CostumeSquad T-Shirt Review & Giveaway ****CLOSED****



For this review I chose a T-Shirt that I liked and wanted to try. When I ordered it I was forgetting that I am 33 weeks pregnant and have a huge belly at the moment. So my shirt I am not able to wear until after the baby gets here unless I stretch the shirt and that I don't want to do. So I will be giving my opinion on the shirt I got based on looks, feel and the other shirts my Husband and Brother-In-Law received from sister companies. CostumeSquad has a Huge selection of funny costume shirts as well as costumes! The shirt I chose for myself was this one:

The shirt is made of super soft cotton, and is not a cheaply made shirt by no means. My husband said how comfortable his T-Shirt was that I got him and by the textures of the shirts this one feels just a comfy and I am wishing I could wear it. CostumeSquad carries a variety of shirts 80's T-Shirts, Funny T-Shirts and Tuxedo T-Shirts!

You can purchase your own Bayside Tigers T-Shirt from CostumeSquad for $19.99! Or any other T-Shirt for that matter, the quality is excellent!!

Or, CostumeSquad has generously offered one lucky follower a FREE $19.99 or Less T-Shirt of their choice!

RULES:

You cannot have won a shirt from CostumeSquad, CrazyDog T-Shirts or Nachomamatees or have been sent a shirt for promotional purposes in the last 90 days to enter this giveaway.

You also must complete the Mandatory Entry for any Extra Entries to be counted.

You must leave a email address with each entry.

GIVEAWAY!! ***CLOSED***

Mandatory Entry:

~ Follow me via Google Friend Connect and tell me what T-Shirt you would like if you win (+1)

Extra Entries:

~ Like CostumeSquad on Facebook and thank them for this giveaway (+1)

~ "Share" one of the products on the CostumeSquad Website. The buttons for these are on all product detail pages, above the main image (+1)

~ Like the Andersons Angels Facebook page and say "Hi" (+1)

~ Post about this giveaway on your Facebook status, tagging CostumeSquad and Andersons Angels noting that the giveaway is on the Blog and leave me a link to find it please (+3)

~ Grab my Button and leave me a link to find it (+3)

~ Follow Andersons Angels on Networked Blogs (+2)

I was not paid to give this review or giveaway. The review item was sent to me free of charge. All opinions are mine. I try to be honest when giving a review. This giveaway will end on January 7, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST. Winner will be chosen randomly by Random.org. I will email the winner, and they have 48 hours to respond to my email with their mailing information. If there is no response within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Giveaway items will be mailed to winner by CostumeSquad!

Nachomamatees T-Shirt Review & Giveaway ***CLOSED***

My husband is a very down to earth guy who you usually won't find wearing funny or crazy t-shirts. He is a business man who dresses the part the majority of the time even at home. But he does love to come home after a long day and get into some more relaxed and comfortable clothes. Nachomamatees has a Huge selection of the funniest shirts! For this review, I chose a t-shirt in my Husbands size that I thought he would enjoy wearing around the house especially with it being the Holidays and our two boys getting excited about Santa coming. I love to include as many people in the family as I can into my reviews, and he was happy to be getting a new shirt! I chose this T-Shirt for him:

I made my Husband and Brother-In-Law wear the t-shirts I picked out for them on Christmas Day so I could get some pic's of them in the shirts. The t-shirt is made of super soft cotton, and is not a cheap shirt. My husband said he loved how soft the shirt was compared to some of his other t-shirts. Nachomamatees carries a variety of shirts 80's T-Shirts, Crazy T-Shirts and Custom T-Shirts!

You can purchase your own Santa Suit T-Shirt from Nachomamatess for $14.99! Or any other T-Shirt for that matter, the quality is excellent!

Or, Nachomamatees has generously offered one lucky follower the choice of a FREE $15.99 or less T-Shirt of their choice!

