Book giveaway!

Scoot right over to Luxury Reading for your chance to win a copy of A Change in Altitude audiobook by Anita Shreve. I love so many of Anita Shreve's previous books that this seems as if it would be a great prize. Vera is giving away three copies, and offers several different ways to enter, so your chances at winning are good!

Read the review of A Change in Altitude at Luxury Reading if you need some further persuasion. If the book isn't your cup of tea, your prize could make a great Christmas gift for someone on your list. The deadline to enter is midnight on November 6th.

Owl and Pussycat Masks Giveaway!

Martha Stewart can come up with some pretty awesome stuff, can't she? Check out her owl tutorial here, and the black cat here. You can easily make your own animals OR you can just head over to Grosgrain to try to win one. Your choice.

Kathleen posts some really cool stuff on her blog, so even if you don't happen to win the mask jackpot, you have been introduced to a great online resource. Good luck.

Owl and Pussycat Masks GIVEAWAY!!!!

The Gift of an Ordinary Day Giveaway

Luxury Reading is one of my all time favorite book review blogs. Blogger Vera's reviews are well-written and honest. She posts frequently and hosts a large number of book giveaways. Today she is giving away 5 copies of The Gift of an Ordinary Day.

Enter the giveaway HERE.

Publisher's description: This is an intimate memoir of a family in transition - boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up. Her family attempts to find a deeper sense of place, and a slower pace in a small New England town. It is a story of mid-life longings and discoveries, of lessons learned in the search for home and a new sense of purpose, and the bittersweet intensity of life with teenagers.

Poised on the threshold between family life as she's always known it and her older son's departure for college, Kenison is surprised to find that the times she treasures most are the ordinary, unremarkable moments of everyday life, the very moments that she once took for granted.

The G Free Diet: A Gluten Free Survival Guide

Vera over at Luxury Reading is giving away FIVE hardcover copies of Elizabeth Hasselbeck's new book. I'm not Elizabeth's biggest fan, but I am one of Vera's! She posts lots of informative reviews, mostly on adult fiction. If you haven't checked out her blog, please head on over and see what you think. A bonus to her blog is that she holds plenty of giveaways! Which leads us to the subject at hand - winning yourself a survival guide.

Vera writes: I found The G-Free Diet easy to follow, very informative, and thorough without being overloaded with hard to understand doctor terms. There was plenty of information about the disease, symptoms, what you could and could not eat. Elisabeth walks you through how to recognize gluten on labels in the supermarket and how to be able to eat at restaurants and stay gluten free.

There have been claims of the diet helping to alleviate autism symptoms, but benefits are not limited to celiac disease and autism. Anyone that seeks increased energy, improved attention spans, quicker digestion and weight loss can potentially benefit from the diet. Another plus for the book was the ten page appendix stuffed with over a hundred helpful websites.

Scoot over and leave a comment (any comment at all!) to be entered in the drawing to win your very own copy. Maybe gluten-free, you will wind up looking like Elizabeth Hasselbeck ....

The Cheekeyes Winner!

Selected using a random number generator, the winner of the Cheekeyes giveaway is quitecontrary1977, who said...

I really love the pig rattle! So sweet!

Thanks to everyone who entered. Be sure to enter the Smart-e-bear giveaway below!

Win your very own Smart-e-friend!

Smart-e-Bear and Friends
$79.99

This is a whole new breed of toy. And what a toy it is! The cuddliest friend a child could ask for is packed full of the latest technology - think iPod meets the toddler set. Each animal comes fully loaded with software and wants to play as soon as it emerges from the box. But that's not all these cuddly guys offer! They are called Smart-e because these friends have the ability to continually add new material to their repertoire.

Parents can choose from a huge list of customized songs, games and activities available for download at the Smart-e-bear website. Your child's companion can even call him by name, after you select that name from a long list on the website. How cool is that?

With smart-e-bear, parents have unprecedented control over an enriching, interactive, educational play experience. Playtime is always fresh and exciting as new media and software downloads keep smart-e-bear growing and learning with your child. With smart-e-software, it's as easy as Connect, Click, Cuddle.

Intellitoys has made the connect and click as easy for parents as possible. Open the velcro on the animals back, connect the cord provided to your computer and just follow the directions! Instructions on the website are crystal clear, making it a snap to download new material for your child's enjoyment (even for technologically challenged parents).

To enter the giveaway:

Visit Smart-e-bear. Browse the categories of Artists, Stories and Games. Leave a comment with your answer to: What would you download first if you had a Smart-e-bear? Be sure you provide a valid email address so that we may contact the winner. Winner gets their choice of bear, cat or dog. Contest ends December 15th, 9:00 pm.

Lisa Leonard Designs - Link to Giveaway

Lisa Leonard Designs

Lisa Leonard creates beautiful, unique jewelry. She specializes in sterling silver shapes personalized with hand stamped images or words. She offers a great selection of name necklaces that would make a beautiful gift for any mother or grandmother. Each piece is handcrafted, which means yours will be completely unique - imperfections only add to the charm!

Lisa is inspired by other artists: painters, scrapbookers, clothing designers and poets. She soaks up nature - the sky, the sea, the green hills - and allows all these ideas and images swirl around her mind to create her work. Browse her offerings and see what inspires you!

Enter here to win Lisa's Tiny Squares necklace (a$46 value):

Two hammered squares (1/2" each) are paired with a freshwater pearl and hung from a thick, sterling ring. Each square can fit up to six characters. Any name over six characters will curve around 2 sides of the square (maximum nine characters). Pictured at right.

Adorable animal hats - link to Giveaway!

LuLusWoobies
$14 - $18

How precious are these hats? For less than twenty dollars, you could instantly transform your child into a sweet lamb or a fuzzy bear. I need one of these just to get the ooh's and ah's in the grocery store! Is that sad?

The details: each hat is knit from supersoft chunky acrylic yarn. The ears are knit from matching yarn with cotton tips sewn inside. The wide brim rolls up for the convenience of adjustable sizing so that the hat can grow with your child.

I'm so impressed by these hats. Not only are they handmade, but it is a wonderfully original idea AND they are affordable. Three for three. Since the brims stretch, your child will get more than one season from one hat. Plus, at preschool, everyone will know who the bunny hat belongs to.

Well, free would be better. The Etsy Baby Blog is providing a giveaway that offers the Lamby Head Hat in Beige (newborn to infant size) to one lucky entrant. Hustle right over there and leave your comment before December 8 at midnight.