win-it wednesday

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!

I’ve featured them before and truly love Hip Fusion Designs. Neida Joseph-Abel creates hip, handcrafted jewelry incorporating fused metal clay and dichroic glass elements. She considers every piece to be a work of wearable art that captures her customers’ individual personalities.

I’ve mentioned before what a fan I am of hand-stamped jewelry, but Neida’s process is very unique and different from the other jewelry that I own. Just check out the beautiful custom Toggle Bar Floating Tags Necklace above that she created for me! I get tons of compliments every time I wear it, and the front toggle makes it so easy to put on. It looks great with a variety of styles, and it’s my new go-to piece of jewelry these days.

Hip Fusion Designs has a new birthday club. Simply email your name and your birthday to Neida and she’ll send you a $25 gift coupon for Hip Fusion Designs the month of your birthday, no strings attached!

Neida knows how much my readers value a good deal, so through 8/31, enter coupon code DSM when checking out at Hip Fusion Designs to receive a FREE Cultura Pearl bracelet with your order!

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a $100 Gift Card to Hip Fusion Designs!

To enter, tell me what kind of jewelry you wear most often. Do you love your stamped necklace professing your love for your kids, or are you a sleek and sophisticated in your pearls?

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 type of jewelry do you wear the most?

2. Become a fan of Hip Fusion Designs on Facebook and post the following on their wall. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!

Visit Deal Seeking Mom.com and enter to win a $100 Hip Fusion Designs gift certificate! https://bit.ly/dw2RAF

3. Subscribe to the Hip Fusion Designs newsletter. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment once you’ve signed up!

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:
(1) $100 Hip Fusion Designs Gift Card

This giveaway ends at 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 19th 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!

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!

Every year BILLIONS of drink pouches, yogurt containers, candy wrappers and more end up in dumpsters and landfills across America. TerraCycle’s mission is to recycle these items into affordable, eco-friendly products. They’re making “upcycling” trendy with their adorable backpacks, binders, and lunch boxes!

Want to get paid for your trash? Join one of their FREE Brigades and TerraCycle will pay you per piece for sending them your non-recyclable waste materials.

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a TerraCycle Prize Pack that includes the following:

• Capri Sun lunch box
• Billboard laptop case
• Honest Kids 3 ring binder
• Paper pens
• (2) Capri Sun pencil cases
• Capri Sun small tote
• Doritos backpack
• Circuit board coasters
• Circuit board picture frame

To enter, tell me how your family gets environmentally friendly. Do you recycle as much as possible? Have you given up paper towels and instead opted for good old-fashioned cloth?

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. How does your family go green?

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

3. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @TerraCycle 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 a @TerraCycle Back-To-School Prize Pack worth $100 from @DealSeekingMom: https://bit.ly/bo8InM

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:
(1) TerraCycle Prize Pack (ARV $100), as described above

This giveaway ends at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 19th 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!

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!

Chances are you’ve got an outdoor outing or two planned still this summer, and Pyrex believes that its latest products are perfect for your next summer event. What, glass for an outdoor event?!? Well, yes, they have some pretty valid reasons why it would make a great choice:

• Seeing is Eating – Tinted plastic containers wrapped in three layers of foil to prevent spillage also prevent you and your crew from seeing what’s inside. Hidden foods are easily forgotten.
• Spill Prevention – Pyrex No-Leak Lids glass storage have lids that contain an airtight and leak-proof seal that keep your picnic basket free of leaks and spills. (I’m not sure if you’ve ever had the pleasure of having pasta salad leak in a cooler leaving an oily residue on everything inside, but I have and it’s the pits.)
• Preservation – Pyrex glass storage is BPA-free, doesn’t absorb stains or odors like plastic can and is reusable, which is friendly to the environment.

Not only is the Pyrex No-Leak Lids glass storage an ideal choice, but their new utensil line is really cool! Made from BPA-free silicone, the spoons and spatulas are super flexible and reach easily into the corners of bowls and cookware. I especially love the ease of storing the measuring cups with their magnetic handles that keep them perfectly stacked.

