Shutterfly Winners

I know I'm totally late in the day to be posting this, but I've have barely been home at all today! So, here are our winners!

The winners of the 3 Shutterfly packages (which includes codes for a calendar, holiday cards, and free shipping & a $10 Plum District gift card) are...

Winner #1: Katie

Winner #2: Mrs. Hokulani

and Winner #3: Lytles

The 2 winners for the additional Plum District Gift cards are

Winner #4: Salena

and Winner #5: Steph

Congrats to our winners!! Remember that the Shutterfly codes expire on December 15th, so I need to hear back from the Shutterfly winners so I can email you your codes. The Plum District gift cards don't expire until the end of January, so there's no huge rush - though it might be nice to have them to do some Christmas shopping! So ladies, be sure to get in touch with me soon! If you don't get an email from me by the end of the night, then please email me at lifeinthemotherhood@gmail.com or go to the Contact tab and use the contact form.

Shutterfly Party Recap + Giveaway (5 winners!)

Winners have been announced! Be sure to see if you won!!

**UPDATE: Since there are so few entries, I've decided to extend the giveaway through December 2nd. Since all Shutterfly codes need to be used by December 15th, all the winners will receive their codes by email so they will be available for instant use! Also, I discovered that I have 2 extra Plum District gift cards instead of just 1, so we will have 5 winners!**

I had the opportunity to host a Shutterfly House Party last weekend (Nov. 12th) and it was so much fun! I absolutely love Shutterfly. For those who don't know about Shutterfly, they're an online photo company that does not only photo prints (in all sizes), but they also do photo cards, photo books, personalized calendars, and virtually any kind of gift that you could imagine that would use a photo. I really do love them. Their products are very high quality and their prices are very reasonable (especially since they're always running sales and emailing out discount codes)! I first came across Shutterfly about 6 years ago, shortly before I got married. The first Shutterfly project I ever made was a photo book of our wedding pictures - that pinkish linen book in the back of this picture.

I was hooked. I've since made all the other books above, plus a whole handful more that I've given away as gifts to grandparents. Photo books are, quite literally, the only way I've been able to keep up with scrapbooking Andyroo's pictures!

My favorite book to make was one that we gave to my hubby's Grandma. For her 80th birthday, her daughters (my hubby's mom) came up with the awesome idea to collect pictures of everyone and have all the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids send in a memory about Grandma. Of course, knowing that I've put all these books together, my Mother-in-Law nominated me to collect everything and put it together. It was such a fun project and Shutterfly made it SOOOOO easy! And it turned out beautiful - the large 12x12 size with a sleek, black leather cover. The pages were all very sophisticated and classy. Needless to say, it was a very special present and she absolutely loved it!

The photo calendars also make great gifts for grandparents. Especially since grandparents always seem to have everything they need. Why not make something personalized that they will actually use and enjoy! When you make the calendar, you can add in as many birthdays, anniversaries, and any other important dates that you want, plus you can personalize those days with a picture!

Besides photo books and calendars, they also have an amazing selection of photo cards. You probably can't see them all so great, but these are some samples that Shutterfly sent me to display during the party.

 

The photo cards come in all different shapes and sizes - 4x8, 5x5, 5x7, etc. And most can be done in flat or folded! My favorite card had pictures on the front and a shortened family letter on the back. What a great way to let everyone know what's happened and get out Christmas cards. It's like a 2-for-1, but much simpler than sending out a whole letter!

What's so awesome - or may not, because I'm having a hard time deciding - is that they have an amazing selection of cards! 1,004 Christmas cards, to be exact! There's a huge selection of cards for Christmas, but you can also make photo cards for invitations, announcements, and virtually any other holiday!

I love doing the Shutterfly parties because these aren't your typical house parties. There's no rep there to try and sell you on anything or push you into buying things. They're simply trying to spread the word about their awesome products! To do this, they find folks who love their products (like me!) and ask them to host a party featuring their products - and giveaway freebies during the party!!! How awesome is that - no one trying to sell anything and everyone gets a freebie?! That's my kind of party! I hosted a Shutterfly party last year and it was so much fun. When I saw that Shutterfly was doing the same thing again this year, I jumped at the chance to host one again.

