Pajama Party - Week 2

Today is the start of week 2 of the pajama party giveaway!! Today, the sponsor for our giveaway is Happy Hearts Boutique."My name is Carolyn and I am a small business owner and the operator of Happy Hearts Boutique online shop. A full time wife and mother to 4 wonderful children, I began shopping online in 2003 for items for myself and my children. I have always personally loved shopping online for the sheer convenience of sitting in the comfort of my own home. Taking my time to peruse products without pushy sales people or even the hassle of gearing up the kids or fighting traffic - even being able to shop in the middle of the night! - were all major pluses in my choice to shop from home. I know what customers are looking for when shopping on the internet - because I myself started out as a customer first! More than the products of interest, we are looking for an easy to navigate site, professional and friendly service, quick response time with questions, safe and secure checkout and shipping that doesn't cost an arm and a leg or take forever to arrive. We are committed to providing all of these to you, in addition to quality children products with new items added weekly."
Carolyn was sweet enough to give a pair of organic cotton pajamas to one lucky reader from Now What Do You Think About That!!So? Want to win an adorable set of toddler pajamas? I know I do! I think I am going to have to see if I can get a pair too!! :) Its super easy, just go to Happy Hearts Boutiques website and tell me which set of pajamas you would like to win... Then, Just fill out the simple form below. That's it!
The contest runs from 9-1-08 to 9-8-08. The winner will be announced right here on my website, and I will also e-mail the lucky winner.

Arte Y Pico

My blogging buddy over at Now Entering Momville awarded me with a fantastic award today! Yay! I am so honored... Thanks!

This award recognizes a blog’s creativity and overall contribution to the blogger community. Once you’ve been selected, please follow these guidelines and pay it forward:

1) Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award based on creativity, design, interesting material, and overall contribution to the blogger community, regardless of the language.

2) Post the name of the author and a link to his or her blog by so everyone can view it.

3) Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.

4) The award-winner and the presenter should post the link of the “Arte y pico“ blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5) Please post these rules.

Here are the 5 blogs I'm passing the award to:

1.) Holly @ ScatterSunshine - She has the best ideas, crafts and recipes. She is awesome!

2) Emily @ Little Momma & Company - Not only is she a great writer, but has some awesome crafts and tips for everyday life. I love to read her blog!
3.) Kathleen @ Grosgrain Fabulous - She is an inspiration to sewing in the blogging world. I think she contributes so much and doesn't get anything in return. Thanks Kathleen!!

4.) Pam @ Pamela Donnis Designs has the most awesome digital scrapbooking designs available. If you aren't a digital scrapbooking person, try it today with one of these awesome designs!
5.) Jen @ Cake Wrecks - I love love love this site. I am so excited when my Bloglines says that she has posted a new disaster! I can't really explain this one - she can explian it better... "When professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong."

Coming up!!

Hi everyone! You all probably know that I have several giveaways coming up, and I know most of you know its nighttime products... but here is a little sneak peek of whats coming...

P.s. don't forget about the personalized pillowcases... the drawing will be held on Sept. 1st. Good luck!!

My blogging buddy, Now Entering Momville is hosting a game giveaway. It sounds like so much fun!! Click here to go and support her blog! Thanks!

Oh, and Grosgrain has another fabulous giveaway... Wandering Waif Collection GIVEAWAY !!!!!!! I am so hoping that this one I might win. I'm crossing my fingers!!

Pajama Party!!

Today is the start of several new giveaways!! Hooray! I am hosting a Pajama Party here at Now What Do You Think About That.

The first giveaway is from Bunnies and Bows. Bunnies and Bows was founded in 1995 by Chrysa and Kevin Sparrow. Bunnies and Bows offer toddler size pillowcases and infant pillowcases. They are all personalized with your child's name. These pillows are perfect for travel, daycare, preschool, or grandparent's house. Each pillowcase includes a pillow!  Each pillowcase is carefully hand screened using a 6 color press, and usually 60 or more in quantity. The pillowcases are super soft! They use water based, non-toxic inks to silk screen these pillowcases, and they are totally safe, and soft for your child’s face to sleep on. They are the finest cotton percale, using a very high quality 180 thread count pillowcase. They are 50/50 cotton/polyester which helps reduce wrinkles.

Bunnies and Bows also offer adorable Tooth Fairy Pillows. Each are hand sewn and personalized with your childs name!

So? Do you want to win one of these adorable pillowcases? Its easy! All you need to do is go to their website to decide which one you want to win. (http://www.bunniesandbows.com/) Choose either a infant or toddler pillowcase or a Tooth Fairy Pillow and tell me which one you like! Its that easy! Even if you don't have a child, these are awesome for personalized birthday or shower gifts!

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Garden Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!
Another gorgeous giveaway by Grosgrain!!

Coming next week!!

Next week, I am hosting a 'Pajama Party!' I have several sponsors of nighttime products for baby and child.... Including... Blankets, custom pillowcases, story books, and more to be given away!! Stay tuned for more information on how to win!

Getting Red Stains out of Carpet

Last week my daughter dumped a half full cherry slurpie on my grandparents carpet. I panicked. I scrubbed for a half hour. It looked like it was pretty much gone. The next morning, I woke up to find the spot brighter than ever. I found a great way to get out red stains. Just follow these instructions..
First, use a shop-vac to suck some of the juice out, if you can get to the stain quickly. This can stop the spill from entering the carpet fibers. Getting out some or all of the remaining stain takes time.
Start with Dawn dishwashing detergent - the original blue type. Add five or six drops to two cups of warm water. Dampen a white cotton cloth with this solution and lay it over the stain. Then place a clothes iron on top of it, set on "low".
Let this sit for fifteen minutes, and don't press down. The red stain will start to wick up into the cloth. You should see red on the cloth. Fold it to use a clean part or apply a new cloth, and repeat the process.
It takes patience to get red stains out of carpet, but even year-old red stains have been removed using this method. Repeat the process again and again until there is no more transfer of the red stain to the cloth. Rinse the spot with water, blot it up, and dry it quickly. Quick drying prevents any stain deeper down from wicking up to the surface.
I give this method 5 out of 5 stars!

