Honeyville Alta Artisan Flour Review and Giveaway 9/20 CLOSED

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I want to introduce you to Honeyville.  This is a grain and foods company that has over 50 years of experience in the business.  They have always had a passion for providing people with great customer service.  The company was founded by Lowell Sherratt Sr.  He initially began as a seed salesman in California in the 30's and 40's.  

Honeyville offers a variety of great pantry products.  They offer great items to keep on hand and store.  My family buys many things in bulk, so this is great for us.  Buying items like what Honeyville offers saves a lot of money over time too.  They offer products like flours, grains, mixes, freeze dried products, and more.  Many of these items are staples in my kitchen.  Honeyville is committed to creating a quality product too! 

I received a bag of Honeyville's Alta Artisan Bread Flour.  This is a high quality flour that is great for breads.  It is a high protein flour.  It is easy to work with and is perfect for all of your bread making needs.  The package comes with a great recipe for french baguettes too.  The recipe is very simple.  This flour is perfect to use in your bread machine as well.

I decided that I was going to make my husband homemade biscuits and gravy for dinner one night.  I don't do that often, but I wanted to try the Honeyville Alta Artisan Bread Flour in my biscuits.  It made my biscuits light and flaky.  They were so delicious and this flour helped me make the best biscuits that I have ever made.  You can find the recipe below.

Alta Artisan Buttery Biscuits

Ingredients

2 cups Alta Artisan Bread Flour

1 TB. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup cold butter

3/4 cup milk

Combine the dry ingredients.  Cut the cold butter into small cubes.  Mix it into the dry mix and cut it with a fork until you have fine crumbs.  Add in the cold milk.  Mix it gently by hand until smooth.  Place the biscuit dough on a floured surface.  Kneed gently until it is no longer sticky.  Roll the dough out to about 1/2 inch thick.  Cut biscuits with a 2 inch cutter.  Place on an a cookie sheet (ungreased) and bake at 450 degrees for about 10 minutes.

Serve with butter and honey, jam, or country gravy.

This is just one of the many things that you can do with the Honeyville Alta Artisan Bread Flour.  You can learn more about Honeyville's products by visiting their website.  You can also order their products directly from the website.  

You can also connect with Honeyville on Facebook and Twitter.

Giveaway - enter to win a 3.75 lb bag of Alta Artisan Bread Flour.

Open to US residents 18 years of age and older.  The giveaway will end on 9/20/13 at 8:59 PM PST.  The winner will be chosen randomly.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back to claim their prize.  Mommie of 2 is not responsible for lost prizes or prizes not received.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.  

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Classroom Friendly Supplies Review

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I have a 6 and an 8 year old and I find that when it comes to supplies for school that high quality products are important.  Kids can be rough on things and if they are built well they hold up longer.  My biggest challenge has been finding a pencil sharpener that works without shredding the pencil to pieces.  I have tried handheld sharpeners and electric ones.  I haven't had much luck until I came across Classroom Friendly Supplies.  These are quality classroom products that are built to last.  

I received an amazing quality pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies.  This is exactly what I have been looking for.  It sharpens pencils easily and most of all is easy to use.  The sharpener is more of an old fashioned style.  It reminds me of the kind that I used to have in school as a kid.  It's the kind you would find on a teacher's desk.  These are great for the classroom or the home.  My kids do a ton of work at home.  I even have them do extra work during school breaks to make sure they are on track.  We are constantly sharpening pencils.  I am so pleased with this sharpener because it is no fuss at all.  My kids and I are amazed at how super sharp the pencils get with this sharpener.

The pencil sharpeners from Classroom Friendly Supplies come in 4 colors.  They retail for $24.99.  They can be purchased in bulk as well.  This is great if they are being purchased for an entire school.  They also offer other products like laser pointers too.  

You can learn more about Classroom Friendly Supplies by visiting their website.  They even offer giveaways sometimes for free products.  You can also connect with them on Facebook and Twitter.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.  

Forever Pure Beauty Review

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What kind of products do you use on your skin?  I am concerned because I have very sensitive skin.  I try and use products that are as gentle as possible.  I want to introduce you to Forever Pure Beauty.  They offer a wonderful line of cosmetics that are natural, organic and gluten free.  I am very impressed with the products that I tried out.  They were very gentle on my sensitive skin.

I received a variety of samples from Forever Pure Beauty.  I received a Full Coverage Mineral Foundation.  This product is excellent to give yourself great makeup coverage.  It covers nicely and feels great on.  I really like that it doesn't feel heavy on, but it still does a great job covering up imperfection.  It left my skin feeling soft and almost glowing.  This product is available in a variety of shades too.  I added a little bit of color to my cheeks with the Loose Mineral Blush.  These are also available in a variety of colors.  I chose the Melon Sorbet Blush and it's a nice pink/peach color.  I also love the gloss I tried out.  It left my lips shiny, soft, and shimmering.  I also really like that the gloss from Forever Pure Beauty does not leave your lips feeling sticky.  I love the beautiful shade of the Twisted Papaya gloss.

