Monday, September 28, 2009

New Winner Posted for 9/28!

Congratulations to:

ky2here who said...

I'd order the canvas prints.

Congratulations! You've won the 18x24" Poster Print from UPrinting.com!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Mabel's Labels Ultimate Back-to-School Combo Review

Once upon a time, in an elementary school near our house, a first grader went to school. With much excitement he selected his school supplies and proceeded to run off to his class. He lived happily ever after. Until....the fourth....day...of school, when he lost his brand new lunchbox!

Bok Boy was heartbroken, since he had picked out a special lunch box that had a separate insulated wrap for his water bottle. We spent days searching the lost and found, hoping that someone had returned it, but alas, it was gone for good.

Now, I am not a totally clueless mom... His lunchbox had his name on it, but because of the color of his box, his name was not in an easily seen location.

Of course, that was before I discovered Mabel's Labels!

Mabel's Labels carries a wonderful selection of labels, for just about everything you could think of to label. They carry 411 wristbands so if your child is separated from you people have your info. They have allergy stickers that stay on your child's cups or lunch containers.

They also carry many household labels and even stationery products.

Mabel's Labels sent me their Ultimate Back to School Combo pack to review. This pack is no longer available, but they still carry all of the component items, along with other combo packs.



This pack contained:

50 Tag-Mates
40 Skinny Minis
16 Shoe Labels
2 Teeny Tags

The Tag-Mates are wonderful stickers with your child's name on it that sticks to their clothing tags to identify their clothing. It's a great alternate to iron-on tags for people like me (who have to hunt to find their iron) and SO much better than trying to write with a marker on the tag!

The Tag-Mates are truly amazing! They're easy to stick on and don't come off in the wash. I've washed Bok Boy's favorite sweatshirt multiple times and it's still stuck on strong.





The Skinny Minis are labels that stick to toys, sippy cups, spoons, bottles, whatever you have with a smooth surface that you want labeled. And, since Mabel's Labels is truly awesome, they're dishwasher and microwave safe and UV fade resistant. How much better does it get? Labels that stay on! No more masking tape on the sippy cups at daycare.





The Shoe Labels are these amazing circular labels that stick on the inside of your child's shoe, under his/her heel. There's a special clear sticker that goes on top and protects the label from your sweaty feet. These labels don't come off, and they're perfect for playlands, karate class, or places where your child's shoes might get mistaken for someone else's.





Bok Boy's favorites are the Teeny Tags, which are a little metal tag that hangs from a keyring and attaches to things (such as zipper pulls). He now has these tags on his backpack and his lunchbox, and they're easy to see if he loses his lunchbox again.

While the Ultimate Back-to-School Combo is not currently available, Mabel's has a Big Combo that contains 45 Sticky Labels, 50 Iron-Ons or 75 Tag-Mates™, 24 Shoe Labels, 2 Bag Tags for only $45 and a Camp/School pack that has 15 Sticky Labels, 40 Iron-Ons or 50 Tag Mates™, 8 Shoe Labels, 2 Bag Tags for $34.

Mabel's Labels is one of the best new products that I've found in a long time, and I encourage you to try them (but only if you want to make sure that your child comes home with the correct shoes or lunchbox or coat!) I only wish I had discovered Mabel's Labels before school started!


Full disclosure: Mabel's Labels sent me this product to review and keep. My review is my honest opinion and is not biased based on the receipt of product.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

24x36" Vinyl Banner Giveaway from Uprinting.com!

I have a fun new giveaway for you all today!

UPrinting.com offers a great selection of quality printing options for every project that you could need printed. They print poster prints, business cards, canvas prints, greeting cards, wall graphics, and a plethora of other printing options! They even offer a wonderful Banner Printing service!

Their Vinyl Banners are:

* Available in multiple sizes: 24x36, 24x48, 36x72, 48x96, and even custom sizes!
* Available with or without Grommets
* Premium 15 mil Vinyl
* Next Business Day Turnaround
* UV Protected
* Fade Resistant

I will be using this banner for my business, but I could also see using it for a Happy Birthday or New Baby sign, or a Yard Sale sign!

Well, thanks to UPrinting.com, 1 reader of Sanity is for those without children will win a 24x36" Vinyl Banner with Grommets! That's a $62 value!


The Giveaway

* 24x36" Vinyl Banner, designed by you!