Rules:
You cannot have won a shirt from Nachomamatees, CrazyDog T-Shirts or CostumeSquad or have been sent a shirt for promotional purposes in the last 90 days to enter this giveaway.
You also must complete the Mandatory Entry for any extra entries to be counted.
You must leave a email address with each entry!

GIVEAWAY!! ***CLOSED***

Please read the Giveaway Rules listed above before entering this giveaway!

Mandatory Entry

~ Follow me via Google Friend Connect publicly and tell me what T-Shirt you would like if you win (+1)

Extra Entries

~ Like CrazyDog T-Shirts on Facebook and thank them for this giveaway (Nachomamatees is owned by CrazyDog T-Shirts) (+1)

~ "Share" one of the products on the Nachomamatees website. The buttons for these are on all product detail pages, above the main image (+1)

~ Like Andersons Angels on Facebook and say "Hi" (+1)

~ Post about this giveaway on your Facebook status, tagging CrazyDog T-Shirts and Andersons Angels and stating that the giveaway is on the Blog and leave a link to the status so I can find it please (+3)

~ Grab my Button and leave a link so I can find it (+3)

~ Follow Andersons Angels via Networked Blogs (+2)

I was not paid to give this review or giveaway. The review item was sent to me free of charge. All opinions are mine and my families. I try to be honest when giving a review. This giveaway will end on January 14, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST. Winner will be chosen randomly by Random,org. I will email the winner , and they have 48 hours to respond to my email with their mailing information. If there is no response within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Giveaway items will be mailed to the winner by Nachomamatees!

CrazyDog T-Shirt Review & Giveaway ***CLOSED***

My child at heart Brother-In-Law loves funny, crazy t-shirts! He is always looking for something new and silly to wear that will make people smile and laugh! CrazyDog T-Shirts has a Huge selection of the funniest shirts! For this review, I chose a t-shirt for my brother-in-law. I love to include as many people in my family as I can into my reviews, and he was excited to be getting a new shirt! I chose this shirt for him: This Guy loves Hostess.

I made my husband and brother-in-law wear their shirts I picked out for them on Christmas Day so I could get some pics of them in the shirts. The T-shirt is made of super soft cotton, and is not a cheaply made shirt. CrazyDog T-Shirts carries a variety of shirts, 80's T-Shirts, Movie T-Shirts, and Retro T-Shirts!

You can purchase your own This Guy loves Hostess T-Shirt from CrazyDog T-Shirts for $18.99! Or any other t-shirt for that matter, the quality of their shirts is excellent!

Or, CrazyDog T-Shirts has generously offered one lucky follower a Free $19.99 or less T-Shirt of their choice!

RULES: You cannot have won a shirt from CrazyDog, Nachomamatess or CostumeSquad or have been sent a shirt for promotional purpose in the last 90 days to enter this giveaway.
You also have to do the Mandatory Entry for Extra Entries to count!
You must leave a email address with each entry!

GIVEAWAY!! ***CLOSED***

Please read the Giveaway Rules listed above before entering this giveaway! Thank You!

Mandatory Entry:

~ Follow me via Google Friend Connect publicly and tell me which T-Shirt you would like if you win (+1)

Extra Entries:

~ Like CrazyDog T-Shirts on Facebook and thank them for this giveaway (+1)

~ "Share" one of the products on the CrazyDog T-Shirt website. The buttons for these are on all product detail pages, above the main image. (+1)

~ Like the Andersons Angels Facebook page and "say Hi" (+1)

~ Post about this giveaway on Facebook status; making sure to note that it's on my blog and tagging CrazyDog T-Shirts and Andersons Angels and leave me a link to the post. (+3)

~ Grab my button and leave me a link to where I can find it (+2)

~ Follow me via Networked blogs (+2)

~ Send someone *NEW* to Andersons Angels and make sure they leave your name in their mandatory post so you can get credit and you will need to leave their name as well in your post stating you sent them (+2)

I was not paid to give this review or giveaway. The review item was sent to me free of charge. All opinions are mine and my families. I try to be honest when giving a review. This giveaway will end on January 21, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST. The winner will be chosen randomly by Random.org. I will email the winner, and they will have 48 hours to respond to my email with their mailing information. If there is no response within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Giveaway items will be mailed to the winner by CrazyDog T-Shirts!

