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The Valentines Collection (from Scholastic Storybook Treasures)

The Valentines Collection (from Scholastic Storybook Treasures)

By megret | February 2, 2012 at 11:14 pm | No comments

With Valentine's Day just two weeks away, everyone's mind is on "that someone special." This new DVD from Scholastic Storybook Treasures, The Valentine's Collection...Featuring One Zillion Valentines, celebrates the special relationships we all hold dear -- between...

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Families of the World Introduces 2 New Titles

Families of the World Introduces 2 New Titles

By megret | October 19, 2011 at 8:34 pm | 12 comments

From the award-winning Families of the World DVD collection (via Master Communication) comes two new titles this fall! The series – 27 titles and growing – enables future travelers to reach across the globe and visit other people and cultures, all from a child’s point...

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Shabby Chic = Cozy Charm

Shabby Chic = Cozy Charm

By megret | September 1, 2011 at 9:01 pm | No comments

When Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic (first edition) debuted in 1996, it was warmly and enthusiastically received by an audience in awe of this new (yet old) way of decorating a home. Re-released this past spring, Shabby Chic continues to be at the forefront of favorites when it...

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Fresh Looks for Fall

Fresh Looks for Fall

By megret | August 31, 2011 at 10:21 pm | No comments

Released in the UK in March (and subsequently in the US in May) via Chronicle Books, Decorate by Holly Becker and Joanna Copestick bounds onto the scene as a decorating book covering a myriad of styles. Its insistence on covering and blanketing a wide variety of interior...

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Totally Together {Review + Giveaway}

Totally Together {Review + Giveaway}

By megret | August 17, 2011 at 10:11 pm | 70 comments

Ok. Now I usually don't go all "Southern" in my review writing. But y'all. I have come across quite possibly one of the most "together" journals/helps for "getting and keeping it all together," and I just can't keep quiet about it. What am I talking...

Posted in: Books & Reading, For Moms, For the home

Love to label? Get Mabel’s Labels!

Love to label? Get Mabel’s Labels!

By megret | August 17, 2011 at 4:30 pm | No comments

If you love to label things, Mabel's Labels is for you. If you have kids that go here and there and everywhere during the week, Mabel's Labels is for you. If you love cute things, Mabel's Labels is also for you. Mabel's Labels is a mom-founded company that creates...

Posted in: Clothing & Accessories, For Moms, For the home, For the Kids, Parenting helps, Pets

A new solution for pet stains! {Review + Giveaway}

A new solution for pet stains! {Review + Giveaway}

By megret | June 7, 2011 at 7:30 am | 41 comments

If you have pets, chances are, you have stains. Even the most well-trained dogs and cats can have accidents. Or then there's those rainy days, and there's no way you can keep your puppy from dragging mud (and who knows what else!) onto your carpet via his...

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Math Slam! {Review + Giveaway}

Math Slam! {Review + Giveaway}

By megret | June 6, 2011 at 10:41 am | 90 comments

Looking for a way to keep your kids' math skills sharp through the summer? Educational Insights has a fun, electronic solution: Math Slam! This portable electronic game allows for several types of math practice on varied ability levels: - Sequencing -...

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Press Here: A whimsical interactive book!

By megret | April 12, 2011 at 1:23 pm | No comments

Brand new from French author/illustrator Hervé Tullet is a truly interactive book that kids (of all ages) will adore! Press Here is a book that invites little hands to touch -- and also press, shake, tilt and blow air. The painted circles on each page "respond" to the...

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Helping you become…pretty neat {review + giveaway}

By megret | March 13, 2011 at 4:37 pm | 39 comments

Do you find yourself living in chaos? Is your home a prime example of organizational malfunction? Do you find yourself wishing that you had an extra hour in a day, but if you did, you'd have no clue as how to fill that hour? Then Pretty Neat might just be for...

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