These are just some of the products and color options available from Forever Pure Beauty.  You can visit their website to see the complete selection of colors and products.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.  

Prize Candle Review and Discount Code

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Do you love burning candles?  I definitely do.  They always make the house smell amazing.  Do you also love jewelry?  I do too!  What would you say if I said now you can have both?  I want to introduce you to Prize Candle.  A Prize Candle is a wonderful smelling candle, but it has a jewelry prize in it.  This is so much fun.  It's a great gift to yourself, but also for anyone that loves candles. 

A Prize Candle is a beautiful jar style candle that has a piece of jewelry hidden in it.  These candles have a prize inside that is valued anywhere from $10 up to $5000.  The fun part is that you can even use your special code on their website and find out how much your prize is worth.  The process of retrieving the prize out of the candle is very easy too.  You light your candle and burn it until you can see the prize.  You put the candle out and then remove the prize with a tweezers.  The prize is wrapped up and you simply take it out of the package.  I really had fun doing this.

I received a Lavender Citrus Prize Candle.  I love lavender and I think this candle smells amazing.  It is very fragrant, but not overpowering in scent.  The candle I received had a beautiful $25 gold band with green stones in it.  I love the ring.  I still burn my candle too.  The candle can still be used once the prize is retrieved.  These candles come in other great fragrances like Mulled Wine, Mountain Sage, Red Currant and more.  What fragrance would you want to try?

You can currently save 10% on your Prize Candle purchase by using the code LISA10.  The code is valid until the 6th of October.  This would make a great gift too with the holidays coming up.

You can learn more about Prize Candle by visiting their website.  You can purchase these candles directly from their website for $24.99.  You can also connect with Prize Candle on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.  

TerraCycle Review and Kool Aid Pencil Case #Giveaway 9/10 CLOSED

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TerraCycle is a company that recycles packaging, but also upcycles them.  Are you familiar with TerraCycle?  What they do is really neat.  They work with a number of brands.  They collect the packaging from these and then turn it into something pretty cool!  The best part about this is that the packaging doesn't end up in the landfills.

I want to tell you about a great selection of products that TerraCycle offers that will help you get your children ready to go back to school.  Their products are not only practical because they are made with upcycled packaging, but they are very cute too.  The packing they use to make their products comes from brands that many of us know and love very well.

TerraCycle offers backpacks, lunchbags, pencil pouches and much more.  These come in a variety of cute designs.  They offer products made out of Capri Sun packaging, Kool Aid packaging, candy wrappers, Lays Chips packaging and more.  Don't these sound like a ton of fun?

I received an adorable Lays backpack.  My daughter loves Lays chips, so she fell in love with this immediately.  Yes, the backpack is actually made with Lays Chips packaging.  We also received a Starburst Candy Wrapper Lunch Bag.  It is very cute too.  I don't think that our school supplies would be complete if there wasn't a pencil case involved.  We received an Honest Kids pencil pouch.  I am impressed with how fun these items are, but I love that all of them are made out of packaging that would have ended up elsewhere.

You can learn more about all of the products that TerraCycle offers and learn more about what they do by visiting their website.  You can also connect with TerraCycle on Facebook and Twitter.

Giveaway - Enter to w in a Kool Aid Pencil Pouch from TerraCycle.

Open to US residents 18 years of age and older.  The giveaway will end on 9/10/13 at 8:59 PM PST.  The winner will be chosen randomly.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back to claim their prize.  Mommie of 2 is not responsible for lost prizes or prizes that are not received.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.  

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Owls and Friends Backpack Review

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Do you know an animal lover and sometimes wonder what to get them as a gift?  There is a great website that has tons of animal themed gifts for those animal lovers.  I fell in love with the items that this website offers.  Owls and Friends is a website that offers wonderful gifts for the dog lover, cat lover, bird lover and more.  These are unique gifts and are so personal when you know someone that loves animals!

My daughter loves all kinds of animals.  I had her look at the website and she fell in love with the Bungalow 360 Bird Backpack that Owls and Friends offers.  I think this backpack is so neat.  She will be using it for school this year.  I like that the backpack is durable, but it is also very cute.  The backpack is a cream color, but has different color birds all over it.  We were so impressed when we opened the backpack too.  The inside has green material with white polka dots on it.  The backpack is a nice size, but it's not too big for my 1st grader to wear either.  The backpack can be purchased directly from the Owls and Friends website for $39.95.

You can learn more about all of the products that Owls and Friends has to offer by visiting their website.  You can also connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Disclosure - I received a free sample to facilitate my review.  No monetary compensation was provided.  All opinions are completely my own.  My participation is voluntary.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255. 

Melissa's Produce Hatch Match Finalists - Get Your Votes In!!!! #HatchMatch

I am a huge fan of Melissa's Produce.  I especially love using their Hatch peppers in a variety of recipes.  Have you tried these?  These can be used to create so many wonderful dishes.  Melissa's is running a special contest around these special peppers.  The top 3 finalists will receive some great prizes.  You can visit their Facebook page here to vote for your favorite recipe!  

You can learn more about Melissa's Produce by visiting their website.  You can also connect with them on Facebook and Twitter.