Saturday, January 23, 2016

~ BOGO Deal ~ at Divining Oil Designs Free Rose Quartz Bracelet with Purchase of a Divinity Bracelet

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A good friend of mine who owns Divining Oil Designs is running the most awesome Valentine's Day Sale. I adore her Essential Oil Diffusing Jewelry and I know you will too. She just created a new line of Divinity Bracelets that are on sale for a short time for $15 each, and when you buy one you get a FREE Rose Quartz Stretch Bracelet. Man that is such an awesome deal. You can give your girlfriend, wife, mom or daughter two Essential Oil Bracelets for $15. Where else could you find a deal like that? Not to mention your supporting a small business.

These are the Divinity Bracelets and each is directed for a different Chakra.

Your free bracelet is a beautiful Rose Quartz Chip Bracelet that has a Lava Stone on it. Put a drop of your favorite Essential Oil on it and your good to go.

This is my personal favorite. It is the Third Eye Chakra Bracelet. This bracelet consists of Moonstone, Amethyst, Sodalite, and Lapis Lazuli. See below to read about the attributes of each stone incorporated into this bracelet.

Moonstone: Known as the "Stone of New Beginnings," it is strongly connected to the moon and to the intuition. Like the moon, the stone is reflective and reminds us that the moon waxes and wanes and everything is part of a cycle of change. It's most powerful effect is calming the emotions. This stone is known to enhance psychic abilities and develop clairvoyance, it calms overreactions to situations and emotional triggers and is filled with receptive, passive, feminine energy. Emotionally, Moonstone soothes emotional instability and stress and stabilizes emotions.

Amethyst: Amethyst is the Queen Healing Stone of the Metaphysical Stones. It is an extremely powerful stone and is purple in color. It is extremely beneficial to the mind, calming, and or stimulating. Mentally, it helps to feel less scattered and more focused and in control of your faculties. Amethyst balances out highs and lows, promoting emotional centering. It dispels anger, rages, fear and anxiety and helps alleviate sadness and grief. It is one of the most spiritual stones, promoting love of the divine, giving insights into it's true nature, and encouraging selflessness and spiritual wisdom. This stone stimulates the crown and throat chakra.

Sodalite: Sodalite uses logic with intuition and opens spiritual perception, bringing information down from the higher mind down to the physical level. This stone stimulates the pineal gland and the third eye and deepens meditation. This is an excellent stone for the mind as it eliminates confusion and intellectual bondage. It encourages rational thought, objectivity, truth and intuitive perception. This stone brings about emotional balance and calms panic attacks. It can transform a defensive or oversensitive personality, releasing the core fears, phobias, guilt, and control mechanisms that hold you back from being who you truly are.

Lapis Lazuli: Lapis opens the third eye and balances the throat chakra. It stimulates enlightenment and enhances dream work and psychic abilities, facilitating spiritual journeying and stimulating personal and spiritual power. This stone quickly releases stress, bringing deep peace. It posses enormous serenity and is the key to spiritual attainment. Lapis is a powerful though amplifier. It stimulates the higher faculties of the mind, bringing objectivity and clarity. It helps to confront truth, wherever you find it and to accept what it teaches. It aids in expressing your own opinions and harmonizes conflict. It teaches the value of active listening. It also bonds relationships in love and friendship and aids in expressing feelings and emotions. It dissolves emotional bondage.

I also really love the Solar Plexus Chakra Bracelet. This bracelet consists of Tigers Eye, Citrine, Sunstone, and Orange Aventurine.

Tigers Eye: This stone helps balance the lower chakras and is a protective stone that was traditionally carried as a talisman against ill wishing and curses. It assists in accomplishing goals, recognizing inner resources and promoting clarity of intention. Placed on the navel chakra, Tiger's Eye is excellent for people who are spaced out or non committed. Tiger's Eye heals issues of self worth, self-criticism, and blocked creativity.

Citrine: This stone is known as the "Cheer Me Up Stone." It is a powerful cleanser and it absorbs, transmutes, dissipates, and ground negative energy. It has the ability to cleanse the chakras especially the Solar Plexus and Navel Chakras. It activates the Crown chakra and opens the intuition. It revitalizes the mind and is a happy stone. It promotes the joy in life and releases fear, negative traits, and stops anger. It is a great stone for energizing and recharging.

