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An Apron Full of Giveaways: 10 Piece Stainless Steel BHG Cookware (Valued at $159)

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

flapper girl, $40

I hope everyone is having a great week this week! As we do each week,  here is our round-up of giveaways for our readers! We hope that this is beneficial to you and your family! Please let us know if you guys win anything- I love to hear the success stories! As always on MomAdvice, we love to share giveaways with our readers and we hope that you will enjoy entering our giveaways as well!

The giveaways continue with another brand new giveaway with Better Homes &  Gardens. Yes, that’s right friends, ANOTHER giveaway! Today we are giving away 3 sets of the 10-piece Stainless Steel Tri-Ply Clad Pots & Pans set (each set is valued at $159) to three lucky readers. This is just the beginning of the giveaways we will be offering over the next couple of weeks so please check back each Tuesday for a new giveaway. Better yet, by participating I will have more giveaways to offer you when the cook-off concludes. NO ENTRIES HERE WILL QUALIFY. PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO ENTER!

Our giveaway is also running for the  3 sets of the 13-piece Non-Stick Hard-Anodized Pots & Pans (each set valued at $159) to three lucky readers as well. This giveaway will close on 10/31 so make sure to get those entries in!  Remember that you can vote daily and get an entry into the contest for our dish.  NO ENTRIES HERE WILL QUALIFY. PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO ENTER!

Below are the contest links-if you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them!

Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Freebie Friday: October 8, 2010

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! We are so lucky to have Freebies 4 Mom share their list of the best freebies of the week with our readers each and every Friday. Please visit her site for fabulous freebies and sweepstakes information every single day!  This week Heather is giving away  two Swelly Belly bands, and a $25 Kroger plus $25 Shell gift cards! Be sure to head over there to get those entries on!

This week on MomAdvice we are sharing our recipe for Presto Pesto Pasta Con Pollo and a little bit about the Better Homes & Gardens cook-off that we are participating in, six great new books to pick up from your local library in our good reads for moms edition for October, and our weekly notebook of inspiration. Don’t forget to enter to win a set of Better Homes & Gardens Hard-Anodized Non-Stick Cookware (we are giving away 3 sets at a retail value of $159 each!) and check out our Apron Full of Giveaways with almost a hundred new giveaways to enter.

Have a great weekend, everyone!
Health & Beauty
Advil free bottle
Ester-C Gummies
P&G Brand Sampler
VIva la Juicy fragrance at Sephora inside JCPenney

Food
Hershey’s Cookie Exchange Party

Entertainment
RiteAid Free 8×10 (thru Sunday)
Redbook magazine (3 issues from ValueMags)
Redbook magazine (3 issues from Mercury Magazines)
Free JCPenney Portraits for Deployed Military Members
Borders Free Romance eBooks
Google Code University

Home
Donate $1.00 “Pink My Profile” Right@Home (Facebook)
Donate $1.00 “Like” Share the Courage (Facebook)
Donate $0.50 “Like” Pepperidge Farm Milano Cookies (Facebook)
Right@Home Touch Up and Go GIft Pack
Tide and Glad
BrewStation Cup of Creativity House Party
Perler Bead-a-Palooza House Party
House Partypalooza

Pets
Wellness Natural Food for Pets

This Week’s Freebie Events:

OCTOBER 8 – 14

thru 14Smucker’s Daily Giveaway

9 – Sierra Mist Natural at Walmart

9 – Free Health Screenings from Sam’s Club

9Lowes Build and Grow Clinic build a FunHouse Mirror for Halloween, 10-11am.

10 – Pottery Barn “The Finishing Touches” decorating class Decorating ideas for kids’ rooms at 10am.

Free Cookies During National 2010 National Book Drive (Great American Cookies)

Free Financial Planning Days in October

Target Free Arts & Cultural Events

An Apron Full of Giveaways: 3 Sets of BHG Non-Stick Hard-Anodized Cookware ($150 Each)

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Flapper Girl, $35

I hope everyone is having a great week this week! As we do each week,  here is our round-up of giveaways for our readers! We hope that this is beneficial to you and your family! Please let us know if you guys win anything- I love to hear the success stories!

