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As you may have noticed, I’m gearing up for the holiday season here at my blog. And I’m also excited and looking forward to a great holiday season over at my Etsy shop. I have a lot of great selections in pendants and hand stamped jewelry, including a new line of sports jewelry which you can get personalized with your team name and colors. And as always, I have a great assortment of name necklaces and couples jewelry. [Read more…]
Looking for a practical, but fun gift idea? You should consider Prize Candle. Like other candles, a Prize Candle makes a lovely accent piece and gives off a wonderful aroma when burned, but what makes a prize candle different from other candles is that it contains a ring inside. Each ring is valued anywhere from $10 to $5000.
All you have to do is burn your candle, and then use tweezers to pull your ring packaging out of the candle. Inside the packaging you will find code. Enter the code on the Prize Candle website, and it will tell you how much your ring is worth.
I received a 9 oz soy candle in the Blue Cypress scent. I really enjoyed burning this candle because it had a very clean smell to it. It was very nice and not too overwhelming. And of course, I was very excited to get my ring.
The ring I received features a large dark blue stone, and it is just beautiful. The ring itself was just a $10 ring, but I still love it. It’s very stylish, and it will go with a lot of different outfits.
Disclosure: I was sent a Prize Candle for review. However, the opinions are my own. If you’d like to advertise on my blog or be included in holiday gift guide, please send an email to simplysweethome@hotmail.com for details.
Happy November! Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Favorites! I’m very excited to have kicked off the holiday season here this week. You can join the fun by entering our Holiday Day Gift Guide Giveaway! The giveaway features a computer and about 50 other great prizes!
I also want to announce that next week I’ll be kicking off my Six Weeks of Christmas Treats Event. During the event I’ll be posting several great holiday recipes, and we’ll have guest contributors sharing their recipes here. And there will also be a round up post here on Monday with a linky included. The linky will be open throughout the holiday season for you to add your recipes. Hope you check it out and share something with us!
Now check out this week’s featured posts: 5 Chili Recipes!
This week I’m sharing a classic Southern recipe. Pecan Pie is a quintessential dessert for Thanksgiving and Christmas here in the South. I recently made my very first Pecan Pie. I’d never made it before because I’m usually more of a chocolate fan, but the pie was requested, so I gave it a whirl. It was way easier to make than I imagined it would be, and it turned out really great!
It’s been a while since I did a post featuring printables. Since we’re kicking off the holiday season this week, I thought it would be the perfect time to do that. I started out looking for recipe cards and coordinating tags suitable for gift giving or cookie exchanges, and then I also have found some fun invitations, gift tags, and full party packs for you. Hope you enjoy! [Read more…]
Each month or so I look forward to changing out the wreath on the door and wreaths in the house. Creekside Farms has a fantastic selection of wreaths for every season. I was very excited when they offered to send me their Fall Abundant Wreath. This is a very large wreath at 22 inches in diameter, and they certainly named it right! [Read more…]
Happy Halloween! Welcome to this week’s Friday Favorites! In celebration of the day and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I am happy to bring you some great pumpkin recipes for this week’s features!
There’s also still time to enter our last minute Halloween Giveaway from CVS! I also have a new giveaway from Old El Paso. And last but not least, I’ve teamed up with about 50 bloggers to bring you a fantastic Christmas Giveaway. This giveaway includes a computer for the grand prize winner, and then one first place winner will win prizes from each participating blog! Check it out!
Grand Prize Sponsored by: BuyDig
Sponsors: HoodiePet | FunBites | Brobo | Little Pim | Woolzies Dryer Balls
Host: Mom Blog Society | Budget Earth
Co Host: Geeky Gamer Mom | 3 Sons Have I | She Informed | The Country Gal | Mew Review | Night Helper
There will be 1 (one) Grand Prize winner who will receive a Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 62z 18.5-Inch All-In-One PC – Intel Dual Core 2.9 GHz Processor Sponsored by BuyDig.com
There will be 1 (one) First Place Winner who will receive the following prizes sponsored by both bloggers and brands!
About BuyDig.com
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if you’d like Mom Blog Society to feature your product in our next event please contact ladonna@momblogsociety.com for details. Official Sweepstakes Rules.
Disclosure:Each blogger and sponsor listed above is responsible for prize shipment.Please contact them directly if you are the winner of this even and have questions.
Are you excited about Halloween? Are you ready for all the ghosts and goblins to come out this week? So are we!
CVS/Pharmacy is here to make sure you have all the last minute Halloween supplies you need! Go by this week and check out their selection of costumes and costume accessories like makeup, masks, colored hairspray, and more! And also stock up on all your last minute decor, trick or treat candy and treat bags! [Read more…]
This post is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group® and Kleenex but all my opinions are my own. #KleenexAllergy #pmedia http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO.
If your family is like mine, since the start of October you’ve been hearing a lot of the following sounds: “Sneeze. Sneeze. Cough. Sniffle. Sniffle.” This means allergy season is in full swing! The weather here has just started to cool down and change in the last couple of weeks, and since then we’ve been starting to experience seasonal allergy and cold symptoms. I try to avoid the cool weather all together to keep myself well, but when you have men working outside and kids doing outdoor activities, not mention all the outdoor fall events going on, it doesn’t exactly help to combat the problem.
For this reason, I like to have plenty of Kleenex on hand. Their products are a great value, coming in 2-ply and 3-ply sheets, and they are very soft to the touch. Kleenex also has very stylish packaging if you’re looking for something to blend in with your home decor.
I recently made a trip to Target to stock up on Kleenex products. They have individual boxes as well as multiple pack boxes so that you can have a box for every room or just stock up for the winter, and they also have pocket packs, which are perfect for when your on-the-go.
Place these in your pocket, purse, suit case, back pack, glove box, or office drawer so you can fight allergies no matter where you are!
Today I’m sharing a few tips on how you can help your family to fight allergy season this year.
1. Keep bedding and carpets cleaned regularly.
2. Keep air filters changed out every 6 weeks (or even more often if you have pets or other potential allergens).
3. Take over-the-counter antihistamines.
4. Drink plenty of fluids, including water and juices that are high in vitamin C.
5. Drink hot chicken broth or eat chicken soup.
6. Drink herbal teas such as ginger tea, peppermint tea, green tea, chamomile, or tea with honey.
7. Irrigate the nasal passages with a neti pot or other saline product.
8. Take an NSAID or other pain relief product for headaches associated with allergies and sinus pressure.
9. Take hot showers or a hot bath, or drape a towel over your head and sit over a bowl of hot boiling water or a vaporizer.
10. Brush and bathe pets regularly and clean litter box to limit pet allergens.
11. Take multivitamins and other anti-allergy supplements, recommended by your doctor.
12. Avoid smoke, fumes, air pollution, and other things that cause your allergies to flare up.
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