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Busy Mom Solution: Forgot to Get a Gift? Fix it in Seconds!

Gift Cards sent digitally

No matter how organized you may be, everyone’s had that “Whoops! I forgot to get my (fill-in-the-blank) a gift!” Whether it’s the holidays, someone’s birthday or a baby shower, no one likes being empty handed and under the gun.

Giftzip.com

Which is why we suggest Giftzip.com–a site that features hundreds of e-gift cards from Amazon to Zappos. Select the card and then Giftzip zips you right to the gift card section of that merchant’s website where you choose the amount and delivery method.

A super helpful app!

And speaking of cards, it doesn’t get easier than the RedStamp app. Free customized e-cards for every occasion that you can send straight from your iPhone, iTouch or iPad via email, text, or even high-quality postcards.

Check out this Twirl to see how quick and easy sending last-minute gifts can be…..

What do you think?

I signed up for this app before I was even done watching the video, lol. Totally amazing, and oh-so-super helpful! There are SO many times that I’ve forgotten a friends birthday until I see it in my Facebook reminders – {oops!!} – But with this totally user-friendly and very fun app, I can “send” them a personalized card instantly, and they’re so cool, no one will ever have to know I forgot. {You won’t tell, right?} And how amazing is the ability to send out a gift card directly to the recipients cell phone? Now that is a great way to surprise the hard-to-impress teens in your life. As busy moms, it can be tough juggling all of the demands of your hectic days – which means birthdays, anniversaries, and other special events can slip your mind. Thank goodness the totally awesome ladies at Digitwirl are here to bring you new tips each week that seriously save the day!

Digitwirl is the weekly web show that offers simple solutions to modern day problems. In 3 minutes, Digitwirl brings busy women the very best time, money, and sanity-saving technology, and then teaches them how to use it, step-by-step. Digitwirl was created by technology lifestyle expert Carley Knobloch, who uses lots of technology to manage her busy life as mom of two and entrepreneur.

Become a subscriber to get weekly show alerts and exclusive deals at Digitwirl.com, or follow Digitwirl on Twitter at @digitwirl.

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Pretty Toddler Party Dresses – Massive Clearance Event!!

Totsy Toddler Dress Sale

Pretty Party Dresses and Discount Deals!

Totsy has a massive clearance on all infant and toddler party dresses – The dress above, the “Floral Print Cap Sleeve Dress”, is normally $120, and today is only $20 bucks!! Wow, right? This would be a great spring party dress for any little princess – I love it!

Totsy Toddler Dress Clearance

This pretty little “Toddler Embroidered Organza Dress” is regularly priced at $49.99, but you can get it for only $13 bucks until it sells out!! This would be so pretty in the spring, or even next fall – I love the pale yellow print.

One baby, one tree

With every purchase you make through Totsy, we will plant one tree in the name of your child to help reduce the effects of deforestation. Who says shopping can’t save the world?

Check out the amazing sales on party dresses – Plus the other great events going on too: Kids footwear and toys, plus shoes, lingerie, and apparel for you!

Shop Totsy Today!!

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Favorite Quotes About Motherhood – #Heres2Mom

 

 

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My Favorite Motherhood Quotes

  • “Making the decision to have a child – It’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”
  • – Elizabeth Stone
  • “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.”
  • – The Golden Girls
  • “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” – Tenneva Jordan
  • “I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.” – Phyllis Diller
  • “A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.”
  • – James Agee
  • “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.”
  • – Lin Yutang
  • “A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”
  • – Sophia Loren
  • “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” – Rajneesh

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.” – Abraham Lincoln

Who else loves their momma? I bet you’re nodding your head right now, saying, “Heck yes I love my momma!” – Moms make the world go ’round. I’ve realized how much I took for granted as a child – Becoming a mother myself made me finally truly appreciate everything that my mom did for me. So, if you’re a last minute shopper, and haven’t gotten that perfect gift yet for YOUR mom – I’m here to save the day! What’s better to send then gorgeous holiday flowers, and a heartfelt note in a card, right?

Beautiful fresh-from-the-field flowers from just $19.99. Plus you’ll receive a Free Vase with your order. Click Here to order yours NOW for Holiday Shipping!

