Monday, February 14, 2011

Social Kiddo Card Kit Review and Giveaway

Kiddo Tags makes name labels and stickers as well as Mommy cards. Mommy cards are a cute idea and a fun way to let other Mom's know who you are in a memorable and stylish way. They have several different styles to choose from and I picked the Blue Polka Dot. The Social Kiddo Kit includes personalized Mommy Cards, Stickers, Kiddo Note pad for notes and 1 mini sharpie.




I put my name, my 2 boys names, our phone number and my email address. I love that you can give out your basic information is such a fun way. I took my cards with me to a Superbowl party where I knew that I was going to meet new Mom's and thought it was a good opportunity to see how people responded to them. My girlfriends thought that they were a great idea and wanted to know where they could get their own. I also dropped a card in one of those little buckets that restaurants have where you can win a free lunch, you know where you put your business card in and they draw your name?



It has all the info they need and being a Mom to these boys is my business/job! They come with a nice leather looking pouch with a little marker for any notes that you may need to take or write down. Mommy cards are not something that I thought I needed, but now that I have them I am wondering how I lived without them.




GIVEAWAY:
You can WIN your very own Personalized Social Kiddo Kit . There are so many cute designs and the winner will get to choose the design they want.



Here is how to enter the giveaway.
MANDATORY Entry:
Follow Kiddo Tags on Twitter

*Leave your email address at least one of your comments so I can contact the winner.

Extra Entries: Can be done after leaving a comment for mandatory entry.
If the extra entry says 1 extra entry leave 1 comment and 2 extra entries leave me 2 comments and so on.


-Follow this blog on GFC (right top corner) +3
-Follow this blog on Twitter +1
- Like The Coupon Queen Bee on Facebook +1
-Like Kiddo Tags on Facebook +2
- Enter any of the current other giveaways during the Valentine's Day Event and leave a comment on which giveaway you entered. +2 for every giveaway you enter.
-Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link +5

*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts February, 16 2011 and ends on February 28, 2011 at midnight PST. Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. I was sent a free set of Social Kiddo Kit from Kiddo Tags for this review.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sunday Blog Hopping


Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I know so many people have celebrated Valentine's Day over the weekend. We did too! We took a long walk along the river and soaked up all the Cali sun! We had a wonderful day, we brought along snacks and our camera. The sunshine we had this weekend is why I love Cali! Its February but it feels like spring. 

If your blog hoping leave me a comment on this post so I can check out your blog too!


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Saturday, February 12, 2011

A Year With Mom and Dad 1st Birthday Bash Giveaways






One of my favorite blogs A Year With Mom and Dad  is celebrating her son's 1st birthday with a giveaway event full of awesome prizes. I am on my way to go enter them all and look forward to the ones that will be added in the following days!
You can visit her blog here.

Some of the giveaways are for Haba Clutch Toy, Gourmet Gift Baskets, 10 Sonya Boynton Board books ( I love this author!), Born Free Twist and Pop Cup, Sweet Little Birdie $25 GC ( oh I want to win that one, I call my son birdie!)

Check her blog daily as she will be posting more giveaways until Feb 22.
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Great Customer Services Makes a Company Great



I always love it when a product I enjoy is made by a company that offers great customer service. The same can also be said of a company with poor customer service and why I do not enjoy shopping there ( can I say Walmart!)

Thankfully I have more positive stories of great customer service then negative ones. I have had two really great experiences with two companies I want to share with you. I know for me sometimes if I review something or win it for free I feel like maybe I wont bring up an issue since I got it for free. But I have realized that is what companies want, feedback so they can fix problems!

Recently I had an issue with my KinderGlo so I emailed the company about it. They were so awesome about it and immediately send me a replacement light for my son. He is so cute he grabbed it and gave it a hug when I took it out of the package. He has been a bit of a mess since I had to take away his other KinderGlo. I am so glad tonight he will have his favorite light show soothing him to sleep.

