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Win-It Wednesday: VSP Vision Care See Much More iPad Giveaway!

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Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting 24-hour giveaways at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET to give you plenty of chances to win!

Being able to see clearly and easily is key to a child’s success in school. If you can’t see what’s going on, how can you possibly learn? As many as one in four kids won’t be able to see properly as they head back to school. Annual eye exams can help undetected vision problems to be caught early so that children are getting the most out of school.

To highlight how important eye and vision health is I’ve teamed up with VSP Vision Care, the nation’s largest not-for-profit vision benefits and services company to offer you this amazing iPad giveaway. The iPad can help as several applications are built to boost visual acuity and overall eye health, making them perfect for doing eye exercises and keeping your eyes in shape.

Visit VSP’s website, SeeMuchMore.com to find out what you can do for your vision, find out interesting eye facts, watch videos with Bill Nye the Science Guy, play video games and more!

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a $500 Gift Card to the Apple Store to use towards an Apple iPad!

To enter, visit SeeMuchMore.com and tell me one thing you learned from the site about vision care.

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two or three for up to a total of 3 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. What is one thing you learned at SeeMuchMore.com?

2. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @VSPVisionCare on Twitter and tweet the following. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet!

Enter to win an Apple iPad from @DealSeekingMom in the @VSPVisionCare See Much More Giveaway: https://bit.ly/aZGpok #DSMeyes

3. Become a fan of DealSeekingMom and VSPVisionCare on Facebook. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link letting me know you’re a fan!

Prize:
(1) $500 Gift Card to the Apple Store, as described above

This giveaway ends at 6:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, 9/15 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Win-It Wednesday: Snapily 3D Photo Notebook (10 Winners!)

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Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting 24-hour giveaways at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET to give you plenty of chances to win!

Dress up your OWN 3D Notebook!

Snapily has a full line of unique photo products, from business and greeting cards to scrapbook pages. They recently came out with a 3D Notebook that is perfect for the back-to-school season and beyond. I would love to customize a notebook with photos of my kids and then write down all their personal milestones inside. I could even make one with a sports play in action on the front using the 3D creator and then use it as a sports stats tracker for their different sports teams. I may just need to invest in a few notebooks!

Ten lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a 5.5″ x 8.5″ Snapily 3D Notebook that they design and customize with their very own photos!

To enter, tell me what photo you would put on a Snapily 3D Notebook and what you would use it for.

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. What photo would you put on your 3D notebook, and what would you then use the notebook for?

2. Join the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @Snapily on Twitter and tweet the following. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet!

Enter to win 1 of 10 @Snapily 3D Photo Notebooks from @DealSeekingMom: https://bit.ly/98ck7h

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(10) Snapily 3D Photo Notebooks, as described above

This giveaway ends at 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, 9/2 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Giveaway Gathering Week of 8/29/10

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Got a great giveaway going on this week? List it here so other Deal Seeking Mom readers can find it easily and enter. If you’re reading this via email or in a feed reader, be sure to {CLICK HERE} to see all of the great giveaways listed!

Don’t forget to list your giveaway on the Deal Seeking Mom Forums, where you can share more details about your prize and browse the other great giveaways listed there as well!

Don’t forget to enter to win a $500 Linens ‘N Things Shopping Spree, and then come back on Wednesday for Win-It Wednesday, with three 24-hour giveaways that you won’t want to miss!

Every Sunday I’ll start a new post with inlinkz for you all to share your awesome giveaways with Deal Seeking Mom readers! If you have a giveaway you’d like to list, just leave your link below.

To keep it neat, I suggest that you list your blog name and then the the item you’re giving away in parentheses, ex. Deal Seeking Mom (Flip Digital Video Camera). The only requirement is that when asked for your URL, you link directly to the giveaway. Links directly to your homepage will be deleted.

NEW: You will be able to choose a picture from the your giveaway post page or upload one of your choice to go along with your link!

Saturday Sweeps: 10/28/10

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It’s Saturday again and that means another round of Saturday Sweeps. Come back each Saturday, and I’ll share my favorite sweepstakes for the week. I’d love to hear about a DSM reader winning big!

Last week my kids and I were able to spend an evening taste testing different Jif peanut butter combinations with a fun group of other bloggers via an online video conference. Now, I’ve always considered myself part of the Red Team (meaning I like the creamy PB with the red lid); however, Jif just may have convinced me that I need to switch to the Blue Team (crunchy PB with the blue lid) after trying Jif Crunchy peanut butter on baby carrots. It’s a pairing I probably never would have tried on my own, but it was totally delicious!