So unfortunately for me, it was snowing that day and a few people weren't able to make it to the party, so I have some freebies left over. However, it's good for you because I don't want to keep them to myself and thought it would be so fun to use them as a giveaway here on the blog to help spread the word about Shutterfly.

Here are the little "prize packs" that I put together with the goodies they sent me.

3 lucky readers will receive one of these little packs that contain the following:

• A code for 1 free personalized photo calendar
• A code for 15 free holiday photo cards
• Instructions to get free shipping (you have to tell 5 friends by submitting their email address - your friends also get free photo cards too!)
• A Plum District gift card worth $10

I also have 2 extra Plum District gift cards, so two more winners will each receive a $10 Plum District gift card!

That makes 4 5 winners! How awesome is that!? The Shutterfly codes have to be used by December 15th, so this will be a fairly quick giveaway because I want you to have plenty of time to get your goodies created.

We'll keep this simple. In order to enter, you need to do the following:

• Be a follower of Life in the Motherhood - you can do this on our sidebar!
• Like Life in the Motherhood on Facebook
• Share this giveaway through your blog, Facebook, twitter, etc (enter once per day!)

That's up to 9 chances to win! If you're already a follower or liker, then just leave a comment saying so. Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry and be sure to either leave your email address in your comment or enable email through your profile.

This giveaway will be open from Tuesday, November 22nd through midnight on Sunday, November 27th Saturday, December 2nd. Winners will be announced the morning of Monday, November 28th Sunday, December 3rd.

Please note that if you attended a Shutterfly House Party and received these freebies already, then you won't be able to use these codes. The codes were specific for the House Parties and you won't be able to use them again in your account.

What are you waiting for?! Go get entered!!!

The opinions in this post are completely my own. I was not told how to write this post or what to say. I really do love Shutterfly and wanted to share some of their awesomeness with you! Because I hosted this party, I also received the same freebies - a free calendar, holiday cards, and a Plum District gift card.

Winner for the My Memories Software

Hey ladies! Sorry it's taken me so long to get this posted. I've been swamped this weekend with Primary Program stuff and I've had about 5 custom orders come in since Saturday. It's great, but insane. So you all will have to forgive me if things slow down a little bit - especially on the crafty side. I'm creating, just stuff that you're probably not interested in!

Anyway, on to the winner. I'm happy to announce (and no, this wasn't planned), the winner of the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software is...

 Comment #6! Heidi Elder! Heidi just so happens to be my husband's cousin. How fun is that?! Heidi says...

Heidi, I'll be getting in touch with you to get you hooked up with your goodies!

Disappointed you didn't win and want to get in on the digital scrapbooking fun? Then don't forget that you can still use the code STMMMS51889 on MyMemories.com to get $10 off the software and an extra $10 to spend in the MyMemories.com store to start your digital scrapbooking supply. Also, don't forget that we'll be offering a freebie from My Memories every week. You can, of course, use the freebies in the My Memories Suite, but you actually get them as .png and .jpg files so you can use them in any photo editing software!

My Memories Software Review + Giveaway!

I've seen other reviews and giveaways around blogland for the My Memories Suite Software and I've really wanted to check it out. So needless to say, when we were contacted by My Memories to review their software, I couldn't refuse!

I used to be really big into scrapbooking - it was my creative outlet! I was able to keep up with it after Hubs and I got married for a while. I finished our wedding album, but my scrapbooking habits died off pretty soon after. We were in a tiny little apartment and it's hard to scrapbook when you have no room to work - when you have to pick up everything each time and pull everything out again to start over. It's not very fun! And even though we have a bit more room now, I still couldn't leave things out because Andyroo would get into them. And to be honest, purchasing scrapbook supplies is...expensive! Even when I worked at Michaels and could take advantage of the employee discount, it was still expensive and just not something that we could really afford.

