The Flower Bracelet $10
The Flower bracelet adds color and life to a neutral or dark outfit. Made of natural wood with handpainted blue and white flowers on each square block. On SALE from $15 to $10.
I liked that this bracelet was handmade and that the flowers where hand painted. I love flowers and this definitely attracted my eye. It has a nice loose fit, is very pretty and is one of my favorites out of five’s bracelets!
The Wood and Pearl Bracelet $10.00
“Oval-shaped wood sections are united with small beads in between and finished with a circular shaped pearl overlay. Elastic provides stretch. From our Bali Collection.”
This bracelet was very comfy and did not scratch my arm at all. It has a nice look and feel to it! I like it alot and will be wearing it alot this summer. It adds a really nice touch to any summer outfit.
Do Good Day was an event sponsored by 77 Kids/American Eagle and TheMotherhood.com that we were privileged to participate in on July 14th, 2010.
Sorry for the delay in getting our update for Do Good Day posted. The last couple of days have been crazy to say the least.
On Wednesday, July 14th, we headed out of our driveway at about 8:40am to head to the city of Chicago to one of the four Ronald McDonald Houses (RMH) located in the city. I thought I was giving myself enough time to account for traffic and construction, which is happening everywhere it seems. However, I actually did not enter the RMH until 11:00am – a half hour after the scheduled time. It took me a half hour to find parking! Thankfully, a delivery truck freed up a parking spot a couple house down from the RMH. I also took the wrong way in so I had to call my GPS husband to get me to where I needed to be from Lakeshore Dr. The children oohhed and ahhhed over the sailboats and Lake Michigan – Note to self: It’s been a long time since we took the children into the city! We need to visit more often! Thankfully, my detour wasn’t what made me late because I arrived at the house at 10:25am. It was the parking. I didn’t allow extra time for parking! Note to self: If I ever drive in the city again, allow time for parking!
At the RMH, we baked thimble cookies and a cake for the families staying at the house. The children had fun baking, playing in the playroom, looking at books, as well as putting together about ten goodie bags for the families we met in the RMH. We couldn’t disturb the families in their rooms, but those we saw wandering in the halls we could give them the treat bags. We also wrote up encouraging notes to leave around the house, but guess what? We forgot to leave them!
After we clean up from our baking fun, RMH staff member, Abena, shared with us a bit of the history and purpose of the RMH and then she took us on a tour of the house. It was very interesting and our children enjoyed it.
Upon leaving the RMH shortly after 1:00pm, Abena took a photo of three of the five mom bloggers and their families in front of the RMH. Then we all headed our separate ways. We arrived back in our hometown to pass out our $77 at our local grocery store at about 2:30pm.
You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to give away a dollar but it was! We spent about an hour at the grocery store before giving up and heading elsewhere. By the end of that hour, my husband was with us to relieve me of being on my feet. Since people were not being very receptive of receiving a dollar my husband suggested going to Walgreens, which only has one door so the innocent folks of our town had no chance of avoiding us with nine people surrounding the doorway!;-) They were much less skeptical as the children shared about their trip to the Ronald McDonald House and more willing to take the money when they found out that it wasn’t the children’s money we were giving away.
In spite of the rejections, once the children gave away the dollars in their hands they came back for more. It was a very good experience for all of us. After all the good they did for Do Good Day and being real troopers in the heat (90 degrees!) we treated the children and ourselves to a frosty from Wendy’s!
Thank you 77 Kids and TheMotherhood.com for the opportunity to partner with you for Do Good Day!
This event is sponsored by 77Kids.com/American Eagle and TheMotherhood.com
The children and I are excited to be heading out for the morning to bake and make special thank you’s at the families and staff at Ronald McDonald House in Chicago. Upon our return to our town, with the permission of our locally owned grocery store, we will pass out 77 dollar bills!
Let us know if you will be doing something right where you are to celebrate Do Good Day with us! Those who leave a comment will be entered into a drawing here at Faith and Family Reviews for something special for being a participant giving back on Do Good Day! 
Hope to give you updates later today or early tomorrow, complete with photos!
77 Top Mom Bloggers in 11 Cities
To Host the First-Ever “Do Good Day”
Happening on July 14th, 2010
[Pittsburgh and Larchmont, NY] – July 12, 2010 – In eleven cities on July 14, 2010, a total of seventy-seven of the country’s top mom bloggers and their kids will carry out random acts of goodness and kindness on the first-ever “Do Good Day”.
Through a partnership with TheMotherhood and 77kids by american eagle®, Do Good Day will take place in: Boston; Cherry Hill, NJ; Chicago; Danbury; Los Angeles; New York City; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Syracuse; and Washington, DC.
“Mom bloggers and their children have created original, fun, moving ways to do good in their local communities and we are awed by the potential of so many trusted, powerful online voices doing good together, all on the same day,” said Cooper Munroe, co-founder of TheMotherhood.com
Concurrently, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, teams of mom bloggers in each city will do good in ‘pay it forward’ kinds of activities, including:
• In Chicago, the Do Good Day team will visit Ronald McDonald Houses to prepare meals for the families and provide activities.
