Giveaway & Review: Datevitations!!!! AND $10 off promo code to get your own!

I love giving my husband gifts that are personalized from for just him from me or the kiddos. While I could have gone in the direction of creating his Datevitation coupon book geared from the boys for Father's Day ( they can be made for any occasion from anyone), I chose to make it from me to him!

He's due to deploy later this year, so with that in mind I created a book that entailed coupons "just for us." From little getaways and date nights to some bedroom fun ones! Because let's face it, we have A LOT of bedroom/wherever in the house time to fill before he leaves and why not do so with some fun Datevitations to play around with too?!?

I had fun picking out his custom love coupons that went into his Datevitation Book. Chose a blank first page to handwrite my own little note on and was even able to customize my own words on them! Though a couple that I chose already had a perfect idea written out!

  

• Datevitation.com is the web's first online platform to create a custom love coupon book. Unlike the pre-packaged love coupon books on the market, you pick the dates and can customize the text to your liking.  Once you are done customizing the text in your book, Datevitation will print it out and ship it to you.
• Our library contains over 350 date ideas ranging from skydiving to stargazing to steamy adult-only activities. We also have over 100 book cover options to suit any occasion.
• In addition to being the perfect romantic gift for your sweetie, Datevitation just launched its "boy" and "girl" characters with over 200 new activity illustrations specifically for kids and parents.  Just in time for Father’s Day!

• Books normally start at just $20 so it makes for a thoughtful yet economical gift.  But as a special treat for my friends, you can use the code  ‘MARINEWIFE’  for $10 off your purchase in May or June.  That means you can get your loved one a one-of-a-kind gift for Father’s day starting at just $10!  The order cut-off date for guaranteed delivery by Father’s Day is June 6 so make sure to get your order in before then!
• Datevitation is a family business run by the husband-wife team of Alex and Olga Karpman.  You can get to know them on the Datevitation blog, where they offer video guides to date ideas and romantic gestures. You can even watch Alex propose to Olga in a video they posted on Youtube as a Save The Date, and now has over 1,000,000 views (you can view the video here)!   
  

  

  
  

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Giveaway & Review: Happy Baby Organic Superfoods from Happy Family Brands!!!

Say hello to the Mini Marine's favorite new organic snacks by Happy Family Brands!

After being contacted by Happy Family Brands Associate Manager for their Military Division to conduct a review and giveaway, I had my husband look into the nutritional value of their Organic Superfoods Snacks. He's the health nut guru of the family and was pleased and impressed with their snacks ingredients. (This says A LOT!) From there I was given the "green light" to say yes! :)

Happy Family Brands Organic Superfoods has snacks for baby's, Toddlers, Kids AND Adults!! They are sold all over the states from Publix, Harris Teeter and even at several Commissaries aboard different Military Bases!!! 

There are Military Happy Mama's aboard Joint Base Charleston, Eglin AFB, Fort Stewart and Fort Bragg!!! 

JOB OPPORTUNITIES for MilSpouses! 

Are you a Military Wife who would like to represent Happy Family Brands? 

There are current paid positions open aboard: Camp Pendleton, Fort Campbell, Fort Hood and JBLM!!

Happy Mamas on the installations educate the Military Families on healthy feeding options for their children through samples and organic food classes!!

Click HERE for full details on becoming a Military Happy Mama today!!!

Review:

As a good mom (or weird to everyone else in the house) always does, I took a taste test of each snack before letting our Mini Marine have any. Much to the disgust of the man-child watch me eat "baby" food. That was until I raved about how yummy it was and he asked to also try the Veggie Pals Carrot Orange Apple Chews and Happy Times & Happy Yogis snacks. Only to then say: "Man Mikey you're lucky! Those things are good!"

Baby sure didn't argue as he sucked down Happy Baby Grains, Happy Baby Greek Yogurt and Happy Squeeze in seconds! Or when he couldn't shovel the Veggie Pals, Happy Times or Happy Yogis into his mouth fast enough!! I'd say he enjoyed them A LOT!! Pretty cool that they sell them at Harris Teeter out here too!! 
Happy Baby= a Happy Mama which= a Happy Family!!

