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This post brought to you by Cottonelle. All opinions are 100% mine.

Our family of five has some crazy dinner conversations.

Last night our dinner conversation was all about how many flushable wipes you need to wipe with and how you fold them to make the most effective use of your said wipe.  Did I mention that we were actually out to dinner last night?  Don't you wish you were sitting at the table next to us?!

Last week, Cottonelle sent me a package with their Clean Care toilet paper and a box of flushable wipes.

My kids were more excited about that box than they were about their favorite dinner!

You see, when my kids were potty training, I used to buy flushable wipes for them as a way of  "teaching" them how to help wipe up.  I didn't want to be a mom of an elementary school age kid who would scream at me "can you wipe me?"  I know you know a few.

Once they got the hang of their bathroom routine, I stopped buying flushable wipes.

I had no idea that they would be so excited when something as simple as a flushable wipe made it's appearance in our house again!  All three kids wanted to be the first to use them!

Which takes me back to our dinner conversation.

One child accused the other child of using too many flushable wipes during their bathroom routine.

The kids were afraid of running out of "heaven in a box" as my daughter calls it.  One child proceeded to tell us all about how many wipes he uses (general consensus is that you only need one) and how he folds the wipe to get the most bang for his buck.  Apparently, when you describe your folding process, it also requires you to proceed to act out the process in the middle of the restaurant sharing with all how you fold and wipe with Cottonelle flushable wipes!

The kids have all decided that the flushable wipes stay as part of their bathroom routine, and quite honestly, I can't complain.  Especially after watching this (hilarious!) video.

"If you aren't happy here, think about your own bumper."

Now through June 30th you can visit Cottonelle to watch more of the hilarious Cottonelle wash test videos (I mean seriously, can you think of cleaning anything without water?)  and submit your entry for a chance to win one of four $10,000 grand prize bathroom makeovers!

Are you happy with your bathroom?

What would you do to make it over?

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Green Giant Veggie snack chips...my new favorite treat!

Our family of five definitely has some surprise talents.

My youngest son can blow air through his eyeball {which sort of makes me cringe even as I write this}.

My husband can do freakishly fast {and accurate} math in his head.

My daughter spends more time on her hands than she does on her feet.

I can say my phone number with my eyes closed.

And speaking of eyes closed...

My oldest son can drum with his eyes closed.

It's pretty impressive that he can move around the whole kit and not miss a beat.

Check it out for yourself.

One thing that is not a secret is that our family loves the new Green Giant veggie snack chips.

We all know {and love} Green Giant for their canned vegetables, but now the secret is out.

They make amazing snack chips that you can feel good about feeding to your family!

I don't know about you, but my kids always come home from school ravenous.

I popped open a bag of the new Green Giant Sweet Potato chips and the Roasted Veggie Tortilla chips for an after school snack today.

The smile on her face should say it all!

She didn't even take her coat off before she dug right in!

And guess what?

I didn't even feel bad about serving my kids chips for an afternoon snack.

Know why?

Because the Green Giant Roasted Veggie Tortilla chips are made with real vegetables, have 17 grams of whole grain per serving and are naturally flavored.

The Green Giant Multigrain Sweet Potato Chips are made with real sweet potatoes and have 14 grams of whole grain.  Plus, they contain 40% less fat than regular potato chips.

I showed you my son's hidden talent, now check out the surprise talents that Green Giant has unearthed.

"I am a large man who is very flexible.  So I can do the splits like a gymnast." Does he not remind you of Chris Farley a little?! Love that he tried to lean on his elbow and just.didn't.make.it. Hilarious!
Find even more surprise talents on Jolly Green Giant TV.
Show the Giant your surprise talent here.
For the latest updates, "like" Green Giant on facebook.
Thank you to The Green Giant™ for being a sponsor. Show the Giant your surprise talent atwww.facebook.com/greengiant

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Winners! Of the 7 days of giveaways! PLUS FREE printable

Thank you again for participating! It was so fun celebrating my 3rd blogiversary with you! Here is what you are all waiting for, the announcement of the winners. Day 1: Jeni Monroe

Day 2:  Erin Buente

Day 3: Kelley Grant

Day 4: Shannon Kjol

Day 5: Alison Reynolds Weeks

Day 6: Michelle Grhamm Unruh 

Day 7: Brooke Sanders

If you won, congratulations!