Sunstone: Sunstone is a joyful light-inspiring stone. Placed on the Solar Plexus, this stone lifts out heavy or repressed emotions and transmutes them. This stone acts as an antidepressant and lifts dark moods. It is effective for increasing self-worth and confidence, encouraging optimism and enthusiasm.

Orange Aventurine: Aventurine is the stone of Prosperity and protects against environmental pollution. It stabilizes ones state of mind, stimulates perception, and enhances creativity. It sees alternatives and possibilities, especially those presented by other people. This stone promotes a feeling of well-being and balances male and female energies.

She has many more for sale on her page at Divining Oil Designs. Please go check out all her designs and tell her Rebecca from Primitive Gypsy sent you! Enjoy!

~ Giveaway ~ ThreadLab $25 Gift Card

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Welcome to the

ThreadLab $25 Gift Card Giveaway!

This is part of The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide! Stop by and check it out for great gift ideas for the whole family.

Below this post you can find all the other giveaways for the guide, please take a minute to enter as many as possible.

Each giveaway will be slightly different as to cut down on entries for each one.

The Grand Prize has a lot of entries but, over $1,000 worth of prizes to 4 winners, so you will not want to miss that! Do some entries each day, plus there are lots of daily entries for more chances. You can enter it HERE on this blog!

This giveaway will be Twitter entries. Follow bloggers on Twitter to get extra entries. You must be following the bloggers until the end of the contest to be eligible for those entries.

The sponsor entries are a variety so you get lots of entries for those, and don't forget the daily entries. The sponsor entries will be worth the most.

Our sponsor for this giveaway is

ThreadLab

download (18)$25 Gift Card

See the review HERE.

1 Winner will receive this prize!

This giveaway is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. You are not eligible if you have won a prize from the sponsor in the last 12 month. This Giveaway is valid in the Continental United States Only and Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter. This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM (EST) 2/14/16. The winners will have 48 hours to email their information back to las93063 at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The sponsors are each responsible for shipping of the above prizes. No blog associated with this contests are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to be a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Laura Smith at las930 (at)gmail (dot) com.

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~ Giveaway ~ Peachskin Sheet Set

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Oh I know a ton of you could use a new set of free sheets, heaven knows that I could. Good Luck!

Welcome to the

PeachSkinSheets Set Giveaway!

This is part of The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide! Stop by and check it out for great gift ideas for the whole family.

Below this post you can find all the other giveaways for the guide, please take a minute to enter as many as possible.

Each giveaway will be slightly different as to cut down on entries for each one.

The Grand Prize has a lot of entries but, over $1,000 worth of prizes to 4 winners, so you will not want to miss that! Do some entries each day, plus there are lots of daily entries for more chances. You can enter it HERE on this blog!

This giveaway will be like/share/comment on any facebook post entries. like/share/comment on bloggers Facebook pages to get extra entries. This entry also gives you a chance to do this everyday to earn extra entries.

The sponsor entries are a variety so you get lots of entries for those, and don't forget the daily entries. The sponsor entries will be worth the most.

Our sponsor for this giveaway is

PeachSkinSheets

peachskinsheets

See the review HERE.

1 Winner will receive this prize!

This giveaway is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. You are not eligible if you have won a prize from the sponsor in the last 12 month. This Giveaway is valid in the Continental United States Only and Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter. This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM (EST) 2/14/16. The winners will have 48 hours to email their information back to las93063 at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The sponsors are each responsible for shipping of the above prizes. No blog associated with this contests are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to be a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Laura Smith at las930 (at)gmail (dot) com.

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

~UnBoxing~ OwlCrate YA Book Subscription Book for All Ages & Discount! Get Nerdy!

I received no compensation for this post, I will receive a discount if you sign up for a subscription

OMG I just love books, I think most of you know that. I also have a sneaky obsession for those young adult paranormal or fantasy books. Yes at 38 I love YA. Just saying, it's ok if you do too. It's also something fun I can share (of have her steal) with my seventeen year old daughter. I honestly will read anything if it's a good book. One of my favorite all time hands down youth series are the Harry Potter books. I mean they were so descriptive and well written and I loved how they moved up with the kids. I bought them for my much younger brother (twelve years younger) and it was something for him and I to enjoy together over the years. Now my baby brother is a genius so when he said you need to read Harry Potter I thought hmmmm maybe there is something to these. I will never not try a book, so I did and boy was I hooked. How can you not love that series and how it grew up with that late 80's early 90's youth. What a great concept!

