Yesterday evening you may have caught my post over on Facebook letting all Pittsburgher’s know that I was having a BIG Announcement to share today. And well, the time has come….
Nickelodeon’s iCarly’s and creator of kewlbites.com REED ALEXANDER AKA Nevel Papperman Will be in Da’Burgh on THIS SATURDAY (9/18) and I have 3 sets of 2 VIP passes to give away!!!!!!!  (SQUEE)

The passes include Breakfast at Giant Eagle’s Market District location in Robinson. Also a SPECIAL VIP ONLY Meet and Greet with Star Reed Alexander which includes a photo taken of him with you and autograph session. Then VIP seating at his “Kewl” eating show.

The show gives kids and tweens information on eating well, exercise and making healthy food and lifestyle choices. Come discover “KEWL” healthy recipes, eating tips and the exercises that worked for Reed, and learn how losing weight can be easy, rewarding and even fun.

HOW TO WIN YOUR VIP ACCESS PASS :

1. Tweet the following : “Hey Pittsburgher’s, Enter to WIN VIP Access to See ICarly’s Reed Alexander @MarketDistrict in Robinson this Sat. Here:  http://bit.ly/aXESiX ” – comment with your tweet thread = up to 3 times per day (separate comments please = up to 3 entries per day)
2. Follow @MarketDistrict on Twitter, comment and tell me you did = 1 entry

3.Follow Me on Networked Blogs (right sidebar) comment and tell me you do= 1 entry

4. Follow this blog, comment and tell me you do = 1 entry

5. Follow me over on Twitter (@plussizemommy) = 1 entry

6.“Like” me over on Facebook (I am under Plus Size Mommy) = 1 entry

7. Comment and let us know what your favorite thing to cook with your tween/teen is? = 1 entry

8. Comment and let us know if you win a VIP access pass, what is 1 question you would love to ask Reed? = 1 entry

This giveaway is open to USA residents ONLY. This giveaway starts NOW and will end on Sept. 16, 2010 at 9PM EST.
Winners will have 24 hours to claim their prize (due to the nature of the quick turnaround time for this giveaway). Winners MUST be able to go to Robinson Market District in Pittsburgh, PA on THIS SAT. (9/18/2010) by 10:30am. Winners will be emailed (for this giveaway only). Winner MUST be a subscriber to my blog to be eligible to win. THREE winners will be chosen via random.org. And will each win 2 VIP access passes for the event.

You can learn more about the event and/or get standing room only tickets by visiting: http://reedatmd.eventbrite.com/

Market District Robinson

Created to share food knowledge, trends, tips and techniques, our cooking school is a place where cooks of all levels can go to explore new food ideas. Our roomy kitchen, located on the second floor, permits students to both observe and practice hands-on cooking skills, learning how to make everything from teriyaki and tarts to pasta and pupusas.

Run by Chef Carey Palenchar, the school offers a wide range of classes taught by Market District chefs, guest chefs and cookbook authors, and nutritionists. The school’s state-of-the-art facilities allow up to 18 students to watch demonstration classes and up to 12 to participate in hands-on courses.

Visit www.marketdistrict.com to learn more

Thank you for entering and good luck!

The Plus Size Mommy

*Disclosure – I am also receiving passes from Market District to come to this event.

Scene It?, the number one DVD trivia game worldwide, is now available for play in beta on Facebook!  As you know, players start by creating a “Hollywood hopeful”, a customizable avatar, and then start playing movie-themed trivia and puzzles.  A  new quiz is addedeach day, all featuring licensed content from movie studios, giving players a great reason to come back 365 days a year.  As players earn “glitz points” and level up, they have the ability to purchase amazing clothing, houses, pets, jewelry etc. for their super stylish avatar.

What’s also new, is that they just started our second monthly Tournament, where users play one themed quiz per week (FB connections make up their team).  They can invite friends to join in, and points get combined into an overall team score.  Prizes include a MacBook pro, iPod and Scene It? board games, making it fun, competitive and compelling.