• In New Jersey, the mom bloggers will set up a “thank you station”, giving people an opportunity to take a few moments to fill out a post card and thank a soldier and/or veteran. They will incorporate fun activities for kids, like face painting, tattoos, etc.
• The L.A. team is heading to Seaside Lagoon, a family beach in Redondo Beach, CA, to pay it forward by making get well cards for the children at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. For every get well card made, kids will receive a 77Kids list of good deeds that can be completed for $1 along with a crisp one dollar bill to pay the good deed forward. Cold Stone Creamery and Ruby’s Diner have partnered with the 7 member L.A. blogger team to reward children participating with ice cream and kid’s meals.
• Team Philadelphia will be “Brightening Someone’s Day” at a retirement community to hand out flowers and other goodies to the residents and deliver special crafts that represent what a parent/grandparent means to the mom bloggers and their kids.
• In Pittsburgh, the Do Good Day team will assemble backpacks filled with school supplies and a “mini mission” (a thank you card and stamp, with instructions to write and send thank you note to someone deserving; paper, crayons and a pre-addressed envelope, with instructions to draw a picture and send it to a resident of an assisted care home, etc.).
Do Good Day is timed to the grand opening of 77kids stores in five cities: Pittsburgh; Cherry Hill, NJ; Danbury, CT; Syracuse; and the Mall of America.
About TheMotherhood.com
TheMotherhood is both an award-winning online community for mothers (www.themotherhood.com) and an agency that conceives and executes highly effective, targeted brand campaigns for moms. The Motherhood has strategic alliances with close to 10,000 active and connected mom bloggers across the country and sparks positive, on-going, two-way conversations between moms and brands and mom-to-mom. The web community, TheMotherhood.com, was a finalist for a Webby Award in 2009 and 2010.
About 77kids by american eagle
77kids by american eagle® offers on-trend, high-quality clothing and accessories in sizes up to 14. American Eagle Outfitters was founded in 1977, which is the inspiration for the 77kids® name. The brand draws from the strong heritage of American Eagle Outfitters, with a point-of-view that’s thoughtful, playful and real. Like American Eagle® clothing, 77kids focuses on great fit, value and style. 77kids by american eagle® is opening its five stores this summer.
Unique store design elements include games projected onto the floor to entertain kids while parents shop and interactive touch screens where customers can:
• See their reflection in a special mirror and interact with a make-believe world of animated characters.
• Select key 77kids outfits which will appear virtually on the user like a digital paper doll.
• Play DJ and eventually select music to be played in the store.
• Pose for photos, which can be customized with personal messages and graffiti, then printed at the checkout area to take home or post in the store.
For more information:
Do Good Day Circle on TheMotherhood.com (visit TheMotherhood for a list of the bloggers)
77kids on Facebook
Contact: TheMotherhood, co-founders
Cooper Munroe Emily McKhann
412-779-9829 917-750-9786
My children and I will be participating in the 77Kids.com and TheMotherhood.com Do Good Day on July 14th in Chicago. There are a total of 11 Chicago area bloggers and their children taking part in this great project!
We will be “Doing Good” for the Ronald McDonald house of Chicago (which Ronald McDonald House TBD). We will be preparing a meal for the families and providing them with some activity and donations of needed items.
Special thanks goes to 77Kids.com and TheMotherhood.com for giving us this opportunity to serve others and to teach our children how to “do good”.
We’d like to encourage you, our readers, to think about “doing good” in your community that day. Whether that be holding the door open for an elderly person or a mom with her hands full of packages, pushing a stroller and chasing a toddler. Whatever you choose to do, please be sure to come back and tell us what you have done. There just may be an extra blessing for doing so!
77kids Website: http://www.ae.com/77kids/index.jsp
77kids on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/77kids
77kids on Twitter: http://twitter.com/77kids
Hashtag: #77kids
77kids at Elizabeth Glaser Pedaids Celebrity Picnic: http://www.fitceleb.com/node/7927
Pop Top Bracelet $5.00
A bracelet made from can pop tops and ribbon. Perfect for the little princess. Handmade by the vendors of StreetWise. Each item comes with the picture and story of the individual who made it. One size fits all wrists. For custom colors and orders please inquire at info@fiveaccessories.com or call 312.504.3483.
This bracelet comes in a lot of different styles and colors (ribbon wise) and you can get custom orders done at the above info. I thought that this bracelet was appealing to the eye and was very fun and cute. Perfect for a child or even fun loving teenage girl! I don’t know if I really would wear this one alot but my children like it.
I received these products in exchange for some work that I did for someone.
Well, this is long overdue review, as I have had these bracelets for awhile now. I was suppose to write this up at about the same time as the recycled picture frame. Regardless, I am doing it now, right?
I like jewelry, but tend to like it in small portions and sizes. For instance, when I was in my teens or early twenties my childless aunt had all of my sisters and female cousins look at her jewelry to tell her what we wanted upon her death (she’s still alive today), I chose my grandmother’s wedding band. My aunt was shocked and asked me if I wanted her huge diamond cluster instead. I told her no that my grandmother’s ring had more meaning to me and the huge diamond just wasn’t me.