* Winner will be awarded a coupon code that covers the cost of the banner. Even better, UPrinting.com is offering FREE UPS ground shipping on the poster! Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

To Enter:

1. You MUST be a follower (and follow publicly)!
2. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you would do with the banner. What photo or design would you use? This must be done first or the other entries won't count!

You can get extra entries by doing any (or all) or the following and leaving a separate comment for each extra entry:

* Go to UPrinting.com and tell me what other item you would love to order!
* Subscribe to this blog via Reader (on left sidebar)
* Subscribe to this blog via Email (on left sidebar)
* Grab my button and put it on your blog (worth 2 entries, leave 2 comments)
* Favorite me on Technorati (button on left sidebar)
* Follow me on Twitter as sanity4sonya
* Twitter the following: "Win a 24x36" Banner from UPrinting.com and Sanity is for those without children! http://bit.ly/4LJsx @uprinting #giveaway @sanity4sonya" and leave me the Tweet link!
* Comment on another post on my blog, and let me know that you did.
* Blog about this giveaway (make sure that you link to this page and back to uprinting.com) (worth 5 entries, leave 5 comments)

Please make sure if you have a Blogger profile that it is public! If you don't have your email publicly available on your Blogger profile, please leave your email in your comment. Winners will be notified by email so I have to have it!


Giveaway is open to persons 18+, US only
Giveaway ends October 27 at 11:59pm PT

250 Custom Greeting Cards Giveaway from Uprinting.com!

I have a wonderfully useful giveaway for you all today!

UPrinting.com offers a great selection of quality printing options for every project that you could need printed. They print poster prints, business cards, canvas prints, vinyl banners, wall graphics, and a plethora of other printing options! They even offer a wonderful Greeting Card Printing service!

Their Custom Greeting Cards are:

* Available in multiple sizes: 3.5 x 5, 4.25 x 6, and 5 x 7 (folded sizes)
* Available in Gloss, Matte or Uncoated Card stock
* Eco-Friendly, printed with Printed with Soy/Vegetable based Inks and Recycled paper
* Fast Turnaround (2, 4 or 6 days)

I will be using these cards for my Christmas cards... or maybe Thank you cards for the Christmas/birthday gifts...or invitations. Hmmm... the list goes on and on!

Well, thanks to UPrinting.com, 1 reader of Sanity is for those without children will win 250 3.5 x 5 greeting cards! That's a $96 value!


The Giveaway

* 250 3.5 x 5 Custom Greeting Cards, using the photo or design of your choice (envelopes not included).

* Winner will be awarded a coupon code that covers the cost of the cards. Even better, UPrinting.com is offering FREE UPS ground shipping on the poster! Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

To Enter:

1. You MUST be a follower (and follow publicly)!
2. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you would do with the greeting cards. What photo or design would you use? This must be done first or the other entries won't count!

You can get extra entries by doing any (or all) or the following and leaving a separate comment for each extra entry:

* Go to UPrinting.com and tell me what other item you would love to order!
* Subscribe to this blog via Reader (on left sidebar)
* Subscribe to this blog via Email (on left sidebar)
* Grab my button and put it on your blog (worth 2 entries, leave 2 comments)
* Favorite me on Technorati (button on left sidebar)
* Follow me on Twitter as sanity4sonya
* Twitter the following: "Win 250 Custom Greeting Cards from UPrinting.com and Sanity is for those without children! http://bit.ly/49vltc @uprinting #giveaway" and leave me the Tweet link!
* Comment on another post on my blog, and let me know that you did.
* Blog about this giveaway (make sure that you link to this page and back to uprinting.com) (worth 5 entries, leave 5 comments)

Please make sure if you have a Blogger profile that it is public! If you don't have your email publicly available on your Blogger profile, please leave your email in your comment. Winners will be notified by email so I have to have it!


Giveaway is open to persons 18+, US only
Giveaway ends October 15 at 11:59pm PT

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Having a rough week? We all feel your pain!

It's been one of those weeks, and I'm sure that you all have been through one like it (or worse) before. Earlier this week my friend sent me a link to this video, and it brought tears to my eyes... tears of laughter, that is!

Now, I'm not a person who normally sends jokes or videos to my friends and loved ones, but frankly, if you have children, you'll be hard-pressed not to find this funny!



If nothing else, this woman can sing amazingly fast, but I love the words too! Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Win an 18"x24" Custom Poster from UPrinting.com!

I have a fun new giveaway for you all today!

UPrinting.com offers a great selection of quality printing options for every project that you could need printed. They print poster prints, business cards, canvas prints, vinyl banners, wall graphics, and a plethora of other printing options!

