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Parent’s of kids 0-5: Survey for $5 Amazon Gift Card!

Are you the parent of a child from infant to 5 years old?

If you are, then help out the Parents Insight Network by sharing your opinion on baby items!

Get Rewarded:

Once you complete the quick 5-10 minute survey, they’ll reward you with a FREE $5 Amazon gift card! Super cool, right? {I’ll add this to my account, with the rest of my FREE Amazon gift cards that I get from Swagbucks!!}

Get your gift card!

Take the quick Survey here. It only took me about 4 or 5 minutes, and was about my opinions and buying habits of baby socks. I’ve done lots of surveys and other campaigns with them before, so don’t worry… The gift card won’t be emailed immediately, but you will get it. Promise :)

Parents Insight Network

If you’re interested in learning about fun new opportunities like this in the future, sign up as a member over at Parents Insight Network. Then you’ll get notices of cool surveys, product tests, and other cool stuff.

“The Parents Insight Network is a forum of thousands of parents across the US and Canada who serve as a sounding board for companies that develop products and services specifically for parents and children.”

Another great way to earn freebies!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on August 23, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

Is Swagbucks a Scam?

I get asked all of the time, “Is Swagbucks a Scam?” To which I’ll answer- “No WAY!!!” I have used Swagbucks for about 2 years, and it is one of THE VERY BEST ways to earn free rewards online. Seriously.

To see some proof, check this out:

Date	Description	Amount
08/23/11	Searching the Web	7 SB
08/22/11	Searching the Web	12 SB
08/22/11	Referral SB from: Leslie5578	9 SB
08/21/11	Referral SB from: Leslie5578	10 SB
08/20/11	Referral SB from: Leslie5578	9 SB
08/19/11	Referral SB from: Leslie5578	11 SB
08/19/11	Searching the Web	11 SB
08/18/11	Referral SB from: Leslie5578	7 SB
08/18/11	Searching the Web	10 SB
08/17/11	Searching the Web	8 SB
08/17/11	Referral SB from: Leslie5578	9 SB
08/16/11	Bonus Swag Bucks: Toolbar Use	1 SB
08/16/11	Searching the Web	7 SB
08/15/11	Searching the Web	11 SB
08/15/11	Bonus Swag Bucks: Toolbar Use	1 SB
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These are the Swagbucks that I’ve earned!

Notice how it says on the bottom, “Page 1 of 96”?? Yep, that’s how many points I’ve earned. Every 450 points earns me another FREE $5 Amazon gift card!! I earn $100’s in cards each year, which is an amazing help for my family, and is what I use to buy diapers for the baby- FREE. Awesome, right? And going into the holidays, it’s a great way to do your shopping for free. {Get 15 more ways to shop online for free here too.}

How do you earn points?

Add their toolbar. This is super easy, I promise. I’m not a skilled technology person, but this was simple to do. Then, use the toolbar for your regular searches, and you randomly get points added to your account. Seriously, what could be easier?
To boost your points, you can do more activities: The surveys can earn you 50-150 points each, which can add up SUPER fast!! There are tons of other ways to earn- daily polls, games, offers, etc.
Refer your friends. You can connect your Swagbucks to your Facebook account, and it will automatically share on your wall when you get new points, so that you’re friends want to check it out too! Then, when they earn points, so do you!! {I only have 4 referrals, but even that small amount gives me a big boost!}
Watch for SwagCodes while searching, or that other bloggers post. Then enter them in your account for MORE bonus points!!
Tons more ways to earn too: Coupons, Shopping, Daily Deals, Games, Videos, and loads more!

Tons of Rewards Available:

There are literally thousands of different rewards to choose from: gift cards, donations, products, sweepstakes entries, and more.

I redeem almost all of my points for Amazon.com Gift Cards, since that’s where I do all of my baby shopping. Every time you get a new gift card, you can add the code to your Amazon account, and let them add up until you’re ready to use ’em. Love it. Plus, since some of my favorite survey sites reward with Amazon gift cards too, I can get most of what I buy there for free each month.

