Mommy Must-Haves Giveaway

Our collection of mommy must-haves features many fabulous items to pamper your new baby as well as some things for yourself! One lucky mommy will win this amazing gift set!

Undercover Mama

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$30 Gift Certificate to Undercover Mama - Retail value: $30
Undercover Mama nursing tanks are the stylish and affordable alternative to an expensive nursing wardrobe. They attach to any bra. Make any shirt a nursing shirt with Undercover Mama.
Undercover Mama is a mom invented, mom owned and mom operated company. Our mission is to provide Nursing moms with stylish and alternative nursing tops that make nursing easier. For more information visit undercovermama.com.

Fairhaven Health

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Milkies Milk-Saver and Milkies Freeze - Retail value: $58
The Milk-Saver collects your leaking breast milk as you breastfeed - allowing you to store extra breast milk effortlessly with each feeding! The Freeze provides convenient first-in, first-out milk storage in your freezer (stores as much as 60 ounces!).
Our mission at Fairhaven Health is to develop products to safely and naturally promote fertility, pregnancy wellness, and breastfeeding success. From preconception through pregnancy and nursing, Fairhaven Health is there - every step of the way - to provide clinically-proven products to hel you along your journey to parenthood. For more information visit fairhavenhealth.com.

Healing Hazel

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3 accessories of the winner choice - Retail value: $55
Winner may choose from Healing Hazel, Hazelamber or 100% Baltic Amber necklaces and bracelets
Healing Hazel is your One Stop Shop for hazelwood, hazelamber and 100% Baltic Amber necklaces and bracelets. Now in more than 900 retailers in Canada and Usa. The 1st and only brand to meet CPSC (Consumer product safety comission) safety requirements. For more information visit healinghazel.com.

Yummi Pouch

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Yummi Pouch Mini set of 6 - Retail value: $14.99
Yummi Pouch Minis are convenient, refillable and reusable food pouches to hold blended snacks for your child. Yummi Pouch Minis feature a resealable bottom opening and top mouthpiece. The contents are enjoyed by removing the large cap and drinking from the spout. Yummi Pouch Minis are great for easily feeding infants homemade blended snacks on the go.
Yummi Pouch reusable food pouches encourage healthy snacks for active kids. Our eco-friendly food pouches are freezer safe, dishwasher safe, BPA-free, Phthalate-free, and can be filled with healthy blended snacks and easily taken on-the-go, no spoon required! For more information visit yummipouch.com.

Ubbi

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Ubbi Cloth Pail Liner - Retail value: $17
Using washable diapers? We have just the thing! Ubbi cloth pail liner is a waterproof, odor resistant bag. Bring out the green in your Ubbi diaper pail. Our pail liner is washable and reusable, biodegradable, and TPU coated. It has a 7 gallon (26.4l) capacity and is waterproof, PVC-free and odor resistant. Featuring a drawstring closure and door knob hanger.
Enter the world of Ubbi... where innovative products are created with parents and children in mind. Under the Ubbi name, you will find unique, quality products that are designed to be easy to use, helping to simplify parents' lives while keeping babies as happy and safe as can be! For more information visit ubbiworld.com.

Toofeze

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Toofeze Teether - Retail value: $19.99
Toofeze by Oh, That Baby! Ltd. is simply the COOLEST baby teether ever and an invaluable parenting tool. The cool stainless steel disk chills instantly in ice water for fast pain relief. The soft silicone handle is never too cold too. Made from all-natural ingredients, dishwasher safe, pediatrician recommended. Toofeze is award winning and can be engraved to create a unique gift. Ages 3 months+.
Oh, That Baby! Ltd. is a mom/daughter owned and operated company based in Colorado. "Let's face it, every baby cuts teeth. And when they do, everyone else close to them feels their pain! When we relieve a baby's discomfort, we alleviate the stress, frustration and anxiety felt by those around them." The company's mission is to improve the lives of babies and their families during the most difficult phase of development. They believe every baby deserves a Toofeze. For more information visit toofeze.com.

