Precious Moment Baby Boutique Giveaway!

The Precious Moments Baby Boutique sent me a beautiful blanket and hat to review! It is SO soft and pretty! Lorelei could not keep her hands off of it! The blanket and hat set comes with a beautiful Precious Moments ribbon tied around it. There is a tag that has washing instructions (simple-machine wash)





I am going to give away the same item! You can enter one of several ways:


1. Leave a comment about who you will be giving the baby gift to (it is ok to say yourself and your baby!)

2. Tweet about this giveaway!

3. Follow me on Twitter @dawnini (if you already do just leace a comment and tell me)


4.Subscribe to my blog and leave a comment that you did. I promise I usually don't let a month go in between posts! Life has been intense here.


5. Go visit Precious Moments Baby Boutique and tell me what your favorite product is!



This Giveaway will end: September 30, 2010 at 2 pm CST. I will draw the winner using Random.org The gift will be sent directly to you.

Electrolux and Kelly Ripa Host "Splits For a Cause"

Usually when we hear the word "split", we think of news of celebrity break-ups, splshed across the cover of tabloid magazines. (Isn't that sad?) Kelly Ripa and Electrolux want to prove that a split can be a good thing!

Electrolux Appliances is announcing (and celebrating!) their familiar duo is splitting up and are now stand-alone refrigerator and freezer. And to sweeten this celebrations, they're bringing in the "Emperor of Ice Cream" Stephen Bruce, owner and founder of Serendipity 3, the landmark New York City restaurant and dessert spot, into the mix.

Kelly and Bruce teamed up to make banana splits for a cause. And now they want you to dig in, with your virtual spoon! Visit http://www.kelly-confidential.com/, and you can build your ultimate banana split using virtual ingredients from classic whipped cream to caramel sauce to rainbow sprinkles. For each "split", Electrolux will donate $1 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund as part of its $750,000 commitment to help fight ovarian cancer.

As usual, Electrolux and Kelly find new and fun ways to say thank you to those who support this great cause. Everyone who logs onto the site and builds a split will be automatically entered for a chance to win the daily prize-$50 twoards sweet summer treats-and the grand prize: the new stand-alone refrigerator and freezer from Electrolux.

Disclosure: I was entered for a chance to win the stand-alone refrigerator and freezer from Electrolux. No monetary exchange took place.

Celebrate Summer with Solo! Fun Photo Contest

Our friends at Solo are back this summer with their second annual Solo Online Photo Contest! And like last year, they are unveiling new must-have product just in time for summer barbecues. Solo Squared plates and bowls are the perfect complement to their popular Squared cup. These durable, single-use cups, plates and bowls cut down on clean-up time, which means more time for summer fun!

Speaking of fun, how does winning great prizes sound? The Solo cup company has launched their second annual Solo Online Photo Contest with a grand prize of $5,000 for the best photo featuring Solo products. You'll be able to enter your favorite photos at http://www.solocups4ever.com/ until August 6th. In addition to the grand prize two $1,000 runner-up prizes will be awarded at the end of the contest. By entering, you will also have a chance to win daily and weekly prizes of gift certificates and Solo products - a great way to extend the fun of summer well into the fall!

Disclosure: By mentioning this contest on my blog I am entered into a contest with MomSelect for a $250 Visa gift card.

Reviews and Giveaways: Why?

I have been asked how I get connected with people to be able to do reviews and giveaways on products.  I at first was just going to answer privately, but then decided this might be helpful to others as well. 

I want to start with why I do reviews and giveaways: 1) They are fun! 2) I usually get free product and a chance to try something new 3) It drives more traffic to my blog 4) It helps advertisers connect new people with their products.  So, it really is a win-win situation.

My first resources is: My Blog Spark.  I have not gotten a lot of offers from them as of yet.  I have gotten the four coupons for free General Mills cereal though.

MomSelect is another great resource!  They provided the Rainbow Brite CD-roms.  They have great twitter parties all of the time!  I received an email from them to try out a great product but it was for newborns and Lorelei was too old.  I heart this resource! 

Next I would suggest Twitter.  Seriously, I like Twitter better than Facebook!  Follow your favorite products and companies!  Connect.  Offer your services to do a review and/or giveaway.  Remember it is a win-win situation!  Remember to read other people's tweets!  I found out about a review/giveaway opportunity through someone else's tweets.  (Look for it...it will be coming at the end of this month...you won't want to miss it!...That is all I can let slip out now!)

Think of your friends that have small businesses.  Approach them about doing a giveaway on your blog.  Think: win-win! 

I hope this helps!  If you have other resources that you would like to share, I would appreciate it!  Also, leave me comments and let me know if any of these were helpful to you!