Balloon Time

I find it incredibly amazing what a difference Balloons can make when decorating for a party.  What is it about them that makes it so incredibly festive????  Recently Balloon Time contacted me to see if I would be interested in trying out their product (and offering one for you as well … but we’ll get to that in a little bit).  I have never had a chance to try one of these great kits out for myself before, so I was very excited.

It comes perfectly packaged in this great box that is super easy to open.  Complete with a variety of both latex and mylar balloons, this kit can be used for one or several occasions.  I can think of a ton of uses for these balloons, but I’ll let you tell me what you think instead.

You can find Balloon Time kits on their website at www.balloontime.com.  You are highly encouraged to sign up for their Balloon Time Party Club. Party Club members have access to advice and ideas from their party planning expert, Penny Warner, as well as receiving the Celebrations e-newsletter.  Their website can help you locate Balloon Time kits in a store near you.

They also have a very fun contest going on nationwide right now, it’s their second “Put a Face on Fun” contest, which is a child’s chance to be featured on millions of Balloon Time Helium Balloon Kits across the country. The winner will also receive a $1,500 toward his or her education. Balloon Time also has a mobile tour that will stop at various places throughout the country to register kids.

Balloon Time has offered you the opportunity to win one of their Combo Kits (includes 20 latex balloons and 5 foil balloons).   All you have to do to enter is visit www.balloontime.com (and maybe even the contest site at www.putafaceonfun.com) and see what they have to offer.   When you’re done come back here and leave a comment telling all of us some great ways that balloons can help brighten a day or make a party more festive.

Be sure to enter this contest by July 28th. 

Wiggle, Giggle, Learn

This contest has ended. Remember to take advantage of the great discount they are offering! For more great contests be sure to subscribe for Froggy Reviews updates and check back often!

I’m thrilled to introduce you to a very fun, brand new company that offers a unique and diverse learning system for toddlers and preschoolers.  Wiggle, Giggle, Learn is owned by Tracey Stuckey and when shey contacted me and asked if I would try out some of the products with my little ones, I was very excited! 

Tracey (she’ll introduce herself and her company a little later) compiled product specifically to meet the needs of my children.  She breaks down activity plans for specific ages … and I mean SPECIFIC!  If your child is 2 years and 2 months old, there is a specific activity plan for that month.  There’s also some great finger plays, nursery rhymes, coloring pages and much more! 

How about setting up a weekly family field trip?  She offers great ideas of how to make those fun and very educational for your preschooler.  I found that it was encouraging and even empowering as a parent to have such detailed information that I knew was age appropriate for my children.  Keeping twin toddlers entertained and getting them to participate can be nearly impossible, and I had never found a program that helped me acheive those goals.

A little bit about Tracey:

I am a National Board Certified teacher (the highest certification a teacher can earn – much like board certified physicians, lawyers and accountants) who has taught kindergarten for 15 years. I continue to work with teachers through facilitating workshops on accelerated learning, developing instruction for the 21st century and developmentally appropriate practice for pre-k through high school teachers. My twin sister Stacey, the entrepreneur and business mind of the family, encouraged me to share my talents and knowledge with more parents by starting Wiggle Giggle Learn.

Wiggle Giggle Learn’s mission is to advance the intellectual and social abilities of all children by empowering parents with the knowledge and tools necessary for teaching their children to learn to flourish from birth… and to work in our communities to promote learning as we seek to improve education. The passage of the No Child Left Behind Law left states’ scrambling to increase the rigor of their academic standards. This affects pre-k and kindergarten by pushing curriculum down that once belonged exclusively in first grade. Children are reading and writing paragraphs at the end of kindergarten in many states today. Parents are shocked at what their children must learn in only 180 days in kindergarten.

As a master teacher, I know that the right preparation and home learning environment from birth will make the transition into this academic kindergarten less traumatic and schools will be able to teach at a higher level when students come prepared. It is for this reason that I wrote the Wiggle Giggle Learn program that consists of weekly activity plans from birth to age four. When a child turns four, our project plans help the little one engage in deeper critical thinking, problem solving and vocabulary-based studies. 

Wiggle Giggle Learn was named as a top ten finalist in the Seeds for Success: Empowering women entrepreneurs grant, given by Yahoo! Small business and Carolyn Kepcher’s (formerly Donald Trump’s assistant) new firm, Finding What Matters. Their products are being used in homes, daycares and by nannies across the US and Australia.

Click here to get great sample plans and resources. You can also visit their blog where they answer parent’s questions about child development as well as offering advice and activities from Wiggle Giggle Learn!  Tracey also has a personal blog where she shares even more information about early childhood education and how schools must reform for the 21st century.

Whew, I know that’s a lot of information, but I have honestly NEVER seen anything as dynamic and all encompassing as this program! 

Tracey is offering a 25% discount for my readers!!  So hop over to their site and enter the code baby by August 30, 2008!

She has also offered a giveaway!!!!  TWO OF YOU WILL win a Starter CD package {created for the appropriate ages of your child(ren)} worth $139.95 (see the details here)!!!  I am so very excited to offer this!  Here’s how to enter ….