Other great rewards available:

Gift Cards from sites like Cookies Kids, Gourmet Gift Baskets, EcoMom, Frecklebox, and Restaurant.com.
You can use small amounts of points to make donations to charities like Lupus Foundation of America.
You can get FREE products, from games and toys to magazines and home decor.
Your points can be used to enter Swagstakes giveaways too! You use the points as entries, and there are so many giveaways to win!

Swagbucks ROCKS my SOCKS!

I recommend this site to everyone, and it’s hard to understand why you wouldn’t want to use it! Even if all you do is add the toolbar, you’ll earn points with NO effort at all. It’ll take you longer to earn rewards, but heck, they’ll be free when you do earn ’em, so why not??

If you’re using Swagbucks too, leave a comment to tell me your best tip, or favorite feature of the site!!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on August 23, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | 8 Comments

Celebrate Grandparents Day + Free Card!

This year, Grandparents Day is on September 11th!!

Get a FREE Card from Paper Snaps:

There are 6 different designs to choose from; the one above is the one that I got. They’re all super cute. Details…

“The inside of the cards are blank for you to add a personal message before you address and mail it to them. The cards are printed on heavy 110 pound card stock and measure 5 x 7 inches when folded. Card is creased for easy folding and includes a standard white envelope.”

How to Get it:

Check out the selection of cards for Grandparents Day on Paper Snaps, and choose the one you like best, then add it to your basket.
Use the coupon code GDAY11 at checkout, to make the card totally free! Set up your account with your shipping info, and choose the FREE shipping option too.
Then it will tell you no payment is required, and you’ll get your free card soon!

Celebrate the Day!!

For more fun ideas to help you celebrate the special Grandparents in YOUR life, check out Grandparents.com for some activities, crafts and printables, quotes and poems, and much more!

More Gift Ideas:

Grandparents would LOVE a canvas print of the kids! These are such great quality, {I have a couple now, and have made them as gifts} and are so unique. Check out the cool tools you can use- Pop Art is my favorite!

Or get prints of the family to add to the cards you send! Grandparents, especially if they’re far away, love pic’s of the little ones. This is a great deal- Just register on the site {takes 2 minutes, tops} and you’ll get a code for 50 Free Prints and more. Add a few of those to the FREE card, and you’ve got a great gift to mail out!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on August 23, 2011 Filed Under: Holidays, Freebies, Fun Stuff | No Comments

{Rafflecopter Giveaway} Win a Scentsy Goodie Bag!!

Another Great Rafflecopter Giveaway!

The always amazing Lucinda Faragher, Independent Scentsy Consultant, wants to share some of her fun new Scentsy goodies with you guys. So she put together some really great goodie bags for me, so that I can give them away to FOUR lucky winners! Check her out on Facebook and give her a big THANK YOU for sponsoring this fun giveaway!

A little more about Scentsy…

Scentsy Wickless Candles are smokefree, soot-free, flame-free. Safer then traditional candles. Scentsy candles use a low-watt bulb to melt the over 80+ delicious flavors of wax. A bar of wax costs $5 and will typically last around 60-80 hours.

I am such a big fan of room fragrance…

I’m always looking for new things to try. Everyone had been talking about Scentsy, and telling me how much they just KNEW I’d love it, but I never made time to get to a party. When I finally did…. I totally fell in love with it! If you’re not already a fan, I guarantee that you will be after trying it out. Seriously, this stuff is that good.

Why I love Scentsy:

I love that there is a scent “Lucky in Love” that smells JUST like my favorite Victoria’s Secret spray- Love Spell.
I love that the scent bars last for-EV-er! I am really amazed by it- makes these such a good value.
I love that I can leave the warmer plugged-in all day, for constant fragrance in the bedroom, unlike candles.
And I love the huge selection of products: room sprays, warmers, the Scentsy Warmers for kiddo’s, and so much more!

