Hallmark Valentine’s Day Gift Pack Review and Giveaway

Hallmark and Valentines day is a perfect pair. What says I love you to anyone more than a card or gift from there. They have cards for everyone to a romantic love, your kids, your parents and grandparents. We got a cute dog card from Hallmark and my son is in love with it!

This Valentines Day Hallmark is introducing a new product Blooming Expressions. Its a flower that blooms to surprise someone special at the press of a button. Show your love in a fresh new way by unveiling sentiments like “I love you” and “There’s only one you" My son said Oh Wow when I showed him the blooming flower. I am sure it will wow anyone who gets this cool item as a gift. This would be great for Moms, Sisters, Aunts, Grandmas and daughters. Its a flower that can bloom to remind you that you are loved.

Watch the video below to see how it works.

Hallmark has also added some new titles to the Recordable Storybook products. I can go on forever how much I love the recordable stories. They are sweet, personal and precious. We were sent one of the new titles Under the Same Moon. This book is perfect for us. I am teaching my son more and more about what it means to have family that is not close by but still his family that loves him so much. The book talks about how the Moon shines on all of us near and far. It has animals too which my son loves! Other perfect titles for Valentines day are Guess How Much I Love You, All the Ways I Love You and Counting Kisses. These would also be great to send to a loved one to record than mail back to your child.

Hallmark wants to show how much they admire you by having you enjoy 30% off any Hallmark.com order of $10 or more, plus free stamps! Simply use VAL30 at checkout. And if you’re heading to a Hallmark Gold Crown Store anytime soon, they have some fun new innovation and paper craft greetings for Valentine’s Day this year that you’ll want to check out. There are cards that light up, cards that play your favorite songs and some really unique paper craft designs.


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Bormioli Rocco Nettuno Small Bowls and Dinner Plates Review

Since I am a mom now I find myself dining at home more and more. The more we eat at home the more I realize how nice it is to have great dinnerware to serve a meal made with love on. We are planning a Italian themed dinner at home for this Valentines Day and I knew we would need better dishes then our plain white ones.

Planning our dinner reminded me of one of our first Valentines living together. I worked all day making an awesome spaghetti dinner with great bread. I decorated the kitchen to look like a restaurant and even made hand written menus. It was perfect! Except for the part when my husband came home form work and had food poisoning from the lunch he ate at work and went to bed right away and could not even eat a bite of my dinner or sit down at my mock restaurant.

We laugh about that time and now that we have our son we want to make a restaurant Valentines family dinner for all of us at home. We were looking for great dishes to serve our meal on and read about Bormioli Rocco Nettuno I thought it would be just what I need to make our night fancy and still great for other dinners. I love the shape of the Nettuno line. They are functional but also pleasing to the eye. I used the plate and bowl for serving dishes when we had friends over. I plan on using them a lot when I blog too. They make great serving dishes to display my culinary adventures. They are a little pricey but a great investment into a high quality product.

You can buy these fabulous dishes at Amazon.com

Bormioli Rocco Nettuno Dinner Plates, Set of 12 (Available in blue and clear) $97.86

Bormioli Rocco Nettuno Small Bowls, Set of 12 (Available in blue and clear)$62.04



*I was not paid for our review. The opinions are 100% mine and may vary from others. I was provided the items mentioned in this post to review for free from the PR company that represents them.

Eco-artware.com Earrings Review

If you want to shop for beautiful jewelry that is also handcrafted and eco-friendly, then check out Eco-Artware. This is a web-based gallery of unique works of art, with gift items that are available for women, men, and items for your home.

With the company's deep commitment to use green products, each item is made from natural or recycled materials. Over 25 artists offer beautiful and original work, and each artist is unique in regards to using their own vision to create their work.

For my review I was sent the Cascading Tagua Disk Drop Earrings. These pretty and colorful earrings are made from tagua nuts that are carved into 1/2 inch disks. They are then painted with brilliant water-based dyes by Columbian craftspeople.

These crafts people are artisans, farmers, and natives from displaced Colombian communities who work to produce and market their collection of natural and eco-friendly tagua nut jewelry. The eco-artware.com website offers a complete catalog of all their products. You will find an extensive selection of jewelry, along with women's accessories, household items, toys, baskets, and more.

 

You can learn more about Eco-Artware.com by following them on Twitter and being a fan on Facebook.


*I was not paid for our review. The opinions are 100% mine and may vary   from others. I was provided the earrings mentioned in this post to review for free from the PR company that represents them. 

Rayman Origins by Ubisoft for Wii Video Game Review

Adventure Platform games can be super fun to play. They can be fun to play a bit then put down without too much pressure of having to play for hours on end. I heard rave reviews about Rayman Origins but I did not care for it too much. It had some cool interactions but for me I like more classic cartoon type of games. I did love that it is a side scrolling game those are classic and fun to play. I am just not much of a Rayman fan.

One neat aspect was the four game player mode. I am sure kids will love that. To be able to play with their friends on an adventure platform. My husband told me I must be getting old if I am not a fan of Rayman lol. As with most games though everyone likes different ones so definitely rent it to try or if your a Rayman fan already I am sure you will enjoy the game.

*I was not paid for our review. The opinions are 100% mine and may vary   from others. I was provided the game in this post to review for free   from the PR company that represents them.

Super Bowl Fun and Twitter Parties

We had a blast watching the Super Bowl. The excitement of the game was awesome, the commercials hilarious and one new thing this year. I attended a twitter party on the side of #teamcoke  It was fun to tweet about the Coke vs Pepsi topic and discuss classic coke commercials and favorite flavors. I took some fun pictures of us enjoying our Polar Bear Coke during the game.

Twitter parties can be fun. You get to meet new people and have the chance to win cool prizes. I did not win any prizes but still had fun and the Giants beat out the 49ers at the chance to be in the SB, so sad! so my husband rooted for the Patriots just to spite the Giants but I rooted for the Giants and they won. Only because I think its cool that there are brothers who were both quarter backs, their parents most be so proud!

I hope you had a great Super Bowl Sunday too!