Oliver's Labels Review

Now that my son is a little bigger and is often around other children I feel like I need to know more whats his and whats not. I think I am a bit of a germ a phobe I have to admit, so I loved the idea of labeling my son's stuff so I could know whether an item was his or not. Plus of course the labels are cute and very functional to keep your kids items organized.

Oliver's Labels recent sent me a sample pack of their labels that included original size labels, mini labels, shoe labels and sick-eez clothing labels. I had the choice of selecting from over 30 pattens and colors including 5 food allergy labels that I know for a child can be a lifesaver. I picked the Dinosaur labels that have 5 different dino patterns, making it fun to pick which dino goes on what items. My favorite labels are the mini ones and the shoe ones are very cute and will be very handy in the future. We put some of our labels on his favorite books and on his favorite sippy cup.

They also sell Iron-On Clothing labels, Large tags for duffel bags or diaper bags, small tags for key-chains and zippers and one time use Safety Wristbands. The safety bands are useful for field trips, big family outings or theme parks. You can have the labels printed with your child's info and your cell phone in case your child gets lost.

You can buy Oliver Labels at their website here. For sale info and updates you can follow them on Twitter and Facebook. 

**This post is my own opinion and may vary from other opinions. I was not paid for this post. I was provided a sample pack of labels for free to review.
[Product review & giveaway disclosure: I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."]

Frito Lay Fan Chip Review

Recently I had the chance to receive a gift pack from Frito Lay for being a Fritos fan. I have to say I was a little like oh this might ruin my diet, but I was happy to see Sun Chips and low sodium Potato chips! The potato chips were so good they did not survive long enough to get it in the picture! The corn chips were really great, they are the scoops. Before this I had not tried scoops, they make it a million times easier to dip in salsa! I love that Sun Chips now come in a decomposable bag, I hope all plastic packaging makes this switch.

Here are a few fun facts about Frito Lay:

·         Frito-Lay starts with fresh, farm-grown ingredients, making many of our chips with just three simple ingredients: potatoes or corn, all-natural oils and salt.

·         We were the first major food company to remove partially hydrogenated oils from our cooking oil way back in 2003. That means our chips have 0 grams trans fat because we use all-natural oils such as corn oil and sunflower oil.

·         Many varieties of our chips provide whole grains like Tostitos® snacks, which contain 8 grams of whole grain corn per serving, and SunChips®, which brings 18 grams of whole grain per serving to your diet! SunChips® are also a good source of fiber.

·         Frito-Lay supports American farmers and buys the potatoes used to make our potato chips from 80+ farms across 27 states.

 

You can learn more about Frito Lay by following them on Twitter.
I have always been a Sun Chips fan but now I will definitely be purchasing the Low Sodium Potato Chips! With sales and coupons I know for sure there will be great deal on Frito Lay soon.

** I was sent for free a Frito Lay fan pack with chips, a bag and water bottle to review for this post.

Earth's Best Foods FREE Sesame Street DVD Offer

 Earth's Best Sesame Street DVD Offer:

Receive a FREE Sesame Street Elmo "Being Green" when you purchase three Earth's Best Sesame Street products

How it works:

1. Purchase 3 Earth's Best Sesame Street products (excluding frozen foods)
2. Complete the official Redemption Form, available on specially marked packages or click the link above to print the form directly from our website.
3. Mail your redemption form with proofs of purchase, plus $1.49 for shipping and handling.

Limit one DVD per household.

Random Sweepstakes

Here are a few Random Sweepstakes I have entered while surfing the web. Sometimes I seem to get lost in the web and find random stuff.

KIWI Magazine and Stonyfields YoKids Caribbean Vacation

Enter the YoKids® Real Food, Real Fun Sweepstakes for a chance to win the grand prize—a Luxury Included® 4 day/3 night family vacation for 2 adults and 2 children (ages 15 and under) to any Beaches Resort in Turks & Caicos or Jamaica, or one of the 15 First Prizes — a YoKids® backpack. Sponsored by Beaches Resorts and KIWI. Hurry, sweepstakes end December 31, 2010.


Enter the Perfect Thanksgiving Kitchen Makeover sponsored by Cooking.com, Lenox, Cooking Light, and Fisher&Paykal

Total prize value is $14,725 (see rules for details) and each winner will win:
• One Grand Prize Winner - $9,945 in prizes from Fisher & Paykel
• Second Place Winner - $3,280 in prizes from Lenox and Cooking.com
• Third Place Winner - $1,500 from Cooking.com
Enter now through November 23rd, 2010.