• Visit Wiggle Giggle Learn, read their tips and advice, look at the samples and resources they offer and the great packages they have available for families (hey it’s a huge prize … totally worth a few extra minutes right?).
• Come back here and leave a comment telling us what you would love about having a program like this in your home!

Just be sure to enter by July 21st for your chance to win!

Regionz Kidz

Regionz Kidz offers products that celebrate diversity. I have featured their amazing t-shirts for baby and mom before, but this time I am honored to be featuring their latest product addition, an Educational CD Series! There are three CD sets: Flash Cards, Activities and Books.

Flash Cards: Features all 8 of their flash card sets along with many great teaching tools and resources for parents while using these great cards.

Activity CD: Includes a mixture of images from their sketch collection with over 20 activities for parents to enjoy with their little one. Just print them out and follow the instructions.

Books CD: Regionz Kidz offers a great line of books you can purchase, but they now offer them on this CD as well. They are in PDF format, so you can view them on the computer with your child, or print them out as a hard copy.

I love that for $10 I can purchase one of these wonderful educational tools for my children. They offer the tools I need and activities to make the experience rewarding for both parent and child.

Hop on over to Regionz Kidz and check them out. While you’re there, if you want to pick up a couple of CD’s just use the wonderful 10% discount they’ve offered by using the code FROG. The offer is good on any purchase in their store.

Giveaway: Regionz Kidz has offered each of you the opportunity to enter to win one of two Educational CDs Regionz Kidz is giving away. To enter you’ll need to visit Regionz Kidz‘ website and take a look around. Then, come back here and leave a comment telling us what your favorite product is.

Sapphire Secrets

At Sapphire Secrets you will find beautiful handmade Fairy Dresses, Wands, Wings and Shoes.  You will also find Childrens/Babies Clothing and Gifts, and Lingerie, Stylish Handbags for the Mums and more…

I love their fairy dresses!  The Creme Sweet Fairy Dress and the Princess Plum Fairy Dress are my favorite ones!  I’m also always looking for fun, functional, mom-friendly handbags and they offer those too!  My favorite there is the Cherries Handbag – a little young for me I suppose, but oh-so-cute.

They have a great discount deal for all of you … When you spend $50 or more at Sapphire Secrets you will get 5% off your order and when you spend over $100 you get 10% off your order!

Sapphire Secrets has offered a Miss Pinky Fairy Dress (for ages 3-5 Years).

This beautiful Miss Pink Fairy dress (pictured right) has a Satin bodice with sequins and 3 rosette flowers on the neck line. On the back of the bodice it has small fairy wings sewing onto the bodice. The skirt has pink satin underlining with pink zig-zag soft netting around the skirt with sequins and hanging from the skirt is little droplets of beads to make your little fairy sparkle. This fairy dress is ideal for dancing, dressing up or any special occasion for girls aged 3-5 years.

To enter just visit Sapphire Secrets and take a look around, then come back here and leave a comment telling us what your favorite product is.

This contest is open for shipping anywhere in the world!

LLL Designs

I was very excited to recently “meet” Kaleena, the designer behind the wonderful products at LLL Designs! LLL Designs is a brand new company – so new in fact that they are adding new product almost daily!  With Kaleena’s pageant background however, she’s been around bows and making bows for years!

I had a lot of fun looking around LLL Design’s shop.  They have some very fun products, especially for family’s with little girls!   I honestly CANNOT choose a favorite, they are all so sweet and adorable, but I do love the everyday simplicity of the Clippies and my frilly-girly-girl self can’t help but love the Boutique Bows (the Brown and Pink as well as the Cotton Candy are oh-so-fun!).  

I strive to make quality products at a reasonable price and to make each customer smile when they receive their items. I’m very willing to do custom work and actually invite it to make sure you get the best match for your outfits!

Their bows are ULTRA affordable!!!! I can’t tell you how excited I get when I find a mom-owned shop offering mom-created products that you can purchase directly from them for a great price. How fun for moms with little girls to know that they can afford to buy designer and custom bows that would normally cost a phenomenal amount at a department store.

LLL Designs is offering your choice of any Boutique Bow $10 or less from the shop.  To enter to win, just visit LLL Designs and take a look around.  Come back here and leave a comment telling us what your favorite product is. 

The Green Path

I was recently introduced to The Green Path company by owner, Gary Hillery! He asked if I would try out one of their t-shirts and because of my focus on taking steps to go green I was thrilled to say yes. The idea of owning organic cotton clothing has been very appealing to me lately, but I just hadn’t done it yet.

When the shirt arrived I couldn’t have been more thrilled. It was soft and thick and beautiful! The design wasn’t just screened on, it was beautiful and simply part of the shirt. These shirts are 100% organic and are printed with Earth friendly water based dyes!  I was thrilled to see my oldest son wear it.

I had chosen the “Standout Shirt” in the Dune color and it was beautiful! The shirt says “Don’t Be Afraid To Stand Out … be yourself” – perfect for my young man who is embarking upon a new chapter in life!