Zizzies and Izzies Giveaway ******CLOSED*******

I was recently given the opportunity to host this giveaway in place of a friend who has taken ill. My friend came across Shelley's site, "Zizzies and Izzies". Shelley is a stay-at-home mom who was inspired by her kids to start making reusable, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective products. Shelly spends her evenings sewing and her weekends as a craft fair road warrior! While browsing Shelly's site you will lots of cute items from Fleece Soakers, Children's aprons, and lots more very cute made with love items.

Set of Two Fleece Soakers $15.00

Set of Three Camo Fleece Soakers $21.00

Childs Apron/Art Smock $10.00

And be sure to visit Shelly's site:

Zizzies and Izzies

Items range from $5 - $21

Or you could win...

Giveaway ***CLOSED***

There will be TWO Winners for this giveaway.

What: A 5pk of Cloth Wipes - winner can choose print

Who: Us Only

How: You must enter the mandatory entries for any of the extra entries to be considered valid.

Please include your email with each entry.

Mandatory Entries:
+1 Follow "Andersons Angels" via Google Friend Connect
+1 Visit Shelly's Etsy Shop and tell me your favorite item.

Extra Entries:
+1 "Heart" "Zizzies and Izzies" on Etsy
+1 "Like" "Andersons Angels" on Facebook
+1 For each person you refer to "Andersons Angels"; but they have to leave your name in there post as well as you leave the persons name in your post.
+1 Post about the giveaway on facebook with a link to the giveaway, then leave a comment with a link to your post.
+3 Blog about the giveaway and include a link to your post.
+2 Have my button and leave me a link to find it
+2 Follow me via NetWorked Blogs

Giveaway will end December 31st 2010 @ 11:59 PM EST.

Winners will be picked randomly and will be e-mailed.

If you win you will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Go Green ~ Homemade Decorative Jars

So we are short on funds this year for Christmas so I got the idea to take empty pickle, salsa and jelly jars and turn them into decorative candy jars. This ended up being more of a struggle then I thought it would be, not because the project was hard but because my Mother In Law kept trying to recycle all my glass jars. She couldn't get it that I needed them for a project she kept telling me there was nothing that I could possibly do with them. Wait till she sees her gift then she'll think otherwise. lol This project is very simple any can be done anytime of the year to be used as gifts. They do not have to be candy jars depending on the size they can hold pens/pencils, paperclips, potpourri just about anything actually.

I started by washing and drying the jars. I didn't worry about taking off the labels because they were gonna be covered up anyways. Next I gathered up all my supplies which are things you can find typically in your house especially if you have kids. Next I started going through old magazines I used Birds & Blooms to find pictures that I wanted to use. After finding my pictures and cutting them out I began to construct the jars. I glued the pictures onto the jar and lids and let dry. Once the pictures were dry I then took gold glitter paint and splotch over the picture to give it a glitter look without having to worry about glitter going everywhere by using lose glitter and then I left them dry. After they were all dried I put a piece of cinnamon applesauce ornament that I made with my boys in them to get rid of the pickle or salsa smell. You could also use a small orange with cloves in it just set it in the jar and put the lid on for a day.

Here are the supplies you need to do this craft:
Empty washed out jars
Glue - I used regular Elmer's

scissors

paint brush and paint sponge
gold glitter paint
old magazines

Finished Product:

If you decide to make one of these please send a picture of it and I will post it under my Crafty You section. Also let me know what you used your jar for. Email the picture to andersonsangels2010@gmail.com .