Needless to say, Andyroo's scrapbook has become very neglected. I purchased the album and completed about 4 pages. In 3 years. Terrible, I know. I've made a few photo books over the years to compensate for the lack of scrapbooks, but those can be expensive too. Don't get me wrong, they're worth it, and less expensive than scrapbooking. However, for the most part they're generally uncustomizeable, which is a huge downside.

I've wanted to venture into the digital scrapbooking world for sometime, but didn't know where to start or which scrapbooking software to use - and I've found that the My Memories Suite is the perfect place for a newbie like me. It would also be a great addition to any seasoned digital scrapper.

Check out a few of the layouts I was able to create - and in MUCH less time than it takes to pull out the scrapbooking stuff and come up with a layout that I like. I decided to start on Andyroo's scrapbook, and look at what I was able to come up with in just a short time! Seriously, soooo much fun!!! And, don't laugh. This was my first time ever attempting digital scrapbooking. I'll get better, I promise! :)

Besides scrapbook layouts, there's so much more that you can do with the My Memories Suite. I'm hosting a Shutterfly House Party later this month and I wanted a physical invite to hand out to some friends. I switched to an 8.5x11 layout, grabbed the logos from the House Party website, and quickly made up my own invitation.

Besides that simple little invitation, you could create announcements (birth, graduation, wedding, etc), holiday cards, photo books, and so much more. You have full creative control! I'm also really excited to try out the feature to make a slide show complete with music. I see lots of creative fun in my future!

I could go broke buying all of their cool design packs. I'm currently  (working on scrapping all of Andyroo's pictures, so I'm loving the All Boy pack, the What Are Little Boys Made Of pack, and the It's a Boy Thing pack. Super cute stuff!

Alas, most of them will have to wait until Hubby gets his promotion. In the meantime, they have a bunch of awesome freebies and - my favorite part - you can even use digital elements that you may already have on your computer! Yay for that!

And now here's a goody for you! My Memories wants to give one lucky reader a copy of this awesome digital scrapbooking software. Here's how you can enter to win your very own copy:

• Be a follower of Life in the Motherhood

If you'd like additional opportunities, you can do any of the following.

• Pop on over to MyMemories.com and come back and let us know what your favorite item (bundle, font, package, etc) is. I promise you'll want to immediately start adding things to your wish list!
• Visit Life in the Motherhood on Facebook and give us a like
• Visit My Memories on Facebook and give them a thumbs up - plus you'll get a freebie just for liking them!
• You can also follow My Memories on Twitter, if you prefer that social media avenue 
• Share this giveaway through whichever social avenue you prefer - Facebook, Twitter, Google +, etc.

Make sure to leave a separate comment for each thing you do so that each entry will be counted. And pretty please make sure that I can either contact you through your profile or leave your email addy in your comment so that you can be reached if you're the winner.

The giveaway will be open from Thursday, November 3rd through midnight on Sunday, November 13th. A winner will be announced the following Monday (the 14th).

Are you excited to get started and you don't want to wait for the giveaway? You can order your very own copy right now and have it downloaded in minutes! My Memories was cool enough to give LITM readers a code to get $10 off the price of the software and $10 to spend in the MyMemories.com store. Just use the code STMMMS51889 for all this scrapbook goodness!

Good luck!

(I was provided a free copy of the software so that I could use and review it. I was not told how to review the software or what to say. The review of this software is my own opinion)

Winner of the $25 Sam's Club/Wal-Mart Gift Card!!

Sorry it's been so quiet around here for the last week. It's been a crazy week with last minute Halloween preparations, birthdays, Halloween activities, and family in town. We should be back to our normal posting today and you'll even get a few extra posts today! So, let's start the day off with a winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered our $25 Sam's Club/Wal-Mart gift card giveaway! The winner is...

Comment number 28 - Jessie! Jessie said:

Congrats, Jessie! Be sure to check your email!

