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Nature Crops Bars

Posted by html404 on February 13, 2011
in All Natural Products, Food and Treats

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

I was sent all three bars by NatureCrops . I was really excited to try these bars as they are all natural, contain no high-fructose corn syrup, and are made with organic quinoa. And are gluten free.

We got to try the Quinoa and Almond, Quinoa and Prunes, and Quinoa and Strawberry bars.

Nearly all of our family loves quinoa, which we usually eat in a soup. I know, I know, quinoa in soup is very different than in a bar. I am just saying that to share that we have actually tasted quinoa and trying these bars is not our first exposure to it. Nevertheless, we were disappointed in the Quinoa and Almond bar. I thought it tasted rather stale and I did not care very much for it. I found all three bars rather dry. For some reason (perhaps because of our soup), I expected them to be more moist than dry. The Quinoa and Prunes, and Quinoa and Strawberry bars tasted alot better then the Quinoa and Almond bar, but overall I did not like the taste of Nature Crops bars as well as other bars I have tried. I wish I could say I did, but sorry I cannot. 🙁 Everyone’s taste buds are different though.

We divided these bars up into little pieces so that everyone could try them and the younger children did not seem to mind them at all and asked for more. While my oldest did not care for them. The next two say they liked the prune one best, then the strawberry and then the almond. Just proves what I said, everyone’s taste buds are very different!

For more information please visit: http://www.naturecrops.com/

For additional info about Quinoa go here: quinoahistory

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Hefty Basics Paper Plates

Posted by html404 on February 12, 2011
in Eco Friendly Products, Houseware

em>Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

I love it when PR people stumble upon our blog because I am always surprised at what they pitch. This time it was a line of of paper plates that are biodegradable in-home composting and free of inks, dyes or coatings. Hefty® Basics™ paper plates are stronger than everyday plates at a value price, and provide a eco-friendly choice. We were sent the 45-count 8 5/8-inch lunch plate packages and 24-count 10 1/4-inch dinner plate packages.

We love these paper plates. They are very sturdy. And they hold up really well with juicy foods and can be carried with one hand. We even used ours for chili. We didn’t get to test how bio-degradable they are however but we wish we could have.

In the spirit of environmentalism, Hefty® Basics™ has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation™ on a quest to plant 10,000 trees, one for every ten new “Like”s on Facebook and we’d greatly appreciate your support by spreading the word! like them here-http://www.facebook.com/Hefty.BasicsTableware

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Faith and Family Reviews Giveaway- Doozy Cards

Posted by html404 on February 11, 2011
in Fun Stuff, Giveaways

And since no on else entered Karen won! Thanks to Karen for entering and to Doozy Cards for sponsoring this giveaway!

Doozy E-Cards is a company created by a mom for people who are too busy to send cards, but want to let people know they care here is what she says:

“I know the importance of finding effective ways to let people know how much they mean to you. Online Greeting Cards let you “make someone’s day” with the click of a mouse. My name is Chandler Chandler, President of Doozy Cards LLC Greeting Cards and I want to welcome you to Doozy. I’m a wife and the mother of 3 boys: a 12 year old with more homework than most students have in college and two younger ones!”

The Doozy E-Cards team have created fun E-cards that are for every occasion from birthdays, Holidays, just because E-cards, E-cards for kids and more! From humorous to cute they have every E-card imaginable!

Enter to win a free year of membership with their fun, cute and witty Doozy e-cards. ($19.95 value)

Mandatory Entry: Tell me what E-Card you would like to send first.

Extra Entries (Please be sure and leave a comment and link for extra entries):

1 Entry:Follow Faith and Family Reviews On Twitter(http://twitter.com/faithfamilyrevw)

1 Entry:Follow Doozy Cards on Twitter.

1 Entry:Like/Friend Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook.

1 Entry:Like/Friend Doozy Cards on Facebook.

2 Entries: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Google Friend Connect (on the our right side bar).

2 Entries: Tweet about this giveaway, but only one tweet per day please. Include your tweet url with your comment. You may write your own tweet or use this one:

Giveaway: Enter to win a free membership to Doozy Cards!! 2 winnners! @faithfamilyrevw! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=6551 Please share! Thx!

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and link back 1 Entry: for every comment you leave anywhere else on this blog, but please leave a link with your comment!

