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Thursday, April 8, 2010

GIVEAWAY: Curly Q's!

Curly Q Sample Kit - The Essentials + Curly Q Milkshake

One of my readers will have the chance to win this awesome kit valued at $20!

The amazing thing about Curly Q's is it will work on ALL wavy/frizzy/curly hair types - I promise! I've been using Curly Q's on Serenity's hair for 2 years now, and it's just amazing.

In the pictures below, Serenity has four ponytails in her hair. In the first picture her hair is twisted into ringlets, and in the other picture her hair is poofed out! I used Curly Q's for both of those hairstyles!

To see what her hair looks like before and after Curly Q's, check out my blog post, Taming that Mane!

In the Curly Q's Essentials kit you will receive:

*Curlie Cutie Cleansing Cream - a wonderful shampoo that will NOT dry out hair.
*Coconut Dream Conditioner - leaves hair so soft and manageable.
*Moist Curls Moisturizer - a detangler that works miracles and has a pretty scent (no alcohol-y smell)
*Curly Q Milkshake - my favorite leave-in conditioner, super-hydrates curls without weighing down hair or leaving it oily.

BONUS:
For 15% off your entire purchase at Curls, just enter this coupon code exactly (or you can copy & paste the code): treasures4tots
Coupon code is good til April 18, 2010!

To Enter:
Just leave a comment telling me who in your family has curly, wavy, and/or frizzy hair!

POST-IT-NOTE: You don't need a blogger account to enter. You can enter under "anonymous" just make sure to leave a valid email address so I can contact you if you win!

Extra Entries:
*Leave a Separate Comment for each!*

1. Study the hair chart at Curly Q's and then come back and tell me your (or your child's) hair type!
Example: Serenity's hair is 3C!

2. Follow Treasures for Tots and leave a comment telling me you're now a follower!
If you're already a follower, don't forget to leave a comment too!
Example: I'm a stalker now!
or
I've been stalking you forever!

3. Become a Treasures for Tots Facebook fan and leave a comment telling me you're a FB fan!
Example: I'm a T4T's Facebook Fan!

4. Become a Curls Facebook fan and leave a comment telling me you're a FB fan!
Example: I'm a Curls Facebook Fan!

5. Follow Treasures for Tots on Twitter and leave a comment telling me you're a Twitter follower!
If you're already a follower, don't forget to leave a comment too!
Example: I follow T4T on Twitter!
or
I've been a follower of T4T on Twitter!

6. Follow Curls on Twitter and leave a comment telling me you're a Twitter follower!
Example: I follow Curls on Twitter!

7. Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment (and a link) telling me you did!
Example: Check out Treasures for Tots @http://tinyurl.com/y8j4bjp for a chance to WIN Curly Q's!
www.twitter/myprofile

8. Share this Giveaway on Facebook and leave a comment (and a link) telling me you did!
Example:Check out Treasures for Tots @http://tinyurl.com/y8j4bjp for a chance to WIN Curly Q's!
www.facebook/myprofile

9. Blog about this Giveaway and leave a comment (and a link) telling me you did!
Example: I blogged about the Giveaway! Here's the link: www.iluvcurlyqs.com

10. Purchase any product at Curls you're eligible for 10 extra entries! Just make sure to leave your transaction # in your comments.
Example: I made a purchase at Curls! Trans. #1234 (Comment #1)

That's a grand total of 20 chances to WIN!

Rules:

1. Everyone is eligible to enter - no matter where you live!
2. Giveaway ends on Wednesday, April 14th at 12AM (Central time).
3. Make sure to leave your email address in your comment if it isn't available through your blog or profile! I need to be able to contact you if you win!

Have fun and Good luck!

Thursday's Treasures: Week 17

Share your crafty ideas!

Welcome to the 17th week of Thursday's Treasures!
All ideas, tutorials, crafting projects, or recipes you've been working on are welcome!

Are you having a GIVEAWAY on your blog?
Share the news by posting a link here too!

You'll have until Tuesday 12AM to post your links this week.
So don't forget to post anything crafty you've been doing!!

Check out these great projects, ideas, tutorials, and GIVEAWAYS that were shared last week:

Easter Basketry
via Marvelously Messy

Wet Bathing Suit Bag
(with download)
via 2 Giggle Boxes

Here Comes Peter Cottontail
via The Phillips Fam

Strip Quilt and Burp Rags
via Not So Crafty

Shushybye Sleepover Surprise Book GIVEAWAY
via Rockin' Deals

No-Sew Ribbon Rosette
via Cute as a Fox

Very Hungry Caterpillar Cupcake Cake
via Helping Little Hands

Easter Dress Tutorial
via I Make Stuff

Homemade Maple Syrup
via Homemade Mamas

Felt Crayon Cozy
via Crafty Chic Mommy

Ester Bunny Inspired Hair Accessories
via Silly Eagle Books

LOVE them all!
If I featured you, help yourself to a button!!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who participated last week!! I enjoyed looking at all your crafty creations and I know my readers did too!

