Saturday, July 31, 2010
Need Some Help From All You Online Store Owners! :)
Okay...so the economy sucks and Kyle had to take a huge pay cut to get on the job he's on now because it was the only one available right now (he does contract work). Well, we aren't used to living on SO much less money. It was a HUGE cut! So I figured I might as well put my crafting talents to work and possibly open my own shop. I'm not sure if I should go towards Etsy, or my own website, or maybe just another blog. I'm open to suggestions! :) What's easiest, least expensive, most traffic...pretty much whatever I need to know! :) Thanks!
$30 Amazon Gift Card *US & Canada Giveaway*
Now a short little thank you.... THANK YOU!!! YOU ROCK! ALL OF YOU!
The Giveaway:
One of you awesome readers will win a $30 Amazon Gift Card!
HOW TO WIN:
Please make sure you leave your email address or I won't be able to contact you. If it is linked on your blog profile please double check to make sure that it is not private. I do check to make sure that every task is completed so please make sure you remember to do what you posted! And please remember that there is only ONE mandatory entry. The other ones are just for fun and to give you a better shot at winning!
Mandatory Entry:
You must be a follower of mine via GFC!
1. Follow Chubby Cheeks on Facebook
2.Follow Chubby Cheeks on Twitter & Tweet about this giveaway leaving the link in a comment (you can tweet 3x a day (at least 1 hour apart) and grab an extra entry with each tweet!)
" #Win a $30 Amazon GC from @ChubbyCheeks143! Open to Canada & US! http://tinyurl.com/2a4jb5n #giveaway ends 8/14 "
3. Subscribe to my blog via email or RSS (2 entries for each)
4. Enter this giveaway into a linky and leave me the link where to find it! (5 entries for each linky entered)
5. Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to it. (5 Entries)
6. Enter any of my other giveaways (1 Entry for each giveaway)
7. Sign up for SwagBucks by clicking on this referral link. (Please leave your First name and Last initial)
You can also get 9 extra entries a day for voting for me on Top Mommy Blogs, Top Baby Blogs, & We're On The Fence (3 for Each!)! That's 9 total extra entries! (OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT!)
You can also get 9 extra entries a day for voting for me on Top Mommy Blogs, Top Baby Blogs, & We're On The Fence (3 for Each!)! That's 9 total extra entries! (OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT!)
Open to the US (must be 18 years of age)
This giveaway will end on August 14, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST. Random.org will select the winner. I will contact you by email (please post with comments if it is not on your profile). You will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is picked. Good luck!
Disclosure: No monetary or product compensation was received by me. Gift Card will be ordered after winner is chosen and may take up to 2 weeks to receive. It will be in the denomination if (6) $5 codes to equal $30!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Surfin' Saturdays!!! Week Four is Facebook!
We kindly ask that you follow these simple requests
- Follow the hostesses in the first four spots (We will follow you back! Just please leave a comment letting us know that you are following us!)
- Please only link up the network that is being hopped that specific week.
- No spam please. These will be removed.
- It would be wonderful if you are linking up this week if you could add our button to your sidebar or in a post to help spread the word! :) The more people that join, the more fun it will be! (Plus if you add our button to your sidebar you can grab 5 extra entries into any ONE giveaway!)
- If someone follows you please feel free to follow them back! If you follow me and leave a comment you are guaranteed a follow back!
This is a new list every Saturday, so please remember to come back and link up!
THIS WEEK IS FACEBOOK WEEK! LINK UP YOUR BLOG WITH YOUR FACEBOOK URL LINK!
Don't forget to check out my awesome giveaways while you're here!
- Belly Charms Swarovski Pearl Initial Bracelet *US & Canada* Ends 8/2
- Corioliss Classic Pro Flat Iron 1" *US & Canada* Ends 8/4
- ZeroWater Pitcher *US Only* 8/5
- Popsicle & National Geographic Kids Prize Pack! *US Only* 5 WINNERS! Ends 8/6
- juliethefish designs Hand Stamped Keepsakes $35 GC *US & Canada* Ends 8/6
- Yo Gabba Gabba! DVD & CD! *US Only* Ends 8/9
- 2 Free Bottles of All Free Clear & A Book! *US Only* 8/10
- The Balloonatiks: The Collector’s Set Children’s DVD *US & Canada* Ends 8/11
- SmartyRents.com 3 Month Subscription *US Only* 3 Winners! Ends 8/11
Who Needs a New Dining Room Set?
