Sunshine and Sippy Cups

Great Collection of FREE Easter Printables

Easter is one of my favorite holidays. I love that it is the first “Spring” holiday, I am excited to buy my little girl her first fluffy little Easter dress, I love decorating eggs… It’s just such a pretty, bright, and cheerful holiday! One of my favorite blogs, Living Locurto did a post with a ton of really fun, FREE Easter printables. There are printables for cards, crafts, and treat packaging. Plus, sign up for her email subscription and get a FREE printable gift! She has the funnest stuff, you’ll just love it.

Here are a few of my favorites:

These little Easter cupcake toppers are too cute! I love this idea, and have been looking for just the right toppers to use for my little girls first birthday this summer.

I love ideas like this… What a quick and easy way to personalize the goodies in the kid’s Easter baskets! Very fun.

The little tissue paper pom-pom tails here make me smile :) I plan on making some of these with the kids! Just adorable.

Visit her site for more fun ideas!

All of these ideas came from the wonderful list from Amy over at Living Locurto… I don’t even begin to try and claim these fun designs as my own! So go check out her list for the rest of the ideas, and leave her a comment thanking her for putting together such a great list!! I’ve used these for projects here in our home, and had so much fun with them – so I knew I had to share them with you guys too!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 2, 2011 Filed Under: Printables | 3 Comments

{Printable} Recipe Cards

I LOVE printables. I just discovered this idea a few months ago… I had no idea that there were so many amazing FREE things that were available for me to print and create with!

While I am an {extremely!} crafty person, I am not skilled with design on the computer, so I have no idea how to make fun printables myself. But I will start sharing some of my favorites here on Sunshine and Sippy Cups with you guys.

I’m always on the look out for new crafts that don’t cost very much, and using printables is a great way to do that! There are so many different types, and ways to use them, and SO many things you can do with them… All for the price of a few sheets of printer paper. Love it.

Today I’m going to share some fun recipe card printables that I found on the Tip Nut website. If you haven’t checked this site out yet, you’re missing out! Subscribe to her emails, you’ll LOVE all of the amazing stuff she sends out. I’m a BIG fan. She has a whole list of printable recipe cards here. There are a ton of styles to choose from…

I really love the modern, simple design of this recipe card from Messy Vegetarian Cook. Plus, it’s red, so it matches my kitchen :)

This one is really fun too, but there is more work involved in making these cards. They are actually printed on old paper grocery bags! There are step-by-step instructions over at Crafting a Green World, which is another AMAZING site that you will love too. I think that this could be a fun idea to add family recipes to a scrapbook or photo album.

Check out all of the other designs on the list over on the Tip Nut website. And leave her a comment telling her how awesome she is for putting this big collection of links together!

Let me know what you think, and if you have any other crafty ideas for using these!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 2, 2011 Filed Under: Printables | 1 Comment

Get it Quick: New Pop Up Bowl Popcorn Sample!

Check out the brand-spankin’ new Orville Redenbachers Pop Up Bowl Popcorn! I tried this twice earlier today, and the link wasn’t live yet…. But it is now, so get it while it lasts! I’m sure it will go fast :)

To try this new Pop Up Bowl Popcorn for FREE click to get the sample over at Walmart!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 1, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | 4 Comments

Pregnant? Then check THIS out, momma!!

Join the Enfamil Family Beginnings program today, to get tons of seriously great stuff!!

Depending on which hospital you go to, you can qualify for up to $250 in FREE baby gifts… Stuff like free diaper bags, bottles, formula, and more. You also get a monthly newsletter with tips for each stage of pregnancy.

After the baby comes, you still get the montly email, with really helpful information about each stage of your baby’s development. These type of emails have been absolute LIFE SAVERS for me! I didn’t know anything at all about babies before I had my little one, and these help me learn so much, a little bit at a time.

Click here to get $250 in Free Gifts from Enfamil!!! You can see what you qualify for now, what you can receive at the hospital, and then all of the goodies that they’ll send you after little darling arrives :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 1, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

FREEBIE FRIDAY! {No Foolin’}

Good Morning, and Happy April Fools Day!