Looking for Other Pregnant-Moms Input

I am currently 31 weeks pregnant and leaking pretty good on a daily basis. The problem is if I go without a bra I soak my shirt if I wear a bra it makes my nipples very sore. I wondered if there were any other expecting moms going through this and what your doing to help either relieve the leaking or the sore nipples. Also Pumpkins bottom is raw and very sore I am using baby powder on it and letting it soak while he in the tub but it does not seem to help. What are some things that you do to help with sore bottoms on a 3 year old?

Leftover Dilemma

So I made Chili the other evening for dinner my husband was super happy the boys not so happy. So needless to say we had a lot of leftover Chili now my problem was figuring out a way to use it up. I have noticed in the past when we have leftovers they typically end up in the trash can which is a waste of money and food and I was not happy about that all. We are currently on a very tight budget so wasting food was upsetting me it was like just taking our money and throwing it the trash can. So my husband and I sat down and tried to come up with a solution to this problem. Here are what we came up with depending on what the leftover was. Putting in individual servings like frozen dinner portions and freezing them which works great because then my husband has food to take to work and were not running around trying to put something together for him. Coming up with new recipes to use the leftovers in and here are a few we came up with for the chili.

1. Chili tacos w/Rice- which were a huge hit with the boys they loved them :)
2. Chili Cheese Dogs - which were also a hit with the boys
3. Chili Spaghetti - also a hit
4. Chili Mac-n-Cheese - the boys were OK with this one but not there favorite
5. Chili Cheese Fries - were a huge hit and a special treat we baked the fries though did not deep fry
6. Taco Salads - Were a hit seeing as my me and boys love salads

Theses are just some ideas that we came up with for the leftover chili. If you have any other suggestions or recipes to use for leftovers please share them, or if you have a leftover dilemma post it here and we can all work together to try and get rid of the leftover dilemma and help each other stop throwing our money in the trash. :-)

Winner of the Gaddy Nipper Crayons

So who is the Winner of the $10 Gift Certificate to

Gaddy Nipper Crayons????

Out of 69 entries random.org picked...

#24- Leslie Block who said...

LOVE love love the batman crayons, and so would my son Billy!

Congratulations!!!

You will have 48 hours to claim your prize...

If unclaimed then I will pick another winner.



***CLOSED*** Gaddy Nipper Crayon Review/Giveaway

"Gaddy Nipper Crayons "was created by Nichole Heitz in 2008 as an Internet based company

that recycled old crayons into new fun shapes. Today her company has grown and now

upcycles new crayons. She only uses the best Crayola crayons and can turn them into almost 

any shape imaginable. Some of the shapes include your name in crayons, Princess, Fire

Trucks, Farm Yard and much more!

I was privileged enough to receive the Gaddy Nipper Mustache Crayons for Bubba and Pumpkin

to try out. The crayons are also the perfect size for a toddler or school age child's hands. They also

color just as you would expect any Crayola crayon to color.They are also nice and thick so

they are not easily breakable like most other crayons.

Be sure to think of Gaddy Nipper Crayons when planning party favors for your next birthday,

graduation, anniversary, or holiday parties!

So jump on over to the "Gaddy Nipper Crayon" Etsy Shop and buy some crayons they would

make a perfect stocking stuffer...

Or you could win some!!!

GIVEAWAY

What: $10 Gift Certificate to use at Gaddy Nipper Crayons Etsy Shop

Who: This giveaway is open to the United States!

How:

You must enter the mandatory entries for any of the extra entries to be considered valid.

The "+1 & +2" are how many entries you receive for completing that task. 

If it says +2 you would be leaving two separate comments for that task.

Please include your e-mail with each entry.

Mandatory Entries:

+1 Follow "Andersons Angels" via Google Friend Connect Publicly

+1 Visit "Gaddy Nipper Crayons" Etsy Shop and tell me your favorite item.