Have you tried this? Do you have a better method? Leave a comment so you can tell me

Now what do you think about that?

Olympic Outrage

I was very very sad to read about this sweet cute little girl who lent her voice to the olympics....

"Little Lin Miaoke won the hearts and minds of the Chinese people for her stirring rendition of "Ode to the Motherland" at the Olympic opening ceremony. But there was anger in Beijing yesterday at the revelation that she mimed the rousing patriotic anthem, while the real singer was a little girl whose looks just didn't make the grade.
Chen Qigang, musical director of the ceremony, said the song was not actually sung by Lin, who has been christened the "Smiling Angel", but by Yang Peiyi, also aged seven. He said Lin had been chosen ahead of the more gifted singer because she was prettier. "The reason for this is that we must put our country's interest first," Mr Chen told Beijing Radio. "The girl appearing on the picture must be flawless in terms of her facial expression and the great feeling she can give to people. We had to make that choice. It was fair to [both girls]. We combined the perfect voice and the perfect performance."

Seven-year-old Yang Peiyi (left) sang the patriotic song 'Ode to the Motherland' that was mimed by Lin Miaoke (right)
Lin made a huge splash in the domestic and international media for her performance. There were scores of stories about how the little girl, who has been in TV commercials with the actress Zhao Wei and the champion hurdler Liu Xiang, had to get through a tough interview process and beat off hundreds of other hopefuls to get the nod to sing the song.
Yang Peiyi, a first-grader at a primary school in Beijing, was putting on a brave face, telling Chinese television she did not regret the fact that her face had not been used for the ceremony and that she was honoured to have her voice beamed to the estimated 15 per cent of the world's population that tuned in. Some Chinese bloggers likewise claimed both girls were heroes, but others were horrified at the message the decision sends to children. "Since this happened, seven-year-old kids all think you should judge a person according to his or her image," said one blogger. "They now think that being good looking is better than having a good voice. Shame!"
Another blogger added: "Personal image can have an effect on a country, and a negative image is not in the national interest? What a joke! Why don't they just cancel the programme? Don't relate everything to the national interest."
The lip-syncing scandal came as organisers revealed that the 29-footprint firework display at the heart of the opening ceremony contained much digital sleight of hand, and that digitally enhanced video was superimposed on to live footage of the fireworks section outside the stadium.
Gao Xiaolong, head of the visual effects team, told The Beijing Times it had taken almost a year to create the 55-second sequence. He said actual fireworks could be seen outside the stadium but it was logistically impossible to film them by helicopter, so the decision was made to recreate the effect digitally.
The ruse even extended to getting the weather forecast right so as to simulate the same smog as on the night, and adding camera shake to simulate filming from a helicopter. "Seeing how it worked out, it was still a bit too bright compared to the actual fireworks. But most of the audience thought it was filmed live, so that was mission accomplished," said Mr Gao.
Another trick China is using to boost the atmosphere at the Olympics are rent-a-crowd volunteers to fill embarrassingly empty seats at some events, including judo and archery. Some tickets have been bought as an act of patriotism or as gifts for business contacts – but have not been used. Mr Wang, a senior official on the Beijing organising committee, said: "If they find that there are not enough people, or if they find that there are too many empty seats, they organise some cheerleaders.'"

Is anyone else as outraged as I am about this? It makes me so sad for this poor girl. Can anyone say low self-esteem. And the fact is, is that she is cute!

I don't really care about the fake fireworks or fake cheerleaders. I think its not smart on their part, but the real story is that poor little girl...

Mary-Kate Olsen refuses to talk to authorities about Heath Ledger's death

Alright, So I usually don't like and don't care about celebrity gossip. But this article on FoxNews.com really made me frustrated.

Allegedly Mary-Kate Olsen was friends with Heath Ledger (wasn't he way too much older for her to be 'just friends?' just wondering...) and was the first one called when her masseuse discovered Ledgers body after he had died. All of Ledgers friends have rallied around the actor in an attempt to stop the speculation of illegal drug use and suicide. That’s what good friends do, right? Well, not according to Mary-Kate Olsen. She is refusing to talk to federal authorities that are investigating the accidental overdose of Ledger until she receives immunity from prosecution. Immunity from what my I ask? Hu, Mary-Kate? According to the post, some of the pain killers were likely obtained illegally. Hmm.

Shout Advanced - Action Gel

Stains are bound to happen. Food, grass, and every day messes are not a match for the new Shout® Advanced. You can remove tough set in stains and keep your family looking great, no matter what life throws at you.

The fast acting spray gel can be applied to the stains as you are throwing them into the washer, or for the really tough stains you can apply the gel and leave it for hours or even days before washing.

My only problem that I have with this product is that it works, maybe a little too well! With a baby, some shirts that used to be one color end up being a darker shade of that color... So when that shirt gets stained again, putting the stain remover just on that spot, makes that spot cleaner than the whole shirt! So then I have to spray the whole shirt with the spot remover to make it all the same :).

The price is a little hard to swallow as well, but seeing how long it lasts and how concentrated it is, I still buy it.

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Product: Shout® Advanced
Price: Approx. $4.29
Size: 14.0 fl oz.

So? The verdict...

4 out of 5 stars!

Do you agree? Disagree? Here is your chance to tell me why for your chance to win one!
Now what do you think about that?