Other combinations we tried were peanut butter and hummus — which was surprisingly good — vanilla frosting and peanut butter, and of course my favorite chocolate and peanut butter. Some bloggers were even brave enough to try peanut butter on bacon, but that one really didn’t appeal to me in the least.

What I enjoyed most about the event is that it sparked an interest in my kids to try new flavor combinations and eat things that maybe they would normally turn their noses up at. Even my ultra-picky 4-year-old was at least taking a nibble of some of the more outrageous combinations.

So what’s your favorite peanut butter pairing? If you need a little inspiration to try something new, check out this fabulous recipe below for Peanut Butter Apple Rings:

Peanut Butter Apple Rings

Ingredients:

1/3 cup Jif Natural Creamy Peanut Butter Spread
4 teaspoons honey
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 large red delicious apple, cored and cut crosswise into 6 rings
1/2 cup granola cereal with raisins

Directions:

1. Stir peanut butter, honey and cinnamon in small bowl. Arrange apple rings on serving plates. Spread rings evenly with thin layer of peanut butter mixture.
2. Lightly press granola cereal into peanut butter mixture. Serve immediately.

  • Does your child love doing fun and crazy things with peanut butter sandwiches? Have them enter the Jif Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest for a chance to win a $25,000 scholarship fund when you send in your best peanut butter sandwich recipe. Four runners up will receive a $2,500 scholarship fund. Open to U.S. residents ages 6 to 12. Ends 10/22.
  • For all you moms out there, you can be the judge of the Jif Most Creative Sandwich Contest! Write a 250-word essay telling Jif how you make the best choices for your family for the Jif Moms’ Choice Their Choice Contest and you could win a trip for two to New York to judge the sandwich contest!
  • Enter Amazon’s Back-to-School Wishes Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $10,000 MasterCard just by making a purchase on Amazon with your MasterCard. Ends 8/31. Who knows, you may have already entered without knowing it!
  • Still recording things on VHS? Come into the 21st century and enter to win a TiVo Premiere XL and rethink the way you watch TV. Ends 10/25.
  • Saving up for your dream vacation? Give your balance a potential boost by entering Family Circle’s Dream Vacation Sweepstakes. One grand prize winner will walk away with $25,000. Ends 8/31, so enter now!
  • Tailgating season is fast approaching. Get your grill on when you enter to win a Weber Q320 Portable Gas Grill from Pazsaz Entertainment. Ends 9/30.

See the previous Saturday Sweeps for more chances to win!

Win-It Wednesday: Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar Prize Pack (3 Winners!)

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Join me every week for Win-It Wednesday. I’ll be posting 24-hour giveaways at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ET to give you plenty of chances to win!

Nakano recently sent our family a bottle of their Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar so we could give it a try. I’ve been debating about exactly how I wanted to use it, and then today I stumbled upon this recipe which inspired me to create this recipe for Tangy Sesame Cucumber Salad. With just five ingredients, it’s simple, easy and delicious!

Toss your sesame seeds in a pan and toast them over medium heat. No oil needed — the natural oils already in the seeds are plenty. Watch them carefully because just want some light color. It shouldn’t take more than about five minutes and will likely take less.

Slice up two cucumbers very thin.

Whisk together the oil, Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar, and the soy sauce to make a vinaigrette.

Sprinkle the toasted sesame seeds on top of the cucumbers and toss with the vinaigrette — that’s it!

The end result is light and refreshing with just a bit of tang, and the nuttiness of the sesame seeds is the perfect accompaniment. I’m really excited to try seasoned vinegar in some other recipes now.

Tangy Sesame Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:

2 large cucumbers sliced
1 T. toasted sesame seeds (freshly toasted is best!)

6 T. Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar
4 T. canola oil
1 T. soy sauce

Directions:

1. Toast the sesame seeds over medium heat.
2. Whisk together rice vinegar, oil, and soy sauce.
3. Toss cucumbers with toasted sesame seeds and vinaigrette.
4. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes for flavors to meld.

Makes 6 servings.

Three lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar Prize Pack that includes the following?

  • $25 Visa Giftcard
  • Bottle of Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar
  • Nakano Recipe/Coupon Booklet

To enter, visit the Nakano website then come back and tell us what your favorite Splash tip is.

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. Tell me what your favorite Nakano Splash tip is.

2. Join the Nakano community on Facebook. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

3. Join the Deal Seeking Mom Forums to chat about your great finds, special coupon codes, and chances to win exclusive giveaways. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve joined or that you’re already a registered user!

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(3) Nakano Seasoned Rice Vinegar Prize Packs, as described above

This giveaway ends at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, 8/26 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Nakano provided me with a Visa gift card and a free bottle of seasoned vinegar for participating in this campaign.