Lilla Rose Review & Giveaway

When I first heard about Lilla Rose Hair Jewelry, I was very eager to learn more...what exactly is "hair jewelry"? I was so pleased with the selection of products while browsing through their website, everything was so beautiful and unique. Some "bling" for your hair...I love it!

When Denise, an independent consultant, contacted me about hosting a review, I jumped at the chance. The hard part was obviously choosing which product I wanted to try because I loved so many of them. When I saw the beaded headbands it was a no-brainer! Let's be honest, I'm a mom of a 4 & 2 yr old, I wear my hair up a lot. Ok, let's be REAL honest...I wear it up EVERY day! The headbands were gorgeous and I thought it would be great way to spruce up my up-do.

I received the headband quickly and couldn't have been more excited! I think I wore it out that same night. I absolutely LOVE it! It looks cute with my hair dried straight down or up, and even up wet in a messy bun. It really is the perfect touch, it just gives me that extra "something" so I don't feel so blah...I know you know what I mean! The quality is also outstanding. A couple things that usually drive me nuts about headbands are 1. after a while they hurt like heck and 2. you have to constantly take them out and put them in again. Well, I really couldn't be happier that neither of these happened. It stayed in perfectly and I didn't even notice it was in my hair-LOVE!

The website is very easy to navigate and has tons of helpful info. Take a look around, they really offer something for everyone. From pony tail holders and beaded eyeglass lanyards to their extremely popular flexi clip and even some jewelry! Please be sure to check out the videos if you are curious about sizing for the Flexi Clips, there are 7 different sizes so there is definitely one that will suit you perfectly!

Let me just add that Denise is an absolute doll and was such a pleasure to work with. We've been talking for a few months now and I am so impressed with her work ethic and how much she truly cares about her customers--I know you will love working with her too! She is also offering WEB PARTIES...how much fun would that be?! Contact Denise via email for more details. As a host you earn free and potentially half priced items PLUS you get an extra 10 entries to this giveaway!

Denise Martin has generously offered one of my readers ANY item of their choice!!

HOW TO ENTER:
Please leave a separate comment for each entry and

don't forget to include your email in one entry!

Mandatory Entry: Please visit Denise Martin's Lilla Rose page and tell me which item you would love to win!

Extra Entries:

1. "Like" Denise Martin's Lilla Rose page on Facebook (2 entries)

2. Follow Denise Martin's Lilla Rose on Twitter (2 entries)

3. Host a Web Party with Denise (10 entries)

4. Make a purchase from Denise (5 entries)

5. "Like" Emmy's Closet on Facebook (1 entry)

6. Tweet about this giveaway (1 entry per tweet- 1 tweet per day)

"#Win any item of your choice from @DeniseLillaRose...beautiful hair jewelry! http://ow.ly/4PdOU @emmyscloset #giveaway ends 5/17"

7. Share this giveaway on facebook or blog (share buttons on bottom of post--5 entries)

Giveaway is open to the US & Canada and ends on Tuesday, May 17th--midnight EST. Winner will be chosen via Random.org, notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond.

GOOD LUCK!!

Disclaimer: I received the headband in exchange for this review & giveaway. This is my honest opinion, however it may differ from yours. Your prize will be shipped directly from Denise Martin so I can not be held responsible for lost or non received items.

Buzz on by Thursday & Giveaway!

Welcome to "Buzz on by (Thursday) Wednesday this week blog hop hosted by Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet, and Sunny Bug!

Buzz on By Thursday Wednesday is a great way to meet new bloggers and increase your Google followers!

So join us, we promise you will have a blast...plus we have some pretty sweet giveaways too! If you want to be a part of Buzz on by Thursday Wednesday, just follow these few rules:
1. Follow ALL of the Hostesses listed above via their Google Friend Connect ("GFC") widget in the sidebar.
2. Make sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back! If you don't leave a comment we don't know to follow you back. WE DO FOLLOW BACK!
3. Put your name and URL in the linky below. Visit other sites in the linky, and follow those sites via GFC. Make sure to leave a comment on the site you visit so that person can visit you back.

