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It’s that time again where I tell you all about the fun happenings around blog land. Happy blog-jogging!
Tip Junkie Sponsor Announcements
1. Better Home Interiors is having another fabulous giveaway.
2. The Celebration Shoppe has a new Christmas invite which is great for cookie and ornament swaps or even winter birthdays.
3. Marie from Makes & Takes is hosting an upscale arts and craft boutique in Utah called Tom & Lucy’s Art Shoppe. She’s lined up over 50 vendors with items ranging from Home Decor, Baby Products, Jewelry, Christmas, Vinyl, Children’s Toys, Twilight, Treats and more.
You know I love supporting women and their products! If you live in Northern Utah be sure to grab a girlfriend and go shopping and support these talented women.
4. Be sure to check out Sweet Temptations Holiday Gift Guide.
Freebies
1. Shannon (my blog designer) is hooking you up with free Thanksgiving and Christmas seasonal backgrounds.
2. Victoria is giving away a free downloadable cookbook w/ 21 delicious recipes for leftover turkey, written by me — suitable to print and give as a gift.
Tip Junkie Mom-preneur Shop-a-thon Members
1. Funky Finds is having an Etsy Dallas Swag Valued at $270.
2. Lots of giveaways from The Gift Closet
3. Baby Blog Addict is giving away a Daddy Diaper Changing Toolbox, ends 11/20/08.
4. Kristie is hosting a Free Book Give Away – 50 Christmas Things To Make and Do.
Giveaway Announcements
1. Wishing Willow is having a Tsurubride giveaway.
2. Abby is having a Chronicle Books giveaway.
3. Jennifer is hosting a Zip-n-Go, portable, all-weather travel blanket.
4. Tracy is giving away 4 sets of 3 Jackpot Pillows.
5. Caroline is having a Girls Night Out Edition of Table Topics giveaway.
6. Mandie is having a EcoZoo Pig bag for kids giveaway.
7. Leigh Anne is hosting a beautiful custom made photo pendant giveaway.
8. Elle Custom Jewelry is hosting a giveaway with 5 winners.
9. Mom Loves Today is giving away a Chico Bag, an awesome reusable bag.
10. Mandy is hosting a Luscious Handmade Soap giveaway.
11. Jen is giving away a $25 gift certificate.
12. Karen is holding a contest for a bib and a burp cloth from a new co. called Cheeky and Swank. 13. Kerri is hosting a Scrapbooking with Faye Morrow Bell book giveaway.
14. Krissy is giving away a $50 Gift Certificate to Mara Bradford Designs.
Got Twilight Fever? I do!
1. Tom & Lucy is giving away a Twilight themed basket.
2. Trisha is having a Twilight inspired perfume giveaway, ends tomorrow.
3. Abby is giving away Twilight inspired dogtag necklace value of $20, ends tomorrow.
4. Sarah is selling Twilight shirts and stickers, be sure to get one for the premier.
Weekly Themes
1. The Lil’ Peanut Patch is hosting travel week. They have found some great companies and products to make your trips much more enjoyable with your LilÂ’ Peanuts!
2. Pam is having a Pass It On Plates Recipe Roundup. Enter a recipe that could be used on a Pass It On Plate and win a cookbook! All submitted recipes become Guest Blog posts.
3. Christmas Tradition Contest from Simone
Charity
1. Jen is having a virtual food drive with the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD). Find the link where you can go to an online store and buy things to donate to the GCFD. All monies will be handled by them until Nov 26th.
2. Erin is hosting a raffle for a group of Soldiers that will be doing their second tour in Iraq. I wanted to make their trip back a little easier. Check out her blog for more details, ends Wednesday!
3. Stephanie is having a quilt giveaway to help Baby Mia who needs a heart transplant.
Questions from Tip Junkies
1. Katie is looking for different ethnic christmas party ideas. If you have some please leave a comment and I’ll feature you.
2. Chantel wants to know were people buy their fabrics online? She is tired of the chain brand in our town, but doesn’t want to pay an arm and leg for shipping. Any suggestions?
It’s not like you have anything else to do today, right? {{hehe}} Enjoy and I hope a Tip Junkie wins!
Hey Laurie, Thanks for listing my Recipe Roundup!
I also love Raspberry Lemonade’s Ethnic Christmas idea. My friend Marcy and I get our families together to have a Christmas party based on a theme. Neither of us are Jewish, so one year we assigned all the kids to learn about Hannukah, both the history, and celebration/food traditions, then we celebrated Hannukah. (That was probably our favorite. The food and story are amazing.) Other years we did England’s and Sweden’s Christmases… this year there’s talk of learning about Kwaanza. The kids love it and we all learn a lot about other cultures. The kids also appreciate and cherish everyone’s differences afterward, too.
Tip Junkie,
I am having my own give away on my blog. I will be giving away a set of nice metal measuring cups and 1/2 C of Amish cinnamon.
coleshomecooking.blogspot.com
I would love for you to post this. Thanks
cole
Under Giveaways, #8 is missing the “h” in “http://” so the link isn’t working. It should be http://women-prenuergalore.blogspot.com/2008/11/interview-with-laura-lesan-from-elle.html
Ethnic Christmas Party: one year we decorated a christmas tree with interantional flags and ornaments red and gold.
In another room we did another tree americana- red white and blue.
Food:
Puerto Rico – a roasted pig
decorated with white table cover and accented with deco from Puerto Rico.
Mexico- flautas, tamales, chips & salsa. We put mexican curios on the table. Like a sombrero.
American- ham with rolls, meatballs, roast beef with rolls.
French – chocolate fountain, crepes station
You can find alot of these type of appetizers at Sam's Club
At each station the attendant wore an apron with the flag or the colors of the country.