Here are todays goodies:

*This is a new FREEBIE site that I just joined… Looks like a good one, let me know if you’ve used it before!

*Get a FREE tan at LiveSunless by filling out a quick form.

*FREE sample of Purex Detergent with ZOUT! I use this stuff, and it rocks.

*Grab a free sample of either the Fekkai Glossing Collection or the Fekkai Technician Color Care Collection. Get it Here.

*Sign up to get the daily FREEBIE email from GoFreebies! One person each day also wins an Amazon gift card! I use this one, and it has some pretty good freebies in it… Join GoFreebies Now:
Sign Up.

*Do you like to cook? Enjoy easy and delicious recipes from Wolfgang Puck, Zola Gorgon, and many other chefs sent to your inbox daily! Sign up to start receiving your FREE Recipes Newsletters Click Here.

*FREE set of 10 Business Cards from MOO. Get them here. These are seriously the greatest thing. Even if you don’t need business cards, get these just for the prints! You can upload photos, and have a different photo on each card, and have cute little wallet-sized photos. The quality is amazing. Love this company.

*A chance to try out a NEW Full Size Beauty Product, from O Magazine. Fill out the form here to see if your chosen to sample it!

*Click here to get a Free Perricone Deluxe Hyper Hydrator Sample!

*Get your FREE Subscription to American Baby Magazine. Click Here. This is one of the mag’s with the Amazon coupons!

*Another new one that I haven’t tried yet… Get Cash Back & Coupons From Your Favorite Stores, at ExtraBux! Click Here.

*Get a FREE sample of Shout Color Catcher laundry products!

*Love this place: Vocalpoint.com gets you free samples, coupons, recipes, DIY ideas, and more. Sign up today. Click Here.

*Get a FREE 100 calorie snack bar from Slim Fast!

*Join Kodak Gallery Today and Get a Free Photo Magnet and Free Photo Sharing! Click Here.

*My favorite restaurant still has some coupons available! Free Quiznos Coupon. Honey Bacon Club, every time, love it :)

*I did a post on this one awhile ago… If you missed it, here ya go: “FREE Family Movie Package, pay only $1.95 S&H. Movies are yours to keep, no obligation. Click Here.” I think this is an amazing idea.

*Sign up to receive online offers and in-store coupons from JCPenney! Click Here.

*Get a FREE sample of Dove Men+Care body wash and shampoo!

*Can’t decide which picture you love best? No need! Snapily’s Animated Photo products display 2 images in the space of a single picture. Get one FREE and instant $3 credit! Click Here. Looks cool, I think I might try this out !

Have a great weekend everyone! And, as always, if you find any awesome new freebies today, post them in the comments and share the love :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 1, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Deals and Coupon Codes | No Comments

Earn {FREE} Rewards!

I was a member of Neilsen Home Scan Consumer Panel until last year, and there are some pretty amazing rewards that you can earn with this program. Seriously. I earned enough points for a new phone, some kitchen appliances, and a few cool toys for the kids. You also get monthly entries into all of their contests and sweepstakes too.

This is how it works:

“As a panel member, the National Consumer Panel will provide you with a hand-held scanner. Every time you or members of your household shop, you’ll use the scanner to scan the barcodes on all of your purchases. Then, once a week, you’ll send us your purchase information. It’s as easy as that!”

I just kept my scanner in the kitchen, on it’s little charging dock, so that I could scan things really quick as I put them away. The kids loved to help do this too. It takes an extra minute, but it is SO worth it when you get the rewards!

It is really simple to sign up, and then they’ll let you know if you’ve been approved quickly. This program has a limited number of scanners available, so it fills up quickly each time that they take new members.

I’m going to apply to get started again too… I only quit towards the end of the pregnancy, because I was just too tired to keep up with things. But I miss it, and miss getting the freebies :)

If you are a member of the panel already, leave a comment and tell us what you think about it…

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 1, 2011 Filed Under: Product Testing, Freebies | No Comments

New Month = New Coupons!

Since today starts a brand new month, it also brings ALL NEW coupons to print over at Coupons.com! There are a lot of really great ones today, check them out!