Archive for the ‘Giveaways’ Category

Better Homes and Gardens and FTD Flowers recently gave me the opportunity to take part in a fun campaign.  I was able to pick four blogging friends and send them a gorgeous flower arrangement as part of the “Pay it Forward” campaign.

My arrangement arrived the other day and it’s absolutely gorgeous!  It immediately took center stage on my dining room table. I had to explain to all my girlfriends who came over that the flowers were not in fact from my husband, by BHG! No need to worry, though. He’ll have plenty of opportunity to spoil me next month with both my birthday and Mother’s Day. (Tulips and Hyacinths, honey – just in case you forget!)

Enter the Mother’s Day Getaway Sweepstakes on the FTD Flowers Facebook page. Amongst other prizes, one Grand Prize winner will receive a trip for two to Morgan Bay Beach Resort in St Lucia. Prize includes a 4-night stay in a one-bedroom (double occupancy) Oceanview Suite with Morgan Bay’s all-inclusive program for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, unlimited beverages, all on-site activities, nightly entertainment, and more!

FTD, celebrating over 100 years as America’s flower experts, and Better Homes and Gardens, America’s favorite home and lifestyle magazine, have partnered together to offer an exclusive collection of fresh flower arrangements and plants that are designed and delivered by an FTD florist or delivered straight from the grower in a beautiful gift box. In addition, the collection features “Editors’ Choice” arrangements, designed by Better Homes and Gardens editors. For Mother’s Day, all Better Homes and Gardens Flowers by FTD^® come with an additional gift that is sure to make moms feel even more appreciated: a free one-year subscription to Better Homes and Gardens.

With Spring already here and Mother’s Day around the corner, customers can choose from an assortment of beautiful designs that include colorful blossoms and green, lush plants.

Each flower arrangement and plant in our collection is selected and designed to reflect the style and elegance of the Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Whether giving as a gift to someone else, or enjoying for themselves, customers can find Better Homes and Gardens^® Flowers by FTD^® year-round at FTD.com.

We would love to give one of our MyDFWMommy readers a $50 Code for FTD Flowers towards a Better Home and Garden Arrangement! Just leave a comment below and let us know which BHG floral arrangement you like best! We’ll announce a winner on Friday, May 4th.

My husband is counting down the minutes until The Avengers opens up next Friday! How many of you grew up on comic books and are die-hard fans? I wasn’t a comic book girl, but I admit, I can’t wait to see Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk and of course, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. We’ll be there on opening night! Be sure to check out The Avenger’s Facebook page.

We’d love to give one of our MyDFWMommy readers an Avenger’s t-shirt (small-XL), a set of 6 buttons and a pair of limited edition 3D glasses!

To enter, tell us your favorite comic book hero – we’ll pick a winner next Wednesday, May 2nd.

Coy Bowles from Zac Brown Band wrote the wonderful children’s book “Amy Giggles“.  My daughter LOVES this book and you will too!  The children’s book is inspired by a woman Bowles met who repeatedly stifled her laugh, as it turns out, the woman had been teased as a child for having an unusually loud laugh. Coy is a supporter of the Child Hunger Ends Here campaign and he is offering to signed “Amy Giggles” books for helping end Child Hunger!

To enter the giveaway, go here and learn more about how you can help ConAgra Foods. For an extra entry, you can purchase specially marked packages of select ConAgra Foods brands, then visit www.ChildHungerEndsHere.com to enter the eight-digit code.

Leave a comment below and let us know how you have participated.  A winner will be chosen on 4/27!  Good luck!

More information:

For each code entered, the equivalent of one meal — up to three million meals*—will be donated to Feeding America and one version of “Here’s Hope” can be downloaded.  ”Here’s Hope” is an original song and exclusive video content from platinum recording artists Jewel, Owl City, and Jay Sean.  Additional code entries will give you exclusive behind scenes footage and so much more! Codes on specially marked packages can be redeemed through August 2012.

On top of downloads and access to cool content, you can also submit your zip
code to enter your local Feeding America food bank into a competition for an 80,000-
meal donation. At the end of the campaign, ten food banks in the zip codes with the
most entries will the donation courtesy of ConAgra Foods.

ConAgra Foods brands participating in Child Hunger Ends Here include:
• Banquet
• Chef Boyardee
• Healthy Choice
• Hunt’s
• Marie Callendar’s
• Manwich
• Orville Redenbacher
• Peter Pan
• Snack Pack

The codes are on packs in most grocery stores now. If they aren’t in your local store, they’ll be there soon.

You can also follow the discussion at www.facebook.com/ConAgraFoods, or tweet along by following www.twitter.com/ConAgraFoods and using
#ChildHunger.