A Stitch In Time (Handmade, Personalized Items)! #ChristmasGiftGuide

Stacy made my 2013 Airplanes and Dragonflies Christmas Gift Guide button above, that I recently changed from the Holiday gift guide, to my Christmas Gift Guide! You can read about why I did that Here!

My friend Stacy is the owner of A Stitch in Time, she is very creative! She has made personalized towels for my children, personalized t-shirts for our mom's group families when one of the children in the group passed away, personalized children's capes, legwarmers, masks, personalized Towel sets, knitted caps, and more! I did a review of some of her products before, you can check that out Here!

We own two hooded towels, three personalized t-shirts, a hand knitted cap and booties for my daughter when she was born, children's masks, and the personalized ABC's that you can check out in the link above.

Wouldn't your son, daughter, niece, nephew, or grandchild open up a Personalized Hooded Towel, Cape, T-Shirt, or Sweatshirt/Hoodie with their favorite character, animal, or vehicle on it? I bet they would be so happy and so surprised! Check out some examples of her work!

Stacy can also make your child's favorite cartoon characters, animals, vehicles, etc. and put them onto the back of a hooded towel, hoodie, t-shirt, cape, and more!

All of her products are stitched with her sewing machine. Every character, animal, vehicle, and person's name is made personally by Stacy, and made in the U.S.A.!

If your looking for a special gift for your children or relatives, A Stitch In Time can help! Join Stacy on her A Stitch In Time Facebook group today, and post something that you would like her to make for you! Hurry, cause Christmas will be here before you know it! If you would like to email Stacy directly, you can do so at a.stitchery.time@gmail.com.


Disclosure: Stacy made my blog button for me, and in exchange, I will be showing off her work from time to time on my site!

Veggie Tales: Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas DVD Review and Giveaway! (U.S.) Ends 12/10 #ChristmasGiftGuide

Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas is a NEW 2013 Christmas Release from Veggie Tales, featuring Si Robertson from the TV show "Duck Commander," as Silas! 

Here's some information about the movie:
Larry The Cucumber stars as "Merry Larry", an enthusiastic employee of the Spring Valley Mall who serves as "Head Elf" during the Christmas season. Each day he hears countless children's requests for what they'd like under their Christmas trees. But one little girl's request catches his attention - Little Christina just wants to help her friend, Mrs. Crespie, who lost her house in a fire, get a new house for Christmas! Merry Larry sets off on a caper to create the biggest light show ever to bring attention to Mrs. Crespie's situation. Meanwhile, the mall manager, Philip Fleagle (Bob the Tomato) finds he has no lights and no head elf for the mall's spectacular Christmas display - right on the day the owner of the mall is supposed to visit! Will Philip realize what the "true light of Christmas" is really all about and help Merry Larry rally the community to get Mrs. Crespie's in a home by Christmas? Find out in this all new VeggieTales story where kids learn that "Christmas shines most bright and true, when you give the love God gave to you.

Of course there is a silly song! Larry sings "Wrapped Myself Up For Christmas." The movie also features several songs including "Light of Christmas" by Owl City, featuring TobyMac!

Suggested Retail Price $14.95 - (Currently $8.99 on Amazon!)

Check out the VeggieTales Website, Facebook Page and Twitter page for Specials and Discounts!

Right now you can get 40% off everything at VeggieTales.com!

Enter below using the Rafflecopter form for a chance to Win your own copy of Veggie Tales: Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas DVD! Open to residents of the main 48 continental United States only.


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Disclosure: I received a copy of Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas DVD from Veggie Tales for my review and giveaway post. No other compensation was exchanged or received.

Safari Ltd. (#Toys) Review and Giveaway! (U.S.) Ends 12/2 (Rafflecopter) #ChristmasGiftGuide #StockingStuffers

My six and four year old children love little toys! Whether it's little blocks that fit together, little animals, little people, cars, trucks, small trains, they love to play with them! So we keep the little toys from the Safari Ltd. TOOBS in our children's little toddler sized backpacks for when we have a doctor's appointment, when we are going out to dinner some place without a play area, when we are going anywhere that we will be far from home, and more! These little replicas help children to play, and to use their imaginations! Plus, the TOOBS make awesome stocking stuffers!

