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May 11, 2013 · 1:26 am

IndieFlix, Independent Film Service Review & Giveaway For 10 Winners!!!

I have something really cool to tell you all about. There’s this great service called IndieFlix that was founded by filmmakers who were inspired by independent filmmakers and their work. They took that inspiration and created a platform for us to get our Indie Fix. Now we can view thousands of films that are created by some of the most brilliant and creative minds out there. IndieFlix is a subscription service that lets subscribers enjoy all the films they want for mere pennies a day! Best of all through their unique revenue-sharing Royalty Pool Minutes (RPM) model, filmmakers get paid for every minute watched by an IndieFlix subscriber. The more you watch, the more money they make. And more money = more movies.

It is so easy to find whatever you’re in the mood to watch because you can browse by genre, rating, length, festival or country. I watched two great short films today. The House I Keep which was 11 minutes long and was about a woman coming to terms and dealing with the grief of her miscarriage. The trailer for The House I Keep is below.

The other was, Weathered and was 19 minutes long about a young woman who is longing for human connection and gets it the only way she knows how…by making doctor’s appointments. You can also rate the films and leave a comment. You can watch right on your computer or have them stream through a Roku or Xbox. I think it’s a great idea and a wonderful way for independent filmmakers to get a much wider audience to see their films.

Now for the really fabulous news! IndieFlix is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. 10, that’s right 10 lucky blog readers are going to win a 2 month subscription to IndieFlix! Thank you IndieFlix for my review subscription and for providing this awesome giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!!

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May 9, 2013 · 7:18 pm

Check out the Safe Haven Mother’s Day ecard Generator!!!

To celebrate moms everywhere, a special Safe Haven Mother’s Day e-card generator was set up and we are super excited to share it with you! Check it out and play with it Here.

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· 1:40 am

Tiny Prints $50 Off Your Total Order Giveaway!!!

Announcing the birth of a new baby is always a momentous event, even though friends and family know you are expecting, picking out that perfect announcement can be daunting. With so many choices it can be hard to decide just what you want.

I remember struggling to find the perfect announcements with each child. I think your first is easier because you have no other children, but after the first, you want your whole family especially little siblings represented in the announcement. It’s all so worth it when you find the perfect announcement that celebrates the birth of your new child in a style and format that matches your family. It’s so nice to be able to personalize announcements with photos of your new little bundle of joy and being the photo mom I am, that’s a must for me.

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A great place to find unique baby shower and birth announcements is at Tiny Prints. Seriously, with Tiny Print’s enormous selection of trend-forward designs you are sure to find the perfect way to celebrate your joy with designs as special as your baby. Tiny Prints offers matching address labels, thank you cards and gift labels to tie it all together in a matching theme.

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May 8, 2013 · 7:47 pm

Safe Haven Blu-ray and Novel Giveaway!!! Bonus DIY Decorating Tips!!!

Safe Haven staring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders was just released on Blu-ray on May 7th !!!

Synopsis:

Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough star in this spellbinding romantic drama based on the novel by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook). When a mysterious, beautiful woman named Katie (Hough), moves to Southport, North Carolina, she sparks the interest of the locals, especially Alex (Duhamel), a handsome widower. Although she is attracted to Alex, Katie is reluctant to trust him – that is, until a new friend (Cobie Smulders) convinces her to give Alex a chance. But before long, a dark secret from Katie’s past threatens her happiness in this thrilling romance directed by Lasse Hallström (Dear John).

In celebration of Safe Haven’s home entertainment release, we’re sharing a list of fun, inexpensive, DIY décor tips for your abode:

