Giveaway Contest(s)

I am pleased to announce that Nicole P. is my May 2008 giveaway winner. Nicole, I will be contacting you in private to work out the details and to get your contact info. Congrats to Nicole on being this month's winner of my giveaway.

Renuzit TriScents Home Makeover SemiFinalist has been announced over its website. Now people can visit semi-finalist gallery, watch the videos/pictures of the SemiFinalist. One of ten semi-finalist can win a $20,000 Home Makeover for their house from Renuzit TriScents! I've already visited the site and voted for the video titled "A Fresh Outlook" by the Kremens. They really talked about why they need the home make over and I think that they really deserved to win this contest. This husband and wife team just moved into one of their grandparents' house. The house is old and smelly. They want to give a fresh new smell and look for the house so that they can remember good days of the grandparents. I think that it is so neat for them to be able to live in the grandparents' house. Just look at the screen capture of the video that I obtained from the site below. Remember, what I am showing here is one of 10 semi-finalist. They are taking votes from public viewers until June 7th, 2008. You still have time to visit the site and vote for your favorite submission with up to one vote per day. If you happened to be one of 10 semi-finalist, you can vote for your own submission as well. Just visit semi-finalist gallery and vote today! Your vote can help for one of ten semi-finalist to win a $20,000 Home Makeover!

Happy Mother's Day to all my online/blog mommy friends out there!   I hope that you are enjoying a great time with your family today. Today, I have some information about Whirlpool's Fourth Annual Mother of Invention Grant Program. I was approached by one of its representives with the information below. I thought that this is a great program for moms with innovative product ideas. All the moms with product ideas, this is your chance to shine. You have a chance to have your ideas turned into reality. Plus Whirlpool is offering great prizes for the winners. Don't let this chance fly by you. If you are intrested in this program, please read detailed information below and participate. I wish you luck and I hope that one of my readers can win

This Mother's Day, May 11, Whirlpool brand will kick-off the fourth annual Mother of Invention Grant Program – just in time for the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day.  In the past three years, Whirlpool brand has recognized and helped more than 15 moms turn their innovative ideas into reality.

The Whirlpool brand Mother of Invention Grant Program provides seed money and expert guidance to moms to turn their invention, business or service ideas into full-fledged businesses.  Contest winners receive:

- A $20,000 grant for the grand prize winner

-$24,000 in grant money for the four runners-up

- Appliance prizes

- Invitation to business boot camp where winners will receive guidance from Whirlpool and industry experts

This year, we are greening the program by adding a new category focused on moms who create an environmentally friendly product/service or use natural/recycled materials to create their invention.

More information and entry forms can be found at www.whirlpool.com/moms beginning May 11. Entries are accepted through July 31, 2008.

I am giving away my best selling design, Peace Love Labradors from my cafepress shop, MyYellowLabs. If you love Labrador Retrievers, this is a must have item. I am giving away a brand new Infant Bodysuit size 12 months in pink with the Peace Love Labradors' design on it (Retail Value of $14.99). This will be cute for a baby girl who just loves to chase her family pet, Labrador Retriever! Entering into this contest is very simple. Just follow the simple rules below:

-leave me a comment including your name, email address(this will not  
be published) & your blog address

-Must be U.S. Bloggers with U.S. mailing address

-giveaway will end on Friday, May 30, 2008 @ 6:00p.m. CST

-winner must reply to my email within 7 days after receiving his/her winning notification

Good luck everyone!

Did you know that TriScents is currently offering an awesome promotion? Yes, as you see it on my title of this post, you and I have a chance to win a $20,000 Renuzit TriScents Home Makeover!  If I win this $20,000 in Home Makeover, my husband and I will be in heaven! I would love to win this contest and would love to completely finish up our unfinished basement. Our house is so small that we need an extra room for our daughter to play.