Before the buyers on our house backed out, they had wanted our dining room set. Now I was so upset to part with it since I had looked so hard for it, but I was determined to sell our house so of course I said yes! I had to hype myself up to find a new one. I went from site to site, not really finding anything I liked. I wound up looking on CSNStores.com in their dining room furniture store. Yes! That's right! They even have a store full of dining room furnishings!
I came across a lot of dining room sets that I loved! Even though our house deal fell through, I kept looking! I am a sucker for new furniture! I love changing up the look of my home since it keeps it feeling new. While a picture here and there works for cute little touches, new furniture is like a brand new home! It can completely chance the whole look of the home. I was debating between a light colored set or a darker color. The colors in our home are neutral, so we can really work with either. Now my style is like a simple fancy if that makes sense. I like a simple design with fancy little finishes.
I love this Wildon Home Metropolitan 5 Piece Round Dining Set in Oak, but I don't know if I could do a round table for my dining room. I usually go for rectangular since that is the shape of my dining room. If we moved and my dining room was square I would totally buy this set!
Now this Wynwood Bacchus 9 Piece Leg Dining Room Set in Spiced Brandy is more my style for the house we live in now! It is similar to the set we have now which is why I think I love it!
This Hooker Furniture Vineyard 7 Piece Round Dining Table Set is another one of my favorites! It is absolutely beautiful if I were doing a vineyard kitchen theme! Maybe one day when I have a bigger kitchen!
Looking at new furniture keeps giving me hope that we'll get a bigger house some day! I can't wait to decorate it! Which set would you pick?
The First Wave Children's Educational DVD & CD Winners are...
Congratulations to Finamoon! Lucky comment number 121 out of 187 total entries! You won the The First Wave Children's Educational DVD!- voted we're on the fence #1
I am emailing you now!
You have 48 hours to respond!
Thank you to everyone who entered!
Thank you to everyone who entered!
Hop Along Friday! Week 11!
Welcome to the 11th edition of Hop Along Friday, hosted by My New Life As Mom, Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Take A Mom's Word For It, This Adventure Our Life and Belly Charms! No longer are we just a blog hop! We're also a twitter hop, facebook hop and anything and everything in between. Simply link up to all your network pages and have some fun! We continue to invite you and your friends to link up every Friday and join us for a wonderful site hopping adventure! We're all about making friends and having fun so come join us! Why do you want to participate? Because you can be rewarded! Each week we will use random.org to pick a "featured blog" of the week from the previous weeks link ups! Want your blog featured? Then you have to link up! Here's how you can join in on the fun;
- Link up to your blog, facebook, twitter, etc using our inlinkz link list, below.
- Follow the host/hostesses located in the first 5 slots.
- Follow any other blogs that you feel appropriate! :)
- If you get a new follower, please feel free to reciprocate the love!
We understand that not everyone has time to follow and comment on every Hop Along Friday Participant, just do what you can and are willing to do. We will do the same! Take your time and go at your own pace. FYI, however, if you follow me and leave a comment, guaranteed, I will follow you back!
The link list is only open to add new blogs on Fridays but will be visible all week long.
This weeks featured blog is #134 from last week!
Don't forget to enter my giveaways while you're here!
- Belly Charms Swarovski Pearl Initial Bracelet *US & Canada* Ends 8/2
- Corioliss Classic Pro Flat Iron 1" *US & Canada* Ends 8/4
- ZeroWater Pitcher *US Only* 8/5
- Popsicle & National Geographic Kids Prize Pack! *US Only* 5 WINNERS! Ends 8/6
- juliethefish designs Hand Stamped Keepsakes $35 GC *US & Canada* Ends 8/6
- Yo Gabba Gabba! DVD & CD! *US Only* Ends 8/9
- 2 Free Bottles of All Free Clear & A Book! *US Only* 8/10
- The Balloonatiks: The Collector’s Set Children’s DVD *US & Canada* Ends 8/11
- SmartyRents.com 3 Month Subscription *US Only* 3 Winners! Ends 8/11
Friday Hops!
Please let me know if you have a hop that isn't listed here so I can join and post your button!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
I'm On The Prowl For More Guest Bloggers!
UPDATE: I received soooo many responses! Thank you so much! Obviously there are only so many weeks in a year ;) I'm trying to figure out a way to feature more than one blogger a week! So for right now my "auditions" are temporarily closed. :( Every one who emailed me is on my list and will definitely be featured! I still have to email a few of you! Thank you again!
I've already gone through 2 and half months of guest bloggers! I love love love featuring other blogs! I have one lined up for next week but after that I'm open! So if you would like your blog featured on mine, email me so I can get you booked! (Haha! Like an audition!) Thanks so much!
