CLOSED Giveaway: Win a PURE glass bottle and Juice in the Box

 

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Welcome to the Santa’s Little Helper Giveaway Hop, hosted by Viva Veltoro and So Easy Being Green!

We all know that everyone could use a little help around the holidays, so for this event I’ve teamed up with more than 50 other bloggers to be your Santa’s Little Helper… giving away prizes that anyone would want to see under the tree! You might find the perfect gift for a little one on your list – or even for yourself, so hop around to all the blogs, including the GRAND PRIZE, on the linky at the bottom of this post!

Here on My Life: A Work in Progress, thanks to my sponsors at Precidio Design, I’m giving away a PURE glass bottle ($24.95) and a Juice in the Box ($11.99). These two drink containers are perfect to help you and your little one make smart, healthy, green choices this holiday season and beyond. Or give them away as gifts to someone else! Either way, these containers are sure to make someone happy.

Read my review on the PURE glass bottle HERE and the Juice in the Box HERE. Both are also featured in my Holiday Gift Guide, which you can view HERE.

 Santa's Little Helper Giveaway- Win a PURE glass bottle and Juice in the Box on My Life: A Work in Progress

Terms & Conditions: Sweepstakes open to residents of the US and Canada. Must be 18 years or older. Void where prohibited by law. Two entrants allowed per household. Odds of winning depend on total number of eligible entries received. Once winner has been selected and emailed, winner will have 48 hours to respond or new winner will be randomly selected. If winner is Canadian resident, the winner must answer a skills question before receving prizes. Winner’s names may be posted on this blog and other social media and Web sites. My Life: A Work in Progress is not responsible for prize fulfillment. Color of Juice in the Box may vary. Sweepstakes not associated with Facebook or any other social media platform. Entrance into the sweepstakes indicates acceptance of these terms and conditions.

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The hosts of this hop have put together a Grand Prize Package for a lucky little one! This Santa’s Little Helper is going to deliver to one lucky reader… a $100 Gift Card to jrfashionista.com and a $100 Gift Card to Pediped.com to get that little one styling, a $75 Gift Card to Hearthsong.com, and a $50 GC to Build-a-Bear to satisfy their Toy List, and a Crane USA Adorable Cool Mist Humidifier and Nightlight, so they can sleep soundly waiting on St. Nick!

Enter the Grand Prize Here.

 

Note- So Easy Being Green, Viva Veltoro, the Blogging Mamas Network, and the Santa’s Little Helper participating bloggers including My Life: A Work in Progress are not responsible for sponsors who do not fulfill prize obligations.

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Review: The “invisibelt”- all belt, no bulk #holidaygiftguide

When I first came across the invisibelt, I watched the promotional video and said, “This is genius! I NEED this!” Kathy -the creator of invisibelt- agreed to send me one of their new naked (clear) skinny versions to try out, so I can share my experiences with you.

Have you ever really needed to wear a belt, but opted not to because the belt buckle sticks out, making it look like you have a weird gut or something going on? I have- many times. Perhaps the way your body is shaped, your jeans are loose around the bum. My problem is I like the flexibility of stretch jeans, but by the end of the day, they’ve stretched to the point that they’ll start sagging and falling down.

The belt issue is the worst when I wear a tunic top. Actually, my regular tops are quite long too (have you noticed that’s the style in recent years?), so they’ll cover my belt as well, and then it just looks like I have some strange protrusion right above my pelvis. And as a mother, the last area I want to call attention to is my lower stomach (*ahem* baby pooch).

That’s what I love about my new invisibelt. It’s incredibly slim and virtually undetectable under my shirts. The belt is easy to adjust before wearing, and just clasps together in the front. I usually twist the belt a little, so the clasp is a couple inches off center (the second photo does not show me doing this, however). Having the clasp off center makes the belt lie even more flat.

Check out my photos below, and let me know what you think! I want to apologize for my photos. My hubby’s gone for training, and I have no way to take photos of myself other than my iPhone. The quality’s not so great, but I think you’ll get the idea. :/

The invisibelt- a fashion fix- no belt buckle bulge! Read about it on My Life: A Work in Progress

The invisibelt- a fashion fix- no belt buckle bulge! Read about it on My Life: A Work in Progress

Adjustable to fit individual waists, the invisibelt is available in original size (0-14), plus-size (up to 4x), and girls. Choose from the original width or the new skinny width. Multiple colors are available, and right now invisibelt is available in limited edition colors: camo and zebra.

Invisbelt also sells other fashion fixes like: KCUFFS, quick fix sticks, bootywrap, and garment guard. Check them all out at the invisibelt site below, as well as their Facebook page for sales, giveaways, and more!

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 Which of their belt colors is your favorite?

Want to win a belt of your choice? Two fans of invisibelt on Facebook will! Visit HERE to enter.

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Review: Cuppow canning jar drinking lids and BNTO jar lunchbox adaptor #holidaygiftguide

This year I started doing my own canning. So far I’ve made and canned chilli jam, fig jam, and muscadine grape jelly. It’s a great and delicious way to use up your surplus produce. What to do with all the empty mason jars afterwards can be a conundrum. But I have an obsession with reusable containers, especially reusable drink cups (probably related to my coffee addiction?). Upcycling my empty canning jars into a travel mug or lunch containers is an easy, eco-friendly solution! Cuppow sent me two of their canning jar lids and their BNTO jar lunchbox adaptor to review.

Cuppow and BNTO- upcycle your canning jars. Find out how on My Life: A Work in Progress

About:

Cuppow products are one hundred percent American-made. The company is founded on the goal to reduce environmental impact, both in their own production and supply chain, and through the use of their reusable products. Their durable products are made from food-grade polypropylene and free of BPA, phthalates, and BPS. The minimal recyclable packaging is made from recycled materials.

The Cuppow’s jar drinking lid is available for regular or wide mouth mason jars. Use it for your water, juice, tea, and coffee, and eliminate waste in the process. The newer version is now designed to fit straws (the original does not).

The BNTO jar lunchbox adaptor is a six-ounce container that sits down inside of a wide mouth canning jar and allows you to take both wet and dry ingredients with you on the go. Grab your mason jar and use it for a yogurt parfait, salad with dressing, carrot sticks and ranch, celery and peanut butter, cereal and milk, etc. The list goes on!

Both the drinking lid and lunchbox adaptor are dishwasher safe and available in a variety of colors.

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Infographic- courtesy of Cuppow.com
Our Experiences:

I kept the wide-mouth canning jar lid for myself and gave the narrow-mouth lid to a friend. Her kids love using it to drink water, and she’s received several compliments at church, when she took the Cuppow along with her. My friend has mentioned that when she drinks from her jar and Cuppow, her nose touches the little air hole on the lid, so she has to tilt the jar to the side while drinking. I guess that is a long-nose-person problem, because it doesn’t happen to me!

The first time I used my Cuppow lid for coffee, the jar did get really hot, so I’m planning on crocheting a little jar cozy for my mason jar. If you don’t sew or crotchet, you could make a no-sew cozy with fleece. Cut out a piece that will fit neatly around your jar. Then cut the ends of the fabric into little tabs that you can tie together. You could also make a fabric cozy that snaps around your jar. If you don’t fancy making your own cozy, the Cuppow website sells a jar insulator that stretches to fit different sizes of jars. A quick search on Etsy for “jar cozy” or “jar cozie” will bring up dozens of handmade cozies of all different types, colors, and designs.

Yesterday evening, I carried my Cuppow and jar with me when we were running some errands. I had knit gloves on, because it was cold outside, and that actually worked perfectly with the bare glass jar. The heat from the coffee warmed my hands, and the gloves kept me from being burned. I actually really like to use my Cuppow for drinking water. I don’t know what the science is behind it (something to do with how glass conduces heat…), but it seems that the jar keeps my water cooler longer than my plastic bottles, especially if I put the jar in the fridge first.

I haven’t had the opportunity to take the BNTO with me yet outside of our home, but I love the concept. The BNTO is designed for a large, wide-mouth glass jar. My large jars are all regular-mouth. The photo immediately below shows you the general idea, though. The BNTO is sitting in the wide-mouth jar in the left, but unfortunately the jar’s a little small for what I want to do. I could still probably use it for a nuts/yogurt combo or something with a similar proportion. The large jar on the right is filled with arugula, and you can see how a little BNTO filled with salad dressing can sit nicely on top of the lettuce, inside the jar. Unfortunately, since it’s a narrow-mouth jar, I can’t put the BNTO in there. I need to get a big wide-mouth jar!

Cuppow and BNTO- upcycle your canning jars. Find out how on My Life: A Work in Progress

Cuppow and BNTO- upcycle your canning jars. Find out how on My Life: A Work in Progress
Regular-mouth Cuppow lid
 Cuppow and BNTO- upcycle your canning jars. Find out how on My Life: A Work in Progress
Wide-mouth Cuppow lid
 Cuppow and BNTO- upcycle your canning jars. Find out how on My Life: A Work in Progress
He approves.

Visit Cuppow online to see their products. Use their store locator to find their products in a store near you, or purchase online. You can also follow Cuppow on Twitter and Facebook. Check their Facebook page to see all sorts of ways people have used their lids and BNTO.

What would you use your Cuppow lid/jar or BNTO lunchbox for? Where would you take it?

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