Lucky Emerald is Back...Finally!

I'M BACK!

Did you miss me? LOL Probably not! 

After a few months of being very busy with my son's extracurricular activities and some health issues ending in surgery, I am back with every intention of bringing you, my dear readers, some awesome product reviews and great giveaways! I'm just excited to be back up and running! I missed you guys!

So, make sure you check back here often for new reviews and to enter my giveaways. And if you happen to be a new reader, don't forget to follow me via GFC and Facebook to keep up on new stuff around here! 

Until next time,

Hugs,

Fantasicakes Review and Cake Giveaway! Attention Sweets Lovers! US Ends 8/18

I don't know about you, but there comes a time at night, usually around 10pm for me, that I get a bad sweet tooth! I want some cake or pie or something chocolate and a big cold glass of milk! It's not very often that I actually indulge myself in that craving, but I admit, it does happen! If you have the same issue, this giveaway is for you!

This Giveaway is done by SaraLee's Deals Steals & Giveaways

Marble Coffee Cake  (8"/ 1.75 Lbs.)
One of life's most difficult choices...Chocolate or vanilla? Thanks to us that choice is now a piece of cake! We combined our chocolate and vanilla cake batters into one delicious coffee cake. Made from scratch everyday using fresh eggs, creamy sour cream, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla, and a generous amount of high quality chocolate chips on top. This coffee cake is best of both worlds.

I was please with the service I got from FantasiCakes. I had a little issue with the first cake I got. With the weather being so hot and the way the cake was packed I got the first cake all melty and smashed up. I told FantasiCakes how it came and they sent me out a new one. As you can see the second one came and it arrived in great shape. I share the Marble Coffee cake with my mom & step dad. I can say that with 5 of us having a pretty good size piece there still was half a cake left. Just make sure you have a glass of milk while eating this.

(Lucky Emerald needs to interrupt here!)
My mouth is watering already! How about yours?

I even ate a piece while I was blogging and it is so good.

 

FantasiCakes offers a complete line of pastries and bakery shop goods including Bundt Cakes, Coffee Cakes, and Tarts for Nationwide delivery. We also offer Layer Cakes, Pastries, and Mini Pastries for local delivery and store pickup only. We take pride in creating the finest quality products and distinguished designs. Our cakes and tarts are individually and carefully handcrafted and are made from the finest gourmet ingredients available in the market. We're always developing new items for our nationwide audience, soon to come are gourmet layer cakes and fine pastries.

 

Now for the giveaway: Three lucky people will win a 8” cake in winners choice of flavor. This is open to the US only and ends 8/18 @ 11:59 pm est. To enter, simply do the tasks on the Rafflecopter widget below and you're set to have a chance to win! 

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Disclaimer: Lucky Emerald's Reviews is not responsible for prize fulfillment.

As always, I wish you...

Good Luck!

Until next time...

Hugs,

SodaStream Giveaway-- Ends 7/16 Open to US

This is a giveaway I am sharing from another blog, SaraLee's Deals Steals & Giveaways! She does a lot of great giveaways and has a lot of blogger opportunities available on her facebook group page. If you are a blogger, it would benefit you to visit and join her group! Lucky Emerald wishes you good luck on the SodaStream giveaway! If you enter it here on my blog and win it, come on back by and let me know! Thanks!

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 This Giveaway is done by SaraLee's Deals Steals & Giveaways 

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to review the SodaStream Genesis kit and I can say that my family likes it. I was surprised at how fast the shipping was and how everything was packed. The SodaStream was very easy to put together and use. I liked the Cola flavor and my son likes the orange & root beer flavors while hubby likes the tea and water flavors. This really does have something for everyone. I like how you can carbonate the beverage to your liking. Plus the best part is you can add as much syrup you like for your tasting.

 This is before I took the SodaStream Genesis out of the box.

This after we made our first bottle of Root Beer. Very easy to do.

Fountain Jet Soda Lover's Start-Up Kit  ($99.95)

-          Fountain Jet – winner’s choice of color (black/silver, red/silver or white)

-          1 carbonating bottle, reusable for up to 3 years

-          Reusable carbonator to fizz up to 60L of soda

-          Variety 6-pack of popular sample-size flavors

-          3 full-sized flavors of the winner’s choice

Now for the giveaway: One lucky person will win a Fountain Jet Soda Lover's Start-Up Kit  ($99.95). This is open to US and ends 7/16/12 @ 11:59 pm est. To enter, simply do the tasks on the Rafflecopter widget below and you're set to have a chance to win! 


