Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Electric toothbrushes are so nice. They do all the hard work of brushing for you, but they can also be so expensive. This Christmas, if you are searching for a budget electric toothbrush the Philips Sonicare Powerup might be the perfect brush for you. The Philips Sonicare Powerup toothbrush retails for $19.99 but I have seen it on sale at … [Read more...]
The Perfect Doorknob for Mom’s
Disclosure: I received a free product sample in exchange for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Mom's are busy! I find myself usually carrying the bulk of items to and from the car when we go on outings or even just running errands. When it comes to carrying bags of groceries or car seats, door openings have to be timed just right. I used to have to open the door to the garage and open the car door first, then I would go … [Read more...]
A Deep Clean With the Shark Steam & Spray Mop
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Everybody seems to have that one chore they hate doing. I mean, the word chore itself means something that is hard to do. For me the chore I hate the most is mopping. I have owned several mops throughout my life. Some of them were acceptable, most not. I was very excited to try the Shark Steam & Spray mop, but nervous because it had such … [Read more...]
Consider Staples for your Christmas Toy Shopping
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I'm going to guess that as you are making your gift lists and looking for toy deals you might have skipped over the Staples ad? Well DON'T! Staples has some fantastic holiday toy offerings! Check out two new toys from Staples that will be under our Christmas tree this year.First the Origami Zoo kit. My daughter is big into … [Read more...]
See’s Candies – A Holiday Tradition
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own, yours may differ. Growing up I could tell the holidays were approaching because there would be an increase of boxes of See's Candies at our house. My family is full of chocolate lovers, and nothing is more delicious than a box of See's Candies! Besides buying boxes of chocolates, you can also buy gift certificates in the amount of a pound box of … [Read more...]
Fun Character Speakers from Marvel iHome
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. If you have a super hero lover at your house get ready to blow their mind (and their music) with the cute Mini Character Speakers! Disney (which owns Marvel) has made these adorable 6 inch speakers in Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America. They are rechargeable and compatible with all MP3 players, tablets, smartphones and … [Read more...]
Make the Season Fair with Fair Trade
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. This holiday season before going off to purchase cheaply made products, think about purchasing products that can impact others lives. Buy items made in America and that can help the small business owner or purchase products stamped with the "Fair Trade Certified" stamp. When you buy Fair Trade goods you know that the farmer that … [Read more...]
Give a Green Gift with TerraCycle
Disclosure: I received free product for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Do you have someone on your shopping list that love going green? That would love recycled and upcycled products? Then TerraCycle is a site you NEED to check out. DwellSmart is the Official Online Retailer for TerraCycle, a company reducing waste by finding innovative uses for materials others deem garbage. TerraCycle pays … [Read more...]
Tweekaboo – Easily Capturing Special Moments
Disclosure: I received compensation for including Tweekaboo in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Tweekaboo is a life story app that makes it easy for busy moms to capture their children's everyday moments and instantly save them to a digital scrapbook which can be printed, all using your iPhone. Because every child wants to know what they were like when they were small!Tweekaboo founder, Eugene Murphy, discovered that being a modern dad … [Read more...]
Great Big Canvas – Your Premiere Source for Images
Disclosure: I was compensated for including Great Big Canvas in my Holiday Gift Guide. Regardless, all experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I like having art on my wall. I am by no means an artist but I did go through a phase when I enjoyed painting canvases and painted some for our guest room and guest bathroom. That phase has now passed and I prefer to buy the art I put on my walls. I think it is hard to find something I love. You have to go to so many stores … [Read more...]
Cooler Weather Requires Warm Sandwiches – Hamilton Beach Panini Press
Disclosure: I received a free product sample to review for my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. As the weather get cooler and cooler, we start eating and drinking warmer and warmer foods. We break out the boxes of cocoa, sharpen up my soup making skills, the crockpot see's a lot more action and now I have this amazing panini press to add to the mix! Think of this: Panini's and soup! YUMMMMMHamilton Beach sent me this amazing … [Read more...]
Memories Make the Best Gifts
Disclosure: I received compensation for including Canvas on Demand in my Holiday Gift Guide. Regardless, all experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.A few months ago my family went to California for my Sister's in law wedding. It was the perfect time to get a nice family photo since we were dressed up in coordinating colors. There are several members of our family that are photographers so we came away from that trip with some beautiful family pictures. I had received a … [Read more...]
Pogo.com Provides Tons of Fun
Disclosure: I received compensation for sharing information about this site. All experiences and opinions are my own. There are plenty of websites available to play free online games. My favorite, however, is Pogo.com. I first discovered Pogo in December of 2001. I was in college and feeling stress from school. I happened upon this very fun site that offered free online games. In between studying or when I needed a break I would play on Pogo. Some of my favorites then included … [Read more...]
The Sparkle Box – A Priceless Holiday Lesson
Disclosure: I received a free book for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own, yours may differ. I love Christmas time. I love that people generally are a lot more friendly and everyone seems happier. I love the colors of lights and ornaments and all the festive decorations. I like that the spirit of giving is more prominent. I like that there seem to be more opportunities to help others.The Sparkle Box review and giveaway is a kick off to … [Read more...]
Dana’s Bakery – French Macarons, Fun American Flavors
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I love food gifts because they are perfect for EVERYONE! We all know people that are hard to shop for or that seem to have everything already. Instead of giving yourself a headache trying to figure out what to buy for those people, I have a simple solution: Macarons from Dana's Bakery.I discovered my love for macarons a few … [Read more...]
