Wall decal!

I rec'd my wall decal in the mail today from DigitalRoom.com. (Blogger appreciation prize for hosting the giveaway) It's pretty dang cool! It's a print on a fabric type material that you just stick to the wall. I had a picture of a cherry blossom in full bloom, to go with my asian inspired living room. It turned out nicely. It's an odd shape, kinda small but cool for being a giveaway item! :)

Check out digitalroom.com where you can get all kinds of custom made prints!

New item in my Etsy Shop

It's almost October, which means it's almost Halloween!!! We all know that our pups (and other critters) don't get to enjoy Halloween candy like we can. But who's to say they can't have delicions treats of their own????



I just posted a new item in my Etsy shop! Drea's Pumpkin Pie Drops. Finally, I got to name a treat after my own dog! he he



These are scrumptious Pumpkin Pie flavored drop cookies. Soft texture, so any dog can enjoy them. All natural ingredients, no preservatives!






I'm offering a special to all of my loyal blog followers!!!!! 20% off your purchase at K9 Kreations by Kara. Just mention that you're a follower in your checkout comments and I will refund 20% of your purchase price!!!!! Offer good through Halloween!

Under $20!

So I follow the blog "Stuff Under Twenty" which showcases things you can purchase for under $20. Awesome concept, right? They post everything from clothing to household items and everything in between. One of the things I saw posted today really caught my eye!!!!

FOOD FACE DINNER PLATE (as seen in Parents Magazine! )

Everybody remembers Dapper Dan The Magnetic Man - that bald little fellow with all the iron filings that you could drag into really bad hairdos! I LOVED THAT TOY!!!!! You could give him a mustache, sideburns, a horrible hairdo.... endless possibilities!

Well they've given Dan a new home on their Food Face Dinner Plate, made from hotel-quality, food-safe, high-fire ceramics. So now you (or your kids) can play with your food and give Dan a whole new look.

Boxed with lots of inspirational food art. Wouldn't YOU have loved this when you were a kid?

You can purchase this product by visiting Perpetual Kid!

WINNER!

Congratulations to Vanessa!!!!! You are the winner of the custom printed poster from uprinting.com!

The winning comment, picked by the randomon number generator was......

#10)

vnssa906 said...
Hurray! I am now a follower of your awesome blog! :)

Thank you everyone for entering and do not forget to enter my latest giveaway for 250 custom printed greeting cards!

Greeting Card Giveaway by Uprinting

Hey everyone,
My awesome blog sponsors, Uprinting.com are giving me another opportunity to give away yet another one of their fantastic products!!!!!

Did you know that they offer awesome greeting card printing at UPrinting.com??? I didn't but I do now! You should check it out. Why you ask??? WELL BECAUSE................... YOU COULD WIN 250 CARDS OF YOUR VERY OWN!

The prize:

250 ct. of 7 x 5" (folded to 3.5 x 5" )
A $96 value!!!!!!!

Wouldn't this be an awesome Holiday Card idea???? Maybe you had a new baby and want to get the word out? Maybe you're throwing a huge party and need to send out invitations. Whatever you could use the cards for, you can!

One of the best perks of the uprinting.com sponsorship, is that I get the same prize as the winner! LUCKY ME! :) What am I going to do with 250 custom greeting cards??? Well............ maybe I'll create holiday greeting cards, or maybe I'll send out promotional cards for my Etsy shop. Or maybe I'll make cute thank you cards? Who knows! The possibilities are endless!

So, how can you win???? Here's the nitty gritty!

---Enter to Win---
- Mandatory entry: leave a comment below, describing why you need custom greeting cards. You must do this entry before doing any extras.

---Extra Entries---
(Make sure you leave a separate comment below for EACH extra entry.)

- Be a follower of my blog. (1 entry)

- Subscribe to my feed (1 entry)

- Follow me on twitter and tweet this giveaway - must leave tweet link in the comment (1 entry daily)

- Blog about and link back to this giveaway. Leave a link to your post in the comments. (5 entries)

- Purchase any item from my Etsy shop (10 entries)

---Details---
- Giveaway ends Friday, October 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pm PST.
- Winner will be chosen by random.org.
- Rules for each entry must be followed valid.
- Giveaway is open to US residents only. FREE UPS Ground Shipping for US residents.

Please make sure that your email is linked to your account, or that you leave it in your comments!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

~Kara

Leukemia & Lymphoma

I forgot to mention that as Team Captain for Frank N' Barry's, I am walking in memory of my late Father in Law- Frank who lost the battle to Leukemia and in honor of my Uncle Barry who is currently battling Leukemia. This cause and event is close to my family. Thanks for your support!!!!

