Lion Brand Story Contest

Hey friends and followers I've entered a contest to win $500 from Lion Brand Yarn. I could really use your help! I need votes - LOTS of them. So if you have a free second, and you're on Facebook could you please vote for my story?



You can vote here or click on the banner above.

Just so you can see here is the blanket I made for my grandfather using my grandmother's granny squares: 

Thank you so much! I appreciate it :-)

Closed: Mother's Day Giveaway: CouponTrade Diamond Earring Giveaway

Coupontrade.com and My Jewelry Box are offering an AMAZING giveaway for Mothers Day! Mom is a girl, so who is her best friend? That's right, DIAMONDS!   CouponTrade.com is your new source for discount gift cards and NAME brand coupon codes. Now you can combine these discounts in ONE place to save more than ever before!    

  For the most exquisite and wide selection of jewelry gifts this Mother's Day, MyJewelryBox.com is your number one of all jewelry stores that guarantees the best in quality, service at the most competitive prices. A Style for Any Taste; A Price for Any Budget; The Perfect Gift for Mom's Everywhere! Save 20%!
This stunning pair of 1/2 carat (ctw) diamond earrings boasts the luster of over five dozen round, brilliant cut blue and white stones and is delicately crafted from 10 karat polished white gold. Fourteen luminous blue diamonds glimmer alluringly among a bed of fifty-two pristine white diamonds.  

  Make this Mothers Day like NONE other- Entry is simple! Just fill out the Rafflecopter Form Below!  

Welcome to the Weekend Blog Hop

WELCOME TO WEEKEND BLOG HOP



Welcome to Weekend Blog Hop. Thank you for joining us and linking up. We are happy you are here and hope you will always come around. We have had a great week and now it's time for us to increase our followers by Blog Hopping all through the Weekend. Come and make new friends and find some interesting blogs to follow.

Link up your blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Google + page Linky Followers or Pinterest page...

Happy Hopping.

Please only family friendly blogs only!!!

To sign up for the blog hop please visit Reflexicons - the rules of the blog hop are listed on her blog.

Enjoy!

Closed: Free Blogger Event Sign Up

Here is your chance to give away something TRULY unique on your blog, and the best part? You can get one entry for FREE!

CouponTrade.com, partnered with My Jewelry Box, is offering this stunning pair of 1/2 carat (ctw) diamond earrings, valued at $1000. This set boasts the luster of more than five dozen, brilliant cut blue and white stones, delicately crafted from 10 karat polished white gold. Fourteen luminous blue diamonds glimmer alluringly among a bed of fifty-two pristine white diamonds. 

To sign up for this event click on this link and fill out the form at the bottom of their post. 

Good Luck! 

Venturing into Etsy

I'm a knitter and I also tend to be kind of crafty in general, but I've always just made stuff and given it away. I don't normally keep the things I make, and when I do give things away everyone tells me I should sell them. I've always thought about it, but it's never something I've seriously considered. But being unemployed again I decided I needed to make some extra money. So over the last few weeks I've been scouring Etsy. I'd think of something I could make and then search Etsy to see if it's already been done. And until yesterday every idea I'd had someone else has already done it. And being a that my associates degree is in business I know that in order to sell something there has to be a need for it, and it has to be somehow different - added value - to what's already for sale. So last night I finally came up with an idea that I didn't see anywhere on Etsy - mosaic bookends! So I sat down and here's what I came up with:



I thought the idea of using a "book" as a bookend was a neat idea. I think it came out pretty awesome too! I just love the way it looks.

So what do you think of it? Let me know I'd love to hear your thoughts!

FREE Blogger Event! Bright Starts Ultimate Baby Shower!

 



Bright Starts, Mom to Bed by 8 and Iowa-Mom is excited to present the Baby Shower Event from May 7th to May 28th. This is a free blogger event and accepting signups now.


Join the Bright Starts Ultimate Baby Shower Giveaway event today, grow your readership and offer one amazing baby shower gifts giveaway!
If you do not wish to post the announcement, send the $5 via paypal to goodnightmommyboutique@gmail.com with your email address and Baby Shower April Event in subject line or notes portion of the form.
Once you have posted your announcement or sent the paypal payment, fill out this form with your information!
You will receive an email from me with 72 hours, confirming your participation. If you do not, please email me at teri@momtobedby8.com and I will check into it for you.
Then on or around May 4th you will receive another email from me with the html code for publishing the giveaway. Note it is required that you publish the giveaway html in full to be included in this event. I will verify links on May 7th around 10am central and if you have not done so, your link on the rafflecopter will be removed. This keeps this event fair for all who joins.

Referral prize: The two bloggers who refer the most people will receive a $10 Amazon e-code for your effort. Just make sure to add on your announcement that they should add your blog name or url in the referred by section on the signup form. This bonus will be paid the on or before May 7th after your referral links have been verified.
If you sign up please let them know that Just Jennifer Talking sent you! Thanks!

Operation Smile and Smiley360

Smiley360 is offering another great mission. Normally the missions are full size products but this time Smiley360 is doing something a little different. This time I've been asked to tell everyone about Operation Smile's facebook page. Through the month of April when anyone likes Operation Smile SwimWays will donate $2 to Operation Smile! You'll also receive a 20% off coupon code to use at SwimWays when you like Operation Smile. So not only are you doing something great for someone but you can get something great for yourself!





Operation Smile is an organization that helps to bring smiles to the world. This program offers surgery to children born with a cleft. These surgeries make an amazing difference to the children who receive them.

To help Operation Smile please click this link.

For more information about Smiley360 please click here.

Thank you for your help with Operation Smile!

Ripped coupon :-(

I got a sample of Gud in the mail the other day. I'd never heard of it before, but it's from Burt's Bees and everything I've tried of theirs I LOVE! So when it came in the mail I was kind of excited to try it.

As I was opening the envelope the coupon ripped :-(

And it ripped right along the bar code! I think it was sealed with rubber "super" cement...

But anyway I loved the sample. I got a sample of the body lotion in the Floral Cherrynova. It smells amazing and after I used it my skin was so soft. It really is a great product. I will be picking more of this up, but having the coupon would have helped... Oh well it's only one coupon, life will go on. I'm just kind of bummed about it.

Just wanted to share the awesomeness that is my day sometimes. Also I had to let everyone know how great this stuff is!

You can get more info about Gud on their website or like them on Facebook to get your free sample (just be careful opening it!!!).

There is a giveaway going on over at Just Jennifer Reading. You can enter to win either a paperback copy or a Kindle edition of Ghellow Road by T.H. Waters. Good luck!

Smiley 360 is looking for new people to try FULL size products!

I've told you about Smiley 360 before. But I just want to share with you again how awesome this program is.



I just got accepted into a new mission today - that makes 4 FULL SIZE products I've been able to test and review. It's a free program, they just want you to share your honest opinion about the products they send you.

So far I've reviewed fabric softner, a neti pot, and gotten a few codes to try RedBox for free!

It just takes a minuet to sign up. After you sign up they'll send you emails to let you know when new missions are available. It's free to sign up. Hope to see you sharing your missions soon!