GIVEAWAY:

Jennifer "Scraps" Walker of 64 Arts and Random Acts Comics is giving one very special Buzz on By Thursday Wednesday participant a Etched Glass Necklace ($35 value). The pendant is made of of etched glass, wire and beads, approximately 5" in length from bail to beads, on a coordinating length of ribbon. Winner will get her choice of available color/design combos in stock at the time of the giveaway.

HOW TO ENTER:

Just leave a comment that you're now following, or are already following via GFC and you'll be entered to win. You can go to each hosts' site and comment giving you four chances to win. The winner will be chosen by calculating all of the comments on all 4 hosts' sites and picked by using random.org, on Monday May 9th 9 PM EST. The winner will have 48 to respond to the e-mail before another winner is chosen. This is open to US & Canada residents only!

GOOD LUCK and thanks for BEEING a part of Buzz on by Thursday Wednesday fun!!!

Buzz on by Thursday Blog Hop & Giveaway!!

Welcome to "Buzz on by Thursday" blog hop hosted by Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet, and Sunny Bug!

Buzz on By Thursday is a great way to meet new bloggers and increase your Google followers!

So join us, we promise you will have a blast...plus we have some pretty sweet giveaways too!

If you want to be a part of Buzz on by Thursday, just follow these few rules:

1. Follow ALL of the Hostesses

2. If you're a new follower make sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back! WE DO FOLLOW BACK!

3.Put your name and URL in the linky below. If you don't see your link after a few minutes (yes, it says it may take a few minutes) you should re-enter it.

This week Nicole of Two Savvy Sisters has offered us a wonderful giveaway! Just in time for Easter... she is giving one lucky winner a set of 12 Easter/spring cupcake toppers!

We've made it even easier for you to enter our giveaway!

The winner will be picked by ADDING ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM EACH SITE TOGETHER. Just one comment gets you entered, but feel free to leave a comment on all the hostesses' blogs for a total of 4 entries! If you are already a follower that's OK, leave a comment on one or all of the sites letting us know. We love you for following us and want you to have a chance to win too.

This giveaway is for US residents only. All comments must be placed by Monday, April 4th-- 6 PM EST. Winner will be chosen via random.org and will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is selected.

GOOD LUCK and thanks for BEEING a part of Buzz on by Thursday fun!!!

Headchefs Review & Giveaway!!

I absolutely love to cook with my kids, and I think they love it more! Even though something that would normally take me 5 minutes turns into a huge ordeal with them helping, I still love it. So when I head about Headchefs, I was ecstatic! I knew my kids would flip over these adorable cooking tools and I am so excited to share them with you!

Well, I was right, they DID flip! When the box arrived my 3 1/2 year old son couldn't get them out quick enough. My 22 month old loved them too but more to play with their soft arms & legs. :)

I think that cooking with your kids is so incredibly important, it teaches them all about nutrition and healthy eating habits. Both of my kids used to be fantastic eaters and would eat whatever I put in front of them. Now, as they are getting older and voicing their opinions more (ugh!), they are starting to know what they "like", "don't like" and "want". Hands down -- if my son helps me cook dinner, he eats it better...every single time!

Headchefs® are “Cool Tools” for kids and parents. Headchefs lines of utensils are designed to make kitchen time fun for chefs of all ages. Healthy eating habits develop early, by providing your youngsters with Headchefs kids products, suggested cooking tips and recipes you can help to start them off on a lifelong love of cooking healthy, nutritious and fun dishes.

Ry now asks if he can help ALL the time, but only with his "special" tools, of course! We've made scrambled eggs, brownies, scooped ice cream, you name it! (I had to beg him not to actually EAT his ice cream with the SCOOP!) I couldn't be happier with the quality of our Headchefs. I love all of the cute little features and think it's so clever that the feet are suction cups so they can stand up and stick to the counter!! I already have our next few Headchefs picked out. I think Em would love her own little table set and Ry has informed me he wants a rolling pin and a bowl for his cereal! (How he even knew they HAD these things is beyond me-ha!)

