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Free cupcake e book

Cupcakes are such a trendy craft theme right now, so check out these zero calorie cupcake crafts to make. These 31 Cupcake Inspired Creations feature something for everyone, from sewing patterns and paper projects to painting and beading. You can't help but smile when you see a cupcake, complete with frosting and colorful sprinkles. This free eBook has homemade home decor projects, gift ideas, jewelry, keepsakes, and even kids' crafts, all cupcake themed! The FaveCrafts resident craft expert, Maria Nerius, compiled the decadent projects in this eBook just for you. Inside you'll find projects designed by Maria and other talented craft designers. Make a cupcake quilt, cupcake bracelets, cupcake ornaments, and more when your download this ebook.
31 Cupcake Inspired Creations


Download the 31 Cupcake Inspired Creations eBook now!

Create Your Own Family Blog

By Leslie Pleasants
Many of you have a facebook page already but do you have a family blog yet?  This is a great way to share with your family and friends all the pictures and memories that happens in your every day lives.  Some people love to write short stories about a particular day and others just post pictures and might include a few words to go along with what they are doing. 

Most of your family members by now should have email but not all of them use facebook.  To me a blog is almost like a diary but with pictures.... a scrapbook but with more wording.  You really can get creative when putting one together.  It all depends on your style and how much time you have.  Some days I don't have time to write so I just add pictures and a title.  Every couple of months I will email out to everyone that I want to see it letting them know that I updated my blog. 
Blogs are FREE!  Of course there are sites out there that want to charge you if you want to upgrade..  have your own domain http://www.yourname.com/.   But for an example of a free blog... your blog address would be http://yourname.blogspot.com/

They are so easy to make.  They pretty much walk you step by step on what to do.  Below is five FREE family blog sites to choose from.



Blogger.com is a great free family blog site resource. You can create a blog with a unique name (www.blogname.blogger.com) and website. You can choose to list the blog on Bloggers website and to list it in search engines (or not). You should note that everyone will be able to view the blog you create on blogger unless you go to "settings" and then "Permissions."

In this screen, you can add additional blog authors, so you can add them to the list. You can also choose to have your blog viewable to "Anybody," "Only people I choose," or "Only blog authors." If anyone will be posting information about children, it is recommended that you choose either "Only people I choose" or "Only blog authors."



Wordpress.com

Perhaps one of the most popular free family blog sites on the internet is WordPress.com. Like Blogger.com, you can post whether you would like your blog to be listed, whether you would like to limit the blog to only people you choose, and who is able to post on the blog.

Unlike Blogger.com, there are a large number of "Themes" available for WordPress. You can select exactly how you would like your family blog site to look.


Weebloggity Blogs

If you are looking for a way to keep in touch with family in a way that's family friendly and lacks advertising, WeeBloggity Blogs might be the place for your free family blog site. The website sets you up with an online baby journal, free family blog, and free pregnancy blog. It can be a great way to keep in touch with a simple user-interface. You can determine whether you want your blog to appear in Google search.

Interestingly enough, WeeBloggity Blogs are run through WordPress.com. However, the website is set up to make it so that you are a part of a community. Just like with WordPress, you can control exactly who is able to view your blog.


Familylobby.com

FamilyLobby.com is a fourth choice among the available free family blog sites. Family Lobby offers free private family websites. When you sign up, you can choose whether you are creating the family website for "Family," "Baby," or a "Group." After you choose, you can select what features your website will have. You can require all members to log in before they can view the website (recommended if security is an issue for you), choose the website layout you enjoy, create an email for members, add members, and more. You can also host a calendar, recipes, and even voting polls on your FamilyLobby.com site. This can be a great option for families that want to plan reunions and more.



LiveJournal.com

The final the five free family blog sites listed is LiveJournal. LiveJournal is another great option. On LiveJournal, you can select a theme, describe what your interests are, upgrade your account should you desire, find people by interest (and find friends, since it's also a social networking type site), create voice posts, select how you will be notified when someone interacts with you, and set your privacy level.
The 5 family friendly blogs brought to you by brighthub.com

Free Park Admission During National Park Week


A young park visitor scans upward with binoculars.
NPS
A young birdwatcher scans the skies at North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington.