Light the Night Walk- Taking Steps Toward Cure

Light The Night Walk:

Taking Steps Toward Cures

Each year, in communities all across the United States and Canada, families, friends, neighbors and teams from local businesses and national companies come together for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS's) Light The Night Walk events to bring help and hope to people battling blood cancers.

Funds raised by walkers provide:

• Lifesaving blood cancer research
• Financial assistance to cover patient expenses for transportation, medication and testing
• Free educational materials and events for patients and their families
• Local programs such as Family Support Groups and First Connection, a peer-to-peer counseling program
• Comprehensive, personalized assistance through our Information Resource Center

Light The Night Walk events are evenings filled with inspiration. Carrying illuminated balloons - white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer - thousands of walkers - men, women and children - form a community of caring, bringing light to the dark world of cancer.

Whether you're a cancer survivor, supporting someone who is battling cancer or have lost a loved one, please join us and help Light The Night.

Team Frank N' Barrys is still looking for team mates!!!! You can join our team by visiting our team page!

If you can't join our team, consider donating!

• A donation of $25 provides patients and their loved ones with FREE booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and help them make informed decisions about their treatment options.
• A donation of $50 makes possible a Family Support group with a trained facilitator where comfort can be found and experiences can be shared among patients and family members.
• A donation of $100 helps supply laboratory researchers with supplies and materials critical to carrying out their search for cures.
• A donation of $1,000 makes possible one- on-one conversations with health care specialists who provide patients with information about their disease, treatment options, and helps prepare them with questions for their health care team.

Please make a donation to support my team's participation in the Light The Night Walk and help save lives. Be sure to check my team's Web site frequently to see my team's progress, and thanks for your support!

Giveaway #2!

Enter for your chance to win a 18x24” Rolled Poster Print from DigitalRoom.com (and the biggest plus is they aren't charging a shipping fee this time!)
This giveaway has a $24 value

I won this exact same giveaway a few weeks ago, and had a picture of my Emma Lou printed (my late Corgi pup). I had a customer service issue with the poster the first go around and Digitalroom.com cleared it up right away and I was so pleased with the product I received in the end. I'd definately purchase my digital printing needs from them in the future!

Here's a look at my poster, hanging in my pet room :)

Check out the awesome poster printing you could win!




---Enter to Win---
- Mandatory entry: leave a comment below, describing what you would choose to have printed. You must do this entry before doing any extras.

---Extra Entries---
(Make sure you leave a separate comment below for EACH extra entry.)

- Be a follower of my blog. (1 entry)

- Subscribe to my feed (1 entry)

- Follow me on twitter and tweet this giveaway - must leave tweet link in the comment (1 entry daily)

- Blog about and link back to this giveaway. Leave a link to your post in the comments. (5 entries)

- Purchase any item from my Etsy shop (10 entries)

---Details---
- Giveaway ends Friday, September 25th, 2009 at 11:59 pm PST.
- Winner will be chosen by random.org.
- Rules for each entry must be followed valid.
- Giveaway is open to US residents only. FREE UPS Ground Shipping for US residents.

Please make sure that your email is linked to your account, or that you leave it in your comments!
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
~Kara

Giveaway winners!

There were 45 entries for the Custom Wall Decal giveaway and the 2 lucky winners were
( drum roll please!!!!)

#12 myladel said...
I would print a picture of my 1 year old son. I can never get tired of looking at him.

#20 Cindy said...
I'm following your blog.

clogzilla(at)yahoo(dot)com


Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who entered. I'm hoping that I will be able to post another giveaway really soon!!!!!

Winners have been contacted and have 48 hours to respond.

Apron giveaway!

I think aprons are the cutest things. Although I wish I had one! I seem to always wear black in the kitchen and get stuff all over me.... or when I do the dishes, I always get water on me!

Well, here's your chance (and mine he he) to win a REALLY CUTE apron, thanks to The Apron Goddesses!!!!! They are giving one lucky winner a pink lemonade apron handmade by Mamie L Designs (another great Etsy shop).

Enter before 9/15!

Other giveaways that you may LOVE!

Here's a list of a few other giveaways that you guys may be interested in..... I know there are a lot out there and not all of them are things you'd wanna win, but these are all giveaways for things that I would totally wanna win!!!! :) Hopefully you will too!

1. The Giveaway Diva is giving away Manuka Honey Drizzle from Bella Lucce! Better hurry, giveaway ends 9/12! The Giveaway Diva is also having an Eight Day Giveaway Event! Go check it out!

