Faire Lady Review!

**This was not a paid post. My honest opinions were used, they are solely my own & they may vary from others.The products mentioned below have been provided by Faire Lady for the review free of charge.**

I've been to several Renaissance festivals and I've always wanted to attend in costume and now I can thanks to a small handmade company called Faire Lady who designs and sells a number of renaissance inspired clothing. You can purchase her products on Ebay or Amazon all at great prices! For my review I received a Pirate witch wench sca peasant dress in black with a skirt bodice Irish overdress in red.



The Pirate witch wench dress is quite comfortable it is made from a Cotton Polyester Blend which is important to me that it doesn't retain too much heat because the Renaissance festival here in Arizona can get pretty hot. You can wear the dress with the top undone or you can tie it into a bow, and the strings will make you jingle when you walk due to having three jingle bells on the end of each string which is a feature that I love. This dress can be worn alone, with an over dress or with a number of other over the dress choices like a corset. The bottom half of the dress is pretty puffy as is the bottom half of the overdress so it is flowy while your walking. The shoulder section can be worn like a regular dress or you can wear it as an off the shoulder depending on if you want the over dress or if you want to wear a bra or not.

The skirt bodice Irish overdress has metal boning at the laces, it ties at the shoulders for easy adjustments, and the entire bodice is lined with a black material and the whole overdress is also made from a Cotton Polyester Blend. The lining next to the laces is very pretty it has a lot of detailed designs on it featuring gold, white, green and red. The skirt portion is large and puffy so it will completely cover the under dress and will move with it as you walk. Looking over both pieces all the stitching looks great it is all secure and I only found one small thread that was trimmed to be a little too long otherwise they did a fantastic job piecing this together. I am pretty happy with this set and look forward to showing it off, my fiance wasn't a one hundred perfect fan of it as he said it hides the figure of the person wearing it and isn't too flattering but he did think it looked nice. Shipping wise it arrived way sooner than I expected it too and the way everything was packaged made it to where a bunch of packing materials were not wasted.

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One Love Paper Co. Giveaway & Review!

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I usually keep pretty busy between home life, work, my daughters school and my blog so my mind is usually on full speed thinking about a million things at once which can lead to forgetting things from time to time so keeping a planner with a list of things to do is very helpful. I was recently sent a Inspired year planner by a company called One Love Paper Co. and it is fantastic!



This planner is filled with pages designed to help you plan and track your goals on a month to month basis, and offers activities to help you focus on creating a balance in your life. Activity pages include freewritting exercises, shade in graphs, Goal pages and more. Every three months you will find a new goal setting section to help you focus on short term goals, plus for each week there is also a small "goals" section on the week's page itself and there is a new inspiring quote each week. The quote for this week is "Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart who looks outside,dreams. Who looks inside awakens." - Carl Jung.

One the week to week pages you will find sections for Sunday to Saturday, the Mon-Fri sections have small spots that show 7am to 8pm so you can schedule your day but time if you would like. I personally don't need the times so I just use it as a basic note keeper of tasks I need to do for the day.Under the times section there is more note taking space that is un- numbered which is nice for people who like to keep a lot of notes, like making lists or have a lot to do on a particular day. My planner covers from Jan 2017-June 2018 and the back includes several blank lined pages for notes.



I really like the type of paper they used for this planner, it is thin enough it doesn't make the planner ridiculously thick yet the paper is thick enough it wont' tear just by being turned several times. This planner is the perfect size for keeping on my desk so I can balance my blog and home life without missing anything important.

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Quilo 3-in-1 Fan Giveaway & Review!

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Arizona can get pretty dry, in the summer it is hot and dry and then in the winter the inside of the house gets dry because of the heater is on which it feels like it sucks all the moisture from your skin leaving you feeling like a lizard out sun bathing. While poking around online recently I saw an interesting post about a personal evaporative air cooler created by a company called Quilo and it really peaked my interest, once you hear everything it does you will be interested in it as well.



The Quilo 3-in-1 is a fan, evaporative cooler and humidifier which is only 9.84" W x 12.44" D x 28.86" H but it packs a lot of power while being energy efficient as it only uses 1.5 amps. It is crazy how many cool features this device has, it has a normal fan mode which can be turned on low, medium or high and then it has a cool mode which is when the machine uses water from the bottom base to cool down the air even further. If you want the air coming out to be extra cold it has a special compartment at the top where the water flows through to the filter where you can add ice so the water is extra cold which means the air will be cooler in turn. When the device starts to run out of water it will alert you with a light indicating that you need to add water just like when your car needs oil added to it.