The expansion from strictly a retail box game to the world of online has been an interesting one.  They can be much more nimble with updating the content, customizing quizzes, allowing user-generated-content and predictions and creating a different look & feel for the game than we do with the  box editions.  They have  been growing the Facebook game organically, tapping into movie buffs, Scene It? fans, and the generally huge Facebook community, but it’s new territory for them.  Play a couple quizzes, feel free to blog or Tweet about it, and definitely let them know what you think! www.facebook.com/sceneitonline

Have Fun!

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Ahh the mighty 5-second rule. Yep, we use it at our home (MOST of the time). Although lately I am thinking renewed stipulations are needed to be told to my children

This came about when my 10 yr. old son was eating spaghetti with meatball’s one night a couple weeks ago, and well, we all know the song…and then my poor meatball fell down to the floor, rolled out the door, and became a spaghetti tree?

NOT HERE…. Nope, after my son’s meatball fell onto the floor he picked it up, and popped it back into his mouth, before anyone could even say a word and ate it ! YUCK, yea, I know…I was so grossed out, he didn’t even look at it to see if any dirt was on it! ICK, I still gag thinking about it. But to a boy of age 10, this was most cool and funny. NOTTT!

So, I ask…Do you incorporate the 5 second rule in your home ?

I mean, if it is like a piece of something that the chance of something sticking to it is slim, I don’t mind, but a sauce covered meatball, this is where I draw the line, lol

A few days ago, I was asked to work with Clorox again on a campaign with Samantha Bee (From the  ”Daily Show”). She discussed the 5 sec. rule , you can read more about it here :  http://simpleandsurprising.com/

WIN!!!!

I am able to offer you a Clorox Gift pack values at $20 with a variety of Clorox Products!

You can enter Just by sharing with us your favorite funny 5-sec. rule story. The guidelines are below to enter to win

• Do you or someone in your family follow the 5-second rule? – comment and tell us who uses it and with what ? = 1 entry
• Who’s more likely to follow the 5-second rule in your house? – comment and tell us who and if anyone is against it, tell that too! = 1 entry
• What are the most popular items to 5-second rule? – comment and tell what are the top 5 items where the 5 sec. rule is used on most frequently = 1 entry
• Do you have a funny 5-second rule story? – comment with your funny story = 1 entry
• Thinking about Sam Bee’s style, what’s your parenting style? – comment and tell us how you parent = 1 entry
• Share a picture or funny video with us (send a link) of someone using the 5 sec. rule – comment with a link to the photo or video = 5 entries !!!!

This contest starts NOW and will end on Feb.  9th, 2010 at 8PM EST. Winners will be posted to this site. As with all giveaways winner MUST be a subscriber to this site, either via subscription or through Facebook feed. Winner will be posted to this site by Feb. 10th, 2010. Winner will have 48 hours to email me to claim their prize.

Have fun with this, I am sure this can generate a lot of funny stories and photo’s, I would love to hear them and share them.

There is MORE… Here are some other bloggers who are also holding the giveaway of the Clorox Prize pack, so you can visit their blogs and have even MORE chances to win!

• CONSUMER QUEEN
• BanteringBlonde

Thank you to all who enter and Good Luck !!!

The Plus Size Mommy

*Please note, stories, video’s, and photo’s may be posted to the Clorox  Facebook page*

*I am being compensated via giftcard for this post*

New Diaper is Pampers Driest Ever and 20 Percent Thinner Than Before-

Every baby is a champion in play, and to celebrate the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Pampers® Diapers has partnered with Team USA to introduce new Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max, the brand’s new high performance diapers sure to earn gold with world-class “players” – babies.

The babies of Team USA athletes will be equipped with the new Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max as they head to Vancouver. In honor of these athletes and their families, Pampers has created specially-branded Team USA diapers with the Dry Max technology. Although these limited-edition Team USA diapers will not be for sale, parents all across the country can buy Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max for their best players in the world in March. In the meantime, parents can request a free sample three-pack of the new Cruisers diaper on Pampers.com starting January 29th. If this sample includes a Team USA diaper (they will be randomly inserted in select sample packs), their baby will win a year’s supply of Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max.