I am sure that people are wondering how to participate in this promotion. It is very simple. All you need to do is to visit the official TriScents website and get started.  This promotion will end on 12:00:00 EST on June 8, 2008.  Make sure to see official rules!   Participants of this promotion can submit the 2 minute video length limit or a 250 word photo essay showing why you need a home makeover and how Renuzit® TriScents™ can help. It is so simple, you just have to convince the judges that you are desperately in need of home makeover! Just do not forget that you must visually explain your reasons of why you need the home makeover.

In addition, TriScents offers printable coupon on its website. You can print a coupon for the Renuzit TriScents Starter Kit. Isn't this great? Downloading and printing of the coupon was so easy! The site is very user freindly, so anyone can visit and print out its coupon.

It is getting to be warm outside, so get inspired & start everything new by having a home makeover. Come on, I am sure that you are tired of looking at the same old wall paint color, carpet, sofa and so on. If you do not like the smell of the fresh paint, TriScents can help eliminate those orders, so no worries there. Hurry and enter to win this awesome promotion today to get your chance to win a $20,000 in Home Makeover!

There is a cool place called Charter that is currently offering a cool Nintendo® Wii giveaway. Its visitors can simply  register their e-mail address and quick personal information to get their name entered for a chance to win a brand new Nintendo® Wii. Isn't this cool? The winner will recive following things listed below:

Nintendo Wii Console

Wii Stand

5 Sports games ( Boxing, Baseball, Tennis, Golf and bowling)

1 Remote Controller

1 Nunchuk Controller

1 Sensor Bar

1 Wii AC Adapter

1 Wii AV Cable

Yes, the winner will recieve everything that are listed above. This is a great opportunity that you do not want to miss. Simply Click Here for a Chance to Win a Nintendo® Wii™!

In addition to its giveaway, Charter is giving oportunity to its visitors to bid on receiving Charter High-Speed® Internet for Life. In order to be able to register & offer bid, you must qualify for the offer by zip code. You can offer your bid as long as you are living in a Charter serviceable area. This great Charter High-Speed® Internet for Life's bids start at $10. Yes, you have a chance to win the fastest internet speed in your area for life for as little as $10. The highest winning bid wins the following services:

• -Highest Charter-High Speed Service in Market for Life
• -Gateway Modem
• -Free Installation
• -Official document from Charter Communications® signifying bidder is the winning bidder and that such bidder will receive the highest Charter High-Speed Internet Service in Market for Life

This bitting starts on March 12, 2008 12:00 p.m. CST and ends on March 26, 2008 12:00 p.m. CST.

Don't miss Charter's two cool offers. Click Here for a Chance to Win a Nintendo® Wii™!

Good luck everyone!

For complete auction and sweepstakes rules, please visit http://connect.charter.com/ForLife/

I'm looking for MomofMany. Does anyone know her? She is the winner of my latest content and I sent her 2 emails so far and have not heard anything from her. She did not leave her blog address, so I have no other ways to get in touch with her but email. I wonder if my email is getting into her junk email box. MomofMany, if you are reading this post, please leave me a comment or write me an email to: hipmommy "at" hipmommysplace "dot" com. I need your physical mailing address so that I can mail out your money saving coupons  Hope that I can get in touch with you soon!

Stumble It!

I was recently approached by National Geographic for a review of its upcoming brand new book,  "Photographing Your Family" by Joel Sartonre with John Healey. Well, I received two copies of the same book from them. I am now looking for ONE Mommy/Daddy Blogger who is willing to write a blog post about this new book around March 18, 2008. This book's retail value is $24.95. If you are interested in this book, please simply leave me a comment below along with your information such as Name, Email, and Blog Address(Your email will not be published). This contest will end on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 6:00p.m. CST. Please read my rules below for the winner:

1.You must be a U.S. mommy/daddy blogger with a U.S. mailing address
2.You must be willing to read the book & write a review on your blog post around March 18, 2008
3.Once you post your review, you must email me with your link post so that I can forward your link to my contact person @ National Geographic
4.On your blog post, mention that you received this book from hipmommy from Hip Mommy's Place along with the link http://www.hipmommysplace.com

Good luck everyone! 

