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The Good Home Cookbook Review and Giveaway
Ends August 19th @ 8pm est

Bounty Experience (P&G) and COSI outing. (this was a free event for anyone)



Greeting Card Memory Albums - 2 Albums to Giveaway! Ends August 12 @ 8pm est *THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED*

Tastecasting Review of Morton's Steakhouse

Rubbermaid All in One 20 Piece Food Storage Review and Giveaway -Congrats to JASON!!








Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Pouchee review done by Aby Garvey and Monica Ricci!



Aby Garvey did a review on the pouchee for me. She is awesome!! She is the craft room organizer of all times. Her ideas are wonderful and I would love to have her office/scrapbooking room.
Please check out her post at Simplify 101

Monica Ricci is another organizing guru. If you are an organizer (and many of you who are not) know Monica! She has won so many awards, she presents at the NAPO conference...she is on TV as one of the organizers on Mission:Organization! She reviewed the pouchee for me (well, her friend did as she doesn't have purses it will fit in)
Check it out at Your Life, Organized !

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Sock Sacks - No More Frustrating Sock Matching!!


This is one of the coolest inventions and it is so simple you think, "Why the heck didn't I think of this?"
Having 5 kids, 4 of which are boys with socks that look sooooo much alike, I hate doing the whites. It seems like it would take me forever to match the whites. I did the "dot" method of marking my kids socks. That helps to figure out who's is who's....but I still had to separate them all and lay them out all over the floor to do it. Enter the Sock Sack!

These are net bags (like you use for your delicates)that are a nice large size (they come in 2 sizes - 3 styles) to fit all the socks. They are color coded and have a place to write your child's name on them. The other thing I like about them is that the zipper closure is protected. Many times the little net bag I have to do my delicates in often times opens in the wash.

There is a hook on the corner to hang these on door knobs, or there is a hook that comes with it to hand somewhere else. I thought that I would hang them on the sides of the kids laundry hampers on their rooms, but because the bags are such a great size to fit all their socks..they hang too low to hang on the hamper.
The kids each have their own sock sack and to teach compliance, the new rule is: If your socks aren't in your sock sack..they don't get washed. (I do wash them, but then I have a basket in the laundry room that they will go in if they are out of the sock sack. Once that child starts running low on socks....they will learn to make sure their socks go in their sock sack. So far I am only having problems with one child.)
You simply throw in the zipped up sock sack with the socks already separated with each child's socks in them. Wash and dry like normal. Not only does this keep the child's socks separated, but it also keeps them from "getting lost" in the washer and going down the drain. Now this is what my laundry basket looks like. Once they come out of the dryer, I take each sock sack and open it...match that child's socks and put them back into their sock sacks. They get their sacks and have folded matched socks. They put them in their drawers, take their empty sacks and hang back up.
I LOVE THESE!!!! The only thing I would love more would be to have 2 for each child. When the one goes down to the laundry..hang the empty one up right then and there in case I don't get the whites down the first day.

To Buy: Go to The Sock Sack site and purchase one. The 15x18" size are $9.97 each.
The 11.25x13.5" size are $8.97 each


To Win: The Sock Sack company has generously offered 2 large sock sacks for you to win!

1) Go to The Sock Sack and check out their site. Tell me which size and color you would choose.
Then come back here and comment on it. Please be sure to leave me your e-mail address.

For Extra Chances To Win!!

1) Twitter about this contest! Come back here and tell me you did.

2) Blog about this contest! Come back here and add the link to your blog.

3) Follow me on twitter. Come back here and add your twitter name.

4) Follow my blogs (add yourself to right sidebar to follow). For each one of my blogs you follow (I have three.. My organizing blog, my family blog and this review blog) Tell me about each one you followed when you come back here to comment and earn an entry for each you follow.

5) Add any of my 4 buttons to your sidebar and earn an entry for each one you add. Come back here with the link to your site where you added them.

This contest will run until March 4th at 8pm. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!


(I will send out an e-mail to the winner and you will have 48 hours to respond back to me or I will pick another winner.)