Buttons Diapers

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2 one-size Buttons Diaper covers, 2 daytime inserts, & small wet bag - Retail value: $36
A quality and affordable two-in-one diapering system that consists of: wipeable PUL covers, and super-soft absorbent inserts that snap into the covers to stay in place! They fit babies from 9-35 lbs, have two layers of stretchy waterproof PUL throughout, and double gussets at the legs to keep messes in. With 8 adorable colors to choose from, and a tiny red button logo on the back - your wee one will be as cute as a button!
Buttons cloth diapers were born at home. As a husband and wife team, we designed our diapers to be easy to use and affordable for everyone - the way it should be. We believe in keeping our lives simple, even when it comes to diapering. Our company is based in the beautiful Skagit Valley of Northwest Washington, where our family enjoys hiking, biking, sailing, and splashing in puddles. For more information visit buttonsdiapers.com.

Booby Trapper

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Eternity Booby Trapper - Retail value: $48
Featuring an exclusive dual-rim design, Booby Trapper is the only nursing cover to keep fabric off the bust area to allow for complete eye contact and air circulation for the nursing pair. We are giving away our extremely popular Eternity pattern, a gender-neutral trendy print.
Designed by a mother of 3, Booby Trapper was born out of a recognized need for a superior nursing cover. Blankets and one-rim covers just wouldn’t cut it as her daughter hated having the fabric flop in her face and she was stuck using her only free hand to hold the fabric away constantly both for air, eye contact and to check for a proper latch. After many trials, Booby Trapper’s revolutionary, dual-suspension design was achieved and now mothers everywhere are able to nurse much more comfortably in public without having to fight with their covers! For more information visit boobytrapper.ca.

Koble

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1 Stone Grey and 1 Big Apple Red Portable Changing Shield - Retail value: $70

• The evolution of the baby diaper changing pad is here. A large, clean surface in a clever little pouch!
• Completely covers all safety approved changing stations - no more disposable changing pads!
• Extra large size (27 x 40) shields even the most athletic babies from yucky public spaces
• Lightweight durable fabric easily wipes clean is machine washable and machine dryable
• Openings in shield allow safety belts to be used when changing on public stations
• Quilted body pillow for comfort
• Attached storage pouch makes it easy to store changing shield for transport and easy access
• Drawstring pouch closes tight to keep changing station germs contained inside
• 55% Polyester 45% Nylon. Free of BPA, phalates, and PVC. Scandinavian design born in NYC. Made in China.

Koble is Norwegian for "connect". We use Scandinavian design principles to bring you attractive, clever, affordable designs that work to make your life better. Our first line of products are made for the special people who take care of the smallest people - moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nannies, and many more. We know from experience that there are plenty of opportunities to make life easier for these folks! For more information visit mykoble.com.

Omaïki

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Mama Maxi pads (2) + Mini-Maxi pads (2) + Bamboo panty liners (2) + snack sacks duo - Retail value: $63.50
Feminine protection starter kit (very comfortable and absorbent, made of bamboo/coton, holds in place with snaps closures) + one Gustö-duo, which includes one snack bag and one sandwich bag (Colors/Prints : winner’s choice)
Omaïki started in 2007, with Anouk & Ariane: moms, best friends and business partners. The brand offers a great and complete line of high-end products, made in Canada: cloth diapers, training pants, night time panties, feminine pads, swim diapers, snack sacks and more... For more information visit omaiki.com.

Enter to win this Fabulous Gift Set! Retail value: $412

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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Brownies

My extended family has been having weekly dinners of late, and since we divide up the cooking and potluck it, I have had to come up with some new things we haven't tried. Somewhere along the line it was decided that I made yummy desserts, so I often get to make the best part of dinner. A couple weeks ago I was craving something with peanut butter but just couldn't find what I was looking for. In the end I combined a few brownie and peanut butter bar recipes and the result was a gooey perfect brownie that is incredibly yummy!


Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Brownies

• 9 TBSP butter (if you use unsalted add 1/4 tsp salt)
• 3/4 c chunky peanut butter
• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 1/3 c brown sugar, packed
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 c flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 c chocolate chips (semi-sweet)

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9 x 11" pan

Sift flour into a bowl then whisk in baking powder. Set aside.

In another bowl cream together butter and peanut butter until smooth (not counting the chunks from the chunky peanut butter of course). Beat in the sugars until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl after each is mixed. Stir in the vanilla.

Slowly stir in the flour mixture. Add the chocolate chips, stir until combined. Spread batter into the prepared pan. Bake appx. 30-33 minutes at 350, until golden brown. Cool before cutting.

Serve alone, with vanilla ice cream, or with a little whipped cream.