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Good luck!

Soaps from the Hive #Giveaway! Easy Rafflecopter Entry! Ends 4/20

Check out my Natural Remedies page and you will instantly understand why I have a long love affair with honey. For me, honey is everything. If there is no honey in the house, panic sets in.

I've learned over many countless nights of obsessive research over the years, that honey has a great history. Here are two of my favourites, that I have never forgotten:

• Ancient Romans greeted their guests with honey as "a gift from the gods and the elixir of life".

• England's Queen Anne used honey to pamper her magnificent hair - a secret that was so closely guarded that it was disclosed only after her death.

Well, there ain't no turning back now! My family is hooked on Soaps from the Hive.

Soaps from the Hive is located in the picturesque village of Hunter River, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Frank Novak, the owner, and his wife work very hard on their little honey bee farm, to bring us the purest most natural soaps possible. They offer 7 different varieties of pure honey soap. All soaps are made with 100% natural ingredients and lots of pure natural honey, of course.

His & Her Shaving - This is my favourite, as Frank expected it would be. My skin has never been so moisturized. I have an awful time keeping it moisturized. Since I started using this soap, I haven't reached for my skin moisturizer nearly as often as I was. I went from using it 3-4 times a day, down to using it just once.

His & Her Shaving consists of honey blended with Lavender and Tea Tree. This was originally designed for "Her" legs; however, "His" face loves it too.

Refreshing Morning Mint is the ultimate "wake up bar" and it's a real fun looking soap. I really love how Soaps From the Hive swirl the ingredients together, not to mention hand bevel each and every bar of soap. The honey in this soap is blended with peppermint, lavender, fir needle and eucalyptus. Imagine the smell of this! Yumm! 

This pretty Lavender & Oatmeal bar consists of honey, lavender and oatmeal. This can soothe irritated skin, ease a pounding headache,  release stress & tension, lull you to sleep after a bath or help heal a sunburn. Lavender, oatmeal and honey are, in my opinion, three of the most amazing natural ingredients for anything - whether it be soaps, shampoos, natural remedies.....they are truly gifts from Mother Earth.  My favourite experience with this soap is that, I cut off a piece and slipped it in my daughters pillow case to help her doze off to dreamland.  And, unlike any of the other lavender soaps I've used for this, the smell hasn't faded and it's been two weeks. Lavender is a natural sleep aid. The scent relaxes your body and calms you to sleep. Yay for that!

This Mojito soap is one of my all time favourites.  I could eat it! I love the smell and the colours.  It consists of honey blended with spearmint & lime. Use it as a facial and body soap on oily skin. It's known to soothe headaches and invigorate senses. 

Lemon Poppyseed is the mother of all exfoliating soaps I've ever used. You need to try this! The honey is blended with lemon and poppyseeds. This soap is also known to stimulate the immune system. 

The Spiced Garden is so pretty too. Don't ya think? This was my husband's favourite - because it looks masculine of course. It got my approval because of its ingredients of honey blended with clove bud, cinnamon leaf and sweet orange, which is an excellent antiseptic. This is the soap I placed in the soap dish in our bathroom, knowing everyone will use it to wash up. 

Unscented. Honey. Yup! Nothing in this soap but lots of Honey! Anyone that knows me, knows how I have become accustomed to unscented products. Unless it's a natural scent, I can't handle it at all. Perfumes and man made fragrances - well I can sniff them out a mile away. This is a must have for those who have are sensitive to scents.

Soaps from the Hive are $7/ bar. They offer wholesale pricing and free delivery on orders over $100. There is a lot of work that go into these soap bars, and I truly appreciate that all of the ingredients are 100% all natural.

As the old saying goes, "Honey is the dew distilled from the stars and rainbow", which makes these products, in my opinion, a gift from Mother Earth.

Visit Soaps from the Hive on-line, and while you are there, check out Frank's other passion - Above and Beeyond

(I received one or more Soaps from the Hive products to write my review. All opinions are my own and mine alone. I was in no way influenced by Soaps from the Hive in my review nor did I receive any monetary compensation. I only recommend products that are a good fit for my readers.)










