Blogmania … Simply Green Style!

September 15, 2010 By
This event has ended! Thanks to all who entered! The winners are…
Prize # – Comment #: #1 – 429, #2 – 582, #3 – 308, #4 – 108
Congratulations!

What is Blogmania?

WHO?
175 bloggers are each
WHAT?
hosting a giveaway with at least $100 in prizes
WHEN?
from Sept. 15, 2010 at 12:01 am – 12:00am (EST) Sept. 17, 2010
WHERE?
on each of their blogs.

My theme for my giveaways is Simply Green. I really loved the Simply Green event I did last December and so did all of my readers so consider this a mini-version!!

How many winners will there be? FOUR!! (one per prize)
What are the prizes?

#1 Xtrema Cookware – 10″ Skillet (retail $99.99!)
Check out Xtreme Cookware here. Also check out the review for this product HERE!! It is great, if you win this, you will LOVE it!!

#2 StainlessCups.com – 4 of each 3 size tumblers and 2 sets of straws ($96 value!)
Check out StainlessCups.com here. Also check out the review of their cups HERE!! You will love your root bear float in one of these cups!

#3 StainlessCups.com – 4 baby bottles, 4 sippy tops, 4 sport tops, 4 BumpyName label bands and 4 small tumblers (Retails $105!!)

The StainlessCups.com BumpyNames are NEW and a GREAT deal!!! Check them out HERE!

#4 Weleda – 6 Weleda Pomegranate Creamy Body Washes ($108 value all together)
Have you tried Weleda products yet? I just used up my bottle of Pomegranate Creamy Body Wash I reviewed HERE so I just might fight you for this prize! It smells so good. You will love this Body Wash!

Details:
This drawing will end Thursday, September 16th at 11:59pm EST. I may pick the winner using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.
This giveaway is open to US residents only!
All prizes are being sent by the companies, not by me. I am not responsible for prizes that are not received by the winner.

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar.
Leave a comment with your name that you subscribed with AND tell me your top two picks from these prizes! (just the #s is fine!!)
** Google Friends Connect is being flighty and disappearing from time to time. If it isn’t there when you are trying to enter, use entry 1 or 4 below and leave that as your mandatory entry!! =)

Additional Entries:
1) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Tweet about this giveaway. Put #blogmania in your tweet.

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
3) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
4) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
5) Leave a comment in a Simply Budgeting series post! Leave a comment here with what you did. (one for each month up so far so right now up to four entries!)

Now that you entered the Simply Green themed Blogmania post here at Simply Living on a Budget, find another Blogmania giveaway to enter now HERE!!!

NOTE: No compensation was received in exchange for this post. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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Last round of Simply Green Winners!

January 18, 2010 By

Here is the fifth and FINAL round of winners for the Simply Green event!

Congratulations to the two winners, Vanessa, kngmckellar ,and Art,who won the Vapur Giveaway.

Congratulations to darlanpaulsmamma who won the Bummas Giveaway.

Congratulations to Aik who won the Revenge Is Giveaway.

Congratulations to Tricia316 who won the The Joy of Cleaning Book Giveaway.

Congratulations to Dad of Divas who won the Orient Watch Giveaway.

Congratulations to Snowflake07 who won the EcoSmart Giveaway.

Congratulations to Perfect Blue Moon who won the Unique Rabbit Giveaway.

The winners have 48 hours from the time the email notifications are sent to reply to claim their prizes. An email will be sent from simplybudgeted at gmail dot com to notify you that you are the winner! I hope to get these emails out today. If you are on the ball and see this, feel free to email your address and phone number (needed for some deliveries) and include which giveaway you won!

Another BIG THANK YOU for everyone who joined me in this event. I really enjoyed it. I hope that you will be joining me for Beth Week. Check out the details for Beth Week here!

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More Winners Announced …

January 5, 2010 By

Here is the fourth round of winners for the Simply Green event!

Congratulations to the two winners, Calyx Ann and happyenchilada,who won the Herbolution Giveaway.