Now you Need a Card too!

If running out to grab a card, get stamps, write a nice message, AND remembering to get it into the mailbox is too much for you during this last minute rush, no worries – Check out one of the great sites that can send a card for you! MoonPig.com lets you personalize any card with photos and text, Paperless Post lets you send some beautiful Online Cards – or just use the card option that comes along with the flowers! Whatever you decide to use, check out some of my VERY favorite quotes about moms above – feel free to use one of them, to show mom that you really do understand how hard she works, and how much you appreciate her.

Here’s To Mom Promotion!

Remember the cool promotion that I told you about, the Here’s to Mom Promotion from MasterCard? Spend $200 bucks online, by the end of this month, and you’ll get a totally FREE Gift Card back after the holidays – to spend on something nice, just for you. It’s just another way to reward yourself for all of the great things YOU do. Make sure to register your card – Here’s to Mom Sign Up – so you can earn towards your freebie when shop for cards and flowers!

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How did I miss this?? Check out Craftsy Today!

Crafting + Deals + Classes = Craftsy!

I don’t know how I missed this until now…. Have you heard of Craftsy? It launched in May of this year, and is the fastest growing online community for Crafters – with over 500,000 monthly unique visitors already! Obviously, I’m late in learning about this, and have been totally missing out. Maybe you’ve missed it too?

Here are a couple of the rad features:

  • Terrific online classes from amazing instructors for beginning, intermediate and advanced quilters, knitters, crocheters, sewists, jewelry makers, and other crafters. A little something for everyone!
  • Astonishingly good deals on crafting supplies: organic yarn, lovely fabrics and fat quarters from top designers, high quality needles, pretty beads and sparkly things – always high quality, always beautiful, always amazingly priced.

Sounds good, right?

Check out Craftsy today – and let me know what you think!

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MasterCard wants to Reward YOU this Season! #Heres2Mom #CBias

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“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill

Moms: You do so much for everyone else – year ’round, and especially at the holidays. So, MasterCard decided you deserve to get a little something nice too! Their Here’s to Mom promotion is a quick and easy way to get rewarded for all of the nice things you’re already doing this holiday season – Keep reading for the details!

Here's to Mom MasterCard promotion

“It’s not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.” – The Golden Girls

Here’s how it works – If you’re like me, you probably love doing as much shopping as you can online, to avoid the crowds, the cold, and the crazy! And now, when you shop for your families gifts online with your MasterCard, you can earn a free bonus just for you! Yep, when you spend $200 or more online with your MasterCard, they’ll send you a $20 Gift Card that you can spend on a little something nice for yourself. Super fun, right?

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“I know how to do anything – I’m a Mom.” – Roseanne Barr

How to Get Started: You have to register your card first, before your spending can count towards the $200. To register, simply go to their website – Here’s to Mom MasterCard Promotion – Add your info and card number, submit, done! It’s seriously so quick and easy. You can shop anywhere online that MasterCard is accepted, and spend any way you want – One BIG purchase, or a ton of little ones – and as soon as your total reaches $200, you’ve earned your freebie. This promotion is valid until December 31, 2011 – so you can earn with your post-holiday clearance purchases too!

Baby in Bouncy Car

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie

My very favorite part of the holidays is getting those perfect gifts that make the kids light up when they open them. Last year was Abby’s first Christmas – and we got her this amazing bouncy car. Daddy cut custom-made vinyl to add her name to the bumper too. She totally squealed with little-baby excitement when she saw it!! That was the very best part of my entire day. So this year, Grandma got her a super cute pink-plush rocking horse, that makes horsey sounds – and we got her a Tricycoo, that she can use now and grow into over the next year. I can’t wait until Christmas morning – and it’s awesome that our holiday toy spending can earn me a free gift card too!

Remember –

Register your MasterCard today! This offer is valid until 12/31/11.

{This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. All opinions, ideas, and photos are totally mine – Happy Holidays!}

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Gifts to Make Every Girl Feel Pretty this Season!

“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief she is beautiful.” – Sophia Loren

Make the women in your life believe that they are beautiful this holiday season! Eden Fantasys has some amazing new beauty and body care gift sets to check out – every single one is guaranteed to make any girl feel totally pampered and pretty!