Send me an e-mail {rachelteodoro@yahoo.com} with the day that you won and I will forward your information on to the specific sponsor who will set you up with your prize package.

Don't forget that Kari Machal is still offering my readers an exclusive 15% off  your purchase in her etsy shop.  Just enter HOLYCRAFT15 at checkout.

Because all of you are winners in my book, I'm sharing with you one of my favorite things.

Dave Matthews.

Well, not Dave Matthews himself, just his song.

And not really his song, however, you can't read this and not get the song stuck in your head.

I'm sharing my first printable with you.

For free.

Yep, I'm awesome like that.

You should be able to click on the image, save it as whatever you want and print it up.

If it doesn't work, sue me.

No don't...just give me a hand, tell me how to do it differently to make it work, and I will try that.

Thanks again to all of my participants!

And a huge thank you to all of the amazing sponsors who made this giveaway possible!

It was a ton of fun!

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Final day to enter the 7 days of giveaways

Wow!  

What a week!

I hope you have had fun celebrating 7 days of giveaways with me.

Today is the final day to enter any and all of the giveaways.

I will make it easy for you and link back to each day of giveaways.

A winner for each day will be selected and announced tomorrow.

Thank you all for participating and making this a fantastic 3rd blogiversary giveaway party!

Most of all, thank you to all of my sponsors for providing such great prizes.

Please don't forget to show them some love.

Visit their sites, like their pages and order their stuff!

These guys are awesome!

And they won't disappoint!

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4 

Day 5

Day 6

 Day 7

Don't forget to check back tomorrow to hear if you are a winner!

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Day 7: Kari Machal $50 credit and Almost Gemini prize pack

What a week it has been! I'm so excited to end the 7 days of giveaways in celebration of my  3rd blogiversary with a final fantastic prize pack.
Don't forget, if you haven't entered the previous days giveaway's it's not too late.   You have until Wednesday night to enter any and all giveaways, and a name will be drawn for each prize pack and announced on Thursday.

A few years ago, Kari Machal Designs allowed me to offer one of her prints for a giveaway.  She also graciously sent me a print of my own to keep.  

This picture is hanging in my master bedroom above our little reading chair and I love it! It's one of my favorite things.
Kari is graciously offering my readers a $50 credit to her shop. There are so many fantastic items, you are bound to find something {or a few things} that you love! If you can't hardly stand the wait, Kari is being kind enough to offer Holy Craft readers 15% off of their purchase on etsy!  Isn't she a peach?!  
Just enter HOLYCRAFT15 to get 15% any order.
Almost Gemini is a team of sisters picking some amazing goodies around their home in the Midwest. Courtney and I went to school together years ago, and I know if we still lived in the same area, we would have the most fun digging for treasures and junk shopping.
Almost Gemini is giving away some sweet treasures!  The sisters Grandma makes some rad Grandma's lotion, and you get this vintage hair flair and coolio headband to go with it.

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Day 6: Kids Can Design custom pendant + Creative Memories Fast to Fabulous album

Welcome back!

Hope you all had a great weekend and are ready to jump back in and continue our 7 days of giveaways for my 3rd blogiversary giveaway party!

I was contacted several months ago by Kidz Can Design.  A new company that allows you to send in your child's artwork and in return, sends you back a custom designed pendant made from that drawing.

My kids are all getting older, but I had the best time going through the old artwork boxes that I keep from each of my three kids.  When you have pre-schoolers, you think the art will never end, but trust me, it does! And can I tell you something?  I kind of miss it.  So if your child is 2 or 42, you can still send in your work and create a lasting memento of a special drawing that your child has made.

Also, my long time reader and church friend Terri Campbell, is a creative memories consultant.

