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GIVEAWAY: Zebra Pens and Pencils (4 packs $28.00 value!)

January 20, 2012 By Kelli

These were supposed to be in my stocking stuffers Holiday Gift Guide, but the mail system has a problem with delivery sometimes. So, I got them last week and get to do a fun review and giveaway of them now for you. Fun, huh?

Zebra Pen Corporation has been in the writing industry for more than 110 years. If you have never heard of them, then you obviously aren’t as addicted to office supplies as I am. LOL! These well made, smooth writing, pens are a favorite of mine for their wide ranges of color, their comfortable grips, and the fact that I can use the entire bit of ink without having to worry about it clogging or drying up! Plus, their gel pens are acid free and of archival quality! That means, I can use them in my scrapbooks and not worry about them ruining my pictures or fading away over time!

One lucky 3 Boys and a Dog reader will win everything you see below!

Sarasa Metallic Pens –

The ideal gel pen to help add some sparkle to all of your holiday writing. Available in gold, silver and copper, these colored pens glide easily on light and dark paper and are perfect for decorating holiday crafts, cards and present tags. The Sarasa Metallic Pen’s smooth flowing gel ink is acid-free and guarantees a scratch-free writing experience. ($4.99 Suggested Retail Price)

F-701 Steel Pen –

A professional grade steel pen from the #1 Steel Pen company in America. Featuring designer stainless steel from tip to clip, the barrel is entirely made from stainless steel allowing it to withstand extreme conditions. Plus the easy-to-hold knurled metal grip provides writing stability. It’s a great gift for the men in your life for the office, tool box, car, and more. ($7.99 Suggested Retail Price)

Sarasa Gel 10 Pack Assorted –

Zebra’s #1 selling retractable gel pen boasts a soft rubber grip providing superb writing comfort and control. Its retractable tip distributes smooth flowing gel ink allowing for a scratch-free write. The translucent barrel provides ink color and supply visibility, now with ten ink colors to brighten up holiday cards. ($10.99 Suggested Retail Price)

Cadoozles Mechanical Pencils 10 pack –

Restock the New Year with these fun mechanical pencils for little ones. Not only will kids love the vibrant themes, but parents will love how practical they are. Makes for a great stocking stuffer! ($3.99 Suggested Retail Price)

Zebra Pen products can be found nationwide at Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, Walmart, K-Mart, and other office supply stores, discount chains, food and drug retailers, stationery stores and wholesale clubs. For more information on Zebra Pen products, programs and promotions, log onto www.zebrapen.com or visit its Facebook Page, www.facebook.com/ZebraPenUS.

REQUIRED COMMENT: Go visit the Zebra Pen website, look around, then come back and tell me something you like, learned, or want!

BONUS #1: Follow @ZebraPen and @momof3boys3702 on Twitter and RT this contest. The easiest way to retweet is to simply click the green ReTweet on the top right of this post. YOU MAY TWEET ONCE DAILY

BONUS #2: Like Zebra Pen US and 3 Boys and a Dog on FaceBook then share this post by clicking the FaceBook share button at the bottom of this post.

Other bonus entries:

#1. Spread the word about this review by: email, forums, blogging, Digg, or putting the link in a meme. (one entry per thing done)
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#5. Leave a comment on any other post (excluding giveaways!) Be sure to leave a comment here saying which post.
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CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on February 3rd

OPEN TO: USA Only

*DISCLAIMER: I was sent items by Zebra Pen to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*

Filed Under: Crafts and Hobbies, Giveaways, Reviews Tagged With: giveaway, office supplies, review, Zebra pens

GIVEAWAY: Playing With Fire (Kindle) $199 Value!

January 17, 2012 By Kelli 7 Comments

Oh I am so jealous! I and several other bloggers have teamed up to be able to giveaway a Kindle Fire ($199.00) to 1 winner and 20 bucks to another! Are you as excited as I am? I don’t have a Kindle Fire, so you better be excited. LOL!

Do you know anything about the Kindle Fire? This tablet is really neat… WiFi enabled, access to thousands of popular apps as well as 19 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books! It has super fast web browsing powered by Amazon Silk, and you get cloud storage for all of your Amazon content.

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*Disclaimer – this giveaway is in no way associated with Amazon. Us bloggers each chipped in a bit of money to purchase this Kindle Fire and give it away to one of our lucky readers!

Filed Under: Crafts and Hobbies, Gaming, PC, Wii, PS2, DS, Giveaways Tagged With: amazon, giveaway, Kindle Fire, reading

GIVEAWAY: Holiday Memory Organizer

December 9, 2011 By Tabitha

Well it’s officially only 15 shopping days ’til Christmas! Who’s done all their shopping? I can tell you I have barely started and I have four kids to buy for this year! My time is quickly running out!

