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Illuminating Decorating Ideas for the Holidays Using Partylite

October 27, 2012 by Momstart 15 Comments

Partylite Product Review: Illuminating Decorating Ideas for the Holidays

By Orshi:

I am a huge fan of seasonal decorating: I constantly shuffle my things around the house, redecorate my mantle every few months and just about love any excuse possible to do something crafty to make our home a bit festive with the changes of seasons. Beautiful candles and small accessories are the easiest way to change the attitude of a room. I love candles and I use them for accents a lot. Just look at these colors …. And the smell, oh, out of this world. For my review, I have received a box of Partylite Votive Sampler and needless to say I am in love with them. Now I truly have every possible color I need, beautiful warm shades that are in the following scents (from top left): White Tea and Fir, Holiday Spices (yummy), Iced Snowberries, Vanilla Silk, Solver Birch & Fir, By the Fire, Amber Wood and Vanilla, Leaves of Fun, Ginger Pumpkin, Spiced Cider, Cinnamon and Bayberry, Cranberry Crush, Mahogany Apple, Poinsettia and Musk (by far may favorite), Mulberry, and Spruce in the Snow.

These candles are wonderful on their own (but always use a votive cup when lit) or you could use them with the hundreds of different trays, holders, sticks, dishes, pillars and other candle accessories Partylite offers. Want to go decorating crazy … or just want to be inspired, go on their website and you will be amazed. I also received two of these absolutely beautiful Autumn Glow Votive Holders that are new products from Partylite. They are frosted glass with sprayed color finish. By the way, they already have reserved spots on my Thanksgiving table. I don’t know about you, but I always have elaborate table decorating ideas for the Thanksgiving meal and somehow at the craziness of cooking, taking care of children, and entertaining, I always end up throwing just a few pumpkins, leaves and acorns on the table before it’s time to eat. These Votive Holders will be a great addition to my décor on Thanksgiving for sure.

As I was looking through the catalog, I had to remind myself that we are not spending Christmas at home this year so I-MUST-RESTRAIN myself from buying a completely new set of Christmas décor even though I am head over heels in love with the Symmetry Trio and the Frosted Botanical Mantle accessories. They are so tastefully beautiful with the elegance of glass and shimmer, using natural elements.

Beyond candles and amazing accessories, Partylite offers a huge variety of products: Home Fragrances, Flameless Fragrances, and Two Sister Gourmet – fun and easy way to have everything for a fabulous party.

Partylite is the world’s largest direct seller of candles and home fragrance products and partner with the world’s most prestigious perfume houses to develop their custom fragrances. Partylite has also been supporting the American Cancer Society for 14 years and their company offers part-time and career opportunities by becoming Partylite consultants.

About Orshi:

Orshi is a teacher at UCIC where she works daily with children. She shows a great love for children as she has three of her own. She also loves Facebook, gardening and baking. She was born and grew up in Hungary and now lives across the street.

Orshi Received a Sample

U.S. Wellness Meats 75.00 Sampler Pack Review and #Giveaway

January 6, 2010 by Momstart 976 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to work with US Wellness Meats. They offered to send me a few samples and I’m quite pleased with what I received. I haven’t even eaten it all yet. They sent me two packages of Beef Jerky and a Seasoned Brisket. I opened up the beef jerky and it tasted like I was eating steak. I love beef jerky, I really do, but this was better. And I wasn’t expecting it to be anything special at all. I really just thought, this is weird. I got beef in the mail off of the internet. Well, fear not people. Internet beef is good. Now I can’t wait until I get a chance to cook the brisket.

What makes the US Wellness meat different?

The package on the beef jerky said it was uncured. So my husband and I both thought, oh no, we don’t have a dehydrator. So I had to look up what it meant to have uncured meat and how do you prepare it. Well, it’s edible for sure. It just means that nothing has been added to it. There are no nitrates, and what a great taste it has as I said before.

US Wellness meats comes from a family of farmers. John Wood is a fifth generation farmer that changed the feeding cycle of his herds. Instead of feeding them grain like it was always done, he decided to let them eat naturally. They way herds did once upon a time.

One of the key secrets of the new model? Keeping the best quality forage in front of animals on a daily basis with a rotation grazing sequence. This traditional method mimics how buffalo grazed in North America for centuries, and it is the critical difference between 21st-century grass-fed and the old 1950’s mode

So now you can order grass fed cows. MMMMM.