Their poster prints are:
  • Available in multiple sizes: 16x20, 18x24, 20x30, 22x28, 24x36, 27x40
  • Available in custom sizes, up to 58"x100"
  • Available in Semi Gloss or High Gloss paper stock
  • UV Protected
  • Fade Resistant
  • Next-Day Turnaround
I can come up with many uses for a poster print, but I'd probably blow up one of my kids' favorite pictures or graphics to hang in their room. (Or maybe an image of a fractile for my office!)

Well, thanks to UPrinting.com, a reader of Sanity is for those without children will win an 18" x 24" rolled Poster!


The Giveaway

* 18" x 24" Poster Print, using the photo or graphic of your choice.

* Winner will be awarded a coupon code that covers the cost of the poster. Even better, UPrinting.com is offering FREE UPS ground shipping on the poster! Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

To Enter:

1. You MUST be a follower (and follow publicly)!
2. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you would do with the poster. What photo or graphic would you have printed? This must be done first or the other entries won't count!

You can get extra entries by doing any (or all) or the following and leaving a separate comment for each extra entry:

* Go to UPrinting.com and tell me what other item you would love to order!
* Subscribe to this blog via Reader (on left sidebar)
* Subscribe to this blog via Email (on left sidebar)
* Grab my button and put it on your blog (worth 2 entries, leave 2 comments)
* Favorite me on Technorati (button on left sidebar)
* Twitter the following: "Win a Poster Print from UPrinting.com and Sanity is for those without children! http://bit.ly/htLDk @sanity4sonya @uprinting #giveaway" and leave me the Tweet link!
* Comment on another post on my blog, and let me know that you did.
* Blog about this giveaway (make sure that you link to this page and back to uprinting.com) (worth 5 entries, leave 5 comments)

Please make sure if you have a Blogger profile that it is public! If you don't have your email publicly available on your Blogger profile, please leave your email in your comment. Winners will be notified by email so I have to have it!


Giveaway is open to persons 18+, US only
Giveaway ends September 27 at 11:59pm PT
Good Luck everyone!

What do you get when you combine two kids and a whole bag of stickers?

In the process of doing crafts today, the kids rediscovered the Ziploc bag full of stickers I keep in the craft supplies. As a side note, I LOVE Ziploc bags for keeping kids' things organized!

Luckily for the kids (and me!) Bok Boy and Little Miss are pretty well trained about stickers. They're allowed on paper and on themselves. We do, of course, have the occasional problem and have to scrub stickers off tables or walls, but overall the kids are pretty good with them.

This time, Little Miss discovered the alphabet stickers, and since she's trying to learn to read, she was making words with them... On herself.

A whole sleeve worth!
While she didn't manage to spell much of anything, she did have a great time (and all of the stickers stayed on her and not on my walls or furniture!)

Now I just have to convince her that it won't feel good to wear them overnight, since she wants to sleep with them on. That would make for a very painful morning!

What fun things have your little ones done lately?

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Winners List for 9/15!

Here are our current set of winners...

The 2 winners of the 24"x24" Wall sticker from OnlinePosterPrinting.com are:

2kidsblogger said...

i love the idea of a photo canvas print! thats what I would order

Anonymous said...

I would have to photoshop a picture of myself wrestling a bear to the ground with my bare hands. That would be worth plastering all over my walls... actually, everyone should have a 2 ft square sticker of me wrestling a bear on their wall. Thanks!



And the winner of the $25 Shell Gift Card is...

Sarah said...

I blogged here:
http://iloveagiveaway.blogspot.com/2009/09/saturday-giveaways.html

Entry #1


I have emailed all of you with instructions on how to claim your prize.


Congrats to all of you!


Thursday, September 10, 2009

Winners List for 9/10!

For the 500 business cards from DigitalRoom.com, the winners are:
mverno said...

i follow and would use them for business purposes


Egare1 said...

I'd make these do double duty as "mommy cards" and to hand out my email address for my website work

Thanks for the great giveaway :)



For the Eden Fantasys Giveaway, the winner is:


Girly Remix said...
I commented on "Who doesn't love free chocolate?" I love chocolate, espeically when it's free! Haha. :)

I have emailed the winners with instructions on how to claim their prizes.



Congratulations to all of you!

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Whatever happened to the edited for TV movies?

Whatever happened to the edited for TV movies? I grew up watching Breakfast Club, Indiana Jones and other such movies, but all of the racy or violent parts were edited out.