She is kind enough to be offering this brand spankin' new 8x8 fast to fabulous scrapbook album to one of my readers.  I gave up scrapbooking years ago because it took so much time, but this album looks like it would be something I could complete quickly and still make it look fabulous!  And if you have been reading holy craft for any length of time, you will know that fast, easy and awesome are my favorite things!

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Day 3: 3rd Blogiversary giveaway with Jones Design Company

Welcome to day 3 of my 3rd blogiversary giveaway!

Today, I am excited that Emily from Jones Design Company is offering one reader, two art prints.

Emily is another blogger I started reading along with when I started my blogging journey three years ago.

Her design work is amazing, and while reading Emily's blog, you can tell that she has such a kind sweet spirit.

Today, Emily is graciously offering one reader, two art prints from her shop.

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Day 2 Blogiversary giveaway Lisa Leonard Necklace

I can not tell you how many times I have entered a giveaway for Lisa Leonard jewelry and never won.

I felt like I hit the jackpot when she sent me this beautiful gold wildflower necklace!

Getting this package in the mail was so special!

Not only did the necklace come in the most beautiful package, it also came with an amazing calendar!

I know every order you place, you will feel just as special.

 Lisa is so thoughtful, she is letting one of my readers have one of these beautiful gold wildflower necklaces as well.  We can both wear it and pretend it's our bff necklace.  Want to?!

Lisa Leonard has some of the most beautiful custom jewelry pieces available. I have lots of favorites and I know you will too!

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ps-there is still time to enter Day 1 giveaway

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Money Saving Tips that Will Change Your Life

I am really loving infographics this year. If you remember my teens and technology post {a parents guide}, I used a few in there. I'm super visual, so I love how easy they are for me to read.
I saw this money-saving tips infographic from Quicken Loans and thought that it was relevant to the Living Well on Less series that we have been working through this year. If you missed any of the Living Well on Less Posts, you can find them here.
Saving money on clothes for the whole family 15 tips to saving money on your food bill Saving money on your cell phone How to survive without cable

Do you have any tips you would like to add? How is your family saving money this year?

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Vintage Valentines in a heart cookie cutter

Happy Valentine's Day my sweets!

Today, I want to share with you one of the final Valentine's day crafts that I made this year.

These fun vintage Valentine's!

I found some adorable vintage Valentine's from Tipnut that I resized and printed them off.

I bought these two vintage heart cookie cutters a few weeks ago at a super fun "junk" show called Second Saturdayz for $1 each.

I cut the Valentine's down to size and made sure they fit into the cookie cutter.

I thought they needed some faux moss {from the dollar store}, so I put glue inside the cookie cutter and smooshed the moss inside.

Then I put glue on the back of the Valentine's and smooshed those inside on top of the moss.

Everything is better with a little glitter, so I sprinkled some glitter on top of the Valentine's.

I have them in my den on my fireplace next to my favorite candy, red hots!

And my second favorite candy, conversation hearts {but only the white ones}.

I just love vintage Valentine's.   How are you celebrating tonight?

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Teacher Valentines with a Perk!

I saw this printable Valentine on Skip to My Lou last week.

Kori from Paper and Pigtails offers this adorable printable for you too!

Starbucks has some cute heart Valentine's gift cards that I stuck on with heart washi tape, then tied on some bakers twine.  I think the kids teachers are going to love them!

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Dollar store silver plate chalkboard

Dollar store silver plate chalkboard

I'm sure this isn't the first time you have seen someone take a Dollar Store "silver" plate from drab to fab.

I recently overheard a woman complaining about how she attempted painting a plate with chalkboard paint and failing.  She sort of double-dog dared me, so I took the challenge.

The Dollar Store has these "silver" plates and this plate stands.

I had chalkboard paint on hand, so the total for this project was $2.

Start by taping off the edges of the plate.

Paint your chalkboard paint on in a thin layer.

The secret to making this work is to be patient!

This will take several coats of chalkboard paint and you have to let each coat dry.

Once your paint is dry and you have a thick coat of chalkboard paint {around 3 layers}, take off the tape and voila!

A beautiful upcycled dollar store chalkboard for all your mushy messages!

What else have you put chalkboard paint on?

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