To bring to life the incredible passion, endurance and ability babies demonstrate daily in the sport of play, Pampers Diapers has directly teamed with two world-class athlete families who are among the first to receive the special-edition Team USA diapers: Olympic gold medal speedskater Chad Hedrick and his family, and skeleton (forward-facing luge) World Champion and Olympic Hopeful Noelle Pikus-Pace and her family. These athlete families will be sharing their Vancouver experiences from their babies’ point of view throughout the Olympic Winter Games via photos and videos on Pampers.com.

“For many athletes, bringing home an Olympic medal is not just their dream, it’s a shared dream of their entire family,” said Jodi Allen, Vice President of North America Baby Care at Procter & Gamble including Pampers Diapers. “We are so proud to partner with these world-class athlete families, who are also parenting inspirations by training and succeeding while raising young, active children. We could not think of a more appropriate event than the Olympic Winter Games to celebrate babies as the world’s greatest players and introduce our new high-performance gear – Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max.”

Babies’ passion and dedication to play demonstrates that they are some of the best players in the world. Did you know that a cruising baby in one day can take as many steps as a marathon runner in a race, and a nine-month old baby can crawl up to 400 meters in 20 minutes? It’s this active play that continually inspires the Pampers brand, and that’s why moms and dads are encouraged to log on to Pampers.com beginning February 12 to join in celebrating the development of their own best players. Parents will have the ability to upload a video of their baby crawling from left to right, and randomly selected videos will be compiled into a Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max “Baby Relay” commercial which will air during closing day of the Olympic Winter Games, giving babies a chance to showcase their own playful ability in the same forum as the most elite athletes.

“Pampers is delighted to give all babies the chance to be awarded for their everyday medal-worthy performances,” Allen said. “The technology incorporated into new Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max makes them 20 percent thinner than before and our driest diaper ever, providing game-changing improvements to babies in terms of performance and comfort, permitting them to be the best players they can be!”

Chad Hedrick – U.S. Olympic Speedskater

A skater from the young age of 18 months, Hedrick today is as dedicated to his family as he is to his sport.

“It makes perfect sense for me to be talking about Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max since it is a performance diaper. As an athlete, I understand that wearing high performance gear can mean the difference between coming in first place or fifth. And as a parent, I look for high performance gear for my daughter, Hadley,” Hedrick said.

With his unconventional technique and unique style, Hedrick quickly rose to the top of the speedskating world having won the 2004 all-around during the World Championships, and following it up by becoming the third U.S. winter Olympian to take three medals in a single Games, during the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino. A recent World Cup gold medal winner at the Calgary Olympic Oval and currently juggling fatherhood responsibilities, Hedrick is not only a winner on the ice, but also at home.

“With the Torino Games success in my rearview mirror, I’ve rekindled my passion for skating and am ready to make new memories and once again go for the gold at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games,” Hedrick said.

Noelle Pikus-Pace – U.S. Olympic Hopeful

For Noelle Pikus-Pace, the road to the Olympic Winter Games will be far less of a fairy tale. Going into the 2006 season, Pikus-Pace was favored to win gold in the Olympic Winter Games in Torino, but a tragic accident during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials shattered that dream when she was hit by a runaway bobsled, leading her to suffer a compound fracture to her right leg. After a miraculous six-week recovery, Pikus-Pace made her comeback and went on to win the World Skeleton Championships by the largest margin in history. Furthering her accomplishments, in 2008, she became a proud mother to her daughter, Lacee.

“Winning a medal this year would go beyond a celebration all my own; it would truly be a win for my entire family who have been a significant source of strength and support for me,” Pikus-Pace said. “We’re all on this Olympic journey together, and we consider ourselves a team. We’re delighted to include Pampers Diapers as part of that extended team and definitely plan to have some fun ‘playing’ along the way.”

