Had A Great Week

First off, I apologize dear Hip Mama Blog friends.

It's been a while since the last post. I have just been really busy with the demands of being a mommy and Hip Mama's Place.
But overall, it has been a great week for me.

First, I had two new advertisers on Hip Mama's Place (which means a little moolah for me), and then I won the toy giveaway on Mom Knows Everything.

Gabriel had a big grin on his face when I showed him his two choices of toys, and he picked the Hot Wheels T-Rex Playset. So yes! Wonderful surprises, don't you all agree? :)

And then, my honey told me we're going for a few days in New York City- just to get away. So I am very excited about that too. :)

I had to keep up with some posts I need to do on my two blogs. Plus, I am going to have anew big giveaway event starting August 3rd on Hip Mama's Place. There will be tons of fantastic prizes for the mommies! So I hope you all watch for it.

Thank you for coming by today. Have a blessed day! :)

Fantastic Giveaways Worth Checking Out

Hi friends,

Just want to give you all a head's up, in case you haven't checked these out yet. I got three sweet giveaways going on at Hip Mama's Place this week. Great Valentine's Day gifts for the special someone in your life, and they're free!

*$50 Gift Certificate to Photofiddle.com to turn your favorite photos into canvas art, photo art print, etcetera. You have to hurry though, this one is ending tonight at 12MN, Eastern Time.


*Valentine Cookie Gift Tin from Cheryl & Co, worth $33! This one ends on Tuesday, February 10th at 12MN, EST.

and...

*"Rock the Tote" Bag by Baby Star, valued @ $88! This trendy baby/tote bag is all you need to get through your busy day out!

To enter these fabulous giveaways, just enter a comment on each review post for the above-mentioned items. Non-blogger? No problem! Just login to your Gmail account, go to www.hipmamasplace.com and enter your comment on each post with your email address to contact you in case you win. Now, how easy is that?

Goodluck, friends and I hope you all have a fantastic weekend! :D

..And oh, you have to be in the US or Canada to participate in these giveaways. Thanks!

Calling For Blogging Dads

I love participating in blog tours for many different products and services by Mom Central. It's really great that I get the chance to voice my own opinions on the products I get to test first-hand, while enjoying cool perks like free previews, samples, and even free Amazon gift certificates! You can see a few samples of reviews I've done for Mom Central here, here, here, and here.

Mom Central has always been focused on moms. But good news for blogging dads! Mom Central just announced that they are now organizing Blog Tours for Dads as well.

So if you have any ideas about a Dad that Mom Central should contact, please send them over to www.MomCentral.com to sign up or have them contact Kara at Mom Central through her email at: kara@momcentral.com.

Better yet, if you are a Mom who blogs and can write honest reviews on products and services, visit Mom Central today and sign up to be a Mom reviewer!

Been A Little Lazy...

I don't know if it's laziness or just the lack of motivation. But some days I just want to be easy on myself and forget about blogging.. even for a few days. I mean, not that I don't keep with the demands on my review blog. Just.. I'm having a little "blogging withdrawal" I guess- if there's even such a term.

Do you feel this way sometimes? I mean, some days I think blogging is cool. Other times I think I can do better with my time. No regrets though. Blogging has been great for me so far- extra money in my pocket with paid postings, tons of free stuff for my whole family, and most of all, the satisfaction that I get making my readers happy with all the giveaways I host every week on Hip Mama's Place. I mean, what else could I ask for? ;)

I can't say for sure if it's blogging that makes me feel a bit burned out these days. I guess the key is to take little breaks here and there. Speaking of breaks, I indulged myself with an absolutely sweet, sweet treat the other day. Guess what... I went to have a very relaxing, tingly-to-the-skin, feeling smooth-all-over aromatherapy body scrub and massage..ahhh... my whole body never felt soo good in a long time!

Now tell me if after reading this post, you weren't tempted to leave your Blogger account for a bit and Google the closest spa salon in your area (LOL). :)

Hip Mama's Place is Featured Review of the Week on SkinMDNatural.com

Last week, Hip Mama's Place posted a review on Skin MD Natural Lotion- my new favorite daily lotion.

Today I received an email from Pete Grimaldi, the PR person who contacted Hip Mama's Place directly to consider Skin MD Natural for sampling and review, that Hip Mama's Place was chosen as the Featured Review of the week and is one of the Featured Bloggers on their website at SkinMDNatural.com.

Here are the links:

http://www.skinmdnatural.com/
http://www.skinmdnatural.com/featured-bloggers.html

I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I can't help but share this delightful shoutout on Hip Mama's Place. I can't deny I'm proud of it! It always feels good knowing your efforts are being recognized. :D

If you're reading my blog and you haven't been to my review site yet- it's www.hipmamasplace.com- where I feature product reviews at least 3 times a week and host fabulous weekly product giveaways for moms, babies, kids- in fact, for the whole family!

I'd like to also take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been regularly following Hip Mama's Place through my feed reader, or just simply visiting the site daily to check out new product reviews and giveaways, and post their wonderful comments. It wouldn't be the same without you all- THANK YOU SO VERY DEEPLY.

Featured Blog On Posh Little Blogs

Hello blogger friends, pardon me if I sound too proud but...I just can't help sharing my excitement to you all. ;)

I'm soooo happy to announce that Hip Mama's Place is now not only Number 1 on Top Posh Little Mommy and Baby Trend Blogs, it's also now the Featured Blog there. All because you favorited and voted for it. Yippeee!!! :)

Thank you, Posh Little and to all of you dear avid readers of Hip Mama's Place. And if you voted for me- thank you, thank you, thank you! :)