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 love a good iced latte in the summer, but the ones at Starbucks don’t come cheap! I’ve tried to dupliate the drink at home in the past without much success — until I tried the Seattle’s Best Toddy Brewing System.

With the Seattle’s Best Toddy Brewing System you can easily make your own cold brewed coffee concentrate at home. This is the key to a good iced latte! With the system you can brew up to 48 oz. of concentrate at a time, so it’s perfect for get togethers, or you can store it in the fridge for up to 14 days so you can enjoy an iced coffee drink at any time. You can also freeze it for up to 6 months!

Here’s a short video that shows you the brewing process from start to finish:

Need a recipe idea? Here’s my fave Iced Cold Brewed Coffee Vanilla Latte:

• 1 part cold brewed coffee concentrate
• 1 part chilled milk
• 1/2 to 1 oz. vanilla syrup
• 1 serving cup of ice

How’s that for simple and delicious?

Three lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a Seattle’s Best Toddy Brewing System, along with a bag of Seattle’s Best Beach House Blend Coffee!

To enter, tell me what your favorite summer coffee drink is. Do you like iced lattes, or are you a blended drink lover?

Additionally, the first 10 Deal Seeking Mom readers to upload a photo of you and your favorite Seattle’s Best drink to the Seattle’s Best Facebook page will each win one of (10) $10 Seattle’s Best Coffee gift cards. Be sure to include the link to this post (https://bit.ly/bZqDqu) in your photo comment to have it counted!

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 summer coffee drink?

2. Join the Seattle’s Best Coffee community on Facebook for more coffee news and announcements. 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) Seattle’s Best Toddy Home Brewing Systems + Coffee
(10) $10 Seattle’s Best Gift Cards

This giveaway ends at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, 7/8 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!

June is just about over now, but did you know that it was National Safe Driving Month? Motorola hit the road this month to educate consumers about driving safely with their Get Smarter safe driving campaign.

As part of this effort, Motorola has developed the H17txt with Motospeak Hands-Free Device. This nifty little piece of technology looks like a typical Bluetooth headset, with the added capability of reading text messages to the consumer in real time. You can even set up an autoresponse that will let the original sender know that you will respond to their message as soon as you reach your destination!

Motorola sent me an H17txt with Motospeak unit to test drive this feature. Unfortunately, the Motospeak technology is only compatible with Android and RIM devices at this time, so I was unable to take advantage of it with my iPhone. However, you can still use it as a Bluetooth headset, and this has quickly become a lifesaver for me. I’m hoping that the Motospeak application will be compatible soon, because I’d love to have that feature.

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win an H17txt with Motospeak Hands-Free Device!

To enter, answer tell me whether you’ve ever been tempted to text and drive. Shh, we won’t tell…

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. Have you ever been tempted to text and drive? We won’t tellhttps://dealseekingmom.com/

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

3. Follow @DealSeekingMom and @MotoMobile 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 H17txt w/ Motospeak Hands-Free Device from @MotoMobile and @DealSeekingMom and stay focused on the road! https://bit.ly/aLbrK3

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) H17txt with Motospeak Hands-Free Device

This giveaway ends at 10 p.m. EST on Thursday, 7/1 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!

Crisco is probably not the first product that comes to mind when you think “grilling,” but surprisingly, they have some fantastic grilling recipes and tips on their website, including these suggestions:

• Crisco No-Stick Cooking Spray makes clean up a breeze! Simply spray the cold grill (never spray a hot grill) for non-stick grilling all summer long!
• Use long handled tongs — not a meat fork — to turn meats on the grill. Forks can pierce the meat, releasing the juices (and flavor!) from your food.
• Always let grilled meats rest 10-15 minutes before slicing or serving for the juiciest results.

I thought the All-American Grilled Pound Cake sounded particularly intriguing, so I’m hoping to give that a try at our Fourth of July festivities! And I especially love that some of the recipes, like the Grilled Beef and Vegetable Kabobs even offer video tutorials. I’m very much a visual learner, so that helps me immensely.

Crisco sent me an awesome grilling package to try some of these recipes out myself that includes:

• Coleman RoadTrip LE Grill
• Crisco Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• Crisco Olive Oil Spray
• Crisco Butter Flavor No-Stick Cooking Spray
• Crisco Reusable Shopping Bag
• Crisco Grilling Tongs
• Crisco Hot Pad
• Crisco Basting Brush

We grill out regularly in the summer, so we’ve been testing out the sprays, and they definitely keep foods from sticking to the grill!

We haven’t tried the Coleman RoadTrip Grill out just yet, but we plan to take it with us on our upcoming vacation. I can’t even tell you how excited my husband is about this grill. He’s already been checking out all of the cool accessories you can purchase on Amazon for it.

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a Crisco grilling package, including all of the items noted above!

To enter, tell me about your favorite thing to grill.

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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 is your favorite thing to make on the grill?

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:
(1) Crisco Grill Package, as described above (ARV $220)

This giveaway ends at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, 7/1 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!

Looking for a fun, summer project to do with the kids? KLUTZ books always have some great options, like this new KLUTZ Glossy Bands book. The Klutz Glossy Bands book comes with everything you need to create beautiful, stretchy bracelets to share with your friends. Plus you can tailor the designs to your child’s skill level — from a simple two-color dot bracelet to a more complicated four-color flower bracelet.

If your child is into the Silly Bandz craze, he or she is sure to love making Glossy Bands! The book comes with enough gel to make 14 bracelets, so this should provide several rainy days’ worth of fun. Though it’s not demonstrated in the book, they also mention that you can make rings using the same techniques, so I’d imagine you could stretch it even further this way.

Five lucky Deal Seeking Mom readers will each win a copy of the Klutz Glossy Bands book with 4 colors of gel, clear plastic work surface, swirling sticks, and Klutz clear instructions for tons of bracelet designs!

To enter, tell me what your favorite craft was as a kid.

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 was your favorite craft as a kid? What do your children enjoy now?

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:
(5) Klutz Glossy Bands Books, as described above

This giveaway ends at 10 a.m. EST on Thursday, 7/1 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!

If you’re looking for a portable set of speakers for your iPod or iPhone, I’d encourage you to check out the Altec Lansing inMotion Compact Speakers. Not only do they have a good sound to them, but they easily fold into themselves, making it super easy to take them with you on your travels.

You can choose to use batteries or an AC adapter, so they are truly useful wherever! I use mine in my office, on the deck out back, when I’m working in my garden, and so much more.

Features:

• Simple button controls makes it easy to use
• Small and portable — listen anywhere with AA batteries
• Unique case that protects it and doubles up as a stand when listening
• Made for iPod/iPhone

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win Altec Lansing inMotion Compact speakers for their iPod or iPhone.

To enter, tell me how you find cheap or FREE music for your MP3 player (legally, of course!).

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 do you find cheap or FREE music for your MP3 player?

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

3. 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.

4. 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!

Prize:
(1) Altec Lansing inMotion Compact Speakers

This giveaway ends at 7 p.m. EST on Thursday, 6/24 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!