The other company I had a great experience with is Milson Road. They make personalized commemorative framed gifts. I won a framed portrait gift on another mom blog and ordered one for my sons birth with a picture of him only a few days old. The commemorative portrait was wonderful. I smiled so big and almost cried tears of joy. It had a newspaper like page announcing my sons birth with personal info I had them add. It had top movies for the year, his astrological sign, political events, historical events and so much more!
Then as I was reading the historical section I gasped! On the print was a tragic event that happened on the day my son was born, it was the Jonestown suicides. I cried so much, I was so sad that my beautiful picture I planned on hanging up in honor of my son had such a sad sad event on it. 
I thought to myslef this needs to be fixed even if I received it for free. After all I would be bad advertising if I told a ton of people about my bad experience.  I emailed them and they completely understood how upset I was and told me its a random selection of what appears on the page. Thankfully they fixed it and sent me a new framed commemorative framed portrait and I am a happy mom!

I would like to encourage moms to at least email a company if you are unhappy about a product or service to not only have it fixed for you but to also help the company to improve their company.

* A note to my sister---- Have you emailed about the diapers yet lol
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Roundabouts Cupcake Sleeves Review and Giveaway




I love to bake! I do not really cook that often but if its cookies, cakes, or cupcakes I am all over it. It reminds me of how Rachael Ray can cook but says she can't bake. When I do bake I cannot seem to get the fancy decorations that I see in books and on other blogs. When I heard about Roundabouts Cupcake Decorations I thought I should have invented that! Thankfully another mom has and theses are great. They are very detailed in the printing and looks so real!


I was able to review the hamburger sleeves for my Valentine's event and they turned out great! I used a butterscotch frosting to get the light brown color of a bun and white sprinkles to make it look like sesame seeds. The site has a huge selection of sleeves like food items, baby shower themed, weddings, and more. Some of my favorites were of course the hamburgers, the ice cream cone, gumball machine and the popcorn tub that you can place mini marshmallows on top to make it look real. There are so many fun and cute ideas on the website.

Picture from the Roundabouts website


Sadly my husband unintentionally deleted my pictures! I was a bit upset since I felt like these were my master pieces and the coolest cupcakes I have made. But they were deleted while we were at the duck pond feeding the ducks with my son and there was no more space on the memory card. My husband flipped through the pics and deleted the cupcake pics and some other reviews I had taken pictures of.
I couldn't really be upset with anyone other than me, he didn't know they were reviews since I normally download them immediately after taking them and it was to capture sweet moments of our son.

Thankfully I still get to tell you about how great they are and give one of my lucky readers a set of their own!

GIVEAWAY:
For our Valentine's Day Event Roundabouts Cupcake Sleeves is giving one lucky reader a set of sleeves of their choice.

Here is how to enter the giveaway.
MANDATORY Entry:
 Follow me on GFC (right top corner)

Leave your email address in your comment so I can contact the winner.

Extra Entries: Can be done after leaving a comment for mandatory entry.
If the extra entry says 1 extra entry leave 1 comment and 2 extra entries leave me 2 comments and so on.

-Visit the Roundabouts Cupcake Sleeves website and tell me what design you would choose. +2
-Follow Me on Twitter +2
-Add me as a friend on Facebook +2
-Follow Roundabouts Cupcake Sleeves on twitter +2
-Like Roundabouts Cupcake Sleeves on Facebook +2
-Enter any of the current  other giveaways during the Valentine's Day Event and leave a comment on which giveaway you entered. +2 for every giveaway you enter.
-Blog about this giveaway and leave me the link +5

*Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above. Giveaway starts February, 12 2011 and ends on February 24, 2011 at midnight PST.  Winner will be emailed and has 48 hours to respond before another winner is selected. I was not paid for this giveaway or post. This review is my own opinion and not influenced by receiving the product in this review for free from the Roundabout Cupcake company.

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. Tomoson Product review & giveaway Disclosure.

Sponsored by Tomoson.com
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