To celebrate my participation in the BHG cook-off, I am giving away  3 sets of the 13-piece Non-Stick Hard-Anodized Pots & Pans (each set valued at $159) to three lucky readers. This will be just the beginning of the giveaways we will be offering over the next few weeks so please check back each Tuesday for a new giveaway. Better yet, by participating I will have more giveaways to offer you when the cook-off concludes. As you know, there is nothing better that I love than giving stuff away to you so I am thrilled to get this first giveaway started. Priced at $159, this 13-piece set includes: 1.5 QT Covered Sauce pan, 2.5 QT Covered Sauce Pan with Steamer Insert, 4 QT Covered Dutch Oven, 8.5″ Skillet, 10″ Skillet, 8 QT Covered Stock Pot & 4 QT Covered Deep Skillet. Imagine the possibilities of what you could do with a set like this in your kitchen! NO ENTRIES HERE WILL QUALIFY. PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW TO ENTER!

Below are the contest links-if you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them!

Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Freebie Friday: October 1, 2010

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! We are so lucky to have Freebies 4 Mom share their list of the best freebies of the week with our readers each and every Friday. Please visit her site for fabulous freebies and sweepstakes information every single day!  This week Heather is giving away a $75 gift card from Nakano and a Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cookbook gift set. I hope you can swing by there and get an entry in today! Thank you, Heather!

This week on MomAdvice we are sharing a delicious pesto chicken tortellini soup to add to your menu plan, inspiration for a family vacation in Wilmington (or just a girlfriend trip), a notebook of inspiration, and our round-up of great giveaways on the internet this week!  I hope you will have fun browsing the site and much more to come next week!

Health & Beauty

Estee Lauder Liquid Foundation (in-store offer on Facebook)
John Frieda Root Awakening (at ULTA Beauty stores)
Garnier Fructis Anti-Dandruff
Savvy Sampler program
Pampers Cruisers
Children’s Claritin (Sam’s Club members)

Food

White Castle Garlic Cheese Slider (on Facebook)
Land ‘O Lakes Holiday Recipe brochure

Entertainment

Free 8×10 Photo Collage (pick-up at Walgreens)
100 Free Prints from Olympus (you pay shipping of $6.49)

Home

Kleenex
15 Free CFLs (Duke Energy customers)
Izze T-shirt (on Facebook)
Elmer’s Craft It Club
Folger’s & Land ‘O Lakes Everyday House Party
The Ultimate SingStar Dance Party

Pets

Purina Pro Plan (PetSmart members)

This Week’s Freebie Events:

OCTOBER 1 – 7

2 – Home Depot Kids Workshops build a Fireboat 9am – 12pm

2 & 3Museums on Us (Bank of America)

thru 14Smucker’s Daily Giveaway

4 Redbox Free Movie Monday when you subscribe to text alert

6 – Home Depot Kids Workshops build a Spice Rack 9am-12pm

An Apron Full of Giveaways: Shark 2-in-1 Vac-then-Steam Ends Today

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

jj & jojo, $16

I hope everyone is having a great week this week! As we do each week,  here is our round-up of giveaways for our readers! We hope that this is beneficial to you and your family! Please let us know if you guys win anything- I love to hear the success stories!

Our giveaway for the Shark 2-in-1 Vac-then-Steam (valued at $150)  will be ending at 8PM this evening! You will definitely want to add this to your cleaning tools especially if you have a lot of hardwood or laminate flooring like me. This is a 2-in-1 so you can do all of your vacuuming and then steam your floors using the same great tool. PLEASE NO ENTRIES HERE!

Below are the contest links-if you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them!

Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Freebie Friday: September 24, 2010

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! We are so lucky to have Freebies 4 Mom share their list of the best freebies of the week with our readers each and every Friday. Please visit her site for fabulous freebies and sweepstakes information every single day!  This week Heather is giving away a $200 and $100 Sears gift card to a “local hero” (police, military, veterans, firefighters, teachers, and hospital staff). Be sure to get those entries in for this fabulous prize!

