Personalized Stroller Plates from SFModo Design

How completely adorable are these? I actually received 2 of these for Mikayla & Joseph and I just have to get one for the newest addition!

SFModo Designs custom makes these mini license plates with acrylic plates and vinyl lettering to ensure safety for baby.

You can choose between 2 mounting options for your plate:

Stroller: Velcro with a cable tie to mount it on any bar of your stroller.
Flat surface: A strip Velcro with adhesive backing. This even works on slightly curved surfaces.

SFMODO Design, LLC was created by a mum of twin girls who likes to create unique items that stand out in the crowd. We could never find a plaque with our daughter’s name anywhere. Thus the idea of create a Custom License Plate with their birth month and year was born.



Product Uses:

(Age 0-1 or walking)

When buying the License Plate for your newborn you can put it on your stroller so that it stands out in the crowd. It will allow you to identify your baby's stroller in an instant in the ocean of strollers that are at the toddler parks, restaurants, museums and the stores. You will never have to worry about taking the wrong stroller home!

(Ages 1-5)

Once they have out grown the stroller you can still use the License Plate on some other cool baby gear! You can attach it to their radio flyer wagon, bike, trike or their Step2 push car.

(Ages 5-eternity)

Once they have outgrown their toddler bikes you can now move the license plate to their room as a piece of decoration and ultimately save it with their baby book as a keepsake.


Other fun ways to use your license plate

Not only are these license plates ideal for strollers but they can be used on your golf cart. By creating your own license plate it takes the guess work out of wondering which golf cart is yours at the golf club. You can customize the plate to say "Pro Golfer", "Birdie","Ace", "Chip", "Tee Time". The possibilities are endless.

For Grandma and Grandpa

Let Grandma and Grandpa know which is their walker in the dining area of their retirement home.You can customize your plate with anything you like from "Fab Granny to "Great Grandpa. Let your Grandparents know how you feel about them.

For your Pets

For the furry friends in your family you can create a license plate that is as special as they are. You can customize it with their name or their nickname from" Big Red" to "Guard Dog" to Miss Fluffy". What dog or cat wouldn't want to have their own personalized plate?

EXCLUSIVE OFFER: SF Modo is offering 15% off our products with the coupon code
REDESIGN to be used at the checkout
I was provided with product by SFModo Design for consideration of review. All opinions of the product are my own.

Unique Gift Ideas from The POSHpreneur & Novica

A few months ago I was engaged by Novica to do a product review. Novica.com is in association with National Geographic and together they bring a wonderful collection of not only unique gifts but many hand crafted items.

One of my personal favorties is this gorgeous wooden statue titled "Mother's Love"

Mother and child exchange a glance of sheer love in this heartwarming sculpture from Made Wirata. It depicts the lithe forms with flowing line, their bodies echoing one another's movements. The image is joyous and ethereal, capturing in suar wood the intimate connection they share. An artisan story card will also be included with your purchase. What a special keepsake this would be for a new mom.

Also, for corporate gifts the options are fantastic. This handblown glass paperweight is both stylish and pratical for an office gift.



Air bubbles dance in a hypnotic procession around this translucent paperweight. Imbued with vermilion light, the effect is captivating. The Seguso Family crafts the piece by hand with the legendary blown glass techniques of Murano, Italy. The presence of air bubbles accentuates the nature of the traditional hand blown crafting process, making each piece unique.

The mission of Novica is this: "We want to give artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true artistic talents and to spur their creativity. And, we want to provide you with access to unique, hard-to-find items at great values that only the Internet infrastructure can allow.

At the deepest essence of our philosophy, we want to create a bridge between you and the many talented artisans across the globe.

We want you to know about who you're buying from. We want you to feel that attachment to the product and to the hands that created it.

In the spirit of the Internet, let us bring you together.

NOVICA. The World is Your Market."

I love that they share stories of the amazing people behind these hand crafted products. This one is from Made Wirata a wood sculptor from Bali.



"It is like a dream come true to be part of Novica, a place where I am appreciated and positioned at the same level as other international artists. Previously, with my father, brother, wife, and a son, we were living very simply, sharing two rooms in such a small house. Financially we had nothing, but we never gave up hope. Now, I employ five artisans to help me carve for Novica. One of my helpers had been working at a gas station before. He is so happy to put his skills as a carver to use. Slowly but surely our economic situations are getting better. I am now building a larger house, more appropriate for my family. Novica is such a blessing from God, for me and my family."

I support this company not only because of their mission statement but also because they are celebrating the artists. Please support them as well by checking them out at www.novica.com

Novica provided me with a gift certificate to shop on their site in exchange for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own.