“It is good that the young are beautiful; it is sometimes the only advantage they have.” – The Duchess of Windsor

You can find everything from glimmery lotions and sparkly lip glosses to blushes and bronzers! You can get stocking stuffers, full gift sets, or buy a bunch of great goodies to build your own gift basket! Everything has the prettiest packaging this year – it’s almost a shame to wrap them. There’s something at Eden Fantasys for every budget, every girl, and every occasion – check it out today to see what I mean!

Eden Fantasys wants to give YOU a present too!

  • Check out the FREE GIFTS available right now – get your choice of fun freebie with purchase!
  • Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $25 bucks!
  • Get a FREE BEACH TOWEL with select Bath & Body purchases!

Check out the promotions tab on their website for dozens more great deals, specials, sales and more – But a quick heads up: Eden Fantasys is an adult site. That means, make sure you only open it up when the kiddo’s aren’t around, or you’ll have some explaining to do, lol. They have a huge assortment of products, from the blush-worthy toys and gadgets, to pretty beauty products and nightgowns. All orders are shipped to you totally discreetly too – so take a look, and find some great gifts while you buy something pretty for YOU too. You deserve it!

Happy Holidays!

{Disclosure: EdenFantasys, an online retailer of sex toys and adult themed items provided me with a gift card in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own. While this site might not be everyone’s cup of tea, they’re a great company with a great selection – all opinions on their greatness are 100% my own!}

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Busy Mom Solution: Silk Soy and Horizon!

Silk Soy Peppermint Mocha

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” – La Rochefoucauld

The Challenge – The kids only want to drink soda, eat cookies and chips, and avoid their veggie’s like their life depends on it. You want to encourage them to prefer better snacks, and you want to make sure they’re getting loads of good vitamins, minerals, and healthy stuff in their little systems. You try to set a good example – but as a busy mom, you sometimes skip meals too. Or you grab a soda as a quick pick me up. Clearly – you need a new, easy to find, simple to grab, snack option. Well – you’re in luck! Keep reading to learn more about this Busy Mom Solution….

Silk Soy and Horizon Organic

“Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” – Edward Stanley

Horizon Organic and Silk Soy both make super portable, super healthy, and super YUMMY single-serve drinks – and they are the perfect snack solution! Here are a few things that I love:

  • No artificial junk.
  • 8 whole grams of protein in each serving – total wow!
  • Lots of great Calcium and Vitamin D in each box.

“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn

After I learned more about these single-serve shelf-stable boxes – I realized what a great addition they would be to our current snacks and drinks. I assumed they’d be in the dairy section, which is where I usually buy our other Horizon and Silk Soy products – so that was the first place that I headed.

“High-tech tomatoes. Mysterious milk. Supersquash. Are we supposed to eat this stuff? Or is it going to eat us?” – Annita Manning

Nope – these super convenient little boxes are not in the cooler section with the other dairy products – in both Walmart and Safeway {I checked both} they were located next to the other shelved beverages. I found them near the juice boxes and chocolate milk packs – they were BY FAR the healthiest option in the whole aisle! The fact that they’re shelf-stable means that they’re easier to stock up on, since you don’t have to find room in the fridge. And they’re perfect for lunch boxes, in the car, or on the go!

“Life is not merely being alive, but being well.” – Marcus Valerius Martialis

These easy to grab boxes are perfect for snacks – since they’re so packed full of good stuff, you feel great about serving them. And because they come in fun flavors like chocolate and strawberry, the kids feel great drinking them!

Learn More –

Now that you know how amazing these products are – {organically good for you and filled with vitamins and good stuff, convenient, and super yummy!} – I’m sure you want to learn more, right?

Check out my full shopping experience, and learn more about these great products – including more serving ideas, a fun giveaway, and a great opportunity to give back – in my Google+ Albums –  Safeway and Walmart.

Connect with them on social media – Silk Soy Facebook, Horizon Facebook, and on Twitter, @WhiteWaveFoods.

{Disclosure: This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias. All thoughts, photos, and overuse of exclamation points is totally my own!}

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