Discount Family Clothing Review and $50 Gift Code Giveaway 5/17 CLOSED

I was given the opportunity to pick out an item to review at Discount Family Clothing and had a hard time making a choice.  They have so many great items on their website.  The best part is they are at a really good discounted price.  They offer a selection of clothing for children, pet, babies, men and women.  This is a great place to find good prices on on clothes for your little ones.  They grow so fast and it's always great to get a great price on what you're buying!

I received the Blue 84 Juniors' Burnout Subliminated Tee.  This top comes in a number of really cute color choices.  I personally loved the Black Paisley, so that was my choice.  I found the shirt to be very soft and comfy.  It also fits true to size.  The top is made well and is something I will be wearing often.  This shirt can be purchased directly from the Discount Family Clothing website for $16.22.  The normal retail price on this top is $25.35.

I had mentioned that there were so many cute clothing choices that I really sat and browsed on their website for awhile.  I like that they offer a great mix of casual and trendy items.  I've left a few of my other favorites from the Discount Family Clothing website below for you to check out too!  What is your favorite?

Giveaway - One reader will win a $50 gift code to Discount Family Clothing.  Open to US residents 18 yrs of age or older.  The giveaway will end on 5/17/12 at 9:01 pm pst.  The winner will be chosen by random.org via the Rafflecopter widget.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back to claim their prize.  The sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.

You can learn more about Discount Family Clothing by vising 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.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.    

Knots and Stones Guadua Bracelet Review

I am a big fan of unique jewelry.  I love to find pieces like the Guadua Bracelet from Knots and Stones to add to my jewelry collection.  This bracelet is bright and vibrant adds some excitement to any outfit.  I personally love all the colors used in it.  This makes it easy to match with a lot of outfits.  You could pair it with any outfit that had one of those colors in it.  The bracelet is bold and makes a fun fashion statement.  This beautiful bracelet is made out of Guadua.  Ok so what is that?  I recently found out that Guadua is a type of bamboo.  It comes from Columbia.  This bracelet is available for purchase on the Knots and Stones website for $19.95.  It is made really well.  It's a quality piece.  I personally love that it not only looks adorable on, but it's comfortable to wear too.  I think that is very important too!

More about Knots and Stones - They offer a beautiful assortment of unique jewelry.  They offer everything from bracelets, rings, necklaces and more.  They use a lot of vibrant and bold colors that make the jewelry beautiful.  They make each piece of jewelry by hand and no 2 pieces are identical.  All of the pieces made by Knots and Stones are eco-friendly as well.  I thought it was really neat when I found out that they use products from the rainforrest to make the beautiful jewelry.  They use things like a variety of different seeds to do this.  Pretty neat!

I really had fun browsing at all the beautiful pieces available at Knots and Stones.  There are so many beautiful and fun pieces to choose from.  What piece is your favorite?

Check back in May because I will be giving away a Guadaua Bracelet pictured above to help one lucky reader celebrate Mother's Day.  

You can also connect with Knots and Stones on Facebook to learn more.

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

Artistic Sensations Sleeping Bag Review

We love pretending to have sleepovers.   My son and daughter are a bit too young for a real sleepover, but we pretend to have them at home.  We received a really neat sleeping bag from Artistic Sensations to try out.  My kids loved it from the minute we took it out of the box.  The first thing that came to mind was "This is so cool."  I know my kids thought so too.

When you think of a sleeping bag you typically expect it to be rolled up.  However, the sleeping bag from Artistic Sensations was folded up a bit differently.  I personally love this.  The sleeping bag isn't folded and rolled up and then smashed into a bag that is absolutely too small to get it into.  The sleeping bag is folded a few times and then put into the case.  This sleeping bag is also unique in that it has a pillow attached to the top of it. I love this idea!  You con't have to bring a pillow with you.  We also love using the folded up sleeping bag as a huge comfy pillow on the floor or couch.  It is great for this.  I like that because of this feature the sleeping bag is very useful.  I love that these sleeping bags are made to order.  They are also made in the US!  They are made out of 100% cotton too.  They are machine washable which is great and they can be put in the dryer too.    The sleeping bags from Artistic Sensations are an amazingly high quality product.  This is something we will be getting a lot of use out of in the years to come.

The sleeping bags come in a variety of cute color choices.  The one I received is the Burberry Style Plaid Sleeping Bag.  Some of the other prints include - Purple and Pink Camouflage, Zebra and Hot Pink, World Cup and more.  They are all adorable.