Aside from the craziness of shopping and preparing for Christmas, there is one thing I’m sure we all want during the holidays and that’s to make memories that will last a lifetime. Whether you have kids or it’s just you and your spouse or just you, we all want fond memories and we want to remember them and to show others our memories as well.

What a better way to keep track of those memories then putting together a Holiday Memory binder. The Holiday Memory Organizer from CarolinaPad is the perfect place to store all your holiday memories from pics, to recipes, to family traditions and Christmas card lists.

The Holiday Memory Organizer includes 5 decorative tab dividers, 12 pocket pages to hold 48 standard 4”x6” photos, 12 pocket pages to hold 48 standard 5”x7” photos and 12 pocket pages to hold 48 letters, cards, photos or other keepsakes up to 8.5”x11”. At a retail price of only $12.99!

My brain is already working overtime with ideas of what I want to put in my binder! I see favorite recipes, pictures of fun activities, ides for next Christmas, the possibilities are endless. What I like most about this book is that it’s all contained and set up for you all you have to do is drop stuff in. I can’t wait to get started documenting our Christmas memories and traditions in one convenient place. I won’t be hunting for that awesome melt in your mouth shortbread recipe anymore because I’m putting it in my book. I won’t be asking myself each year, “Now what did I bake last year?” now I’ll know!

You can purchase this handy binder and other items direct from their online store, unfortunately they can’t sell to Canadians just yet but they are working on it.

CarolinaPad has given our US readers a discount code for 20% off your next purchase made before January 15th 2012. Here’s the link: http://carolinapadstore.com/index.aspx?dc=3boysandadogdirectly either click it or copy and paste it into your browser window.

Win it!

One of our lucky readers is going to win the Holiday Memory Organizer! The giveaway is open to both US and Canada!!

*Please note that if you win we will need your full name and address and phone number (Sorry FedEx rules) and you cannot have won ANY type of Carolina Pad prize, contest, etc in the past 90 days. (Including Facebook and Twitter.)

Mandatory Entry: Head on over to the Carolina Pad store and tell me one other item that you would like to buy.

BONUS #1: Follow @carolinapad and @momof3boys3702 on Twitter and RT this contest. The easiest way to retweet is to simply click the green ReTweet on the top right of this post. YOU MAY TWEET ONCE DAILY

BONUS #2: Like Carolina Pad and 3 Boys and a Dog on FaceBook then share this post by clicking the FaceBook share button at the bottom of this post.

Other bonus entries:

#1. Spread the word about this review by: email, forums, blogging, Digg, or putting the link in a meme. (one entry per thing done)
#2. Sign up for my NEW Weekly Newsletter.
#3. Subscribe to my RSS feed.
#4. Put my button on your blog.
#5. Leave a comment on any other post (excluding giveaways!) Be sure to leave a comment here saying which post.
#6 – Vote for me at Picket Fence by clicking the button on my sidebar. Be sure to leave a comment saying you did! YOU MAY VOTE ONCE DAILY!

CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on Dec 23, 2011

OPEN TO: US and Canada

*DISCLAIMER: I was sent items by Carolina Pad to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*

Filed Under: Crafts & Games, Crafts and Hobbies, Holidays / Seasons, Organizing, Review and Giveaways

GIVEAWAY: @Crayola High Tech Christmas Gifts

December 3, 2011 By Kelli

Even the logo shows how Crayola always puts a smile on a kids face. Honestly, it doesn’t much matter their age! I will be 32 in January and I still like to color! Crayola has stayed around (and popular) since 1903 because of the company’s amazing ability to stay current and know what the kids want. Their newest items are no exception! With the influx of Technology on everyone’s wish list, Crayola has come up with some awesome new products!

Imagine your child morphing into a coloring book character and starring in a story with a Disney Princess or Spider-Man with Crayola Story Studio or turning an iPad into an interactive coloring book with the Crayola ColorStudio HD app and Crayola iMarker digital drawing tool. When kids unwrap one of these high-tech Crayola gifts this holiday, they’ll have fun, new ways to express all that inspires them!

