SafetyTat Review & Giveaway

As a mom you know we want to take the kids out to have fun but then we also have the worry about the kids running in different directions and watching and making sure we have them in contact at all time.

When I was young and shopping with my cousin, my uncle left us for a few minutes and with in those few minutes she was gone! I remember being scared as the child but I know my aunt was beside herself with worry. Cole has done it to me a few times also thinking it would be funny to hide under a clothing rack. Talk about your stomach dropping and cold sweats, so not funny!

I have found the perfect thing that can help a parent have less worry, not all worry gone because we're still crazy parents. SafetyTat created by Michelle Welsh a mom of three (twins + one), created, patented and marketed the child safety line. As you all know I LOVE to feature products made by moms and dads. I feel they are the best for my family because they have been there and to better their family they bettered mine! SafetyTat are the dream for parents they are a temporary tattoo that come in many different versions to choose from. You can choose from Quick Stick Write-On!, Allergy Tattoos, Autism and even ones that they print your mobile (or whatever # you want) on them.

So my dad and I took the boys to the park with Cole's scooter and Caden with his remote car. As you know Cole + scooter means mom running and yelling for him to stay close to me. Yes the perfect time to test out the SafetyTat . Of course Cole loved it because one it had a dinosaur and you know it was a temporary tattoo which he thinks are way cool (my dad wishes mine were temporary). They went on so easy and Cole touched and rubbed it and guess what it stayed on! They are perfect and when we do Cole's party at the Children's Museum we will be using them! I found them to be an amazing product that helps this moms mind ease!

DISCOUNT ALERT!!! Receive 10% off a $15 order using Code: RunningAway good until 4/13/10

BUY IT: Some to choose from -

Quick Stick Write-On! Boy/Girl - 18-pack - 18-pack $19.99

Quick Stick Write-On! Boy/Girl Travel 6-pack $9.99

Quick Stick Write-On! Multi-Design 4-pack $7.99

Original SafetyTats $19.99

WIN IT: TWO lucky winners will win a Quick Stick Write-On! Sampler Pack!

To Enter just leave me a comment which Quick Stick Write-On! style you would choose. 1st Entry MUST be done before any of the extra entries. SUPER easy.

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Giveaway ends 3/31/10 Only residents of the U.S. or Canada are eligible to win. No Post Office Boxes.

I was not paid for this review these are my opinions and experiences, I received products to try and to tell how I liked them. No monetary or any other form of compensation was given to me. I review products free of charge to give my experience and opinion.

You Can Make This ~ Winners (2 Lucky Winners)

Thank you everyone who entered my You Can Make This Giveaway. You are going to love making these pillows, I already have 2 more that I'm going to do. Ok one thing I require (ok ask) of the winners! I want to see the pillows you make :), yup I know I'm so pushy!! LOL. Congrats to the winners!

Winners have 48 hours to send me their info, if not I'll have to redraw.

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21
44
Timestamp: 2009-06-19 04:53:40 UTC


Amy - AKA - TigerMommie said... 21
I'm following.........
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:19:00 AM


nightowl said... 44
I subscribe by email. #1
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:37:00 PM


Enjoy and a big thank you again to You Can Make This Giveaway I truly enjoyed making these pillows and have my eye on a few other patterns I would love to get!

You Can Make This Giveaway!! (2 Winners)

I love being crafty and making things for the kids that they will hold on to for a lifetime (even if that means I have to take it away and vacuum seal it ... what you were thinking the same thing). I've seen You Can Make This on several blogs and I so wanted to try some things out. The only problem I haven't sewn since High School Home Ec (yes ... uh hum ... 15 years). But I just new this crafty inner person could sew, so when they said I could do a giveaway I was jumping for joy. Really I was so excited, I ran out and bought material and made a date with my friend who is a sewing machine herself. Yes I'm a big enough person to know I need help :).

After gathering up what I thought I would need I headed out to my friend Rachael's house (yes after another run to the fabric store to pick up more fabric wanted to be ready). Thankfully Rachael was smarter than me and actually read the directions, I know what a concept! Found out we needed more than the fabric and stuffing I brought with me. Who would have thunk you actually need thread, fusible webbing, stabilizer etc you know ALL the stuff that You Can Make This listed in the very nice PDF copy they send me for the Name Pillows. I never claimed to be an excellent sewer just one that has done it before. LOL ... that is what good friends are for.

