And the Minted winner is........

........Nici R.!

Congratulations Nici!  Check your e-mail for the code.

A big thank you to everyone who entered!

I wonder what good stuff from Minted Nici will grab?!

Congratulations and have a great day.

Don't forget to stop in tomorrow for some whiskey sippage!

♥ TCW

Minted. + a GIVEAWAY!

Hey Friends!

Well Thanksgiving is officially over and Christmas is right around the corner.  I'm not sure how the holiday's manage to sneak up on me every year, but they always do.

If you are like me you've only just ordered your holiday cards.  This year we got ours from a great company out of San Francisco called Minted.

"Minted crowd-sources design and art from a global community of independent designers, then sell their best designs as fine products such as stationery, wall art, and décor for the home, holidays, and occasions. Minted was an early pioneer of crowdsourcing product design and has held open art and graphic design challenges monthly since 2008."  This idea of using designers from all over the world with the help of the internet makes for truly creative and unique cards and products.

This year minted is also offering foil stamped cards.

The dog in this photo reminds me of Otis, so happy!)

The fabulous cards from minted are only just the beginning though.
There are party decor "kits".....

....menu's.....

...and my favorite - personalized wrapping paper!

Seriously.  This recipe one?!  I die.

This is only a tiny sampling of all the good stuff Minted has.  I would encourage you to click over to their site and explore around.

The Minted website is user friendly.  I know because I've created like a million sample cards for my picky husband (yes Nicholas, 1 million is an exaggeration).  The other great thing I discovered is you can personalize your cards with a mobile device (I used the iPad).  I wish more sites would allow this (ahem, Picmonkey!).  So yay to Minted for that feature.

Now let's get to the good part.  I'm convinced you already love Minted, how could you not right?
I'm happy to share that Minted has generously offered a giveaway for a $50 credit to one reader to use at their site.  Yipee!

Just enter the Rafflecopter below, winner will be announced next week!
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SlimKicker Review & GIVEAWAY!!

Hey everyone! I'm coming off a weeklong vacay on the north shore of Lake Michigan and my first trip to Chicago...what a great place, with lots of great FOOD!! Definitely not the place you want to be while counting and recording your calories for the world to see, but, I did just that for you kind people.

Why, you ask?? I am teaming up with SlimKicker to give you a chance to win this professional digital kitchen scale...

So what is SlimKicker? It is a handy little health and fitness (or diet, if you choose) app. The app is free for download on your iPad or iPhone and there is also a website; they all work pretty much the same way.

SlimKicker differs from other health and fitness apps by turning your goals into a game with points, rewards and fitness challenges, all to keep you motivated.

Personally, I think diets are evil. I prefer to work out strictly to eat what I want. I found SlimKicker handy because it made it easy to see where I was doing well (fruits/veggies) and where I could improve (protein). You can see how badly I did while on vacay by checking out my profile. I especially like the addition of challenges, although I'm not doing so good at my 10 wall squats a day challenge! Let's hope things improve now that I'm home!

So how do you win?? Leave a comment below or on my Facebook Page with your suggestion for your idea of a fun, challenging, creative fitness or nutritional challenge.

I can't enter obviously, but if I did my ideas would be:
50 crunches per day (my core is sad)
-or-
8 glasses of water per day (I so do not consume enough water!!)

So, go for it and remember to share this post with your friends!! SlimKicker will pick the winner and we'll announce it next week!

P.S. when you comment make sure I can get back to you by providing an e-mail address or have your profile link to your blog or e-mail! Thanks!

**SlimKicker will choose the winner without my input and ship the prize directly to the winner.  I have not been paid to write this post and the opinions and words are mine alone.  This giveaway is limited to people in the United States only (sorry my friends outside of the U.S.!).


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