Artistic Sensations offers a great selection of other quality products too.  They offer crib bedding, teen bedding, kids loft beds, kids trundle beds and much more.  You can purchase their products directly from their website. You can also connect with Artistic Sensations 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.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.     

Heavenly Couture Review

I was really thrilled when I found Heavenly Couture.  This is a great online store.  They offer brand name clothing at discounted prices.  There are so many cute fashionable items to choose from.  They have lots of great juniors clothing.  The best part is you can save up to 85% compared to what you would pay in a regular store.  I love brand name clothing, but hate paying brand name prices.  I knew that Heavenly Couture would be a great fit for my shopping style.  

I received the C Luce Open Shoulder Flower Print Dress in White.  I love this cute dress.  I am always looking for great items that I can wear for both casual and dressy.  This dress is just that!  I will definitely be wearing this for casual occasions with a nice pair of sandals. I will also be wearing it for dressier occasions with a nice pair of heels.  I love the style of the dress.  I am really fond of the open sleeves.  It makes it cute and fun.  This dress normally would retail for $67, but at Heavenly Couture you can purchase it for only $16.95.  What a great deal for a great dress!  This is just one of the many cute dresses that they offer.  

Heavenly Couture offers a great selection of brand name cute dresses at serious discounted prices.  They also offer tops, bottoms, accessories and more.  I love some of the cute shoes too!  I like that I can buy a quality piece of clothing for a reasonable price.  Heavenly Couture is a great place to look if you are in need of a dressy outfit and don't want to spend too much.  My favorite thing about Heavenly Couture is you can get cute clothing at reasonable prices and it's also great quality!

I've included some of my favorite items from their website below.  There are so many cute items to choose from!

You can also connect with Heavenly Couture on Facebook!  They also have a makeup contest going on right now on their Facebook Page.  The winner of this contest will win $300 in cashe! You can learn more about the details by visiting it.  You can also save on your purchase by using the code CASH5 at the checkout.

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

Crazy Good Sauce Review

My husband and I are always on the search for good hot sauce and spicy products.  I was really interested in trying Crazy Good Sauce because it sounded like something we would really like.  Crazy Good Sauce currently makes three varieties of hot sauce.  They also offer another product that I was really interested in trying. They also make something unique and it's called Nolan's Crazy Good Green Chile Dust.

The first thing from Crazy Good Sauce that I sampled was the Green Chile Dust.  This is a dry seasoning.  I first want to say that I haven't had anything like this before.  It can be used on so many different things.  It is going to stay right on my table.  I am always looking for a way to make my food a bit spicy and this is it!  I tried it in a variety of different ways and enjoyed all of them.  It is a versatile product.  I think if you love a little heat that it is a great substitute for regular salt or seasoned salt on your dinner table.  This product has a bit of heat, but also has great flavor.  It is a great way to season fries, burgers, pork, chicken, chili, popcorn, wings, eggs and so much more.  I am going to use this often!    I tried using this in my rice and loved it.  It was actually suggested that I add it to the water of my rice and it was so good this way.  It not only added a little heat, but it added flavor.  This is perfect for us because we eat a lot of rice.  I like to find ways to make my rice a little more exciting and this is it!  The Green Chile Dust is made with green chile from New Mexico.  I was reading the ingredients on this and it is made with sea salt as well.  I find that products made with sea salt have an excellent flavor.  They have also incorporated additional spices in this delicious Green Chile Dust.  I can't wait to continue to use this on my food to add flavor and heat.  What would you use it on?

Crazy Good Sauce makes hot sauces that have a great flavor too.  My husband and I are always saying we like hot sauces that have a good flavor and don't just have a burn.  I truly like hot food, but it has to be combined with other flavors too.  I personally stay away from sauces that taste mostly like vinegar too.  Crazy Good Sauce is a flavorful sauce that has a great amount of heat.  Jimmy's Crazy Good Red Chili Sauce was excellent.  This is a touch sweet and smokey.  It's not a watery hot sauce.  It's thick and full of flavor.  I liked it on everything I tried it on.  I used it on chips, chicken, steak, and pizza.  This sauce would be great on anything from tacos to pizza.  The Southwest Sweet Heat is a wonderful sauce.  It is actually a winner of a 2012 Scovie Award!  I love that this sauce is also packed full of flavor and not just heat.  It is a touch sweet and I like that.  I will say it has a nice amount of heat too, but it's not just heat that you taste.  I love it.  This is also a nice thick sauce.  I really like that it's a bit chunky too.  I loved this variety on everything I tried it on.  It was good on chips, chicken, eggs and grilled meats.  I think I've probably used about half of each bottle just myself in the last 2 days because I love them both so much.  I have truly enjoyed that both of them have great flavor along with a nice amount of heat.  Which one would you want to try?