Two lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will win a Pyrex Picnic Pack that includes:

• Pyrex Rolling Cooler (not available in stores – EV $16.99)
• Pyrex Picnic Blanket (not available in stores – EV $12.99)
• Pyrex Magnetic Measuring Cups ($9.99 MSRP)
• Pyrex Serving Spoon ($8.99 MSRP)
• Pyrex Large Slotted Spoon ($8.99 MSRP)
• Pyrex Serving Tongs ($13.99 MSRP)
• Pyrex Medium Grater with 1-cup Container ($14.99 MSRP)
• Pyrex No Leak Lids 6-pc. value pack ($18.99 MSRP)
• Two Corelle Tempered Glass Dishes (Sold in sets)
• 16-piece Corelle Place Setting

To enter, tell me where your favorite picnic place is located. Do you head to a river, or maybe you have your picnics in a downtown park, surrounded by the hustle and bustle.

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. Where is your favorite picnic place?

2. Add Deal Seeking Mom to your blogroll or add my badge to your sidebar. Make sure to come back and leave the link to your site in a separate comment!

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:
(2) Pyrex Picnic Packs, as described above

This giveaway ends at 7:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 5th 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!

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!

A couple of weeks ago, my oldest daughter and I had the privilege of taking a trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky to meet the ultra-fabulous, award-winning kindergarten teacher, Patrice McCrary, and to participate in a fun day of crafts sponsored by Kleenex.

We had so much fun with these ladies and their kindergarten children:

• Ellen from Love that Max
• Becky from Nickles -n- Dimes
• Niri from Mommy Niri
• Jamie from Blonde Mom Blog

I can’t tell you what a treat this was for my daughter and me. She’s the middle child, and one-on-one time can be hard to come by, so we were particularly thrilled to spend some quality time together before she starts kindergarten in a few weeks. From being picked up at the airport in a white limo, to breakfast in bed, to learning about germs in a brilliant, fun, hands-on way, this is certainly an event she’s going to remember for years to come.

The theme for the day was learning about germs: what they are, how to prevent the spread of them, and how Kleenex’s new Sneeze Shield technology can help. My favorite activity was when Mrs. McCrary brought out the “germ juice,” which was really just a non-toxic lotion with glitter in it that shows up under a black light. After applying the “germ juice” to the kids’ hands, they were encouraged to touch various objects in the room. Mrs. McCrary then brought out the black light to demonstrate how they’d left traces of their “germs” on all of the items. Brilliant!!!

It was quite apparent why Mrs. McCrary has won numerous awards as a teacher. She’s exactly the kind of teacher that you’d wish for your child to have — warm, patient, caring, and able to keep the kids in line and engaged. I was just amazed watching the interaction!

Patrice offers these Back To School tips:

• Two weeks prior to the beginning of school, start to ease back into a routine.
• Let your child be involved in the back-to-school shopping experience.
• Celebrate the new school year!

Plus you’ll want to check out these fabulous resources from Kleenex:

• Printable Activity Kit
• Catch The Bug online game
• Learn more about Sneeze Shield

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom will win a month’s supply of Kleenex!

To enter, tell me what is the hardest part of getting your kids ready to go back to school.

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’s the hardest part of the back-to-school preparation for you?

2. Join the Kleenex 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:
(1) Month’s supply of Kleenex

This giveaway ends at 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 5th 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!

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!

What better way to end a long, hot summer day than with an ice cream treat from Good Humor? I’ve been a huge fan of their Strawberry Shortcake Bars since I was a little girl, and I still enjoy them as a special treat today.

This year Good Humor is celebrating 90 years of family memories with a chance to instant-win one of 10,000 prizes and $10,000 cash in the summer Sweet-Stakes. Simply pick up a specially marked Good Humor bar or enter at GoodHumor.com for your chance to win!

In addition, five lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win (4) Good Humor FREE Product coupons!

To enter, tell me what your favorite ice cream treat is. What did you have to have from the ice cream man? Was it the Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich or the Sundae Cone that caught your eye each summer?

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 is your favorite ice cream treat to eat during the summer?

2. Join the Good Humor 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:
(5) Good Humor FREE Product Coupon Packages with 4 Coupons Each (ARV $20)

This giveaway ends at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday, August 5th 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!