2. Mom's Focus on Cyber World is giving away3 sets of Calibowls!

3. January Wish is giving away a $25 gift certificate to BellaBejeweled's shop on Etsy! Giveaway ends Sunday, 9/13

4. The Wonderful World of Skylar's Candy Clips is hosting a giveaway for 1 Lily the Nature Nooshka doll! These dolls are sooo cute! I love Nooshka's Meg, the mead Owl and Sebastian, the cat!

5. A lucky reader of The Sunshine Studio blog will get to choose any one item from Lyndsay's shop! Lyndsay has 2 Etsy shops..... LouLouBell and Fussed by LouLouBell. :)

6. The Giveaway Diva is giving away a $30 gift certificate to Edor! Giveaway ends 9/14! The Giveaway Diva is also having an Eight Day Giveaway Event! Go check it out!

Get 90% off Restaraunts.com gift certificates!!!

Hey everyone!!!!!

So, a friend of mine on Swapmamas.com informed me that Restaraunts.com is having a NINETY percent off sale on their gift cards... 90!!!!! :) Visit their site and check out restaraunts in your area and see if you can get a super awesome deal on a gift card. I ordered a few for some restaraunts in Philadelphia, for when I visit there next month. Hopefully that'll save me some money on dining out!! :) Be sure to read the fine print, most of the certificates have guidelines like minimum purchase amounts, restricted days/times or certain amount of guests required.

But still.... how can you beat a $50 gift card for 2 bucks!?!?!?! :)

Going back to school

It's been a while since I posted a blog of relevance... probably because I've been too busy working, stressing out, house training a puppy and trying to salvage what's left of my garden. But, through all of that, I'm also trying to go back to school full time. Talk about an exhausting and intimidating process!!!!!! Who knew college would be so hard, even at 26! lol

I had my mind set on getting an Associates degree in Health Management with concentration on medical billing and coding and then I started thinking about where my current skills are. Would I be happy doing that career, just because it makes more money? So then I started thinking about pursuing an MBA with an emphasis on Human Resource Management. I already do the HR duties at work, I'm currently going through a program with a local employer group to get my HR certification... why not build on that? Luckily, most of the schools I'd been looking at have that program as well.

Now the biggest question, HOW TO PAY FOR IT!?!?!?! I hate the thought of putting myself more in debt but what else can you do? Financial aid only takes you so far. But, I'm sure it's worth it in the end. So I have the start of a plan.... classes start the first week of October! I'm going to work full time, be a full time college student and try to get pregnant? What am I thinking!?!?!?!?! Challenges, break downs, and revelations.......here we come!

Lane Bryant

Hey Ladies!!!!

Lane Bryant is having a Labor Day online sale.... Save $20 on a $40 purchase!!!! :) Can't beat that! Use code #000205832

New banner and button

Notice my new banner and blog button!?!?!!?!

Thanks to my good friend, Etsy's Alchemy feature, I was able to connect with a designer to step up my blog game to the next level! :)

JessieTurtle, another Etsy seller hooked me up! Thanks Jessie!

My first sponsorship giveaway!!!!!

My sponsor, uprinting.com is offering 2 lucky K9 Kreations by Kara readers,
a free 18X24" Wall Graphic, courteousy of Large Format Posters.com.

The new product is an innovative adhesive fabric. Just imagine a huge sticker that you can peel and stick on any flat surface! (Similar to the Fat Heads stickers you’ve seen on TV)
In addition, these use the same high-quality printing that Large Format Posters use for their poster prints, so you can print photos, artworks or patterns in great detail.
This giveaway of Wall Graphics is a $61 value!!!



And, guess what? Yours truly gets one too! I've decided to print this picture...




It's my Drea girl and it'll look awesome in my pet room.


---Enter to Win---
- Mandatory entry: leave a comment below, describing the picture that you would choose to have printed. You must do this entry before doing any extras.

---Extra Entries---
(Make sure you leave a separate comment below for EACH extra entry.)

- Be a follower of my blog. (1 entry)

- Subscribe to my feed (1 entry)

- Follow me on twitter and tweet this giveaway and leave link to your post in the comment (1 entry daily)

- Become a friend on Facebook (1 entry)

- Blog about and link back to this giveaway. Leave a link to your post in the comments. (5 entries)

- Purchase any item from my Etsy shop (10 entries)
---Details---
- Giveaway ends Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 10:59 pm PST.
- Winner will be chosen by random.org.
- Rules for each entry must be followed valid.
- Giveaway is open to US/Canada residents only. Ground shipping of prize is free, but there is a $5 handling fee that must be paid by the winner. Large Format Posters observes the right to not print obscene of offensive material.

Please make sure that your email is linked to your account, or that you leave it in your comments!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!

~Kara