 

These little animals (Pets TOOB) and trains (Steam Train TOOB) have come in handy for my children to play and to keep them busy, more times than I can count. It's also really neat to listen to my four year old daughter role play with them! She is asking me about her new animals and what kinds of animals are they. She now has a Mr. Ferret, Mr. Frog, and a Mr. Hamster! She was playing with them after school today because they are all still new to her.

I took a close up photo of the steam train engine, check out the details! Even the coal car has tiny little coal painted on top.

I also checked out two horse replicas, they are beautiful and so life like! I am saving them for my four year old daughter for Christmas!

Check out the Safari Ltd. website for some really beautiful FREE Coloring pages that you can print to help keep your little ones busy during the holidays! They also have Free E-Cards, Desktop Wallpaper, and Desktop Calenders! FREE Shipping on ALL orders over $50.00!

Connect with Safari Ltd:
"Like" Safari Ltd. on Facebook.

Follow Safari Ltd. on Twitter.

Follow Safari Ltd. on Pintrest.

Follow Safari Ltd. on Google Plus. 

Safari Ltd. on YouTube.

Safari Ltd. is going to let the Winner Choose either Two TOOBS of your choice OR one TOOB and one Replica (toy) of your choice from their website!!! Giveaway open to residents of the 48 continental United States only, 18 years of age or older. No P.O. Boxes, sorry.

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Disclosure: I received some products from Safari Ltd. in exchange for my review and giveaway post. No other compensation was exchanged or received.

#ShakeItForward With Your Dog During The Holidays With Iams! (Giveaway) #ChristmasGiftGuide (Rafflecopter) Ends 11/30

If you’re a fan of Talking Animals videos, you’re in for a treat!

Wildly popular Talking Animals video producer Andrew Grantham launched his newest video collaboration with IAMS called “Punk’d Puppy”, which shows what happens when you trick a dog for treats. This video gives a smile and laugh to pet lovers everywhere, but it helps pets too. IAMS will donate a bowl of food to pets in need for every video view or #ShakeItForward hashtag share.* 

The IAMS #ShakeItForward food donation starts today and runs through Dec. 31, giving pet owners and animal lovers a fun and easy way to help provide meals to nonprofit animal shelters across the country during the holiday season.

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Following last December’s popular IAMS and Andrew Grantham holiday-themed collaboration titled Singing Pets Video, IAMS is once again partnering with Grantham in a new video that highlights the fun behind tricking a dog and the brand’s Shakeables treats. Treats are a growing category for dog owners, and IAMS wanted to take this opportunity to connect with dog owners in a fun and unique social way.

About IAMS Shakeables

With IAMS Shakeables, one shake is all it takes. Shakeables are soft and meaty treats from IAMS, offering a portable treat option that helps create enjoyable and fun moments of interactions with dogs – including everyday occasions like after a walk, to training occasions like teaching a new trick or housetraining. The shake of a can signals it’s time for a treat. IAMS Shakeables are available in three meaty flavors that dogs love: Clucky Me with Chicken, Un-baa-lievable with Lamb, and Gobble ‘Em Up with Turkey.

My review of IAMS Shakeables dog treats:

I went outside with my two older children, and we shook one of the cans of IAMS Shakeables chicken flavored treats (green can). Both of our beagle/pointer mixes came running! They also both loved the treats! We don't give treats to them too often because our male dog, Bandit, has a sensitive stomach. Winnie is our female, they are brother and sister! Both of our dogs just turned eight (8) years old in human years! As they were born on September 30th, 2005! So they are about 56 years old, and with more and more white hair on their faces, they are beginning to show their age. (Bandit has a cone on his head because he keeps chewing his skin around his tale and you don't want more details than that!)

The IAMS Shakeables Treats had no strong odor to them. I have had dog treats in the past that were super strong in the stink department. They are super great to use for teaching your dog new tricks! Especially if you have a little puppy, you could break them into smaller pieces to make them last longer while your training him or her! I used treats when Winnie was younger to teach her to shake! She picked it up really quick! Within a few days of working with her, she was shaking my hand!

First, go to Twitter and Tweet using the Hashtag #ShakeItForward to help provide meals to nonprofit animal shelters across the country during the holiday season! Make sure to post about this on Facebook, Google Plus, Pintrest, etc. Share this with your friends and family, so they can help out too!

