Oct 202011
Oct 192011
Print out a coupon for $5 off a $25 purchase.
Oct 192011
What a great holiday gift! This gadget will play and charge your 4th generation iPod touch, 5th generation iPod Nano, and more. $1 of every sale will go to Breast Cancer Research.
$39 for an iLive portable iPod dock and radio, shipping included ($61 value)
Make it a great day!
Sue
Oct 192011
Have you ever designed your own Christmas cards online? I hadn’t until recently when I was given the chance to at Mixbook.com. I was surprised with the many choices available for holiday photo cards. There were folded cards of many sizes, flat cards of many sizes, and many designs.
However, I was on a mission to design a 5×7 flat card with customizations that was printed on their budget coated card stock. The fact these were going to be printed on budget coated card stock had me a bit worried. I was worried the card would look cheap, feel cheap and the colors would be dull. Nevertheless, I continued on my merry way choosing my card. There were so many to chose from that I really had to take a good look at them all before I ended up choosing this card:
I was then taken to their designer/editor software where I customized my card. I have to say I had a lot of fun playing around while customizing my card. Their designer/editor is very easy to use. There are many options ranging from customizing your picture, the font, the opacity of the clipart and you see all those snowflakes – I was able to move them around! I was able to re-size them, lighten or darken them, and delete or add more of the same, easily! In fact, there are many different clipart images you can add to your card of choice! In addition, you can customize the back of the card. Here’s what the front of my card looked like finished:
Once finished, I placed my order and much to my amazement, the cards arrived at my door within a couple of days. I couldn’t wait to tear into the package to see how they came out. My worries of them not being of quality – was a waste of energy. I was very impressed with the thickness of the card, the vibrancy of the inks and they were far from feeling or looking cheap! Accompanying the cards were premium quality envelopes. We’re not talking thin, cheap envelopes but rather envelopes that had a substance to the paper. I would absolutely recommend you checking out their selection of holiday photo cards – I can’t imagine you’d be disappointed.
Sue – A Finger Click Saver
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
Oct 192011
Werther’s…need I say more? Okay, yes I must. I was recently given the opportunity to try products of theirs that I didn’t know existed! I was sent Werther’s Original Caramel Chocolates; Creamy Caramel Filled Hard Candies and their Chewy Caramels. I have to tell you, these candies were just yummy – simply yummy! I happen to love their original hard candy so I wasn’t surprised when I fell in love with these caramels.
Some caramels can be on the gritty side. I am sure this must be from the sugar not completely converting to a liquid during the cooking process and I have to say – not a texture I like for a caramel. The Werther’s Caramels weren’t gritty at all. Their consistency is smooth, creamy and pleasing to the pallet. The chocolate on the chocolate covered caramels was smooth and creamy as well.
There is no way that I would be able to have these in the house all the time. They are too good to stop at just one! If you haven’t tried these – pick yourself up a package and let me know what your thoughts are!
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Sue – A Finger Click Saver
*I received products for the purpose of this review as a Bzzagent. All opinions are my own.
Oct 172011
Winter is coming to my house! Check out this 3′ x 6′ banner I designed at Esigns.com, and I must say, I had way too much fun doing it too! Originally I was going to put my blog header on the banner; however when I got into their user-friendly designer/editor, my mind was changed fast. I found a huge selection of backgrounds to chose from for an assortment of occasions. They have backgrounds for outdoor banners, personalized banners, college banners, church banners, birthday banners, and more. Plus, you can customize a banner by uploading a photo of yours! There are several different sizes to chose from. And, should you need a banner stand – Esigns sells those too.
This picture shows a few of the choices from their already for you to customize banner selection. You will notice, mine is the one on the bottom right. My background went from the blank slate below –
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Using their designer/editor, I was able to add clipart – placing it wherever I wished to. Their collection of clipart is extensive. In addition, I could change the colors on parts of the clipart as well as the entire image. Customizing the text ranged from being able to change the font, to the colors of the text, to outlining the lettering and location, and angling of the text.
Since I wasn’t able to finish my banner in one sitting, I created an account and saved my project, which allowed me to sign back in and pick up right where I left off. Once I was satisfied with my design, I placed my order and anxiously waited for its arrival.
