Winners!
Due to my camping trip, I am quite behind on winners. So here they are! 🙂
The winner of the pillow pet giveaway is out of 349 entries and the winner is #118!
kimbuckjr
1. I subscribe via email.
Congrats Kim! I have emailed you 🙂
The winner of the smart & sexy giveaway is out of 236 entries and the winner is #152
hannah
subscriber via rss feed, google reader for
Congrats hannah! I emailed you 🙂
The winner of the simple green naturals giveaway is out of 192 entries and the winner Read more [...]
I’m home :)
I'm back home after a week of camping. We had fun but I was glad to head home too. I guess camping usually goes that way though right? I have a lot to get done in the next couple days as well as the next month or so. I hate how laundry piles up when we are gone. Still have to  unpack and get things back to normal around here.
My sister is due to have her baby any second now, plus I'm in a wedding next Saturday, and have a few wedding-related events to go to between now and then. Plus college Read more [...]
Star wars scantimation book review [blogmania]
Note: This post was created July 28th and was set to auto-post. By the time you read this I will be gone on vacation without internet access. I will return around August 4th and will reply to comments and/or emails at that time.
Woo hoo! Here is the first review that I have posted that will be connected with blogmania. (Meaning there will be a giveaway for this book during blogmania in September!).
Today's review comes from workman.com which is a company that sells books of all kinds. I was Read more [...]
Gone for a few days – and need your ideas! :)
Sorry that this is so last minute, but I'm pretty much going to be absent from blogging until next Tuesday or Wednesday. Why?
Tomorrow (Thursday) I am going to spend a lot of time sewing up monsters for Fridays trading frenzie. Plus getting things around to go camping.
Friday is my hometowns yearly celebration, which includes yard sales which I'm going to. We're also going grocery shopping with my dad and then the 3 of us are going about 2.5 hours up north to the cabin. It's not really camping Read more [...]
Tropical traditions virgin coconut oil review & giveaway
Tropical Traditions is a company that makes a wide variety of natural products, including many that come from coconuts. I'll be honest, I didn't have a clue that coconuts or coconut oil could be used for much. When I learned that I would be receiving some virgin coconut oil from tropical traditions for review, I started to do a bit of research and found that coconut oil has an almost endless number of uses.
For cooking uses alone there is a huge list of recipes with virgin coconut oil you Read more [...]
Tweeting rules
If you tweet a giveaway to earn an entry, please note that the instructions always say "@emilyreviewscom, a shortened link to this giveaway and #giveaway"
that means you have to include "#giveaway" Â in the tweet. Otherwise it doesn't count. I noticed 2-3 people in the last couple of days have been tweeting without including the hash tag and giveaway.
Why do I ask that you include #giveaway? Using a hash tag is like 'tagging' a blog post. It then allows you to search for tweets containing 'giveaway' Read more [...]
Charm factory review & giveaway
Charm Factory is a company that sells sterling silver charm bracelets and charms. I have always found charm bracelets fascinating, but have always thought it was an odd concept at least while you're getting your bracelet started. Wouldn't a charm bracelet look funny with just a couple of charms on it? I was thrilled to find out that the charm factory offers 'starter braclets' that already have a few charms on them, enough to make it look not totally bare, while leaving you plenty of room to add lots Read more [...]
Peacock beads earrings giveaway
Today I bring to you Elizabeth from Peacock beads on etsy. In her words...
I’m the brains, beauty and brawn (?!?) behind Peacockbeads shop on ETSY. I started out making jewelry when I went back to grad school and needed a creative outlet (and I had no energy or desire to do any additional reading on my “off” time so I needed another hobby). It also allowed my inner peacock to come out – hence the store’s name – and I was able to make coordinating jewelry for all my outfits. The Read more [...]
What’s your favorite homemade dinner?
We've been "on our own" for over a year and a half now, but my selection of dinners that I know how to cook are still really limited. This is the list, to date
Tacos
Pizza
scalloped potatoes (we love this with ham added. mm!)
zatarain's (does this count? haha)
Basic roast beef/potato/carrot stew
Fried potatoes/sausage/carrots (not even sure what this is called? haha)
Steak
Pork chops / sometimes we shake and bake them
I think that's it. Might be one or two more that I can't think Read more [...]