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Giveaway & Review: Lilla Rose Hair Jewelry

Have you heard of Lilla Rose and their cute hair jewelry products? I was contacted a few weeks ago to do a review and giveaway by Debra! She has so many great styles that can work for every day wear or to dress up your "do" at work or events!

Hair Clips, Bobby Pins, Hair Bands & Sticks. All with their own styles and colors. 

You can view the whole lot HERE and see what matches your own style.

Normally I'm THE CLAW kinda girl. I can't tell you how many I've been through. I have pretty thick, long curly hair, unless I take the time to use a straightener. And something durable and easy on the go to just throw it up and out of the way is a must! The Flexi lets me do that with a little bit more style than my normal claw.

You MUST watch the video seen HERE though to see what size would be best for your hair type!  There are 7 different sizes to choose from!

There are several other videos for different ways to style your hair with Lilla Rose's hair jewelry that you can watch HERE.

Lilla Rose can be found on

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Twitter HERE 

Pinterest HERE

  To purchase your own hair jewelry you can click HERE. 

 GIVEAWAY TIME!

Lilla Rose is giving one of my lucky lady friends the chance to win any item on her site valued up to $16! (There are TONS to choose from!)

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Giveaway & Review: i heart keenwah ~ NOMNOMNOM!!

Have you heard of i heart keenwah?!?! Not to worry, I hadn't either..... But I am so glad they contacted to review their yummy snack!! And by yummy I mean DELICIOUS, mouth watering, and upsetting that I shared with my husband.... Between the two of us it was devoured quickly. 

It wasn't until last year that my husband introduced me to quinoa for the very first time. Sure I've seen it on my salad here and there but had figured it was just part of whatever dressing was on there. I fell in love with his random lunches he'd whip up with it. 

Now we've been introduced to i heart keenwah and we both love it! A healthy delicious snack that hits the spot yet leaves you craving more!

We had the chance to "taste" out i heart keenwa's ginger peanut flavor. It was AMAZING! Light, non overpowering ginger and peanut clustered with quinoa... Seriously, I wish I had requested the chance to try ALL of their flavors (seen HERE)... twice: Almond, Cranberry Cashew, Chocolate Sea Salt & Ginger Peanut!!

My husband is from Chicago and was happy to hear that i heart keenwah began right there in his home city!

About i heart keenwah:
iheartkeenwah was started by four friends: fiteh, ravi, sarah, and terah. after touring bolivia and learning about the versatility of an awesome little seed called quinoa, we returned home frustrated by the lack of ready-to-eat quinoa options. we decided to do something about it and got to work in the kitchen, mixing quinoa with other all-natural ingredients to craft a crunchy, sweet treat that satisfied our cravings.

iheartkeenwah also embodies the story of a little company that could. we started selling our snacks in neighborhood and artisanal markets in chicago and new york in 2009. by 2011 we had refined our recipe, developed shelf stable packaging, and started selling directly to specialty food markets. now we are sold by major food distributors throughout the united states and canada and can be found in over 400 specialty and grocery outlets. along the way we have grown the iheartkeenwah team, learned an incredible amount, and brought a real food snacking experience to hundreds of thousands of people. we couldn't ask for anything more! 

You can find i heart keenwah on

Facebook HERE

Twitter HERE

To find a local store to you that sells their yummy snack you can click HERE!

To order their snacks in bulk WITH FREE shipping (I'm totally doing this) you can click HERE! 

GIVEAWAY
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Giveaway & Review: Dress from Lendperk!

We all know how netflix works right? Get a movie in the mail or straight your TV, send it back get another one. Welcome to Lendperk, where you can rent a designer dress, return it after you've worn it for that special occasion and rent another for the next one!!! 

So many of my "dresses" sit in the closet after only a couple of wears.... Who wants to be seen in or in pictures from several events wearing the same thing again and again?  BLAH!

Or go out and spend $$$ on something that will probably only be worn once and then hung up in the cave to never see the light of day again...

Lendperk allows you to save $$$ AND look FABULOUS while being the gal who has a new outfit for all of those great gatherings!! 
For as low as $20 a month (less than what I spend on wine) you can rent the dress of your choice, return it within 2 weeks and do so again the next month! If you don't rent one the next month you can rent 2 the following month! 
A "DRESS ROLLOVER PLAN"!!! :) 
Or, if you only want to do so once or twice, you can cancel your plan anytime!! They also have several that you can Rent and if you LOVE it too much to let it go, you can Buy it! 
(View HERE)

I was given the opportunity to review a dress of my choice from Lendperk's Closet. 

