April 2014 - Brittleby's Corner

April 30, 2014

Green Your Mom {Giveaway Event} GRAND PRIZE Ends 5/10 #GreenMoms

Welcome to the Green Your Mom Giveaway Hop, hosted by Happy Mothering, Easy Green Mom and Brittleby’s Corner through the Green Moms Network! Each of the participating blogs is offering a prize package to help you turn Mother’s Day GREEN this year! We hope you’ll get some great gift ideas and win some great prizes. After entering my giveaway, be sure to hop around and enter all of the other giveaways listed on the linky at the bottom of this post!

At Brittleby’s Corner you have the chance to win one of two Grand Prize giveaways. Each prize package is designed to green your mom (or you)! Read below to find out more about these eco-friendly companies and their great products.

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Filed Under: Giveaways · Tagged With: green mom, kids yoga, yoga

April 30, 2014

Something Special for Mom {Giveaway Hop} #SpecialMom Ends 5/15

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Welcome to the Something Special for Mom Giveaway Hop hosted by the Blogging Mamas Network. Mother’s Day will be here before you know it, which is why a group of fabulous bloggers have come together to share gifts and giveaways that are perfect for the special lady in your life! Be sure to hop around to them all, including the Grand Prize of a $100 Gift Card to aka originals! Enter to win the hand stamped jewelry Grand Prize here.

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April 30, 2014

California Oranges {Giveaway Event} Ends 5/31

Welcome to the California Oranges Giveaway Event, hosted by Happy Mothering. During this giveaway, we’ll be giving away a gift box filled with goodies valued at approximately $100!

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Filed Under: Food & Drink · Tagged With: California Oranges

April 30, 2014

Honor Mom with Mighty Leaf Tea & Mom Memoirs Book

Product was given to me in order to post my honest opinion.

Mighty Leaf Tea has created a wonderful line of whole leaf teas. The Taste of the Tropics Gift Sampler comes with three boxes of teas. Each box has 15 whole leaf tea pouches. This gift set includes a 15 count Tea Pouch box each of: Green Tea Tropical, Vanilla Bean, and African Nectar. Tea Pouches are individually packaged in cello wrap.

Taste of the Tropics

Smooth green tea leaves meet sweet tropical fruits in the Green Tea Tropical tea. In the Organic African Nectar, Organic African rooibos leaves mingle with mango and flower blossoms. Inhale the heady aroma of Madagascar vanilla beans mingled with whole Ceylon and China black tea leaves in Mighty Leaf Vanilla Bean. These tropical scents are sure to take your mouth and senses on a vacation!

Posted by Brittney Minor at 2:09 pm 17 Comments

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Mom/Woman, Tea · Tagged With: mighty leaf tea, mother's day

April 30, 2014

Coobie Seamless Bra Offer

Product will be given to me in exchange for this post.

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As a woman, I wear a bra everyday. Therefore I want the most comfortable bra that offers the support I need.

Coobie Seamless Bras are ultra comfortable and versatile without sacrificing style. These affordable, stylish bras are seamless, one-size (comfortably fits 32A through 36D), available in 7+ styles and 50+ fashion colors and patterns. There is also a full size version fitting up to a size 42D. They are perfect for every day wear, yoga, pilates, new and nursing moms, sleep wear, and more! Coobie Seamless Bras also has a large following of mastectomy patients that love the soft comfort and pad pocket to insert a form. This line is truly a fit for all women!

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Filed Under: Clothing, Mom/Woman · Tagged With: seamless bra

April 29, 2014

K5 Learning has an online reading and math program for kindergarten to grade 5 students. I’ve been given a 6 week free trial to test and write a review of their program. If you are a blogger, you may want to check out their open invitation to write an online learning review of their program.

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April 28, 2014

Office Depot Gives Back #TeachersChangeLives + Learn How to Adopt a Classroom

My son is a Kindergartener this year and I can see first hand how hard teachers work. As a substitute teacher I have been interacting with classrooms for the last 5 years. I know teachers spend money out of their pocket to create amazing learning environments for their kids. I also know that teachers go out of their way to treat their students as best they can.

At Christmas break this past year, my son’s teacher bought each child in the class 2 small Christmas presents. This generosity showed me that she not only cared about the kids learning, but she wanted everyone to have a Christmas present. She spent her own money to give every child a gift.

Office Depot has teamed up with teachers across the country. They wanted to show how teachers go above and beyond to change lives. They found 10 teachers and asked them to share their story. One teacher, uses her Brillant Bus to give students access to technology. She used her life savings to build this bus to help bridge the digital divide. She has recently been featured as one of CNN’s heroes. Here is her story.

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Filed Under: Education, Kids · Tagged With: adopt a classroom, donate to teachers

April 27, 2014

Pamper Mom with a Yuzen Subscription

Product was given to me in order to post my honest opinion.

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I am a fan of monthly subscription services, and if someone was to ever gift me one, I would be very grateful! There are so many to choose from, but the newest one I tried is one of my favorites. I felt like this box was actually worth how much it cost.

The Yuzen subscription box is the perfect box to nurture you both inside and out. Their tagline “Sending you a little zen”, perfectly defines the contents of the box.

Yuzen Eco-Friendly Subscription Box for Women

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Filed Under: Mom/Woman · Tagged With: mom subscription box, monthly subscription

April 26, 2014

Heart Rate Monitors Make Exercise Simple

This is a sponsored post.

The basic function of a heart rate monitor is to measure one’s heart rate. The measurement can be in real time or recorded for later comparisons. It’s a popular devise used by those who take part in physical exercise and wish to monitor their health.

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The first types of heart rate monitors were rather awkward. They had a monitoring box that used a set of electrodes that were attached to the individual’s chest. It made exercise cumbersome at best. In 1977 the first wireless model was introduced. This EKG heart rate monitor was developed for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski team. They used it during their high intensity training. It quickly caught on with other athletes. By the mid 1980’s, wireless heart rate monitors were being widely sold to anyone interested in staying on top of their health while performing physical activities.

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Traditional wireless heart rate monitors consist of two pieces, a chest strap and a wrist receiver. Mobile phones are used in some instances. Today’s versions are made out of a conductive smart fabric that has microprocessors built in. These processors take in the EKG signal to read the heart rate.

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Filed Under: Exercise, Health · Tagged With: heart rate monitor

April 25, 2014