This unit also has a turbo mode which blasts winds at a higher speed for a stronger airflow or if you don't want to deal with the noise you can put it on quiet mode which lowers the wind speed. Impressed with how many features I've already listed? So was I and I am not even done listing them yet. It also has a "swing" feature which makes it to where the louvers will begin to move left to right automatically just like a stand still fan does, and the front vents can be moved up and down as well to direct where the air flow is going. If you want to fall asleep with this one but don't want it on the whole night it has a timer, once the timer runs off the device will automatically turn off. Best of all it comes with a handy dandy remote so you won't even need to get up to change the settings if you don't want to, when you leave the house and do not want the Quilo on you can turn it off and put the remote in it's designated dock at the top of the device. It's retail value is $149 and ships free to US residents.

During the summer you can use the evaporative cooler to keep the house cooler, it helps cool down a space of 160 square feet which is perfect for our living room area, then in the winter you can use the humidifier to keep moisture in the air that would normally get sucked out by the heater. We are extremely pleased with our Quilo and we wish we had one sooner because it would have been a big help over the summer during the extra hot days.

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$200 Amazon GC Giveaway!

Time for another giveaway for one of my favorite retailers! Myself and a group of bloggers have joined together to bring you this giveaway for a $200 Amazon gift card. Use the form below to enter.

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Co-hosts: The Mommyhood Mentor® // Mama's Mission // Surviving Mommy // Crayons & Cravings // Coupons and Freebies Mom // Jenns Blah Blah Blog // Capri's Coupons // Lipgloss and Crayons // Mom and More // Improve Your Mental Health //  Peanut Butter and Whine // Sparkles and Shoes // Getting Fit Fab // Misadventures with Andi // Beautiful Touches // Java John Z's // The Frugal Free Gal // SWEETHAUTE // Ottawa Mommy Club // babushka's baile // Foxy's Domestic Side // Burning Moon's Inside Advice // Organized Island // I Choose My Best Life // Southern Mommas //  Deliciously Savvy // Living Simply // Oh, The Places We Travel! // MommaDJane // Pumps & Push-Ups // Now This Is 40 // Not a Trophy Wife // geniabeme // Show me Ashley // Made In A Pinch // Mahogany Closet // Heartbeats ~ Soul Stains // Kathryn Anywhere // Mommies with Cents   

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Artificialia Room Giveaway & Review!

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The Halloween season is the perfect time of the year to show off all of your spooky decor and any oddities you've collected throughout the year. For me my home is Halloween year round so I love finding new pieces that can not only be used during Halloween but also as an addition to my spooky and creepy decor. I recently stumbled upon a spooktastic etsy shop called The Artificialia Room who sells a range of oddities, curiosities and unusual miniature domes. Shop owners LaBrulee & LeChantilly were kind enough to let me host a review and a giveaway of their unique and beautiful master pieces.



For my review I received the Anatomical Heart in a glass dome display which stands at only 2.75 inches but it features a ton of details all within one small space. Before I get to the review on the actual piece itself I want to state that I love how they ship these domes, as you can see the product packaging they are sent in is clean, well put together and very professional but that wasn't the only thing I liked about how they shipped this. They had it in a small box and not only did they put padding inside of the box you see above but there was padding inside of the shipping box and the piece was taped to the side of the box to keep it from sliding around during shipping and they include a miniature card and envelope. The Anatomical Heart in a glass dome display can be purchased for $29.90 and it is made to order so it will take 5-7 days to ship.



Now onto the Anatomical heart display,this piece is made from Resin, Modeling Clay, Fine Branches, Fine Arts Paper, Colored Reindeer Moss Preserved, 1,6 mm Thick Borosilicate Glass Dome. When the dome is open it does have a slight chemical paint/resin smell to it which isn't potent you can only really smell it if you are examining this piece up close. The heart looks great and realistic for how small it is, it even looks like it has layers of muscle like a real human heart does and appears to be made of the same type of materials. I like the plaque included as well, if you don't like the plaque or the flag included you can customize them for an extra $2.50 which is a great deal and opens the door for a lot of gifting options. The red moss and brown wooden base help add character and charm to this piece to tie everything together nicely. I think this is a wonderful piece and Rumpelstiltskin agrees as well. They have a fantastic selection of pieces to purchase from, each time I go back to look at their shop I think "I love that one, I should have selected that one" haha so in reality I pretty much would love to own one of everything from their shop.

                

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prAna clothing Review!

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When I am not working or out running errands I pretty much live in my yoga and pajama pants because I enjoy being comfortable. I was recently asked if I wanted to participate in a campaign for some great products for a company called prAna who specializes in yoga, travel & adventure clothing, when I saw their yoga pants I knew I had to accept the offer and say yes so I am now a #prAnaMom. prAna offers sustainable, recycled, fair trade certified and hemp items. Why was I so excited over their yoga pants? I love the funky and cool designs they offer and feel in love with the Juniper yoga pants. For the review I was asked to select one bottom and one top, can you guess which bottoms I choose? Top wise I decided to go with the Daria Sweater Hoodie in black.

