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Welcome to Fun Follow Friday hosted by Simply Stacie and My Wee View. The goal of this hop is to get new Google Friend Connect Followers for your blog and be introduced to new blogs to follow! We wanted to keep it fun and easy so all you have to do is add your blog link and start blog hopping and following away! You aren’t required to write a post for your blog for Fun Follow Friday unless you want to (but we really appreciate it if you do – to help get the word out).

When you visit a blog that you like and want to follow, leave them a comment with your link telling them you are following from the Fun Follow Friday. Of course, we would love for you to follow both hostesses blogs, Simply Stacie and My Wee View, but it isn’t mandatory. If you do follow us, just leave us a comment and we will follow you back.

The main goal is to have fun and follow the blogs that interest you!

There are a few fun things that Fun Follow Fridays does each week:

1.  Each week 1 winner will be randomly drawn for the #3 Spot, this week it’s #26 humboldt cherry.

2. Each week 1 winner will get Premium ad space for 1 week on both Simply Stacie and My Wee View.  To enter, you have to blog about Fun Follow Friday! This week’s winner is My Life- Smookie Style. (You can still participate in Fun Follow Friday without making a blog post about it. However, to participate in this special giveaway, you need to write a post about it).  Why not add the linky to your post as well?!?  

Happy hopping along!

One of the most important things to set the tone for your child’s birthday party is the official Birthday Invitation.  When Dolcetto Designs contacted me to see if I was interested in a review, right away I knew that I wanted to give all my daughter’s family and friends not only an amazing invite, but also something they can keep and put up on their fridge.

The process of ordering my daughter’s personalized birthday invites was so easy.  I simply leafed through her website, found some of my favourite designs (in any category) and let her know that it was my daughter’s 2nd birthday with a Princess theme.  Shari went straight to work and within just a few hours, I had a beautiful invite.  Not even a single edit required.  The best part was, I included a personalized picture of my daughter in the invite (if only I could have gotten a better shot of her).

Here is the part that is wonderful about Dolcetto Designs, either Shari can print the cards for you and ship them to your home, or you can take the digital image and bring it in to get printed, or just send your friends and family the digital image.  I decided to get the good old fashioned printed pictures so Genevieve could hand out her invites to all her friends (it was really cute to watch her invite people to her “birday paty”. I also kept a copy in her keepsake book.

The compliments I received on the beautiful invites were endless.  Grandparents, other family members and friends all loved the idea.  They all were sure to let me know how adorable the invites were.  It also let everyone know that my daughter’s party was  princess themed, so we did receive some princess related gifts.

My husband has one uncle that always impresses me.  He sends a Thank you card for each and every gift that he and his family receives.  Much like a newlywed couple sends out “Thank you” cards.  Although I don’t currently do this, it’s never too late to start.  When Shari asked if I wanted a Thank You card as well, I thought it was an excellent idea.

The Thank you card is the same theme as the birthday invite.  Rather than getting these ones printed off, I sent them electronically to each and every guest that came to the party (and even those that couldn’t make it to the party, but still sent a gift).  It was a simple and easy way to let everyone know that we appreciate them attending her very special day. The quote says “Thank you for your generous gift, love and presence in my life”.  How beautiful!

Dolcetto Designs makes birth announcements, baptism cards, holiday cards, wedding invitations, Thank you cards and just about anything else you can think of.  There are many great design choices and she even makes personal items.  I am so so so pleased with the outcome of our invites and Thank you cards.  Shari is also located in Canada, so for my fellow Canucks you’ll bonus out on cheap shipping.

Dolcetto Designs is truing 1 and is having a huge giveaway ($400) worth of prizes, so make sure to check them out.

They are also up for the savvy Mom of the year award, you can check them out and vote for them as well.

Giveaway: One lucky reader is going to receive a $30 Gift Certificate to Dolcetto Designs

To Enter: Visit Dolcetto Designs and make a comment back here about your favourite design (it’s ok if you have 2 or 3 favourites)

Bonus Entries:

• Follow My Wee View on Twitter, and ReTweet this giveaway RT @myweeview Personalized wedding invites, birth announcements, thank you cards & more Dolcetto Designs $30 GC #giveaway http://bit.ly/drOhra (you can tweet this once a day for extra entries)
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Giveaway closes September  17th @ 11:59 pm PST.  Open to US and Canada.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

**Disclaimer: The product/s mentioned above have been given free of charge from the company or PR firm in exchange for being featured on My Wee View.  The product features expressed in this post are those of My Wee View and have not been influenced in any other way.  Please see the full Terms of use.

As you know, I recently attended a Pampers Dry Max Tour in Cincinnati.  Today, I have an update from both Health Canada and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). They have announced that there is no need for concern with the new Dry Max Pampers.

Here are the official statments from both agencies:

HC statement:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/ftr-ati/_2010/2010_149-eng.php

CPSC statement:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10331.html

Here is the official statement from Pampers as well:
http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/pampers/45988/

Diaper rash does happen and it will continue to happen.  I still encourage everyone to bring their children to see a professional if there children experience any sort of rashes.

One thing I would like to say about this whole situation is that I am pleased to see the lengths that people will go to protect our children.  Sometimes there may be a better way to go about making a statement, but it’s nice to see that parents care enough about the health of children.