So this months OwlCrate theme was MAGIC. I knew there would be some Harry Potter in this box and so I decided it was time to try it out and give you all a review. I don't do video unboxings all that often but I did for this one. It was just too much fun. OwlCrate is $29.99 a month and if you do a six month signup you get a discount. You can also get 10% off your first OwlCrate for being a new member with the code NEWMEMBER. It's a really good deal as you will see below, and well just fun. I love getting little gifts in the mail, don't you?

Want to see my unboxing video? Check it out on my YouTube Page HERE! Now onto the goodies. I seriously watched the mailbox every day for this, and it was hard to get the camera out when all I wanted to do was start reading.

First up is the Spoiler Warning Postcard that tells you what is in your box. This is on card stock and heavy and the best thing is, the other side is adorable and totally able to be framed. It's going up on my Harry Potter wall.

Next up is the awesome POP Vinyl Funko Figure of Albus Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies. The estimated value is $10.57. This I was so happy with, as I stated, I adore Harry Potter, books and movies!

Next up was the super looking Bookmark by Elvie Bookish. It was inspired by the The Raven Cycle Series by Maggie Stiefvater. I found some other things she has for sale at society6 I estimate the bookmark value at around $4.

Then there was a little card stock for an eBook A Knot in the Grain by Robin McKinley. Sadly it was not free and it costs $3.99 but has a savings of $3 making it almost half off. The book looks very interesting if I do say so.

Next was the cute art print also by Elvie Bookish. It was inspired from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I thought it was so cute and want to frame it for my wall or dresser. I love the stars and flowers. It's made of heavy card stock, and the value is $12.50.

Next up is the fantastic smelling (and tasting) Patronus white chocolate mint lip balm from Geek Fire Labs. This has a value of $4 and check out some of their other stuff, so fun!

Last up was this months included book. Every month you receive a new book to read. Best part in my opinion. The book is Worlds of Ink and Shadow by Lena Coakley. This was already on my GoodReads bookshelf along with all the others in this box, which I find too funny. You can follow me on GoodReads if you want to. Included with the book was a sweet little note from the author just for OwlCrate subscribers and a paper doll set. Yes you heard my right, a paper doll set. I adore paper dolls, so I am thrilled! I wish they were still popular. The retail value of the book itself is $12 and you really can't put a price on a special note and the dolls.

So all in total I give this box a value of $46.07 not including the adorable OwlCrate Stock Card, the note or the paper dolls that were included. That is a great value for what the box costs and I certainly recommend this box. It is my new favorite. As I stated above OwlCrate is $29.99 a month and if you do a six month signup you get a discount. You can also get 10% off your first OwlCrate for being a new member with the code NEWMEMBER. Please sign up HERE! ENJOY!!

Monday, January 18, 2016

~ Giveaway ~ Everything Doormats XOXO Valentine's Doormat

Everything Doormats

Welcome to the

Everything Doormats Valentine's Doormat Giveaway!

This is part of The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide! Stop by and check it out for great gift ideas for the whole family.

Below this post you can find all the other giveaways for the guide, please take a minute to enter as many as possible.

Each giveaway will be slightly different as to cut down on entries for each one.

The Grand Prize has a lot of entries but, over $1,000 worth of prizes to 4 winners, so you will not want to miss that! Do some entries each day, plus there are lots of daily entries for more chances. You can enter it HERE on this blog!

This giveaway blogger entries will be Newsletter Subscribe entries. Subscribe to bloggers Newsletter to get extra entries. Remember you must stay subscribed for the entire contest to be eligible.

The sponsor entries are a variety so you get lots of entries for those, and don't forget the daily entries. The sponsor entries will be worth the most.

Our sponsor for this giveaway is

Everything Doormats

Everything Doormats

Valentine's Day XOXO MatMate Doormat & Basic Tray

$55 rv

See the review HERE.

