Awesome Bridal Giveaway

Bridal Giveaway 2009

Inspired! Wedding Tips and ideas is hosting its first annual bridal giveaway. Beautiful set of Toasting Flutes, choose from three different styles.

Choice 1

Our sponsor company is Aleximani Events. Post a comment to this blog post or any other on my blog for an entry into our giveaway indicate which set of Toasting flutes are your favorite.

Choice 2

Earn an extra entry by visiting the sponsors page view other gifts or items and come back and post the items that you liked on the site. If your name is chosen you could win both prizes, the flutes and other item (up to $50 value). Be sure to end your comments with "contest entry".

Choice 3

You can earn extra entries by following this blog, subscribe in reader or by email. You can also earn an entry if you advertise this giveaway on a social network or blog, you should come back and post the link. Come back everyday for extra entries, read any of the blog posts and comment, end your comment with "contest entry".

Entries will be accepted through August 17, 2009 at 11:59pm. Winner will be announced on August 24, 2009!!!!!!!!!!!

****Visit Inspired!!!!! Wedding Tips & Ideas NOW to enter giveaway!!!!******

While you are there check out Aleximani Events to see all of the awesome gifts they have for every occasion!

Sale Time!!!! In all my BIZs

~HELPING TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAYS

& YOUR NIGHTS~

I am offering a sale in all of my businesses. If you have been wanting to try one of my products from Brown Bag Party, Mommy's Sunshine Designs, or Soylicious.com, now is the time w/ great savings!

I will start off the Sales with:

Brown Bag Party

One of the awesome new features with Brown Bag Party is that we now can offer coupon codes to use on our websites. I am offering 20% off all orders placed on my website! http://www.bbpartygirl.com/

To receive the 20% off use coupon code 4B9RVW at checkout.

All orders will be shipped straight to your door via Fedex. No one even has to know what you order!

Next business up for a sale is

Mommy's Sunshine Designs

I am offering a HUGE sale here, 20% off all orders and FREE shipping (US only)!!!
What a great deal!

Are you looking for a tutu for your pretty princess or a tye dye for your little sunshine?
This is the place you want to be! Check out all of my photos. Fill out the form on the contact us page with what you are wanting.

http://www.mommyssunshinedesigns.com/

And last but certainly not least,

Soylicious.com

I am offering 20% off all orders emailed to me. This one you have to email me your orders. Check out my site and make you a list of what you want then email me!

c_strickand@yahoo.com

I will work up your price with your discount and shipping and get back to you.

**Check out the exclusive scent MOON PETALS! Awesome!**

Check out my shops. You are sure to find something that fits your needs or desires! I have something for EVERYONE! Looking for a gift but not sure what to get? Message me and I will help you find the perfect item.

D and D Sales is having a HUGE inventory SALE!!!!

D&D Sales is my sister & her families business. They started it a few months back and are successfully running it as a family!

They are having a HUGE inventory sale! I am posting the fliers of the inventory and the sale prices. If you see something that interests you please email my sister @

danddbudgetfashions@yahoo.com

to see what is still available.

These are great prices as you can see so the inventory is going quickly. Act fast if you want to get you a great purse or tote.

July 25th Sassy Affair

Mark your Calendar and plan to attend:

A Sassy Affair Shopping Extravaganza
Sponsored by Sassy Sisters In Sales
July 25, 2009
11:00am - 3:00 pm EST
Various vendors representing a variety of products. There is something for everyone. Games, Prizes, Special Deals, Exclusive Savings! Invite your friends - they won't want to miss this either! All of our guests will be entered for a chance to win fabulous prizes , but you must REGISTER !!!!!!!
Event will take place on WAHMChats.com. In the menu select Chat rooms, enter your name, no password needed. Once logged in you'll be in "the lounge". At the top of the box click on the arrow & choose the room assigned to a Sassy Affair. Sit back and enjoy the fair! Chime in with questions or comments anytime.
If you are a vendor and are interested in participating, go to Sassy Sister Events and submit a vendor form. This is a free event. Your only requirements are to submit a prize (see terms for more details ) and you must publicize the event on your blog or other social sites.
Come Join The Fun!

Product Review: Everlasting Bouquet

Are you a person that loves flowers? I am! I love the beautiful colors and varieties there are. I love how pretty all the flower gardens look in bloom as you ride down the road.

Only I have a few issues, I don't have a green thumb and I suffer from migraines and floral scents bring them on. These two issues are the reason that I do not have any flowers in my house. I don't even have any outside, yet.

Well, I have found a solution! This product is the perfect solution to the lack of a green thumb and also allergies! Jean from JMayOriginals has created the Everlasting Bouquet! That's right a beautiful bouquet of flowers that never has to be watered, never has to be weeded, and best of all, never dies!!!! I recently won a giveaway from JMayOriginals, actually I have won two giveaways. Each prize was a unique hand crocheted Everlasting Bouquet. My second bouquet came in the mail today and it is gorgeous! A bouquet of three beautiful blue flowers complete with its on vase of colored stones to hold the flowers.

This is a great way to brighten up your office or your living room without having to worry about killing the flowers or having an allergic reaction!

Are you looking for the perfect gift that will last a lifetime? Check out JMayOriginals and get yourself one of these beautiful bouquets! These would also make a great bridal bouquet to throw at your wedding!

Jean also makes other great items and has just launched her first edible item; MUDBALLS!!! Yummy! Go on, check out her site, you know you want to!;)

Vacation Planning

It is the time of year when everyone is planning their vacations. It is supposed to be an exciting time and a relaxing time. My husband and I bought a time share the year after we were married. We knew that we liked to go on vacations and thought that it would be nice to go different places and not have to worry about coming up with money for rooms and such all at one time.