All of the Crazy Good Sauce products can be purchased directly from their website.  You can also connect with Crazy Good Sauce on Facebook and Twitter to learn more about their great products.

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

I See Me Book Review and Mom Business Cards Giveaway 5/14 CLOSED

We love books in our house.  When I found out that I See Me! makes personalize storybooks for your child I really wanted to check them out.  They offer a variety of different types of books that you can get personalized.    These are very adorable and make a wonderful gift.  They really are unique and special.

We chose the My Very Own Fairy Tale Storybook.  I knew my daughter would love it.  She was really excited when we opened the package with it in it.  This book is personalized with her name in the story.  It really does a great job incorporating her name into the story and making it fun.  She was so excited when she saw her name in the book.  We have been working with her on spelling and writing her name and she had the biggest smile when she saw her name in the book!  The story takes the individual letters in your child's name and has fairies help bring them to life.  The book is adorable.  I also love the illustrations.  My daughter did too.   The book is so colorful and that makes it so much fun to read.  The process of having the book made is very easy too.  I just had to provide a few pieces of information.  You can also have a sweet little dedication put in the book that your child will remember forever.  I also love that in the front of the book it includes your child's date of birth too.

We really enjoyed reading the My Very Own Fairy Tale Storybook.  This is a wonderful way to help get any child excited about learning.  This book retails for $32.95 on the I See Me! website.  It truly is worth every penny because your child will remember it forever.  This is such a meaningful gift that any child would love.

I See Me! also offers other books including - My Very Own Name, My Very Own Pirate Tale, Who Love Me?  and more.  They also have a referral program.  If you refer a friend and they buy a book you can save $5 on  your next purchase!

I See Me! is now making really cute Mom Business Cards!  These are adorable and come in 2 different styles.  These are a great way to keep in touch with your mommy friends.  You can put your contact info on these and they are great for things like trying to set up playdates.  These would be great to give out to before Summer break starts, so you can keep in touch with the other moms.  See below on how to enter for a chance to win a set of Mom Business Cards.

Giveaway - I See Me! is giving away a set of Mom Business cards to one reader.  The winner will choose the style.  Open to US residents 18 yrs of age or older.  The giveaway will end on 5/14/12 at 9:01 pm pst.  The winner will be chosen by random.org via the Rafflecopter widget.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back to claim their prize.  You must enter on the Rafflecopter form below.  The sponsor is responsible for fulfilling the prize.

You can also connect with I See Me! 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.   I am disclosing in accordance with FTC 16 CFR Part 255.     

M-Edge Design Your Own Kindle Case Review

I was so excited when I opened up the box with my M-Edge Kindle Case!  M-Edge offers cases for the Kindle, iPad and Nook.  They also sell lots of other great cases that are not custom for other devices.  The Design Your Own Cases they offer are very unique because they offer a case that you can design your own.  It really is a lot of fun to make a personalized case that is completely your own!  The possibilities are endless.

The steps to making the case were very simple.  It took me less than about 20 minutes to get my design picked out.  I think it only took that long because I was having too much fun playing with all the fun designs.  The first step when you are making your M-Edge case is to pick the device you are making it for.  I simply clicked on the Kindle 3.  Then you have options to add some different things to your case.  You can make it however you want and you get exactly what you want too!  I chose a cute pattern for my background.  I also decided to upload a cute image.  I chose my blog header as my image.  You also need to pick the color you want the spine of your cover.  I was done designing my case after that.  M-Edge also gives you some additional options.  You can also choose to add some text to your case as well.  I had fun designing my own Kindle case.  The next step is to place your order.

I was thrilled with my case because it is exactly what I wanted.  I love how it came out!  An M-Edge case would make a great gift too.  This would definitely be a one of a kind gift that someone would remember.  What would you decide to put on an M-Edge case?

You can also connect with M-Edge on Facebook and Twitter to learn more.

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

Silpat $100 Gift Card Giveaway on Facebook

Silpat wants to celebrate Mother's Day by giving away a $100 Gift Card to Sur La Table and a Silpat.  Silpat was the first to come up with the non-stick baking mat.  You can enter their giveaway on the Silpat Facebook page.  The entry is really easy.  You will head over to their Facebook page and like them.  You then fill out a quick form!   Get your entry in because this ends May 7th.  Good luck!