Thanks again to everyone else who entered. We'll be hosting another fun giveaway this week for a product I'm currently LOVING! Be sure to check back!


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$25 Sam's Club/Wal-Mart Gift Card Giveaway

As many of your probably already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. General Mills knows this too! General Mills and Sam's Club have teamed up again, but this time it's to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness! For a limited time, you can purchase specially marked packages at Sam's Club of General Mills products like Cheerios and Fiber One Bars to help support this awesome program.

Also, not only are they offering specially marked products, they're making their annual contribution of $2 million to the Susan G. Koman for the Cure Foundation! How awesome is that?! You can also help decide which programs (within the foundation) the half of that $2 million donation will help fund. When you visit the Pink Together Facebook Page, you can vote for either the Treatment and Assistance Program or for Prevention Research. You can vote through April 14, 2012 and the results will be announced next Mother's Day.

Sam's Club and General Mills have generously offered to give one of our readers a $25 gift card (which can be used at Sam's Club or Wal-Mart)!!

So, how can you win? First of all,

• Be a public follower of Life in the Motherhood!

You can also do any of the following for additional entries. Just be sure to come back and leave a separate comment for each action.

• "Like" Life in the Motherhood on Facebook
• "Like" Pink Together on Facebook
• Vote for either the Treatment and Assistance Program or Prevention Research on the Pink Together Facebook Page
• "Like" Sam's Club on Facebook
• Share this giveaway - share it on Facebook, Tweet about it, or blog about it to your readers!

If you already follow Life in the Motherhood or Like any of above Facebook pages, just leave us a comment saying that you already do. Be sure to leave a comment for each separate action (since each one is additional entries for you) and make sure that we can either contact you through your profile or leave your email address in the comment.

The giveaway will be open from 7:00am on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 through midnight on Saturday, October 29th, 2011. Go get entered!

Disclosure: The information and gift card(s) have been provided by Sam’s Club and General Mills through MyBlogSpark.

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Winner for the $25 Sam's Club/Walmart Gift Card!!!

We just want to thank everyone who entered the giveaway for the $25 Sam's Club gift card!!

The winner is...

 Number 12!! Which is...

Debra!!! Congrats, Debra!! You didn't leave an email address, but I'll post this on Facebook too, so hopefully you'll see this!  Either message me us Facebook, use the contact form, or email us lifeinthemotherhood (at) gmail (dot) com.

Sam's Club + Box Tops + General Mills = $25 Gift Card Giveaway!!!

We've decided to extend the giveaway due to low entries!!! Remember that you can enter even if you're already folllowing the blog or our Facebook page. Just leave us a comment saying you're already a blog or Facebook follower! Also, remember that even though this is for a Sam's Club gift card, this can be used at Wal-Mart (for those that don't have a membership or one nearby)!!!

One of the big news items (at least in Utah) has been how the schools don't have enough money for after school programs, busses, and even to pay teachers! It makes sense to do everything possible to help our kids. One of the things that we can do to help our schools is to save the Box Top labels and submit them to our local schools so that they can get more money. Even though Andyroo isn't in school, I still save each and every Box Top I come across and give them to my niece to turn in to her school. If you don't have kids in school, you most likely have nieces, nephews, or neighbors that could turn them in to their school. My niece loves when I finally give her my little sandwich baggie bursting full of box tops. This last time she actually counted and there were almost 400 box tops in that one little bag (there were a couple of papers from Smith's with bonus box tops).

You can find Box Tops on products like General Mills Cereal (think Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or Lucky Charms), Totinos, and Nature Valley. You can even find them on other products like Hefty Trash Bags, Cottonelle Toilet Paper, and even Kotex Tampons! They're everywhere! Right now, Sam's Club has partnered with General Mills to offer 6 BONUS BOX TOPS on some products.

