Sew Fierce GIVEAWAY!!!

This giveaway is now closed, thank you to everyone who entered! Congratulations to Joannof10, comment #19, who said I love the "knot dress" sooooo cute!!
As you all know I am a huge fan of Steph at Sew Fierce and Sew Fierce on Etsy, she makes the most adorable clothing! I've written about her store before, read my full review for the clothing here and my review for the hat here. Because I've already gone on and on about how much I love her stuff in those posts...I thought I'd just show our favorite pieces cause really the clothes speak for themselves.

We have several things from her, like this customized monogramed dress, that I just adore...
and her Whimsy Faith Top and Ruffled Capris, ER looks so sweet in these...

and a pretty tulip sun hat that was worn all over this summer, those ties really came in handy during windy days!

Steph's clothes and accessories are amazing and very well made. She's expanded her to include bibs and burb cloths and fabric covered wipe cases that would make lovely baby shower gifts. She takes extra care to make sure her clothes will withstand lots of wear from active little kiddos too. The seams are professionally serged, and top stitch is done for durability and longevity

Steph is offerring one of my readers a $25 gift certificate to either her Sew Fierce dot com or Sew Fierce on Etsy stores! Good for or toward any item in the shop, ready to ship out to you!

To Enter:

Tell me what item at Sew Fierce is your favorite.

For Extra Entries:

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• Publically follow my blog.
• Post my link button.
• Blog about this giveaway linking to this post and Sew Fierce.
• Follow Steph's blog A Pockeful of Buttons.
• Post any of Steph's link buttons.
• Become a fan of Sew Fierce on Facebook.
• Follow either Steph or me on Twitter. Tweet about the giveaway and leave a link in your comment.
• Leave a suggestion for Steph on what fabric combinations or colors you might like to see, a product you'd like her to carry, etc.

Please Note: Gift certificate is only valid on items in stock and ready to ship, not good toward custom work.

Giveaway open to all my readers, WORLDWIDE, now through October 8th at 12 midnight EST. Good Luck!

Apple Smiles

A fall favorite and often the first cooking activity I did with kindergarteners, are these simple Apple Smiles.

Ingredients:
Apples, Cut into Slice
Peanut Butter or Cream Cheese
Mini Marshmallows

Management Note: If you're worried about giving kids knives, even dull ones, a popsicle craft stick works well for spreading.
Spread each slice of apple with peanut butter.

Top with mini marshmellows. You can top with another slice of apple to complete your smile and have top and bottom lips. But ER just takes hers off immediately, so I don't bother.

An inexpensive and quick treat that's a fun beginning of the year center, easy for parents to run in the classroom, and ties in well with apple and orchard, harvest, and fall themes.

PUR Water Flavors Pitcher: Review and Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed, congratulations to Luv to Save, comment # 41 who said: blog follower as ethelluvtosave at gmail.com Thank you to everyone who entered!
I am diabetic, so sugary fruit juices, sodas, and even carb laden but good for you milk tend to drive my blood sugar levels sky high. So in an effort to maintain good control over my sugars, I often end up drinking a lot of water to stay hydrated. But drinking plain water can get rather boring to the taste buds after awhile.

Then I tried a new product from PUR Water and I am loving their PUR Flavor Options!

What is PUR Flavor Options?

• PUR Flavor Options is the first and only filter for tap water that lets you add a touch of sugar-free, calorie-free fruit flavoring to your water.
• PUR Flavor Options was named “Household Product of the Year” by Product of the Year USA in January 2009 and comes in raspberry, lemon, grape and strawberry.

About PUR Water Filtration:

• Environment & Money: Switching from bottled water to filtered and a reusable bottle can eliminate up to 3,200 plastic bottles and save one person up to $600 annually.
• Health: The EPA estimates that approximately 20% of Americans’ lead exposure is attributable to tap water. PUR filters are certified to reduce many contaminants, including 98% of lead, 99.9% of microbial cysts and 99% of pharmaceuticals.
• Philanthropy: With each purchase of a PUR filter, a donation is made to Children’s Safe Drinking Water which has, to date, provided over 1.5 billion liters of clean water to needy children and their families around the world.

What I love about PUR Flavor Options:

• No calories and no suragr or carbs but lots of flavor.
• Clear flavored drink, I can drink as much as I want without having to worry about staining my teeth, something I worry about with diet colas and ice tea.
• 4 different flavors mean I can change and try new flavors all the time.
• You can switch out the flavor cartridges, just keep the opened ones in the refrigerator.
• You can decide how intense you want the flavoring to be by choosing how many times you push a button.
• You add the flavoring only when you want. If you don't add the flavoring, the water you pour out will be pure and filtered, with a great clean taste.
• Use your own reusable bottle for portability and cut down on wasteful one use water bottles.
• Inexpensive way to add more variety into the beverages I drink.

Suggestions for PUR Flavor Options:

• The pitcher is smaller and holds less than another brand of water filtration pitcher that we also own. The PUR Favor Options water pitcher holds 7, 8-ounce glasses of water but it seemed like I had to refill it a lot. BUT on the upside, it actually fit in our fridge door unlike the other brand's. I'd like the option for a larger pitcher as well as the space saving one currently available, cause some of us like big glasses at a time.
• I liked the lemon flavoring a lot, it tastes like water with a lemon slice in it. The raspberry flavoring tasteed a little bit too artificial to me. But it is still pleasant tasting and a flavor I'd buy again, I just like lemon a lot more.

Overall:

Excellent value for your money that provides a lot of variety. It's good for your health, good for the environment, and the pocketbook. It's a win win all around☺

Win a PUR Flavor Options Pitcher:
Try out PUR Flavor Options by winning your own pitcher, stage 2 pitcher filter, and a raspberry flavor cartridge.

To Enter:
Visit PUR Flavor Options, and look under Why Choose PUR? and tell me which one of the 10 reasons is most important to you or tell me one of your own.

For Extra Entries:
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Publically follow my blog.
Add my link button to your blog.
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Follow me on Twitter, tweet about this giveaway and leave me the link to it in your comment.
Take the What's Your Flavor quiz on the Pur Flavor Options website, and tell me what your answer is. I'm perfectly peachy.

Open to US residents now through Wednesday October 7 at 12 midnight EST.

Disclaimer: Thank you to PUR Water for providing the review and giveaway products. This review relates my own options, which were not influenced by the company in any way, and experiences. Yours may differ. Thank you to The Product Review Place for helping to connect me with this great company and sponsor!