Extra Entries:

+1 "Like" "Andersons Angels" on facebook

+1 Add "Gaddy Nipper Crayons" as a friend on facebook and thank them for this giveaway (if you already did this I will still count it)
+1 "Like "Anderson Baskets" on facebook
+1 For each dollar you spend at Gaddy Nipper Crayons Etsy Shop.

+2 Post about the giveaway on facebook tagging "Andersons Angels" & "Gaddy Nipper Crayons" with a link to the giveaway, then leave a comment with a link to your post. (This can be done once a day for extra entries) (if this was already done I will still count them)

+1 Follow "Gaddy Nipper Crayons" on blogspot via Google Friend Connect

+1 Blog about the giveaway and include a link to your post

+2 Put my button on your blog or somewhere I can find and leave link to it.
+2 Follow me via Networked Blog on the right

Giveaway will end December 10th 2010 @ 11:59PM EST.

Winner will be picked randomly and will be e-mailed.

If you win you will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

I was not paid to give this review or giveaway. The review item was sent to me free of charge. All opinions are mine, and mine alone. I try to be very honest when giving a review.

Review/ Giveaway

I am working on a great review that will be followed with a great giveaway just in time for Christmas. I will be posting the review and giveaway at the end of this week. So please go and suggest my blog to your friends. ~Thanks

Crazy Thanksgiving

What a crazy Thanksgiving week I've had. My week started off pretty good on Monday. Started baking on Tuesday and got Banana, Banana Bread made, Homemade Chocolate Cake with homemade icing, and sugar cookie lollipop cookies all done. Bubba and Pumpkin helped with the cookies since they were for Bubba's Kindergarten class for his Birthday. Got up Wednesday and headed off to my Mother-In-Laws for a morning of making Apple Pies with my Mother-In-Law and Pumpkin. On the way home Pumpkin and I stopped at the store to pick up a couple things. While in the store Pumpkin slept in the cart the whole time that was the easiest trip I had ever made to the store. When Bubba got home from school we started baking again at this point everything started to go wrong for me. I was using my hand chopper to chop up pretzels for a Jello Dessert I was making. At this point my hand chopper decides to break on the second time I ever use it. :-( So I get my electric chopper out while doing so cute my finger open on the blade. Thinking things couldn't get any worse while using the electric chopper I put to much pressure on my cracked glass stove top and busted it all the way through. Luckily I did not get hurt from the broken glass. Well I should have known to stop at that point, but didn't I kept on preparing the Jello Dessert which ended up being a huge disaster that ended up in the trash. So I moved on with my baking by making an Almond Pound Cake which turned out good. :-) Thanksgiving morning I get up and make a Coffee Cake to take to breakfast with my In-Laws well the batter baked up and over all of the topping on my Coffee Cake and the center of the cake collapsed even though I baked it for a little longer then it called for. At least it tasted good, tasted like a cinnamon roll lol. While at my In-Laws my brother in-law discovered that his parents were not having a Thanksgiving dinner and was bummed that he was gonna miss out on Turkey and all the fixings. So we invited him to go with us to my parents house. When my mom cooks it could feed an army. She is the youngest girl of 12 children so she is used to making and having a lot of food. We had a great time at my parents with family. My Uncle D was up from Florida and Bubba loves when Uncle D is in town because he is named after him. My brother spent most of the evening playing with Bubba and Pumpkin and bugging me; but that's what little brothers do best I guess bug their sisters. But overall I'd have to say though it was crazy in the beginning that it was the best Thanksgiving I've had in years. Now for more fun this weekend with a Thanksgiving and Cookie Baking Party with friends from church and Bubba's 6th birthday party. Looking forward to spending more time with my great family and friends this weekend. Feel free to post your crazy Thanksgiving stories as well. :-)

Cookie Baking with Bubba

The other evening Bubba and I decided to make his dads favorite cookie Snickerdoodles as a surprise for him. Didn't take dad long to figure out we were up to something and came to see what we were doing in the kitchen. So all the pictures of the cookie making are thanks to dad for being curious.
I wanted to make a cookie with Bubba that would be easy enough for him to help with and gave him his own job as well; other then putting ingredients in the mixer.

