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FREE Spring Prints from Canvas People!

This is the print that I purchased from Canvas People a couple of months ago… {forgive the bad pic quality, I’m still working with ONLY a cell phone camera until I buy a new Cannon!} and I just LOVE it.

They run deals all the time for new customers, and you can get a deal right now for Spring… You get your choice of a FREE 8×10 Canvas Print, or $50 off of another size print, check it out:

When I bought mine, I used the $50 off option, and upgraded to a bigger size of print. I was really worried that the quality wouldn’t be very good, that the picture would just pixilated, or just sort of printed onto the canvas… But their quality is AMAZING. Seriously. Even my boyfriend was impressed, and that’s tough to do :)

One tip when selecting a photo to use for your print: Choose a pic that has a little bit of extra room around the edges. The photo will be printed onto the canvas, and then it is wrapped around the edges of the frame {looks VERY cool} meaning the print surface will be just a bit smaller than the photo is. They have a tool that lets you try out your photos and see how this effect will work for you before ordering, to make sure you’re happy with it.

They also have a ton of other options you can upgrade with, to add cool artistic effects to your print. These really are like art for your wall. I have gotten so many compliments on this print of my daughter, and everyone wants to know where we got it!

The shipping is a little pricey, because they ship your print with a lot of protections, since each print is one of a kind. But with the upgrade to a larger size, plus shipping, I think I paid about $18, which was soooo worth it.

Check it out today! These make wonderful gifts too!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 3, 2011 Filed Under: Freebies, Shopping, Deals and Coupon Codes | No Comments

{Moolala Deal} Letter Learning Cards!

Check out the sweet deal TODAY ONLY over at Moolala!

$10 for $20 Worth of Fun, Instructive Greeting Cards for Kids from Letter Learning!

“Cards for any occasion…. Great for Thank You cards too!
Cursive and blank-line options for advanced writers.
Cards are made in the U.S.A on recycled paper {Awesome, right?}
Free shipping on all orders!”

Head on over to Moolala to grab this great deal before it’s gone! I think this is such a cute idea :) And if you’re not signed up with Moolala yet, {cutest name for a deal site, ever} it takes just a minute to get started. You can even customize your deals to your city. And all of their deals are family-friendly, with a great focus on learning.

They have a few other deals available today too, so check it out!

Posted by Meagan Paullin on April 3, 2011 Filed Under: Deals and Coupon Codes, Shopping | 1 Comment

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

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

Recording Memories in a Moment Garden

Sharing Memories and Special Moments…

Moment Garden is a new website that I came across this weekend, and I think that it is such a wonderful idea. I love scrapbooking, photo albums, memory boxes… And so I save EVERYTHING, especially when it comes to my new little girl. But sometimes it can be tough to get all of those special moments and memories written down and saved, in between diapers, bottles, spit-up, tantrums…. You know.

Moment Garden gives you a new way to easily keep track of those amazing little moments! It only takes a minute to get signed up for a new account. You are then able to start logging in to quickly leave little markers in your “garden” each time some random adorable moment happens that you want to remember! Read Moment Garden’s description of their service…

“Children are amazing! From day one their pictures and the little moments throughout their life are priceless. Looking at an old picture, or even reading a quote from when they were 4 years old and commented “Don’t worry Daddy, I’ll teach you” can bring a smile. Our vision is helping parents collect, save and share these precious moments with the people that matter most.”

You can send messages by email or from your phone, making it so easy to keep things updated. You can add authorized users, like dad or grandma, so that they can log on and add new memories and stories too!

I love that this gives me a way to keep track of my little girls achievements, and a fun way to see how she is growing every day into such a big girl!!

Moments like this have to be saved and shared, right?

There is also a brand new feature that lets you share individual moments to your Facebook page! You choose the moments to share, and they show up as a post on your Facebook page. All of the comments that your friends leave on that photo will also be saved into the Memory Garden, as part of the post. I love this!

{Update: I’ve been using this for awhile now, and it is so great. I love that they send you an email every once in a while, with a question to help prompt you to add a new memory. Today I got an email asking, “What did Abby have for breakfast today? What else does she like to eat?” I realized that this IS something that I’ll want to remember later. So I added a picture of her eating/squishing/playing with her breakfast banana today. This timeline will be so much fun to look back at later….}

To get started, go check it out at Moment Garden or on Facebook. Let me know what you think…. :)