1 Winner will receive this prize!

This giveaway is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. You are not eligible if you have won a prize from any of the sponsor in the last 12 month. This Giveaway is valid in the Continental United States Only and Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter. This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM (EST) 2/14/16. The winners will have 48 hours to email their information back to las93063 at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The sponsors are each responsible for shipping of the above prizes. No blog associated with this contests are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to be a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Laura Smith at las930 (at)gmail (dot) com.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

~ Giveaway~ Two Rivers Chocoholics Variety Pack

Chocoholics  

Welcome to the

Two Rivers Chocoholics Variety Pack

Giveaway!

This is part of The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide! Stop by and check it out for great gift ideas for the whole family.

Below this post you can find all the other giveaways for the guide, please take a minute to enter as many as possible.

Each giveaway will be slightly different as to cut down on entries for each one.

The Grand Prize has a lot of entries but, over $1,000 worth of prizes to 4 winners, so you will not want to miss that! Do some entries each day, plus there are lots of daily entries for more chances. You can enter it HERE on this blog!

This giveaway will be Pinterest entries. Follow bloggers on Pinterest to get extra entries. You must be stay subscribed until the end of the contest to be eligible for those entries.

The sponsor entries are a variety so you get lots of entries for those, and don't forget the daily entries. The sponsor entries will be worth the most.

Our sponsor for this giveaway is

Two Rivers

Chocoholics

Chocoholics Variety Pack

See the review HERE

$23.95 rv

1 Winner will receive this prize!

This giveaway is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. You are not eligible if you have won a prize from the sponsor in the last 12 month. This Giveaway is valid in the Continental United States Only and Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter. This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM (EST) 2/14/16. The winners will have 48 hours to email their information back to las93063 at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The sponsors are each responsible for shipping of the above prizes. No blog associated with this contests are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to be a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Laura Smith at las930 (at)gmail (dot) com.

~ Giveaway ~ I Love You to the Moon and Back Floating Necklace from A Touch of Dazzle

I Love You To The Moon and Back Necklace Giveaway

I can tell you I have a number of Floating Charm Necklaces from A Touch of Dazzle. They are well made and the owner is so sweet. Good Luck!

Welcome to the

I Love You To The Moon and Back Necklace Giveaway!

This is part of The Ultimate Valentine’s Day Gift Guide! Stop by and check it out for great gift ideas for the whole family.

Below this post you can find all the other giveaways for the guide, please take a minute to enter as many as possible.

Each giveaway will be slightly different as to cut down on entries for each one.

The Grand Prize has a lot of entries but, over $1,000 worth of prizes to 4 winners, so you will not want to miss that! Do some entries each day, plus there are lots of daily entries for more chances. You can enter it HERE on this blog!

This giveaway will be twitter entries. Follow bloggers on Twitter to get extra entries. You must be following the bloggers until the end of the contest to be eligible for those entries.

The sponsor entries are a variety so you get lots of entries for those, and don't forget the daily entries. The sponsor entries will be worth the most.

Our sponsor for this giveaway is

A Touch Of Dazzle

touch of dazzle

I Love You To The Moon and Back Necklace

$39.99 rv

See the review HERE.

1 Winner will receive this prize!

This giveaway is in no way endorsed, affiliated, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. You are not eligible if you have won a prize from the sponsor in the last 12 month. This Giveaway is valid in the Continental United States Only and Entrants must be 18+ years of age to enter. This giveaway event will end at 11:59 PM (EST) 2/14/16. The winners will have 48 hours to email their information back to las93063 at gmail dot com or a new winner will be drawn, you may want to put this email address as safe as it could go to spam. The sponsors are each responsible for shipping of the above prizes. No blog associated with this contests are responsible for prize fulfillment. If you would like to be a sponsor in a giveaway like this please email Laura Smith at las930 (at)gmail (dot) com.

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Review: Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you want to laugh so hard you cry or pee your pants then this is your book. I have never in my life enjoyed a "funny" book as much as this one. It never bores you, or makes you wish you hadn't bought it. It was a hysterical, tear jerking, pee your pants, not for the faint at heart or the easily offended kind of person. I think Jenny and I are related somewhere in our family tree because this book made me think of my own family and childhood and makes me happy to see there are other families like mine. Be proud of yourself and your abnormal family and enjoy more than a wee chuckle.

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