Congratulations to Crystal who won the Sodastream Giveaway.

Congratulations to catss99 who won the Skin MD Giveaway.

Congratulations to Desiree who won the Etsy Earth Team Giveaway.

Congratulations to Melodic Mom who won the Marcal Small Steps Giveaway.

Congratulations to Jammie who won the Extrema Cookware Giveaway.

Congratulations to three winners, Barbarawr, Heather!, and blueviolet who each won the Carebags Giveaway.

Congratulations to Garner5 who won the Weil Baby Giveaway.

The winners have 48 hours from the time the email notifications are sent to reply to claim their prizes. An email will be sent from simplybudgeted at gmail dot com to notify you that you are the winner! I hope to get these emails out today. If you are on the ball and see this, feel free to email your address and phone number (needed for some deliveries) and include which giveaway you won!

Simply Green has ended but there are still some of the giveaways that haven’t ended yet. Check the sidebar for those. I have a few lined up for January so watch for those. Also check out the details for Beth Week here!

Sorry this winner post is a tad late but life has been really busy lately so thanks for understanding.

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Thank You for Being a Part of Simply Green!

January 4, 2010 By

I still hope to do a little favorite things post from 2009 but honestly haven’t gotten around to it yet. Maybe later this week that post will show up here so look for it.

As we are now in 2010, I want to say farewell to my Simply Green event that lasted the whole month of December!! While I say farewell, I will note that there are still multiple giveaways that were part of this event going on so look at the sidebar and go enter them! A huge THANK YOU to all of the companies who were part of this event and are letting us become greener in all areas of our lives with their products!

For all of my readers, you can leave up your Simply Green event buttons until the last giveaway ends on Jan 12th for extra entries in those giveaways!!

If you have a minute, leave a comment with some feedback on this event. Simply Green was my first event here at Simply Living on a Budget. On my end it was a BIG success but I would love to hear from you on what you thought about this event and even blog events in general.

I can’t wait to hear from you and to get you my next big announcement!

Happy New Year!

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Simply Green: Unique Rabbit

December 31, 2009 By


I was introduced to Unique Rabbit recently. Unique Rabbit kindly sent me a complementary set of their product.

What is Unique Rabbit?
Kimberly at Unique Rabbit offers wonderful handmade items such as napkin hankies and hankie pockets!

Why is Unique Rabbit green and part of Simply Green? (taken from their homepage)
Paperless towels make a great gift for everyone on your list. They come beautifully packaged in twine with a small insert that explains the environmental benefits of paperless towels. Soft flannel paperless towels/napkins are gentle on you and the planet! If you are tired of spending money on disposable paper towels/napkins here’s an earth-friendly solution.

My thoughts about Unique Rabbit …
The paperless towels are really nice. They are a great size and the flannel fabric is really great. My kids can go through some napkins when they want to so it will be nice to give them these when they are in one of their super messy modes! We do enough laundry that it is super easy to just toss these in the next load that I was. If you want to keep on saving, get a couple of sets of these and then you can probably almost stop buying those paper napkins!

I am excited to announce that Unique Rabbit has offered one of my readers a set of reusable napkins to try themselves!

So what are the details?

Details:
This drawing will end Tuesday, January 12th at 11:59pm EST. I will pick the winner using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Check out Unique Rabbit and let me know what set of napkins you would pick if you win. Pick wisely as this will be your prize if you are the winner!

Additional Entries:
1) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

RT: Win a set of reusable napkins from Unique Rabbit! @simplybudgeted http://bit.ly/66vVuH #etsy #giveaway #green #simplygreen ends 1/12

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
3) Blog about this giveaway and provide a link to the blog post. Leave a comment with the URL to the blog post.
4) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
5) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name that you subscribe with.
6) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
7) Add my Simply Green Event button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
8) If you had my Simply Green Event button prior to December 1st leave two separate comments as entries to this giveaway! (You should have commented here to qualify for this.)