The goal of the Green Path Company is to help raise awareness of the environmental issues we all face and to help educate people, both young and old, how simple it is to live a greener livestyle. They concentrate on 4 key areas in their business:

1. Raise awareness of the benefits of Organic products though our naturally inspired organic cotton apparel. If you have not felt the difference between organic cotton and traditional cotton you are missing something. Besides the incredibly soft feel, organic cotton uses no chemicals or fertilizers in the growing of the cotton or in turning the crop in clothing, ALL NATURAL.

2. Help teach respect for the environment through interaction with it. We do this through our volunteer trail restoration group, Clean Trails, and thorugh our Desert Hiking service we operate out of the Pointe Resort in Phoenix. Our trail group has donated over 100 hours of service during the last year to park clean up and trail restoration in our home town of Glendale.

3. Youth education. We work with the City of Glendale, Arizona and their Youth Recycling Program on ways to teach kids, ages 5 – 10, how to grow up green. We have developed a group of comic super heroes called the Green Crusaders who teach kids lessons on recycling, water conservation and energy conservation through the comic strip stories.

4. It’s Easy Being Green. We believe if you keep things simple more people with join us in our efforts. We sell the eco-friendly living handbook, It’s Easy Being Green, on our website and offer a free download on our site called Simple Green Living. The template offers 10 simple tips on ways to evolve to a greener lifestyle, shows you simple ways to eliminate junk mail, has water conservation tips and a simple calendar that helps remind you what to do and when to do it.

Take a look at their site to find out about the benefits of organic cotton, see their naturally inspired t-shirt designs and download the Simple Green Living Tips and start on your way down a greener path.

The Green Path has offered one of their Organic Cotton Tote Bags for you to enter to win. To enter, just visit The Green Path Company and take a look around. Come back here and leave a comment telling us what your favorite product or informational article was.

Week of Giveaways Event

It’s finally here!  The Froggy Reviews Week of Giveaways event begins first thing in the morning!  Tomorrow I will begin a week long event telling all of you about some more wonderful shops and products and giving you an opportunity to win some great prizes from them!!! 

Be sure to pick up the event buttons and all the details on how how to participate and enter here … http://froggyreviews.com/2008/05/week-of-giveaways/.

Be sure to check back often throughout the week for all the latest contests.  If you’re a subscriber, you’ll just get notified the usual way … not a subscriber?  Click on the convenient links in the right sidebar to get updates sent to you through email or your favorite blog reader!

Looking forward to a very fun week with all of you

Paw Print Palace

This contest has ended and the winner has been contacted – Thank you for your participation!

Paw Print Palace is a brand new online pet boutique that offers pet owners some of the most luxurious products available. You can find apparel, aromatherapy products, collars, harnesses, leashes, sets, beds, costumes, carriers, food & treats, stairs, strollers, toys, etc.

Crystal is the owner of Paw Print Palace (incidentally she’s the mother of 2 with another one on the way ) I asked her to tell me a little bit about her products:

The products we offer are all upscale products for the discriminating owner and their dog.

Their most popular product right now is the eco-friendly dog bed. These beds are made of recycled materials and dogs love them. I love that they offer such a variety of products. Not only do they have the fun “dress up” and pamper items for little dogs, but they have great products for dogs of almost any size.

You can go shopping with them now and get 15% off your order by entering the code frogsoup! Hurry though, this offer won’t last long!

They have also offered one lucky commenter the opportunity to win their choice of Pink & Chocolate collar or Sky Blue & Chocolate collar your choice comes with a matching 4 ft. lead and are available in size small or medium!!! Here’s how to enter:

~ Visit Paw Print Palace and take a look around.
~ Come back here and leave a comment mentioning your favorite product(s).

This contest is only available to ship to US addresses. Please be sure to enter by June 13th.

My Mommy’s Bracelets

This contest has ended and a winner has been chosen.  Thank you for your participation!

My Mommy’s Bracelets is yet another great WAHM shop that was begun to facilitate a moms desire to stay home with her little ones. This great shop offers custom designed and personalized jewelry for Mothers, Grandmothers, Little Girls, Babies as well as special occasions, awareness, loss, remembrance and much more!

Their most popular product is their personalized name bracelets for Mothers, Grandmothers, and children from newborns to teenagers! They also offer engraved jewelry. But here’s the best part …

I offer FREE first class shipping always. Custom orders are always welcomed as I want to create jewelry that will be treasured for a lifetime.

WOW! All too often the one problem with shopping online is that shipping costs can be overwhelming.  As online shopping becomes more and more popular (and in some cases necessary) how wonderful of them to offer free shipping!!!

My Mommy’s Bracelets has offered all of you a great discount, but only for the duration of this contest! Just be sure to enter the code FROG when you checkout to get 10% off your order!

They are also offering a very fun Pink and Brown Dots Polymer Clay bracelet for babies and children!!! This bracelet is so sweet and pretty. The winner gets to choose the size (and can have a name added for $10 if you’d like). Here’s how to enter:

~ Visit My Mommy’s Bracelets and take a look around.
~ Come back here and leave a comment telling us about your favorite product.

My Mommy’s Bracelets ships worldwide so here’s another contest that is open for all to enter … you do NOT have to live in the US! Just be sure to enter by June 13th

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