Holiday Specs 3D Viewers are so much fun. They are 3D glasses that turn white or colored Christmas lights into candy canes, santa claus, angels, stars, gingerbread men, snowmen, snowflakes and so much more. I recently took out an assortment of the Holiday Magic 3D glasses when we had a family gathering and everyone was mesmerized by what they saw. It is truly amazing and the further back you stand, the bigger the images get. This is so fun for all your holiday parties. They don’t only work on Christmas lights but work for street and city lights as well. They make great stocking stuffers. Also available in heavy-duty paper specs that are great to hand out at parties and events.
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Holiday Specs 3D Magic Glasses-Great For Christmas Parties & Stocking Stuffers!!!
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The Three Dogateers DVD Giveaway!!! #TheThreeDogateers
Three pampered pooches left to guard the house on Christmas Eve become fearless DOGATEERS when thieves break in and steal every present, every ornament—even the yuletide tree! Vowing to save Christmas, the three canines set out in search of Santa, the only one who can help them on their quest.
The Three Dogateers is Dove “Family-Approved”!
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Doll Houses Are Not Just For Kids!
I was introduced to the world of Lundby doll houses a little over a year ago. A doll lover and collector all my life, dolls and doll houses are something I never outgrew. I am not alone, Lundby has a wide collector base of women and men who collect the houses, furnishings, restore older houses and love to talk about and share their collections on online forums.
There are several Facebook pages where Lundby lovers and collectors do just that. Lundby is timeless, loved by children, tweens, teens and right up to adults, the charm of Lundby just grows over the years. Enjoyed by generations, Lundby love is passed down and these quality Swedish doll houses become family heirlooms. Today, you will find older Lundby doll houses in great demand and many collectors are enthusiastically restoring the older homes to their modern glory. Much more than a hobby, Lundy collectors have a passion!
Last year you may remember our review of the Lundby Smaland Doll House and accessories.
Well, this year our Lundby Smaland doll house expanded with the addition of two rooms, garden area, several new furniture sets and great Christmas sets. In fact our Lundby home is decked out or should I say the halls have been decked with Christmas magic. The floor addition was easy to assemble, my young son even got in on the action and helped to secure the walls. The house has real working lights which add a warmth and the new Christmas sets are a festive touch with a glowing fire in the fireplace and candles that light up on the tree. Under the tree, wrapped in shiny paper and gold cord are gifts and you don’t need to peek to see there is a Smaland doll house just ready to be unwrapped come Christmas morning.
The details on the furnishings are amazing, the kitchen cabinets have real working drawers that you can put things in, the refrigerator opens, the pots, pans, dishes and utensils are realistic and even the bathroom has toothbrushes and rubber ducks.
The house is sure to draw oohs and ahhs from young and old and is the perfect gift this holiday season that will bring joy for years to come. Mommy Ramblings has added the Smaland doll house and accessories to our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide. Some of the new additions to our Lundby Smaland Doll House were: Smaland Garden Lundby Smaland Floor Extension Lundby Smaland Kitchen Furniture Set Lundby Smaland Childrens Bedroom Set Lundby Smaland Fireplace Set Lundby Smaland Christmas Tree Set Smaland TV and Accessories Lundby Smaland Garden Furniture Set Of course with the new addition we had to expand the family so we welcomed two bouncing babies! The older kids needed some attention too! Sibling rivalry gets bad when a new baby is brought home, imagine two! They were so happy to have a trampoline and pedal car to focus on. Can’t get enough Lundby? You can download the Lundby Living Magazine HERE! Are you ready for some exciting news? Lundy is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. One lucky blog reader will win their own Smaland doll house, Smaland 2 room floor extension, both of the Christmas sets and 2 sets of furniture of their choice (subject to availability)! Isn’t that awesome? I thought you would think so! Thank you so much to Lundby for the review products and for sponsoring this incredible giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! Open to US residents. Lundby Smaland Swedish Doll House, Extension, Christmas Sets & Furniture Giveaway on Mommy Ramblings Rules: Please enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. Good Luck!!! Continue reading
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Free Shipping at Winterland and LEDgen Lighting with Coupon Code in Post!!!
My little ones are so adorable, when we go into a store and they see all the Christmas decorations they want to buy everything to decorate, they are so excited! I think the best part of the holidays is seeing that wide-eye wonder in the faces of your children. If you are looking to do some Christmas shopping for decorations and lighting, check out Winterland and LEDgen Lighting.
Winterland, Inc. was started more than twenty years ago with a passion to create holiday decorations that make a dynamic and awe-inspiring statement. Concept after concept, they dare to be different. How? They’re committed to listening to their clients and working hard to provide solutions that are tailored to their needs. Winterland thinks about Christmas every day of the year. While they’re putting the decorations away in January they are already planning for next Christmas. Their team of designers are constantly looking for the latest trends, while at the same time remembering the classic elegance that many people look for during the holiday season. Whether it’s decorating the tree in the corner of the living room, putting up a 50 foot animated tree in the center of a shopping mall, or creating a fantastic drive through light park experience for your community, Winterland has been there, done that, and is here to make it easy for you.
