A Mama's Rant

Win a Glade Fresh Night Out gift basket

I had the honor of hosting* the Glade Fresh Night Out event in Denver last week. It was a night of socializing with local mom bloggers while enjoying some yummy appetizers and drinks at the Warwick hotel.

Part of the evening’s festivities including making gift baskets with a decorate it yourself mug, a chenille throw blanket, a jar of homemade chocolate mix (which included marshmallows and chocolate chips), a satin sleep eyeshade, and some Glade Sense & Spray products. (The blanket and basket are from IKEA, so what’s not to love.)

I’ve been using Glade Sense & Spray products in my home and love them. I’m usually into scented candles, but after leaving the house only to come home and find out that I left them burning, I’ve tried to find an alternative like Glade Sense & Spray Automatic Freshener. Heck anything that can cover up the scent of my indoor electric composter while not setting the house on fire is my favorite thing.

How you can get a Glade Fresh Night Out gift basket

I’m giving away one of the gift baskets I made. (The other one went home with me.) This would be a nice housewarming gift. Or you can give the mug, pens and homemade hot chocolate as a teacher appreciation gift, the blanket and eyeshade to your mother-in-law and the basket to someone else. Or you can keep it all for yourself!

Congrats to Julie P. of Booking Mama who won the basket!

Win a bracelet making kit in the Bejeweled Giveaway contest

Have you ever wanted to start your own handmade jewelry store on Etsy or Silkfair, but didn't know where to start?  Maybe you already enjoy scrapbooking and knitting and thought beading might be worth a try, but weren't sure about the investment.

Now you can win a bracelet making kit plus $75 in product - a $100 value - by entering the "Bejeweled Giveaway" contest.  Ten readers across the Momfluence network blogs will be chosen to win!

But there's more!  Those ten winners will be able to submit a picture of their completed bracelet to the House of Gems, and one will be chosen to receive a $250 gift certificate, enough product to really jump start your business.

Fan of Disney’s JONAS Show? then check out Best Western’s Rockin’ vacation Sweepstakes

Best Western and Disney have launched a Rockin’ Vacation Sweepstakes where one lucky fan and his or her family will get the chance to fly to Los Angeles for a three-night vacation to visit the set of the Disney television show, JONAS, and to hang out with some of the cast members including the Jonas Brothers.

If you’re a Jonas Brothers fan, enter in the sweepstakes until Sunday, August 16.

Additionally, 100 first-prize winners will receive a $50 Best Western JONAS Travel Card that can be used at any of Best Western’s 4,000 properties worldwide.

More details

One grand prize winner will be randomly selected to travel to Los Angeles with up to three additional family members for a three-night vacation and the chance to meet the JONAS cast in early 2010, when the show begins taping second season episodes.

• Canadian citizens, learn more about the Rockin’ Vacation Sweepstakes here.
• US citizens, learn more about the Rockin’ Vacation Sweepstakes here.

Groovy! Win a Pepsi Throwback Pack

Pepsi and Mountain Dew are taking a nostalgic trip back in time by offering special retro formulas of their popular beverages sweetened with natural sugar, just as they were back in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Pepsi Throwback will be available nationwide for about eight weeks beginning April 20 in 20-oz retro designed single-serve bottles and 12-pack cans.

It’s like a blast – er, taste – from the past.

Win a Pepsi Throwback Pack

To celebrate, Pepsi has given me one Rad, Retro Pepsi Throwback Pack valued at $150 to give away to my readers!

The pack comes with:

• Pepsi Throwback Trucker Cap
• Retro Pepsi Tin Lunch Box
• Retro Clock Radio/CD Player
• USB Lava Lamp
• Pepsi Throwback & Mountain Dew Throwback soda

** Contest closed! Congrats to Tammi of If You Could See What I See **

Here’s how to win:

Play for a chance to win Sony digital products

Here’s a fun game to play for a chance to win a Sony Handycam, Sony Cybershot, Sony Photo GPS unit, and other great Sony products. You can be one of 29 players are eligible to win a prize after successfully completing the game.

The contest goes from April 6 to May 26, 2009. Click on Rules above to get all the rules and prizing info.

Want to know more about Sony digital products? Read my review of the Sony NV-U83T GPS portable navigation system and about my time at the Sony Blogger Event where I received a Sony Cybershot DSCW170, a Sony Alpha DSLRA350 Digital SLR Camera, and the Sony HDR-SR11 10MP 60GB High Definition Hard Drive Handycam Camcorder.

Win a chance to go to Blogher '09 from JVC

The BlogHer 2009 Conference in Chicago sold out weeks ago. Many women I know who wanted to go weren’t able to get tickets and are on the waiting list. Others are trying to figure out how to cut costs by driving, sharing rooms, and getting sponsorships. (Don’t know about you but the latter describes my situation to a “T.”)