My Spiritual Adventure

If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you are probably aware that for the last few months I have been on quite the roller coaster of emotions.

The easy thing would be to blame it on hormones. Having a 5 month old baby could very well be a valid reason that I am feeling so "off" emotionally. However, I like to think that everything happens for a reason and that God is trying to probably get my attention for some good reason. It's easy to write things off and let it go but for me I tend to explore my feelings. In most cases it is because I truly hope to become a stronger and better person. Sure sometimes it is exhausting and seems like a total drag to have to ask myself WHY I am feeling the way that I am but I know that dealing with it head on is the best option.

So, as I had mentioned a few weeks ago, I started to look into yoga as a means of not only exercise but for some guidance. I went to the bookstore the other day and picked up The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga: A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit by Deepak Chopra. What I am hoping to accomplish by reading this book is to find that place within me, find God inside of me and use that connection to silence the chaos that often overtakes my mind. I am a very high anxiety, high stress individual and I think that the mixture of Godly wisdom through the Bible along with some yogic inspiration could possibly be the answer to my constant question: How can I just silence the chaos?

I sound certifiably insane I'm sure but trust me, while I may justify my crazy ramblings as "soul searching" in all actuality it is me being me and being real. I hid my real feelings for a long time and I now know that by sharing my innermost fears and demons that truth will prevail and God will show himself to me. He's done it before. :)

Living with Purpose with DaySpring Products at WalMart

It's always refreshing to be able to share with other people about my faith. I am a Christian and it is a title that I have long worn with pride. When I was younger and in school I often would write bible scriptures on my backpack and notebooks as my subtle way to share the gospel with others.

Companies like DaySpring make it not only easy but cool to share your faith and unique message with their new line of christian back to school items! Check out the selection that I found at WalMart.



This Back to School season DaySpring is all about helping you go Back to School WithPurpose with DaySpring Back to School products found at Walmart.

Join DaySpring’s Back to School with Purpose Campaign to support DaySpring’s $5,000 donation for Adopt-A-Classroom.

has partnered with Adopt-A-Classroom to bring needed school supplies to children and classrooms that couldn’t otherwise afford it. Adopt-A-Classrom increases opportunity for student success by empowering teachers with community partners and funds to purchase resources for the classroom.

This Back to School season, DaySpring is celebrating its’ new Back to School products sold at Walmart and their legacy of bringing hope and encouragement every day, everywhere. DaySpring will donate $5,000 to the Adopt-A-Classroom campaign with your help.

How can you join? It’s simple:

•Participate in the DaySpring Back to School WithPurpose campaign by creating a blog post about what it means to go Back to School With Purpose with specific rules described here.
•Dayspring will donate up to $5,000 to Adopt-A-Classroom
•You can tag as many people as you wish whom you feel live with purpose.
•The DaySpring Back to School With Purpose campaign will officially begin at 12 AM EST on August 12 and end at 11:59 PM EST on August 21, 2010. Blog posts submitted to us before or after that time period will not be counted for.
•The blog post link has to be submitted to us here for your participation to be counted.
•In addition copy and paste the following text in your blog post:
DAYSPRING’S BACK TO SCHOOL WITH PURPOSE BLOG CAMPAIGN RULES:

•Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
•Create a blog post about what it means to you to go Back to School WithPurpose and identify others who you feel are Living With Purpose in their lives – you can recognize as many individuals as you want.
•Link back to person who gave you a DaySpring Award
•Let each person you are recognizing know you have recognized them.
•Leave your link at btswithpurpose comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #WithPurpose blog campaign, and more information about Back to School with Purpose with DaySpring there.
•DaySpring is donating $10 for each blog participating in the Virtual Bag It Forward Donation to Adopt-A-Classroom (up to total of $5,000 for blog posts written by August 21, 2010).
•Please note that only one blog post per blog url will count towards the donation

You can use any of my photos in this post for your post if you want to. Thank you for your consideration of this fabulous cause.

DaySpring & Collective Bias provided me with compensation for this post and for the purpose of purchasing DaySpring products at WalMart. All opinions and endorsement of products are my genuine thoughts.

It gets better with time...

the saying is true for many things...hurt often takes time to heal. When I have broken up with boyfriends when I was younger it always seemed devastating at first and then a month later it was as if I had never even cared...

Things like love also get better with time. As we get older we as people get better. Today I had a friend over for lunch and we talked a lot about our past lives. Where we had been and how those places and circumstances had brought us to our knees and to God.

Wine is another thing that gets better with time...

all joking aside, truly time is such an invaluable thing and if you don't appreciate every moment of life, the good, the bad, the ugly...you will never get to the point of realization where life and living it to it's full intent meet and you can be YOU.