Details:

This giveaway will run from February 11th-February 25th 2011 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Winner will be contacted via email on or before March 1st and will be asked for their e-mail. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). This giveaway is offered to international.

Thanks and have fun!

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Thrifty Thursday-$4 in Seventh Generation Coupons for Winter Cleaning!

Posted by html404 on February 10, 2011
in Coupons, Thrifty Thursday

The Coupons section on Seventh Generation’s website lets you save on their products, including disinfectants, baby care, cleaning, and laundry. Go here to get $4 in Seventh Generation coupons for Winter cleaning!

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Valentine’s Day Contest- Win A Terri Lee Doll!

Posted by html404 on February 10, 2011
in Contests

Dear Terri Lee Fans,

Will you be our Valentine? Tell us why Terri Lee will always be your sweetheart and be entered to win a FREE Terri Lee Collectible Doll!

Submit your entry at our Facebook page by midnight, February 13, 2011!

XOXO
Terri Lee

A long time favorite among baby-boomers, the original Terri Lee Doll was dubbed the world’s best dressed toddler, and was considered a fashion icon to thousands of little girls across the nation. At the height of her popularity, her fashion wardrobe contained over 500 different exclusive outfits and accessories. Each and every one made with the strictest attention to detail and the highest quality fabrics, as they are today. Originally created in 1946 by Violet Lee Gradwohl, Terri Lee has been a family venture in the purest sense of the words for over 60 years.

www.TerriLee.com

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Wordless Wednesday: Whatcha Got?

Posted by html404 on February 9, 2011
in Wordless Wednesday

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Free Online Seminar

Posted by html404 on February 7, 2011
in Community Issues

We received this email announcement in our inbox and I thought it was worth sharing…it’s FREE too.

Church & Home Seminar

The burdens facing the church and the home today are unrelenting. Broken leaders, broken homes, and broken lives never seem to change no matter what “new program” is offered.

Church leaders struggle reaching their congregations in ways that actually help them to lead transformed lives in Christ. Real fruit seems scarce.

Yet, as always with Christ, there is hope! There is a solution to this problem and it is found in the one place where all solutions are found…the Gospel!

A wind is beginning to blow and church leaders and households all across the country are re-discovering the real solution for achieving and keeping real biblical transformation in their churches and homes!

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Join our FREE Online Seminar

Saturday, February 12th, 2011- 10:30am

30 minute presentation with 15 minutes of Q & A

Interactive Online Seminar Hosted by

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ProFlowers Giveaway ($50 Value)

Posted by html404 on February 5, 2011
in Faith and Family Reviews Friday Giveaway, Giveaways, Uncategorized

Congratulations to Ellen B! You won this giveaway! Winner chosen by Random.org. Thanks to all who entered and to ProFlowers for sponsoring this great giveaway!!!

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

We were given a $50 promo code to try out ProFlowers.com. I was rather excited, until I went through the order process. An advanced warning: the code can only be entered once. Thankfully, I thought of this before I processed my order and asked the pr rep beforehand or else I would have used my code without using the full amount. I also don’t think you can use the code on multiple items, so if you win our giveaway or decide to place an order be sure to clarify ordering multiple items with a gift code before placing your order.

Ordering

Ok, after deliberating on what to order for our family flowers or food? I chose a fruit/chocolate basket priced at $39.99 and clicked for a delivery of Saturday, February 5th for an additional $9.99, so that should only be $49.98 total, but when I clicked continue after inputing the code, it stated I owe $17.94……the other charges were added and did not show the additional charges, until AFTER I inputed my gift code and credit card information, which I did not like at all. I chose the delivery date of today because I wanted to post the review and giveaway at the same time instead of waiting like I have done in the past.

Standard Delivery $9.99
Shipping Rebate
Click Here
Saturday Delivery $9.99
Care & Handling $2.99
Tax: $4.88
TOTAL: $67.84
Promotion Code Amount Applied: $50.00
Amount Charged: $17.84

I did not like not knowing that I would pay an additional $9.99 on top of the regular delivery ($9.99), care & handling AND taxes. So I did not go back and change anything because this was after I inputed the promo code and I figured if I changed anything I would not be able to put in the code again. So I think I paid too much just so I could post sooner. I would have waited, but as I previously stated wanted all of you to have the week to enter the giveaway.