There are 18 awesome utensils for you to collect

and the wonderful people

at Headchefs want to get you started!!

They are offering an amazing giveaway! One of my lucky readers will receive a stirring spoon, measuring cup, whisk, pastry brush and spatula!

HOW TO ENTER:
Please leave a separate comment for each entry and

don't forget to include your email in one entry!

Mandatory Entry: Please visit Headchefs and tell me what other item you love!

Extra Entries:

1. Fan Headchefs on Facebook-- 2 entries

2. Follow Headchefs on Twitter--2 entries

3. Follow my blog-- 1 entry

4. Fan me on Facebook-- 1 entry

5. Follow me on twitter-- 1 entry

6. Tweet the following-- 1 tweet per day-- 1 entry per tweet (or use tweet share button)

"#Win a set of Headchefs cooking utensils for kids! http://ow.ly/4dDfj @emmyscloset #giveaway ends 3/23"

7. Share on Facebook or Blog (share buttons on bottom of post)-- 3 entries

Giveaway is open to the US and ends on Wednesday, March 23rd--midnight EST. Winner will be chose via Random.org, notified by email and will have 48 to respond.

GOOD LUCK!!

Disclaimer: I received these Headchefs in exchange for this review & giveaway. This is my honest opinion, however it may differ from yours. Your Headchefs will be shipped directly from them so I can not be held responsible for lost or non received items.

BabyCakes Design Co Review & Giveaway!!

I always love finding "matching" stuff for my son and daughter. If something comes in a "boy" version and a "girl" version, I have to have it! So when I started searching for Valentine's outfits for Ry & Em, I was so excited to stumble upon BabyCakes Design Co on Etsy! They had exactly what I was looking for...matching Valentine iron on transfers. I had never tried to make their own shirts before, but thought it was such a great idea and couldn't wait to try.

Check out how cute these images are!

I found the perfect white shirts at Old Navy (on clearance and with a coupon, of course)! You can also find inexpensive, plain white shirts at Walmart & AC Moore (with coupon). Instructions were included and were very detailed and easy to follow. The transfers were packaged nicely and were wrapped in bubble wrap for extra protection.

In just a few minutes I had adorable, original Valentine's Day shirts for my kiddos! I loved the fact that I made them--and it was easy, I knew no one else would have them, they were super cute and most importantly my kids LOVED them! :)

BabyCakes Design Co has tons of other adorable stuff too. I especially LOVE the Monthly Onesie Stickers! I have a bunch of preggo friends this year and I think this might just be the perfect shower gift! You could give the stickers themselves or if you're up for a project you could even purchase the different size onesies and make them yourself! I think that would definitely be a HUGE hit!

There are TONS to choose from! Here are some of my faves :)

GIRL stickers:

BOY stickers:

NEUTRAL stickers:

And I SOO wish I had these when I was pregnant!

What a cute way to capture your growing belly!!

BabyCakes Design Co has generously offered one of my readers a $9 set of stickers!!

HOW TO ENTER:
Please leave a separate comment for each entry and

don't forget to include your email in one entry!

Mandatory Entry: Please visit BabyCakes Design Co and tell me which $9 set of stickers you would love to win!

Extra Entries:

1. Fan BabyCakes Design Co on Facebook-- 2 entries

2 .Write on their wall and tell them I sent ya :) -- 1 entry

3. Follow my blog-- 1 entry

4. Fan me on Facebook-- 1 entry

5. Follow me on twitter-- 1 entry

6. Tweet the following-- 1 tweet per day-- 1 entry per tweet

"#Win a set of Monthly Onesie Stickers--so cute! http://ow.ly/40jLZ @emmyscloset #giveaway ends 3/2"

7. Share on Facebook or Blog (share buttons on bottom of post)-- 3 entries

Giveaway is open to the US and ends on Thursday, March 3rd--midnight EST. Winner will be chose via Random.org, notified by email and will have 48 to respond.