Raspberry Kids is a Fresh, Healthy and Fun Canadian online store that is eco-friendly and all natural.  School season is just around the corner.  Packaging children’s lunches can make a lot of waste. An easy way that you and your family can help make this world a better place for your kids is to use things like re-usable bags and containers.  Plastic bags, big and small, probably make up the bulk of waste in our dumps.

Raspberry Kids is helping families make it easy to pack eco-friendly lunches.  I received the cutest reusable sandwich bag by Lunchskins for review.  This is a simple idea, that everyone will love.  The super fashionable sandwich bag is just like a plastic bag, but it’s reusable because it’s made with a durable pastry cloth. I have been bringing my sandwiches to work in this adorable bag, and have received so many compliments on it.  It makes me want to bring it in each day with a sandwich – even if it’s just peanut butter!  The bag doesn’t have a ziplock, but is secured with a very durable velcro.  If you plan on using this for your kids lunches, there is a place to write your name on the outside of the bag.  One thing that I should mention is that the bag should be washed inside after being used.  It’s easy to wash with a wet cloth.  If you are super paranoid, you may want to throw it into the washer, but I can’t see that it’s really necessary.  Another option would be to throw it in the dishwasher.

I also received the Kinderville Silicone storage jars for review from Raspberry Kids.  Kinderville products are BPA-, Phthalate- and Lead-free.  These are an excellent storage/ snack container.  It’s made with silicone so it has a bit of a “stickable” texture -this means snacks stay in the jar and not end up on the floor.  I give this to my daughter with snacks like apple slices or small crackers and all the treats stay in the container.  The best part is nothing lands on the floor which means nothing to clean off the floor and all the snacks make it from the jar straight to my daughters mouth.  It’s really the absolute best for car rides.  The jar also has a little cover  made with silicone so it is bendy and fits perfectly on top of the jar.  It actually creates a suction, making it stay in place.  Although it’s “just a jar” it is my favourite one that my daughter uses.  It’s small enough to fit in her hand and all her treats stay inside.  I wish I had a few more of these containers for my daughter, it seems that it is always in the wash because it is used so frequently.  (They do come in a pack of 4, but I was just given 1 for review).

Packing for lunches doesn’t have to be difficult.  With the products at Raspberry Kids, it’s easy to make simple, fun changes that will make a big impact to our environment.  They have created a special Back2School category to make shopping easy. http://www.raspberrykids.com/back-to-school

Buy it: To purchase, visit Raspberry Kids online

COUPON CODE” “myweeview15″ for 15% off your order (except electronic gift cards, vapur bundles dale items) valid until September 30,  2010

Giveaway: One lucky reader is going to receive lunchskin sandwich wrap and set of 4 little bites  - exactly what I reviewed.

To Enter: Visit Raspberry Kids Back2School section and make a comment back here about another back to school product that you like on their site.

Bonus Entries:

• Follow My Wee View & Raspberry Kids on Twitter, and ReTweet this giveaway RT @myweeview @raspberrykids #giveaway Back2school sandwich wrap & 4 little bites – save $ & look smart at school & work http://bit.ly/bUuY3S (you can tweet this once a day for extra entries)
• Like Raspberry Kids on Facebook
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• Make a comment on a NON giveaway post

Giveaway closes September  17th @ 11:59 pm PST.  Open to US and Canada.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

**Disclaimer: The product/s mentioned above have been given free of charge from the company or PR firm in exchange for being featured on My Wee View.  The product features expressed in this post are those of My Wee View and have not been influenced in any other way.  Please see the full Terms of use.

I know you guys all like a great deal (who doesn’t?!?).  Many deal sites that I have come across online are American.  Although we, as Canadians, love our Southern Neighbours, most of the awesome deals never apply to us.  So this great deal website is for all my lovely Canadians!  (You can thank me later).

Cardswap.ca is an online site that offers discounted gift cards.  There are some great deals to be had!  For example one Cardswap.ca member saved $100 on a gift card that they purchased (this means the gift card was $100 cheaper than the amount available on the card).

If you have some special stores that  you absolutely love to shop at, you can make a favourites list and you will received notification when one of those special cards is placed online – but I would make sure to jump on the deal really fast because each deal can go really fast.

Right now, you can buy a $200 Pier 1 Imports Gift Card for only $160, that’s a $40 savings (or 30% for you math whizzes).  Actually, my favourite option about the Cardswap.ca page is the option to shop and save by percentage.  You can also shop and save by price, location and category – there’s everything from hotels, movies, restaurants and clothing stores..

If you have an old gift card collecting dust in your home, you can sell your card on Cardswap.ca as well and get money for a gift card that you otherwise have no interest in using.

Right now, Cardswap.ca is giving away an iPod touch, so head on over an enter that great giveaway as well.

**Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post. Please see the full Terms of use.

Winners for:

Infantino – Make it Easy Products & Starting Solids Book – 398: Celia

Live Simply – Medical Journal – 70: JamericanSpice

A+D – 3 creams & 3 ointments – 36: Katy P    Redeaw / for a Canadian Winner – 34: Kristy .V

Congrats to all of you!  Please respond to your winning email within 72 hours.

The following giveaways are ending on September 3rd, so make sure to get your entries in before the 11:59 pm PST deadline.

• Village Candle – Lemon Pound Cake Candle (2 winners)
• Noodle Head -Young Picasso Art Kit
• Pawparazzi – Pet, Purse & Accessories
• Lavish & Lime – Goodbyn lunch box

Good Luck everyone!