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Watercooler: Mother’s Day Edition
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Danelle Ice - Home Ever After |
May 7th, 2009 |
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Important Reminders
Mother’s Day: Remember that Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 10, 2009. Don’t forget to show mom how much you love her with a hand-written card and breakfast in bed!
Mom’s Nite Out: Remember to come check out the virtual parties tonight. Read more about National Mom’s Nite Out. @HomeEverAfter will be partying on twitter tonight too!
New
- How to Design Budget Tablescapes that Look Expensive
- 12 Free Magazine Subscriptions, including Working Mother magazine, Organic Gardening magazine, and Town and Country magazine.
- Take and Make Menu Plan: Recession Beans Recipes
- 2 New Columns and 2 New Team Members: Nessa and Courtney!
- 13 Best Housewarming Gifts
- The Ultramind Solution Book Review
- 9 Tips for How to Look Beautiful as a Mom
Hot Blogs & Websites This Week
Mother’s Day Gift: Canning Jar Pincushion Craft Tutorial. Suzanne’s Crazy for Collars has done it again with the most adorable craft project!
She turns an ordinary Ball wide mouth jar into the cutest pincushion that any mother or seamstress would love to get as a Mother’s Day gift. Learn how to make it yourself with her easy step by step instructions. Check out her Etsy shop for more cool creations. (Pictured at right.)
New Site: We found a cool blog called Wingspouse Blog that has great articles for couples about marriage and lifelong partnership for ultimate fulfillment. Check it out for awesome reading.
Launch party for Denise Spatafora’s new book, Better Birth is happening in New York City, NY, USA on May 13th. Check out her website Better Birth Book for more details.
Contests
- Uniroyal Tires is having a monthly drawing (lasts all year) for a $100 gift card. Enter by signing up for the More Mileage for Your Money email club.
- Uniroyal is also giving out a soccer ball every day in 2009. At the end of the year, the winners will be entered into the grand prize drawing that is valued at $5,000. Enter here.
- Bona’s Celebration of Motherhood Photo Contest, deadline 6/1/09. Everyone who enters Bona’s photo contest will receive a 15% off coupon to MyBonaHome.com. Grand Prize: sand and finish ($1,600 value) as well as the Mother’s Day Product Package ($106.94 value). Enter here.
Hope your week is winding up nicely- finish strong and enjoy your weekend! Don’t forget to #followfriday on Twitter tomorrow.