 Here is a Sweeps any hubby would love their wife to win!! But I am entering this one for me, I LOVE Golf!!

Enter to win a trip for four and experience the challenging courses and natural surroundings of the Currituck Outer Banks. The winner will receive:

• 3 night stay in Corolla, NC for 4 people in a 3 bedroom/2 bath
  house or condo
• Greens fee passes for four at The Pointe Golf Club, Kilmarlic Golf Club and The Currituck Club
• Gift Basket from the Cotton Gin/Sanctuary Vineyards and a tour of Sanctuary Vineyards
• Gift Basket from the Weeping Radish Farm Brewery
• $500 Visa Gift Card 

Holiday Season Kick Off: Craft and Pie Review

I love November 1st. For me it marks the start of the holiday season. Our family celebrated the day crafting with Elmer's and X -Acto products while baking Wholly Wholesome Pies. The house smells wonderful and the decorations are perfect! Its hard to decide if Thanksgiving or Christmas is my favorite holiday but Christmas is more fun to decorate for.
This year I was given the opportunity to review a copy of A Homemade Christmas: Creative Ideas for an Earth-Friendly, Frugal, Festive Holiday by Tina Barseghian. Available now from Harlequin Nonfiction;  $14.95 US/$17.95 CAN. Right now you can find it online at Barnes and Noble here.
The book is full of fun and frugal ways to decorate for the holidays with an emphasis on recycling and being green. The first project from the book I attempted to do was the Recycle Cards from Christmases Past. I had so much fun sorting all my old cards and deciding which cards to use. I never throw out Christmas cards I am sent so this was a perfect project for me.

After selecting my project and gathering the cards, ribbon and my Elmer's and X-Acto products I preheated the oven for my pies. To me the smell of the holidays comes from Pumpkin and Apple pie! I was given the chance to review Wholly Wholesome products so I selected Pumpkin and Apple Pie just for my November 1st Craft day! I knew the pies would be perfect for this day.

For me the best pie was the pumpkin and my hubby loved the apple. Not surprising though since those are both are favorite flavor of pie. The great thing about Wholly Wholesome is the ingredients they use, you can definitely taste the quality in their products. Their products contain no Artificial Flavors, Colors, Preservatives or Additives, Hydrogenated Fats, Oils or Trans Fatty Acids. They also make pie shells, pie crusts, cookies, breads and cakes. I was very tempted by their cheesecakes bites, but opted for pie for my craft day. The cheesecake will definitely be on my list of must haves for holiday treats, I cannot wait to try them. You can find Wholly Wholesome products at most Whole Foods markets and be sure to look in the freezer or baked goods section of your store to see all their products. You can find more about Wholly Wholesome by visiting their Twitter or Facebook pages.

After eating the amazing pie I was full of energy to complete my craft project. First I cut out some fun borders on a few of the cards using the X-Acto scissors. I felt this gave a nice touch to the cards and made each of them unique.  Then I placed the cards on the ribbon to see how I wanted the finished project to look. I have to admit when I was measuring my ribbon I was not paying full attention to what I was doing ( my little guy was in his feeding chair throwing Gerber puffs across the room ) and I cut the ribbon in the wrong spot! I wanted to use only the stuff I already had from last year so instead of going out to by more ribbon I improvised and the garland changed to a hanging ribbon of cards! I used my Elmer's Glue to adhere the ribbon to the back of my cards and pieces of old felt paper to hold it onto the cards more securely. I felt great reusing old Christmas stuff to make new Christmas stuff. There are a few more projects like the homemade snow globes I would love to try this year.

The finish project turned out great! I had a blast on my November 1st Craft day! Pies, crafting and the holidays all fit so well together. I would have to say it was the best kick off for the holidays I could have asked for! 

If you would like more info about Elmer's Crafting supplies you can follow them on Twitter and Facebook. They also have on their Crafting Community site a sweepstakes to win 2 $500 Walmart cards and a gift pack from  Elmer's and X-Acto. You can enter here.

** For this post I received two free product coupons from Wholly Wholesome, one free copy of A Homemade Christmas: Creative Ideas for an Earth-Friendly, Frugal, Festive Holiday to review and as a Bzz Agent I received a Elmer's and X-Acto sample pack to review. These are my own opinions and not influenced in any way by the products I received.