The JVC Everio “Send Me To BlogHer ’09” Sweepstakes not only gives you a chance to win tickets to the conference, but a chance to win:

Roundtrip airfare to the BlogHer ’09 Conference in Chicago, IL

Hotel accommodations for three nights

Food allowance

A JVC Everio camcorder

The JVC Everio “Send Me To BlogHer ’09” Sweepstakes will give four winners a chance to experience this event and capture it with a new JVC Everio camcorder.

To register, tell JVC which Everio camcorder best fits your family’s lifestyle and why. The contest runs through May 29^th and winners will be announced on June 2^nd.

Good luck and see you at Blogher ‘09!

Win Hannah Montana Tween Beauty Products

Procter & Gamble has teamed up with Disney and launched a new Hannah Montana-inspired line of P&G Brand-endorsed personal beauty products created specifically for tweens from Olay, Secret, Cover Girl, Herbal Essences, Crest, and Oral-B. This is one of the first personal care lines just for tween girls.

I had a chance to sample some of the makeup products from Cover Girl - Boundless Color Nail Polish (MSRP $3.38-$3.99) and Wetslicks Lipgloss (MSRP $4.84-$5.99). The colors are very age appropriate for young girls trying out their first makeup products – light, shimmery pinks. And since tweenagers have little sisters, they’re even OK for younger girls when playing dress up. (Not for school, girls!) I know my six-year-old daughter, Lucie would be crazy about these products as would her friends.

Also, since girls are reaching puberty at an even earlier age these days, it’s great that P&G has come up with a special tween line to encourage them to keep up their dental and personal hygiene and take care of their skin.

The Hannah Montana collection also includes Herbal Essences Drama Clean Shampoo and Conditioner, Olay Rockin’ Blossom Body Wash, Olay Pop Tropical Body Wash, Olay Gentle Foaming Face Wash, Olay Daily Facials Express, Oral-B & Crest Manual Toothbrush & Gel Paste Pack, Crest Wild Expression Toothpaste, Secret Rock Star Rose Antiperspirant, and Secret Bella Bloom Antiperspirant.

Interested in getting some Hannah Montana beauty products for your tween? Then enter my giveaway!

** This contest is closed. Congrats to Bing of IceFairy's Treasure Chest who won the box of Hanna Montana Beauty Products**

Celebrate 10 years of Harry Potter and win two copies The Sorcerer’s Stone

Can you believe it’s been 10 years since the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was first published? Now a whole new generation of children await to read about the magic world J.K. Rowling creating.

To celebrate, five winners will receive TWO copies of the paperback book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – one to win and one to share!

Enter my Harry Potter Share the Magic Book Giveaway at my children’s book and cooking activities blog, My Readable Feast.

You have until midnight MT on Monday, April 20, 2009 to enter.

Win a customized Saves the Planet book for Earth Day!

Teach your child how to really make a difference in saving the planet. Frecklebox’s newest personalized book – Saves the Planet - offers up several ideas to get them started, from riding their bike to school to remembering to turn off the light switch. Help them become a super kid that protects the Earth!

Many kids are into being green, so I know a book like this will be a special treat for any child and a terrific Earth Day gift.

Sound like something your child would love? Then enter my giveaway at my children’s book and cooking activities blog, My Readable Feast, to win either a hard cover or soft cover of Saves the Planet.

Click here to enter my giveaway of a customized copy of Saves the Planet. 

Easter Giveaway: Alvin and the Chipmunks and My Little Pony Live

I’m doing a Easter giveaway contest thanks to Paramount Home Entertainment and Click Communications.

One person can win two videos:

• My Little Pony Live: The World's Biggest Tea Party. The video comes with a Pinkie Pie Pony and a stage!
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Mystery of the Easter Chipmunk

These would make terrific Easter presents for your daughter, son, grandchild, niece and/or nephew.

Here’s how to enter my giveaway:

1. Leave your name, email address, and blog address (if you have one) in the comments below for ONE entry.
2. If you have a blog, post about this contest for ONE additional entry.
3. Spread the word about this giveaway, by posting the link to this post on StumbleUpon, Digg, Kirtsy, or Twitter. You must leave your username for that site in your comment so I can check. ONE entry per submission or vote for a maximum of FOUR.
4. Sign up for my RSS feed for ONE entry. If you signed up for my RSS feed previously, just let me know and I’ll count it.
5. Follow me on Twitter.
6. If you have signed up for my RSS feed, followed me on Twitter, and/or posted about my contest on your blog or on a social media site, come back here and leave a comment telling me what you did. I will be checking! 
7. Maximum amount of entries at A Mama’s Rant is EIGHT – leaving a comment here (1), posting about it on your blog (1), signing up for my RSS feed (1), using social media (4), and following me on Twitter (1).
8. You have until midnight MT April 3, 2009 to enter.