Koo Koo Bear Giveaway

An Island Life and Koo Koo Bear are giving away $50 for you to spend at Koo Koo Bear. They have very cute items. I love the teepees. Deadline is Aug. 4 at midnight HST

Cute as a Bug

*update* This contest in now over visit Musings of a Crunchy Domestic Goddess to find out who the winner is.

Musings of a Crunchy Domestic Goddess is giving away your choice of a free t-shirt with the opening of her new store Cute as a Bug. How cute are those shirts. Find out how you can win by visiting this great blog.

ABC's and 123's

School is looming in the distance. I had a love/hate relationship with the first few days back to school. I loved the new school supplies and clothes. I loved seeing friends I hadn't seen all summer. I hated the unknown of what will my teacher be like? What things will I learn? Who will I sit by? School doesn't start until September in these parts but there are plenty of school related items in the stores.

Love Shak, Baby and Gymboree are giving two people the chance of winning a $250 gift card each. The gift card can be used in the stores or online. I love Gymboree and all their matchy matchy extras. Visit Love Shak, Baby to find out how you can enter to win new clothes for your kids. This contest runs from July 27 - Aug 17.

Chittypulga and Adventures in Babywearing

Adventures in Babywearing and Chittypulga have teamed together to giveaway $75 gift certificate to Chittypulga. They have the cutest little shoes, toys and clothes. Check them out and find out how you can win by visiting both Adventures in Babywearing and Chittypulga. Here are some of the cute things I found.

Getting Ready for Fall TV with a New TV

5 Minutes for Mom and Best Buy are giving away one of the most generous giveaways ever. An Insignia® 37″ Flat-Panel LCD HDTV! This incredible prize is valued at $799.99. I can't believe it! I want to win this one. I think I say that about all of the prizes though. Please visit 5 Minutes for Mom to find out how you can win. Contest lasts till Friday, Aug. 17 at 12 am EST.

Winners!

What fun this week has been. Thank you Shannon for organizing this great event and thank you to everyone who visited my site this week. Ok, now on to the winners.

Winner of Set 1 is crafty carolinagirl comment #17


Winner of Set 2 is Sarah from "lets here it for the boys" comment #1


I have sent an email to crafty carolinagirl and left a comment on Sarah's site. Sarah, I don't have your email address so if you would still like your clips make sure you contact me using the email link on my profile page. Make sure you let me know where to send your new clips.

Make sure you contact me soon. If I don't here back from the winners by Monday, July 30, I will pick new winners.

Winners were chosen using Random.com

Super Cool Tools Giveaway From Ryobi July 23rd-August 10th

Shakhammer is giving away a Ryobi Super Combo Kit. This kit includes a Drill, Circular Saw, Reciprocating Saw, and Flashlight all in a super cool canvas bag. Retail value is $160.00. Visit Shakhammer or Ryobi to find out all the specs on the tools that you could win. Make sure you enter before Aug. 10 at Midnight. Winner will be announced in the morning on Aug. 11.

Dog Days of Summer Bloggy Giveaway is Here!

It's here! The day of the Dog Days of Summer giveaway! You can enter to win lots of prizes by visiting Rocks in My Dryer. I plan on entering for some great items.

Now here is the exciting part, I am participating in a new way! I am having my first giveaway today! Two people have a chance to win a set of 6 homemade hair clips! I love these clips they keep very fine hair out of faces and eyes.

I have two sets available. Leave a comment and tell me if you would like to win set 1 or set 2.

SET 1

SET 2

Here is how you can enter to win and other important information.

• This giveaway is open to bloggers and non-bloggers. Just leave an email or a link to your blog so I can contact you if you win.
  
• US residents only.
• Leave a comment letting me know you would like to enter and what set you would like to win
  
• Drawing will be held on Friday, July 27 around 5pm eastern. Winner will be announced shortly after. (I will also try and contact winner through email but check back just in case I was not able to contact you)

I think that is everything. Wow! I can't wait to see who the winner is going to be. I am excited! Good Luck Everyone!

Close up of Hair Clips

Rockstar Giveaway

Fina'Drea and My Rockstar Baby are giving away a cute onesie set with a pair of babylegs. I love babylegs! The onesies are adorable. The bum of the shirt has cute sayings such as Smell Ya Later Gator (which happens to be my favorite), Seats Taken, Beach Bum, and many others. Visit Fina'Drea to find out how you can enter. Not sure of a drawing date because they are moving.

They should make a onesie with an exit sign on the butt or one with Wiggle, Wiggle on the butt. How cute!

What's Grosser than Gross?