“In gearing up for competition, I always look for gear that’s not only spirited, but more importantly, items that won’t sacrifice my performance, and I want the same for my daughter,” Pikus-Pace said. “The fact that Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max are smaller in size means that they’ll also take up less space as we pack and head off together to Vancouver.”

Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max – Biggest Innovation in 25 Years

Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers with Dry Max are the brand’s new high performance diapers and the biggest innovation for the Pampers brand in the last 25 years. Pampers Diapers invented the Dry Max technology and applied it to the current Swaddlers and Cruisers core, which allows the diaper to be thinner than before. This game-changing diaper – Pampers’ driest ever – helps lock wetness in for up to 12 hours and its less bulky design helps give flexibility and comfort – perfect for all of babies’ play. The new diaper design also helps families reduce their impact on the environment by containing 10 percent less material weight. In fact, if current North American Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers users switched to the new Pampers Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max diaper, they could together throw away the weight of 1 billion less diapers every three years (based on 08/09 volume for Swaddlers/Cruisers).

Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers Diapers with Dry Max will be available at retail across the country beginning in March 2010. Product will be available at mass, discount, baby specialty, grocery stores and online retailers where Pampers products are sold, with the same retail pricing as the current Pampers Swaddlers and Cruisers Diapers (pricing is at the sole discretion of the retailer).

For more information, please visit www.Pampers.com.

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Q-tips® cotton swabs has teamed up with Celebrity Nursery Designer, Wendy Bellissimo, to introduce the newest addition to the Q-tips® family – Q-tips® Baby Packs.  Wendy, who is no stranger to designing perfect nursery spaces, has worked with celebrity moms like Brooke Shields and Kelly Ripa.  She has great tips and tricks to create a nursery that is both beautiful and practical … to care for any baby with style!

I was sent a nursery pack with the following included :

o   NEW Q-tips® Baby Packs in two designs (safari & farm animals)

- The new Q-tips® Baby Packs are a stylish nursery essential that are functional and finally cute enough to keep out in the baby’s room

-  In two adorable nursery animal designs, these space-saving packs make it easy for mom to keep Q-tips® cotton swabs at her fingertips and feature a sliding drawer that helps keep Q-tips® clean for use in baby care

o   A chic, silver elephant bank to display in baby’s room – another nursery design essential

o   OH BABY!   Wendy Bellissimo Shares Her Tips on How To Create The Perfect Nursery

The Q-tip nursery boxes are simply adorable. When the Q-tips are gone I am going to re-purpose them to hold my daughters little jewelry and hair accessories. They are too cute to throw away. I love how they slide too. There are 285 Q-tips in each pack. (will be coming to Walmart and Target and will retail for about  $3.19 per pack).

The little silver elephant bank is simply gorgeous. It has pastel colors on it too. It is a heavy little bank and will make my daughters nursery even more complete. Every little baby needs a bank to keep their money from birthdays and holidays. Or for potty time rewards when the time comes.

TIPS from Wendy Bellissimo :