This week on MomAdvice we are sharing a recipe for apple pie muffins, an idea for what to do with those leftover apple bits, a notebook of ideas, and our links to sixty other great giveaways. While you are applying to those giveaways be sure to get your entry in for our Shark 2-in-1 Vac-then-Steam to get those hardwood, laminate, and tile floors gleaming in record time.

Health & Beauty
Buxom Lash Mascara at Sephora inside JCPenney
Crest Pro-Health for Me (Vocalpoint members)
Aveda Birthday Program

Food
Anthony’s Pasta Meal Planner (CA and AZ only)

Entertainment
Baa Baa Black Sheep at A Story Before Bed
Twirl: The Playlist from Kate Spade

Home
$10 Babies ‘R Us gift card (add Diaper Genie to registry)
Wisk
Old Navy Birthday Club
Earth’s Best Playdate Parties
Tombstone Pizza Haunted House Party
Simple Holiday Pleasures House Party
BrewStation Cup of Creativity House Party
Martini Gold Party (details on Facebook)

Pets
CareFresh Complete (rabbit or guinea pig food)

This Week’s Freebie Events:

SEPTEMBER 24 – 30

thru Oct. 14Smucker’s Daily Giveaway

thru 29 – Panda Express: Coupon for FREE Kobari Beef

25 – Michaels Crop Nights from 3pm – 8:45pm

25 – Michaels American Girl Event from 10am -2pm

25Smithsonian Free Museum Day

25Lowes Build and Grow Clinic make a fire truck 10-11 am

25 Free Admission to National Parks! It’s “Public Lands Day.”

26Free Pottery Barn Home Decorating Class: Design Your Dream Living Room at 10 am

27-Oct 2Chick-fil-A’s FREE Spicy Nuggets (8-count) at participating locations

29 – Free Budweiser Sample

30 Coldstone Creamery Make-A-Wish Ice Cream Social: receive a free scoop of ice cream from 5-8pm

An Apron Full of Giveaways: Shark 2-in-1 Vac-then-Steam ($150 Value)

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Great Goods, $12

Welcome to our Apron Full of Giveaways, where we round up all of the best giveaways on the web. This is the spot where you can share your blog contests or where you can find fantastic stuff to enter. As always, we welcome your links to your contests so please link on up!

I know you will be excited to hear that we are hosting another great giveaway for our readers. Today I have a brand new giveaway for a Shark 2-in-1 Vac-then-Steam (valued at $150) that you will definitely want to add to your cleaning tools especially if you have a lot of hardwood or laminate flooring like me. This is a 2-in-1 so you can do all of your vacuuming and then steam your floors using the same great tool. Entries start today so follow the links below to enter. PLEASE NO ENTRIES HERE!

Our giveaway for the Learning Tower ends at 8PM tonight! Don’t forget to get those entries in for one of their Learning Towers including two kits to maximize the usage of that tower in your home. We are giving away a playhouse kit perfect for a little puppetry fun and an art easel so your child can embrace their inner Picasso! This giveaway is valued at almost $300 and makes playing and learning easy AND safe for your child.  Head on over to the contest in the link below to learn more and enter to win. PLEASE NO ENTRIES HERE!

Below are the contest links-if you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them!

Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Freebie Friday: September 17, 2010

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! We are so lucky to have Freebies 4 Mom share their list of the best freebies of the week with our readers each and every Friday. Please visit her site for fabulous freebies and sweepstakes information every single day!  This week Heather is giving away 40 packs of Dentyne Pure gum.

On MomAdvice this week, we are sharing a delicious recipe for black bean & roasted red pepper soup, we are answering your questions on how to have success as a long-term blogger, a notebook of ideas, and over 70 great giveaways to enter.  Don’t forget to get your entry in for the Learning Tower with art easel & playhouse kit (an almost $300 value) today!

