Small Sprouts You Choose Giveaway!!

~REALLY BIG GIVEAWAY TIME AGAIN~

~THE WINNER WILL CHOOSE ANY 1 ITEM FROM OUR WEBSITE~
Small Sprouts.com or SmallSproutsBaby-Etsy Store

~How about a gorgeous stroller cover~

~A gorgeous Car Seat Cover~

~Diaper bag~

~YOU CHOOSE~

~Rules To Win~

Mandatory
1. Become a follower of my blog or let me know that you already follow. Come back and leave me a comment letting me know you follow. This will be verified.~

2. Go to my website, www.smallsprouts.com or Small Sprouts Baby Etsy Store, find what you like, then come back & leave a comment letting me know what you would choose if you win!!

Extra Entries:
BONUS 5 POINTS~If you have a blog, Blog about my contest and  grab my Small Sprouts button off the side of my blog (copy html under my button & paste into your blog) Then return here and leave a comment letting me know you did so & the name of your blog to be verified. Button must be kept on your blog for the month of the giveaway. If you leave my button on your blog, you will automatically receive points on every giveaway we do. **Please note-Your blog must be an active blog with at least 100 followers

2. Become an email subscriber. This is found on the upper right hand side of blog. leave me a comment letting me know you did so. this will be verified. (1 point)

3. Follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Please leave a comment with your twitter name letting me know you did so. (1 point per tweet) maximum 2 tweets per day

4. Become a fan on my Facebook, go to the upper right side of my blog to click on the fan box. Please leave a comment on Facebook  & Blog letting me know you did so. (2 points)

5. Share this contest on your Facebook page and tag Small Sprouts. ( 1 point)

6. Send your friends to my Facebook page, every friend that "Likes" my Facebook page button and leaves a comment saying who sent them (Add 1 point for each friend)

** Please note that according to new Facebook rules,  this is not a Facebook page sponsored contest. It is my blog that is sponsoring the contest

This giveaway ends January 2 , 2012 at 6am & is open to the U.S. only. Make sure that you leave your email address in your final comment. Leave a separate comment for every entry that you make so that these will count for you!  Before contest end, You must comment on the blog giving a final total of points which will be verified.

 Have fun and I look forward to announcing the winner of this great giveaway! You must claim your prize within 24 hours of winner announcement or forfeit the prize to the next chosen.

**Please note that winners choice must be within the regular customer parameters. All Bedding products are excluded from this offer. 1 item only, no extras included but you may purchase additional items like blankets, monograms, etc.,

Spots Still Open For Christmas Orders

We still have a few spots open for rush Christmas orders!

We make adorable blankets in all shapes and sizes, add a monogram for a personal touch!

Great Gift Idea for that new Mom to be

Lots of Car Seat Accessories

More New Items From Small Sprouts

Look at this adorable Owl set for your little girl!

We have a modified option for the London with some polka dots!

This set is ready to ship for the Baby Trend Expedition LX and Flex loc car seat

Our new Sports Edition Boy cover!

Order now and receive a free matching blanket for a limited time

Super Cute Dandy Light Pink Cover

Small Sprouts Limited Time Offer~Free Blanket

As Winter Approaches, or is already here for some of you. I thought this would be a great time for a blanket giveaway!!

a great boot blanket to match your cover

Add a ruffle or a monogram for that personal touch

For a limited time, with the purchase of any Infant Car Seat Cover Package, you will receive either a matching travel blanket or boot blanket

Please email me for details on ordering, admin@smallsprouts.com

**This offer includes a "25x25" matching travel blanket or a matching boot blanket with the order of an infant replacement car seat cover package (slipcovers not included in offer) you may upgrade the offer to add a ruffle or monogram. You must notify me at the time of purchase to receive the offer. ***Some fabrics & Some car seat models do not apply to this offer

Make-up women love but men hate

Neon lips, blue eyeshadow, shimmering glitter, and golden bronzers: This spring, some of the most dramatic looks we saw on the runways are making their way onto our faces. But not everything we dabble on pleases everyone. We had a hunch that some of our biggest beauty obsessions might be turn-offs for guys...so we went ahead asked. Prepare yourself: brutal honesty ensues.

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1. Heavy foundation and powders: "The inch-thick powder is a huge turn-off," says Maxim senior editor Nick Leftley. "No guy wants to kiss a girl on the cheek and then find he¹s wearing foundation himself." A flaking face is one thing, but when your cheek becomes a palette of skin-tone colors, men pay attention...and not the good attention. "I'm always amazed to see women with two-tone faces, two apparently different shades of skin on the face, as if they apply makeup in the dark," says James Oliver Cury, the online editorial director at Maxim. "I'd rather see one greasy face than some sort of melanin imbalance. The nose should match the cheeks."