GOOD LUCK!!

Disclaimer: I received the iron on transfers in exchange for this review & giveaway. This is my honest opinion, however it may differ from yours. Your stickers will be shipped directly from BabyCakes Design Co so I can not be held responsible for lost or non received items.

Buzz on by Thursday Blog Hop & Giveaway!!

Welcome to “Buzz on by Thursday" blog hop, hosted by Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug!

Buzz on By Thursday is a great way to meet new bloggers and increase your Google followers! So join us, we promise you will have a blast!
If you want to be a part of Buzz on by Thursday, just follow these few rules:
Follow ALL of the Hostesses
If you're a new follower make sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back! WE DO FOLLOW BACK!
Add your blog name and URL to the linky below (only have to add once)

1. Follow Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug via Google Connect. Leave comments on each site letting us know you are following us so we can follow you back.

GVEAWAY: This week Nicole of The Two Savvy Sisters has offered us a wonderful giveaway she is giving one lucky winner an adorable Valentine's word block. How do you win this great prize? Well, simply leave one (or all of us) a comment. The more comments you leave the greater your chances are of winning.



This giveaway is for US residents only. All comments must be placed by Monday, January 24th 6 PM EST. The winner will be picked by adding all of the comments from your hostesses and using random.org to generate the winner.
Would you like even more chances to win this giveaway? Do one or all of the following below and leave comments on every hostesses post that you do the below.

- Follow Fashionably Organized (@FashOrganized), The Two Savvy Sisters (@Twosavvysisters), Emmy's Closet(@emmyscloset) and Sunny Bug (@Sunny_Bug) on Twitter.
- Like Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug on Facebook.

-Post about Buzz on By Thursday on your blog. When you leave a comment that you have posted the button make sure to leave us a link. (Yes you can tell each of the hostesses you have done this to give you 4 more chances.)
-Post the Buzz on By Thursday button from Fashionably Organized,The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug on your blog. When you leave a comment that you have posted the button make sure to leave us a link. (Yes you can tell each of the hostesses you have done this to give you 4 more chances.)
Would you like to sponsor or do a giveaway on Buzz on By Thursday? Please feel free to contact Nicole from The Two Savvy Sisters or Candice from Fashionably Organized for more information.

Buzz on by Thursday and Giveaway!!

Welcome to “Buzz on by Thursday" blog hop, hosted by Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug!

Buzz on By Thursday is a great way to meet new bloggers and increase your Google followers! So join us, we promise you will have a blast!
If you want to be a part of Buzz on by Thursday, just follow these few rules:
Follow ALL of the Hostesses
If you're a new follower make sure to leave us a comment so we can follow you back! WE DO FOLLOW BACK!

1. Add your blog name and URL to the linky below (only have to add once)


2. Follow Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug via Google Connect. Leave comments on each site letting us know you are following us so we can follow you back.

This week we are giving away a fantastic prize courtesty of With Grace. She makes beautiful personalized stationary which can be purchased in her etsy store. Jessie will make you cards and stationary that are both beatiful and uniqe. Today she is offering one lucky BOBT participant a beautiful card pack: 4 birthday cards and 4 thank you cards so 8 total, plus a beautiful card box for your cards seen below, a value of $45.
To enter the giveaway all you have to do is let us know via a comment on this post that you are now following our Google Friend Connect (on each site), or that you already are following us. All comments must be in placed by October 11, 8 PM PST. The winner will be selected by random.org by collecting all of the comments left on the four sites. This giveaway is only open to US residents. Once the winner is notified they have 48 hours to respond to the e-mail before the next winner is chosen.