They carry a large variety of natural products including different varieties of meat. Grassland Beef, Grassland Veal, Grassland Lamb, Free-Range Poultry, Grassland Bison, Candles, and Pet Food,

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Brighten up your house with Partylite Decorations and win Christmas Around the World #giveaway

November 21, 2009 by Momstart 378 Comments

Partylite has to be my favorite candle company hands down. I am addicted to their candles, so much so that I considered being a consultant. I just chose my blog over being a professional party thrower and lucky me; I still get to work with the wonderful candle company. They not only have some of the best smelling candles, the longest burning candles, the best guarantee, but hey also have some great decor items that you can add to your house. You don’t even have to go to a party anymore you can purchase them directly on-line. Here are some great Seasonal Holiday decorations:

They sent me

New Sweets and Treats Gift Set

Jolly Santa candle snuffer sits on a base that doubles as a tealight holder. Set includes 12 red and white tealights in the new Peppermint Bark holiday scent. $19.95. I have this sitting on my mantel over the fireplace. I really enjoy the smell of peppermint so the candles are a delight and I’ve never had a candle snuffer before. I always just blow them out. That’s a nice thing about partylite though is that when you blow them out they don’t smoke up the whole house. Partylite candles also are not hot to the touch. The wax is cool and won’t burn you, I don’t’ recommend touching the flame though. 😉

Other Holiday Décor items

New Red Twirls Decorative Sleeve

Stamped metal sleeve in a metallic, shiny finish turns any pillar to into festive holiday décor. Available in 6” and 8” sizes, try with Frosted Pines™ Scented Pillars. $45.95 set of two.

New Siena Lights Collection

Now, for the very first time, PartyLite is introducing table linens, dinnerware and glassware to mesh seamlessly with its newest candleholders and accent pieces, providing candle lovers with an easy way to achieve a beautifully coordinated tablescape. The first signature collection – Siena Lights™ – debuted this fall, and it’s simply glorious. All new are Tuscan-inspired table linens, including placemats, napkins, napkin rings, and a dramatic, reversible table runner, as well as glowing pebbled amber dinnerware and glassware, even footed bowls – and it all coordinates perfectly with luminous mosaic accent pieces. Add in candles and your table is bathed in a stunning warm glow. Siena Lights™ is done in rich, subtle, neutrals for fall/winter that will also harmonize with readers’ own pieces – from contemporary to treasured antiques.

New Peppermint Delight Collection

Hand-painted porcelain collection features a tealight house in creamy white chocolate kissed with dark chocolate and peppermint sticks. A giant frosted gingerbread cookie supports the Pillar Holder and Aroma Melts Warmer. Try with new Peppermint Bark Fragrance, a refreshing peppermint kissed with chocolate, mint leaves and vanilla.

Peppermint Delight Aroma Melts Warmer $ 32.95

Peppermint Delight Pillar Holder $ 27.95

Peppermint Delight Tealight House $ 39.95

Holiday Mini Barrel Jar Shade $ 14.95 (jar candle sold separately)

Peppermint Bark Fragrance available in tealights ($9.50 per dozen), votives ($13.50 per dozen), Mini Barrel Jar ($12.00), 3” Ball ($17.95 a pair), Aroma Melts™ “Snap-able” ($9.95 4-pack), Present Jars ($23.95), Just Desserts™ 3-Wick Wax filled bowl ($24.95), Single Serviings ($19.95 a pair) and 3”x7” grooved pillar ($16.95).

New Birch Pillar Hurricane with tree-etched patterned glass

makes your living space cozy for the chilly months. The base is crafted of four layers of laser-cut wood. A pillar lights up the delicate frosted design. 11 ½” h, 6” w. $89.95. New Birch Tealight Trio captures the light with its thin, lustrous porcelain. The rustic outer surface appears when you light a tealight. $34.95 trio.

New Iced Snowberries Decorative Tin

A perfect gift for a teacher or hostess! The candle lasts 20-30 hours of beautifully scented burn time. $15.95.

Just Desserts™ and New Single Servings™

What’s more inviting than walking into a kitchen with the country-fresh fragrance of delicious just-baked treats? Just Desserts^TMand Single Servings™ candles layer one scrumptious scent over another in a beautiful reusable glass jar. Yum! Try it in them in Peppermint Magic™, Peppermint Bark kissed with chocolate, mint leaves and vanilla and topped with creamy Coconut Milk Chocolate^TM, Caramel Vanilla Pear Brulee^TM, Ginger Pumpkin a la Mode^TM,Mulberry Vanilla Delight™.

Just Desserts 3-Wick Wax Filled Bowl – 30-40 hours burn time; $24.95 each

Single Servings by PartyLite – 20-30 hours burn time; $19.95 pair

New Arabella™ Tealight Holder

Graceful and lithe, Arabella will make a beautiful gift for your dancer. For your little ballerina, it can hold a special piece of jewelry instead of a tealight. $39.95.

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New Christmas around the World Gift Set

I picked this one because I would love to get this as a Christmas Present. It comes with a votive holder and the best assortment of candle scents. Translucent porcelain cup spells out “Merry Christmas” in eight languages. Beautifully packaged in a gift box, the set includes 16 votives in PartyLite’s most popular fragrances. $24.95

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