Their goal is to exceed your expectations for creativity, personal service, value, and delivery. They do it with every single customer because they take the holiday season seriously. Winterland’s flexible and willing to accommodate their customer’s ideas. They are willing to create custom designs for their customers!
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50 Foot Animated Tree from LedGenLighting on Vimeo.
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King of Christmas Artificial Christmas Trees & Decoration Sale Plus Giveaway To Win A 7′ Tree & $100 Gift Card!!!
If trekking through snow, enduring frigid cold temperatures to try to find the perfect Christmas tree with kids complaining they’re freezing and want to go home doesn’t sound like your idea of fun, I have some good news. Does it annoy you to think of the exuberant amount of your hard-earned cash spent on a tree that in a few weeks will be dropping needles everywhere, having you constantly wondering if it has enough water so it’s not a fire-hazard and then having to drag the dried up, needle bare carcass out to the curb.? Why spend money year after year on the same thing, why not spend the money one time and be able to cut that expense out of your holiday budget? Wouldn’t that help with gift giving budget that seems to be expanding as quickly as Santa’s round belly?
King of Christmas has been providing high quality artificial Christmas Trees and decorations for over 10 years at competitive pricing. They have a tremendous Christmas Tree Sale going on now and they have free shipping in the contiguous 48 states as well as coupon codes to get you free ornaments with you tree purchase. You can choose from a large selection of heights, styles, flocked and prelit or unlit artificial Christmas trees. With the sale going on now you can get a gorgeous tree for up to 60% off shipped to your door. How’s that for convenience? Almost like Santa is bringing the tree to you himself!
Would you like a chance to win a Cypress Spruce 7′ Artificial Christmas Tree with LED Lights ($249 value) or a $100 Gift Card to King of Christmas? I thought you would, just click HERE to enter the Rafflecopter Giveaway!!! Good Luck!!! Stay in the know by following KingofChristmas.com on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
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Minted, Premier Marketplace For Independent Design In Holiday & Christmas Cards and Much More!!!
Prepping and sanding, that’s what my weekend has been like so far. We are working fervently to get our front porch finished before the snow flies. Wait, what did I just say? Before the snow flies? It isn’t even Halloween! I know, but in upstate New York, the weather can change faster than you blink. We just need to get the porch floor stained and then put the rails back on and we’ll be good. Flying snow reminds me of Christmas and the upcoming holiday season will soon be upon us. I am really excited to share a great site I just found called Minted. Have you heard of it? Minted is the world’s premier marketplace for independent design. Their mission is to find exceptional artists and designers all over the world and bring their work to consumers who appreciate great design.
Minted crowd-sources design and art from a global community of independent designers, then sells their best designs as fine products such as stationery, wall art, and décor for the home, holidays, and occasions. I love their site and what really caught my eye are the great Holiday and Christmas cards that are available. Some I really like are:
Minted also has party decor like Party Banners, Invitations, Menus and more. They have Save The Date and Wedding Invitations as well as these Mommy Cards:
Business Cards:
Limited Edition Art Prints, Custom Art, Photo Gifts and these adorable Room Signs for kids:
Minted also wants to save you time this year and will print recipient addresses on your envelopes at no charge when you order holiday cards. You can also take 10% off right now with the promo code JOY2014 but hurry it ends Monday! You can follow Minted on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Check it out and let me know what you think. Right now it is bedtime for me, the morning comes fast and I have a porch to finish.
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Sentosphere, My Perfume Maker Holiday Gift Guide Pick & Giveaway!!! #HolidayGiftGuide
Sentosphere USA has been operating since 1995,
and has supplied hundreds of retailers throughout the US
with artistic and educational games, kits and toys.
My Perfume Maker is a classic among educational kits. Eight natural essences or fragrances from the world’s most beautiful sources allow children seven years or older to create more than 100 different “eau de toilette.”
If you are looking for a great gift idea for the little girls on your Holiday Gift List, you should check out My Perfume Maker by Sentosphere. This kit will delight girls who are creative and let them mix their own signature scents of perfume. It will bring out the scientist, inventor and of course please the princess in all of them. The kit is colorful and fun, full of natural essences and fragrances along with droppers that will allow them easily to add the right amount to the empty colorful bottles to create their own line of perfumes.
Mommy Ramblings is adding the Sentosphere My Perfume Maker to our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide.
Sentosphere is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings! One lucky winner will win their own My Perfume Maker! Thank you to Sentosphere for the review kit and for sponsoring this great giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! Open to US residents.
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Ornaments With Love, Personalized Christmas & Holiday Ornaments Review and Giveway!!!
I am kicking off our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide with Ornaments With Love. For the last several years I have had the great privilege to work with Ornaments With Love on reviews and giveaways. I have to say the beautiful personalized ornaments and table top decorations are such a treasured pieces of our Christmas decor. The personalization makes them so special and we look forward every year to a new ornament to celebrate the season and our family.
You may remember the fireplace tabletop decoration and multi-car train I showed you in the past. This year I decided to get an ornament with all our names we can hang on the tree and went with the Personalized Fireplace Family Christmas Ornament with Stockings & Candles. It arrived fast and with great communication. The ornament is finely crafted and beautifully personalized with our names and the year as well as Merry Christmas on the hearth.