How would you like a chance to win some of these amazing gifts from Mother Earth?






One winner will win the following: Two (2) Lavender Oatmeal Honey, One (1) Shaving, Tee Tree Honey and generous samples of each one of their other All Natural Honey Soaps along with a $25 gift certificate towards a future on-line purchase.

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Create a realistic photo of catching Santa in your home! ICaughtSanta Review/Giveaway

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 ICaughtSanta is a fun way to provide solid proof that Santa visited your house on Christmas eve! In 3 east steps,  anyone can create their own photo showing Santa in their own living room!

First, you take a picture of wherever you want to "catch" Santa. I personally chose our living room since that's where our Christmas tree is. Then you upload the picture to the website. Then you choose your favorite Santa from the options and insert it on your photo! All that's left to do is add a fun holiday border if you want one, and then email, download, or print your picture. Or you can choose to send your Santa photo over to a store near you for in-store pick up! 1 photo is $9.99 to create! As a bonus for my readers, you can get 25% off your photo by using the code SAVE25 at checkout! What a fun family memory and a great way to keep the magic of  Christmas alive for your children!

As a bonus, 5 lucky readers can win their own free Santa picture! Simply enter to win yours on the Rafflecopter below! Good luck!

How to Catch Happy- A book review

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Lately, I've been thinking about my life in general and asking myself the question, Am I truly happy? Truthfully, the answer is no. Now don't get me wrong, I am not unhappy with my husband or my precious son! Those aspects of my life are fine! I just haven't been happy with the fact that I've lost interest in alot of the activities that used to make me truly happy! I got the opportunity to review the book "How to Catch Happy-A Guide to Reeling in the Biggest Fish of All" by Jim F. Kukral, and I wasn't exactly sure if I would like the book or if I would relate to it in any way.

Jim starts out by explaining that the premise of his book was basically how to pursue what you want in life, whether it be happiness or whatever it is that you are after. He uses alot of fishing metaphors because that's the thing that makes him happy! In the first chapter I started to think that maybe this book would pertain to me more than I thought! Mr. Kukral goes on to say that it took a profound event in his life to open his eyes to the fact that he had been looking for happiness the wrong way. He had been focusing more on making money than doing things that made him happy! He said something in this first chapter that really hit me. He said "According to the Wall Street Journal, millionaires need $7.5 million to feel “wealthy”.
 Is that all? I think the more interesting question would be how much money would they
need to feel happy?" So, money can't buy happiness? That's a darned good thing because half the time I can't afford even a smile! LOL

The author goes on to talk about 3 other men in the final 3 chapters who all come from different walks of life and different circumstances. They all have the same problem though. They were unhappy. They all found their happiness in something as simple as going fishing! Now, I don't fish, never really liked to fish, but the underlying message made alot of sense to me. I need to get back to basics and find my happiness! Activities that I used to love and that made me happy, I've just kind of forgotten about them!

This book was definitely not the kind of book I would normally read, but I'm glad I did! It just goes to show that you really shouldn't judge a book by it's cover! Literally!

If you would like to purchase the book, you can order it from Amazon.com.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com.. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Until next time.

Tammy

Hello!

I'd like to welcome you to my blog and thank you for stopping in! This blog is geared towards women with children, stay-at-home moms, working at home mom, and basically just moms in general! I like to blog about what I know, and that is a woman's life being revolved around her children!

I personally have one child, a 4 year old son Jaden. I have been a stay-at-home mom since he was born, but before that, I worked in Home Health Care as a CNA for over 6 years. I also have a history of working with children since I worked as a preschool teacher, at a Children's Home for orphans, and also as a guard in a youth detention center. I still don't feel like it all prepared me to become a parent! LOL

The purpose of this blog is to talk about my family life, fun things we've done, exciting places we've been and reviewing products and services that pertain to everyday life as a wife and mother. I love giving my honest opinion about my successes and failures with household products, hygiene products, and children's items so I'm excited that I now have a place to do that!

This is a PR friendly blog. I look forward to reviewing products and services honestly for my readers! If you have a product or service that you would like me to review, please feel free to contact me at daisies0999@yahoo.com. I would love to work with you to benefit both your customers and my readers!

As I said before, thanks for stopping by! Please become a follower! I look forward to getting to know my readers through your comments, so feel free to let me know what you think!

Until next time...

Hugs,

Tammy