For complete rules and details on the contest please visit the Silpat Facebook page.  

Udderly Smooth Review and Giveaway 5/14 CLOSED

I am sure many of you have heard of Udderly Smooth Udder Cream or even seen it in the stores.  Udderly Smooth cream has been around for 30 years.  It's made in the USA too!  I am always looking for great products that do a good job moisturizing.  I live in a very dry climate and my skin is always very dry too.  I really love that the Udderly Smooth products are super moisturizing!

I received a variety of products from the Udderly Smooth line.  They are all great.  I personally have a hard time finding a really good cream to soften my feet in the Spring and Summer months.  I have been using the Udderly Smooth Shea Butter Food Cream on my feet and it really helps keep them soft.  It can also help if you get really bad dry and cracked skin too.  I know this is going to be a product I will be using throughout the Summer to keep my feet looking great.  I love that it really helps soften and smooth your feet.  I also like the Udderly Smooth Moisturizing Lotion as a daily moisturizer on my body after the shower.  It is made with Vitamin E and I really found it does a great job moisturizing.  I really liked the Udder Cream too.  I like that this is in a great tube to keep in your purse.  This is definitely a product I will be using in the winter on my hands.  It has a nice fragrance and it's very mild.  It was originally created for the use on cows, but is excellent for dry skin too!  The Udderly Smooth Vitamin E Cream is also a favorite of mine.  I really like this one because it doesn't leave my skin feeling oily at all.  It does a great job moisturizing and absorbs quickly.

I really think all of the products I tried from Udderly Smooth are great!  They are reasonably priced and great quality.  I also noticed on the Udderly Smooth website that Udderly Smooth is sometimes recommended for people undergoing Chemotherapy.  Udderly Smooth is also a great cream to use if you are diabetic.

You can visit Udderly Smooth and find out what stores near you carry it.  You can also connect with Udderly Smooth on Facebook and Twitter.

GIVEAWAY - One reader will receive an Udderly Smooth Prize Pack.  Open to US residents only 18 yrs of age or older.  The giveaway will end on 5/14/12 at 9:01 pm pst.  The winner will be chosen by random.org via the Rafflecopter widget.  The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to contact me back to claim their prize.  The sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.

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

Getting Ready for Summer with The Children's Place Review

I know it's time to start shopping for Summer clothes when it reaches 100 degrees outside.  I knew I needed to pick up some things for my kids for the warmer months. I was shocked that we actually hit 100 degrees outside this week where I live.  I went to The Children's Place  to pick up some great items for both my son and daughter.  There are a number of things they offer at The Children's Place that we stock up on for the Summer months every year.

We live in flip flops all Summer.  They have super cute kids flip flops at really reasonable prices.  They are comfy and fashionable.  My kids love that they have so many fun designs to choose from.  They even offer flip flops in toddler sizes that have a stretchy little strap on the back, so they won't fall off little feet.  I picked up a pair of flip flops for each of my kids and they love them!  My son is so thrilled with his striped flip flops.  My daughter loves hers too.  They are 2 pairs for $6!  I love the price.  You can find these in store and online.

I also picked up an adorable hat for my daughter.  I try my hardest to keep a hat on my kids heads in the Summer.  I have a hard time finding one that she wants to keep on her head.  She found this adorable hat and actually doesn't want to take it off.  I love that it provides her with a little protection from the sun, but she also looks super cute in it!  She loves pink of course, but she also loves the sparkly silver anchor on the hat too!  It really is a fun hat!  You can order this hat online or find it in stores.  It's currently only $5 online!

I also picked up the neatest swim shorts for my 7 year old son.  He absolutely loves camo print, but also loves skulls.  I was so excited when I found him a pair of skull camo swim trunks!  They are so much fun.  He absolutely loves them!  They are available in store and online.  They are great quality swim shorts.  They are made with great material.  I love that they are made with UV fabric to help protect from the son.  This is so neat.  

The Children's Place offers so many great items to help you gear up for the Summer months.  They offer a high quality product that is reasonably priced.  They even offer tons of great kids sunglasses.  They are all only 2 for $6 too.  It's a great deal.  I love this because if your kids lose them then you aren't too upset that they lost an expensive pair of shades.  What do you need to stock up on for the Summer month for your kids?

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