Enter below using the Rafflecopter Form for a chance to #Win a #ShakeItForward Treats for Tricks Giveaway Pack for your Dog for Christmas (just like the one pictured above)! The IAMS Shakeables Prize Pack includes:

• IAMS Shakeables Soft & Chewy Treats for Dogs - One of Each Flavor: Gobble ‘Em Up with Turkey (as seen in Punk’d Puppy video!), Un-baa-lievable with Lamb, and Clucky Me with Chicken
• One IAMS Tennis Ball (teach your dog to fetch, and reward with Shakeables!)
• One IAMS Leash (Shakeables are always appreciated after a fun walk!) (The leash is long, like 8 to 10 feet long, I didn't measure it. But it's the perfect length for taking your dogs outside in the rain or snow to do their business!)

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Disclosure: I received an Iams Shakeables Gift pack in exchange for my post. No other compensation was exchanged or received.

1965 V.W. Camper Van Play Tent by The Monster Factory Review! #ChristmasGiftGuide

The 1965 V.W. Camper Van Play Tent by The Monster Factory is Licensed by V.W.! It's suitable for indoor and outdoor use. It comes with Comes with a “wheelie” bag for storage and to transport the tent where ever you go! The Camper Van Play Tent is available in red, blue, and pink! It is intended to be played with for children ages 3 and up, but my fifteen month old really enjoyed going in and out of the doors.

The 1965 V.W. Camper Van Play Tent comes in blue, red, and pink! These would make awesome gifts for your children to play in and with during the holidays! My family and I live in Tennessee, and it's very chilly outside from mid-October until March or April. We basically get five to six months of cold winter weather. So we are always looking for things for our children to play with indoors during these cold months. All three of my children (ages 6, 4, and 15 months) enjoyed playing with the tent! I can't wait to bring it out again during Thanksgiving weekend to keep them busy while I am cooking Thanksgiving dinner, and again during winter break!

The 1965 V.W. Camper Van Tent comes with VW Wheel bag in which to store the tent and it's contents (poles and instructions). I had a few issues trying to figure out how to fold the tent back up to store it. But I figured it out by watching a short video on the Monster Factory website.

The 1965 V.W. Camper Van Tent or the London Underground Play Tent would make any child happy on Christmas morning sitting near or underneath the Christmas Tree in a box! Or for something special to play with at grandma and grandpa's house!

Monster Factory even makes a 1965 V.W. Camper Van Exact Scale Tent! You can purchase them in red or blue.

The 1965 V.W. Camper Van Play Tent, Londo Underground Play Tent, and 1965 V.W. Camper Van Exact Scale Tent are available for purchase on the Monster Factory website or at Bed, Bath and Beyond.

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Disclosure: I received a 1965 V.W. Camper Van Play Tent in exchange for my review post. No other compensation was exchanged or received.

My 2013 Airplanes & Dragonflies Holiday Gift Guide!

The Beatrix Girls (Review & Giveaway) - Ends 11/7

One Bowl Baking: Simple, from Scratch Recipes for Delicious Desserts (Giveaway) - Ends 11/10


Holiday Gift Guide sponsors (reviews and giveaways coming soon) are:
- MayappleBaby

- Exederm

- Baby Banana Brush

- A Stitch In Time

- The Monster Factory

- Children's Games from Wonder Forge

- DaddyScrubs

- Safari Ltd. - Animal Replicas

- I See Me

- GIANT Microbes

- Snails

- Veggie Tales

- The Gourmet Grilled Cheese cookbook

- And more!