Oh and if you click the shipping rebate link, it takes you to a third party site in which you have to sign up for what they are offering (including credit card info, even for a trial) in order to receive the $15 rebate offer. This did not impress me either. I would have preferred the rebate offer to be through ProFlowers and off my next order or something.

To be honest, I had a better ordering experience through http://www.FloristExpress.net/(preferred partner of ProFlowers since I got redirected from there) ordering my mil’s flowers and even got 20% off my order there, same with an order for another family who has been having a tough time and I wanted to send them some cheer. However, I knew what to expect the second (and third) time around so as not to incur the additional charges.

Rich Romance Basket – $39.99

Here is a picture of the Rich Romance Basket from ProFlowers website:

The following photos are of our opening the package to the actual product of the basket:

Compare these photo with the one from ProFlowers:

Note the difference in the size packages of the photo from ProFlowers and what we actually received:

The Products

The products of the basket were pretty good, with the exception of the size differences in the candy packages (see photos above). The pears and apples tasted very good. However, for a gift basket we didn’t think the apples should have had soft spots/bruises on them (could have been from shipping??), nor should they have had the white powdering stuff at the bottoms. But perhaps we are expecting too much, nevertheless, this was a pricey basket for what we got so I expected a lot from it.

The heart candy was milk chocolate that melted in our mouths. The chocolate covered cranberries were very tasty, however, the sugar-free chocolate covered almonds were a disappointment. Considering we did not need or ask for the sugar-free product, regular chocolate covered almonds would have been much better.

The Basket

The basket was a lined basket that you would find at JoAnn’s or some other craft store. I think the price of the basket reflects mostly the packaging, not the product inside.

It was a treat to have this Valentine’s Day gift delivered to our door to be shared as a family, but I do not think that the value of it was worth the money. I’ll let you know next week how the two flower gifts go over with those to whom we sent irises and tulips to, that way you will receive feedback on the flowers as well.

Now here’s an opportunity for you to shop at ProFlowers, so enter to win a coupon voucher with a $50 value to ProFlowers.com!

Mandatory Entry: Tell me what you would get from ProFlowers.com if you won.

Extra Entries (Please be sure and leave a comment and link for extra entries):

1 Entry:Follow Faith and Family Reviews On Twitter1 Entry:Follow ProFlowers on twitter.

1 Entry:Like/Friend Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook.

1 Entry:Like/Friend ProFlowers on Facebook.

2 Entries: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Google Friend Connect (on the our right side bar).

2 Entries: Tweet about this giveaway, but only one tweet per day please. Include your tweet url with your comment. You may write your own tweet or use this one:

Giveaway: Enter to win a $50 ProFlowers gift card @faithfamilyrevw! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=6812 Please share! Thx!

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and link back this post.

1 Entry: for every comment you leave anywhere else on this blog, but please leave a link with your comment!

Details:

This giveaway will run from February 5th -February 10, 2011 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. ProFlowers will send one winner a ProFlowers coupon code (of a $50 value) Winner will be contacted via email on or before February 10th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their e-mail at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to US only.

Thanks and have fun!

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Thrifty Thursday- Free Hefty Basics Paper Plates

Posted by html404 on February 3, 2011
in Giveaways, Thrifty Thursday

Congrats to Jessie C and Magen! You won this giveaway! I will be contacting you shortly. Winners chosen by Random.org. Thanks to Hefty for providing me and the winners with the product.

***I was provided with Hefty Basics paper plates by Hefty***

Hefty has a all-new Hefty® Basics disposable tableware product line. This line of paper plates are biodegradable in-home composting and free of inks, dyes or coatings. Hefty® Basics™ paper plates are stronger than everyday plates at a value price, and provide a great choice for people interested in an environmental option.

In the spirit of environmentalism, Hefty® Basics™ has partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation™ on a quest to plant 10,000 trees, one for every ten new “Like”s on Facebook and we’d greatly appreciate your support by spreading the word! To Like Hefty on Facebook please go here- http://www.facebook.com/Hefty.BasicsTableware

BUT, on to the free paper plates. If you would like a coupon for FREE Hefty Basics paper plates then all you have to do is leave a comment on this post saying so. I’ll randomly draw two people and ship the two winner’s their coupons.

Happy entering!

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