Guidelines:

1. Click the "CLICK HERE" link below to add a permalink to your crafty project, idea and tutorial post - not your main blog. You can enter as many links as you'd like.

However, NO links to Etsy or Ebay stores please!

2. Copy the HTML code for my brand-new Thursday's Treasures button, and then add it to the post or on your blog to spread the fun.

What a cool way to share tons of ideas and crafts across the blogoshere and good way to promote your blog too!

All the links that get posted before the deadline will stay up indefinitely so you can always stop by to find them again!

Have fun!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

And the WINNERS are...

Ali and Shanna!

Congratulations!

I just sent y'all an email! If you don't see it - check your Spam folder!

Please make sure to contact me with your mailing address so Safety Tats can mail off your prize!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who entered!

Please stay tuned for a NEW giveaway this week!

Have fun!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Kid's Crocs only $5.99!!

Head over to Croc's website!

Crocs Kid's Athens Flip-Flops are normally $24.99.

Right now they are on sale for $9.99.

But when you enter the COUPON CODE: KATHENS599 you can get them for only $5.99 a pair!

Awesome deal!

UPDATE:
I forgot to mention FREE shipping if you choose "Economy Delivery"!

Have fun!

Friday, April 2, 2010

GIVEAWAY: Safety Tats!

Safety Tats!

Two of my readers will have the chance to win your choice of boy, girl, or multi design sample pack of the Safety Tat Quick Stick Write-Ons!

Quick Stick Write-On tats are waterproof and will last up to two weeks!

To enter, just leave a comment telling me where you'd use these this Summer!

POST-IT-NOTE: You don't need a blogger account to enter. You can enter under "anonymous" just make sure to leave a valid email address so I can contact you if you win!

I love this idea! A couple of years ago I brought Serenity (she was just a baby) and my friend's little girl to see the Doodlebops in New Orleans. Since I was so worried I'd lose Kelsey in the crowd, her Mom and I decided to write on her arm in permanent marker "If lost please call" on one side of her arm and my cell phone number on the other side.

It would've been so nice to have a cute Safety Tat back then!

Safety Tats are perfect for all those upcoming Summer vacations, Zoos, parks, Disney, concerts - you name it! They last for days, tons of designs available to choose, and kids love them!

Safety Tats are also available for special needs, allergies, and medical alerts!

Here's a great video review from Mom's Generations how to apply Safety Tats:

What can be better than trying out a great new product for FREE?!

Extra Entries:
*Leave a Separate Comment for each!*

1. Find your favorite Safety Tat design and leave a comment telling me which one you picked!

2. Follow Treasures for Tots and leave a comment telling me you're now a follower!
If you're already a follower, don't forget to leave a comment too!
Example: I'm a stalker now!
or
I've been stalking you forever!

3. Become a Treasures for Tots Facebook fan and leave a comment telling me you're a FB fan!
Example: I'm a T4T's Facebook Fan!

4. Become a Safety Tat Facebook fan and leave a comment telling me you're a FB fan!
Example: I'm a Safety Tat Facebook Fan!

5. Follow Treasures for Tots on Twitter and leave a comment telling me you're a Twitter follower!
If you're already a follower, don't forget to leave a comment too!
Example: I follow T4T on Twitter!
or
I've been a follower of T4T on Twitter!

6. Follow Safety Tat on Twitter and leave a comment telling me you're a Twitter follower!
Example: I follow Safety Tat on Twitter!

7. Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment (and a link) telling me you did!
Example: Check out Treasures for Tots @http://tinyurl.com/yaof38a for a chance to WIN Safety Tats!
www.twitter/myprofile

8. Share this Giveaway on Facebook and leave a comment (and a link) telling me you did!
Example:Check out Treasures for Tots @http://tinyurl.com/yaof38a for a chance to WIN Safety Tats!
www.facebook/myprofile

9. Blog about this Giveaway and leave a comment (and a link) telling me you did!
Example: I blogged about the Giveaway! Here's the link: www.iluvsafetytat.com

That's a grand total of 10 chances to WIN!

Rules:

1. Everyone is eligible to enter - no matter where you live!
2. Giveaway ends on Wednesday, April 7th at 12AM (Central time).
3. Make sure to leave your email address in your comment if it isn't available through your blog or profile! I (and Safety Tat) need to be able to contact you if you win!

BONUS UPDATE:
For 10% off an order of $15 or more at Safety Tat just enter this coupon code exactly (or you can copy & paste the code): treasuresfortots
Coupon code is good til April 19, 2010!