So this brings me to my review, the triangular bracelet is bulkier than I would normally wear, but surprisingly it doesn’t feel as bulky as it looks. But it still takes some getting use to when I am use to small chain or bead bracelets. However, it has a comfortable fit and is appealing to the eye. It is made out of solid wood with elastic.
The flowered bracelet has been a favorite of mine since I first learned of five ACCESSORIES, and I actually gave my mother-in-law one for her birthday. She loves blue. I love flowers and this definitely attracted my eye. It has a nice loose fit, is very pretty and is my favorite of the two.
Both are well made and will be a great accessory for nearly any casual outfit.
This interview was conducted before I received any of Mrs. Turbin’s Danny the Dragon products.
FF: I am looking forward to reviewing your products.
TT:Thank you for doing them!
FF: I just have a few questions about your upcoming DVD that is due to be released in March. Official street date is April 14th actually.
FF: Is the DVD an animation or does it have real actors?
TT: Neither, the DVD is the book read aloud by an actress and the DVD has sign interpretation for the deaf.
I am donating the money to the Blossom Montessori School for the deaf as well as for Literacy and Education.
FF: What ages is the DVD geared towards?
TT: 2- 9 years but I have attended many schools with it and the young teens sure love it!
FF: Is there a particular reason that you decided to make a DVD of Danny the Dragon?
TT: Kids love to watch things on TV and computers and I was also asked that I create one off of the book. I also wanted to make something for the deaf as well.
FF: Does the DVD deviate from the book? If so, how?
TT: Not at all. The exact story.
FF: You have included sign language in the DVD. Did you have a personal reason for doing that?
TT: I visited a school to do a reading of my Danny the Dragon book and the school works with kids from very young all through High School and they had a number of deaf students. Carol Downing did the sign while I read to these lovely children. These kids amazed me, the staff inspired me and I walked away from that day with a new view on many aspects, and so did my photographer who came with me for the reading. I got in the car and my ideas starting rolling away on how I could help or do more. I first attended a fund raiser and donated to that and that was not enough. So now we have the DVD as well.
FF: And were actual deaf actors involved? ( please see above)
FF: How was that experience for everyone who participated in the making of the DVD?
TT: We all felt a deep sense of commitment doing it and truly enjoyed working on it. The end was an accomplishment well worth the time and the kids love watching it over and over.
FF: It is great when authors, celebrities and businesses support different causes in the work they are doing. You support the Celiac Foundation and now the deaf; what made you decide to choose these two organizations?
TT: CELIAC: I am passionate about raising awareness to Celiac Disease and the many adverse effects that gluten produces in many children and adult bodies- and even animals! One in every 120-130 people have this disease which means about 2.35-2.85 million Americans to this date have not yet been diagnosed. It takes an average of 4-10 years (depending on who you reference) to be properly diagnosed and in the meantime other auto-immune diseases can begin and a whole mess evolves. People find out about celiac or gluten intolerance and start researching it themselves and bring the topic up to their doctors, after many years of tests and troubles to no resolution. I was one of these people! Also, many kids with autism are taken off of gluten for a very good reason. Much more is on my resource site about these topics: http://GlutenFreeHelp.info DEAF: (Explained above)
FF: I think I have exhausted my question reservoir for the time being. I appreciate the privilege to review your book and DVD, as well as the opportunity to interview you.
TT: I thank you VERY much and you can learn a bit more about me at this site: www.TinaTurbin.com
I love the lost arts and I’d much rather pay a little bit more for something of quality than something that will wear out and we will have have to replace in a year. The thing is, it is getting harder and harder to find certain items that are high quality. I mentioned Krochet Kids in a post on our family blog. Since then I have purchased a couple of their hats for our family and can write a review of them.
I discovered that some of our older children had grown considerably in the past year, resulting in their outgrowing some of their winterwear. I was truly intrigued with Krochet Kids and their mission, so I took the step of faith and ordered two of them. It isn’t that I like paying $30 for a hat, but it’s the concept, the heart and the way a purchase like this gives back to someone in need. I mean true need because it supports the person who made the hat.
I have to say that I am quite impressed by the quality of the hats. Below you will find a couple of “models” wearing the two hats I bought, and yes, I realize that the one “Blondie” is wearing is too big for her, but doesn’t she look cute?
The other picture is one of our male “models” wearing a different style hat. The first one is called The Thomas. It is an acrylic/wool blend and is very thick and warm. These two hats come in a “one size fits most”. The unique thing is that each of the hats have a tag sewn inside with the name of the person who crocheted it. Margaret made the paprika colored 5207.5. Yes, The 5207.5 is the name of the hat. And the care of these hats involves hand washing, but seeing how they are very seasonal, we won’t be washing them very often.
By the way, Krochet Kids made their goal of selling over 2000 hats for their December goal. You can read more about their achievement here. Or copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.krochetkids.org/home.php