After a trip to the fabric store to pick up those key elements and oh yeah seeing a man dressed as Batman you have to check out my post on Wednesday with all the crazy loops that is just my life that caused this project to go from easy to a fun experience. REALLY this can be a fun and easy project just don't have my luck :). Over all even with all the stops I had a lot of fun and got at least one Name Pillow done. My girlfriend on the other hand I believe is up to 4 Name Pillows being done, I told you she is a sewer and can rock out anything. By the time I left she had the makings of two completed to my one :).

Really for even the new to sewing once you get the hang of this it actually goes rather fast, again if you don't have my luck. Let me give you a little run down just to make you laugh, it's what I do :).

Things to do when completing this project. Do bring your list to the fabric store, yes I went two times by myself with out it and missed some things you really need. Yes I was like all I really need is fabric and stuffing ... LOL. Do not decided to take your sewing machine that was in the garage, mind you still in the box since you've never opened it in 10 YEARS and think it will work perfect for you. I suggest you have a working machine, it does make life easier! After you have all your fabric (and all that other stuff) do be careful when cutting with sharp tools. Another good reason to have a friend that is a sewer she has all the tools and she can politely over and over tell you to cut away from yourself and watch YOUR fingers! Do not again use a machine that will be a pain, as you an see from my pictures most of my day was spent holding the screws while Rachael took it apart trying to one figure out why my machine was only going backwards and oh yeah what is that ca chunk noise? If you're not a pro, buy a little extra fabric for those not cutting straight times, who knew my 5 year old could probably cut better than me? So after hours of trying to fix my machine I ended up giving up putting it in the box and using Rachael, again who would have thunk having a nice machine could really speed up the process. I'm happy to report when I go back over to Rachael house on Sunday to my 2nd Name Pillow from You Can Make This I will be using her machine and having no problems at all! Yup that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Really over all minus just my life this was a VERY fun project that wasn't too terribly hard even for this non sewer. I was very impressed with how my pillow turned out, Even the stitching around Cole's name didn't look that bad (might also be the variegated thread I used, yup another good tip). This is a FUN days craft project (again if you don't have my luck) that you could do even with your older kids. I plan on making at least 2 more (oh yeah plus Caden's) for the boys and one for my mom for her birthday. Really it was that fun and addicting once you see the end product (that and when I went to the fabric store I bought almost a yard of everything even though I was suppose to only have like a 1/2 yard for all ... yup a learning experience) :).

Here was the only two things my sewer friend had to say that might need a little tweaking:

• To be on the extra side - Buy a minimum of 1/2 yard for the background fabric.


• When using fusible webbing make sure to put it on the BACK SIDE of the fabric

For Beginner or first time users:

• Head over to someones house that has the tools
• Watch fingers that stuff is sharp!
• Just have fun

Trust me even if you don't win you're going to have to head over to You Can Make This and pick up this pattern. It comes in an easy to down load pdf form, you'll have so much fun believe me everyone will have Name Pillows for Christmas!

BUY IT: You can buy the pattern for the Name Pillows at You Can Make This for $6.95 I know how reasonable is that! Especially when you think all the gifts you can make. Me personally LOVE homemade thoughtful gifts. I'm one of those people that take months to think up the perfect gift for someone. The Name Pillows have made my life easier since I now know what gift several of my family members will be getting this year!

WIN IT: You Can Make This has very generously offered 2 of my readers the pattern for the Name Pillows! Yeah I love when we can have more then one winner!

Mandatory 1st Entry: Head over to You Can Make This and tell me another pattern they have that you would like to try. Yup that easy! (Make sure you have a public email on blogger, if not please leave me one in the comment so I can contact you if you win)

Extra Entries! (Do one or do them all, just make sure to leave comments for each one)

1. ONE (1) Extra Entry be a follower
2. TWO (2) Extra Entries have my button up (code on left side)
3. THREE (3) Extra Entries for subscribing by email (on left side, super easy you don't want to miss anything do you?)
4. THREE (3) Extra Entries head over to You Can Make This and sign up for their newsletter ~ Look you even something for free if you do.
5. TWO (2) Extra Entries head over to Rachael and leave a comment, Plus you can see the 4 Name Pillows she has done. Hers are a lot fancier then mine, I'm working my way up to it. She even did a flower on one!
6. TWO (2) Extra Entries for Blogging about this :) Leave me the link please to the post.
7. ONE (1) Extra Entry for telling me your funny sewing story or craft story, you know you have one.

