Around The Blogosphere – Week 92

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

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

• PETA has launced a “Be Nice to Bunnies” searchable application for your iPhone or iPod touch. It helps you make an informed decision about cruelty-free purchasing anywhere, anytime, at home or in-store. Search by brand, manufacturer or by product category, and view a full list of ‘Do’ and ‘Don’t’ test companies. Companies and products that are vegan (don’t contain animal byproducts) are also noted.

  The app is available for purchase from the iTunes store for $1.99. You can check out this link for more information on the app and to watch a demo video.

• Do you shop at The Children’s Place? Check out their new, upcoming promotion! From July 14th through July 27th, spend $30.00 at The Children’s Place stores and receive a new backpack for just $7.50 ($15.00 retail). Stop by your local The Children’s Place store to stock up on the latest Back To School merchandise, with coordinating head-to-toe looks in the latest styles and pick up a coordinating backpack for 50% off!
• Healthy Moms is giving away a free Potty Training Tips e-book with refundable rights for those who sign up. The guide will cover topics such as why quick potty training methods don’t always work, how to end frustrations and over come obstacles during the potty training process, and what resources are out there and how you can use them to help your individual child. For more information, read up on the details.

CONTESTS & SWEEPSTAKES

• Is your child is a spitting image of a celeb kid, such as Kingston Rossdale or Suri Cruise? If so, show Us Weekly Magazine!

  Submit their photo for a chance to win a trip to New York City and a haircut and styling session courtesy of Cozy’s Cuts for Kids.
  To enter, email your child’s photo, along with their full name, age and the celebrity child they most resemble and why – along with their parent or guardian’s full name, address and daytime phone number, to [email protected]. Photos must be in JPG format and at least 640×480 pixels.
  Thirty finalists will see their child’s photo in an Usmagazine.com slideshow gallery, while one lucky winner will receive the grand prize: a trip to New York City, including airfare, one night’s stay at the Shoreham Hotel, a haircut and styling session for the child, a $500 shopping spree and dinner at Serendipity.

• As part of the launch for Breyers new Smooth & Dreamy all natural, light ice cream, consumers can enter for a chance to win a dreamy Hollywood sweepstakes at www.Smoothand Dreamy.com/natural. The grand prize is an eight day/seven night trip to Hollywood for four people, a deluxe Warner Bros. VIP Studio Tour and $5,000 cash. The sweepstakes ends September 30, 2009.

  For complete details, see the official rules at www.SmoothandDreamy.com/natural.

• SanDisk has launched a summer video contest where families have a chance to turn exciting summer moments in cash for the next family vacation! With just a quick 60-second video of summer fun, your family can enter to win a $1,000 in weekly prizes and a grand prize of $5,000! All you need to do is post the video at www.youtube.com/sandisk for a chance to win.

BLOG GIVEAWAYS

For Everyone

• 5 Minutes For Special Needs Steamboy T1 (7/24 US & Canada)
• Here and There Energizer e2 battery charget (7/12 US Only)
• Val’s Views Arm & Hammer dryer cloths (7/12 US Only)
• Riding With No Hands Rubbermaid 20 piece set (7/12 US Only)
• Computer Chit Chat Dress Your Blog Domain (7/12 US Only)
• Here and There Coffee Bean Direct gift basket (7/12 US Only)
• Here and There Fancy Fortune Cookies (7/13 US Only)
• Goodies for Mom Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Decor Canisters – 2 winners (7/13 US Only)
• Vals Views Fruit2Day (7/13 US Only)
• Fiddledeedee Reviews Bug Off Soap bar and spray (7/13 US Only)
• Mom Knows It All Slacker Radio Plus Subscription (7/14 US Only)
• A Contest Blog Free advertising spot (7/14)
• Riding With No Hands $50 Visa Gift Card (7/14 US Only)
• A Wrestling Addicted Mommy Purex Complete 3-in-1 coupons (7/14 US Only)
• Here and There Guiltless Gourmet Tortilla Chips (7/14 US Only)
• Here and There Slacker Plus Radio Subscription (7/15 US Only)
• A Wrestling Addicted Mommy 250 Custom Stickers from UPrinting.com (7/15 US & Canada)
• A Wrestling Addicted Mommy 20lbs of groceries delivered to your door (7/16 US Only)
• Occupation: Mommy Review Peek Mobile Email Device (7/17 US Only)
• The Nurse Mommy Custom Blog Makeover (7/19 Worldwide)
• Riding With No Hands Oreck Halo Vacuum cleaner (7/23 US Only)
• Melinda Joy Custom Blog Makeover (8/1 Worldwide)

For Women

• A Wrestling Addicted Mommy $100 Lands’ End gift card (7/13 US & Canada)
• Lillyella Jewelry (7/14 Worldwide)
• Sticky Feet Reviews Softlips Lip Balm (7/15)
• Here and There $30 to Skin Free (7/15 US Only)
• The Nurse Mommy $30 to Skin Free (7/19 US Only)

Baby Essentials

• Glimpse Bamboo Hooded Kimono Bathrobe (7/13 US & Canada)
• My Organized Chaos gDiapers giveaway (7/15 US & Canada)
• My Organized Chaos Stroller pads and blanket set (7/17 US & Canada)
• Weefinds Baby Star – Tank and shorts set (8/20)

Just For Kids

• The Mama Hood’s Goods My Secret Circle (7/12 US & Canada)
• Mom Knows It All WiggleTime.com subscription (7/12 US Only)
• Did You See That? Jonas Brothers DVD (7/15)
• Mom Know It All Bratz Ponyz DS Game (7/16 US Only)
• Sogkonnite Living Pirate Party giveaway (7/16)
• Traveling with Baby Eric Herman’s CD – What A Ride (7/28)

Books for Grown-Ups

• Not Entirely British Land of Inheritance – Out of Jerusalem series (7/15)

Books for Kids

• Susan Heim on Parenting Archibald’s Swiss Cheese Mountain (7/15 US Only)

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