The package arrived – much sooner than I expected! I was amazed as I unrolled it. I didn’t expect the banner to be made of such a good quality vinyl. It’s a lot thicker than I thought it would be. The vibrancy of the colors is stunning. There are three grommets along the top and three along the bottom for hanging purposes.
I will tell you, the banner is so well constructed, that I am confident it will withstand New England winters if hung properly. Given where I will be hanging it, as an added measure, I may use some Velcro along the sides to secure it well from the NH wintry winds.
Wondering about Esigns’ customer service? I had a question, and in less than 24 hours, I had a response in my inbox – now that’s customer service in my eyes! Businesses and individuals alike – I believe you’ll be very happy with any purchase you make at Esigns.com.
Current Promotion: Use the Discount Code “pink-ribbon” and Esigns will donate 10% of your order total to help find a cure against breast cancer.
Sue – A Finger Click Saver
*Disclaimer – for the purposes of this review, I received a 3’x 6′ banner. All opinions are my own.
Oct 172011
Tablet Time Giveaway
October 17 to 31
Enter for your chance to win a iPad2 or $550 Cash!!
The hosts of this giveaway are Measuring Flower, The Adventures of J-Man and MillerBug and Tales from the Nursery-
Plus they have included me and 44 other great blogs in giving away these awesome prizes!!
All you need to do is follow all of the blogs that are participating in this giveaway, via Google Friend Connect. There are also a bunch of bonus entries, such as following all of us on Facebook and Twitter!
Yes, it may take a bit of time to follow all us – but it is going to be so worth it!
You could WIN your choice of a iPad2 or $550 cash!
To make entering easier, may I suggest you hover your mouse over the link you want to click on and INSTEAD of clicking on the link – right click on your mouse and chose ‘open link in new tab’ or ‘open link in new window.’ This will allow you not to lose your place on the entry page.
Have fun! You’ll be following some great blogs, full of great tips, that offer lots to their readers!
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Oct 172011
Sign ups NOW OPEN for HUGE #giveaway EVENT!
I just HAD to share this awesome opportunity that two of my blogging friends have put together! A $300 shopping spree! Read on below, buy in is ONLY $5!!
Acadiana’s Thrifty Mom and Clever Couponeer have teamed up with Teacher’s Playground LLC to offer YOU an awesome giveaway opportunity! This is a $300 gift certificate to Teachers’ Playground for the winner to spend how they would like. There are thousands of items in their store and catalog to choose from. The winner WILL BE responsible for shipping costs. The giveaway will run from Monday, October 24, at 12:01 a.m. until Monday, November 7 at midnight and is opened to U.S. residents only. The entry fee is $5 and we will be accepting only 30 bloggers. Each blogger will get a Facebook follow only. Your $5 fee is due within 24 hours of signing up to secure your spot in the giveaway, no exceptions. Please gift your $5 to rachlgrl@yahoo.com through PayPal. CLICK HERE to sign up! SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!!! I will have the button link up soon, so come back often for updates!More From Cute-Ecakes
Thanks Cute-Ecakes for letting me steal your post!
Oct 142011
Is your growing business in need of a dedicated server? You ask – why is there a need for a dedicated server over a shared server to host your online business? For starters, a dedicated server allows your business to be the only website hosted on the server. Essentially, there is no competition with other websites sharing the hosting service – allowing your website to run more efficiently. If your site is sharing bandwidth with other websites, all the sites are competing for that shared bandwidth. Ultimately, your site can experience issues with running slow or not loading for your customers at all when there is a traffic surge. It certainly is not cost effective for your business to have the server crash from an overload of traffic.
Integrate the above with the fact that a dedicated server will allow you to create more pages and more options for your customers – it’s a win-win situation. Your site can have a much larger database, which will only help your business. Keep in mind, that it’s important to seek out a dedicated server that is reliable and secure. In fact, this should be on the top of your priority list. Constant updating of your service is not good for your online business either – that means your site will be down every time it’s being updated. With a dedicated server, you don’t need to worry about malwares and viruses. Take the time to be informed when deciding what it is your online business needs truly are.
Sue – A Finger Click Saver
*This post was a sponsored post. All opinions are solely mine.