Congrats MomofMany! You are the lucky winner of my latest coupon giveaway contest! I sent you an email, I hope that you received it. If not, please make sure to check your junk mail box!  I would like to send those coupons to you ASAP 

For those who participated in this contest, I would like to say "thank you" for participating. I have more giveaways coming soon, so please stay tuned.

Stumble It!

My good online/blog friend, Mommy2Lots is having a free, fun contest to win her parenting book in PDF format. I actually purchased her online book in the past. Her book has been a great tool for me use towards my parenting skills. Her techniques are very simple and easy to apply. This is a must have book for all parents out there.  Visit Mommy2Lots' blog and read more about her contest. I hope that one of my readers from my blog can win this book!!!!  Good luck everyone!

Stumble It!

I've got 4 manufacturer's coupons from Welch's & Downy that can save you money.

1 coupon -FREE One Welch's Fruit Snacks  Expires 12/31/2008

2 coupons - Save .50 cents off on any One Welch's Product (excluding Welch's Juice Bars, Fresh Produce, Fruit Snacks and Soda products) Expires 08/31/2008

1 coupon – Save $1.00 on any One Downy Expires 02/28/2009

If you are interested in these coupons, just leave me a thoughtful comment below and you will be entered into this contest.  One lucky person will be chosen on  Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 6:00p.m. CST. Good luck everyone! Oh, and do not forget to leave me your contact information like your email address(Your email address will not be published).

Previous winners of my past contests are not eligible to participate in this giveaway contest. Sorry! Since the coupons are good only in the U.S., this contest is only for the U.S. bloggers. Good luck everyone:-)

Well, it is past 5:00p.m. CST. My latest contest did not have a good turn out, but I have a winner. Originally, I was going to giveaway EXPRESS coupon to the fifth person who left me a message on my comment section of the contest post, but only one person left me a comment. Due to not getting enough people to leave me comments, I am awarding this coupon to Hip Mama. She was the only one to leave me a comment so she is the automatic winner for this contest. Congrats Hip Mama! I will be contacting you to get your mailing info so that I can mail you this coupon card first thing in the morning tomorrow. Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment!

I received a discount coupon card from EXPRESS yesterday. Well, I have no intention of making a purchase from them anytime soon. I am giving this card away to the 5th person who leaves me a comment on this post. This is not required, but I would appreciate if the winner write a short positive post about this giveaway on your blog including the link: http://www.hipmommysplace.com. I will contact the 5th person leaving the comment via email, so please do not forget to leave me your email address(your email will not be published). Leaving me multiple repetitive comments will disqualify you from this giveaway. I will approve all the comments to be published on Monday, January 14, 2008 @ 5:00p.m. CST to reveal the winner.

The discount coupon card is for EXPRESS & EXPRESS Men in-store use. It is good for $20 OFF your $60 Purchase OR $10 OFF your $20 purchase. The card can be used on January 14, 2008 - February 10, 2008. Good luck everyone.

My daughter is up, she dressed up all by herself and she just picked the winner for my latest contest!
Laura Williams' Musings is my T-shirt giveaway contest winner! Congrats Laura Williams' Musings! You will be receiving an email from me shortly.

For those who participated in my T-shirt giveaway contest, thank you for visiting and participating. I wish you luck next time. I will have another contest soon so keep checking my blog! If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to leave me a comment. I am a busy work-at-home mom with one 3 year old, but I will try my best to reply to your comment(s).

Our place is covered with snow! It snowed all night last night and this morning. My daughter was begging me to take her outside as soon as she looked out the window this morning. I took her out to let her play in the snow twice today. She just could not get enough of it. She loves snow. My dogs were very excited to see snow as well. We had a fun snow day:-)

By the way, I just want to let you guys know that my latest giveaway contest will end tomorrow! If you are interested, please read more information about this contest on my Giveaway Contest for Apple-Mac Lovers! post.