Have fun and Good luck!

Join us Saturdays at tatertotsandjello.com for the weekend wrap up party!

iTouch: Cases & Games

Serenity's had her iTouch for a while now and loves playing on it. I listed a few of the games she's already tried in my An iTouch for a 3 year old? post, but I thought I'd give y'all an update and list a few more games she's tried (and likes), a new case, and the screen protector I think is the best value.

Games:

Itsy Bitsy Spider (99¢) - I've listed this one before, but it's worth repeating. This is a whole lotta game for only 99¢! Tons of interactive features and Serenity loves playing it over and over!

Sally's Spa ($2.99) - I got this for my iPhone and Serenity wanted it too. It didn't cost anything extra. She's able to do the easy levels pretty good and she's totally hooked.

Doodle Buddy (FREE) - Another free drawing app, but she likes this one better than Scribble Lite.

How To Train Your Dragon Mix & Match Book ($2.99) - She has lots of fun playing with this one. You mix and match the dragon parts to put a little twist to the story!

DizzyBee (FREE) - Very challenging and she likes how you have tilt the iTouch to get that fat little Bee to move!

Where's Gumbo? (FREE) - She plays along and shouts out when she finds Gumbo.

Cookie Doodle (99¢) - Another one I see her playing pretty often. She concentrates very hard too!

Weet Woo! ($3.99) - She's getting to be pretty good at scrolling through all the fun kid's videos with this program. It doesn't work without a WiFi connection so I put it on my iPhone too (no extra costs).

Five Little Monkeys (99¢) - What can I say? This one is addicting! She likes singing the song and the cool interactive features.

Bayou Beats (FREE) - It's free and it's about Princess Tiana - enough said!

Signing Time ($4.99) - I've had some of the Signing Time videos for a couple of years - she's always loved watching them. She's known the sign for "eat" since she was around 7 months old. She thinks it's really neat that it's on her iTouch now!

Dress Up With Angelina Ballerina (99¢) - Another one she's addicted to. Lots of fun to dress up Angelina - tons of clothing combinations!

Traffic Rush (FREE) - She saw me playing and had to have it too. Fun to play!

Colorama (99¢) - This coloring app has so many coloring pages (with the option to buy more "books" for 99¢) and plenty of colors. She likes this one a lot too!

Cases:

I mentioned the pink Speck PixelSkin case that I bought for Serenity's iTouch, but when I saw the iTouch Defender Series by Otterbox I can't wait until it's available! It's the perfect case for young children!

While looking around at the different Otterbox cases on Amazon, I came across the Otterbox Semi-Rugged Skin for the iTouch 2G. It must be discontinued because I didn't see in on the Otterbox website. The Semi-Rugged skin covers a lot more area than the Speck PixelSkin. I read on the reviews that it will fit an iTouch 3G too so I bought it.

It fits great! It's well-made, a little snugger than the PixelSkin and covers more area. I just wish I could've found it in more colors than white.

Both the PixelSkin and the Semi-Rugged Skin offer pretty good protection for the iTouch with a low and reasonable price-tag.

Screen Protectors:

Until I can get my hands on the iTouch Defender, Serenity's iTouch has to have a screen protector. I blogged before about the Belkin screen protectors and I have to say they did a good job, but they are expensive. I paid over $10 for a 3-pack at Target.

Serenity went through that small pack in no time. She scratched at them, touched them when her hands were dirty, and even scratched at a few bubbles I couldn't get out. She didn't damage the iTouch - so they certainly did their job protecting the screen.

Well after going through those so fast, I started hunting around for something cheaper. I found a 12-pack of screen protectors by Screen Guard on Amazon for only $4.28 and free shipping! That's an awesome deal so I bought 2 12-packs. Not bad - less than $9 for 24 screen protectors.

Oh! And I know it's listed for a 2G iTouch - but they will fit the 3G too.

The screen protectors were very easy to apply (I didn't have any bubbles!) and so far it's doing a good job protecting Serenity's iTouch from, well - Serenity!

I hope y'all found this helpful!

POST-IT-NOTE: I bought the Screen Guard protectors pretty cheap for my iPhone too!

Have fun!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Thursday's Treasures: Week 16

Share your crafty ideas!

Welcome to the 16th week of Thursday's Treasures!
All ideas, tutorials, crafting projects, or recipes you've been working on are welcome!

Are you having a GIVEAWAY on your blog?
Share the news by posting a link here too!

You'll have until Tuesday 12AM to post your links this week.
So don't forget to post anything crafty you've been doing!!

Check out these great ideas, tutorials, and GIVEAWAYS that were shared last week:

Fabric Keychain Tutorial
via For What It's Worth...or Not