Thank you again to You Can Make This this was a VERY fun review, I can't wait to do more projects. Thanks to you I now have a standing date on Sundays to do craft projects. Finally a day for mom! That itself is priceless!

Giveaway Ends 6/14/09 @ 11:59pm PST

Skoy Cloth Giveaway - Winners!!!

Hi Everyone,

I'm so sorry I'm behind on this! With Cole's party and then this week I've been going 100 miles a minute! So I must appologize for the late post of the winners! So without further ado here it is! Winners have been emailed and have 48 hours to email me back, if I don't here from them I'll have to redraw and we all know how quick I am with that so let's hope they email me ... LOL.

2 winners are: (insert drum roll here!!!)

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Here are your random numbers:
18
24
Timestamp: 2009-05-01 22:22:19 UTC

1st winner of a 4-pack Mixed colors with flower print is:

Simply AnonyMom said...
I have your button (1)
April 11, 2009 2:37 18

Amy said...
I like the four pack that are mixed colors with insiprational text. They are so cute. (smiles, spirit, &fun)
April 11, 2009 2:49 PM 24
Not sure I want to give it to here ... LOL she won that swing set! Yes that amazing HUGE swing set she won it. Isn't that enough winning ... LOL just playing I love my girl!

Thanks everyone for playing along! Now tomorrow I have a AWESOME giveaway going on I'm saying you all MUST come by and leave me comments. Really this one is awesome and it's perfect for a mom's day present to yourself!!!! Come back tomorrow AM!!!

Skoy Cloth Giveaway (2 Winners!!!) ~ Organic (CLOSED)

Giveaway CLOSED ... Winners Announced and Emailed. 4/27 AM.

I'm so excited about my newest giveaway! I saw these amazing cloths on another giveaway and being the not so shy person I am I send them a nice email asking (ok begging) if I could do a review/giveaway! And guess what they were so sweet and agreed! They sent me 2 packs 4-pack: Mixed colors with flower print for my 2 of my lucky readers to win!

Now let me tell you a little about these amazing cloths! Skoy Cloths are 100% biodegradable and 1 cloth can replace 15 rolls of paper towels! Yes you heard me correct 15!!! Isn't that amazing! Coming from a house that always used paper towels for everything that means a lot to me. Yes I lived in that crazy house that towels were for decoration not to wipe your hands. My mom would scream don't touch just look ... LOL yes it was a theme in her house and sadly I also have taken on this habit of the pretty towels ... LOL. So $2 a roll x 15 rolls is $30 you can buy a 4 pack of Skoy Cloths for $5.99, let me break that down for you .... (yes I had to pull out the calculator) around $1.50 a cloth vs $30, now I don't know about you but money is tight in my house and hello $30 saved is a winner winner chicken dinner to me ... LOL sorry I couldn't resist.

So you know me I'm a skeptic at heart so I have to try out anything and when I say try I mean put it to the test of all test! My floor, since a certain cleaning helper hasn't done the floor in weeks, it's up to me. With 3 boys running around my floors are nasty no matter how much I sweep. So I wet my Skoy Cloth and put it to the test, now if I was smart I would have put a bucket of water next to me. I ended up standing up and rinsing it out, but hey it gave me exercise! I hate using towels because it seems like you just end up with a soggy mess on your hands! The Skoy Cloth was awesome you wrung it out and went to town, don't worry I included pictures!

Now the Rules, I know but I make them easy :).

1st Entry (MUST be done before any additional entries) ~

Head over to Skoy Cloth and tell me what pack you would like. See it's an easy one!

Extra Entries ~

(Make sure to LEAVE SEPARATE comments for each)

2 (TWO) Extra Entries for having my button (tell my your site so I can find it)

2 (TWO) Extra Entries for following (Public)

1 (ONE) Extra Entry for telling me something else from Skoy Cloth website NOT mentioned above.

1 (ONE) Extra Entry Tell me a funny cleaning story! (I love stories)

Giveaway Goes from April 11, 2009 to April 26, 2009 @ 11:59pm PST

Ok Here we go one side is like this

The other side had a cute flower on it
I wet the Skoy Cloth
Wrung it out
And started with the counter tops.

Then the floor!

Did that really come off my floor?

Check it out rinsed right off.

I swept and instead of wiping up with a paper towel took my Skoy Cloth.

Check it out picked it all up!

Wow it cleaned the table, chairs and floor!

I'm tired now!

My work is done and in the washer it goes!

Did I forget to mention they are washable!