If you're not sure what a Guest Feature is like, check out these ones! Here is a list of all the Guest Bloggers that have been featured here!
I've already gone through 2 and half months of guest bloggers! I love love love featuring other blogs! I have one lined up for next week but after that I'm open! So if you would like your blog featured on mine, email me so I can get you booked! (Haha! Like an audition!) Thanks so much!
If you're not sure what a Guest Feature is like, check out these ones! Here is a list of all the Guest Bloggers that have been featured here!
SmartyRents.com is the New Fun Way For Kids To Play Games! *US Giveaway* 5 Winners!
I seriously look forward to buying all of those super cute cool learning hand held games for Riley and Emma when they get older! While I'm not into video games at all, I do tend to enjoy them from time to time! Here's the funny part...I really can only get into the kiddie games! I think they are so much fun! Now I am always looking for sales because if I can get a really good price on anything cool for future Christmas/Birthday presents then I stock up. Well, while the gaming systems are decent, the games always seem to be over priced to me. I mean, really, how long does a child play one game for? I was so excited to come across SmartyRents.com!
SmartyRents is this super cool website where you can rent games for Little Leaps, Clickstart, Leapster, Didj, V.smile Baby, V.Smile, V.Motion and V.Flash children's gaming systems! They offer a variety of educational video games for children from the ages of 9 months to 10 years. It is really easy to sign up! All you have to do is pick a package and then the games start coming to your home! Packages start at $9.99 with free shipping and there are never late fees! How great is it that you will be saving tons of money by using SmartyRents?! No more $30 games that only get played three times. So much more variety since you can choose from hundreds of games! And then when your child is bored of one, you send it back and get a new one! Also, if your child absolutely loves the game, you have the option to purchase it! Each game has a "Love It" price underneath it! Sounds great right?! Well, five lucky Chubby Cheeks readers are going to get to try out SmartyRents for free!
If you don't want to wait for the giveaway to end, you can also use the promo code d1cbdd towards 1 FREE month, 1 Game At A Time Package or $9.99 towards the package of your choice. This promo code expires 8/31/10
The Giveaway:
SmartyRents has offered to give five lucky Chubby Cheeks Reader each a 3 Month membership to SmartyRents!
HOW TO WIN:
Please make sure you leave your email address or I won't be able to contact you. If it is linked on your blog profile please double check to make sure that it is not private. I do check to make sure that every task is completed so please make sure you remember to do what you posted! And please remember that there is only ONE mandatory entry. The other ones are just for fun and to give you a better shot at winning!
Mandatory Entry:
Head over to SmartyRents.com and let me know which gaming system you would be renting games for!
1. Follow Chubby Cheeks via Google Friend Connect
2. Follow Chubby Cheeks on Facebook
3.Follow Chubby Cheeks on Twitter & Tweet about this giveaway leaving the link in a comment (you can tweet 3x a day (at least 1 hour apart) and grab an extra entry with each tweet!)
" 5 will #Win a free 3 month subscription to SmartyRents.com @ChubbyCheeks143 http://tinyurl.com/27rvp2k #giveaway ends 8/11 "
4. Subscribe to my blog via email or RSS (2 entries for each)
5. Like SmartyRents on Facebook
6. Enter this giveaway into a linky and leave me the link where to find it! (5 entries for each linky entered)
7. Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to it. (5 Entries)
8. Enter any of my other giveaways (1 Entry for each giveaway)
You can also get 9 extra entries a day for voting for me on Top Mommy Blogs, Top Baby Blogs, & We're On The Fence (3 for Each!)! That's 9 total extra entries! (OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT!)
You can also get 9 extra entries a day for voting for me on Top Mommy Blogs, Top Baby Blogs, & We're On The Fence (3 for Each!)! That's 9 total extra entries! (OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT!)
Open to the US (must be 18 years of age)
This giveaway will end on August 11, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST. Random.org will select the winner. I will contact you by email (please post with comments if it is not on your profile). You will have 48 hours to respond before a new winner is picked.Good luck!
Disclosure: No monetary or product compensation was received by me. I just think it is really cool and would love for you guys to get a chance to try it out! This is my completely honest opinion above and may differ from yours. Because I do not directly ship most giveaways from my home, I cannot be held liable for lost or not received products.
KIDStrong Winner is....
- Congratulations to MAC Mom! Lucky comment number 154 out of 168 total entries! You won the KIDStrong Hydrating Drinks (2 cases)!
- I follow on GFC
I am emailing you now!
You have 48 hours to respond!
Thank you to everyone who entered!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Guest Blogger: Amanda from My Life with Rats and more...