Please enter your name by Thursday, December 6, 2007 @ 11:59.m. CST

Good luck Everyone!

I am giving away an Apple Leopard T-shirt size Large! This is a free limited edition t-shirt that Apple gave out during their new software release back in October. I wanted to keep this T-shirt, but it is too big for me and too small for my husband. So I decided to give this away. I can't put any retail price on this T-shirt because this is a limited edition that is not for sale.

Anyway, entering into this contest is easy. I wanted to make it fun but I just don't have the time to think of a creative contest, so you simply leave me a message/comment below along with your information like your name, email(will not be published), blog address, etc. One lucky winner will be picked by my daughter on December 7, 2007, so you must enter your name by December 6, 2007@11:59p.m.! For those who won a prize from my past contests, sorry you are not eligible to enter this contest. I want to give other bloggers a chance to win, so please understand. This contest is only for the U.S. residents only! Sorry international bloggers! I wish I could include the international bloggers, but I need to save money on shipping.

This is not required, but for those who are going to participate in this contest, adding my link code on your sidebar/links page is greatly appreciated. If you decide to put my link code on your site, please let me know so that I can do the same for you as well.

<br /> <a href="http://www.hipmommysplace.com" target="_blank" width="120px" height="60px"><br /> <img src="http://www.hipmommysplace.com/files/images/smallhiplogo.jpg" border="0" alt="Hip Mommy's Place" /></a><br />

Agreement for the winner:
The winner will be required to take a picture of their prize once it arrives to their house and write a short post about it on their blog including a text link of http://www.hipmommysplace.com. Good luck everyone and happy blogging!

Are you wondering how can I afford to giveaway numerous items on this blog? Well, here is my answer. All of the prizes that I've been giving away on this blog did not cost me anything. Some items were gifts that I/my family received that ended up being two of the same thing or things that we received as gifts and we have no intentions of using. Some gifts like the little girl's clothing were gifts to my daughter that did not fit right on her. I figured that someone can benefit from things that we do not use and so far, all the stuff I've been giving away are unopened brand new items.

Having said that, I do not spend any money on my giveaway items. The only expenses I have for my contests are the shipping fees. I expense them on my business/freelance contract job to get tax write off as part of my business promotional/advertising expenses. So, my giveaway contests are not really costing me whole a lot of money. I just love to make people happy, make new friends and of course I love to have tons of traffic coming into my blog.

Anyway, this is the real deal and as always, I wish everyone good luck in winning my current contest!

My recent winner of “win a brand new Laura Ashley little girl's 100% silk dress size 2T contest”, Debbie has received her prize from me and wrote about it on her blog, Loving Advice For My Teenaged Daughter. Debbie was able to give this dress to her youngest grand-baby who just turned 2 years old. Just look at the picture of Debbie's grand-baby modeling a Laura Ashley, 100% silk dress on her blog! So sweet!

Debbie, I am so glad that you were able to see your grand-baby wear this dress before she went back to Oklahoma:-) Your grand-baby is truly adorable in that dress!

I want to let everyone know that I am planning my next contest. I promise you that I will have another contest posted soon, so please stay tuned.

My recent top referrer contest winner, Amanda has posted about her $10 cash winning on her blog. Please go visit Amanda's post and read about it. Thanks Amanda for writing your post!

I just want to take this time to thank everyone who participated in my contests. I appreciate you all. Please keep coming back to see my new contest. I have another contest starting at end of this week, so please stay tuned.

It is past 6:00p.m. CST. I had my daughter pick a name out of my box...... Statistically, if you had many entries entered, you had a greater chance of winning this contest more than the other people. However, it is all based on luck and anyone can win this contest.

And the Winner of
“win a brand new Laura Ashley little girl's 100% silk dress size 2T contest” is Debbie!
Congrats Debbie!

For those who did not win, I wish you luck next time. I will have another contest soon so keep checking my blog! Thank you all for participating.