Blog Giveaway #1 - Courtney's Bath Boutique

This contest is being sponsored by a VERY talented crafter, Courtney @ Coutney's Bath Boutique. She has an etsy shop and creates bath products from soap to awesome whips! Her products are even VEGAN friendly!

For example, she has created a beautiful bar of cold process soap (vegan friendly also!) made from white tea mingled with fresh ginger.

Take a look HERE!
Her soaps are soft, pampering, and contain natural vitamins A & E. All soaps are PROUDLY tested on Courtney's husband!

For this giveaway, Courtney is offering a pampering, spa experience for one lucky reader. It's her VEGAN friendly 4 oz LOVE SPELL handmade WHIPPED CREME SOAP that also triples as a foaming bath butter & shaving creme! Yes, ladies, you CAN shave with this deliciously whipped delight! It has the consistency of marshmallow fluff and a thick, rich, luxurious lather. And you won't run out fast because a little bit on a bath pouf with lather a long way. As a bath butter, it will leave your skin super moisturized.



The Love Spell aroma is a very romantic scent, mixing light fruit, citrus, and florals; similar to Victoria's Secret bath products.

Here's how to enter this contest! You must visit Courtney's Etsy Shop - HERE
Then come back here and leave a comment on my post, telling me which product in Courtney's shop you would LOVE to have besides this whipped soap. This contest is open to US residents ONLY. (Sorry!)

(You DO NOT have to be a registered blogger to enter! You can enter as anonymous as long as you leave your name and email address in the comment.)

You must do this first entry for other entries to count.

For extra entries (leave a comment for each entry such as "I subscribed RSS"):

*Subscribe to my blog (RSS Feed)
*Follow Me on Twitter
*Twitter my blog (leave a comment for every twitter!)
*Digg this contest here
*Snag My Blinkie "Two Tots" and post on your blog (5 entries - you must leave a separate comment for each entry)
*Follow my Blog (You can find that up top)
*Blog about this giveaway on your blog and link back to my blog as well as to Courtney's store (5 entries!!)
*Send an email to 2 people about this giveaway, linking to Courtney's store & my blog and CC my email address mommyblogss at yahoo dot com. (2 entries)

Remember, you can enter (as anonymous) without being a registered user as long as you leave your name and email address.

Contest ends Dec 12th at 11:59 PM - Winner will be chosed randomly by random.org and winner will be announced on Dec 13th via blog post and by email. Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another winner will be selected.

What are you waiting for? Go Give Courtney some love and start entering!!!

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Blog Giveaways!

Hi Everyone! Get ready for some blog giveaways starting tomorrow!!!!

What's that you say? What's a blog giveaway???

Well, some incredibly talented people are offering a chance for you to win their products! Your chance will be right here on this blog.

Here's the lowdown on how to enter...

In keeping with the blog giveaway tradition of entries:

Your first entry is to go to the designers store or site (links will be provided) and then come back here and leave a comment telling me about an item you'd buy. This entry must be completed for other entries to count.

Extra Entries in separate comments:

-Blog about this giveaway with links to the designer's store and my blog.

-Follow my blog

-Subscribe to my blog

-Twitter this contest

-Follow me on twitter

-Grab my button and put it on your blog (will be posted tomorrow morning)

Great things are coming!!!!

Want to Hear Something Fabulous?

I have been chosen to be on Polka Dot Plum's Creative Team!!!
You have absolutely no idea just how excited I am!!!
Along with a team of other fabulous people, I will get to creatively design layouts using their kits! :) :)
Check out some of their AWESOME kits over at Sunshine Studio Scraps or at Scrap Orchard.

I'm blissfully happy :)

I would also like to add that our oh so talented friend Heather (she's really amazing with scrapbooking) has added a gallery of her layouts on Sunshine Studio Scraps. You can view her Layouts HERE

And, if you want to see my layouts thus far, view them HERE

MORE TO COME! KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED!

The Last of the Kit

As you know from previous posts, I have been submitting layouts for the Wonder Girls' Sweet Afternoon Challenge over at Sunshine Studio Scraps. I am a huge fan of their designs.

Here is my final submission, Week #4, titled Woodland Zoo

WW Dec 3

MRI Results

My MRI from last night showed the trigeminal nerve on the right side of my face to be about twice the normal size. The TN nerve root is resting on blood vessels, causing the "oh-god-help-me-now" pain. The only way to correct it is with surgery (there's one that places a teflon pad between the the blood vessels and the nerve, though drug therapy is supposed to have the best outcome). I have been prescribed carbamazepine & gabapentin (aka neurontin). My husband has been so wonderful & empathetic (I love you Dan). My family has been supportive but I don't think they really know or quite understand TN.

I am not taking any narcotics for the pain because Dr C says they are pretty useless. The pain episodes have gotten longer and more painful. I have been on the gabapentin for 2 weeks now and the carbamazepine (one day) should kick in within a couple of weeks. Any prayers would be grateful. Trigeminal Neuralgia is horribly painful.

Here's a GREAT newscast by a Seattle news channel - I watched it in tears because I can identify with the guy (except for the surgery part). Watch it. Learn from it. Then visit EndThePain.org

Bad Christmas Gifts - Take 1

So I read an article on AOL that got me thinking about really bad Christmas gifts, or maybe just bad gifts all together. Take the following for instance...

The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the
carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life, or as a symbol of your personal and precious bond with another. LifeGem diamonds are molecularly identical to natural diamonds found at any high-end jeweler. To qualify as diamonds, they must have the exact same brilliance, fire, and hardness (the hardest substance known) as diamonds from the earth, and of course, they do! LifeGem diamonds are created individually from your specific carbon source in our patented process. Whether you've lost a loved one or simply want to celebrate your love, the LifeGem diamond provides a way to embrace your loved one’s memory day by day. The LifeGem® is the most unique and timeless tribute available for creating a testimony to their unique life. Your LifeGem memorial will offer comfort and support when and where you need it, and provide a lasting memory that endures just as a diamond does. Forever.

Yes folks, for a price range of $2,699 to $24,999 you too can take your loved ones remains and wear them as a piece of jewelry.




They can use either a lock of hair or 8oz of cremated remains to make the LifeGem diamond and it usually takes 6-9 months to created the jeweled piece.

And for the macabre, consider the FAMILY PLAN.

But that's not all - LifeGem can also turn Fluffy into a ring!