Around the Blogosphere – Week 86

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Welcome to our weekly roundup here at “5 Minutes Around the Blogosphere”.

As you know, you can come back all week and add a post or giveaway to our Mister Linky. Be sure to check back often, as new links will be added daily. You don’t want to miss out on something fun.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Check out the new Top Mommy Bloggers, a top site for mommy bloggers! Interested mommies can submit their blogs here. You can also enter the blog giveaway, where five lucky winners can receive a Lifetime Ad Spot on our Top Site! Participants can enter here.

CONTESTS & SWEEPSTAKES

• Go to Itty Bitty Picasso to enter for your chance to win a FREE (minus shipping and handling) fully framed 12×12 canvas giclee high quality reproduction of your child’s beautiful artistic creation!

  Itty Bitty Picasso takes your child’s beautiful creations and creates a Giclee (superior quality reproduction) on canvas with high quality archival inks, a protective coating, and a beautiful frame for you to display in your home with pride or give as a gift to a loving family member. If you order before May 31st you get an additional 20% off the price Refer someone else and they get yet another 10% off, for a possible discount of 30%! For a limited time only so hurry and place your order now!

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BLOG GIVEAWAYS

For Everyone

• Val’s Views Nature’s Source Cleaning Products – 5 winners (6/1 US Only)
• Mel, A Dramatic Mommy Ziggy Marley’s Family Time CD and iPod Shuffle (6/1 US Only)
• A Wrestling Addicted Mommy Coffee Talk Gift Box (6/2 US Only)
• Here and There $50 gift card to Bruno Jamais (6/2 US & Canada)
• Did You See That? Around the Table game (6/4 US Only)
• All Because Two People Fell In LOVE Photo Session (6/5)
• Recipes for Moms BBQ Gift Box (6/5 US Only)
• A Frog In My Soup Boys Urban World Digital Scrapbook Kit (6/5 Worldwide)
• Sandier Pastures $50 gift card to Bamboosa (6/5 Worldwide)
• Val’s Views Kernel Season’s Popcorn Package (6/6 US Only)
• Close to Home Gift Certificate for Skinny Cow ice cream (6/6 US Only)
• Contest Corner $75 gift card to Royal Tart (6/8 US Only)
• Contest Corner $10 gift card to MixMyGranola.com (6/9 US Only)
• The Moms Review Windex Outdoor All in One Starter Kit – 2 winners (6/10 US Only)
• Contest Corner $100 gift card to English Tea Paperie (6/11 Worldwide)
• Tell Me Thursday Flip HD Mino Video Camera (6/15)
• Rajee’s Lifestyle Ecostore Shampoo and Conditioner (6/20 US & Canada)
• Melinda Joy Pair of Sunglasses – 2 winners (6/27)

For Women

• Here and There Votre Vu Body Lotion (6/2 US & Canada)
• Nurse Mommy Perfume from Kikkos Soapworks (6/3 US & Canada)
• Contest Corner Necklace and Earring set from Dolly Cool Jewellery (6/4 Worldwide)
• Rajee’s Lifestyle Pink Dorothy Apron (6/10 US Only)
• Nurse Mommy Wasabi Ginger Soap (6/10 US Only)
• Nurse Mommy Weight Loss Body Wrap (6/10 US Only)
• Rajee’s Lifestyle ZannClip (6/20 US Only)
• Melinda Joy Sheila Ferlet Handmade Bracelet (6/30 US & Canada)

Baby Essentials

• Glimpse Foogo Prize Pack (6/1 Canada Only)
• Glimpse Sweet Pea Cloth Diaper (6/4 Worldwide)

Just For Kids

• All Because Two People Fell In LOVE Easy Daysies Kit (6/3 US Only)
• Chefdruck Musings Crayola Outdoor gift basket – 3 winners (6/5)
• Susan Heim on Parenting Lulla-Bear MP3 Player (6/7)
• Rajee’s Lifestyle Tie Buddies (6/10 US Only)
• Rajee’s Lifestyle Pair of Ficklets – two winners (6/10 US Only)
• Rajee’s Lifestyle Trebillina DVD (6/21 Worldwide)

Books for Grown-Ups

• Not Entirely British Signed Copy of Easterfield (6/3)
• Chefdruck Reviews Michelle Style (6/5)

Books for Kids

• Contest Corner The Alchemyst and The Magician books & Challenges of the Elder mug (6/14 US Only)

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