So we got started on our cookies and having fun with just talking and being silly in the kitchen. I have to admit one of my favorite times with my family is in the kitchen. So after a little being silly and working on getting the cookie dough together we got to Bubbas job.

 Rolling the balls of dough in the cinnamon and sugar mixture; which ended up being harder then what I thought it'd be because he wanted to lick the cinnamon and sugar off his fingers so needless to say he made many trips to wash his hands.

As you can tell Bubba was loving the taste of the cinnamon and sugar. So after a final hand washing and getting all the cookies ready to go in the oven we had the hard part of waiting for them to get done. Bubba sat in front of the oven for awhile watching the cookies bake and keep asking "are they done yet, I wanna eat one". So when they finally came out of the oven and cooled just enough to be eaten there were hands everywhere going after the warm cookies. If you'd like this finger licking cookie recipe it is located under my Recipes tab.



Hand & Footprint Turkey Craft

The other day Pumpkin and I were bored and looking for something to do whie his brother was at school. Pumpkin didn't want to bake cookies so I was trying to figure something else out to do. I ended up deciding to do a fun Thanksgiving craft with him that I use to do with the kids when I worked at a daycare. Pumpkin loved getting his hands and feets traced. He keep giggling say "it tickle Mommy".

It is a fun craft to do with all ages the older the children are the more they can help with it though. You can take the finished product and add a little piece of Magnet on the back to make it a Magnet for your Fridge. I would suggest putting contact paper on the turkey if you want to use it as a magnet though so it will stay nice for years to come. Also if you wanted you could frame the turkey by giving your child a piece of paper to decorate and then glue the turkey to the paper put a date on it and frame it. I would love to see the turkeys you do with your children, send me a picture of them and i'll post them on my blog under the Crafty You Page. andersonsangels2010@gmail.com
The directions and supply list for this craft are under my Family Crafts Section.

Tom The Turkey

So Bubba comes home with a family project to do for his Kindergarten class. Our family is to disguise Tom the turkey so he wont get eaten for Thanksgiving. I ask Bubba what he wants to disguse Tom as and he says "a cowboy mommy lets disguse him as a cowboy". So I made up cowboy clothes for Tom along with some feathers, because without the feathers Tom looked like a chicken. So after Bubba got his homework done and I got all Toms clothes cut out we started to assemble him. Once we got Tom done he was very cute and ended up being a big hit in Bubbas Kindergarten class.

Trip to the apple orchard

We decided this year to take a family trip to the apple orchard for their family fun day to do some apple picking. So we loaded up my in-laws van and all headed off to Monroes Apple Orchard in Hiram, Oh. We ended up being blessed with a beautiful fall day even though we could see rain clouds in the distance we never felt a drop while we were there.

So we all loaded up on the hay wagon to take a ride out into the apple orchard to start picking our apples. We enjoyed the secnary of the orchard while on the hayride. The boys were having fun playing with the lose hay. Once we got out into the orchard we all felt like kids in a candy store looking for that perfect piece, but instead of being the perfect piece of candy it was the perfect apple. My boys were wanting to eat all the apples right off the trees instead of putting them in our bag to take home.

So we finally got our bag full of apples to take home. But before leaving the orchard we had to take part in some of the family fun day events. Like making sure we got our Free apple cider, apple, apple bread and apple fritter samples yummy. The boys also got their faces painted, some yummy treats from the amish ladies that were there selling baked goods and of course we had to watch the making of the apple cider and buy a few jugs to bring home. They make the best apple cider there. When we got home we ended up using the apples to make four apple pies and homemade apple juice. All I can say is it was a trip to the apple orchard that I will never forget because it was with my wonderful family.