January 5, 2010
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSEDHave you ever found a cute shirt and thought "Oh, wouldn't it be a little cuter if this one little thing was different"? Have you ever thought "That shirt would be adorable in <this> color"? Wouldn't it be nice if you could tweak the little things about clothing that might make it a little bit better in your eyes? If you shop at Fashion Playtes, you'll be able to completely design the clothing to make your little girl more unique and super fashionable!The clothing choices at Fashion Playtes are great. The process of designing is super easy and the outcome...well, I'm now a huge fan of these clothes because of the outcome!Once you click into the designing studio of Fashion Playtes, you'll be able to decide which article of clothing you want to design. There are quite a few options that are staple pieces of every wardrobe. So, choose a garment and size, then the fun starts. 
After deciding on the primary color of the garment, you get to start the fun customizing. You can pick different patterns for the underlayers that stick out at the armholes and the bottoms of the clothing. You can pick adorable ribbon trim or ruffles. Rhinestone sets and appliques allow you to totally personalize each garment. The best, in my opinion, is that you can put a name on the label of the clothing. Not only does it personalize it even more but, a budding fashion diva can have her name on the garment that she herself designed! How cool is that?!
I love that as you are choosing your custom options you are able to see what the garment will look like. It's a fun design studio that even a child can play with to design their own clothing! Once you are done you can even save the clothing to your own "collection".I designed a top for my little sister. It was fun to pick all the details that I thought she would like and see them come together on the screen. When the shirt arrived, I was floored. It looks amazing! Truly better than I imagined it could be. The quality of the clothing is fantastic. The colors are very true to what you see on the screen and everything is exactly how I designed it online. I love this shirt. I love this company. I think Fashion Playtes is such a fun idea and have been recommending it to friends since I found it. Getting a little girl a gift certificate to Fashion Playtes so that they can design their own clothing would be an awesome birthday gift! Did I mention it's super affordable? Well, it is!Buy it!Head over to Fashion Playtes and create something for that special little girl in your life today! Or purchase a gift certificate and make her day!Win it!Fashion Playtes rocks! They are hooking up one of my readers with a $50 gift card! US onlyEnds 1/13/10To Enter: Visit Fashion Playtes and fill out form belowExtra Entries:-Follow the Lolidots blog publicly in the google friend connect box-Enter other current Lolidots giveaways-Follow Lolidots and Fashion Playtes on Twitter-Tweet (You can do this twice per day. Fill out the form again with only the email address and the status link)
Win $50 from @FashionPlaytes and @lolidots http://lolidots.com/giveaways/fashion-playtes10 entries- Make a purchase from Fashion Playtes during this giveaway
Posted by Robin Haws.
January 2, 2010
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSEDWith the New Year and all the resolutions flowing freely, what a wonderful time for this amazing offer from Yoplait!I love yogurt. My kids love yogurt. It's one of the few yummy treats that I never feel bad letting them have. At any given time you can open our fridge and find an assortment of all our favorite flavors of yogurt filling the door. Yoplait has always been my favorite brand of yogurt. Their flavors are always so much tastier than any of the other brands. My son and I always fight over the Key Lime Pie! We recently tried a yogurt from Yoplait that we'd never had before. YoPlus Light is just as scrumptious tasting as the other Yoplait yogurts. This particular yogurt is one that helps regulate your digestive system. And, after all the holiday eating, who couldn't use a little help with that! YoPlus comes in several fantastic flavors, including Honey Vanilla, Strawberry Banana and, my fave, Key Lime Pie! You'll find YoPlus in your grocer's cold section with the other yogurts. Thanks to Yoplait, you can make one of your healthy resolutions and stick to it without losing the yummy taste! Not only does YoPlus help your digestive system, it contains a mere 70 calories per serving. That's a resolution that I can keep!CLICK HERE to get a coupon for $1 off YoPlus Light!To help you get fit in 2010, Yoplait is hooking up one of my readers with a prize pack filled with awesome goodies! One reader will receive a gift pack
that includes a stylish sports bag, sports towel, ear buds and two free
coupons* for any flavor of the new YoPlus Light yogurt.
US only
ends 1/11/2010
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*Please note: These free coupons are not valid in Louisiana, Nevada and North Dakota.
**The yogurt coupons and other prizes were provided by Yoplait and given to me through Blog Spark. The products did not affect my opinion and my thoughts remain my own. I was not monetarily compensated for this post.
Posted by Robin Haws.
December 29, 2009
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
We are big on Cheerios in this house. When the kids were very small we always had plain Cheerios on hand. Now, you can always find a box of Honey Nut Cheerios in our pantry. We recently tried the Frosted Cheerios and, I've got to say, they are yummy!