Low Entry Giveaways Ending Tonight, Friday 10/25

$50 Hard Rock Tampa GC - U.S. - Makobi Scribe *GT

First Alert Smoke Alarm - U.S. - Adventures of 8 *GT

Turning Leaf  “Wine Over Ice” price pack, including a gift card (ARV $50) - U.S. - Makobi Scribe *GT

Six (6) month membership to WorkoutsOnDemand.com - Worldwide - Kathy's Kontests *RC

Warner Brothers Halloween Movie - U.S. - Kids and Deals *RC

Handmade Vintage Headband from Lolli's Kitschy Krafts - U.S. - Cherrios and Laundry 


Giveaways With Over 200 Entries, but under 500:

Two bags of Pork Chomps (for dogs) (2 winners) - U.S. - Hanging Off The Wire *RC

Warner Bros. Spook-Tacular DVD - US/CAN - A Wrestling Addicted Mommy *GT

Pacific Rim on Blu-Ray - US/CAN - Wee Share *RC

Halloween Movie from Warner Bros. - U.S. - MamaBreak *RC

$30 GC to Frecklebox - U.S. - Your Golden Ticket Blog *RC

$50 GC to TinyPrints.com - U.S. - The Reynolds Mom *RC

Milk & Baby - Kangaroo T-Shirt - U.S. - The Frugal Ginger *RC

NYNE NB-200 Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker with Bicycle Clips - U.S. - Jill Will Run *RC

Pacific Rim on Blu-Ray - US/CAN - My Crafty Zoo *GT

Energizer Family Safety Kit (value is approximately $60) complete with a reusable grocery tote (containing: One 16-pack Energizer MAX AA Batteries years, 1-pack of Energizer MAX 9 volt batteries, Energizer Weatheready LED Safety Light flashlight – Waterproof flashlight powered by AA, AAA or C cell batteries, and a Kidde Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm) (2 winners) - U.S. - Mommy Factor *RC

2013 Airplanes and Dragonflies Holiday Gift Guide: One Bowl Baking (Cookbook) Review and Giveaway! (U.S.) Ends 11/10 (Rafflecopter)

School bake sales are coming up soon, along with Fall festivals, events at church, Thanksgiving, Christmas parties, Christmas, New Year's, and more! One Bowl Baking is the perfect cookbook for anyone who loves to cook, and for those who don't! One Bowl Baking streamlines the baking process by mixing everything in one bowl! You don't need to use your hand mixer or your big mixer with the metal bowl and all of the fancy attachments, unless you want to, of course! So don't go to your local grocery store to purchase something for a bake sale or party, just open up the One Bowl Baking cookbook, and whip something great up from scratch! I can't wait to make and try the Rocky Road Fudge Cake, the Apple Crisp mix-in-the-pan Bars, and the Crispy Brown Sugar Shortbread cookies!

Recipe developer extraordinaire Yvonne Ruperti’s new book, ONE BOWL BAKING: Simple, from Scratch Recipes for Delicious Desserts (available from Running Press) is now available to purchase.

Yvonne Ruperti has been baking and cooking for over 15 years, in professional kitchens, test kitchens, and her own bakery. You may recognize her from her three seasons on the Emmy-nominated hit PBS cooking show, America’s Test Kitchen. She is also a writer and currently pens the weekly Chocoholic column for the James Beard award winning food site, Serious Eats.

Over the years, Yvonne realized that when she baked at home, she often condensed steps in a recipe in order to make the process easier, and to avoid washing unnecessary bowls and equipment. Her new book, One Bowl Baking, is all about simplifying baking—not by using cake mixes, but by eliminating extra steps, extra appliances, and extra bowls. No electric mixers, food processors, or other fancy equipment required (perfect for busy moms!). Most of the recipes can even be assembled and in the oven in 15 minutes or less. Some don’t even require a bowl—they’re mixed directly in the pan!

Recipes cover all areas of baking: breakfast muffins and scones, cupcakes, cookies, layer cakes, cheesecakes, tarts, and more. From Sour Cream Breakfast Biscuits to Sweet and Salty Pretzel Crunch Cupcakes, One Bowl Baking is the go-to resource for both classic and unique recipes made from scratch and using just one bowl.

You can purchase One Bowl Baking: Simple from Scratch Recipes for Delicious Desserts, on Amazon.com and it should be available for purchase at bookstores nationwide. Or you can enter to Win a copy below using the Rafflecopter Form! (Giveaway open to Residents of the main 48 continental United States only.) This cookbook would make a great Christmas gift for your mother, aunt, grandmother, friend, or someone who really loves to bake!


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Disclosure: I received a copy of One Bowl Baking: Simple, from Scratch Receipes for Delicious Desserts in exchange for my review and giveaway post. No other compensation was exchanged or received.

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