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Valentine’s Day Pillow Pets Review and Giveaway

February 13, 2011 By


It’s a pillow, it’s a pet, it’s a Pillow Pet!  Created by a San Diego mother of two, Pillow Pets are the super-soft, cuddly stuffed animal with a velcro tab that turns it into a super-comfy pillow.  Kids love them!

My Pillow Pets started out as a collection of six animals and has expanded to more than thirty, including zoo, jungle and farm animals as well as cats and dogs. For Valentine’s Day, My Pillow Pets created the adorable Valentine’s Luv Pup and Luv Kitty.  Luv Pup has a heart for a nose and hearts under her ears, and both Luv Pup and Luv Kitty have hearts dotting their bellies. Both are made from ultra-soft chenille that is machine washable.  A velcro strap on the underside transforms them from a pillow to a pet and back in seconds! Perfect for naps, car rides, plane trips, or just lounging around.

Kaitlyn was so excited when My Pillow Pets offered to send her either a Luv Pup or a Luv Kitty for this campaign. She chose Luv Pup and he has a permanent place at the foot of her bed. He also sat at the kitchen table with her while she signed her preschool Valentines!

V Day Pillow Pet

Surprise someone you love by giving them a Pillow Pet for Valentine’s Day! Find them pretty much everywhere including drugstores, grocery stores, Target & Walmart, even at Blockbuster Video! Average price I’ve seen is $19.99.  Learn more about the Pillow Pets at their blog, too!

WIN IT: Thanks to My Pillow Pets, one lucky MomReviews reader will win a Valentine’s cat or dog Pillow Pet (their choice)!

MAIN ENTRY: To enter, visit www.lovemypillowpets.com, click Products, look at the pets, then come back here and leave a comment telling me another Pillow Pet that you would love to own!  This must be done before any bonus entries will count.

ENTRY DATES AND RULES: The MomReviews Pillow Pets giveaway runs from 02/13/11 to 02/20/11. Open to U.S. mailing addresses only. One winner will be chosen and emailed for their mailing address. This information will be forwarded to the PR rep handling the giveaway, who will also be handling the shipment of the prize. MomReviews is not responsible for lost or stolen prizes.

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    Enter to win a Valentine’s Day Pillow Pet dog or cat (your choice)  from @MyPillowPets and @MomReviews! Ends 2/20 at 11:59 a.m. EST http://momreviews.net/?p=6481

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    I’ll choose the winner using the “And the Winner Is” plugin on 2/20, announce them by editing the post, and email the winner for their mailing address. Shipping will be handled by the sponsor. Thanks for entering and good luck everybody!

    disclosure: I received a Valentine’s Day Pillow Pet to review for this campaign. No other compensation was received.

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    Holiday Gift Guide – PhotoWeavers Photo Blankets and Throws

    November 7, 2010 By

    Some people are just hard to shop for, right? As you make your holiday gift shopping list, I’m sure you’ve come across a couple of people that when you ask them what they want for Christmas, they say “oh, I don’t know.” It’s so frustrating!  I find it especially hard to come up with great gifts for my parents and grandparents every year. I came across a site called PhotoWeavers, and now I know exactly what to get those hard-to-buy-for people on my holiday gift list!

    PhotoWeavers turns your photo into an incredible woven photo blanket that showcases your photo, plus personalization like a name, a special date, and/or a border. There’s a great “Inspiration Gallery” on the site that shows examples of different combinations you can make. Looking at the gallery gave me even more ideas for who a photo blanket or photo throw would be perfect for! Know someone who just had a baby? Design a blanket for them featuring a photo of their precious new addition, plus the baby’s name and date of birth.  Someone who graduated from high school or college would appreciate a cozy photo throw with their photo and the name of their school and when they graduated.  Give your parents, grandparents or a special family friend a photo of your kids for a special keepsake. The possibilities are endless!

    PhotoWeavers can also turn your photo into a wall hanging, a pillow, a purse, or a tote bag. What a great way to have a special photo with you all the time!  Ordering is so easy – just upload your photo and personalize it. PhotoWeavers will edit your photo so it’s the best it can be, scan it into their digital interface, then weave it with over 8 miles of cotton.  After washing your blanket or throw so it’s extra comfy when it arrives, they ship your finished product via FedEx, and you have your photo throw or other item! There’s a video on the site that shows the process, it’s really cool to see how all the threads come together to make an exact replica of a photo.

    DISCOUNT AND CONTEST: “Like” PhotoWeavers on Facebook and now through Nov. 15th, get 50% off your order!  The link for the coupon is on the “Welcome” tab of their page. Click the “Contests” tab to learn how you can enter your photo in one of five categories, the top 5 most voted for photos win a photo blanket, plus the overall winner gets an additional five blankets. I’m planning to enter a photo myself, so you might be getting a Facebook message from me asking you to vote for my entry!

    PhotoWeavers can ship your finished product in 3-5 days and they have an unconditional money back guarantee, so my honest opinion is that it’s an option to consider for your holiday shopping. Or heck, buy one for yourself! It would be like getting a hug from the person you love every time you wrap yourself in the blanket :)

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    TOOBEEZ-Giveaway Plus Charitable Donation!

    November 11, 2008 By

    This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner, Dawn from Coming To A Nursery Near You !

    toobeez setDo your kids love building with Tinkertoys? Have you ever wished there was a bigger version of Tinkertoys? Well, now there is! TOOBEEZ are the giant building tubes that can be used as a toy, an educational tool, a teambuilding prop, even a therapeutic aid. And right now, TOOBEEZ is making an amazingly generous offer to MomReviews Readers as well as everyone who makes a purchase during the month of November-Buy TOOBEEZ, Get TOOBEEZ!

    Purchase a 57 piece giant tinker toy TOOBEEZ® kit for $99 and receive a complimentary 15 piece set ($24.99 value) to share or keep. Simply provide a name, organization or business and an address, and they will ship the present. That’s right, you buy a 57 piece kit, and TOOBEEZ donates a 15 piece kit to the charity of your choice! (You can also keep it for yourself and that is totally okay).

    Because TOOBEEZ uses UPS ground for shipping, this offer is only available in the continental US. What a great way to buy a super-cool toy for your kids for Christmas and make a charitable donation too! The set comes with 32 tubes, four stretchy “skins”, 20 connecting balls, and a tote bag.

    TOOBEEZ also has activity books available for sale on the site, showing how the tubes can be used to demonstrate math and language arts concepts, work as a team-building exercise for companies (just try attaching a bunch of markers to the tubes and making a team of people work together to write a word!), even as therapy for Seniors and children with special needs. TOOBEEZ ARE AMAZING!

    GIVEAWAY:     I am so thrilled to announce that TOOBEEZ is very generously giving away a complete 57 piece, $99.99 Kit to one MomReviews Reader, AND donating a 15 piece kit to the charity of their choice! wooo hoooo!!  For one entry, please visit the TOOBEEZ homepage and browse around, then come back here and tell me one thing you learned about TOOBEEZ from visiting the site.  I’ll choose one winner from all entries to receive the free TOOBEEZ kit plus a second kit donated to the charity of their choice!

    EXTRA ENTRIES: I’ll give you one extra entry for each of these things that you do, leave a separate comment for each-

    • Mention this giveaway in a blog post, linking back to the post URL. Send a trackback or leave a comment. No blog? Link to this giveaway on Twitter, on your Facebook page, somewhere where your online friends will see it and can click through to get here. Leave that info in a comment.
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      • That’s five entries if you do everything! Remember, open to continental U.S. only. Enter by Wednesday November 19th at 12:00 PM EST. Good luck!

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