This should be a great way to vacation, right? Well, so far for us, 5 years, it has been nothing but a headache. Every year that we have used our timeshare to book our vacation we have had some sort of problem. Either the reservation was not there, it was the wrong reservation, or most recently, we can't get a room! We have this "agent" that is supposed to be there to book our vacations for us so we don't have to deal with all that. Well, this year we relied on her to book our room. When we kept getting the run around, I called her. I finally got a response back that we should go ahead and book our own room before it was too late. Well, guess what, it was already too late!

I am really starting to dislike this whole timeshare idea more and more! What is the point of having it if you can't successfully use it?

Sale Sale Sale

As you all probably have guessed by now, I have started a new business venture! I am an independent consultant with Soylicious.com! The newest candle company around! We just launched July 1st! WOW!!! So exciting for all of us! If you would like to learn more about Soylicious.com, click here or visit my website here.

As a launching special and because I am so excited for everyone to try these awesome candles, I am having a sale! That's right, only a week in business and I am already offing a sale! You can't beat that!

I am offering you 20% off your entire order!!! WOWZA!!!

Okay, you are probably saying what's the catch, right? The only catch is that you have to email me your orders. This sale is only good through me, not the company and no other consultant, just me!

c_strickand@yahoo.com

Please put "Soylicious.com order" in the subject line.

What are you waiting for? Start shopping!!!!

www.soylicious.com/christinastrickland

We have so many scents to choose from, I know there is plenty you will like!

Hurry this sale is only good until Friday, July 31st!

If you have a friend or family member that likes candles, please pass along my website and tell them about my launching special!

www.soylicious.com/christinastrickland

Brown Bag Party Announces "The Playroom Bag"

The Playroom Bag

Brown Bag Party is happy to announce the launch of our newest product

The Playroom Bag™

While designed toward the swinger lifestyle in mind,

our playroom bag has universal appeal.

We've assembled a nice little collection of goodies

for any fun night in the "Playroom".

The Playroom Bag is now in stock and ready to ship.

This item will not appear in our catalog, only online.

Contents subject to change.

To learn more, please visit:
http://www.theplayroombag.com/

Item: 911 - $20.00

***You can now place orders for the Playroom Bag online @ www.bbpartygirl.com**

A Weekend of Celebration and Thanks!

July 4th, Independence Day, brings lots of ways to celebrate and give thanks to all those heroes out there that are risking their lives and have risked their lives for us to have our freedom. From cookouts with friends and family to fireworks displays to parades, there are numerous ways you can celebrate.

My family started our festivities this weekend with our local fireworks festival Friday night. This was the first time our girls were big enough to know what was going on. This year they had the moon bounces for the kids and lots of other activities for the children and adults alike. My girls loved the moon bounce slides with daddy.

After this fun, it was time for the fireworks! Yay!

My 3 year old, Savanah was not too happy with the loud noise the fireworks made.

My 2 year old, Sarah, on the other hand loved them and wanted to see more.

Here are a few pictures that I took of the fireworks:

Saturday, the 4th, was spent with family for the most part with a cookout with friends to wrap up the day. What a great way to celebrate, with friends. We attended a cookout with lots of activities for the kids, even the "big kids" had a good time. There was a pool, sidewalk chalk for artwork, water slide and the biggest hit of all was a water balloon fight, this is where the "big" kids came into the fun. We wrapped up the night with a little fireworks display at the cookout. Once again Savanah didn't like them but Sarah loved it!

Thanks to all of the soldiers out there that have risked their lives and those that are risking their lives today! Also a huge thanks to their families for giving them the support to do what they do! God Bless you all and God Bless America!

Review of A Perfect Party by Cody

Saturday, June 27th, was our first Sassy Affair with the Sassy Sisters In Sales. One of our sisters, Kattia Gordon, is a rep for A Perfect Party by Cody. During Kattia's time slot her prize for her game was two of the treat/craft bags offered on her site. I won the prize so I took Kattia's advice and got two of the Beach Babe Treat bags.

Well, much to my surprise, the treat bags arrived yesterday, Thursday, July 2nd. I thought that was pretty fast shipping!

I sat my girls down today to let them open their surprise! I was very impressed with how the treat bags were packaged. When I opened up the cardboard shipping box, I found a nice memory box tied up with a pretty purple ribbon.

My daughters, Savanah age 3 and Sarah age 2, could not wait to get into this big box to see what their surprise was. I let them continue on to open the box. As they untied that ribbon and opened the top of the box they saw a tattoo and a candy stick. Savanah said, "Aww...Mommy look!"

So, on through this pretty purple tissue paper my girls got to their "surprise". They pulled out their bags and were excited to see what all was in them. As I began to pull everything out of the treat bags, we found: sunglasses, flip flops, a visor, candy necklace, small beach ball, and decorative foam pieces. My girls immediately put on the sunglasses.

I sat the girls in separate chairs and showed them how to pull the backs off the stickers to decorate their visors. They really enjoyed doing this. Both girls made their hats all by themselves. They put them on and are still wearing them. There were decorations for the flip flops but we didn't' get that far.

As you can see by the pictures, neither girl took off their sunglasses to decorate their hat. Once the hats were finished they put them on and then had to put on the necklace and blow up their beach balls. Now they are ready to go to the beach!

Thanks Kattia for suggesting the Beach Babe Treat Bags!

If you have a birthday party or any special occasion coming up, check out Kattia's site and let her help you find the perfect decorations and accessories for your event.

http://www.perfectpartybycody.com/