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Closed12 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 10- Afaze Necklace

Posted by html404 on December 1, 2010
in Fashion, Girl Stuff, Giveaways

Congratulations to Eve! You won this giveaway! Thanks to all who entered and to the wonderful sponsors! Winner chosen by random.org

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to YOU! A 4 Row Hemi/Silver Chains w/Tassel Necklace from Afaze!

This beautiful necklace from Afaze would compliment any outfit. Plus, it would make a great Christmas gift.

Enter to win this necklace from Afaze!

Mandatory Entry:Tell me what else you like from Afaze.

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 Afaze on Twitter

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

1 Entry: Like Afaze 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 neckalce from Afaze @faithfamilyrevw! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=5944 Please share! Thx!

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

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

5 Entries: Tell me your favorite thing about Christmas.

Details:

This giveaway will run from December 1st, to Thursday, December, 15th 2010 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Afaze will ship one winner their prize. Winner will be contacted via email on or before December 20th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info 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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First Things First by Kurt & Brenda Warner

Posted by html404 on December 1, 2010
in Books

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product from Tyndale House Publishers 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.

You know, it’s sad to admit but I don’t think I have ever heard of Kurt Warner (if you don’t know either, he’s a quarterback for the Phoenix Cardinals) until I was browsing through the Tyndale House website. Then again, I am not much of a football fan so how would I know him? What attracted my eye about this book was the fact that he and his wife, Brenda, have seven children. I am always interested in large families, especially Christian families. I enjoy learning about their family, how they do things and look forward to what I can glean from them.

The Warners appear to be a pretty normal family, considering Kurt is a celebrity and all. As a couple, they know what it is like to struggle financially and do their best not to take their current income for granted. They are all about their faith, their marriage, their family and others – in that order.

I love how their oldest son has been such a source of inspiration for so many of their ministry opportunities. I enjoyed how frank and openly they shared their lives with those of us who would read their book.

Kurt and Brenda really seem to have some great ideas about parenting. It is evident how much they love each other and their kids. Something they do that we do, but we didn’t even think to take it as far as they have is when their children are fighting they have to hold hands. We do that too, but we require our children to sing Barney’s “I love you” song (You all remember Barney the dinosaur and his opening song, don’t you? Thought so. ;-)). However, the Warners require them to hold hands and if they still don’t get along to go cheek to cheek, and if they still don’t get along lips to lips! 🙂 Loved that! The thing is our children are usually playing by the time they are done the “I love you” song because they have to give each other the hug and a kiss the song talks about, “with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, won’t you say you love me too!” So I guess in a way we are requiring a pretty similar thing to the Warners. It’s nice to hear of others implementing similar things that we do. Gives us hope for some reason.

And that is one of the Warners desires in sharing their thoughts in First Things First, that we might be encouraged and perhaps take something about their family and be able to implement it or change it to suit our own family.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about the Warners life. They do get pretty candid, but nothing that offended me and I’ll let our older girls read it too.

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Wordless Wednesday- My Tree

Posted by html404 on December 1, 2010
in Wordless Wednesday

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Closed12 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 9 – EZ Sox

Posted by html404 on November 30, 2010
in Baby Products, Children's Clothing, Contests, Giveaways

Congratulations to Shannon! You won this giveaway! Thanks to all who entered and to the wonderful sponsors! Winner chosen by random.org

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to YOU! A pair of EZ Sox from EZ Sox!

EZ Sox (as seen below) are a wonderful gift idea for baby showers, for parents with toddlers, and a great stocking stuffer for toddlers and young kids. For parents of special needs children, EZ Sox addresses a daily need and offers these children self-sufficiency and empowerment.

Created by parents who tired of seeing their young son struggle dressing himself, Eileen and Ronnie Gesser designed socks with pull-up loops on both sides of each sock, and fun graphics on the tops of the socks. In no time, their son was no longer frustrated and proudly dressing himself. Today this fun and easy teaching tool for teaching kids self-sufficiency is the only one of its kind.

EZ Sox are available to you at their online retail website at http://www.ezsox.com. EZ Sox are also sold in 30 boutique stores throughout North America and one US Chain Store with 36 retail outlets. A Japanese distributor has EZ Sox in more than 70 retail stores in Japan.