Have you ever been witness to a baby bottle with an ounce of milk left that has somehow grown legs and walked under the couch to hibernate and putrefy? If you are a parent or a caretaker of small children, I am sure you have been witness to this phenomenon. I was looking for some lost toy parts and happened to look under the couch to see if they had rolled under there. Way in the back I found it. That most repugnant of bottles. I should have just thrown the entire thing away but I thought I could save it. I will not describe the sight or the smell upon opening it is too ghastly.

Feel free to share your grosser than gross stories with Adventures in Babywearing. You might just win a Dirt Devil Kone.

Monk & Neagle

I just discovered this band. Monk & Neagle. Take a listen to them. They sound pretty good. Thank you BooMama.

Another Book Giveaway

A Mama's Rant is giving away your choice of a book. The books are The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani or Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand. Visit her site to find out how you can win.

$300 of Free Dairy Products

5 Minutes for Mom is hosting a giveaway for gift certificates worth $300 of free dairy products from Horizon Organics. This company sells milk, cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, butter and other fun products for kids. One great thing is it is Organic and they have a new milk with DHA Omega-3 milk. It is an essential fatty acid that supports brain development. Visit 5 minutes for Mom to find out how you could get some free milk.

Coming Monday, July 23

I am thinking of participating in the Dog Days of Summer Giveaway. This would be my first giveaway! Basically, all participating blogs are going to be posting giveaways the week of July 23. Rocks in My Dryer will be linking to all of the blogs participating. People comment on your blog if they want to win your goodies. The goodies can be anything from handmade items, previously read books, gift cards, regifted items, just about anything could be up for grabs. Drawing will be held on Friday, July 27 and the winner announced. It will be like one big week of FREE GOODIES! I skimmed over all of the comments on Rocks in My Dryer's site and it looks like there are going to be many blogs participating. Visit Rocks in My Dryer for more information and check back on Monday, July 23 to see if I have come up with something to giveaway.

My Favorite Children's Books

Proud to Be Country is giving away a children's book of her choosing. All you have to do is leave a comment on her site or blog about the giveaway and tell her your favorite children's book.

Some of my favorite books:

Sweet Pickles - I loved these books as a child. They came in the mail every month.

*I loved a series of books from the library that were picture books with no words of various different scenes. The books had different themes such as underwater and circus. They had a blue cover. Anbody know what books these are?

Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss - always a great book especially when combined with making your own Oobleck.


Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney- This book has wonderful illustrations and rhyming text. It is about a Llama waiting for his mom to come tuck him in at night.My Beautiful Child by Lisa Desimini illustrated by Matt Mahurin


King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood illustrated by Don Wood


I love all the Legend books by Kathy-Jo Wargin. The Legend of Sleeping Bear, The Legend of the Loon, The Legend of Mackinac Island, The Legend of the Petoskey Stone, The Legend of Leelanau, The Legend of Michigan and many more.



I could go on and on. I have several more favorites but I think this post is getting a little long.

Protect those chubby baby legs

Fina'Drea along with Dittany Baby are giving away a pair of Skidpants. These are just like leg warmers for babies. I loved me some leg warmers in the 80s. Skidpants protect little crawlers knees from the hard floors. They also keep legs or arms warm when it suddenly turns chilly. If you would like to win a pair visit Fina'Drea to find out how.

These are my two favorite patterns of the new lightweight skidpants.

The Orient


Sweet Chocolate II

Apron Love

Look what came in the mail yesterday. A gorgeous new apron from Dustpan Alley. Isn't it pretty! I won it from the apronpalooza that Nan from Life is Like a Lunchbox had last month. I only got to wear it for a few minutes though because my 3 year old niece saw it and wanted to wear it. She made lunch, ate lunch, washed dishes and danced in it. I finally got a chance to try it later and it is wonderful. Visit Dustpan Alley for more great aprons, household items and pretties for you. Thank you Dustpan Alley for making me look great in the kitchen.

$50 at Kangaroodle

Adventures in Babywearing, Mama Speaks, and Kangaroodle are collaborating together on a great giveaway for a $50 gift certificate to Kangaroodle. They have many great items for your babies needs. Mama Speaks is a great review site by moms. They have some great giveaways also. Check them out.


Look at this great clock I found at Kangaroodle.

I won!

I won the book Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers from At Home With Heather. She is participating in the Pay it Forward Book Exchange. I will be reading the book and hosting my very first giveaway. Look for that in about a month.

Movie Night

Lille Punkin' is giving away movie tickets for 2 (Hollywood Movie Cash redeemable for 2 tickets). If you would like to go to the movies this summer and see the latest blockbuster visit her site to find out how to win tickets. The contest ends July 30th. Her sponsor this month is The Cute Kid. Check them out too.