A Last Minute Easter Basket Fit For A Boy Giveaway

April 19, 2014 by Momstart 48 Comments

We received samples to create our own take on a fun Easter Basket for a young boy.

Courtesy of Moose Toys’ most popular boy brand, The Trash Pack. Since 2011, the gross gang from the garbage has been a favorite among boys across the country, and this spring, children will be egg-cited to learn more about the new Series 6 collection and they fit perfectly into any Easter Basket theme!

Series 6 features over 100 new Trashies, including ‘Eggstinct Trash’ characters that are housed in bright purple eggs, which ties in perfectly for the upcoming spring holiday and is a great addition to any Easter Basket come April 20.

In our basket we also put some Angry Bird candies, DOTS candies and some Movie theater Goobers. YUM! Of course there was still some room in our Easter Basket so we included some other items.

We included the Marvel Captain America Super Soldier Recon Rangefinder Accessory.

In the battle against evil, Captain America needs every advantage he can get. That’s why he armed himself with an incredible array of interlocking weapons and gear. No matter the mission, Captain America makes sure he’s prepared for whatever battle throws at him. Packing the right tool for every job, there’s no challenge too tough for the First Avenger!
Includes Recon Rangefinder, 3 mini-shield projectiles, and instructions.

Miles ran all over Disneyland with his pretending to be the Cap protecting his family.

We also included some Play-Doh and technically it’s always a fun favorite for a boy or a girl. The Play-Doh Makeables are great for travel, or creative time with your kids.

Each Play-Doh Color Sticks Makeables themed set includes everything needed to make Play-Doh pies, pets, fish and more fun creations. Each set includes cards with simple steps that show how to use the 6 colors of Play-Doh modeling compound to make fabulous creations!
Pack includes 6 individually packaged Play-Doh Color Sticks Makeables Sets:
• Pets Theme (x2)
• Bakery Theme (x2)
• Ocean Theme (x2)
Ages 3 and up

Enter to Win:

product from Series 5 and 6, valued at over $50. It’s the ultimate giveaway for any young Trash Pack fan!

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Tell me your kids love to play with most.

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Oreo Delights: Oreo Cookie Cream Cheese Balls Recipe & Giveaway

December 28, 2013 by Momstart 62 Comments

I went shopping at Safeway and picked up two really great ingredients. I picked up Cream Cheese and Oreos and I combined the two to make a magical combination of perfection and addiction. This recipe is sure to please anyone coming over to your house. As always, Safeway provides online support and inspiration for every holiday need on its website, mobile app, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages. And I went to their website to find a really great recipe perfect for Thanksgiving On the Safeway holiday website you can find lots of recipes, tips, wine pairing suggestions and more: http://holiday.safeway.com/.

(I am a Good Cook ambassador and this post includes links to good cook products. I receive free products from them and from Safeway)

Oreo Delights Recipe

Here is our Oreo Delights Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 whole package of Oreo Cookies
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese (softened)

ganache (optional)

Directions:

Use a food processor to combine the cookies and cream cheese

Then use a cookie scoop ( available from good cook) and scoop out balls on a parchment sheet on a cookie sheet then place in the freezer for 15 minutes.

Then you can dip each ball in warm ganache and cool until hard (optional)

I happen to like them right out of the freezer.

Safeway sent us this really amazing gift basket for us to use to create a recipe. And you can win a gift basket as well.

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Safeway Gift Basket (provided by Safeway)

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Johnson’s Treasuring Everyday Joy with Alyson Hannigan

June 30, 2011 by Momstart 232 Comments

My two bundles of joy bring me happiness every day. They make me laugh cry and love my life. Zoe is 4 going on teenager ready to move out. She wants to wear makeup and go to college and is almost always sporting a princess dress for playtime. Miles is 3 going on driving me up the wall. He pays attention like a cat walks on water but amuses me when he’s in his comedian joke telling mode. They both complete every day for me. Our house had a flood about three weeks ago and the kids have been sleeping on our bed in our room. Each night my husband or I get to sleep in the bed with them, and you may think I’m crazy but I enjoy it a great deal. I get quite a sense of peace and joy sleeping in the same bed as my children. Hearing them breathe is the most peaceful sound in the world to me. That’s my everyday joy!

Johnson’s kicked off the treasuring everyday joy campaign earlier this year. They went around the country and found 50 joyous families and featured them on WE TV and published a book dedicated to Treasuring Everyday Joy. This book is complete with photos and profiles of all 50 families. Leading comedy actress and mother of 3, Alyson Hannigan (CBS’s How I Met Your Mother), kicked off the campaign in honor of treasuring the small joys in one’s life.

“It is so important to treasure everyday moments with your children,” said celebrity mom Alyson Hannigan. “Whether it’s the giggles during bath time or reading with them before bedtime; it’s those simple things that are part of your daily routine which you come to value most as a mom. I never take those moments for granted as they change so much from day-to-day, that each one is a new adventure.”