Crayola Story Studio: Spider-Man

For the child who craves action and adventure, Crayola Story Studio: Spider-Man lets kids upload a photo and transform themselves into a superhero that stars with Spider-Man in personalized comic book they create and color. A free access code inside the kit unlocks the Story Studio application at Crayola.com/storystudio. Kids can choose a super power, story-line, and one of six villains to battle alongside Spider-Man in their own web-slinging adventure. When they finish their story, they can save it, share it or print and color it. The kit includes paper, glossy cover sheets for printing comic book-style covers, binding strips and 15 Twistables® colored pencils to create three complete books. Available at Amazon for $6.99

Crayola Story Studio™: Disney Princess

For the child who loves fairytales and wonderment, Story Studio: Disney Princesses lets kids star in a fairytale with a Disney Princess. Crayola Story Studio™: Disney Princess lets kids create fairytales starring them and a Disney Princess! Kids upload a photo to transform themselves into a character, then create a story with their character and a Disney Princess! Story Studio includes everything kids need to create personalized storybooks and unlimited coloring pages – just print, color and bind the pages. They can choose storylines from Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid, Tangled, Sleeping Beauty, and Princess and the Frog. With the free on-line access code that comes inside, Pip-Squeaks® markers and glitter glue, blank sheets and binding strips, kids create three complete story books! Available at Amazon for $7.99

Story Studio Adventure Maker: Cars 2

For the child who likes creative adventures, the Story Studio Adventure Maker: Cars 2 lets kids join the pages of a story with Lightning McQueen, Mator and the Cars 2 characters form Disney Pixar. The set includes 10 Pip-Squeak Skinnies markers, 3 Pip Squeak broad line markers, 2 Pip-Squeak glitter glue tubes, 30 story sheets, 6 glossy cover sheets and 3 comic binding strips to make three complete story books. Available at: Amazon for $4.99

Crayola ColorStudio HD app and Crayola iMarker digital drawing tool

Remember how cool it was to receive the Crayola 64 Box with the built-in sharper as a holiday gift when you were growing up? Just imagine how excited your kids will be to turn an iPad into an interactive coloring book using burnt sienna, carnation pink and a rainbow of Crayola colors from the Crayola digital 64 Box! The Crayola ColorStudio HD app and iMarker let kids’ imaginations run wild as they color moving, animated scenes that come alive with music, sound effects and hidden surprises. The app is free on iTunes App Store with the purchase of the iMarker for $29.99 at Toys R Us, Best Buy, the Apple Store and www.griffintechnology.com.

One Lucky 3 Boys and a Dog Reader will win the entire set of Crayola items mentioned in this post:

(1) Crayola Story Studio Fairy Tale Maker: Disney Princesses
(1) Crayola Story Studio Adventure Maker: Disney/Pixar Cars
(1) Crayola iMarker to use with the ColorStudio HD app for iPad
(1) Free download of the ColorStudio HD app

REQUIRED COMMENT: Which of these new products from Crayola would you most like to purchase for your child, and why?

BONUS #1: Follow @Crayola and @momof3boys3702 on Twitter and RT this contest. The easiest way to retweet is to simply click the green ReTweet on the top right of this post. YOU MAY TWEET ONCE DAILY

BONUS #2: Like Crayola, Griffin Technology and 3 Boys and a Dog on FaceBook then share this post by clicking the FaceBook share button at the bottom of this post.

Other bonus entries:

#1. Spread the word about this review by: email, forums, blogging, Digg, or putting the link in a meme. (one entry per thing done)
#2. Sign up for my NEW Weekly Newsletter.
#3. Subscribe to my RSS feed.
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#5. Leave a comment on any other post (excluding giveaways!) Be sure to leave a comment here saying which post.
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CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on December 17th

OPEN TO: USA and CANADA

Disclosure: The Crayola High Tech Holiday prize pack, product information and prize pack for giveaway have been provided by Crayola through MyBlogSpark.

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Will You Be Watching LSU vs Alabama #GlueNGlitter

November 5, 2011 By Kelli 8 Comments

Geaux Tigers!!! I am a big “cat” fan and have been for as long as I can remember. I spent several years at the LSU Homecoming games, partying Cajun style! I also grew up at the Auburn games. Myself, I went to South (Jaguars), so it is cats all the way. wlEmoticon smile1 Will You Be Watching LSU vs Alabama #GlueNGlitter

My husband (and two of my corrupted children) on the other hand, are pretty die-hard Alabama Fans. No reason (as with most Alabama Fans), but there ya’ go. Many AL fans will tell you that they are Alabama fans because they live in Alabama. Umm DUH? Then, shouldn’t you be Alabama State fans, not University of Alabama? Or, maybe you want to go with the oldest College in Alabama since it was the very first one here and should really get your support? That would be Athens State University, founded in 1822. Tee hee. I give him such a HARD time… good thing he loves me wlEmoticon smile1 Will You Be Watching LSU vs Alabama #GlueNGlitter

So, who will you be cheering for tonight during the hottest game of the season when LSU, ranked #1 goes up against Bama #2 (who beat them last year, BTW)?

To help our respective teams celebrate this big game (almost as big a rivalry as the Iron Bowl) we made a backdrop to go behind the snacks that we will be munching down on tonight. It was actually pretty simple, even if it is ADORABLE!

Go shopping for necessary products. It didn’t take much for me the only things I needed that I didn’t have was: