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{Shutterfly} Next day shipping for Father’s Day ends at 4 PST!

If you need last minute super cute photo gifts for Father’s Day, you only have until 4 PST today to order and get them in time!

Head over to Shutterfly, and check out the great deals:

Up to 30% on Photo Books.
50% on Calendars.
20% on personalized mugs.
20% on shirts and mugs.
And lots more!!

And, when you order $30 or more, save $10 off of your order using code, KKE7-0Z1W-2V5Z-HRUWGB at check out!

Love Photo Gifts?

If you’re a fan of personalized photo gifts, make sure to check out the great FREE options at Vistaprint too. You can’t get these in time for Father’s Day, but I’m sure you have tons of other fun ideas to use for this stuff.

Blog or Business Promotion:

I get most of my blog promo stuff this way… Business cards, postcards, and t-shirts that I wear around with my site info, to promote it when I’m running errands around town! {I’ve made a few for friends too, so they can help me spread the word.}

Super Fun Gifts:

I have also made TONS of great gifts with their stuff over the past couple of years too. Super cute photo mouse pads, mugs, mini-photo books, and more. All I ever have to pay is shipping!

They have a few offers right now:

Get your choice of 6 free items! {Get just one, or get all 6!} Check out your options here: 6 FREEBIES.
Get a super cool, completely personalized t-shirt for only $2! {ok, this one’s not totally free, but the kids LOVE making their own shirts!} Cool T-Shirt.
Or get FREE personalized invitations! FREE INVITES. Great for summer birthdays or baby showers!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 14, 2011 Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Deals and Coupon Codes, Freebies, Shopping | No Comments

Win a $10,000 Scholarship, + Free Books

Enter for a chance to Win a $1,000 Scholarship!!

Enter to win at Buddig Be A Reader, before July 25, 2011, and your child will have a chance at winning one of the weekly prizes, or the grand prize scholarship.

Here is how it works, and I think it’s pretty cool:

Sign up and get started.
Your child {ages 6-13} will read a short story online.
Then, they will be asked a few questions about the story.
Next, they write a short essay.
Parents will get an email, and must approve the submission.
That’s it, you’re entered!!

There are tons of prizes!

Each week, 200 kids will receive a free Scholastic book. And one grand prize winner per age group will receive a $10,000 scholarship! Wouldn’t that be amazing?

My baby girl is a bit too young to enter this one, {lol} but I’m going to check with my nephew when he gets to home today, and see if he’s interested. That boy looooves to show off his reading and writing skills, so I bet he’ll love it.

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 14, 2011 Filed Under: Contests | No Comments

Puppy Love: Coupons and more!

These are my babies… Deuce and Abby. Deuce is the furry one :)

I love these two, and they are the best-est little buddies ever. So cute.

I want to make sure that they BOTH grow up healthy and happy, so I signed us up for the Puppy Chow Healthy Starts Program, and I love it!

Just like I get a couple of different weekly emails with information on Abby’s development, I now get one for Deuce too! Plus, it comes with tons of coupons, fun ideas, and some FREE sample offers too.

Give your puppy a great start in life with the Puppy Chow® Healthy Start Program! Click Here to get started for YOUR fur baby too :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 13, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

$40 worth of FREE printables!

I remember making these types of books with crayons and construction paper when I was little…

Get FREE Fathers Day Coupon Book Printables!

Sample...

How fun is this? Just go on over to Lettering Delights, and click the “Try Now” button in the corner by this set, and you can download and print the whole book! Free Fathers Day Coupons.

Want More Free Stuff Too?

And, if you’re a new visitor like I was, sign up for an account {super quick and easy} to get access to $40 worth of other printables like fonts, banners, and frames. Really cute stuff, and some are going to be PERFECT for my little ones first birthday decorations.

You get a total of 9 free {very cool} fonts, some printable paper packs, invitations, and more.

Super cool, right?

So check it out, and get your FREE STUFF too. If you love crafty freebies, then check out this one too: Free Craft Newsletter Subscription Offer, plus videos, free offers, ideas, and more! Click Here to check it out!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 13, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Fun Stuff | No Comments

{Summer Fun} Best Ice-Pop Molds, all $10 or less!