She has generously signed a few of the TREASURING EVERYDAY JOY™ books and we have one to giveaway along with a basket of Johnson’s products.

This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to Gianna.

Gourmet Gift Baskets Spring Is Here Outdoor Fun Care Package Giveaway

March 24, 2011 by Momstart 210 Comments

Woo Hoo, the weather is outstanding in Washington, and well even though the weather man said it was going to start raining today and rain for a week the sun is still shining and the kids are adoring the outdoor playtime. Who am I kidding, I’m adoring the outdoor playtime. We’re playing kick ball and running back and fourth across the cul-de-sac. We’re blowing bubbles, flying kites and just having blast.

Even though the kids are quite ready to bask in the sun and get those swimming pools out it’s just not quite that warm. So we’re just making do. And to get our outdoor playtime really going, Gourmet Gift Baskets sent us a Deluxe Summer Fun Care Package.

Inside the Deluxe Summer Fun Care Package we found a treasure trove of goodies. This package came with a Sling Toss Game with Whiffle Ball, a Plastic Frisbee, Mini Squirt Guns, and Pet Shaped Rubber Band Bracelets. You know how popular those are right? Every child I’ve met loves those little bracelets. Also included were splash and swim goggles whish has only made the kids want to get out in the swimming pool even more. Plus there were temporary tattoos, bubbles, a rainbow yo-yo, a very large playground ball and a few glow bars and that wasn’t all. This is a huge fun kit for everyone to have some fun outside with.

Gourmet Gift Baskets also lives up to their name supplying you with some of the best food, snacks and treats all wrapped up in gift baskets too!

Enter to Win:

Deluxe Summer Fun Care Package

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Become a Facebook fan of Gourmet Gift Baskets and write a message on their wall about what your favorite gift basket is.

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Tastefully Simple Treats For You Gift Basket Giveaway

December 8, 2010 by Momstart 443 Comments

Tastefully Simple

Tastefully Simple contacted me with this giveaway opportunity and I thought, mmmmm. Yummy stuff! I wanted them to send me one, but actually told them not to, because, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST ALL OF THAT GOODNESS.

Tastefully Simple offers sugar and spice and everything nice.

Tastefully Simple is a dynamic direct sales company based in Alexandria, Minnesota.

Tastefully Simple offers a wide selection of convenient, easy-to-prepare foods designed to help people spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying the rest of their lives.

Tastefully Simple is proud to be a member of the Direct Selling Association – the organization that maintains standards of practice for direct sales companies across the nation

Tastefully Simple has some great recipes on their site

Truffle Fudge Truffles
Banana Pumpkin Bars
Caramel Cinnamon Apples

Tastefully Simple also has quite an array of gift baskets much like the one I’m giving away here!

Enter to Win:

Treats for You ($49.95) gift set, which includes:

· White Fudgy Flavored Popcorn
· Oh My! Chai Drink Mix
· Fudgy Popcorn
· Butterscotch Kisses Cocoa Mix
· Nutty Good Granola Snack Mix
· Oval organizer

To Enter:

Visit Tastefully Simple and let me know what other gift basket you would like

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Leave a comment for every entry, This giveaway ends December 27th. I received the samples mentioned above free to me in exchange for my unbiased opinion. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Snack Attack Gourmet Gift Baskets Giveaway

July 30, 2010 by Momstart 542 Comments

Snacking is a weakness in our family. I love sweets and my husband loves salty. So sometimes we just have to decide not to open something just for the sake of our overgrowing hips, or mine rather, I should speak for myself.

I wrote to Gourmet Gift Baskets and asked them if I could do a giveaway for them and they sent me a basket for me to donate to charity. Thank you for your delicious/mouth watering gift basket. Everything in it looks absolutely delightful and as much as I want to rip it open I have made myself decide that it is going to be a donation.

Gourmet Gift baskets have such a large assortment of gift baskets at their disposal. You can shop by occasion or just by flavor.

Check it out:

Italian, Beer,Snack, Tea & Cookies, Or Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Hanukkah, Mother’s Day, and Thank You. Plus much more. I have a neighbor that loves to garden so I know that if I ever need to get her a thank you gift I would get her a gardening gift basket.

Enter to Win:

The Snack Gift Basket Medium 79.99

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Become a Facebook fan of Gourmet Gift Baskets and write a message on their wall about what your favorite gift basket is.