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2. "Bumps": "I never liked, or knew of any other guy who liked, the Gwen Stefani "bumpit" look," says Henry Belanger, an editor at The Good Men Project. "Be wary of anything that makes your head look unnaturally large."

3. Neon lipstick: Most of the fashion world agreed that electric pouts were a beauty "do" this season. Some men, however, beg to differ. "Orange lips are definitely a departure from what we're used to and not necessarily something a lot of guys I know really respond to just quite yet," say fashion blogger John Januzzi of Lucky and the fashion website, Textbook.

4. Too-thin brows:"My pet peeve is overly plucked eyebrows," says David Swanson, Maxim's Features Editor."I mean, really? It's basically an advertisement that naturally you're hairier than Robin Williams. If it looks natural, we'd never have to wonder."

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5. Bold eye-shadow: "I don't understand the revival of bright blue eyeshadow," proposes Maxim's Cury. "Is it retro? Is it purposefully over-the-top? To my eyes, it just looks tacky no matter how you wear it." Lucky's Januzzi isn't as bothered by color as he is by application. "Smoky eyes--when done right are great--very sexy and attractive but when done wrong they look a total mess," he says. "Seek professional guidance before trying at home."

6. Rosy cheeks: "As far as make-up goes, I think rouge is for old ladies," adds Good Men Project's Belanger. "I think guys generally prefer the kind of make-up you don't notice is there, and since there's a lot that guys don't notice I think women have a lot of leeway."

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7. Two-toned lips:Remember Kim Mathers? She was almost as famous for her lip liner issues as she was for being defamed by Eminem. According to our dude survey, the pucker problem was more serious. "When I see thin lines drawn around a pair of lips, I think: Is this part of some gang initiation rite?" says Cury.

8. Glitter:"Women need to be judicious with it," says Cury. "It¹s like any good seasoning. You shouldn't shake it all over. It can overwhelm the main course." That being said, he's not opposed to a heavy sprinkle of cleavage glitter. Figures.

Resources: Yahoo:Shine

5 Weird Place To Find Coupons~Frugal Mompreneur Tips!

I'm not exactly the poster woman for coupons -- particularly extreme couponing -- for a variety of reasons. Mainly, I just believe there are more time-efficient ways to save money.

Mine is not a popular view: Millions of Americans have turned to coupons to save money in this economy. Now, if you use a coupon for something you already need, that's one thing. But as we know, couponing has, for some, turned into an unhealthy obsession.

There's no limit as to how far some will go to dig up a buy-one-get-one-free offer; some aficionados are even said to be stealing neighbors' Sunday papers for their coupon inserts.

Now the folks behind CouponSherpa.com have created a master list of 52 places where you can locate coupons these days. Some, like newspaper inserts and online coupon websites, are obvious, but many on the list were rather surprising.
Here are the five weirdest:

1. EBay
Did you know that eBay sells coupons? I did a search and there are currently more than 78,000 items in that category -- some up for bids, but many available to "buy now."

There are several listings for batches of "100 grocery store coupons," many worth $1 off or more, with bidding for the lot starting at around $1. Even I will admit that's an interesting deal: If you find even 10% of the coupons worthwhile, that's money well spent.

But then I'm reminded by the compulsion when I see listings for 20 identical cereal coupons, which expire in about 3 weeks. You'll either need a lot of cereal lovers in your household -- or a big pantry.

2. Coupon Clipping Services
Too busy to clip your own coupons? There are actual coupon clipping companies that will do the work for you for a very small fee.

Popular examples include: The Coupon Clippers and Coupons By Dede. You can sign up to receive coupons in specific categories or from preferred manufacturers and retailers.

3. Coupon Trains
Coupon trains let you exchange coupons with others through the mail.

CouponSherpa explains how it works: "An envelope of coupons, usually 40 to 200, is mailed from the 'conductor' to the first person on the list. They remove their desired coupons and replace them with those of equal value and number before mailing the envelope on the next member of the train."

You can create trains with specific coupons for babies, pets, household products, etc. Shoppers look online to find passengers at sites like MommySavers.com and the message board at TheGroceryGame.com.

4. Airports
I would never have thought of this, but CouponSherpa says airports are filled with coupons -- you just have to know where to look.

They suggest coupon hunters check out discarded newspapers and magazines, then grab unclaimed coupons. Personally, my favorite airport coupon is the Southwest drink ticket ... which you can actually find on eBay selling at 4 for $3. A $20 value -- not bad at all.

5. Inside Packaging
CouponSherpa reminds us that coupons are often hidden inside frozen food and cereal boxes. And they're right! I just checked my box of Post Shredded Wheat (I know, boring) and -- lo and behold -- a coupon for one free Del Monte fruit cup, worth up to $1.59.

Resources:Yahoo Shine