NOTE: I was provided with a complementary set of napkins hankies from Unique Rabbit to provide this review. No other compensation was received. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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Simply Green: EcoSMART

December 30, 2009 By

I am pleased to introduce you to EcoSMART. EcoSMART generously sent me their Safe Plant and Garden Value Bundle that includes organic insect repellent.

What is EcoSMART? (taken from their Company Information page)
EcoSMART Technologies, the world leader in safe pesticide solutions, is a venture-backed company with patented technology and a world-class management team. Our mission is to create the world’s safest, most effective pesticides based on natural ingredients. We have 15 years of scientific research and a wealth of patents behind us. We make the only 100% safe insecticide that is proven to work. We offer the only complete line of EPA exempt pesticides sold in the US.

Why is EcoSMART green and part of Simply Green? (taken from their Company Information page)
EcoSMART was the first company to apply modern science to essential plant oils — creating the first 100% safe pesticides. Our products are based on the natural defenses that plants and trees have used for their self protection against insects and pathogens for millenia – essential oils.
Since EcoSMART’s proprietary botanical oil blends attack attributes that are specific only to pests, they have no effect on people, pets or the environment. The primary active ingredients in EcoSMART products are approved as Direct Food Additives or classified as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. These oils are commonly used to add flavor and aroma to many cosmetic, beverage and food products, including cake, candy, sweetener, gum, soft drinks, and lipstick. Children and pets are safe. No need to clear them out after application or be concerned if they are near our products. Our products have no adverse effect on mammals, birds, and fish and also will not contaminate water sources.

I was happy to receive the Safe Plant and Garden Value Bundle. It can be hard to find organic pest control for your garden! Needless to say here in Virginia we aren’t grown much of anything these days … the weeds are even frozen! That being said, come the spring, we will give this a full test drive in our veggie garden and I will do my best to remember to post an update then!

I am excited to announce that EcoSMART has offered one of my readers their Safe Personal Care bundle that includes four (4) bottles of insect repellent!


So what are the details?

Details:
This drawing will end Monday, January 11th at 11:59pm EST. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Check out EcoSMART (www.ecosmart.com) and let me know what other product you would like to try!

Additional Entries:
1) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

RT: Win an EcoSMART Safe Personal Care bundle! @simplybudgeted http://bit.ly/830KLZ #giveaway #green #organic #simplygreen ends 1/11

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
3) Blog about this giveaway and provide a link to the blog post. Leave a comment with the URL to the blog post.
4) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
5) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name that you subscribe with.
6) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
7) Add my Simply Green Event button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
8) If you had my Simply Green Event button prior to December 1st leave two separate comments as entries to this giveaway! (You should have commented here to qualify for this.)

NOTE: EcoSMART kindly sent their Safe Plant and Garden Value Bundle to provide this review. No other compensation was received. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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Simply Green: Orient Watch

December 29, 2009 By

I am excited to introduce you to Orient Watch.

What is Orient Watch? (taken from their homepage)
Widely cherished in Asia, Europe, and South America, Japan’s largest producer of automatic watches is finally available in the United States. With more than 50 years of history and an annual production of over 2 million timepieces, Orient could quite possibly be the largest watch company you never knew existed.

Why is Orient Watch green and part of Simply Green? (taken from their homepage)
Orient Watch produces watches that don’t require batteries which for the consumer means less waste and a long lasting watch! A mechanical watch is powered by a mainspring, without using electrical power. The winding of the spring causes the “heart” of the watch to beat, and this human-like quality is one of the unique beauties of Orient mechanical watches.

I am excited to announce that Orient Watch has offered one of my readers this automatic watch as a giveaway prize! Details about this watch are …

Stainless Steel Case
Screw Caseback
Water Resistant 50m
Fully Automatic
Band is adjustable with a fold over buckle

So what are the details?

Details:
This drawing will end Sunday, January 10th at 11:59pm EST. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Check out Orient Watch and let me know what other automatic watch you like! I think the 2er00001b would be a great pick so pick another one and leave that as your comment!

