Winners *

Congrats to the 3 winners of  The Fantastic Mr. Fox dvd :

1. Cheryl W.
2. Patti Bright
3. Tania

Also, congrats to the 2 winners of the Smoky Eye kits from CoverGirl :

1. Cat @  3 kids and us
2. J

To claim your prizes, please email me your addresses to plussizemommy@gmail.com  within 48 hours of now. After 48 hours new winners may be drawn. Thank you all for entering and Congrats again to the winners.. Enjoy!

The Plus Size Mommy

*Fantastic Mr. Fox and CoverGirl Smoky Eye Kits are being sent to the winners at no charge to me.I was sent a gift card from Covergirl and Collective Bias to shop for the Smoky Eye Kits, and also for my time. My opinions and anything I say about the Kits is my own. I always give my honest opinions on anything I review. Fantastic Mr. Fox dvd was also sent to me at no charge to review.

CoverGirl Smoky Eye Kits Giveaway*

 

 

 

When I was at the Blissdom Conference in Nashville last month, they had a booth where they conducted  Covergirl Smoky eye’s on all the ladies who attended the conference.

All attendee’s also were given a Smoky Eye Kit from Covergirl in our take home swag bags.

 

 

 

 

Here is Me getting my Smoky Eye Look On :

 

 

 

 

BEFORE

 

 

 

 

 

DURING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFTER

 

 

(ALL PHOTO”S Courtesy of Brad Lawless from Collective Bias)
Aren’t I just beautiful with my new Smoky Eye Look ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had also been sent a gift card from my wonderful relationship with Collective Bias to shop for a Covergirl  Smoky Eye Kit.  Here is a Whrrl of my shop :

 

 

I wasn’t able to find the kits at my local Walmart, but they do sell them online here : http://digg.com/u1ONVm

 

 

The kits come in BOLD, Glamorous, and Natural Looks. They retail for about $16.50 each.

You can also WIN a kit here !!!

 

 

Here is how to win :

1. Comment and tell me which kit you would try if you win Natural, Glamorous, or Bold ? = 1 entry.

2. Fave my site on momfaves – comment and let me know you have = 1 entry

3. Fave Covergirl Smokyeye’s on momfaves – comment and let me know you have = 1 entry

4. FAN my Facebook page : you can do that by clicking on “Follow this blog” over on my sidebar or by going to Facebook and following The Plus Size Mommy.- Comment and let me know you did = 1 entry.

5. Use stumbleupon, technorati, digg for this site/post. – comment letting me know which you have done = 1 entry per way.

6. Tweet the following on Twitter – ” Win a @Covergirl #Smokyeye kit on @plussizemommy ’s Blog here : http://digg.com/u1ONgJ ” – Tweet up to 3 times per day = up to 3 entries per day. Please comment leaving tweet thread, and please leave separate comments for each entry.

 

This giveaway starts NOW and will end on 3/5/2010 at 7PM EST. TWO winners will be selected via random.org.
Winners MUST be subscribers to this blog to win. Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prizes. If you enter to win, please check back here by 3/6 for winners names to be posted.

Thank you for entering and Good Luck!

 

The Plus Size Mommy

*I was sent a gift card from Covergirl and Collective Bias to shop for the Smoky Eye Kits, and also for my time. My opinions and anything I say about the Kits is my own. I always give my honest opinions on anything I review.

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Nikon Festival

Nikon announced the Nikon Festival, an online video/film festival created for consumers and aspiring filmmakers alike. As the first company to offer video capability on a still camera (the Nikon D90), the Nikon Festival was created to celebrate HD video, inspire creativity, empower people to share their POV in 140-seconds of video, and offer a means for aspiring filmmakers and photographers to get their work seen by acclaimed film, photography and technology professionals.