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This is a sponsored product giveaway. This giveaway ends August 16th, All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Thank you Sponsors, $1200 in products for MOMS Club Gift Basket Donation Collection

November 6, 2009 by Momstart 4 Comments

The Natural Dentist (80.00)

Even Flow Snugli (20)

Logitech Video Camera (70)

Elliott Lucca (150)

Educating Esme (10)

Whooda Thought Mrs. Smith Diaper Bag (70)

Misc

Medela Nursing Bra (40)

Things Remembered (40)

Johnson and Johnson’s Gift Basket (150)

Jessica Steel Apron (33)

Puke Purse and Bath Time Set from Ready Go Baby (45)

Baby Legs (12)

My Conservation Baby (20)

Aden and Anias Swaddle (34)

Earth Mama Angle Baby (40)

Thermos Foogo (15)

Random Books (30)

Cocooi Baby Wrap (50)

Oh Plah teething bracelet (25)

My Yoga To Go (30)

Bath Products (25)

The Big Brain Book 200 Puzzles (10)

Mama Books (30)

Hayden Harnett Tote, Olive (200)

Pumping Gloves ( 15.00)

Total Value = (1,200)

Cheryl&Co Mother’s Day Donations & Giveaway

April 23, 2009 by MomStart 492 Comments

I have the opportunity to share another way you can give to charity. Yesterday it was go eat at Taco Bell, today it is order from Cheryl&Co.

This Mother’s Day Cheryl&Co. (www.cherylandco.com) is offering their delicious buttercream frosted cookies in beautiful floral tins that make the perfect gift for any mom. I’d love to offer your readers a promotion code for their upcoming Mother’s Day purchases.

Cheryl&Co. is offering a variety of unique gifts and free ground shipping on over 100 items, including:

Mother’s Day Floral Bouquet Gift Tin-Frosted Heart Shaped Cut-outs

Mother’s Day Floral Bouquet Gift Tin- Frosted Assortment

Long-Stemmed Fancy Cookie Flowers

These gorgeous tins come filled with 15 tasty buttercream frosted cookies. The Frosted Heart Shaped Cut-outs are also available in sugar-free. The Long-Stemmed Fancy Cookie Flowers feature classic buttercream Frosted Heart Shaped Cut-outs and hand-decorated floral cookies, complete with tissue and a satin ribbon.

If you are looking for a Mother’s Day gift that gives back, share the Cheryl&Co.’s Make-A-Wish Springtime Favorites. The combination of six individually wrapped buttercream cookies and four rich brownies is always a welcome gift! Best of all, for each gift sold approximately 20% of the purchase price (excluding tax and shipping) will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation(R).

Not only are they going to make this donation but they have generously offered to sponsor a giveaway. And for those of you that don’t want to wait to find out if you win you can use this promotion code to save money on your purchase.

Promotion Code: XJ $10 off $50 purchase. All purchases are for a good cause, and you know I’m always behind some kind of good cause.

One reader will receive the Garden Tote of Goodies

This gift includes:
Cotton Garden Tote
seed packets
garden trowel
garden gloves
5 Milk Chocolate Butterfly candies
2 Chocolate Chip cookies
2 Oatmeal Raisin cookies
1 Frosted Heart Shaped Cut-out cookie
1 Frosted Triple Chocolate cookie
1 Lemon Cake slice
1 Chocolate Cake slice

To Enter

Visit Cheryl&Co. and tell me what would be your second choice if you could choose.

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Leave a comment for every entry and the giveaway ends May 11th

Fruit Jerky by Jerky

April 10, 2009 by MomStart Leave a Comment

I never thought of dried fruit as Jerky until Jerky.com sent me some Pineapple Jerky. Since Jerky is just dried meat, dried fruit is jerky.

Jerky is essentially the drying of a meat product for either immediate or future consumption. With this method of preservation, the normal processes that would render meat inedible (bacterial growth and fungal contamination) are held at bay, keeping the food safe for consumption for an extended period of time. This method has been around for centuries and has long been the preferred process of preserving meat products (as opposed to freezing or using chemical treatments).

The Pineapple Jerky that was sent to me was extremely juicy for being dried fruit. I love pineapple, but they can be so messy and it’s a pain to have a knife ready for chopping one up. I have looked for dried Pineapple before, especially when I was pregnant. I had the hugest craving for it. I sent my husband out looking for it once and he even went to Whole foods and couldn’t find it. Yes, he found some but not specific to my instructions. I wanted some that was not covered in sugar. Why do companies feel that they need to dump dried fruit in sugar I will never know. We finally tracked some down at Trader Joes but I found it very difficult to chew. It satisfied my craving but I ended up throwing most of it away because I was tired of chewing it. Jerky’s jerky is so easy to chew for jerky. I am very pleased with my sample of jerky. I hope they send me more, or I’ll just have to order some.

My husband loves the venison jerky. That will have to be something I might consider purchasing some time. I did eat a ton of Beef Jerky while I was pregnant too. It was a great way for me to get protein without a whole lot of calories. Also, with my first pregnancy we had a power outage for a whole week. So it was either peanut butter or jerky. And what would be great for dads on Father’s Day? Beef Jerky Gift Baskets right?

~~Louise~~