Gallery Maven – use floating shelves to hold your decorative objects and funky art pieces. Stagger them to make the shelves really stand out! Feeling adventurous? Re-purpose an old wine crate as a display shelf.
Clean Those Brushes – can’t paint your apartment walls? No worries, paint your furniture. A new coat will give your favorite desk or nightstand a new life.
I’m Open! – Don’t have enough cupboard space? Get a metal shelving unit. The open space can allow you to store kitchen staples in fun unique ways.
Put Bird On It – No money for art? Try a decal! Use it on picture frames, mirrors and lamps.
Pillow Fun – Have fun with pillows of all colors, shapes, and sizes. Your couch, bed, and pets will thank you.
Towel Off – Bath, guest and shower towels get all the attention. But what about dish towels? The good news is they don’t have to match your kitchen, so have fun with designs and colors you like.
Vase It – Any room will be immediately brightened up with a pretty vase and flowers, including the bathroom. No vase? Try a mason jar. Feeling experimental? Use wine bottles as vases and use brackets to hang them on the wall.
Apothecary Meet Mason – storing them in apothecary or mason jars can gussy up everyday items like cotton balls and Q-Tips. Simple yet elegant.
45s and 33s – Do you own records that are too scratched up to play? Don’t toss them; hang them strategically from your ceiling or from your wall.
Candle Love – Don’t get rid of your current glass candleholders. Dress them up with twine and lace to give them a new look!

Enter to win a Safe Haven Blu-Ray and Novel:

20th Century Fox is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. One lucky blog reader will win a Safe Haven Prize Combo including Safe Haven on Blu-ray and the Safe Haven novel. Thank you 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for the Blu-ray and for sponsoring this great giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! Open to US residents.

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· 5:45 pm

Check Out eMeals.com For a Special Offer!!!

eMeals.com, the leading online meal planner, has launched a new slow cooker meal plan to make your life even easier when it comes to getting meals on the table! Each slow cooker plan will include 7 crockpot dinners, with some time-saving “cook once, eat twice” favorites. They have both a Slow Cooker Classic plan full of tasty comfort food as well a groundbreaking Slow Cooker Clean Eating Plan that serves up quick, simple, and healthy meals.

Right now, you can use discount code LUNCHFREE for a free lunch meal plan with the purchase of a dinner plan. You can also like them on Facebook, follow them on Pinterest and on Twitter!!!

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· 12:00 pm

Win a 4 Pack of Tickets To Sahara Sam’s Oasis, Indoor Outdoor Water Park!!!

Can you believe it is almost the middle of May! For us in the northeast school is winding down and the next 6 weeks or so until it lets out for summer are going to fly. If you are trying to think of great local places to spend some quality fun time with your family this summer, then you will want to hear, um I mean read this! Sahara Sam’s Oasis is going to unveil their new $6.5 million outdoor expansion at their grand opening Memorial Day Weekend! Wait, it gets better — We have a special giveaway for free tickets!!!

To enter just go HERE and Good Luck!!!

The grand opening of Sahara Sam’s latest expansion project, a two acre outdoor water park, will take place Memorial Day Weekend. The $6.5 million dollar outdoor expansion features a 25 meter leisure pool (The Blue Lagoon), a children’s play zone (Splish-Splash), a full service lounge (The Wipeout Tiki Bar), sand volleyball courts and a 12,000 sq. ft. wave pool (The Rip & Roll). The project also includes an 8,000 sq. ft. building addition featuring new kitchen facilities, restrooms, expanded party facilities, and a recently opened 350 ft. body slide, The Nile Mile.

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May 6, 2013 · 11:37 pm

Vintage School Desk Make Over, Before & After!!!

Well, I finished another project today. I finished what I showed you the before of last week, the big school desk. It was one that I had as a child, but had been sitting in a basement for years and years and needed love and vision. I really wish I had all of the school desks we had but lucky that I have a small one that I refinished and if you missed it you can check that out HERE, and this one. I also bought another that I should have done before the week is over and that desk is a different style entirely. Cannot wait to share it with you.

For this desk, I started by sanding everything, starting with the metal which I did with a special wire brush tool that goes on the end of a drill and makes easy work of microderm abrasion as I like to call it. After that, I sanded all the wood and then needed to do some filling, gluing and clamping. After that it was time to prime the metal and I used Rustoleum Painter’s Touch Gray Primer and then I used a Rustoleum Green Gloss Protective Enamel Spray Paint for the final coats. I did the detail painting and the accent strip on the seat and pencil holder on the desk with the same green protective enamel by Rustoleum in the can so I could brush it on. I stained the wood with Minwax Special Walnut, sanding between coats and then used Minwax Satin Polyurethane, sanding between coats. I really like it and so do my kids. What do you think?

