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 giving art kits for gifts because they are hands on and active. It isn't a mindless activity. The Artterro Art Kits are super great because they encourage creativity and sustainability. The creators of Artterro Eco Art kits noticed a need for open ended crafts made from high quality products so Arterro was born. The company also … [Read more...]
Perfect Blending with the Ninja Ultima Blender
Disclosure: I received a free product sample in exchange for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experience and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. We have had the same blender for almost 11 years. It is a horrible blender that doesn't really work. I'm not sure why I have even kept it around taking up space in my kitchen cupboards. I was SO EXCITED to receive the Ninja Ultima blender and throw my old blender away. This blender is pretty amazing and can do … [Read more...]
Getting Flirty in the Kitchen for the Holidays
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experience and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I love aprons. I actually have quite the large collection of aprons. It's fun to wear my Holiday Aprons for the corresponding holiday. My daughter and I have a couple matching aprons we wear when we bake together. In fact, when my daughter was little my Mom made her several aprons to wear instead of bibs. Bibs just don't keep you covered … [Read more...]
Philips Sonicare Powerup Toothbrush Review
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...]
Keeping Warm This Winter with Sprigs
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. The weather is getting cold FAST but we are prepared at our house! Sprigs sent over some very nice winter weather gear for us to review. My favorite thing out of the group of items they sent over are the Ear Bags. These cute ear muffs of sorts are individual to cover your ears and are hassle free as they don't have a headband to annoy you! The ear bags … [Read more...]
A Well Groomed Man with Philips Norelco
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my holiday gift guide. All experience and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I am the barber at our house. I cut my husband's hair and my sons hair. We do own some clippers but I think have after years of use they are getting dull because they don't work very well. I was really excited to break out our new Multi Groom Pro kit from Philips Norelco! My husband desperately needed a hair cut and I was excited … [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...]
Skylanders Swap Force Starter Pack for Wii
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I'm going to admit something a little embarrassing with this review. I love this game so much, I'm not a very good sharer with my kids. After the kids go to bed at night, my husband and I head to the basement to play our new Skylanders Swap Force game from Activision. Before doing this review I had seen these little action figure toys at … [Read more...]
High Quality Shoes from Mozo
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Mozo is an innovative brand not afraid of making mistakes. They create shoes for culinary professionals that can stand up to the heat of the kitchen and the scrutiny of the dining room. By collaborating with world class Chefs you can be confident that the designs are created to inspire! I LOVE shoes. I have a lot … [Read more...]
Slumber Buddies – A Soothing Friend
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Slumber Buddies is a toy that has a light inside of it and it shines through the plastic cover to project stars, the moon and a planet on the ceiling and walls of your dark room. There are several different versions of this toy on the market. I'm very glad to have been able to receive Slumber Buddies from Summer Infant as the one … [Read more...]
Get Wireless With the Motorola Sliver II Bluetooth Headset
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours pay differ. These days being hands free is pretty important. In some states it is even required, as using your cell phone in the car is illegal! For those of you that live in states where you can't touch your phone in your car, and for others of you that like to be hands free while still enjoying a chat on your phone, I have a GREAT option for you! The … [Read more...]
Eye-Fi Mobile X2
I was really excited at the chance to review The Eye-Fi Mobile X2 wireless SD card. I have heard about these for a while but I have never seen one work. How it works You take pictures with the Eye-Fi card inside the camera, the pictures are then transferred wirelessly to your smartphone, tablet or computer; then email it or share it online.Features 8GB Memory- 8 Gigs of space is plenty, especially for us because we are used to using just s 2GB cardWireless JPEG Photo & Video … [Read more...]
Kid Powered Fun with Educational Insights
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 acquiring toys for my children that will help them learn or encourage their imaginations to soar. Educational Insights offers a wide range of these kinds of toys! I'm so happy to be working with them for my 2013 Holiday Gift Guide! First up is the Dino Construction Company T-Rex Wrecker! This kid powered toy will … [Read more...]
Word Games from Educational Insights
We also received from Educational Insights, a fun word game, Pass the Peas. This stacking, sliding word game is recommended for children ages 8+ although I found my 8 year old struggled playing. In this fun game everyone receives a pea pod and a bag of letters. After choosing 10 letters out of your bag you flip the timer over and have 30 seconds to build a word. When the timer is up you "pass your peas" to your neighbor. Once again you flip the timer and everyone has a chance to build a new word … [Read more...]
