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Hey everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying the giveaways. We’re not even halfway done yet, so stay tuned for lots more!

I just wanted to write a quick post on how to link directly to a Twitter status update (aka a tweet) since I’m getting quite a few people wondering how to do so when entering the giveaways. So here’s how:

First, make sure you’re logged in and on the “Home” page of Twitter. On the right, click on “updates”. Locate the tweet you’d like to link to, and find where it shows how long ago the tweet was tweeted (ex: “about 2 hours ago”). Click that and you should be taken to a page that displays only that specific tweet. Copy the url in the address bar, and paste it where ever you want to link directly to that tweet.

That’s it! Hopefully this helps those of you who were confused on how to do this!

This giveaway is part of our Three Gs For The Holidays event. Visit the announcement post to get involved in other fun giveaways, get shopping ideas from our Gift Guide, and learn how you can help children in need this holiday season!

Planning for a party or event can definitely have your head spinning as there are so many things to do before the big day. You have to create invitations to send out, pick out decorations, put together goodie bags, and the list goes on. It literally took us months to get everything ready for our baby shower earlier this year (probably due mostly to the fact that we’re lazy). We’re thinking about holding a private baby shower consisting of just us and Jayden for our next baby!

Luckily there are companies such as Tiny Prints and Beau Coup that help you out with some of the aspects of party and event planning. At Tiny Prints, you can create, personalize, and order announcements, invitations, and thank you cards. You can choose from a multitude of designs, choose your preferred color schemes and fonts, and add your own photos. You can even upload pictures directly from Flickr to use on your cards! Step one complete!

Step two? Head on over to Beau Coup for party decorations and favors. Beau Coup has a huge selection of decorations and party favors for all types of occasions, including birthday parties, baby showers, weddings and more. You can order personalized food favors, such as cookies and chocolates, goodie bag stuffers, and all types of decor items to create the perfect setting! Step two complete!

Step three? Relaaax! Tiny Prints and Beau Coup has just taken care of the creation of the invitations and decorations so you can focus on other things. When it gets time around to send out the invitations and set up the decorations, you’re pretty much on your on there… unless you do what I do and “let” your mother-in-law take care of all of that!

Are you in the planning stages for an upcoming party or event? Well hopefully this will make the preparation stage a little easier on you. I have TWO gift certificates: one worth $50 redeemable at TinyPrints.com, and the other also worth $50 redeemable at Beau-Coup.com! There will be a total of TWO winners in this giveaway! One person will win the $50 gift certificate to Tiny Prints, and one person will win the $50 gift certificate to Beau Coup! If you have a preference for one over the other, please let me know in the comments!

How To Enter

There are a total of 5 ways you can enter this giveaway, and everyone is eligible! You can enter using as many methods listed below as you’d like. Each method of entry is worth 1 entry. Here is how you can enter:

1. Visit TinyPrints.com’s holiday selection and then come back here and leave a comment telling me the name of one of your favorite holiday items, OR visit Beau-Coup.com’s holiday favors then come back here and leave a comment telling me the name of one of your favorite holiday favors.

2. Write a post on your blog about this giveaway. You can write whatever you’d like or you can copy and paste the text provided by us below. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this by leaving a direct link to your post.

3. Put our Three Gs For The Holidays button in your blog’s sidebar. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this.

<a href="http://mommydaddyblog.com/2008/11/18/three-gs-for-the-holidays" title="Three Gs For The Holidays At Mommy Daddy Blog!" target="_blank"><img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/sheeniebabie/mdbholidaygiftguidebutton.gif" border="0" alt="Three Gs For The Holidays At Mommy Daddy Blog!" title="Win A $50 Tiny Prints Gift Certificate or A $50 Beau Coup Gift Certificate! *OVER* mommydaddyblog.com" /></a>

4. Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter. You can write whatever you’d like or you can copy and paste the text provided by us below. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this by including a direct link to your tweet (how to link directly to a tweet).

5. Subscribe to receive e-mail updates so we can keep you updated on future happenings here at Mommy Daddy Blog. All you have to do is enter your e-mail address below and click Subscribe. Be sure to let us know that you’ve done this (or if you are already subscribed to receive e-mail updates from us) in the comments using the same e-mail address you subscribed with.

This giveaway, along with all other Three Gs For The Holidays giveaways, will end on December 8th 14th!

We’d like to help out those who are less fortunate this holiday season, so we’ll be donating some toys to Toys For Tots! But, since there’s only so much we can do, we encourage you to make a donation also. You can donate toys or cash to Toys For Tots, at your nearest Toys For Tots drop-off location. You can also donate a cash gift, online via credit/debit card by visiting the Toys For Tots Online Donation page, or by texting “TOY” to 90999 using your cell phone. With your help, there’s no limit to the amount of smiles we can put on childrens’ faces this year!

This giveaway is part of our Three Gs For The Holidays event. Visit the announcement post to get involved in other fun giveaways, get shopping ideas from our Gift Guide, and learn how you can help children in need this holiday season!

The 90 Words Per Minute dress looks flattering on any shape, a perfect choice to wear to a holiday partaaay! Use code mommydaddyblog15off to receive 15% off Shabby Apple orders through February 22nd, 2009!

How To Enter

There are a total of 5 ways you can enter this giveaway, and everyone is eligible! You can enter using as many methods listed below as you’d like. Each method of entry is worth 1 entry. Here is how you can enter:

1. Visit Shabby Apple and look for a dress you’d like to wear to a holiday party. Come back here and tell me all about that special dress in the comments!

2. Write a post on your blog about this giveaway. You can write whatever you’d like or you can copy and paste the text provided by us below. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this by leaving a direct link to your post.

3. Put our Three Gs For The Holidays button in your blog’s sidebar. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this.