Do you want the opportunity to help your school by getting your own Bonus Box Top items? I thought so. And that's why Sam's Club is offering one of our lucky readers the opportunity to win their own $25 Sam's Club gift card so you can check out the Bonus Box Top items and help your local school too! Don't worry if you don't have a local Sam's Club or a membership to Sam's Club. The gift card can also be used at Wal-Mart and I've seen a lot of items with 4 Bonus Box Tops there too!

Are you ready to enter to win your own $25 Sam's Club Gift Card? Here's how to do it...

1. Become a follower of Life in the Motherhood and leave us a comment. If you're already a follower, just leave a comment saying so. We'd also love to hear your best back to school savings ideas! Fell free to share those with the rest of our readers.
2. Follow Life in the Motherhood on Facebook and leave us a comment. Already a Facebook follower? Leave us another comment!
3. Share this giveaway with your friends - Tweet it, Share it on Facebook, or blog about it to your readers. Leave us another comment!

Simple, right? PLEASE make sure that we can either reply to you through your comment/profile or that you leave me an email address in your comment so that I can get in touch with you if you're the winner.

This giveaway will be open starting today (August 11th) and will go through 11:59 PM on Thursday, August 18th 25th! We'll pick a winner with Random.org and will announce the winner on August 19th 26th.

Go get entered to win!

(All of the opinions in this post are my own. The Sam’s Club gift card, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark.)

Dupree Designs Giveaway Winner!!

Today's the day! Thanks to everyone who entered our first giveaway. We're so excited to have you all following along! And, if you didn't win, be sure to keep reading for a coupon code from Dupree Designs!

Now the moment you've all been waiting for...

Our 25th commenter is Kelly (Kellyr78)! She tweeted about the giveaway! Kelly, be sure to check your email!

Thanks again for entering our giveaway. If you're interested in purchasing your own gift set (or anything else from Dupree Designs) you can use the code "Motherhood" to get 20% off any purchase through August 20th. The coupon code is good for all custom orders, too!

We've got another great giveaway lined up for next week. This time it's a gift card, so you'll want to be sure to come back and check it out!!!

*ENDED* Our First Giveaway - Customized Baby Gift Set

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We decided it was finally time to do a giveaway here at Life in the Motherhood! We're really excited about it and we think you all will be too.

I finally took the plunge and launched my own Etsy store. It's an idea I've toyed with for a while and last week I launched Dupree Designs! To celebrate, we're doing our first giveaway here on Life in the Motherhood!

So, what are the goods, you ask? Your choice of a baby boy or baby girl gift set!

OR....

We're offering all of the following (in a baby boy or girl theme) to one lucky reader:

• 3 Customized onesies either for a boy or girl (you tell us after you win) (short-sleeved, sized 0-3 mos)

Either girly like this in pink and brown with a customized name

Or something more boyish like this (can still do something with a name, if desired)

• 1 Pair of Bitty Booties to match the onesies (sized 0-3 mos). Will be done in either brown with pink ribbon or brown with blue ribbon.



Dark brown felt with a light brown cotton lining and teal satin ribbon accent

• 2 customized Burp Cloths similar to these:

• 1 Pacifier Clip

(These items are all handmade and may vary slightly, but the entire set will coordinate and be VERY cute!)

This would be an awesome gift set for yourself or to give to a new mama that you may know. So even if you're not pregnant, feel free to enter and save it as a gift for the future!

Now, the details about how to enter. You have 3 entrance opportunities:

1. Become a follower of the Life in the Motherhood blog. You need to comment after you've followed. If you're already a follower, then leave us a comment saying so!
2. Like us on Facebook (see our sidebar for the link). Again, leave us a comment after you've liked us.
3. Let your friends know! Blog about this to your readers, share it on facebook, tweet about it - do anything!. One again, come back and leave us a comment letting us know that you did.

Remember to come back here and comment on this post in order to be entered!!!


Easy enough, right? The giveaway will be open from July 28th (today) through 11:59 p.m. on August 4th (next Thursday). We'll pick a winner with Random.org and announce it on the morning of August 5th. Be sure to check back to see if you won!


What are you waiting for? Go get your entries in!