It's so funny because each week I feature a new blogger, the blogger is either so much like me or completely different! I love it! This week we get to meet Amanda from My Life with Rats and more...! Yes she owns rats! I love rats! They have to be the best pets ever! Seriously! She is so much like myself! I had always said that if I could ever do one HUGE this in this world it would be build a reallllly big animal shelter. That way I could make sure every animal that was ever going to be put down because it didn't have a home could come live with me! She gave me the same answer! We both have a passion for animals and I think that it an amazing quality to have! Also we have the same dog! Well not the same exact dog, but other than a slight color difference they look alike!Before I tell you all about her, I'll let her introduce herself! And here are some cute pictures! The top picture is Amanda's dog Necco and the bottom picture is my dog Jilly!
Here's a little more about Amanda and don't forget to head on over to her blog to enter some awesome giveaways!
Please tell us a little about yourself and your family:
My family is really big. I live with my mom grandparents, cousin, niece and my boyfriend. And I can't forget all of my pets! I have 3 dogs, 3 cats, 2 turtles and 20 rats :). My rats are my babies, they are very loved :D. I moved down here to Florida in 2001 with my grandparents and am so happy me and my mom made the move with them! My grandparents mean the world to me! It's almost like having 2 moms and a dad haha. All of my dogs and cats and turtles were rescues and I am so glad they are all additions to my family.
What is your blog about:
My blog isn't really about one particular thing. I tend to blog a lot about my pets and family, but I do a lot of blog giveaways and reviews. It is really important to me to get my opinion across. When I love something I want everyone to know :). When I find cute things I show them, and I also show some of my art.
When and how did you start blogging?
I started blogging February 20th, 2010. I just took a shot at it. I checked out other great blogs that I loved, came up with my own ideas and here I am. : )
When and how did you start blogging?
I started blogging February 20th, 2010. I just took a shot at it. I checked out other great blogs that I loved, came up with my own ideas and here I am. : )
What is one thing you wish you had known when you started blogging:
Hmm, this is a hard one. But I guess I would have to say I wish I had known how mean some people could be. I try to look at everyone in a positive way but when my blog was first starting I had a lot of people trying to take advantage of me.
(I have to jump in here real fast! Amanda is totally right. When you first start blogging people will take advantage of you left and right. Don't let them! I know it's hard but it is OKAY to say no! It is your blog and no one can make you do or write anything!)
If you could purchase any ONE thing in the world, what would it be?
Well, my biggest passion is animals. So I would have to say I would purchase a building so I could make a big animal shelter. That way I could ensure hundreds of animals would be safe and cared for. That to me is a dream and would be a major lifetime accomplishment.
What is the best vacation you have ever had?
Well I am only 19, so I really haven't been on too many vacations but... When I was 15 I had this magical opportunity and I actually went to Australia and New Zealand. There is this program called People 2 People and threw them I was able to go and it was amazing. I got to go in the Sydney Opera House, I got to snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef, I visited and stayed on the island where they filmed the first Scooby Doo Movie (Tangalooma Island) and I did so much, it was unforgettable and will forever be in my heart.
My Blog Life with Rats and more... - http://mylifewithratsandmore.
My Twitter Page- http://twitter.com/smile7891
My Blog Life with Rats and more... - http://mylifewithratsandmore.
My Twitter Page- http://twitter.com/smile7891
Thank you so much, Amanda , for telling us all about you!!
Head on over and follow Amanda on her blog and leave a comment here AND on her blog letting us know that you did, you will get 5 extra entries into any ONE of my giveaways of your choice (you MUST have done the required entry first)! You still get the extra entries if you already follower her too! Also follow her on twitter and get another 3 entries! Just make sure you leave your twitter ID!
NomieEcoWare Giveaway Winner is...
- Congratulations to Rudy - The dog with a blog! Lucky comment number 6 out of 145 total entries! You won the NomieEcoWare Recycled Fabric Necklace!
- The Black Fabric Star Mini Wallet is cute - but I love the fabric necklaces!
I am emailing you now!
You have 48 hours to respond!
Thank you to everyone who entered!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Giveaways I've Won!
So since the last time I posted I've won a couple of giveaways and just wanted to share with you the awesome things that I won and the awesome blogs I won them from!
I won this awesome Ty the T-Rex Incredibed PLUS a matching set of Bedjammies Sheets from Mommy Blog Expert
I won Kung Zhu Pets from Two Monkeys & A Washtub!
I won a $10 CVS GC from The Coupon Challenge!
Thanks to the awesome ladies above for the opportunity to stock up for Christmas! :)
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