Easy Canvas Prints Review and Giveaway

Easy Canvas Prints offered me the chance to review their product recently. So when my entire extended family got together for Thanksgiving, and took a family photo, I knew that was the picture I had to use. I compiled three photos into one perfect shot (with that many people it was a miracle we were all facing the camera let alone all smiling) and headed over to the Easy Canvas Prints site.

The site is easy to use but offers no editing tools, not even to rotate the image. I messed around with several other photos to get a feel for the page and found that if you want your image in portrait not landscape layout you need to rotate it before you upload. If you aren't able to edit your photos yourself they do offer image retouching for a fee.

There are several different options for canvas size, thickness, edging, and best of all you can upload from your computer or from either Facebook or Instagram. They let you know if the quality of the photo isn't good enough for the size of print you want to get.

Once you have your photo loaded and your options picked, that's it. Check out and it's on its way. Shipping is faster than I expected. My shipment was even delayed by a snow storm a few days and was here in 11 days.

So how do they look? They are wonderful. I ended up giving these to my Mom and Grandma for Christmas and they loved them. Everyone wanted to know where I ordered them. Next time I will get a bigger size. 8 x 10 seems big until it's a tiny canvas hanging on your wall!

Check out the fam, aren't we cute!

Here's the side of the canvas. I choose to have the image wrap around the sides and it looks neat.

My only issue with either canvas was that the tape that held the canvas in place in the box came off and one of the canvases got bounced around a bit and a tiny bit of print was scratched off. You can see the tiny white mark in the photo below at the arrow. Although the packaging is fine, it wouldn't hurt to add an extra layer of bubble wrap on top of the plastic for times like these. Fortunetly, as you can see, the scratch was tiny and not noticable if you aren't looking for it.





Now comes the best part...
One of you is going to get a Free 8x10 Canvas Print with free shipping to the US (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Enter giveaway below. And if you just can't wait to see who wins or for anyone who doesn't win, you can use this link to get 60% off canvas prints.

I received all products complimentary from Easy Canvas Prints. The views and opinions expressed are purely my own.

 

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Review Suave Family Products

We got another Influenster box! This is the VoxBox of Suave Family Products. We received Men's Body Wash, Sauve Naturals Lotion, and Sauve Kids Mousse. I claimed the lotion first thing, handed hubby the body wash and set to using the mousse in ABC's hair.

First up is the body wash. We all liked the scent. In fact the kids used a little of it in their bath a few times to make the water smell good! The smell doesn't stay strong on you after showering, which is nice. Some body washes have a strong lingering smell that you don't always want. Only thing hubby didn't like about it was that it didn't lather up enough, so to work a good lather you have to use quite a bit of wash and with using so much each time the bottle doesn't last very long.
Next is the lotion. The Sweet Pea & Violet scent was soft and very pleasant. Unfortunately as with most scents I can't use a lot or it makes me sneeze. I have trouble with added fragrance unless they are natural additives. Even though this is in the Naturals line there are very few ingredients that aren't chemicals and the couple that are plant extracts are at the bottom of the list. It also doesn't hydrate for very long and needs to be reapplied often. Since that would mean layering more of the scent on I found it was best to use a little of this as the 'water' base for my favorite lotion bar instead.

Finally I used the kids mousse on all the kid's hair. A and B had performances around the holidays so I used it in their hair. This is not like regular mousse as it sets up a lot stiffer, more like a mousse and hair spray combination, which was great! We used a little and combed it through A's hair to slick it back and B's hair we used it to scrunch her natural curl up and give it some hold. C wanted his hair done too, so we gave him a quick side part with a touch of mousse for hold. It held up great for all their hair types and the scent (we got Cherry Vanilla Bop) was wonderful.

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The views and opinions expressed are purely my own.

Santa Belt Nails

I'm terrible about getting my nails all polished and pretty on the best of days, so when I'm busy around the holidays you can forget about it. That's why I went super simple with a fun design that takes no more time than a regular coat of polish and still looks fun and festive. If you wanted to add more you could put a belt on every nail, but to keep it simple and quick I just did my middle finger on each hand.

To make your own Santa Belt Nails you'll need red, gold and black polish and some sort of fine tip nail brush or a toothpick would work. Paint your nails red as a base, then using your nail brush apply a thin black line a third the way in from the outer most part of each side of your nail. Add a small square of black to the middle between the two lines. Finally, using your nail brush again, paint a larger square of gold around the black square in the middle. You can add a top clear coat if you like, I didn't have time. Keeping it simple, just the way I like it!