Is Your Dog the "Top Dog?"

As you all know, we have a couple furry little friends in our household.  We adopted our black lab, Ciara, when she was about three months old, and she just fit right in with our family!

Here are a few snapshots of her!  She's crazy, and fun, but sure does appreciate a good snuggle and a nice long nap.

Ciara wanted to be in the picture too!

Raaaaaawr!

Food?  I like food!

Our sweet girl.

Just relaxing!



I know we have many subscribers who are dog lovers as well!  So I wanted to take this opportunity to share a fun new contest with you!

The very first EVER "Top Dog" contest is in full swing, thanks to GUND!  Grand prize is the "Boo Treatment," a limited edition GUND plush in the winning pup's likeness!

I will definitely be entering Ciara!

Inspired by the wildly-popular "World's Cutest Dog" Boo stuffed dog from GUND, the “Top Dog” Contest invites pup parents from around the country to submit photos of their own four-footed friends on the GUND Facebook page in one or all of the following four categories:

· Most Beautiful Dog
· Ugliest Dog
· “Doganista”/Best Dressed Dog
· Dog that Most Resembles its Owner

The Grand Prize will have tails wagging; GUND will create a limited edition model of the winner’s dog. The dog will be available in gift and toy stores in 2013. That’s right! Your pup could become a GUND plush just like Boo!
Simply submit your dog's photo via the contest tab on GUND’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/GottaGettaGUND).

The contest will run July 16 - August 15, 2012; winners will be chosen the week of August 20^th and announced the week of August 27^th.

· Entries: July 16 – August 5
· Voting: August 6 – August 15


Simultaneously with the “Top Dog” Contest on Facebook,GUND will run the “Most Pinteresting Dog” Contest on Pinterest. Consumers will be asked to post their entry on their own pages, “tag” @GUNDMostPinterestingDog and submit the linkto GUND at MostPinterestingDog@GUND.com. The “Most Pinteresting Dog” Contest winner will be selected based on the number of times the entry is “liked” on the GUND Pinterest board and the winner will receive a selection of GUND products valued at $250 retail.

For complete rules, see “Top Dog” Contest and “Most Pinteresting Dog” Contest rules at www.GUND.com.
Now, I just need to narrow down pictures of my pup so I can get my entry in!!  :o)






*I received one or more of the products mentioned above for the purposes of this review through the above mentioned company or representing PR agency. In the event of a giveaway, the prize is shipped by the sponsor and I hold no responsibility. Thank you for reading!

Win a Trip to the Bahamas from Shutterfly!

Win a trip for four to The Bahamas and a professional photo shoot so you’ll remember your vacation forever. All you need to do is upload your favorite photo and caption based on the theme of the week. Get a gift from Shutterfly just for entering! You can enter at any point during the 5-week sweepstakes period.

PHOTO THEMES

• Week 1(7/9): Americana

• Week 2 (7/16): Great Outdoors

• Week 3 (7/23): Water Fun

• Week 4 (7/30): Sports & Activities

• Week 5 (8/6): Parties & Celebrations

PRIZES

• Instant win prizes just for submitting a photo!

• Weekly prizes (contestants can enter one time/week)

• Weekly featured photos: up to 5 weekly entries will be selected from the gallery and featured on the Facebook fan page and awarded a $500 gift card on Shutterfly and a copy of the new Lonely Planet travel photography book.

• Grand prize: trip for 4 to Bahamas, 4 nights, family photo shoot

• Shutterfly Sweepstakes - Official Rules

Head on over to Shutterfly's Facebook page to enter!

*I received one or more of the products mentioned above for the purposes of this review through the above mentioned company or representing PR agency. In the event of a giveaway, the prize is shipped by the sponsor and I hold no responsibility. Thank you for reading!

Summer Invitations from Tiny Prints - Giveaway!

My baby girl turns six years old this week. I can hardly believe it!  It's crazy how fast time flies when you're having fun. 

She had her first year of school and is now on Summer break.  We celebrated her birthday at school the week before school let out.  She asked for ice cream cone cupcakes, and I was happy to oblige! 

At first I thought it was a bit odd to celebrate Summer birthdays at school, but it was fun my little one and almost like having two birthdays!  I've heard that some parents celebrate their kids birthday with an actual party during the school year too.  I decided to just send in invitations to my daughter's party to school to hand out to classmates during the last week, and just keep the party date close to her birthday. 

What do you do if your kiddo has a Summer birthday?

Birthdays are kind of a big deal here.  We always have a party!  I let the kids pick out their theme and we go from there.  There have been so many themes that we haven't been able to find decorations for and I have spent countless hours making them myself, only to find that theme in a store weeks or months later.  I always throw my hands up and make sure to point it out to my husband, hehe!  It's a little frustrating, but, it's fun to make the decorations too so I can't complain too much.

My big soon-to-be-six-year-old chose The Little Mermaid as her theme this year.  So fun!  Luckily I did find some decor in stores, and lots online as well. 

Since we decided spur of the moment to send out invitations to her classmates, I picked up some "generic" girly invitations at the store and just used Little Mermaid stickers to seal the envelopes...but I wish I'd thought far enough ahead to check out Tiny Prints for invitations, because they have some really cute Summer invites.  They even have Mermaids!

I'm definitely going to get on the ball for my November birthday girl's party, as soon as she decides on a theme!  I'll head over to Tiny Prints and see what we can come up with. 

Do you have a party coming up you need invitations for?  Tiny Prints is generously offering one lucky reader a set of 25 party invitations!

This is our first Rafflecopter giveaway as well, woohoo!

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*I received one or more of the products mentioned above for the purposes of this review through the above mentioned company or representing PR agency. In the event of a giveaway, the prize is shipped by the sponsor and I hold no responsibility. Thank you for reading!