You can personalize the ornaments with the names, years and messages that you want. The site is so easy to navigate and the extensive choice of ornaments and decor will astound you. Ornaments for families big and small, grandparents, teachers, sports fans, expectant parents, pets, new parents and much more. You can also find Ornaments with love on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube.
You can also find Ornaments With Love in Mommy Ramblings 2014 Holiday Gift Guide!
Ornaments With Love is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings! One lucky blog winner will win an ornament of their choice (subject to availability). Thank you to Ornaments With Love for sponsoring this great giveaway and for the review ornament. Open to US and Canadian residents. Good Luck!!!
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Easy Appliqued Holiday Shirts You Can Make For Thanksgiving & Christmas!!!
You may remember my tales of woe from learning to sew in my post where I showed how I finished an antique vanity as a sewing table. Aside from an owl pillow I made in 6th grade Home-ec, my attempts at sewing were nothing to write home about. However, I’m not a quitter, so I was ready to give it another go when I wanted to create some cute whimsical holiday shirts for my kids and family.
I bought some long sleeve cotton shirts and then visited the craft department for some fabrics. The first shirt I was going to try to make was a turkey for Thanksgiving. I planned to make the turkey body in brown flannel fabric so I bought a yard of that since I also planned to use it for the Christmas shirts, then I picked several other fabrics for feathers. I also purchased some polka dot fabric for the antlers and solid red, yellow, black and green for various accents. Armed with my array of fabrics and some notions like colorful buttons and embroidery thread, I was ready.
I drew my turkey template free hand onto some card stock and cut it out. I thought I would do feet too but did not end up putting feet on the design.
I washed the shirts and all the fabrics prior to sewing anything. After I ironed the fabric I cut the pattern shapes and laid them out how I wanted, then when my design was the way I liked, I secured the fabric pieces with a sewable heat bond. After that it was off to the sewing machine where I sewed around the pieces with an applique stitch. The first shirts were a bit laughable but my little ones thought they were great and with every shirt I got better.
For the Christmas shirts I did the same thing except I made a moose template which honestly ended up looking more like a reindeer but nevertheless is still cute. I was in a rush because we were using them for a picture but would like to add bows on my daughter’s shirt and mine as well. For all the boys I want to add a bow tie.
I made 9 shirts in all (2 turkey shirts and 7 Christmas shirts). It really gave me confidence to make friends with my sewing machine and if I could do this, anyone can. I know they are far from perfect but they are made with love and to me that is what matters the most. If you would like any more specifics please ask.
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Candlewick Press Holiday Book Giveaway!!!
As a book loving mama with a book loving family, I received an early Christmas present recently. A great selection of books for the holiday season. What a great selection of books and we have been voraciously reading through them each night at bedtime. Candlewick has been so gracious as to offer to host a giveaway for our readers! One lucky Mommy Ramblings reader will win the four books below:
The Smallest Gift of Christmas written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.
Roland can’t wait for Christmas Day, and when the morning finally arrives he races downstairs to see what is waiting for him. What he sees stops him in his tracks. Could that tiny present really be what he had waited all year for? It has to be the smallest gift he had ever seen! So Roland wishes for something bigger . . . and bigger . . . and bigger. But he’s still convinced there must be a bigger gift somewhere in the universe. Will he know it when he sees it? Peter H. Reynolds’s spare, free-spirited illustrations and heartwarming text make this be-careful what-you-wish-for story the perfect holiday gift.In Peter H. Reynolds’s whimsical holiday story young Roland learns that more isn’t always better — and rediscovers the magic of home.
Forever written and illustrated by Emma Dodd.
Love between parent and child lasts a lifetime; this is the beautiful message in Emma Dodd’s Forever. Featuring stunning, foil-embellished illustrations of a polar-bear family, this book makes a handsome addition to any nursery bookshelf and is the perfect read-aloud for parent-child bonding at bedtime. How long does a parent’s love last? Forever!
Do you believe in dragons? Now, for the first time, the long-lost research of renowned nineteenth century dragonologist Dr. Ernest Drake is presented in all its eccentric glory, happily bridging the gap between dragon legend and fact. The meticulous Dr. Drake assigns Latin names to various dragon species, ruminates on why dragons are able to speak, speculates on how they could fly, and explains the true purpose of their notorious hoarding habits. Here are just a few of DRAGONOLOGY’S fascinating features:
— Novelty item on every spread, including tactile samples of dragon wings, dragon scales, and dragon skin
— Booklet of dragon riddles (indispensable to the burgeoning dragonologist)
— Sealed envelope containing a powerful dragon-calling spell
— Embossed faux leather cover with silver foil, encrusted with three dragon gems
In his afterword, Dr. Drake reveals that one of the crucial goals of dragonologists is to preserve the magnificent creatures of their study wherever possible – a goal this tongue-in-cheek volume most affectionately achieves. An incomparable gift for secret dragonologists everywhere! For true believers only, a lavishly illustrated reproduction of a legendary volume by the world’s most distinguished dragonologist. Don’t let it fall into the wrong hands!
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