Check out the Nikon Festival here: www.NikonFestival.com

Actor Rainn Wilson (The Office), internet personality Justine Ezarik (iJustine) and professional photographer Chase Jarvis have all submitted personal videos as inspiration as they will also serve as the Festival’s judging panel. What’s great about the Nikon Festival, which runs through Dec. 15, 2009 , is the fact that two winners will be awarded in January 2010. One winner will be selected by the Festival’s judges and be awarded with $100,000 as well as a Nikon D5000 Outfit to continue their filmmaking career. The Audience Award, $25,000 and a Nikon D5000 camera kit, will be presented to the video that receives the most public votes during the audience voting period.

Please follow the Nikon Festival via Twitter (@nikonfestival) and become a fan of the festival’s Facebook page.

Due to the urgent nature of this, because this festival ends on 12/15. I have decided to share this info. with you all right away. More info. from me to follow.

Good Luck in the contest !

The Plus Size Mommy

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Large Format Posters Print Giveaway*

Large Format Posters is sponsoring a great giveaway on this blog. A free High-gloss or Semi-gloss 24×24″ Digitally Printed Wall Graphic for two of my readers and one for myself. Your pictures are so cherished by you and your family for a lifetime and beyond. Don’t miss this chance to win!

What a great giveaway, Print Posters of my family in my living room or maybe Custom Poster Printing of my photos of nature, or maybe one of the kids for Grandma.The toughest part for me is to decide on which photo and whether I should gift it or keep it for myself!

Here Is the one I would like to have printed, so I can always remember meeting Ms. Paula Deen!

Would you like 18×24″ Digitally Printed Poster?

Enter to win one! It’s easy… Here’s how to enter:

Main entry, required —> Just a comment on your post describing what photo you would have printed, and what you will do with it. (ie: hang in family room?, give as a gift?)

For extra entries:
1. Write your own blog post about this giveaway and link back to this post. = 1 bonus entry

2. Tweet the following on twitter: ” Win a large poster print of your favorite photo on @plussizemommy ’s blog, http://is.gd/2NEC0  ends on 9/9/09″  comment here with tweet thread = 1 entry (up to 3 per day please)

3. Email a friend about this giveaway and cc: me on the email, I am xbeth@yahoo.com = 1 entry for each friend you email.

4. technorati, digg, stumble, momfave this blog, comment and let me know you did this = 1 entry for each you do.
This giveaway starts now and ends on Sept. 9th at 8pm Eastern, winners will be announced Sept. 10th. Winners (2) will be chosen by random.org Winners will have 48 hours to email me to claim your prize. (My email = xbeth@yahoo.com) I will NOT be emailing winners, winners will be posted to this site. You must check back to this blog to see if you won.Winners MUST be subscribers to this blog to be eligible to win any prize from any contest.
Open to US  Residents
There will be a $5 handling fee.

Thank you for entering and Good Luck !

The Plus Size Mommy

Transparentcy & Bloggers

You may have recognized lately that I have started to include an  ” * ” asterisk in some of my posts. Usually these are the posts where I do a review on a product. Then I tell you a bit about the product and what I liked about it, and sometimes what I didn’t.

Recently there has been a big bru ha ha about bloggers and especially mommy bloggers and transparently and the FDA.  Well to conform to be as transparent as possible with my readers I am now adding the ” *  ” asterisk symbol to any products that I review on my blog, where the company has actually sent me the product to review and tell you about. Or if they gave me a trip or provided a service for free. I usually include  in my posts that the company sent me “xyz” anyways, but now it will be real clear to everyone!

I will still be truthful in my posting as always. If I feel the product can be better or have some changes made to it, to make life simpler, I will still be letting you know. I will still be reviewing products or services that I believe will benefit you, my reader, or help others, such as a fundraising event or cause.  Just because a company sends me a free product to review doesn’t mean I am going to lie and give it hype it doesn’t deserve. After all what good would that do ?  You may go purchase that product, get it and it wont live up to what I said, all that will do is make you quit subscribing from my blog. Therefore not helping me in the long run either. Then if we don’t let companies know what changes ( in a constructive criticism way not destructive) than how can they know how or where to make changes to make us, the consumer happy ? They wouldn’t…

So, I will still be blogging about everything I usually blog about but to be transparent to you and the FDC in case they follow me, you will now just see the asterisk up in the titles of my posts. This is like a little footnote letting everyone know, that yes, I did get this product (or service) to try free from the company to review for you.