Now, all of the movies like them (including Indiana Jones, Transformers, and basically every movie that boys want to see) are too scary, violent, or sexy for kids. And they don't edit them anymore. So my choice is to let my child watch something I don't believe is appropriate for them, or I can be the meanest mom in the world.

Needless to say, I'm the meanest mom in the world (although Bok Boy always says that the ogre's mom is the meanest, not me). What do you do? My son's friend gets to watch them all and then have nightmares. My son, well, he just gets to play with the toys and learn what he can from his friends.

My simple wish is that one of the 900 cable channels would make edited for TV shows, like we used to watch in the good ole days! It would help save my sanity (and I need every little bit that I can get!)

Friday, September 4, 2009

Labor Day Shell Gift Card Giveaway!

I'm sure that we're all still dealing with getting back in the habit of school (as we will for quite some time). To help, I'm giving away an item that will help you plan for your next holiday weekend!


I'm giving away another $25 Shell Gift Card!


There are two rules to entering:
  • You must be a follower! (and follow publicly)
  • You must leave a comment on this post. Any comment will do (except for profanity, etc), but if you'd like to tell us about yourself that's wonderful!
You can get extra entries by doing any (or all) or the following and leaving a separate comment for each extra entry:
  • Blogging about this giveaway (make sure that you link to this page) (worth 5 entries, leave 5 comments)
  • Subscribe to this blog via Reader (on left sidebar)
  • Subscribe to this blog via Email (on left sidebar)
  • Grab my button and put it on your blog (worth 2 entries, leave 2 comments)
  • Favorite me on Technorati (button on left sidebar) and leave me your Technorati name.
  • Twitter about it and leave me the Tweet link
  • Comment on another post on my blog, and let me know that you did.
Please make sure if you have a Blogger profile that it is public! If you don't have your email public on your Blogger profile, please leave your email in your comment. Winners will be notified by email so I have to have it!

Giveaway is open to persons 18+, US only
Giveaway ends September 12 at 11:59pm PT
Good Luck everyone!

Wall Sticker Giveaway from OnlinePosterPrinting.com

I have a great new giveaway for you all today!

Online Poster Printing offers a great selection of quality printing options for every large project that you could need printed. They print poster prints, canvas prints, vinyl banners and wall stickers (similar to the Fat Heads wall graphics, but you design them yourself!)

Their wall stickers are:
  • Available in any Size up to 58" x 100"
  • Water Resistant
  • Fade-resistant Inks
  • Multi-surface, Peel and Stick, Repositionable
  • Next-Day Turnaround
I can come up with many uses for a large wall sticker, but I'd probably blow up one of my kids' favorite pictures or graphics to hang in their room. No nails or thumbtacks, so they can't hurt themselves by knocking it off (which is a HUGE plus in my opinion)!

Well, thanks to Online Poster Printing, 2 readers of Sanity is for those without children will each win a 24" x 24" Wall Sticker!


The Giveaway

* 24" x 24" Wall Sticker, using the photo or graphic of your choice.

* Winner will be awarded a coupon code that covers the cost of the sticker. Shipping is not included & must be paid by the winner, but their shipping rates are very reasonable... the estimate for my zip code was $6.99!) Offer Valid for UNITED STATES SHIPPING ONLY.

To Enter:

1. You MUST be a follower (and follow publicly)!
2. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you would do with the Wall Sticker! This must be done first or the other entries won't count!

You can get extra entries by doing any (or all) or the following and leaving a separate comment for each extra entry:

* Go to OnlinePosterPrinting.com and tell me what other item you would love to order!
* Subscribe to this blog via Reader (on left sidebar)
* Subscribe to this blog via Email (on left sidebar)
* Grab my button and put it on your blog (worth 2 entries, leave 2 comments)
* Favorite me on Technorati (button on left sidebar)
* Twitter the following: "Win a Wall Sticker from Online Poster Printing and Sanity is for those without children! http://bit.ly/4797dF @sanity4sonya" and leave me the Tweet link!
* Comment on another post on my blog, and let me know that you did.
* Blog about this giveaway (make sure that you link to this page) (worth 5 entries, leave 5 comments)

Please make sure if you have a Blogger profile that it is public! If you don't have your email publicly available on your Blogger profile, please leave your email in your comment. Winners will be notified by email so I have to have it!


Giveaway is open to persons 18+, US only
Giveaway ends September 13 at 11:59pm PT
Good Luck everyone!