Friday, February 13, 2009

Simply Sarah Handy Hold All Review and Giveaway


Do you have trouble figuring out how to store all those purses? They can be a problem especially if you have many. Sarah Shaw of Simply Sarah makes these wonderful purse hangers. There are 7 heavy duty snap hooks to hold your hangbags. You could put more than one purse on each hanger. I rolled up the handles since I usually always have over the shoulder straps on my purses. There is a sturdy metal protective hole to hang on a hook or over a hanger. They now include an over the door hanger which would make hanging this easier. These don't have to be used for purses, you could hang scarves, belts, hand bands, necklaces or a number of other items on these. Use your imagination. I think that is why they call them "Handy Hold All" rather than Purse Hangers.
Here is a picture of using this on a hanger and hanging it in the closet on your rod.
The snaps that are on the actual loop are heavy duty and the fabric reinforced that make this very sturdy and stable ...it doesn't seem light weight and flimsy at all.
She makes them in all colors of fabric to go with any decor you can imagine.









I was very pleased at how easy the snaps opened and snapped and how well they hold the purses. I did not feel like they were going to pull loose or that the purses were too heavy for it. This was made very well. You will be very pleased and it will be interesting to hear some of your ideas of how you can use this Handy Hold All that is made by Simply Sarah.


To Buy: Go to the Simply Sarah site and purchase one. They are $30 a piece. Sarah has graciously offered you as one of my readers a 50% discount!! You need to enter the coupon code "Sandy" and you will get an instant 50% off of your orders of $30 or more. (This is not applicable for the Maura Peters candles) Thank you Sarah...how nice of you!!


To Win:
1) Go to the Simply Sarah site and check out their site. Tell me which Handy Hold all you like best. Then come back here and comment on it. Please be sure to leave me your e-mail address.

For Extra Chances To Win!!
1) Twitter about this contest! Come back here and tell me you did.

2) Blog about this contest! Come back here and add the link to your blog.

3) Follow me on twitter. Come back here and add your twitter name.

4) Follow my blogs (add yourself to right sidebar to follow). For each one of my blogs you follow (I have three.. My organizing blog, my family blog and this review blog) you can earn 3 entries each. Tell me about each one you followed when you come back here to comment.

5) Add any of my 4 buttons to your sidebar and earn 3 entries for each one you add. Come back here with the link to your site where you added them.

This contest will run until Friday Feb. 20th at 8pm. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.

(I will send out an e-mail to the winner and you will have 48 hours to respond back to me or I will pick another winner.)

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Crayon Wallet & Tissue Holder Review and Giveaway



You too can be one of those mothers that has it all together when you are sitting at gymnastic practice with your older child and your younger one is bored. Or you are sitting in the restaurant and your food order is taking forever and your child is driving you crazy. You can just pull your handy dandy crayon keeper out of your purse or diaper bag and wallah...you have instant quiet child!
This crayon keeper is made by hand by April of Aprils Originals . There is a vinyl lining to protect the fabric. It measures 13.75" wide by 7" tall and comes with 16 regular sized crayola crayons. It also come with a 3x5 notepad. It will easily fit inside a purse or diaper bag.

It is a trifold design and has a velcro closure.

The tissue holder is just a cute convenient way to carry one of those small packs of tissues in your purse, diaper bag, car or even a jacket. You know how if you wad up a bunch of tissues when you have a cold and stuff them in your purse? (Come on we have all done it)...they get torn apart and dirty and are just a big mess in no time. With this cute little holder you don't have to worry about them.
April has several different designs to chose from.

To Buy: Go to Aprils Originals Etsy Store and you can purchase the crayon wallet for $15.50 each (plus S&H). The tissue holders are $4.00 each or 2 for $7.00.


To Win:

1) Go to Aprils Originals and check out her site. Tell me 2 other products she makes.
Then come back here and comment on it. Please be sure to leave me your
e-mail address if you do not have a blog with access to your e-mail.

For Extra Chances To Win!!

1) Twitter about this contest! Come back here and tell me you did.

2) Blog about this contest! Come back here and add the link to your blog.

3) Follow me on twitter. Come back here and add your twitter name.

4) Follow my blogs (add yourself to right sidebar to follow). For each one of my blogs you follow (I have three.. My organizing blog, my family blog and this review blog) you can earn 3 entries each. Tell me about each one you followed when you come back here to comment.

5) Add any of my 4 buttons to your sidebar and earn 3 entries for each one you add. Come back here with the link to your site where you added them.

This contest will run until February 13th at 8pm.
You can have your choice of which ever crayon wallet and tissue holder she has available for sale on her site.
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

(I will send out an e-mail to the winner and you will have 48 hours to respond back to me or I will pick another winner.)