School’s Almost Out!

I was browsing Amazon this morning for some deals on summery, outdoor, type stuff for the kids to play with, since school is out starting at noon tomorrow!

To help me cut down on housework, I want those boys playing outside as much as possible! Lol. Our new house has a huge property, {and a pool, if we can ever figure out how to get it clean! The previous owner hadn’t opened it in a couple years, and we’re stuggling… But that’s another story…} so I want to get some fun stuff to help encourage them to play out there.

Super fun stuff!

I came across some of the cutest ice-pop molds ever- so many that I can’t even decide which ones to buy! We don’t have any, so I think a couple would be fun.

Check out my “cool” finds:

Super fun, right? The boys LOVE ring pops, so I think these would be a huge hit! And they’re on sale for less than $10 right now too.

How fun are these little sailboat pop molds?! You get a set of 8 for only $10!

Or, get the robot pop! My youngest nephew would LOVE this one, and I’m pretty sure I have to get it. It’s a 6 pack for $10.

These ice cream cone shaped ice pops are super cool too! See what I mean about too many choices??

And of course, you can’t buy an ice pops mold without getting a recipe book too, right? This one looks really good… You can browse some of the pages, and the ideas look amazing.

I Love Summer!

I’m so excited for summer, although I’m not looking forward to the “I’m bored” claims that are soon to come with school getting out.

I really do love spending most of my days outside when the weather is nice, {oh how I long for a laptop so I could work outside…} and hope I can get the kids excited about it too.

Share with me!

Starting Monday, I’ll be posting new ideas for kids activites every day throughout the summer! Crafts, games, recipes for snacks, cool stuff to buy or to do…. If you have some great ideas, I’d love to hear them! You can email me at sunshineandsippycups@gmail.com. Send me links to cool kids summer products you sell, or to some fun kids ideas on your blog. Or just tell me about your favorite things to do at YOUR house! I’ll credit you in the post if I use your idea :)

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 12, 2011 Filed Under: Shopping, Fun Stuff | No Comments

Some Great New Programs to Save $ on Baby Stuff

I found some great new offers on Planning Family today…

If you haven’t signed up with them yet, get started here:

New Mom? Baby on the way? Get free baby samples and coupons. Click Here!

Now check out the site!

Once you get started, you can check out all of the great info on the site. I’ve learned some of the best tips in their weekly baby-stages emails. Each email also has a Quote of the Week, like the one I got today…

“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.” – Barbara Kingsolver

This one really pulls on my little heart. She says it so simply, but so perfectly.

Free Stuff for Baby:

The top navigation bar of the Planning Family site has a tab called Free Baby Stuff, go there to see some of the cool offers available.

New Offers Available:

Strong Moms by Similac: I signed up for this before Abby was born, and got a ton of great coupons and samples of formula.
American Baby Magazine: You get a FREE subscription to this. Not only are there great articles, but the ad’s helped me learn about cool new stuff for baby before she came, since I had NEVER baby shopped before!
Enfamil Family Beginnings: You’ll get emails with trusted advice for every stage of your baby’s development, plus discounts on Enfamil products, free samples and goodies, like an Enfamil Carryall and EnfaChill bottle cooler.

Check out the site to find a ton more!

Plus, they update them often, so you can check back each week after reading your “stages” email, and see what new programs you can sign up for! Using these brand newsletters and getting on their mailing lists is SUCH a great way to get free baby stuff. They will send you SO much, seriously.

And, for more free baby stuff check out:FREE baby stuff from Baby to Bee! Click Here to get started.

Posted by Meagan Paullin on June 12, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies | No Comments

Free Mosquito Repellent Patches

Get FREE N0-BuzzZone Mosquito Repellent Patches!

Have you tried out 1 Sale A Day yet?

Once or twice a week they have a little item like this that you can get totally free! You add it to your cart, get free shipping, and it arrives super quick. Very cool.

Today you can stop over at 1SaleADay and get these No-BuzzZone Mosquito patches for FREE!

And, for more free samples today, check out MySavings new freebies here: Free Samples.