April 16-24, 2011


Get out and discover something new about your 394 national parks. This year's focus, Healthy Parks, Healthy People, highlights the connection between human and environmental health and the vital role America's national parks play in both.
Whether your prefer a 20-mile backcountry hike in Yosemite or a leisurely stroll around Philadelphia's Independence Hall, moving outside is good for you and offers a chance to explore these places you own. Search the events calendar to find your National Park Week "must-dos," and share your national park experience on Facebook or Twitter.


Free Admission Day at more than 100 national parks that usually charge entrance fees.* April 16-24 (National Park Week)

Free Audio Book - The Holiness Of God

Each month christian audio gives away one premium audiobook download for free. March's FREE download is The Holiness of God.  Click here to get your FREE download today.
How does it work? Well, they give away one audiobook download (that they have published or that a partner has allowed them to give away) absolutely free; available only during that month and only once, ever. There are also hundreds of other free audiobooks, lectures, sermons, interviews and podcasts at Christianaudio.com too!

Take a look at all of their free Christian audio downloads by clicking here

Free Audio Book - Adopted For Life



Each month christian audio gives away one premium audiobook download for free. February's FREE download is Adopted for Life Click here to get your FREE download today.

How does it work? Well, they give away one audiobook download (that they have published or that a partner has allowed them to give away) absolutely free; available only during that month and only once, ever. There are also hundreds of other free audiobooks, lectures, sermons, interviews and podcasts at Christianaudio.com too!

Take a look at all of their free Christian audio downloads by clicking here

Buy $20 In Hasbro Toys and Get a Free Gift ($10 Value!)


Hasbro is rewarding their customers who spend $20 or more on toys by giving them FREE Hasbro toys and games valued at $10 or more.


The promotion runs through 1/31/11. Your kids will love the FREE toys from one of these popular Hasbro brands like FurReal Friends, G.I. Joe, Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony, NERF, Strawberry Shortcake, Tonka, Weebles and MORE!


Hurry don't miss this deal - mail in your receipt for your purchase of $20 or more in specific Hasbro toys between 12/25/10 and 1/31/11 with this form to the address and specify your top 3 choices of toys.Then your free gift will be on its way ($10 value!) You can do this up to 5 times!

Free - Birthday Parties Cookbook By Betty Crocker


FREE: You can download a FREE digital version of Betty Crocker Birthday Parties cookbook - full of 70 recipes, 9 fun filled menus and photos. You can flip through online, just like paging through a magazine!

Click here to get your FREE digital cookbook now.

FREE Holiday Labels

Christmas Labels

These amazingly cute printable Christmas labels were designed and illustrated by Erin from InkTreePress and are free for your own personal use.

The collection of printable Christmas labels includes: “handmade with love,” “from the kitchen of,” “blank to and from,” in styles that fit to and from, round holiday stickers and address labels.

Each type comes in an Autofill template and a different info template. The autofill will allow you to enter info in one label cell > hit tab > and the complete template fill out. Use the different info template allows you to enter different info.

Click here to download your FREE labels now.

FREE ebook “Getting Your Kids to Cooperate and Become Team Players”

Getting Kids to Cooperate and Become Team Players: 10 Essential Strategies and Solutions

From: Susan Heid The Cofident Mom

Susan Heid is passionately committed to helping Christian Moms make small changes managing their home & family giving them more time, order and less stress.

Take if from a mom who has three kids, I know getting your children to start cooperating won’t happen on its own! Over the years I have collected some very effective strategies for getting my own children to cooperate and be part of our family team. I want to share with you some tools that you can begin using in your home today to start building cooperation among you and your children. It will take some work on your part, but with some practice, patience and persistence I can tell you that using these strategies consistently will provide the cooperation and teamwork that all moms desire......Want to KNOW more about this topic?

Click Here to download your FREE E-book now.

FREE - Halloween Printables -Bag Toppers, Cupckae Picks and more


FREE Goodie Bag Toppers from Seven Thirty Three.

Since October is just around the corner and Halloween parties are going to start kicking in, I put together some Halloween bag toppers to get the season started!
And of course I wanted to share them with all of you. SO click HERE to download and print the toppers. Cut them out, fold in half and afix to top of bag. They are made to fit perfectly over either sandwhich or snack-size ziploc baggies.
Happy Haunting!




Halloween Cupcake Picks

FREE - Jack O Lantern Cupcake Picks from Alpha Moms. . Click here to download yours now.



Halloween Party Printables


Okay, so you don’t really need an excuse to have a party. But in case you just want to make it official, these fresh invitation designs with matching address labels might do the trick. To get your fall season started in style, we put together some fun party themes for you to choose from—just customize and print on Avery Note Cards, create your matching Address Labels and you’re good to go!

Free Party templates from AVERY. Click here to begin your PARTY planning.

Free Apple Camp


FREE SUMMER FUN: This could be the best summer yet. Fun, Free Apple Camp where kids learn how to make great stuff on a mac.

Nothing beats Apple Camp when it comes to a fun summer activity for your kids. In free workshops at the Apple Store, kids learn how to do cool stuff on a Mac using iLife and iWork applications.

They’ll make a movie, compose a song, create a photo book, and learn how to present everything to an audience. When Camp is over, they’ll bring home a DVD of the projects they made, along with skills and ideas to create even more.

Click here to be notified when registration begins

All workshops are recommended for ages 8 to 12.

Kids Bowl FREE All Summer Long

My two youngest have become bowling fanatics. This past winter they had the opportunity to play on their first bowling league at Chalet Bowl in Tacoma WA. Now, they are non stop asking " Can we go bowling?" So, I am one excited mom that once again the Kids Bowl Free program has launched for Summer bowling fun for my family.

Last year we joined in and choose our favorite Bowling alley The Chalet Bowl. So, if you live in our area and are wanting a family environment bowling alley join us over at Chalet bowl this summer and let's bowl our days away.

Across the country you too can join in the fun at Select bowling centers and schools around the country are participating in the second annual “Kids Bowl Free” program. This program is designed by bowling centers to give back to the community and provide a safe, secure, and fun way for kids to spend time this summer.

Children whose age does not exceed a limit by a participating bowling center are eligible to register for 2 free games a day, all summer long, courtesy of the participating bowling centers along with the schools and organizations.

Easy Sign-up!

Signing your children up for the free bowling is easy! Just complete the registration form and your kids are on their way to bowling fun this summer. Click here to register now.

Mom, Dads, Teens get a deal as well: In order to accommodate parents and older children in your family that may like to bowl with the child, the participating bowling centers are offering a Family Pass. The Family Pass provides the same great "2 games a day" package for up to 4 adult family members for a one-time payment from $24.95. Click here to register now.

FREE Irish for a Day eBook


Free Offer: Irish for a Day: St. Patrick's Crafts and Recipes eBook.

Included in this eBook:
Leprechaun Greeting Yard Sign (pg. 14)
Lucky Clover Pendant Necklace (pg. 20)
Good Luck Charm Bag (pg.27)
Felt Shamrock Garland (pg. 28)
County Cork Irish Sew (pg. 31)
Many other St. Patrick's Day crafts and recipes

Click here to download your Free eBook.


4 Free Weekend Family Fun Activities

Lowes: Free Build and Grow Clinic for kids at Lowes this Saturday at 10am.
It’s a car! It’s a robot! It’s both! Bring your child to Lowe’s and they can build this cool Lowebot!
Click here to register.



Lakeshore Learning Store : Free crafts for kids Saturday 11:00 - 3:00, every store!
This weeks craft I Love To Read bookmark, kids get to use rainbow paper to making amazing bookmarks to keep them reading all year long. Click here for details.