My Review:

We really, really liked the frog EZ Sox that we where sent to review. My son’s face lit up when he saw them and he had no problem at all putting them on. He was able to put them on by himself on the first try. We think that they are a great product and love them! We have yet to wash them to see how well they wash up, but we’ll be sure to let you know how they wash up.

Watch this cute video to see how to use the EZ Sox:

Enter to win a pair of EZ Sox! The winner gets to pick from 14 different EZ Sox!!!!

Mandatory Entry:Tell me what style EZ Sox you would choose 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 Twitter(http://twitter.com/faithfamilyrevw)

1 Entry: Follow EZ Sox on Twitter

1 Entry:Like Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook. Please do not unlike us after the contest is over. Isn’t that a form of dishonesty? Just sayin’. Put yourself in our shoes, ok? Thanks!

1 Entry: Like EZ Sox on Facebook

Editor’s note: We learned recently that Facebook limits the amount of “likes”, so not much we can do besides friend each other. Just let us know in your comment which one you did for us and the giveaway. Thanks!

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 pair of EZ Sox from @EZSOX @faithfamilyrevw! Please share! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=5430 Thx!

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

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

5 Entries: Tell me your favorite thing about Christmas.

Details:

This giveaway will run from November 29th to Tuesday, December 13th at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. EZ Sox will ship one winner their prize. Winner will be contacted via email on or before December 20th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to US.

Thanks and have fun!

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Health And Garden Tuesday: Top 12 Cosmetic Companies Are Actually Harmful

Posted by html404 on November 30, 2010
in All Natural Products, Health & Garden Tuesday, Health and Garden Tuesday

Here is a list of 12 cosmetic companies that are actually harmful. These may be popular, but they are actually very harmful to your body.

Here is a list of the top 12 cosmetic companies:

1. Maybelline *
2. Mary Kay *
3. Estee Lauder *
4. Lancome
5. Clinique
6. L’Oreal
7. Chanel
8. Max Factor
9. Cover Girl *
10. Neutrogena
11. Revlon
12. Avon *

And here is our list of how harmful they are:

12- Mary Kay- Mary Kay is the lowest of all the cosmetic companies that are harmful. Only a 7. But that’s still pretty hazardous. (see here)

11- Maybelline-Maybelline’s products aren’t that pretty either. Their product that contains the most toxins reaches a 8 on the “scale”. (see here)

10- Lancome- Some of Lancome’s products also reach a rating of 8. (see here)

9- Chanel- Chanel also reaches a bad rating for quite a few of their products. They get a 8. (see here)

8- Clinique- It seems 8 is a popular number as Clinique also reaches a 8 on the scale.(see here)

7- Max Factor- Most of Max Factors products are either a 7 or a 8 on Cosmetic Database. (see here)

6- Neutrogena- Neutrogena’s products aren’t good for your body as they reach a 9 on Cosmetic Database. (see here)

5- ESTÉE LAUDER- ESTÉE LAUDER also has some 0 rated products but, they also have some pretty nasty ratings as well on Cosmetic Database. Including some 9’s.(see here)

4- Avon- Avon has some products that are ranked as a 0 on Cosmetic Database. But if you got to the second page you’ll see plenty of 7’s, 8’s, and 9’s. So I’ll have to watch what I buy from them! (see here)

3- Cover Girl- This may be a shocker but Cover Girl is a 9 as well. Some of their products are a okay rating but we found ALOT of their products are either a 7,8, or 9. (see here)

2- Loreal- Loreal also has plenty of products with a toxic rating of 6,7,8,9, and 10! (see here)

1- Revlon- And the big the most toxic cosmetic company on our list is….. REVLON! Yep, although this comapny has SOME non-toxic products. 500 + of their products are either a 6,7,8,9, or 10! (see here)

Happy Tuesday!

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12 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 8- five ACCESSORIES Prize Pack

Posted by html404 on November 29, 2010
in Eco Friendly Products, Fashion, Giveaways, Giving Back/Charity

Congratulations to Yona! You won this giveaway! Winner chosen by Random.org. Thanks to all who entered and to five ACCESSORIES for sponsoring this great giveaway!!!

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to YOU! This fun prize pack from five ACCESSORIES!

This prize pack contains items from five’s Off the Street Collection, which is handmade by StreetWise vendors in Chicago out of recycled street refuse. These vendors, many of whom come from impoverished backgrounds, work for five ACCESSORIES to earn their income. five’s mission is to create income generating programs, donate a large portion of their sales to charity and foster the use of sustainable materials in fashion. What a great mission, eh?

