Flirty Aprons

Have you ever sewn an apron?  It was actually one of the first sewing projects I attempted as an adult.  It actually turned out okay, and I was really happy with it, but the fabric I chose ended up being much to heavy to wear on a regular basis.  And lets be honest, it isn't the easiest thing to make, so I am not going to run out and make a new one any time soon.  Sometimes it is just easier to buy a cute one!

So when I was contacted by Flirty Aprons to review their product I was excited!  I would get a cute new apron and not have to sew it!

They sent me one of their super cute aprons (for free...I love free!) to review.  I chose this cute red and white one, because those would be my two favorite colors:

It came in the mail and I have to say that I really love it.  It is light weight, the pockets are generously sized so I feel like I can actually use them, instead of them just being there for decoration.  And the ties.  They are LONG!  Way long.  At first I thought they were too long, but I realized they wanted you to be able to wrap them around and tie a cute bow like this in the front:

I am more a bow in the back type of girl, so I have to make a cute big bow and it works great.

I also love the size of this apron.  I often feel like aprons are too small for me.  This one has good coverage so I feel like it will actually do the job of keeping my clothes clean while I cook (isn't that what they are for...I mean besides looking cute!) And it has held up beautifully after being washed.  Definately no noticeable fading.  I hate when you throw something cute an new in the washer and it comes out looking super faded or shrinks to half it's original size!  I didn't have either problem with the apron when I washed it in cold.

The only thing thing I don't love about the apron are the bows on the pocket, and that is just a personal thing.  I might snip mine off and either redo them or replace them with a white button or maybe a cloth flower, but really if I am complaining about the cute little bows you know I am reaching!

They have lots of cute aprons to choose from, and not just for women.  They have this grilling apron from men that makes me giggle:

I turn grills on!

And they sell them for little girls too.  This is the one that Lou La loves because she has decided that blue is her new favorite color:

So if you want one of these cute aprons for yourself, Flirty Aprons has generously offered to giveaway an apron to one of my readers too!  Just check out their aprons HERE and leave a comment telling me which one you would like to win.  It can be for you, your little girl, or even your hubby!

You can also check out their  Facebook Page HERE.  If you can find the comment I left, copy and paste it here for a second entry!   If you need a little help, check HERE.

And for a third entry, what are my two favorite colors?

You have until midnight Wednesday, June16, to enter!!  Good Luck!

***Contest Has Ended!  I Will Be Announcing The Winner Soon!***

Return the Love

Your mom has given you a lot, so what are you giving her for Mother's Day?  Western Union is encouraging people to Return the Love this Mother's Day.  With Western Union you can now send cash in the form of a gift card.  You can send one to your mom this year to make sure she gets just what she wants!

I am not sure how you feel about giving or receiving gift cards as a present, but I love it!  It is like two presents!  The item I buy and the shopping trip to buy it.  I think shopping is more than half the fun, especially when I get to do it alone without any kids in tow!

To celebrate your Mom and the Return to Love campaign with Western Union, you can share the best thing about your mom on their Facebook page, you can share a picture of you and your mom on their Flickr group, and you can enter to win a $50 Western Union gift card here!  I get to give away FIVE of them!!

To enter to win one of the $50 gift cards (that can be used anywhere that accepts Visa), leave a comment here on this post.  Tell me what you are getting your mother for Mother's Day, what your children could to to Return the Love this Sunday, or just what you would do with an extra $50!

For more entries:

Head over to Facebook.  'Like' the Western Union Facebook page and leave a comment HERE.

While you are there, you can 'Like' my page if you want to as well!  Already have, that counts too!

Check out the Return the Love Flickr page and upload a picture of you and your mom and you get one more entry!

You can even get an entry for being a Follower of my review/giveaway blog (that is this one!)
Make sure to leave a separate comment for each of these entries!

You can enter until midnight Eastern time on Saturday May 8th.  I will pick five winners on Monday, May 10th.  Winner will be chosen at random from all entries received, but only one gift card per winner (you can't win all 5...sorry).

Good luck and Happy Mother's Day!!

Secrets of the Mountain

We are big movie people in our house.  And we like to make it a family affair whenever possible.  This weekend alone we watched three movies together.  They are such an important family event that I even let the kids eat popcorn while sitting on the couch.  My new couch.  The couch NO ONE eats on!  I tell you, movie time is a big deal.

So when Ben contacted me and told me that Walmart and P&G were working together to bring family friendly movies to NBC I wanted to find out more.

This Friday, April 16th, NBC will be airing Secrets of the Mountain:



(Did you notice the obvious placement of Wal-mart products  I thought that was funny.)

We will be watching and hoping that Secrets of the Mountain is a fun family flick, but we will be listening excitedly too.  The soundtrack to the movie was produced by Randy Jackson (yes, Yo Yo Yo, the Randy Jackson from American Idol.) and it has tracks by Jordan Sparks and Brooke White (another Idol contestant, but one I actually know.  Or knew.  When she was younger) so I am excited to give the soundtrack a listen.

I also get to give away a copy of the movie and soundtrack to one of my readers.  So leave a comment here and tell me one of your favorite family activities to be entered to win a copy of the movie AND the soundtrack.

Want a second entry?  Add yourself as a follower of the review blog!

And a third?  Tell me what your favorite movie snack is (even if you don't allow it to be eaten on the couch.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

You can enter to win until Friday, April 16th at 7pm Central to enter.

I hope you will tune in on Friday at 8/7c and check it out.  I will be sitting on my couch with a bowl full of Orville Redenbacher.

Simply Silhouettes Winner

It is time for me to announce the winners of the 8x10 silhouette prints from Simply Silhouettes!

And the winners are...

(drum roll please.....)

Carmen from Life With Sprinkles on Top

and

One Ordinary Day

Please email me at lorieblogs (at) gmail (dot) com so that I can get

your information to Angela!

Simply Silhouettes

I have loved Angela's site, Simply Silhouettes for a long time. I featured her blog over a year ago when I found these great necklaces:

She contacted me last week and asked if I would like to giveaway on my blog for one of her silhouette prints:

I sort of love them all! So of course I said yes!! And she is giving away an 8x10 print to not one, but TWO of my readers!!

To enter, go to Simply Silhouettes and take a look around at all of the fun products she offers. Then come back here an leave a comment telling me which one is your favorite. Good luck trying to pick just one!

Want a few more entries?

Leave another comment telling me about your favorite silhouette in your home.

Become a fan of Simply Silhouettes on Facebook.

Follow Simply Silhouettes on Twitter

Share the news about this giveaway in a blog post, tweet, or Facebook status update and just leave a comment here with a link.

Make sure to leave a separate comment for each of your entries!

You have until midnight (AZ time) Sunday October 25 to enter!

PS - Angela is offering a 15% discount to my readers too! Just enter the promo code Be Different

PPS - I moved the giveaway to its own page, but all entries on the other post will be included!!