This opportunity came at the PERFECT time! I was set to attend a Joint Luncheon for the Officer's Spouse Club on Lejeune, the theme was Spring, with the invite stating something about hats & gloves..... Ummmm... Great.... This t-shirt & jeans girl doesn't own "flowery" "Springy" attire. :-/

Then along came the offer to conduct a review AND host a giveaway for Lendperk! SAVED!!! 

I picked their Closet Rainbow Floral Dress by Closet. PERFECT for the Spring themed luncheon! Now the problem was, it needed some sprusing up... Or so said my Marine "Sister", Author and fellow Marine Wife Kathleen Foley. I thought simple beige shoes with my off white sun hat would work just fine.... 

She, however, stated otherwise. Teal shoes, orange belt and a hat to go with. Well, as I went to "accessorize" (so weird saying that) I couldn't find the color shoes she said, so I did what any "non-fashionista" would do, I BLEW UP her phone with texts, pictures, and phone calls.

2 hours later, I headed home, exhausted wondering how this stuff comes naturally to other women!

Low and behold, the whole outfit turned out gorgeous!!! To the point that my nerves were calmed and I seriously considered keeping the dress and having them charge me for it!
Many compliments and questions on where I bought it. Boy were they shocked when I told them it was a rental from Lendperk! As they pulled out their smartphones and 
began ooo'ing & aaahhh'ing at the choices!
There are so many outfits that could be made out of it! 

Lendperk has found itself a new customer! Not only does the membership cover the rental, but it covers the shipments to and from you (they include the package for it to be returned) AND they take it to the cleaners so you don't have too! 

(I HATE Laundry, big added bonus for me there!)

 AND the fact that they continue to bring in new dresses to choose from is wonderful!! 

Just because I can & I know my mom and girlfriends would be disappointed if there wasn't a picture of me sticking my tongue out at the camera... :P

You can find Lendperk on

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Twitter HERE

Pinterest HERE

To start your own monthly plan or one time rental with Lendperk you can click HERE!

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Giveaway & Review: Recycle Market/Tote Bag & 3 Fabric Markers from ColorTime Crafts & Markers

What a fun activity to have at a child's birthday party, sleep over, girls scouts event, church gathering or just to do on those "boring" rainy days!! ColorTime Crafts & Markers has so many different items (shirts, bags, pillow cases with different designs) for your little one to personalize with ColorTime's non-toxic permanent fabric markers!

Our man-child LOVES to draw his own creations and color items that he can keep and display or use! He was "soooo bored" during a rainy day, had already used up his 30 minutes of game time for the day and wasn't interested in building his Legos anymore.... Perfect time to bust out his new Reduce, Reuse & Recycle Tote Bag, Fabric Markers and let him go to town!

He now uses his personally colored bag to tote around his toys to and from his friend's houses for sleepovers and/or hanging out.   

About the company ColorTime Crafts & Markers:  
We give our customers the chance to color and decorate their own t-shirts, pillowcases, backpacks, tote bags, bandanas, and more for parties, slumber parties, and scout meetings with our permanent fabric markers. Since 1990 over 2 million children and adults throughout the country have enjoyed Colortime Crafts And Markers ™. With a broad line of products, along with our special Colortime™ quick-drying permanent fabric markers, we have provided our customers the opportunity to take home a very special keepsake. Also, we are a licensed vendor of the Girl Scouts of America.

Coupon: 15% off online retail purchases. 

Use coupon code 15for30C when you check out. Coupon must be entered at the time of purchase. Offer not valid on sale items and may not be combined with other offers or discounts. 

Offer expires on August 4, 2013.

 

Free Shipping:  Free ground shipping on orders over $60. In the continental US. Only for retail, web-based orders, placed on their website. Not to be combined with any other offers and discounts.

To get the free shipping, use code FRSH11W.

WEEKLY GIVEAWAYS: Colortime is doing a giveaway via their Facebook page HERE. 

It is a weekly fan giveaway. Here are the instructions:
Each week Colortime Crafts and Markers will randomly draw 3 lucky FANS who will receive a special craft package, which includes a Colortime color-your-own "Recycle Tote Bag" and three special permanent Colortime FABRIC MARKERS. All you have to do to be eligible is to "like" and become a fan of Colortime Crafts and Markers on Facebook.

Rules:
1) You must be a fan of Colortime Crafts and Markers Facebook page.
2) Once you win a prize, you are not eligible for additional prizes for this promotion for 12 months after the prize has been awarded.
3) Prizes not claimed within 2 weeks will be forfeited.

You can find ColorTime Crafts & Markers on  

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Facebook HERE 
Pinterest HERE
To order shirts, totes, pillowcases, or fabric markers for your little one you can click HERE. 

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Countdown 'Til Daddy Comes Home Review & Giveaway!!!

Book Trailer:

Review:

Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home is one of the sweetest written and illistrated books for children who's daddy's travel or deploy for their jobs. The Author Kristin Ayyar, a fellow Military Wife, worded the book perfectly to hit both Civilian Children AND Military Kiddos!

Throughout the story the little boy expresses his desire to see his daddy, how he wishes he could have fit in his suitcase or the care package they send to him, and how much he misses him. I love how the little boy says and does many of the same things I have seen my own son go through during deployments, long trainings and the long distance relationship he has with his own father. The story shares the feelings that the little boy has as well as different ways that he and the family come together to make the time pass as quickly as possible.

The ideas that help him and the family stay connected with daddy while he is away are wonderful, a few of which I have done with my oldest and many new ideas that the baby, man-child and I will do together during the next deployment or long training exercise.

Going through deployments with children is tough, not only for the parent left stateside to run the home and family, but for the child/children who cannot always grasp the concept of not being able to see or talk to daddy as they normally would if he were coming home nightly. Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home goes through an entire out of country business trip (deployment) of the little boy's daddy to his homecoming and the ways he, his older sister and mommy prepare for his arrival. 

The end of the story has a section dedicated to discussion questions to cover with your child before & during a deployment as well as preparing for daddy's homecoming. A great way to help your kiddo through the deployment that he/she too is greatly affected by. The very end has different fun and sweet ideas on how you and your child/children can countdown together. I recently found out (yesterday) that the First Lady of the Marine Corps has established a recommended reading list for Wives as well as Children... I hope to see this book on there soon, it is definitely one that young military children can relate to and enjoy while daddy is away, and one that mommy's can use as a guide to help the children through it.

You can find Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home on  

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Facebook HERE 
Pinterest HERE
Instagram HERE
To purchase your own copy of Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home you can click HERE. 

Giveaway:

To celebrate Month of the Military Child, Kristin is giving my friends and readers the opportunity to win a copy of her wonderful book 
Countdown 'til Daddy Comes Home! 

What a sweet gift this would make for your little one or for a little one you know who will eventually have to Countdown the days until daddy returns.

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Giveaway & Review: Personal Cooler by PackIt!! Ends 4/25

Personal Cooler that keeps your food, drinks AND snacks cool for up to 10hrs without adding ice or those bulky toxic ice packs?!?! No way! BPA Free, PVC Free, Lead free, resuable AND folds up flat for freezer storage?!?! Get OUTTA HERE!!! No seriously, I don't like fibbers, go away now! 

No lies, no joke!! It's ALL true! Thank you PackIt!

After being contact to review a Personal Cooler by Packit, I knew that this would be  perfect for our Man-Child's everyday use for his school lunch! When our youngest starts school he, too, will have one of these! Knowing his favorite color is red I chose PackIt's Red Personal Cooler for his new lunchbox. 

Comparing his old "lunch holder" to his new PackIt Cooler it wasn't hard to see the major differences between the two instantly. Material, quality, thickness and all that room for goodies that will stay FRESH!

Lay it flat in the freezer over night (for a 12 hour period) and VOILA, an earth-safe, reusable cooler ready to have lunch put in it to go in the morning!

Told you he likes the color Red.... ;)

After a couple days of use I asked our Man-Child how his new lunch bag was doing. 