Enter to WIN a Scentsy Fragrance Goodie Bag from Lucinda!

Four lucky winners will each get one of these cute little goodie bags filled with Scentsy samples, coupons, books, and more! Each bag has either a Scentsy scent pack or a warmer circle in addition to the other great stuff!

Rafflecopter Giveaway:

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Posted by Meagan Paullin on August 22, 2011 Filed Under: Contests | 4 Comments

StriVectin-TL Tightening Face Serum: Free Deluxe Sample!

Get the New StriVectin-TL Tightening Face Serum to try out at home… All you need to do is head on over to StriVectin.com, and fill out a super quick form.

After submitting, you’ll get a message that your FREE product will arrive in 4-6 weeks. Plus, everyone gets a BONUS offer in the confirmation email, so make sure to watch for that too!

Get more coupons, freebies, and savings- Join Today!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on August 22, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | 2 Comments

Busy Mom Solution: It’s like having your whole filing cabinet in your pocket!

It’s like having your whole filing cabinet in your back pocket!

“Help for busy moms.” Oh, isn’t that a phrase that you’d like to hear more often? Well, AboutOne is a super cool new service that can seriously make your life easier. Read on to learn how to get organized with some help from AboutOne…

How it works:

You sign up here: Join AboutOne -for a FREE subscription. Then you enter in as much information as you want; things like health records, address book, family memories, education history or vehicle records… And more. Then, AboutOne stores all of that important info in ONE safe place, so when you need to find it, you don’t have to waste time digging through folders or boxes, trying to remember where it is! It’s a digital filing system, and more!

Easy, peasy.

When you sign up with AboutOne, you can also choose to just enter info as it happens. You can upload pics and videos from your cell phone, set alerts or reminders of events coming up, scan receipts, kids artwork, or other records directly into your account.

It’s like having your whole filing cabinet in your back pocket!

They store your info with bank-level security, and you can access it from anywhere! If you have a smart phone, that means that you would be able to get any of your family info you need, anytime, from anywhere. So great, right?

There are other “fun” features to this site too!

It can “auto-magically” create great stuff like:

Multimedia family newsletters, digital scrapbooks, and hard copy memory books.
Paper greeting cards and invitations that mail themselves.
Education summaries for college applications.
Health summaries and babysitter instructions.
Home improvement reports for tax reporting.
Plus, with AboutOne’s patent-pending service, you’ll have all the information you need, right at your fingertips, to make informed decisions and respond quickly to an emergency.

Get a Great Start this School Year!

Kids bring home SO many calendars, forms, menu’s, lists, and more… It can be really tough for even the most organized mom to keep track of it all! Watch this video to learn how AboutOne can help you stay on top of it all this year…

How great does this all sound?

I just signed up for my own free account, and honestly, have been having SO much fun trying it out. I’m actually a really organized person, but I still like the idea of having all of this info in one easy to locate spot, and the tools available on it are really cool, and super simple to use. I love that this shows me how to declutter all of my piles of paperwork… that is my biggest are of clutter in the house!

What do you think?

What are YOUR biggest challenges to staying organized? Do you think AboutOne could help you stay on top of things? How great would it be to NEVER have to search through piles or paper or filing cabinets again? If you love it, share it with a friend using my easy peasy share buttons up top, or under this post :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on August 22, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Reviews, Busy Mom Solution | No Comments

Free Idea Book from KraftMaid- Still Available!

Some of you may have already gotten this…

It’s been available for about a month now, so many of you may have already requested this great book. If not, grab one now before the promotion is over!

It’s a super fun inspiration book from KraftMaid, filled with great ideas and coupons!

Have you gotten yours?

I got one of these last year, and it was awesome. But I still haven’t gotten the one that I requested this year… Has anyone else received theirs yet?? If so, is it as cool as last year? Is it packed full of coupons again?? Let me know what I can look forward to :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on August 21, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments