Personalized Valentine's Cards!

It's official. Kenzie will have the most adorable Valentine's Cards ever for her Kindergarten party. And all thanks to Cardstore.

I mean seriously. Look at her face! 

She's a mermaid! 

And of course, I had to add Swedish Fish as a treat. 

Cardstore has 31 different themes for kids. We had a hard time just picking one! 

And the great thing about them is that they come in packs of four.

Can you stand the cuteness overload?

I'll give you a second...

And look! 

Even the backs of them have fun little activities.

Hurry and order yours! 

For as low as $0.89 per sheet, what's not to love?

Your kiddo will have the cutest Valentine's Cards in the whole class! Possibly the WORLD! 

Student Mobile Plan - Save BIG! #APlusPlan

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Yesterday, we took the kids to see Santa at the local mall. I was expecting it to be a madhouse, since we are only 5 sleeps away from Christmas! But it was just the normal hustle & bustle! Since the closest mall is about 25 minutes away, I only visit about once every month. But when I go, I can get everything I need in one place! And that includes my technology support! The Best Buy Mobile Specialty Store is conveniently located in the Jackson Mall with some of best new gadgets and deals for first mobile plans.

And when I say convenient, I mean it. As a mom of two, I'm constantly battling with my kids to keep them occupied while shopping. This Best Buy Mobile Specialty Store had parents in mind when they opened their doors! 

 I can't begin to describe how big of relief it is to see something like this lol!

Now I could easily speak with the GM instead of having to shoot death stares at my precious children.

Being that the Best Buy Mobile Specialty Store is located inside the mall, I was able to talk with someone right away, rather than have to wait in line at a regular Best Buy, especially during the holiday season! I love being able to get in and get out with excellent customer service. 

While I was visiting the Best Buy Mobile Specialty Store, I was informed about this amazing deal JUST for students! And being a college student myself, I'm always looking for ways to save money. 

Sprint now has the option to completely slash the cost of your phone bill! But the cool thing is, when they say "student" they mean anyone in school! 
Elementary, Middle, High, College, Vocational, or any accredited school! 

To qualify for this plan, you must:

• Purchase the phone at Best Buy at the student activation price.
• Activate phone at time of purchase on Unlimited, My Way Student Promotion.
• Account holder must validate student within 14 days of phone activation date.

To validate your membership, you can download the student verification form located on the Best Buy website.

The My Way Student Promotion provides students with a FULL YEAR of free calls, texts, and data from Sprint. To qualify, you must be a student and you must purchase a Sprint phone through Best Buy and activate a new line via Sprint's Unlimited, My Way plan.

Right now, there is a special going on for the Samsung GS4 Mini (Sprint) for $349.99. 

And if you are like me, you want to squeeze in as much as you can for your dollar! Best Buy also does trade-ins. You can receive a gift card up to $200 for your trade-in and use towards your new phone!

I think the Sprint My Way Promotion is a great way to save money, whether it be for your child's first phone, or to get by during your college years. 
I will definitely be letting all my college classmates and friends with children know about this plan!

#6SecondsFlat Sweepstakes!

This post is sponsored by Wendy's. All opinions are my own.

I teamed up with Wendy's to share with you this amazing contest going on AND to tell you about their amazing Honey Mustard flatbread sandwich! It's only 370 calories and totally delicious.You should also try the Asiago Ranch (with bacon!). They are only back for a limited time.

Let me tell you about the contest going on. Six seconds could win you $6,000 in Wendy’s #6SecondsFlat Flatbread Sweepstakes. Tell Wendy’s what you think about their flatbreads in a Vine or Instagram video then send it @Wendys (through twitter, Instagram or Vine) with the #6SecondsFlat tag and the my custom hashtag #tennesseehoney6. Each week of September, one lucky winner will be randomly selected to receive a $6000 prize.Visit the sweepstakes landing page for more information and view the “official rules” at the bottom of the page.

You can check out my Instagram video here. (I wish I could post it here, but I couldn't figure out how).

Anyways, go make a video! I would love to see it! And who wouldn't want to win $6,000? Just don't forget to use the hashtag #tennesseehoney6 AND #6SecondsFlat. :)

The BEST way to send snail mail.

I was compensated for a free card for this review from Cardstore.com. All opinions are my own.

I don't know about you, but I get super excited when I get something (other than bills) in the mail! Especially something personal. I also love beautifully designed cards. So I was thrilled when I found out about Cardstore.com. They have the cutest cards. And that's not all. You can do everything online. And by everything, I really mean everything. Personalize, add your signature, and even mail the card to your recipient, all through the website! It's amazing!

Here are some reasons to head on over to Cardstore.com and make your card:

{1}  They have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you don't like your card, tell them within 30 days, and they will replace your order OR refund you! That's pretty nice of them, I think.

{2} They mail your card for you, optionally. But if you are anything like me, you'll carry the card around for weeks days and forget to get a stamp. Cardstore.com just saves that extra step!

{3} You can add your signature online by choosing a font, writing your own font and uploading it, or sign with your finger using the mobile app! How cool is that?!

{4} You can add pictures through Facebook. Because for most of us, that's where we "store" our photos anyways.

I opted to send my card to my house first, before sending it to my best friend, just so I could take pictures of everything. Because that's what bloggers do, right? :)

I love the packaging. I love the colors and the fonts and how sturdy it is.

Look how cute! "YAY! I'm here!". I mean seriously, who wouldn't love seeing that in the mail? It just screams happy.

I decided to send my  card to my best friend. She always does so much for other people, and I just wanted to take the time out of my day to thank her for being my "person".

 When you mail your card to yourself, it comes with two envelopes, the card, and a super cute calendar with a coupon on the back.

If you knew us, you would know how perfect this card is. But I think the picture just pulls it all together, don't ya think?

 I decided to just use the fonts that were available to "sign" my name.

Also, you can join Cardstore's reward program! I mean, who doesn't love being rewarded? You can earn points by connecting your social media accounts, referring friends, and by shopping for cards! They have a variety of card categories to choose from such as birthdays, thank yous, holiday, and photo cards! Find them on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+.

Right now they have an offer going on for $1.99 5x7 folded cards + free stamp! 

Just use the code CCJ3723

Offer ends 7/29/2013.

If you are taking college classes, this post is for you!

Have you heard of Campus Book Rentals?

Well if not, let me make your life a LOT easier by introducing them to you!

Campus Book Rentals allows you to rent your textbooks for up to 40-90% off bookstore prices. That's crazy cheap. And if you're like me, you are always looking for the best deal on textbooks!

Here is a personal example:

I need "The Art of Public Speaking" for my Speech class coming up.

My campus bookstore wanted $75 to rent.

Amazon wanted $40 to rent, even with my Prime membership.

Campus Book Rentals: $30 to rent. 

That's amazing.

And a whole lotta change spared on my end!

Plus, Campus Book Rentals will ship you your books for FREE and give you the supplies to send it BACK for free! How great is that?!

You are even allowed to highlight in your books. Most rentals you can't do that.

Also, with every book rented, they will donate to Operation Smile to help save lives!

 Another great service CBR offers is their RentBack program.

RentBack is new initiative that allows students to rent the textbooks they own - to other students... which is awesome because it makes them 2-4x more money than they'd make if they sold their books back at the end of the semester through buyback options! Isn't that awesome?!

Watch the video to learn more!

*I was compensated for this post from Campus Book Rentals. These are my honest opinions*

Glasses make you smarter.

Or at least I like to think so.

That's what I tell myself when I wear mine, anyways.

I was so excited when I was contacted by Antonio from Firmoo.com to review a pair of glasses for you all.

And unlike most people these days, I actually NEED my glasses haha!

Firmoo.com is awesome for several reasons.

#1- They offer FREE glasses to new customers (plus shipping). FREE people! You can't get much better than that.

#2- You can virtually "try on" every pair of glasses on their website.

#3- They offer both prescription and non-prescription glasses.

#4- Fast delivery and awesome customer service.

#5- Huge selection of fashionable frames.

#6- If you aren't satisfied with your glasses, you will receive a refund, as easy as that!

If any of you know me in real life, you will know that I'm blind as a bat.
Literally.
I'm legally blind in one eye.
So obviously I was a little skeptic of ordering prescription glasses online.
All I did was enter my prescription that I had from my eye doctor.
When my glasses arrived, I couldn't believe it, but I could actually SEE out of them!
They are perfect and I love them.
I hardly ever wear my contacts anymore now that I have these bad boys.

You should definitely try Firmoo.

Let me know if you do! I want to see your glasses!

Tweet me @lauren_tnhoney! :)

Blue Bird Bride Giveaway!

Just in time for the holidays!

Blue Bird Bride Shop contacted me and asked if my readers would like a gift card to her Etsy store for her fabulous jewelry.

Well, of course I said yes!!! 

Look at her beautiful pieces of jewelry that YOU could get with your gift card!

 Gorgeous, right?!

So, who wants a $20 Gift Card to Blue Bird Bride? :)

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I'm late....

for my Influenster post, duh!

What did you think I meant I was late for?

Silly.

So I received an email saying I was chosen to be a part of the Beauty Blogger VoxBox for 2012. *insert happy dance*

I love trying new beauty items.

And you can't beat FREE testing, I'm I right?

I was very impressed with my box, give or take a few things.

1) Vitabath Fragrance Mist. 

I received Green Tea and Sage fragrance from the Spa Day line. Let me just say first off, I'm not a fan of smelling like Green Tea. Drinking it, yes. But not smelling like it. From what I've read from other Influensters, Vitabath DOES have some amazing smelling mists. I guess I just didn't receive those...

I recommend Vitabath, just not Green Tea and Sage fragrance. :)

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2) Goody Simple Styles Spin Pins. I actually just tried these babies today before class. And let me tell you this...if I can do this, anyone can. I'm hair helpless. But these little things are SUPER easy to use! And makes a super cute casual bun or it could be used for something a little more fancy-shmancy.

But I didn't take a picture! (Bad blogger)

I highly recommend Goody Simple Styles Spin Pins.

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3) Kiss Ever PRO Lash Starter Kit.  I tried to put these on last weekend but I failed. I couldn't get the lashes to line up right with my own. But I'm just horrible with fake lashes. I'm going to try them again soon. I do like that they are not just for one time wear. And it comes with an applicator to help hold the lashes.

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4) Not Your Mother's Kinky Moves Curl Defining Hair Cream. 

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE this stuff. It's amazing. I have naturally curly/wavy hair, but I have to use products in order to make my curls more defined. NYM Cream is great for many reasons. It smells delicious. And it's light weight. It doesn't weigh my hair down with heavy product or make it all crunchy (yuck) like gel does. It also gets rid of the frizz! I didn't even blow dry my hair and it was so curly.

Please excuse the no makeup pictures!!

I highly recommend Not Your Mother's products. It's only $6, too! 

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5) EBOOST Natural Energy. I received the Orange flavor. I hate orange flavors. Therefore, I have yet to try this out. Here's what EBOOST is:
EBOOST is a boost that does more. It’s a mood boost, focus boost, immunity boost, natural boost, a no-crash boost.
EBOOST uses real ingredients, stuff you’ve heard of like Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Green Tea, Vitamin B-12 and Folic Acid. And the stuff you might not have heard of: Quercetin, 5-HTP, Resveratrol, Huperzine-A — it’s all good too. What could be sweeter than that? Well, we even sweeten our product with Stevia, a plant, not a chemical.
I just don't like Orange. Blahhh.
I might wait to use this on Black Friday LOL!
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6) NYC (New York Color) IndividualEyes Custom Compact. This stuff is amazeballs. Seriously. It even comes with eye primer! AND it's only $5!! You can't beat that.
This product is made for different shades of eye color, to help your eyes "pop". Unfortunately, I was sent shades for "brown eyes" when I have blue eyes, but I still love the color palette. Browns and tans. It's what I use mostly anyways. The primer that it comes with is okay. I wouldn't say it's the best out there but for $5, you can't be picky. It does do it's job though. My eyeshadow lasted all day with the primer.
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7) Bath & Body Works Mini Candle.

My scent was Black Pepper Bergamot. And it smelled like man. The scent was very powerful. I lit it in our bedroom because I did not want my whole house to smell like that lol. I think this would be perfect in a man room/bachelor pad. It did burn for around 15 hours though! The mini candles are only $3.50, so it would be a good idea to try them out before buying the big mamas. The 3-Wick candles are $19.50. They have plenty of scents to choose from, and I'm SURE something like Pumpkin Cupcake would smell divine!
Influenster and B&BW also sent me a $10 off coupon for a 3-Wick candle! Whooo-hooo! 
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And that's all folks! 

I'm hoping to do more reviews in the future! 

Have you heard of Hullabalu?

I was recently contacted by the team from Hullabalu and was so excited!

 (And you will be, too!)

 

They let Kenzie and Tucker pick their own stuffed animal.

*Just to be clear, these stuffed animals were NOT made my Hullabalu*

Tucker picked "Mr. Bibs" but then re-named him George.

Kenzie picked "Sassy" but re-named her Pinky Zazzle Harold the Hippo.

Be sure to check out Hullabalu on Facebook to see their very first character, Pan the Panda!

 

Super adorbs.

And go HERE to head to the Hullabalu website and be sure to sign up to hear more about their grand opening!
If you have kids, I know they will love Hullabalu.
Every character has their own story!
How cute is that for real?

I can't wait to hear more from this company!
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