Saturday, September 19, 2015

Maker Studio Gears Building Kit Giveway

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I am so excited to be giving away a Maker Studio Gears Building Kit by ThinkFun in the Falling for Giveaways Hop!
I had so much fun making a giraffe race car! Yes, I said a giraffe race car!
The Maker studio kit comes with over 60 pieces and instructions on how to build several things from race cars to motorcycles. You can use your imagination, experiment with the pieces and create your own engineering project.  
Check out the full review and video on A Small Village's website and how the giraffe race car was created.
But that's not all, you can enter the giveaway below for your chance to win a Gears Building Kit! Remember to #ThinkFun when building your Gears Kit.  
And if you are falling for giveaways, scroll down to see the rest of the prizes in the Giveaway Hop! 

Our girls were able to try the Maker Studio Gears Building Kit and loved it. MarksvilleandMe wishes everyone who enters Good Luck!

    Falling for Giveaways Featured
Welcome to the FALLing For Giveaways Giveaway Hop, brought to you by The Hopping Bloggers!
  HOSTED BY: Mama Smith's & Women and Their Pretties   CO-HOSTED BY: Time Out With Mom & Natalie Made It   Each blogger participating in this hop has a giveaway with a prize value of at least $15 - and some are much more than that! Be sure to scroll down the whole list and enter them all - there is no limit to how many you can win! Good luck and have fun!     Disclosure: A Small Village and all participating promoters are not responsible for prize fulfillment.

Dreampad 26 Pillow Giveaway



http://www.ratsandmore.com/2015/09/dreampad-26-pillow-giveaway-arv-179.html

Guide to Falls Festivals & Halloween Fun

US Family Guide Halloween



MarksvilleandMe is ready for some Fall Festival Deals how about you!  MarksvilleandMe and USFamilyGuide has put together a great list of Corn Maze Coupons and Fall Festival savings nationwide.  

I love summer but fall is great for apples, pumpkins, and good scary fun. How about taking a look below for a place near you to visit? I have a few in mind myself. It has been a few years since we have done anything big for fall, other than pick apples and get pumpkins. Let's do this year up right. Are you in? 

Download valuable coupons for Corn Mazes, Pumpkin Patches and Fall Family Activities. 


Arizona
Tolmachoff Farms - Glendale
Mortimer Farms - Dewey
Rocker 7 Farm Patch - Buckeye

California
Pirates Dinner Adventure - Vampirates - Buena vista
Gilroy Gardens - Gilroy
California's Great America - Santa Clara
Big Horse Corn Maze Festival - Temecula

Colorado
ColoradoKids.com Annual Halloween Guide
http://www.coloradokids.com/seasonal/halloween.php

Anderson Farms - Erie
Fritzler Maze - La Salle
Mile High Farms - Bennett
Wishing Star Farm - Calhan
Harvest Farm - Wellington
Cottonwood Farms - Boulder
Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch - Longmont
Elitch Gardens Theme Park - Fright Fest - Denver
Denver Zoo - Boo at The Zoo - Denver
Children's Museum of Denver - Trick or Treat Street - Denver

Connecticut
Scott's Yankee Farmer - East Lyme

Florida
The Little Farm - Goulds
Lowry Park Zoo - ZOOBOO Kids! - Tampa


Illinois
Siegel's Cottonwood Farm - Lockport

Indiana
Amazing Fall Fun - Waterloo
Shipshewana Corn Maze - Shipshewana

Maryland/DC
Great Country Farms - Bluemont

Ripley's Believe It or Not! - Batimore

Michigan
Bavarian Inn Lodge - Frankenmuth

Missouri/Kansas
Beggs Family Farm - Sikeston
Carolyn's Country Cousins - Liberty Corn Maze
Legoland Discovery Center - Brick or Treat - Kansas City

Montana
Applestem, Inc. - Vaughn

New Jersey
iPlay America - Freehold

New Mexico
La Union Maze - La Union


OhioBlooms and Berries - Loveland
Beriswill Farms - Valley City



Rhode Island
Confreda Greenhouses & Farms - Hope (Western Cranston)

South Carolina
Hollywild Animal Park - Wellford

Tennessee
Oakes Farm - Corryton
Shuckle's Corn Maze - Hendersonville

Texas
Devine Acres Farm - Devine 
Fiesta Farm - San Antonio
Barton Hill Farms - Bastrop
Lone Star Family Farm - Stephenville
LEGOLAND Discovery Center - Brick or Treat - Grapevine

Utah
Hee Haw Farms - Pleasant Grove
This Is The Place Heritage Park - Salt Lake City

Vermont
Gaines Farm - Guilford

Virginia
Great Country Farms - Bluemont

For daily updates on these coupons and coupons for other family attractions please visit and bookmark:http://www.usfamilycoupons.com

#FallFamily

Disclosure:  MarksvilleandMe received one or more of the products mentioned above as part of a promotion with US Family Guide. Regardless, MarksvilleandMe only recommends products or services we use personally and believe will be good for our readers. Some of the links in the article may be “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive compensation.  If you would like MarksvilleandMe to review a product or service please contact us at marksvilleandme@gmail.com. 

Fruitfuzer



Many of my readers know that our family has been fruit infusing water for some time now. Our new love is infusing tea and lemonade. Yummy!

My favorite in the fall is infusing Apple, cinnamon stick and tea. My all time favorite summer infused tea is peach or raspberry tea mixed with the opposite fruit.