1. Be Your Own Designer: Go through magazines, catalogs and visit baby & furniture stores to see the looks available. Choose a style that feels most natural to you so the nursery can become an extension of your home. Then create your own book or board of clippings, fabric samples and photos for inspiration. Start the design process well before your due date so that you have time to relax before the baby’s arrival.
2. Save the Paint for Last: Select your nursery furniture and fabric before you paint. It is easy to find a paint shade to match your furniture/fabrics and not always the other way around. Keep in mind, furniture and fabrics do not all need to match – a great mix of textures that complement each other can add a truly custom, “designer” feel.
3. Don’t Sacrifice Style for Functionality: It is easy to create a beautiful, organized space in the nursery to care for your baby (without the piles of diapers and a mess of toiletries). Place a basket or fabric covered box (from an arts & crafts or paper store) on the changing table or shelf above and fill with diapers, Vaseline® petroleum jelly, diaper cream and rubbing alcohol. One nursery essential you won’t have to hide is the new Q-tips® Baby Pack! They are available in two adorable nursery animal designs and are functional (with a new sliding drawer that keeps Q-tips® cotton swabs protected for baby) so they can always be within arm’s reach.
4. Add a Personal Touch: Give your nursery a personal touch by adding framed covers of your favorite childhood books or classic black & white or sepia photos of you and your significant other when you were babies.
5. Create A Sleepy Time Sanctuary: We all need our beauty rest, so it is important to create an environment that’s peaceful for your baby to sleep. Create a calming atmosphere with soothing colors and softer tones rather than bright or harsh colors. Then, use accents to add pops of color without being too overwhelming. Be careful not to make the room too dark or too quiet at nap time. This way your child will be able to fall asleep in any environment, which is great when you are traveling or when new siblings arrive! You can also play soft, soothing music or lullabies to help the baby fall asleep.
6. Room to Grow: Choose design options that can grow with your child – consider color palette, furniture style, storage options and a play/reading area. Look for a dresser with drawers and cabinets, rather than a standard changing table and simply secure a changing pad on top. Once your child outgrows diapers, you will have a beautiful piece of furniture with drawers for clothing and cabinets for toys that are within reach for your child.
7. X vs. Y: Not finding out the sex of your baby? No worries! Design a gender-neutral nursery with yellow, green, white or crème and simply add touches of blue or pink accessories when the baby arrives – these simple changes can be made to anything from the receiving blanket to the changing pad. These color options also give you the flexibility to use the bedding over again for a new sibling.
8. To Theme or Not to Theme: Nursery themes such as safari, princess or transportation are a great way to create a fun, lighthearted statement. A themed nursery can still be done tastefully if the items are selected in moderation. For example, if you are doing a safari-style mural, keep bedding and fabrics neutral so the room doesn’t look overdone.
9. Accessorize: A few must-have accessories for any nursery are books, books and more books! You can also add a silver piggy bank and a few irresistibly soft stuffed animals that will quickly become your child’s best friends! Even my celebrity clients still go for the traditional accessories – they bring us all back to that magical time of childhood.
10. The Essentials: When designing your nursery (large or small), you should always keep these essentials in mind – a crib, rocker, changing table/dresser, light dimmer switch and books within the little one’s reach. If you do not have enough space for a bookcase, a basket for the floor will do the trick perfectly. Your little one will be crawling around before you know it and handing you their favorite book at bedtime!

NOW you can WIN  a fantastic nursery pack which includes the 2 packs of Q-tips (one in each style) and the adorable elephant bank !!! (winners MUST be subscribers to this blog)

HERE IS HOW :

• Tweet the following on twitter :  ” WIN Q-tips and Elephants on @plussizemommy ‘s  blog      http://bit.ly/5fOMS3      ” – every tweet earns an entry up to 4 tweets accepted per day!
• Join us at the Twitter Party on January 28th from  8-9 pm EST.  #QtipsBaby  sponsored by Q-tips. Hosted by @MomTalkRadio (Maria Bailey, Founder of MomSelect and Mom of 4)
  while at the twitter party TWEET ME (@plussizemommy) and say, I am here = 2 entries. comment and let me know you tweeted me. (separate entries please.)
• Comment and tell me what your MUST HAVE nursery accessory is = 1 entry per comment up to 3 total.
• Comment and tell me which Q tips box you like the best, Safari or Farm animals = 1 entry (total of 1 allowed)
• use stumbleupon, technorati, digg for this site/post.  - comment letting me know which you have done = 1 entry per way.

• fave my site on momfaves – comment and let me know you have = 1 entry

This is a fabulous prize that I know the winner will just love.

This giveaway starts NOW and ends on Feb. 1, 2010 at 9pm EST. Winner will be chosen via random.org. Winners name will be posted to this site on Feb. 2 . Winners will not be emailed so please be sure to check back to see who wins

Good Luck to everyone and thank you so much for entering.