We all know that Cheerios is always striving to bring nutritious cereals to our breakfast tables but, did you know what wonderful things they are doing to get books into the hands of children everywhere? For the past 8 years, Cheerios has given away more than 40 million books in boxes and donated more than $3.2 million to First Book to help provide new books to kids who don’t have books of their own.Jon Scieszka is the author of some of the best known and funniest books written for children including The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Time Warp Trio series and the Caldecott Honor Book The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales not to mention the first book in the Trucktown series, Smash! Crash!
Cheerios has teamed up with Jon Scieszka to deliver 100,000 books to community-based programs serving children in need - and we´d love your help! All you have to do is go online with your child and test your combined knowledge of children´s books by answering trivia questions related to "Trucktown" and other great children´s books.For every trivia question answered correctly, you can cast one vote for the state you would like to receive books. The five states receiving the most votes will get 20,000 books each, for a total of 100,000 books. Visit www.FirstBook.org/Scieszka to test your knowledge and start voting. How wonderful would it be for your state to get these books?! Want some books just for your kiddos?One lucky reader will win a prize pack with an assortment of books from Cheerios, one of many varieties of Cheerios cereals and a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble (so you can get some other great books from a great bookstore!) all from Blog Spark.US onlyEnds 1/6/2010Mandatory To Enter: Click the title of this post and scroll to the comment box at the bottom and answer the question: Why should your state receive 20,000 books?Extra Entries:Once mandatory entry is done you can use the entry form below-Follow Lolidots Blog publicly in Google Friend Connect-Enter our other giveaways-Comment on a non-giveaway post-Visit www.FirstBook.org/Scieszka and answer some questions. If you get one right you'll be able to vote for your state. Tell me which state is currently ranked number 1. 5 entries- Blog about this and link to this post.I was sent the Cheerios books and other goodies from Blog Spark for review purposes. The books, Cheerios, information,
and giveaway have been provided by Cheerios. I was not monetarily compensated for this post and the products do not affect my personal opinions.
Posted by Robin Haws.
December 27, 2009
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
One reader will win a 3 month supply of contacts!
I remember Christmas when I was twelve. That was the year that my parents made me a big poster sized coupon for my first pair of contacts. Fast forward to <ahem> a certain number of years later, I'm now buying my own contacts. It can be a pain, especially with two small children, to go shopping for things like contacts. Because it's something that is pretty much a necessity in my life, it's wonderful when a company can make things so much more convenient for me. Coastal Contacts is an online store for contacts and glasses that certainly has made my life easier recently.Coastal Contacts makes it incredibly easy to get your contacts or glasses. I loved how simple it was to enter my info, pick my contacts and even get my prescription verified almost instantly. Within two days, my contacts were in my mailbox. I was really shocked at how quickly they arrived. I was also very pleasantly surprised to find that in my box of contacts was a contact case and a cute pair of sunglasses. As a contact wearer, I love to have extra cases for them. 
The prices at Coastal Contacts are completely reasonable, affordable and comporable to other places I've bought mine from. With super low shipping and free shipping on orders over a certain amount, it's pretty much cheaper than driving somewhere to get your contacts or glasses. From here on, I honestly will be buying my contacts from Coastal Contacts. There's no reason for me to buy anywhere else and I highly recommend that contact wearers check this site out. Coastal Contacts wants to give one of my readers a 3 month supply of contacts! That's a value of up to $150!!*must have a valid prescription for contacts.US and Canada onlyEnds 1/4/10To Enter: Visit Coastal Contacts (required) and fill out entry form below.Extra Entries: -Follow the Lolidots Blog publicly in the Google Friend Connect-Enter our other current giveaways-Comment on a non-giveaway post on the Lolidots Blog (click on the Blog Home or Product Review links at the top of this page for more posts)-Subscribe to Lolidots by RSS-Become a fan of Coastal Contacts on Facebook-Follow Lolidots and Coastal Contacts on Twitter-TweetWin a 3 month supply of contacts! @lolidots @coastalcontacts http://lolidots.com/giveaways/coastal-contacts5 entries- Blog about this and link back to this post10 entries- Make a purchase from Coastal Contacts
Posted by Robin Haws. Posted In : Glasses/Contacts
December 27, 2009
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSEDTwo Winners!In 1999, a company was founded by an expecting mother who longed for a variety of maternity and baby products that were earth-friendly and vegan while providing customers with the comfort of knowing they were made with care, fair trade and fair labor. All these years later, what started as a new mom's desire for great products, has led to an amazing selection of clothing, footwear, diapers, furniture, gifts and more, that are all eco-friendly, labor-friendly and vegan. One mom's dream has become a reality and I'm thrilled to find a store like Kidbean.The selection of products at Kidbean is very impressive. You can search the internet and find the products from all the different manufacturers or you can make your one stop at Kidbean and get everything you need for yourself and your kids in one place. I love sites and shops that do all the work for you. The products themselves are wonderful. Kidbean has gathered together, not only an impressive number of products but, also amazing quality products. Clothing at Kidbean ranges from preemie to size 16, maternity and breastfeeding. You'll find organic clothing that won't irritate infant skin, is free from harsh dyes and chemicals and looks adorable. I love the cute dresses and pajamas from Lapsaky and the Garden Kids tee shirts. Kidbean sent me a pair of the Garden Kids Organic Cotton French Terry Cargo Pants. These pants are so incredibly soft. Organic cotton is so nice against the skin and I love that I don't have to worry at all about any kind of irritation on my son's sensitive skin. The brown color is adorable and, at just over $20, these pants are affordable. 
