Bormioli Rocco Verdi Espresso Cups Review

Bormioli Rocco produces fine Italian glassware. They make a variety of glassware products including cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical containers. The company’s craftsman ship dates back to at least 1825 but, some say it goes back to the middle ages! For my review, I received the Bormioli Rocco Verdi Espresso Cup With Stainless Steel Handles. The Bormioli Rocco Verdi Espresso Cups are made with tempered glass; they can hold 3.5 ounces of your favorite hot beverage. A stainless steel Read more [...]

Leakey Collection Zulugrass Necklaces Review

The zulugrass jewelry pictured above is created by Maasai women from Kenya. Their area had experienced a drought that ended in 2001 and creating zulugrass jewelry has allowed them to create better economic situations for their families. You can certainly feel good about shopping at leakey because your money is greatly benefiting these women. When it comes to jewelry, I tend to be very picky. Rather than changing my jewelry based on my outfit that day, I tend to have one set of jewelry that Read more [...]

Balance Bar BARE Father’s Day Gift Set Review & #Giveaway US 6/11

Balance Bar BARE is a line of bars that follows what they call the 40-30-30 nutrition principle. According to the company, balanced nutrition provides 40% of calories from carbohydrates, 30% of calories from protein, and 30% of calories from dietary fat. The BARE bars mix nuts and oats with natural sweeteners to create a delicious experience for your taste buds. For my review, I received the Balance Bar BARE Father’s Day Gift Set; I think this will be a perfect gift for my health conscious Read more [...]

Lasko Model 2027 Table Fan Review

Spring in Michigan can be a wonderful "early summer" reason or just an overdue version of winter, depending on the year. This year we have had a mix of both, having temperatures in the 70's back in February and just last week having frost on the car windshield in the morning. Summer is coming though and during the hot days we have been using the Lasko Model 2027 Table Fan to help keep us cool. As you can see below, the fan came in a bunch of pieces and at first glance seemed a bit intimidating. Read more [...]

Horse Haven Facebook Game Helps Real Horses Review

I posted recently about how I love when organizations get together with brands to allow individuals to donate to great causes in unique or fun ways. Horse Haven is a game with a good cause standing behind it. Basically, it's a facebok game where you take care of a horse by making sure it gets fed, brushed, exercised, etc. You earn points as you go, and for a limited time you can purchase special angel acres items which benefits an organization called angel acres horse haven rescue that fights Read more [...]

TerraCycle Fiber Pot & Saucer and Flower & Rose Food Review

DwellSmart wants to better the environment and help improve our health. They have set high standards for the products they sell; they must sustain, protect, conserve, reduce, and/or share in some way. DwellSmart works hard to minimize their impact on the environment. As a company, they reduce and reuse all packaging material coming in and going out of their store. Store employee’s compost and carpool or travel on human power. Store fittings are either made from reused materials or are hand-me-downs. DwellSmart Read more [...]

GelPro Gel Mat Review

By Betty

May 25th, 2012
I am on my feet A LOT in my kitchen. We don't have a dishwasher so I spend hours out of my day over the sink. GelPro Gel mats understands this problem and has made a product to help my aching back. GelPro sent me a Willow Fern Gel mat to try out and it has certainly exceeded my expectations. I found it has been helping my knees, back, and ankles and I could tell almost immediately I was going to really enjoy using it. The Gel mats are made with some sort of shock-absorbing inner core. They Read more [...]

Bringing In Summer Giveaway Event – Lucy’s Cookies (6/9)

We're taking part in the Bringing in Summer Giveaway Hop hosted by Karma Media. Once you have entered our fantastic giveaway,  please take a look at all the other giveaways listed at the bottom of the post. Each blogger participating will have a family friendly giveaway valued at $20 or more. The giveaway here on my blog is for three packs of cookies from lucy's cookies! Lucy's cookies are allergy friendly and gluten free. They are made without egg, milk, peanuts and tree nuts. They Read more [...]

Private Brands of Cigars Review

By Betty

May 25th, 2012
Joe the Cigartainer started Private Brands of Cigars over a decade ago in order to ensure there was a high quality cigar that could be used for business and entertainment purposes. Since then he has been written about in several magazines and even written his own book entitled Long Ashes, Baby! which is his kind of trademark statement. He also explains on his website the idea that long ashes show the quality of the cigar. He sent me a really great case of cigars that were hand-rolled and personalized Read more [...]

Beauty Spoon Review

The Beauty Spoon (a product of Alexa Brands) came about because the company’s founder was tired of throwing away unused skin care products simply because she couldn’t get to them at the bottom of the bottle.   There’s nothing complicated about the thought behind the invention and development of the Beauty Spoon that and there’s nothing complicated about the Beauty Spoon itself.  Just the way I like it.  Something simple and easy to use. The Beauty Spoon comes in two sizes.  One is Read more [...]