The Plus Size Mommy

*I was sent a nursery gift pack which includes the Qtips and the silver elephant bank. The winners prize will be sent from Mom Select on behalf of Qtips to the winner at no charge to me. Thank you to Mom Select for asking me to work on this campaign with them.

Host Jennifer Garner and Frigidaire are teaming up for a new cause. It is called the Children CHANGE Program. They are dedicated and working hard to helping children who are living in poverty in the United States.

One in six children lives in poverty in America. They don’t need to. Save the Children works in impoverished rural communities in Appalachia, the Southeast, the Mississippi River Delta, the Gulf Coast, the Southwest and California’s Central Valley – where conditions resemble parts of the developing world. We provide early childhood development, literacy, physical activity, and nutrition programming as well as emergency relief.

HERE IS WHERE YOUR HELP COMES IN :

Frigidaire has a new spin and win game, where you have the chance to win a prize every day, or the grand prize of a brand new Frigidaire Affinity washer and dryer!  The best part?  Every single time you play, Frigidaire will donate $1.00 to Save the Children, as part of their $250,000 commitment to support Save the Children’s CHANGE program.  This is such an easy way to help, and it will help to provide nutritious snacks and food, and promote a healthy lifestyle for children living in poverty in the U.S.

With a click of your mouse to spin the wheel, you are not only helping the children and making changes in their lives. You also will have the chance at winning some great prizes.

Now click over to the Frigidaire Spin to Win Game and try your luck today, but more importantly you will be helping to make a difference for so many children!  Don’t forget you can play every day, and each time you play $1.00 will be donated!  Please tell your family, friends, tweet, blog, post on Facebook – there are so many ways to help get the word out there.

The Plus Size Mommy

Thank you to Frigidare for supporting this program and also to Mom Select and BSM Media for helping me to share it with all of you.

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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Recently in the news a lot is being heard on the topic of plus size models hitting the scene in magazines, ads, and on television. There is a debate on what a plus size model is or isn’t that is the lively topic of a lot of talk shows and news stories.

Well, I am an expert about being plus size, I have been plus size most of my life, from back when I was a very young age, of 9 I can remember being plus size (for my age). I have struggled with my weight all along and even still today, struggle, but with a mush different optimism in my mind.

You see, I no longer let my weight be the ruler of me. It is what it is and I go on with life. My insides matter most. Yes, people see me and think oh my goodness, look at that fat lady, I am sure of this. And don’t get me wrong, I am not happy with my weight, and state of my health, and I think about it a lot. But I do not let it stop me from being who I am and what I do, for the most part.

I used to let it stop me. I used to let people get the best of me when people would call me names all throughout school. These people obviously ONLY could see the outer me and not my beautiful insides. Today more and more people are able to see the REAL me, and accept me for who I am. With more and more people struggling with weight and with obesity being at a very high rate. More and more people are understanding my struggle and going through it as well.

There are a lot of people in fact now that I see who weren’t plus size through out school, but I see them now, and they are where I am, so it does catch up to you if your not careful about what you eat and how you exercise (or the lack of).

What I wish people who are debating over all of this what is a good number to call plus size for models. And whether or not there should even be plus size models. What I wish they would go by, is not the number of size, but peoples beauty given to them from a higher power. Their inner beauty. When it comes to age, people often use “age ain’t nothing but a number”, then why do they have to go by the number when it comes to modeling and size clothing you wear? Why can’t models be judged by inner beauty and personality. I understand that it has to do with well, you cannot tell that in pictures. But I believe you can.

If a woman or man is confident, and feels great about themselves, it radiates through and

The beauty shines through. In pictures, in ads, commercials, in everything they do.

It totally shouldn’t go by any size. And shame on the modeling companies who do go by size. And a huge HORRAY to the companies who are coming out and seeing the need for the reality of how people really are and the way of the world today. And for taking the initial steps to change these outdated ways of ONLY using a size 4.

If they want to sell clothes or products, a beautiful, voluptuous, self confident woman with graceful curviness and a beautiful smile and the attitude you can pick up from her face with a proudness of flaunting what she has on and looking REAL can totally sell me any day. And if this means she is a size 4, then it is great, but if she is a size 24 this is fantastic to me too.