In the Man-Child's words: "It's really great mom. My stuff stays cold, like reeeally cold. Actually, my Zinger was almost frozen, could you not put that in there?"
 Me: "Frozen? Or just very cold?"
Man-Child: "Almost frozen mom. My sandwich was really cold too, but I like that, it's not all smoochy and nasty. Oh and my drink tasted like it had ice right in it! I love it, can we throw the old one away?"

So there ya have it folks, from the mouth of babes, 6 hrs later and the zingers become super cold, sandwich is chilled and fresh and your drink will be so cool that it is as if you've added ice to it!

 To my surprise 9 hrs later, when he leaves it closed up, PackIt's Personal Cooler is still colder than his old one was starting out with! Up to 10 hrs folks!

Giveaway!!

 PackIt is providing one of my lucky friends & readers the opportunity to win Winner's Choice of design of one of their Personal Coolers too!!! 
*Note: Owl & Cali Stripe designs are currently unavailable. 

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Instagram HERE
To order your own Personal, Wine, Mini, Social or Shop Cooler  you can click HERE. 

This Mama wants one of these Wine Coolers or their Double one!!

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Giveaway & Review: Real Kids Shades!!

With summertime coming up, and the weather bringing on some sunlight soon (I HOPE), these sunglasses by Real Kids Shades for the kiddos are a MUST have! 

I was contacted  by RKS to conduct a Review AND a sweet Giveaway for you, my awesome, amazing, wonderful friends & readers! 

I pulled the Man-Child away from drawing and showed him Real Kids Shades page for 7-12yr olds and told him he gets to choose his own pair! "Oh look at those! Those are cool, they look like goggles! Ew, girl sunglasses? I don't want those. OHHH They have RED ones! Yea those mom those are awesome!" Needless to say, we went with the Red ones (his favorite color)... ;)  

RKS also let me pick out a pair for our Mini Marine! I went through the choices for Ages 0-3yrs and found a pair that I knew daddy would approve of, Black, his favorite color.... :)  

To my surprise Real Kids Shades sent the 2 pairs we picked out AND 2 more for review!! Wahoo! Back up pairs/match with the kiddos outfit pairs! 
One of the surprise pairs being a Sun Hat AND Shades combo pack for baby! (He LOVES this set when playing outside!)

Of course, when they arrived in the evening the Man-Child wanted to dive right into the box and open his pairs before I could even get a picture!! Quick snap and the neatly packaged sunglasses were out! He was stoked that his Xtreme Convertible pair (Red ones) came in it's own case like dad's sunglasses. And that the Blade style pair looked like "adult" sunglasses!

I was able to use these as a way to get him to stop whining about having to clean his room. "I will send these right back if you keep complaining and don't finish what you need to do!" Yes, it worked like a charm! :)

He Loves Red!

Our Captain Adorable making the shades & hat look gooood!

Real Kids Shades Mission:

We’re On A Mission. Since 2002, we’ve made it our mission to protect as many children’s eyes as possible from the damaging effects of UV radiation. We launched Real Kids Shades when we couldn’t find an inexpensive pair of real protective sunglasses for our own kids. The idea was simple. Offer affordable, real sunglasses designed just for kids. And manufacture them with the best materials available and ensure they block 100% of the sun’s harmful rays.

For Ages 0-3 years Click HERE

For Ages 3-7 years Click HERE

For Ages 7-12 years Click HERE

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Giveaway & Review: The Mommy Hook!

I'm so excited to introduce to you The Mommy Hook!!!!

How terrible is it that I had never heard of this amazing product until they contacted me to conduct a review?!?! Pretty darn terrible if you ask me!

This bad boy has become a permanent item in my purse and has been used each time we go out and about! The Mommy Hook makes carrying bags easy! I love that if I am only going to the store for a few things I can put baby in the stroller (while avoiding the germ infested shopping carts), bring in a reusable bag or toss the items under the stroller and then at check out hook the bags through The Mommy Hook and be on our way!

Or, if we're just browsing or out to eat, it holds my purse so well and grants easy access to "the black hole" to get what I need quickly!

Hook it on your stroller, use it to be super mom and carry in all those bags at once without your fingers losing circulation!

The Mommy Hook comes in a variety of colors too!!!
The Mommy Hook has given one lucky reader the chance to win one of their own!!

You can find the makers (Mom, Dad and Baby) of The Mommy Hook on Twitter and Facebook.

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