This bottle is one of my favorite infuser bottles it is almost perfect. I have my favorite water bottle which keeps my drinks cold for days even in the hot sun, now I have my favorite so far water infuser.

So easy to use, put together, and clean. Love it.


You can find the FruitFuzer on Amazon.

What FruitFuzer has to say about their product.

#1 Fruit Infuser Water Bottle - A Top-Rated Infusion Sports Bottle - Large 32oz Detox Bottle - Leak-proof - Flip Top Lid - Made with Strong Tritan Material, BPA-free - New, stylish, effective, convenient for fruit, tea, herb infusion & good health! 
 
  • ★ LIVE HEALTHIER - Flavor your water naturally. Get the hydration your body needs. Infuse & add your favorite fruits, vegetable, herbs & teas, recipes and flavor ideas. Infuse your body with Vitamins & Minerals - Naturally.
    ★ NEW, PERFECT DESIGN - Easy to handle. It has convenient, carry handle and Special fitted Neoprene-grip on both sides for more comfortable, relaxed and secure handling. Its large capacity reduces refilling needs so you can more easily drink the water you need.
    ★ DESIGNED FOR INFUSING - Well-designed & easy to use - It holds the perfect balance of fruit and water - It fits most car cup holders - Lid is Leak-Proof & Lockable - & it is Easy To Clean.
    ★ STRONG, SAFE; 100% BPA-FREE - Made of premium Eastman Tritan Copolyester Material. Durable & Shatter-Proof - Safe; FDA approved material.
    ★ WARRANTY - Buy Now With Confidence - Purchase is Risk-Free. We are confident in the design & quality of our bottles - FREE RECIPE e-BOOK: Infuse for a healthier & tastier lifestyle. Your purchases comes with an insert and card to claim your free recipe eBook. Stay healthy & vibrant.
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Disclosure:  MarksvilleandMe received one or more of the products mentioned above as part of a promotion with Tomoson and FruitFuzer. Regardless, MarksvilleandMe only recommends products or services we use personally and believe will be good for our readers. Some of the links in the article may be “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive compensation.  If you would like MarksvilleandMe to review a product or service please contact us at marksvilleandme@gmail.com. 

No more messes




OK here's the story I was to receive these long handled ice cream spoons for a review, so I ordered them, never received them. Tracking says the UPS put the box on our outside porch. Well our UPS man always puts the boxes on our inside porch, and all of our other packages that day came with no problems, so I had to have the company send another set out because Amazon says they were delivered when they were not.

Amazon this time put them in with 6 other items and they have been in transit between New Jersey and my home which is a hop skip and jump away since September 3rd. I spent a considerable amount of time on the phone with Amazon the other day to get them to ship the Spoons out yet again and the other 6 products I didn't get from the second order which are lost somewhere in the Twilight Zone. They are supposed to arrive on September 23rd. Let's just say I am not holding my breath.

No this isn't a bash on Amazon, things like this happen, and 99.9% of my other items have come on time if not early so I really can't complain all that much. So I am writing this until I can get the real review up about the spoons so that my information is up on time. I will return and edit this when the spoons come in to tell everyone how they are.

So here is the update Finally my spoons have arrived very long story but after two orders which were not the seller's problem they are here safe and sound. Love these spoons for ice cream sundaes. When we have ice cream sundaes we go all out with the tall ice cream sundae dishes, toppings, the works, right down the cherry on top. Having long handled spoons is a must to keep the fingers from getting all full of chocolate which I am sure wouldn't be much of a problem, but hey us moms try to keep our little ones clean when we can.

We also use these for Root Beer Floats which again we go all out with. We have the super large beer mugs that aren't used for anything other than Ice Cream Floats. My mother never really liked Root Beer Floats so she always got her with cola instead. I like to put orange soda in from time to time as well, but our family's all time favorite would be the Root Beer Float and again a long handed Ice Cream Spoon is needed to enjoy it correctly.

These Long Handled spoons are a little bit differently shaped than a Ice Tea Spoon which we have used from time to time if the Ice Cream spoons have been dirty. More rounded on then a egg shape, but not like a soup spoon either. I really like these spoons and they will make a great addition to our silverware. I received this product as part of a promotion in order to facilitate an honest and unbiased review.


You can find the ice cream spoons on Amazon.


Includes 8 high quality stainless steel long handle ice cream spoons. This set of ice cream spoons is designed to help reach to the bottom of deep ice cream mugs, bowls, sundae cups, and milkshakes.

Each spoons in this set is pressed out a solid sheet of steel, hand polished, and then inspected to ensure they are of the highest quality, polish, and functionality. Lot of work for an ice cream spoon set, but we want to ensure that we are providing your ice cream eating with the absolute best tools.

Each set includes 8 long handle bistro style ice cream spoons perfect for nearly any ice cream application.

These long handle spoons are also perfect for use as long handle tea spoons, long handle stirring spoons for large decanters and containers, and much more.

These long handle bistro style ice cream spoons are great for nearly any application that involves the need to stir or scoop ice cream or other food items, without getting your hands dirty, or making the food unsanitary.



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Disclosure:  MarksvilleandMe received one or more of the products mentioned above as part of a promotion with Tomoson and Cornucopia Brands. Regardless, MarksvilleandMe only recommends products or services we use personally and believe will be good for our readers. Some of the links in the article may be “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive compensation.  If you would like MarksvilleandMe to review a product or service please contact us at marksvilleandme@gmail.com.