Michaels Make-It Take- It - Fun free Maket-It Take- It Molecule project. Kids will use the periodic table to creat 3D molecule using Crayola Model Magic. While supplies last.



Target -
Stop in at Target for on Saturday February 27th 9am - 11am for storytime fun in honor of Dr. Seuss — free in all Target stores. The event will feature a reading of a Dr. Seuss classic, Families also will enjoy Dr. Seuss-inspired activities and a special giveaway. Click here for deatils

MORE Where to Find the Freebies- and the Almost Free:



Amy Hannold, 247Moms.com Frugal Living Editor

Free Samples:

Walmart offers great, apparently spam-free samples. Samples are shipped within a short time, in bright blue packages. Check back often, as samples change:



If you’re a Sams Club or Costco Member, they also offer periodic freebies at their websites.



Free Points, go “My Points”

MyPoints.com offers you points (for gc’s and more) for visiting sites in response to daily email invitations, shopping, and for us frugal types – points for printing out coupons from Coupons.com. You’ll get several emails, and I usually don’t respond to daily emails – but I do rack up points slowly by starting at Mypoints.com to print out Coupons at Coupons.com. Some retailers that are not featured at other “shopping reward sites” are partners here, so you can earn points if you choose to begin your shopping at Mypoints.com. Sites such as Ebates, however would be a more profitable option.



Rebates, “Free Money” for Shopping Online:

Begin at Ebates.com if you’re shopping from one of their featured retailers. You’ll know right away what percentage you’ll receive as a rebate in your PayPal.com account. You can often “stack” coupon codes for free shipping (found at RetailMeNot.com or others) – and get your rebate.



Free Parties and Products, HouseParty.com:

Sign up to receive invitations to apply for a “House Party”. If chosen, you’ll be sent the product your party is promoting, and lots of other extras too. All the invite tools and party planning tools are included.



Free Magazines, Trade Publications:

Both of these websites offer professionals the opportunity to receive free trade publications. You can register with them, and indicate your interests. Some of the magazines I’ve received are “Psychology Today”, website magazines and others. Spam possible here, so use an alternate email. When you qualify for a publication, note in your files the source, date and title of the publication. Doing this will save you the wonder later when you begin receiving renewal notices.

www.freetrademagazines.com

www.freebizmag.com



Menuplanning, get-organized articles and more:

Menus4Moms.com is a subscription service site where your menus can be planned, right down to the nutritional data and shopping list. For free though, you can read several great articles on all things food and home organization. Free, printable menu planning and home organizing tools are available.



Almost Free:

BestDealMagazines.com offers you a daily “special”, which can get you an awesome deal on many popular publications. Most magazines are less than $8 for a year’s subscription. Register with them and you’ll receive the weekly specials and super coupon codes via email. Do keep good records of these, and note on your calendar when you should be receiving them.



Super Gifts, Great Prices at VistaPrint.com:

For Christmas, we created a custom spiral bound notebook for our daughter, complete with her name and cute little animals on the cover. She loved it! Business cards here are very affordable. Cards make great invitations to MOPS/Playdates – and a set for yourself to hand out when you meet someone makes getting in touch much easier. VistaPrint.com has frequent sales on photo gifts, t-shirts, window clings and more – it’s addictive once you see how fun making your own statement can be – for nearly free!

Free Cakes For Kids

Last month I went to my friend's house for her some birthday. They had they coolest cake I had ever seen! (see picture to right) And it tasted SO yummy too! I asked if they had made it. She said NOPE they got it from Free Cakes For Kids. So then I was on the hunt for more information!

Their Mission Statement: "We believe that every child deserves a special birthday cake…and we are sure that you do too."


There are over 800 volunteers in U.S., U.K., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia. Currently there are only 6 states within the U.S. that do not have active chapters.



I spoke with Mischell Devine who is the South Sound Chapter Director. "
Each chapter provides a different number and it is reported by a monthly cake count. My chapter in Western WA, provided well over 250 cakes in 2009."

