Janie and Jack are having an awesome Friends and Family sale! Take 25% off your entire purchase at Janie and Jack with code JJEXCLUSIVE!

Sale code is good from October 3-5 so hurry!

They have tons of cute styles, from Halloween chic, to girl equestrian, to silky roses!

If you are a parent, coach, a member of the PTA, or involved with a school group, at some point you have probably canvassed your neighborhood looking for a good t-shirt printer. CustomInk is an online custom t-shirt printing service that provides a stress-free custom creation experience at an incredibly affordable price. Take a look at their Design Lab—it is chock full of ideas for teams and clubs, and their simple interface allows you to make it your own. Whether you are making 10 shirts to go to a chess match, or 100 for the Homecoming game, CustomInk can help you bring on that school spirit.

Below are some great design ideas which are all fully customizable in the CustomInk design lab. You can also browse more school-themed design ideas here.

Now for the fun part! CustomInk is offering an exciting giveaway. On October 10, CustomInk will choose one blog- if my blog is selected, one of my readers will receive one 10-person group t-shirt order from CustomInk!

To enter, simply visit their site through any of the links above and leave a comment telling me a design or shirt style you like. I’d also love to hear what team or group you’d like to use these for- if you want to share. Make sure to leave a valid email so I can reach you if you win!

Fashion Friday- 10/3/14- Fall Cozy Accessories- 60% off & FREE SHIPPING with Code COZYFALL.

Here are a few items you don’t want to miss:

Cocoon Cardigan- $19.96 & FREE SHIPPING with the COZYFALL code. This item was one of our best sellers last year and we have brought it back in 10 colors!

Aztec Shawl- $11.98 & FREE SHIPPING. This over-sized Aztec shawl scarf is my new favorite item. It is deliciously cozy.

Fur Knit Fingerless Gloves- $7.98 & FREE SHIPPING.

It takes quite a bit to stand out among the current plethora of box subscription services. It seems like they’ve popped up for every possible niche you can think of- and many you’d never even knew existed. From the fun name onward, I feel like Surprise Ride might have what it takes to survive past the trend.

Surprise Ride is a subscription service that sends kids ages 6-11 fun and educational hands-on activities that foster creativity and imagination.  The company was started by two sisters Donna and Rosy, and they have been working hard to create a lasting impact on the lives of children, beyond the latest toys or technologies.

They were featured on Shark Tank in November. They also recently partnered with award-winning country music star Sara Evans and Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® to develop an activity box full of nutritious recipes and engaging crafts that makes it easier than ever to spend quality time with your kids.  This partnership was featured on The View this May.

The box arrived, fun and full of colorful confetti.

This box features the beautifully illustrated book Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective: Bad Bugs Are My Business. The book is easy enough for newer readers to handle, with enough of a real storyline to keep older kids interested.

This was a summer box so it featured plants and gardening activities. Everything your child needs for each project is included. One project featured seeds, container and instruction booklet for your child to grow their own window sill herb garden. It even includes a metal spray bottle to mist your plants.

There are two fun crafts projects: a plant man made of stocking with glue on features and grass hair. The other is a small windchime that comes with tons of plastic jewels to glue on in a mosaic pattern.

The surprises just keep coming! We also got a cute solar-activated dancing plant to put on the window ledge AND a yummy bag of Plentils crunchy chips. What I love is that the box is not only fun, but comprehensively educational on a chosen subject. Kids are exposed to various aspects of how plants grow, how sunlight works, how wind works- and even the end result of plants, through the lentil chips.

Surprise Ride has generously offered a free box to one of my readers! Yay! Just use the easy Rafflecopter form below to enter. Winner will have 24 hours to reply to my email before another will be chosen. Delivery of prize is the sole responsibility of the sponsor.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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.

• HUGGIES, Pull-Ups & GoodNites on sale at zulily
• kiinde (feeding solutions) Up to 50% Off at zulily

• Doodle Pants Up to 55% Off at zulily

• Holiday-Ready Home (Kitchen, Laundry Room, Craft Room, Bathroom, Entry way, Living Room) on Sale at zulily

Thursday, October 2nd

• Family Christmas Photo (Ugly Sweaters, Smocked Attire, Formalwear, Pajama Party, Western Life, Picturekeeper + Photo Frames) on Sale at zulily