Additional Entries:
1) Follow Orient Watch on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/OrientWatchUSA). Leave a comment.
2) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
3) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

RT: Win an @OrientWatchUSA watch! @simplybudgeted http://bit.ly/8aiO6z #giveaway #green #simplygreen ends 1/10 Enter daily!

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
4) Blog about this giveaway and provide a link to the blog post. Leave a comment with the URL to the blog post.
5) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
6) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name that you subscribe with.
7) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
8) Add my Simply Green Event button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
9) If you had my Simply Green Event button prior to December 1st leave two separate comments as entries to this giveaway! (You should have commented here to qualify for this.)

NOTE: No compensation was received for this post/giveaway. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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Simply Green: The Joy of Cleaning Book

December 28, 2009 By
I excited to introduce you to The Joy of Cleaning. The Joy of Cleaning kindly sent me a complementary copy of this book!

What is The Joy of Cleaning? (adapted from the About The Author page)
Leslie Reichert is a “green” cleaning coach and the owner of the Back Door—a vacuum and homekeeping store now celebrating 18 years in Uxbridge, Massachusetts and nationally online at vacuumlady.com. Leslie has also seen, firsthand, scores of parents who fight a daily battle with asthma and allergies, which many believe are caused by using harsh chemicals in the home. Three years ago she realized she wanted to share her knowledge and encourage people in the “art” of homekeeping and green cleaning and since then she has become a coach, a presenter, and a speaker for the green cleaning industry. The Joy of Cleaning is a “cookbook” for green cleaning written by Leslie!

Why is The Joy of Cleaning green and part of Simply Green? (taken from their About page)
A collection of simple yet proven green recipes to help you green your cleaning. Just start by trying one or two and soon you’ll be going to your pantry for cleaning solutions instead of the cabinet under the sink.

My thoughts about The Joy of Cleaning …
When I got this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I don’t have time to make my own cleaners was my first thought. Plus I most certainly don’t have the stuff to make them. I was greatly surprised to see how easy these recipes are. I will admit there are some ingredient that you won’t have laying around. That is unless you randomly have soap flakes laying around your laundry room or cleaning closet. But many of them are common ingredients that you will have in your pantry or laundry room … or at least can pick up the next trip out the store. I really love that Leslie has written these recipes out. They are great a budget saver for families. If you want to be really thrifty and green, a gift basket of these cleaners made up would be a great house warming or well any time gift for just about any family!

Leslie’s site for The Joy of Cleaning also offers an e-book download of this great book. You save $5.95 PLUS the shipping and handling fee by getting the e-book to make it an even thriftier deal!

Also check out Leslie’s main site, The Cleaning Coach for great tips!

I am excited to announce that the Cleaning Coach has offered a hard copy of The Joy of Cleaning to one of my readers!!

So what are the details?

Details:
This drawing will end Saturday, January 9th at 11:59pm EST. I may pick the winners using Random.org. The winners will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Check out the preview of The Joy of Cleaning here and tell me what chapter you are most interested in reading. (Hint: Scroll to second page for the Contents page!)

Additional Entries:
1) Follow the author of The Joy of Cleaning on Twitter (@greenyourclean) and leave a comment.
2) Fan the author of The Joy of Cleaning on Facebook here and leave this comment on their wall “I entered the Simply Living on a Budget blog The Joy of Cleaning book giveaway here: http://simplylivingonabudget.blogspot.com/2009/12/simply-green-joy-of-cleaning-book.html“. Leave a comment here.
3) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
4) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

RT: Win Joy of Cleaning book from @greenyourclean! @simplybudgeted http://bit.ly/8Mw1Q9 #giveaway #book #green #simplygreen ends 1/9

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
5) Blog about this giveaway and provide a link to the blog post. Leave a comment with the URL to the blog post.
6) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
7) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name that you subscribe with.
8) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
9) Add my Simply Green Event button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
10) If you had my Simply Green Event button prior to December 1st leave two separate comments as entries to this giveaway! (You should have commented here to qualify for this.)