1 Off The Street Picture Frame

1 Bottle Cap Necklace

2 Pop Top Bracelets

Retail value: $35

Enter to win this prize pack!

Mandatory Entry:Tell me why you want to win!

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 five ACCESSORIES on Twitter

1 Entry:Like Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook. Please do not unlike us after the contest is over. Isn’t that a form of dishonesty? Just sayin’. Put yourself in our shoes, ok? Thanks!

1 Entry: Like five ACCESSORIES on Facebook

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

2 Entries: Follow five ACCESSORIES on their Charity Handbags Blogger Blog.

2 Entries: Follow five ACCESSORIES on their Eco Friendly Handbags Blogger blog.

5 Entries: Sign up for five ACCESSORIES newsletter

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 prize pack from @fiveaccessories @faithfamilyrevw! Please share! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=5843 Thx!

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

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

5 Entries: Tell me your favorite thing about Christmas.

Details:

This giveaway will run from November 28th to Monday,December 12th at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. I will ship one winner their prize pack. Winner will be contacted via email on or before December 20th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to US.

Thanks and have fun!

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Monday Motivation

Posted by html404 on November 29, 2010
in Blog Stuff, Cleaning

Sorry I missed last week’s Monday Motivation, but things really haven’t changed much. We had a busy week working on blog stuff, giveaways, writing reviews, besides getting ready for Thanksgiving. Plus this week I am back to work full throttle with my client I took some time off from (but still worked 4-8 hours/week so it really wasn’t a vacation. It was a semi vacation.)

Monday Motivation two weeks ago:

~ Cleaning and purging. Cleaning Walls and hoping to start painting! But I fully realize that my aspirations are much greater than I could ever humanly accomplish with this large family of mine. So by God’s grace, I will get done what I am meant to get done. Some of the walls got cleaned….and got dirtied again…as far as we’ve got. I received a Merry Maids gift card in the mail that I fully intend to use in December! Thanks to the Munchkins, Inc. (I cannot even remember what I did, but I did something in the blogging world and forgot about this little stipend of a Merry Maids gift card. What a wonderful surprise to find that envelope in the mail! I have never had a cleaning company come in and clean my home so this will be a new experience. I feel like I have to clean in order for them to clean! Bizzare, I know. Anyone ever use a cleaning service before?

~ I start a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) course this week and have a few meetings away from home. Thankfully, my husband’s work schedule is flexible that he is able to be with the children while I am gone.This went really well. Sir Eats Alot did great at my four hour meeting and again in the evening during my class. The class is going to be very beneficial, I think. Looking forward to the next 8 or 9 classes spread out over the next few months.

~ Finish up our business plan finally and finally submit it. This is my weekdend project.

~ Get to the Thrift Store. Nope, didn’t get there. Too many things at home to keep us busy.

~ 77Kids holiday charity event! Looking forward to that! Thanks to The Motherhood and 77Kids. As you already know, we enjoyed this outing very much.

Hope you all are staying motivated as we head into winter. I’d love to hear some of your ideas for staying on top of things and keeping your motivation running so you remain an effective mommy/parent/friend/sister/daughter etc.

This week’s Motivation:

~ Ongoing: Cleaning and purging. Cleaning Walls and hoping to start painting! But I fully realize that my aspirations are much greater than I could ever humanly accomplish with this large family of mine. So by God’s grace, I will get done what I am meant to get done.

~ Finish up our business plan finally and finally submit it. I really mean it this time. My laptop crashed this week so I even paid to have my hard drive ripped so I could finish it this past weekend. My goal is November 30th at the latest.

~ Get to the Thrift Store and YMCA.

~ Play Christmas music every day and watch at least one classic Christmas movie.

~ Hopefully get my laptop back in one piece saving on the expense of purchasing another one. If we do have to purchase another one, we are going to get a Mac (Apple MacIntosh). We’ve heard how little they crash.

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Closed12 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 7- AFAZE

Posted by html404 on November 28, 2010
in Fashion, Girl Stuff, Giveaways

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

Sorry, yesterday we were busy Christmas tree hunting, cutting and decorating that I did not get to post our seventh day of Christmas Giveaways in time. So we’ll feature 6 and 7 today.