• My Little Pony on Sale at zulily

Friday, October 3rd

• Eason Shoes Up to 75% Off at zulily

Saturday, October 4th

• Playtime Favorites, Wooden Toys on Sale at zulily

Sunday, October 5th

• Fall Must-Haves, Kids’ Boots on Sale at zulily

• Rugged Bear Outerwear on Sale at zulily

Monday, October 6th

• Jelly the Pug Holiday Apparel Up to 60% Off at zulily
• Rockabye on Sale at zulily

A little preview for next week….Disney Week begins Monday, Oct. 6
10/6: Disney Princess Collection
10/7: Disney Junior Collection
10/8: Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse Collection
10/9: Pixar Collection
10/10: Frozen

My recent giveaway with Pampers was a huge success and I loved hearing about everyone’s morning routines. I think the overwhelming response was that we’re all juggling too many things and desperate for more time, especially when we’re starting off the day.

Hopefully Pampers can help bring a few more smiles to your hectic schedules.

Speaking of smiles, they’ve finished compiling the #BabyGotMoves video from all of the clips readers like you shared across social media. It will be live for you to watch on Thursday morning!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5-o67rIccg&list=PLEO5ZutnaN0OoisKlld9b3OqyIY1o0vbG&index=1

If you didn’t win the awesome prize pack on my blog, you still have a chance at great prizes from Pampers! On Thursday October 2nd at 9pm EST, Pampers will be hosting a fun twitter party. To join, click here to RSVP.

To participate, follow your hosts @DoubleDutyDivas, @BridgetteLA, @CeceliaMecca @AngieKcom @WhatMommiesNeed @RamblingChick, and our sponsor @Pampers.

Twitter Party Prizes Include:

• 1 Pack of Baby Dry Diapers, a $15 iTunes GC and a VTech Learn and Dance Interactive Zoo
• 1 Pack of Baby Dry Diapers and a Zoo Tunes Mobile Blue Tooth Speaker (owl)
• 1 Pack of Baby Dry Diapers and a $100 Gift Card to Little Gym/ Gymboree/ My Gym
• 1 Pack of Baby Dry Diapers a $25 iTunes GC and an iPad Mini ($350 value)
• RSVP: 1 Pack of Baby Dry Diapers

I’m already a fan of the comfort,  cost and quality of the contact lenses offered by Spooky Eyes! Some of you might remember my review of their Soft Natural Violet contacts from a few months ago. Since it is officially Halloween Month (the MOST important month of the year!) we were excited to try out their White Manson Contact Lenses.  These are reminiscent of the white-out contacts that Marilyn Manson often wears during his performances.

They came well-packaged, each lens in its own little bubble of solution, with instructions for use and care on the box. These are nice quality lenses that can last for up to a year once opened, if properly cared for. I’m not sure if these are slightly larger than the other lenses we tested, but we had a few initial problems inserting them- the lens would fold in half. After a few calming breaths, though, we managed to position them correctly. Afterward they were extremely comfortable, to the point of being totally unnoticeable from the wearer’s perspective.

They certainly weren’t unnoticeable from the viewer’s perspective though! The violet lenses we tested were much more subtle and natural. These White Contacts were more like KA-POW! Here I am! The effect is so spooky, cool and fun. We decided to put together two fun looks based around the lenses.

The first was a sort of possessed geisha dolly girl, ready for a tea party where you might want to pour your tea out instead of drinking it..just in case. For this look I used a pink glitter-covered tiny tophat with her hair in loose buns on each side of her head. I braided light blue clip-in hair pieces and looped them around the buns, tying each one off with mismatched pink and lavender ribbon.

On her eyes, cheeks and hairline I used a combination of Hard Candy Crush on Pink, NYC Sparkle Eye Dust in Pink Topaz and a few Tarte colors from my peacock palette. I used Maybelline Volum’ Express The Mega Plush Mascara and Victoria’s Secret pink Sugar Lip Gloss. Two tiny pink jewels went under the outer edge of each eye, almost on the top of the cheekbone. A pink silk bubble scarf and Precious Moments crib cross on pink ribbon finished the look.

For the second look I decided to go for a bold black and red color scheme, sort of a noir-ish 1920’s vampire.

We kept the same basic theme, this time wrapping the buns in red Mardi Gras beads and switching the hat for a slightly larger black felt with red ribbon roses and a black mini veil. We also kept the same mascara, adding a wide band of red across the eye area, with a bit of fake blood dripping down one cheek. A leather wrap bracelet and Swarovski crystal spider necklace in poisonous green finished things off.

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