Would you like more chances to win this fantastic prize? Make sure to leave a comment for each one you do for each of the four hostesses you follow etc. If you follow With Grace leave a comment here.
- Subscribe to the RSS feed of With Grace
- Subscribe to the RSS feed of Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug.
- Follow With Grace (@with1grace) on Twitter
- Follow Fashionably Organized (@FashOrganized), The Two Savvy Sisters (@Twosavvysisters), Emmy's Closet (@emmyscloset) and Sunny Bug (@Sunny_Bug) on Twitter.
- Like With Grace on Facebook
- Like Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug on Facebook.
- Post about Buzz on By Thursday on your blog. When you leave a comment, be sure to add a link to your post.
- Post the Buzz on By Thursday button from Fashionably Organized, The Two Savvy Sisters, Emmy's Closet and Sunny Bug on your blog.

Would you like to sponsor or do a giveaway on Buzz on By Thursday? Please feel free to contact Nicole from The Two Savvy Sisters or Candice from Fashionably Organized for more information.

It's official...my baby grew up!

Where does the time go?? I can't believe I just sent Ry to his first day of preschool! He had a wonderful first day and we are so proud of him. We love his school & his teacher and are so excited for what this year has in store for us! Just wanted to share some pics of my big boy :)

Lovin' his backpack!
Ry & Emmy :)

How Does She offered these adorabale FREE Back to School printables designed by my favorite person ever, Heather of Chickabug. I COULD NOT WAIT to print some out for Ry's first day!! (Sign up for How Does She updates and get printables like these right to your inbox!!)

Of course, Chick had to say, "see ya later" to her big brother in style...sportin' her Back to School Crayon Clip!



And off he went with NO TEARS (wish I could say the same for myself, at least I made it to our car first!)

GIVEAWAY REMINDER:

My 500 fan giveaway is STILL going on!! Come on and enter RIGHT HERE! Just one comment gets you entered but of course there are other fun ways to get extra entries!! GOOD LUCK!!

500 Fan Giveaway!!!

It seems like yesterday I was having my 300th fan giveaway and here we are at 500!! I can't believe it! I am SO incredibly grateful to all of you who have helped me get to this point, and there are A LOT of you. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Now, I think 500 fans is a pretty big milestone and I'm obviously super excited so...let's do something F U N!! To celebrate 500 fans I'm going to have a "Fan & Customer Appreciation Game" going on for the next 2 weeks. There will be TWO winners!

1st prize: $20 gift certificate to my shop
2nd prize: $15 gift certificate to my shop



HOW TO ENTER:

Simply leave me a comment on this post and THAT'S IT, you're entered! (Please be sure to leave your email if it's not in your profile so I have a way to find ya!)


Want some extra entries??? SURE THING! (hey, the more entries the better your chances!)

• "Like" me on facebook- 1 entry

• Follow me on twitter- 1 entry

• Follow my blog- 1 entry

• Refer a friend: Refer any friend who you think might be interested in my page & etsy shop and have them write on my wall telling me you sent them. 1 entry for every fan you refer!

• Make a purchase in the next 2 weeks from my Shop- 10 entries

• Leave a review if you have made a purchase from me. Review tab is at the top of my fan page- 3 entries

• Upload a fan photo to my fan page- 5 entries for every pic posted

• Spread the word about my giveaway through FB, Twitter, Blog etc. and let me know-5 entries for each

Now...to make it EASY you DO NOT have to leave a separate comment for each entry. You can simply leave one comment for everything you do and I'll keep track of everyone's totals.

Example comment: "I am fan on FB, I follow on twitter, I just posted a fan photo, I left a review....10 extra entries"

You can also come back at any time and leave another comment if you complete another entry.


I will keep track of all "refer a friend" totals. Oh, and if someone did refer you to my page a while back you can write on my wall now to give them credit!

Alrighty, I think I've covered everything! Giveaway will end 9/27 and winners will be chosen by random.org.

GOOD LUCK and thanks for being so awesome!! :)