Anyhow, todays giveaway is for:

A 3 Row Chain Necklace with Daggers and Balls from Afaze AND 5 Dagger Earrings on Chains also from Afaze.

3 Row Chain Necklace with Daggers and Balls

5 Dagger Earrings on Chains

Estimated value: $16.00

Enter to win this prize pack for you, your teen, niece, special friend, or sister!

Mandatory Entry:Tell me why you want to win!

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 Afaze on Twitter

1 Entry:Like Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook. Please do not unlike us after the contest is over. Isn’t that a form of dishonesty? Just sayin’. Put yourself in our shoes, ok? Thanks!

1 Entry: Like Afaze 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 necklace and earring set from @shopafaze @faithfamilyrevw! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=4124 Please share! Thx!

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

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

5 Entries: Tell me your favorite thing about Christmas.

Details:

This giveaway will run from November 27th to Sunday, December 11th at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Afaze will ship 1 winner a 3 Row Chain Necklace with Daggers and Balls as well as a 5 Dagger Earrings on Chains. Winner will be contacted via email on or before December 15th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to US.

Thanks and have fun!

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Closed12 Days of Christmas Giveaways – Day 6- Lemon Pepper Panko Review & Giveaway

Posted by html404 on November 28, 2010
in Food and Treats

Congratulations to Karen! You won this giveaway! (and no we aren’t rigging this Random.org really likes Karen! The secret is to tweet, tweet, tweet!)

Thanks to General Mills for providing me with information and for providing product for review and giveaway through MyBlogSpark. 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.

Sorry, yesterday we were busy Christmas tree hunting, cutting and decorating that I did not get to post our seventh day of Christmas Giveaways in time. So we’ll feature 6 and 7 today.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to YOU! Lemon Pepper Panko & a Cookbook by Chef Chiarello!

The chef’s secret is out – panko is in! A longtime secret of Japanese cuisine, panko is now a pantry staple for creating perfect crispiness in any dish. This past October, Lemon Pepper joined the ranks of Progresso’s line of panko bread crumbs, which includes Original and Italian flavors.

Whether frying, baking or broiling, this culinary superstar adds a flavorful crunch to create simple, savory recipes. Made from the soft, tender centers of the bread, Progresso Lemon Pepper Panko combines the perfect crunch with effortless flavor to give any dish that extra punch. The large, flaky crumb has a coarser texture than traditional bread crumbs, delivering a lighter, crunchier coating or topping.

My Review:

I was sent Lemon Pepper Panko breadcrumbs and an autographed copy of chef Chiarello’s new cookbook: Michael Chiarello’s Bottega.

I thought that the cookbook was very well written, and I liked that it included a lot of wonderful Italian recipes.

Our family really liked the Lemon Pepper Panko breadcrumbs. We used ours to make breaded chicken and we liked how easy it was to use these bread crumbs. We also loved the taste! Yummy! They were a little hot on the tender tongues of the little ones, but the rest of us loved them. Everyone wanted seconds. Even my husband who tends to be skeptical about new foods loved the Lemon Pepper Panko bread crumbs! The bread crumbs were so tasty that we didn’t have any leftover chicken! Boo hoo, as we tend to like leftovers around here so we don’t have to cook again! Thankfully everyone’s tummy was satisfied.

On to the giveaway:

Enter to win a Lemon Pepper Panko breadcrumbs and an autographed copy of chef Chiarello’s new cookbook: Michael Chiarello’s Bottega!

Mandatory Entry:Tell me why you want to win!

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:Like Faith and Family Reviews on Facebook. Please do not unlike us after the contest is over. Isn’t that a form of dishonesty? Just sayin’. Put yourself in our shoes, ok? Thanks!

strong>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 lemon pepper panko bread crumbs @faithfamilyrevw! http://faithandfamilyreviews.com/?p=5078 Please share! Thx!

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

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

5 Entries: Tell me your favorite thing about Christmas.

Details:

This giveaway will run from November 27th to Sunday, December 11th at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. MyBlogSpark will ship 1 winner a box of Lemon Pepper Panko bread crumbs as well as an autographed copy of chef Chiarello’s new cookbook: Michael Chiarello’s Bottega. Winner will be contacted via email on or before December 15th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered to US.

Thanks and have fun!

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