<a href="http://mommydaddyblog.com/2008/11/18/three-gs-for-the-holidays" title="Three Gs For The Holidays At Mommy Daddy Blog!" target="_blank"><img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/sheeniebabie/mdbholidaygiftguidebutton.gif" border="0" alt="Three Gs For The Holidays At Mommy Daddy Blog!" title="Win A 90 WPM Dress From Shabby Apple! *OVER* mommydaddyblog.com" /></a>

4. Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter. You can write whatever you’d like or you can copy and paste the text provided by us below. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this by including a direct link to your tweet (how to link directly to a tweet).

5. Subscribe to receive e-mail updates so we can keep you updated on future happenings here at Mommy Daddy Blog. All you have to do is enter your e-mail address below and click Subscribe. Be sure to let us know that you’ve done this (or if you are already subscribed to receive e-mail updates from us) in the comments using the same e-mail address you subscribed with.

This giveaway, along with all other Three Gs For The Holidays giveaways, will end on December 8th 14th!

We’d like to help out those who are less fortunate this holiday season, so we’ll be donating some toys to Toys For Tots! But, since there’s only so much we can do, we encourage you to make a donation also. You can donate toys or cash to Toys For Tots, at your nearest Toys For Tots drop-off location. You can also donate a cash gift, online via credit/debit card by visiting the Toys For Tots Online Donation page, or by texting “TOY” to 90999 using your cell phone. With your help, there’s no limit to the amount of smiles we can put on childrens’ faces this year!

This giveaway is part of our Three Gs For The Holidays event. Visit the announcement post to get involved in other fun giveaways, get shopping ideas from our Gift Guide, and learn how you can help children in need this holiday season!

Grammy Award winning signer and songwriter, Seal, released his sixth studio album last Tuesday. To help promote the big news, I was sent a review copy courtesy of One2One Network :-D. As soon as it arrived, I popped the CD into my PC and let it sink in.

I will admit that when I first listened to the album I thought to myself why in the heck would the man redo songs that were perfect as is? I played the album a few more times, this time in our stereo. Yes, I know I should have done that from the start, lol. After listening to Soul on the stereo, I was able to look at it differently. This album contains classic songs with Seal’s touch. Imagine being at a club and Seal’s a guest performer. He’s taking requests and the audiences shouts, A Change Is Gonna Come, I Can’t Stand The Rain, It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World, the list goes on. Imagine yourself in the club while Seal performs classics.

How would you like to win a copy of Seal’s CD, Soul, as well as an iPod retro mini speaker courtesy of One2One Network and Delight.com?

Delight.com is a unique boutique that stocks the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Delight features eco-friendly tote bags, gadgets for guys, kitchen gear that is smart and saves time, travel essentials, one-of-a-kind baby gifts, stocking stuffers for holiday gift shopping and unique jewelry and décor accessories, with most under $50. Subscribe to the Delight.com newsletter to get the inside scoop on newsletter only deals and tips!

How To Enter

There are a total of 5 ways you can enter this giveaway, and everyone is eligible! You can enter using as many methods listed below as you’d like. Each method of entry is worth 1 entry. Here is how you can enter:

1. Visit Delight.com and find one item that you’d love to receive as a holiday gift. In the comments let me know what that item is!

2. Write a post on your blog about this giveaway. You can write whatever you’d like or you can copy and paste the text provided by us below. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this by leaving a direct link to your post.

3. Put our Three Gs For The Holidays button in your blog’s sidebar. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this.

<a href="http://mommydaddyblog.com/2008/11/18/three-gs-for-the-holidays" title="Three Gs For The Holidays At Mommy Daddy Blog!" target="_blank"><img src="http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/sheeniebabie/mdbholidaygiftguidebutton.gif" border="0" alt="Three Gs For The Holidays At Mommy Daddy Blog!" title="Win Seals New CD, Soul + A Lego iPod Mini Speaker! *OVER* mommydaddyblog.com" /></a>

4. Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter. You can write whatever you’d like or you can copy and paste the text provided by us below. Be sure to let us know in the comments that you’ve done this by including a direct link to your tweet (how to link directly to a tweet).

5. Subscribe to receive e-mail updates so we can keep you updated on future happenings here at Mommy Daddy Blog. All you have to do is enter your e-mail address below and click Subscribe. Be sure to let us know that you’ve done this (or if you are already subscribed to receive e-mail updates from us) in the comments using the same e-mail address you subscribed with.

This giveaway, along with all other Three Gs For The Holidays giveaways, will end on December 8th 14th!

*The following contest is separate from this giveaway!*
You can win more lovelies by spreading the word about Seal’s new album!

1st place=$200 gift card to SpaFinder.com and Seal’s Soul CD
2nd place=$100 gift card to SpaFinder.com and Seal’s Soul CD (two winners!!)
3rd place=Seal’s Soul CD (40 winners!)

How to enter:

1. Embed the widget which can be found HERE on your blog or any social media site. You get one additional entry for each location the widget is placed.
2. All entrants must email the url of the location they put the widget to Arianne Sergerman at arianne.segerman[at]one2onenetwork.com to be entered.
3. Winners will be picked at random. You have until November 23rd at midnight for the One 2 One Network sponsored contest.

We’d like to help out those who are less fortunate this holiday season, so we’ll be donating some toys to Toys For Tots! But, since there’s only so much we can do, we encourage you to make a donation also. You can donate toys or cash to Toys For Tots, at your nearest Toys For Tots drop-off location. You can also donate a cash gift, online via credit/debit card by visiting the Toys For Tots Online Donation page, or by texting “TOY” to 90999 using your cell phone. With your help, there’s no limit to the amount of smiles we can put on childrens’ faces this year!