NOTE: I was provided with complementary copy of The Joy of Cleaning to provide this review. No other compensation was received. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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Winners Announced!

December 28, 2009 By

Here is the third round of winners for the Simply Green event!

Congratulations to Digital Misfit who won the stainlesscups.com Giveaway.

Congratulations to Amy who won the Barbar Giveaway.

Congratulations to Shawna who won the Nature’s Gate Giveaway.

and finally the one giveaway that ended that wasn’t part of Simply Green …

Congratulations to Kim who won the Golden Tea Moon Giveaway.

The winners have 48 hours from the time the email notifications are sent to reply to claim their prizes. An email will be sent from simplybudgeted at gmail dot com to notify you that you are the winner!

There are still more Simply Green giveaways coming through the end of this month!! Check out the Simply Green announcements in the left sidebar for the latest giveaways!

The next winner post should be this coming weekend!

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Simply Green: Revenge Is

December 27, 2009 By


I have had the opportunity to get to learn about Revenge Is.

What is Revenge Is? (taken from their FAQs page)
Revenge Is… is a new company which was formed to inspire people to Make Activism Fashionable. Our products and slogans acknowledge and validate our collective frustrations while at the same time encourage and inspire us and others to take action — to take meaningful steps toward a stable climate, a clean environment, energy independence, national security, a healthy economy, and a country of high moral principle and international regard that we can be proud of.

Why is Revenge Is green and part of Simply Green? (taken from their FAQs page)
Our entire line is eco-friendly, meaning our t shirts designs are made with sustainable fabrics, such as organic cotton and polyester spun from recycled plastic bottles. Our tuckaway bag is made 100% form polyester spun from recycled plastic bottles and our reusable mug reduces the use of Styrofoam, paper and plastic cups. Our promotional materials are printed on recycled stock with soy inks. Our packaging is recycled, reused or reclaimed. In every aspect of what we do, our goal is sustainability.

Revenge Is offers great products such as their …

Black organic Cotton Woman’s T-shirt

Peace Men’s T-shirt

and Reusable Tuck Away Bag!

I am pleased to announce that the Revenge Is has offered one of my readers a t-shirt of their choice!!

So what are the details?

Details:
This drawing will end Friday, January 8th at 11:59pm EST. I will pick the winner using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to reply with their address. You must include your email address in your comment or have it in your profile so you can be contacted if you are a winner! Please make sure I can see your email address!!! You must complete the Mandatory Entry for the additional entries to count.

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry: Head over to Revenge Is and sign up for their newsletter here. Then leave a comment with your favorite t-shirt. (NOTE: I will confirm you signed up for the newsletter with Revenge Is.)

Additional Entries:
1) Follow Revenge Is on Twitter (@RevengeIs). Leave a comment with your twitter name.
2) Follow Revenge Is on Facebook here and leave this comment on their wall: ” I entered the Simply Living on a Budget blog Revenge Is t-shirt giveaway here: http://simplylivingonabudget.blogspot.com/2009/12/simply-green-revenge-is.html “. Leave a comment here.
3) Follow me on Twitter. Leave a comment with your twitter name.
4) Tweet about this giveaway with this tweet:

RT: Win an @revengeis t-shirt! @simplybudgeted http://bit.ly/85MWXn #giveaway #green #simplygreen #clothing ends 1/8

Leave a comment with the URL for your tweet. (One Tweet per day until end of giveaway!!)
5) Blog about this giveaway and provide a link to the blog post. Leave a comment with the URL to the blog post.
6) Add my blog button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
7) Follow me publicly through the Google Friends Connect on my side bar. Leave a comment with your name that you subscribe with.
8) Subscribe to my blog using the Subscribe To option on the sidebar. Leave a comment stating you subscribe.
9) Add my Simply Green Event button to your blog. Button is in my sidebar! Leave a comment with the URL and where to find the link.
10) If you had my Simply Green Event button prior to December 1st leave two separate comments as entries to this giveaway! (You should have commented here to qualify for this.)

NOTE: No compensation was received for this giveaway post. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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