Let's review the pants first, the Juniper yoga pants retail for $89 and are made from 53% Hemp - 42% Organic Cotton & 5% Spandex and come in three different colors, it is available in a XS-XL. Hemp fabric makes this pant naturally UPF 50+ and odor reducing. They have a fitted leg with a flare bottom and an elastic waistband. Out of the three colors the pants come in I selected the Blue Kali because my favorite color is blue and I enjoy the design of the pants, one thing I noticed when wearing these yoga pants vs a pair that are one solid color is they seem to really emphasize your legs and butt. The pants are extremely comfortable and strangely enough they help keep you cool and warm at the same time. It is still pretty hot here during the day but I am perfectly comfortable wearing these during the day, and at night not only has it been cooler but we generally keep our house at 75 degrees so it gets a little chilly in the room at night and these help retain the warmth which is nice. I get sad having to take these off to put regular pants on to go to work hahaha, I want a to own a few of their other yoga pants now as well. The stitch of the pants are great, the only thing I would change is the very bottom where the foot area is it has a raw edge hem detail which I am not too crazy about but I do love the flair bottoms it almost makes me feel like I am going out to a disco or a nightclub, normally I don't go out in my yoga pants but I have actually gone to the store wearing these because of how comfortable they are I didn't care if anyone gave me funny looks. I also noticed that they have stitched the pants to give it added strength and stretching ability in the crotch area which is great for when you are doing yoga, working out, etc.

Now onto the Daria sweater hoodie. This hoodie retails for $89 and is available in a  XS-XL in four colors, it is made from 55% Organic Cotton - 35% Merino Wool - 10% Nylon. This isn't normally the kind of shirt I would get for myself but it looked so cute online I wanted to test it out and it is very cute in person and has many features I love, however I underestimated my skin and even after running this through the wash is super itchy on my sensitive skin. What drew me to this shirt is that it has a front kangaroo pocket which is perfect for keeping your hands warm during the winter, and it has a cute fashionable hoodie plus the arm holes aren't your typical short sleeve like shirts normally are instead they are cocoon sleeves. The shirt fits comfortable and fits well. prAna would like to invite you to watch their video for Why Organic CottonMatters | Sustainable Clothing Movement

Want to get a pair of Yoga pants of your own? You can use code TMF17SW until October 19th to receive a 15% off discount of your prAna purchase. (not valid on sales items)

Chedz Giveaway & Review!

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Do you love cheese? If the answer is yes then you will love Chedz, What is Chedz? They are a flavorful, cheesy and wholesome snack produced with great care by Hall Brands. They offer seven delicious flavors and several of those flavors are gluten free. The flavors are Mild, Spicy, Gluten Free Mild, Gluten Free Spicy, Gluten Free Peppercorn, Gluten Free Mexi, Gluten Free Chia.

                          

                          

Some of my family members are big cheese fans, they love string cheese, cheese on crackers, etc so I knew these would be a big hit in the house. Two of the bags were opened and two bags were taken over to my mothers house for the football game before I was even able to find time to take photos of them so that really tells you how much everyone loved them. They are great to snack on, they have the consistency of a cracker but are packed full of cheesy flavors. I am sadly not one of the bigger cheese fans in my family so I can only eat about five or six of these before I feel full but they are pretty tasty, my favorite is the mild. All of the Chedz are pretty consistent in size and measure about as long as my pinky finger and the width is about the same as well, so they are a pretty decent sized snack. A suggested serving size is about 10 sticks.

Not only are they great for snacking but they are also wonderful for cooking with. You can use the Chedz as a replacement in almost any recipe that calls for bread crumbs or crumbled crackers that you'd like to have a cheesy flavor layer to it. I used my Chedz in place of the crackers that my meatloaf recipe called for. They crumbled perfectly and mixed in with the meat well, I did note they seemed to cook faster than crackers do so the edges may get a little crispy but to me they were perfect and really gave the meat loaf a elevated taste to them! I have also added these to my salads in place of adding croutons and parmesan cheese. Careful though they are tasty and will leave you wanting more so the bag will be empty before you know it! Not sure what you'd like to cook with them? The Chedz website has a whole page of recipes you can try out.

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This is open to US Residents ONLY!!! Please remember if you DO NOT leave a comment on this blog post as your mandatory entry into the giveaway then all of your entries will be void. Doing the Daily entries will increase your chance of winning. Winners have 72 hours to respond to the notification email!
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