Thank you for reading this public service announcement !

The Plus Size Mommy

BOWLHER UPDATE !!!!!!!!!

BlogHers, gather ’round…

You’re done with lunches and panels, and now it’s time to strut on over to the Lucky Strike Lanes for BowlHer! But this event isn’t just about strikes and gutterballs; it’s also about showing off your fashion sense in Lifetime’s “Project Runway” design challenge. As you plan your wardrobe for Chicago , pack something that’s bowling-chic. Or put together an old-school glamorous look like the stars of yesteryear who bowled at Hollywood Star Lanes.

Whichever style you choose, this is your chance to pose for the “paparazzi.”  The two who make it work the best can each wina fabulous trip to a private “Project Runway” Party in NYC this September.*

See you on the red carpet at 7:30 at Lucky Strike Lanes located at 322 E. Illinois St. Chicago , IL 60611

*Open to attendees of the BowlHer! event at the Lucky Strikes Lane that arrive between 7:30 PM CST and 9:15 PM CST on July 25, 2009 and enter Lifetime’s “Project Runway” design challenge.

For entry instructions and details, please see official rules at http://www.mylifetime.com/fun-games/sweeps/lifetimes-project-runway-design-challenge-contest

Event: BowlHer ‘09 Chicago

Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 8:00 PM – Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 12:00 AM (CT)

Location:
Lucky Strike Lanes
Chicago IL
322 E. Illinois St
Chicago, IL 60611

For more information click here: BowlHer ‘09 Chicago

Project Runway on Lifetime – The BowlHer Design Challenge!
Lifetime will be giving away two trips to NYC to attend a private Project Runway party in NYC in September to the lucky BowlHer attendee who wants to show off their fashion sense by wearing something that is bowling chic or old-school glam look like the stars of yesteryear who once bowled at the Hollywood Star Lanes!

Those who want to participate will have to get photographed on the Lifetime Red Carpet right outside of the Lucky Strike on Illinois Street betweem 7:30-9:15 pm and then when they check in, make sure the check in table knows that they want to participate in the ‘challenge’.  At 9:40 pm, the winners will be announced right then and there.

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The Pepperidge Farm Fishful Thinking program is thrilled to announce its sponsorship of the 2009 BowlHer event. They’re looking forward to connecting with mom bloggers one-on-one and sharing information about Fishful Thinking, a resource for parenting positive kids.

What is Fishful Thinking?
For more than forty years, the Pepperidge Farm® Goldfish® brand has been an ally to parents, spreading support and smiles throughout the generations of families who welcome the brand into their lives.

Kids today experience a great deal of stress and confront complex challenges. For most parents it’s hard to know how to best help them through these difficult times. Luckily, parents can learn simple ways to teach kids the skills that shape a positive attitude, enable them to overcome challenges and reach their full potential.

The Goldfish® brand partnered with Positive Psychology leader and mother of four, Dr. Karen Reivich, to create Fishful Thinking SM. Fishful Thinking is a program for parents that helps them to raise children who have a positive attitude and can confidently tackle life’s challenges.

Fishful Thinking is comprised of five key ingredients:
o   Optimism: Focusing on the positive things in life.
o   Emotional Awareness: Expressing and controlling your feelings.
o   Goal Setting/Hope: Finding ways to achieve your goals.
o   Resilience: Coping with life’s ups and downs.
o   Empowerment: Identifying and using your strengths and skills.

Spiritual Sunday – The Light

It is true that there is light in the end of every tunnel.
But there need not be any light in the end if you blindly believe that you are in the tunnel

pics taken by PSM (photo’s are inside the Squirrel Hill Tunnels – Pittsburgh, PA)

Enjoy your Day of Rest….

The Plus Size Mommy