Health & Beauty
Jergens Moisturizer
Crest ProHealth toothpaste
Biotrue

Food
Quaker Life Nutrition Bars
Smucker’s Uncrustables (daily giveaway thru 10/13)
Luxury Pasta (only AL, LA, MS)

Entertainment
$5 Sears/Kmart gift card for 5 Reviews
Seventeen magazine (3 issues)
Disney Moms Panel
Free eBook Collections

Home
Cottonelle Fresh Flushable Wipes (full-size tub)
Glade Fragrance Gift Pack
Earth’s Best Playdate Parties
Tombstone Pizza Haunted House Party
Simple Holiday Pleasures House Party
BrewStation Cup of Creativity House Party
Martini Gold Party (details on Facebook)

Pets
World’s Best Cat Litter (free after rebate)
By Nature dog or cat food (free after rebate)

An Apron Full of Giveaways: The Learning Tower & Play Kits ($300 Value)

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Lover Dovers, $30

Welcome to our Apron Full of Giveaways, where we round up all of the best giveaways on the web. This is the spot where you can share your blog contests or where you can find fantastic stuff to enter. As always, we welcome your links to your contests so please link on up!

Today we are kicking off a brand new giveaway that you won’t want to miss!  Learning Partners is hosting a giveaway with MomAdvice and sharing one of these amazing Learning Towers with one of our readers. Not only that, but they are including two kits to maximize the usage of that tower in your home. We are also giving away a playhouse kit perfect for a little puppetry fun and an art easel so your child can embrace their inner Picasso! This giveaway is valued at almost $300 and makes playing and learning easy AND safe for your child.  Head on over to the contest in the link below to learn more and enter to win. PLEASE NO ENTRIES HERE!

I will be working on some housekeeping around MomAdvice this week so no contest this week, but we look forward to hosting more great giveaways in the upcoming months!

Below are the contest links-if you are hosting a contest please link it up below. Sorry, we aren’t giving away the aprons just showcasing them!

Please put your site name and then what type of contest you are hosting. For example, “MomAdvice (Children’s Movies).”

Please let me know if you have any questions and good luck to each of you!

Freebie Friday: September 10, 2010

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Happy Freebie Friday, everyone! We are so lucky to have Freebies 4 Mom share their list of the best freebies of the week with our readers each and every Friday. Please visit her site for fabulous freebies and sweepstakes information every single day!  This week Heather is giving away a $50 gift card to Olivia Place, a daily deal site that you can put that $50 credit towards.

On MomAdvice we shared some fantastic vegetable sides to grill (including my herb-buttered corn that you must try), a round-up of 5 new books to check out from your local library, our notebook of fun recipes and crafts for the week, and 100 great giveaways you can enter to win in today!

I hope you will browse around on the site and thank you all for visiting today!

Health & Beauty

Dove Daily Moisture
Underjams
Biotrue (Costco Members)
Nicorette Fruit Chill Gum
Nicorette Mini Lozenge
Tena
Degree Men’s Deodorant (BJ members)

Food

Kashi GoLean Crisp (Vocalpoint members)

Entertainment

Olivia Online Storytime
Tinker Bell eBook (free at Disney Movie Rewards)
Around the World in 5,792 Pages eBooks
Free eBook Collections

Home

Kmart Free Pedometer
Right@Home Quick Clean Gift Pack
Ultra Downy April Fresh (Vocalpoint members)
BJ’s Warehouse Membership (60 days)
Earth’s Best Playdate Parties
Tombstone Pizza Haunted House Party
Simple Holiday Pleasures House Party
BrewStation Cup of Creativity House Party

Pets

Purina Dog Food (Sam’s Club Members)

This Week’s Freebie Events:

SEPTEMBER 10 – 16
thru 12 – Free DaySpring card ($1.50 value) for National Encouragement day at Family Christian Bookstores.
11 – Thomas Play Date at Toys ‘R Us 11am-1pm
11 – Lowes Build and Grow Clinic make a “Pet Leash Keeper” 10-11am
12 Free Pottery Barn Home Decorating Class: Autumnal Decorating at 10 am
13 – Smucker’s Giveaway Starts!