I know that I have grown so much as a person and I continue to grow with each fall, each failure and each success. Where I will be in 10 years is unfathomable to me because I just hope and pray each day that the Lord will guide my path and heaven knows that my windy road has taken a dive many times...but the climb back up is not only a struggle but a strength gained.

Truth: it always gets better

Darling Husband, I love you even more so now...

...now that you don't have yellow pit stains on your tee shirts! YUCK!

Joe would kill me...he is probably reading this shaking his head right now :)-

So when I moved in with my husband and I was making room for his clothing I noticed something disturbing. Stained white tee shirts. Not just a few either, it was like ALL of them were stained and dingy looking. Now, if you know my husband he is very well groomed...so when I saw these icky tee shirts I thought surely he has some that are OK and these are the ones that I can throw out. Nope! Nearly all of them were disgusting and I headed right to the store to buy him some new ones. I bought more expensive ones and over time they still got yellow armpit stains. I gave up and just started slowly sifting through the old shirts and trading them out for new shirts. There has to be something that can be done, right?

Bleach? Nope. Speed Stick, the deodorant that he already uses, has come out with a new StainGuard version!



paired with the quality of Hanes tee shirts I was confident that this was going to end successfully this time and...



TADA!!

I was compensated for my time as well as the products featured in this post from Hanes and Speed Stick as a part of Collective Bias. All opinions about the product are my own

Sam’s Club® Enhances Member Experience with Technology

Bentonville, Ark.—August 10, 2010— As part of its commitment to deliver the best possible shopping experience, Sam’s Club today announced plans to upgrade all of its U.S. locations with Wi-Fi by November. The announcement was delivered to more than 2,200 Sam’s Club associates from the field and Home Office gathered at the Orlando Convention Center for the company’s Annual Holiday Meeting, which showcases holiday merchandise and details plans for the season.

AT&T* will provide Wi-Fi to Sam’s Club, which will allow its members greater use of their Wi-Fi enabled smart phones while shopping and enable associates to demo new IPTV’s (internet TV’s) as well as other internet connected devices in real time. Members may view their favorite web application such as Facebook™, Pandora™ or Vudo™ on large screen TV’s to better understand how it would appear at home. In addition, hundreds of product reviews will now be accessible in-club as well to help members research potential purchases and access samsclub.com. Sam’s Club is also upgrading to 1080p HDTV displays, to provide an improved and more realistic picture quality. Sam’s Club is the first warehouse club to offer live IPTV demos and carry a 1080p broadcast signal. Sam’s Club expects to showcase 3D TV’s in all locations and online next month.



“Our members are early adopters of technology and electronics, and we’re excited to deliver an improved experience in our clubs,” said Brian Cornell, president and CEO, Sam’s Club. “This investment in connectivity allows us to showcase the high quality brands we offer in a new engaging way, provide an enhanced level of service and brings to life our promise to our members of Savings Made Simple.”

Sam’s Club also announced plans to offer a comprehensive smart phone application (app) for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Droid platforms. The app will include several features such as access to eValues, which are extra discounts loaded directly onto the Plus Membership cards, product information, member reviews and more. The Sam’s Club app will make it easier for members to make the right choices on products throughout the club as well as foster greater member interaction with Sam’s Club. The Sam’s Club app will be available in September. Additional functionality details will be communicated soon.

The use of Sam’s Club Tech Experts will be expanded as a result of the new capabilities to provide advanced training for in-club electronics associates. Sam’s Club members may use Tech Experts 24/7 for free, by calling 877-758-4346 to get pre and post sale consultations on dozens of electronics items from computers to home theater systems. Members may also get information on items regardless of where they were purchased. In addition to providing no cost tech support, Tech Experts also can provide Sam’s Club members with delivery and installation of electronics from basic to custom plans.

“These initiatives combined with additional associate training in Electronics will have a positive impact on every product category within the department,” said Joe Hartsig, vice president, Electronics at Sam’s Club. “We’ll be able to enhance how our members experience electronics and deliver an increased level of service as technology choices become more complex.”


About Sam’s Club

Sam’s Club is a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., (NYSE:WMT). The first Sam’s Club opened its doors in Midwest City, Okla., in 1983. Today, Sam’s Club serves more than 47 million U.S. Members with locations nationwide, as well as in Brazil, China,

Mexico and Puerto Rico. Sam’s Club saves its members on average 30.4 percent over grocery and specialty retailers by offering superior values on quality merchandise and services for home or work. Saving is made simple at Sam’s Club. Visit samsclub.com for more information.