The footwear that Kidbean carries is fantastic. I'm in love with the shoes from Soft Star Shoes. My daughter has a pair of these that she wears all the time and I like that Kidbean carries them with all their other great products. 
Kidbean also carries furniture that I'm in love with. Ecotots furniture is so sleek and modern for a super chic and eco-friendly kids' room. I'd love to get my son the Ecotots Easel from Kidbean. 
The toy selection at Kidbean is really nice. From small musical instruments to baby rattles, dollhouses (like the Elves and Angels house that I'm in love with) to arts and crafts, there are plenty of toys for kids of all ages. Kidbean sent me the Honeysuckle Dreams Organic Cotton Pillow Pocket Baby Doll. My daughter and I both adore this cute little baby and pillow set. The fabric is super soft. The doll is simple and sweet. The child can slip the doll into the pockete of the pillow and hug both tight or use the pillow for themself and I like that versatility and comfort. This would be a perfect present for a very young girl or for a "First Doll". There are tons of other Honeysuckle Dreams dolls to choose from and they are all awesome.
There really are so many other categories and product selections at Kidbean. I loved the products we tried and highly recommend checking them out!Win it!Two winners!! One winner will receive the Terry Pants like I tried and one winner will receive the Pillow Pocket Baby Doll!US onlyEnds 1/4/10To Enter: Visit Kidbean (required) and fill out the entry form below.Extra Entries:-Follow the Lolidots Blog publicly in the Google Friend Connect-Enter our other giveaways-Comment on a non-giveaway post on Lolidots Blog (blog home page or product review page)-Become a fan of Kidbean on Facebook-Follow Kidbean and Lolidots on Twitter-TweetWin Kidbean products! @lolidots @KidBean http://lolidots.com/giveaways/kidbean10 entries- Make a purchase from Kidbean during this giveaway
Posted by Robin Haws. Posted In : Eco Friendly
December 15, 2009
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
My kids have several of the Scholastic Treasury sets. They love them all. My daughter's favorite is A Very Brave Witch and my son's favorite is Harry the Dirty Dog. While they adore those stories, I'm not sure those sets will hold a candle to our newest addition. Scholastic has taken 100 of their classic and beloved stories and put them into one Treasury DVD set. This will truly be an amazing Christmas gift for your children this year!
I love the Scholastic DVDs. They are stories I remember reading as a child, have read to my children and that we all love. The way they are brought to life on the screen while having the highlighted words at the bottom is amazing. I really love the read-along words on the screen and my son is showing huge signs that he "gets it". He's been watching his Harry the Dirty Dog dvd and just today he picked up the book. He doesn't know how to read but, he "read" the story as he flipped the pages. He had memorized what the dvd said and he got the words pretty much verbatim! The stories on the 100 Storybook Classics Treasury set are fantastic and include Where the Wild Things Are, Curious George, Corduroy and many other classic stories that we all know and love. You may even find some new favorites in there!I always recommend any of the Scholastic dvd sets for all kids. I think they make fantastic gifts and I never feel guilty letting my kids watch them. The 100 Storybook Classics Treasury set is amazing and something you and your children could cherish for quite some time. One very lucky reader will win a 100 Storybook Classics Treasury dvd set for their family to enjoy!!Mandatory Entry: Follow the Lolidots Blog publicly in the Google Friend Connect boxExtra Entries: -Tell me your favorite childhood story.-Follow Lolidots on Twitter and tweetWin a Scholastic 100 Storybook Classics Treasury @lolidots http://lolidots.com/giveawaysYou can tweet once a day. If you tweet more than once, click the title of this post and scroll down to the Disqus comment box and leave your link.
Posted by Robin Haws. Posted In : DVD