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Priming the metal, don’t mind the huge mess I work in with all my stuff. I also recycle old tablecloths as drop cloths.

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May 4, 2013 · 10:54 pm

Green Kid Crafts, Craft Box Subscription Service Review!!!

Do you like to do crafts with your kids? We like to do crafts and I have a lot of supplies but many parents find that it takes a lot of time to get to the creative part of crafting. More time is spent finding inspiration, shopping for supplies and getting everything organized. Well, Green Kid Crafts help parents get right to the fun and creative part of crafting. A mom and woman owned business, Green Kid Crafts is a mother’s invention, created by a working mom who wanted to make the most out of the limited time she had to spend with her kids. Green Kid Crafts is a green company that provides creative activities to do with kids through their craft kit subscription service and eco-friendly art boxes. With Green Kid Crafts, both parents and kids can enjoy sustainable crafts and activities that spark creativity, build confidence and cultivate respect and love for the environment.

We recently spent some quality time with a Green Kid Crafts box. Our box was #10 and celebrates World Music, containing supplies to make some fun musical instruments. We started making the spin drum which my husband helped with and the tambourine which I assisted the kids with. We still have a couple more instruments to make but with 2 very young little ones we have to pace ourselves so we will do the others another day.

Everything is packaged nicely and has little cards that show you a picture of the finished product and give you the instructions as well as helpful tips and other information. All the supplies are included and so it’s easy to just get to work. There were certain parts that my husband and I had to do because they would just be too difficult for very young children like ours, but other parts were perfect for them and it really ensures everyone cooperates and works together to get the crafts done. Being a very musical family this box was perfect for us and we can’t wait to make the other musical instruments.

If you are looking for an easy way to have creative time with your kids then check out Green Kid Crafts!!!

Thanks to Green Kids Crafts for supplying a Green Kids Craft box to facilitate our review. All opinions are our own.

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May 3, 2013 · 11:35 pm

Click-N-Clamp, Multi-Purpose Holder Review and Giveaway!!!

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Do you just love technology? Do you like neat gadgets that let you take that technology wherever you want? If you answered yes to both of the previous questions, then hang on to your hat. Oh wait, are you wearing a hat? Well, whatever hat or no hat, just grab something because this just might blow you away.

The Clip-N-Clamp is so neat and comes with the attachments you need to attach your smartphone, camera, a disk clip that will allow you to attach all kinds of devices such as music players, GPS, flashlight and much more.The clamp that attaches the flexarm and your device is powerful, spring-loaded and designed to attach to almost anything.

The silicone tips on the custom designed jaws anchor the device safe and securely. The flexarm is 12 inches long and consists of a ball and socket that is both flexible and stiff. It can bend and twist in any direction up to 360 degrees and it is designed not to snap or weaken under pressure over time.

The Clip on buckle at the end of the flexarm allows for the easy clip on and clip off of the included accessories to attach different devices. So if you want to go biking with your smart phone, use it instead of a tripod for your camera or hook it up to your music player while you relax on the deck the Click-N-Clamp has got your covered.

Stop by Click-N-Clamp’s Facebook Page and check out the Kickstarter Campaign.

Click-N-Clamp is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. One lucky blog reader will win their own Click-N-Clamp! Thank you to Click-N-Clamp for the review clamp and for sponsoring this great giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! Open to US residents.

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May 1, 2013 · 12:40 pm

Enter to Win an Entire Collection of Kidorable Kid’s Rain Gear!!!

Mommy Ramblings loves Kidorable products and right now you can win an entire collection of Kidorable gear in the style of your choice!!! Just send in a video to enter Kidorable’s Facebook Dance Video Contest! All you have to do is shoot a short video starring your child dancing to their favorite song while sporting some Kidorable gear-an umbrella, rain boots, back pack, towel, etc… Then just post the video to the Kidorable Facebook Page!

Kidorable is accepting entries from Monday, May 6 until Friday, May 17. Then voting will continue through May 24 at 2 pm CST when they will announce the winner. Whoever gets the most votes wins. Get your child’s video in soon because voting starts immediately.

Good Luck!!!