Tiny Prints

Besides bridal shower invitations and wedding invitations one main event keeps happening in our lives - babies!  When Britt was having her shower she sent out adorable invites and they matched her theme! I love when everything goes together, such as the decorations invitations, colors, and the gifts. 

A great company I had the privilege to work with is Tiny Prints. Their invitations and announcements are adorable! Most of the invitations that I love include bright colors and are easy to coordinate with.  The unique invites are a wonderful surprise to the guest, especially the ones I picked out!  

Birth announcements are another element that I love getting in the mail.  People usually send ones out from the hospital because they get packages, but if you or someone you know is going to have a baby soon think of Tiny Prints!  There were so many unique and cute ideas that it was hard to pull a few to show everyone.   Tiny Prints has the traditional look people often love as well as the option to have 5+ photos on your announcement.  

  

Quick Giveaway: Tiny Prints wants to give a reader $50 to use on their site!  If you want to enter do the following things:

1. Visit Tiny Prints Birth Announcements or Tiny Prints Baby Shower Invitations and comment favorite stationery item.  Let me know which one you liked! 
2. Like SAHMandTW on FB - let me know if you are a new follower!
3. Tweet us, anything at all! @SAHMandTW

Hilton HHonors Teacher Treks Campaign

One of my favorite things about teaching is seeing the student grow up, from the beginning of the year to the end.  As most of you know I am a blonde.  One of the funniest moments in my teaching career was when I had a student who thought that all blondes were really dumb - he must have believed the jokes!  I had to go to the length of bringing him my college transcript to show him I was actually really smart!  After that he had nothing but respect for me.  I still think it was hilarious!

Hilton is having a contest for Teacher Treks Travel Grants.  They are giving 15 teachers the chance to take a trip of their lifetime!  Well they chose 30 and now the readers have to choose 15.  Be sure to go to Hilton to vote! You can even get the chance to win a gift card worth $250! 

Personalized Gifts!

With wedding season in full swing and then baby season not to farbehind I thought I would let everyone know about Treat.  First off there are so many options it was hard to decide what to look at first.   

Birthday, Engagement, Wedding, and Graduation  Cards to name a few!

















For a limited time you can get free shipping on their gifts - mugs, calendars, etc. Go try it out :)

Interested in winning some? Well follow these steps and you can win 5 Treat Card Credits! 

Be sure to leave your messages below! This is a flash giveaway with 4 methods of entry! 

-Mandatory: Visit Treat.com and comment with your favorite card name and who you would send it to
-Like SAHM&TW on FB
-Follow @SAHMandTW  on Twitter
-Comment about the weather or your life 1x/day for extra chances!

I have been compensated with product in exchange for posting this campaign but love it!

Wedding Gowns = ?

A common question I have been asked is if I found a dress yet and it is always difficult when I answer! I found two dresses that I absolutely loved.   They are complete opposite of each other, one being a mermaid and the other being a ballgown.  What to do, what to do...  As with any decision I have to make I always number my choices and then say pick 1 or 2, flip a coin, or do a poll.  Yes, very scientific I know! In this case I asked my friends, some telling me which one they liked or either saying both gowns look great.  Geesh, could this have been any easier?  Nothing with me is...

I asked the simple question, posted some pictures, and decided to let complete strangers on a wedding board tell me the honest truth.  They have no idea who I am and I knew their opinions were based strictly on which one fit my body type more and which one I (vainly) looked better in.  I would have thought the ladies were going to say things like, "Ew, you look gross in this one; U-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi; Get a haircut you hippie!"  The last line about a hippie was just something I made up, but I would have loved to have seen it.  (:  

Because I'm a teacher  my logical thinking order blossomed into a "teachable moment" because I knew I liked both dresses ... ask several places, add them up, do some math, present it as a lesson, give bonus points if someone figured out the ratios, and wa-lah decision is made.  At least for now.... 

Step 1: Add up all the opinions of complete strangers and my friends
Step 2: Write it on paper using a tally system
Step 3: Re-write it on a white board because it always looks better - in red
Step 4: Add all the tally marks up and check my work
Step 5: Do some math! Create ratios using total amount of opinions for each dress and total opinions all together. (:
Step 6: Percentages are just another step to reaffirm a decision. Check work from start to finish again.

 33% to 67%  Pretty sure there is a clear decision! 

Do you want to know which dress I picked? 

Well I think I'm going to keep it a secret, even to my bridesmaids!

  PS.  When Britt and my friends read this (Britt especially) they will text, reply to this post and then wonder which one for the next year!

Happy 6th Birthday!

My child is now 6!  He is a German Shepherd...not a human. (:

He is so smart, loves kids, and his stuffed animals!  Check out the pics below, especially if you are looking to buy a GSD! They are amazing animals and I should know from the last 6 years of raising him!

Wedding Colors - Eeek!

Within the last 5 hours I have changed my options for wedding colors at least 4  times....

Oh em geesh.... 

Pinterest and I are having a LOVE/HATE relationship at the moment  ...  So many choices with only 1 wedding! How did you pick your colors? This is really difficult but I keep going back to the top two pictures for some reason!  I can always do summer brights for my shower ... either way they are all amazing pictures!

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KidsEmail.Org-Safe Email Solutions for Your Family

As we prepare to move, I have been looking for ways to help our daughter adapt with living far away from our family.  She is so in love with her older cousin Ava and I want to help them keep in touch after the move.  The girls like to draw and send each other pictures so I was excited to try KidsEmail.org!

Kids Email is an easy way to give your child the ability to have an email account that you can easily monitor and control.  Your child has to option of picking their own email account name and can choose from many homepage designs.  

Boo chose to princess theme!

There are two different logins, one for you and one for your kids.  The kids login takes them to their email where they can read and send email.  The parent's login has many options for monitoring and controlling your child's account.  You can choose if your child can send or receive emails, photos, videos, links, or attachments.   You can also filter bad words, receive copies of all incoming and outgoing emails and add a tag line stating it's a child's email account.

The parent's section allows you to restrict the usage of the email account.  You can impose a grounding or even certain times and dates.

Right now, my daughter is still a little young for this, but this is great for anyone with older kids.  There is even an option to use an "older kid" version so your child doesn't think it's too childish.  I think that using this and other safe internet strategies, you can really protect your child online!  Overall, this is a great service for all parents!

They are offering a free 30 day trial! This is actually a free trial(no payment info is needed) with no need to cancel at a later date.