The Plus Size Mommy

* and by the way the photo at the top of the page.. “Model contestant Miranda Day poses during the Plus-Size Model Search Grand Final” in Sydney Australia, and umm she don’t look too “plus size” to me ? what do you think?*

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Last week a package arrived at my home. This was one I was waiting for for a few days. The excitement was overwhelming to me and I couldn’t wait to open it. It was a package with clothing in it from Peggy Lutz.

Peggy Lutz is a Plus Size clothing designer and owner of www.plus-size.com.  I had wrote a prior post on how I was excited to share with you her website and her beautiful designs.  I knew before I even received the clothing, and after browsing through her website,  that the styles she had and the quality of her clothing was a superior brand.

After opening the package and pulling back the gently wrapped articles of clothing, my thoughts on how awesome this clothing would be came to reality. Even by the way the clothes were wrapped, I could tell the pride that the team of clothing makers must have to care for the clothing that they make.

The first piece of clothing I would like to share with you, that I was sent is this Ruana In Animal Print Eyelash.

It is a gorgeous piece of clothing. It is truly a unique article of clothing. I just love it and how “flowing” it is. If looks wonderful over a black top or dress (as shown).

FROM THE COMPANY:

Ivory, taupe and black in a very detailed and
subtle animalskin print brought to life in this wonderful eyelash
treatment.  A real find for those with a sense of adventure!

A very limited edition, this unique Animalskin Eyelash Short Ruana is an endangered species. There are just a few left.

100% polyester Eyelash is dry clean only.

Submit a Fashion Profile to receive swatches of this and other fabrics in your best colors.

Available immediately in One Size Fits All.
Consult with Us; A Peggy Lutz Stylist will answer all questions and assist you in getting just what you want.

Originally priced at $360. Now only $100.

You can purchase this beautiful piece NOW by visiting the Outlet at :

http://www.plus-size.com/motherofthebride/item~itemid_231~t_only_100___ruana_in_animal_print_eyelash.htm

OR you can WIN $100 gift certificate from Peggy Lutz by entering as follows below :

Winners MUST be subscriber to this blog in order to enter to win. Anyone not a subscriber will not qualify!

Mandatory FIRST entry; Visit www.plus-size.com then come back here and comment and tell me which piece from the OUTLET that you would buy if you are the winner. = 1 entry

Additional entries by completing any/all of the following:

• Tweet the following on Twitter:  ” Plus Size Prices Slashed at Peggy Lutz, visit http://www.plus-size.com to get your Holiday Wear NOW! ”   OR  ”Win $100 to Peggy Lutz Fashion’s here :     http://is.gd/4WE6V          and get beautiful clothing for the holidays”  - You can tweet one or both and each tweet come back and leave the tweet thread and get an entry for each one!
• Post about this giveaway on your blog, link back to this post = 1 entry for commenting and telling me with a link to your post.
• Post this giveaway on Facebook, comment and tell me you did with a link  = 1 entry
• Visit www.plus-size.com come back and answer the following questions :

1. What sizes do they make clothing for ?
2. What City & State is Peggy Lutz clothing located in ?
3. Under Couture Fabrics on the website, what is the “swatch” #T106 under “Asian Silks” called ?

answer 1,2, or all 3 of the above questions in separate comments and get a bonus entry for each correct answer.

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This giveaway begins NOW and ends on Nov. 21st at 7PM EST. Winner will be posted on this site and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. Good Luck and Thank you for entering!!!

*STAY TUNED to this blog, We are giving away $100 gift certificates to Peggy Lutz every week until Christmas, so you have 6 chances to win!* Also in my final post, I will be posting a “mini fashion show”  of me wearing all of the clothes I was sent to show you

The Plus Size Mommy

* I was sent the clothing to review and post about on my blog from Peggy Lutz. Also all prizes will be provided by Peggy Lutz to all of the winners of the giveaway*

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