mommy Calling Cards (I really want a set of these too) to make sharing your info with other Mommies and Daddies super easy, since they are double sided you could easily include your information and any special information about your child such as allergies or any other special needs. No more scrambling for a pen and paper at the bottom of your bag!!

The Prize

The winner will get to choose 500 Business Cards Online from the following sizes: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (skinny card). They'll be printed on 14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock with full color on both sides and shipped to you for free.

**Please not that this giveaway is only open to United States Residents

To Enter

Tell me how you would use 500 business cards from UPrinting.

Please include your e-mail so that I can contact you if you are the winner!

Additional Entries:

(Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry to be counted)

• Follow A Mommy’s Adventures publicly.
• Subscribe by email, using the gadget at the top of my right sidebar.
• Follow me on Twitter @Kme0310 and be sure to include your twitter name in your comment so I can follow you too :0)
• Become a fan of Yummy Felts on Facebook by either clicking the link or the fan box on the sidebar.
• Tweet about this giveaway using @Kme0310 in your tweet.
• Blog about this giveaway and include a link back to A Mommy’s Adventures. (This is worth 3 extra entries ~ leave a comment for each one)

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry

The winner will be announced here, and also e-mailed so please include your e-mail in each comment or enable it in blogger. The winner must respond within 48 hours or I will choose another winner.

Good Luck!!! This giveaway will be open until Tuesday March 2, 2010 midnight EST.

**Thank you to UPrinting for providing both me and the winner with a set of 500 business cards.**

Check it out!

I started another blog to keep track of the crafting that my mom and I are doing. On YummyFelts the blog we are looking forward to posting some of the things that we create for the shop as well as all the fun crafting projects that we are inspired to create for our homes, babies and friends. We also thought it would be a great place to offer tutorials for some of our favorite projects and of course giveaways of some of our favorite creations!!

Check out the new blog for a chance to win this cookie dough set!!

We recently made Emily a heart sugar cookie dough set and she really enjoyed playing with it.

She loves pretending to cut out the circle dough and put it on one of my small cookie sheets. Then we pretend to have tea and cookies with the finished sugar cookies with heart shapes icing.

Emily enjoyed it so much we thought we would give one away just in time for Valentines Day. So check out our new YummyFelts blog for a chance to win your own sugar cookie felt play food set.

It’s time for a giveaway!!!

I have been wanting to host my very own giveaway for a while now.  When My mom and I recently opened our own Etsy store where we sell our handmade felt hairclips and felt play food I knew that would be the perfect first giveaway for my blog! 

So I will not keep you waiting any longer :0)

I will be giving away one of our Yummy Felts Snowflake Hair Clips in your choice of pink, blue, black or red!

Here is what you have to do to enter:

Visit Yummy Felts and leave me a comment telling me what your favorite item is.

For Extra Entries (Please leave a separate comment for each additional entry to be counted)    

• Follow my blog publicly
• Become a fan of Yummy Felts on Facebook
• Follow Yummy Felts on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway, leave me a link to your tweet so I can check it out
• Blog about this giveaway and link back to this post and Yummy Felts
• Make a purchase from Yummy Felts and let me know you are stopping by from A Mommy’s Adventures. (This is worth 5 extra entries ~ leave a comment for each one)

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry

The winner will be announced here, and also e-mailed so please include your e-mail in each comment or enable it in blogger.  The winner must respond within 48 hours or I will choose another winner.

Good Luck!!!  This giveaway will be open until Dec. 8, midnight EST.

Get Ready…

…for my very first GIVEAWAY!!!

Stay tuned for all the details :0)