WOW! What an amazing group of volunteers they have!

How you can help! Devine states "We are always in need of supplies, gift cards are great, for local grocery stores and places such as, Michael's, and Jo-Ann's. But powdered sugar, boxed cake mixes, cake boards, cake boxes, shortening, etc. are always very welcomed. All items can be donated to local chapters or to the main "home" office. You can contact either myself or Toni for contact information.



We do accept monetary donations and there is a PayPal button on the main site. However, some "clients" will give us a few dollars at the time of delivery."


Of course if you are in need of a cake for a child's birthday or know of a child who needs a cake please feel free to utilize this wonderful group of people who have generously donated their time and talents to provide birthday cakes for children across the world!


Free Cakes for Kids is a volunteer run and supported organization that provides birthday cakes at no cost to children who otherwise might not receive one.


We are committed to supporting the youth of our area however we can.


We receive referrals for kids in need from teachers, neighbors, community members, parents and others as well as supporting a variety of charities which benefit local youth, such as the Make a Wish Foundation, Camp to Belong and Olive Crest.


Volunteer bakers are always welcome. No special talents needed, only a love of baking, a passion in your heart and a desire to bring a little sunshine into a child's day.
We are happy to donate cakes for fundraisers or special events.

For more information click HERE.

To find a local chapter click HERE. (Note this is only ONE of the volunteer lists. To access the other lists from their site click on "Find Volunteer", "Volunteer 2" and "Vol3".

To request a cake click HERE.

To volunteer to help click HERE.

Thanks to Mischell and all the wonderful volunteers at Free Cakes for Kids.

Submitted by Tanya Peila

24/7 MOMs Project Manager

NEW Pampers Dry Max! FREE sample!

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games are upon us and athletes are clamoring for high performance warm-up suits and other gear to give them a competitive advantage. For the first time ever, babies of Team USA will experience a gold-medal moment by sporting their own high performance gear – Pampers Cruisers with Dry Max! Pampers’ new diaper is of such high performance, that the Team USA athletes and their babies will be equipped with the diapers as they head to Vancouver. In honor of these athletes and their families, Pampers has created specially-branded Team USA diapers with the Dry Max technology.

Although these limited-edition Team USA diapers will not be for sale, parents can request a free sample three-pack of Pampers Cruisers with Dry Max on Pampers.com starting February 12. If this sample includes a Team USA diaper (they will be randomly inserted in select sample packs), their baby will win a one year supply of Pampers Cruisers with Dry Max.

For many U.S. Olympic athletes, bringing home a medal is not just their dream – it’s their family’s dream. Pampers is working with two medal contender athletes – U.S. Olympic goldmedal speed skater and dad to baby Hadley, Chad Hedrick; and skeleton World Champion and mom to toddler Lacee, Noelle Pikus-Pace – and both of their families – to share their Vancouver experiences from their babies’ point of view. Photos and videos will be uploaded daily to Pampers.com.

Free Creative FUN for Kids at Lakeshore Learning Stores


Lakeshore Learning Store offers free craft making opportunities for your kids each Saturday from 11am-3pm. These crafts are geared towards children aged 3 and up.

Saturday January 30th join in the creativity fun and make teh It's my house key holder.

Click here to find a store near you.

Free Creative FUN for Kids at Lakeshore Learning Stores


Lakeshore Learning Store offers free craft making opportunities for your kids each Saturday from 11am-3pm. These crafts are geared towards children aged 3 and up.

Saturday January 23rd join in the creativity fun and make a Fuzzy Felt Wallet.

Click here to find a store near you.

Free Creative FUN for Kids at Lakeshore Learning Stores

Lakeshore Learning Store offers free craft making opportunities for your kids each Saturday from 11am-3pm. These crafts are geared towards children aged 3 and up.

Saturday January 16th join in the creativity fun and make a My Pet Penguin.

Click here to find a store near you.