Decorate your home with PartyLite (review & BIG GIVEAWAY)

Have you heard of PartyLite? PartyLite has such fun, stylish, and decorative products for your home, or to give as gifts. I have so much fun looking through their products, and finding things for my "wish list." I have hosted a PartyLite party in my home years ago, I think over 10 years ago. It is really fun to host a party, because not only is it a great excuse to have friends over and see great candle products, you get to earn free product, too! PartyLite recently sent me a few of their products for review, and I was impressed! I ordered the Couture Hearthside Candle Holder. This set is a great display on our fireplace, and it is made to last through a few seasons. This set has magnetic pieces that are interchangeable. Each side has a panel that you can switch from three designs: Pumpkin, Couture, and Snow Flakes. Winters in MN last a LONG time, so I know that we will display the Snow Flake one mostly. I like that this set is fitting with most decor and is of quality design. The Courture Hearthside Candle holder is made with black metal, and stands about a foot tall and about 2 foot long. I have set my candle holder on our table as a center piece, as well. This set would look great on a mantle or on an entry way table, as well. The Courture Hearthside Candle holder will display 5 pillar or ball candles. I received 5 pillar candles to display in the Hearthside Candle holder. I love that you can mix up the candle selection for your Courture Hearthside Candle holder. This set is $139.95 (with two sets of panels) and $89.95 (for one set of panels). Candles sold separately and vary in price range.
PartyLite started in the early 1900's by Mabel Baker, a school teacher. She crafted her own candles from Bayberries, and worked toward making her hobby into a business. The company, PartyLite Gifts, Inc. started with just three people. PartyLite developed into a company where women could sell the products individually, making this business one of personal relationships.
"Today, PartyLite Consultants number over 68,000 around the world. And what began as a single line of bayberry candles has expanded to an extensive selection of top-quality home fragrances and accents with 100 or more new products each year."
I am very happy with my new Hearthside Candle holder from PartyLite. I had also received a few tea light candles and a Tea Light Candle holder. PartyLite has so many options to chose from to bring a great ambiance to your home.

Would you like to have a chance to win the Courture Heartside Candle Holder ~ PLUS, 5 Pillar Candles? The scents of the candles will be in Mulberry and Frosted Pine (to celebrate the upcoming holidays). Thanks to PartyLite for sponsoring this great contest!
To enter, leave a comment about something you found on the PartyLite website, or leave a comment about a PartyLite party you had (if you ever hosted one). For a second entry, Become a Fan of PartyLite on Facebook.
This giveaway is open to residents of the USA (bloggers/non-bloggers), and will end on November 12th, 2009. You can come back once each day throughout the contest and enter again by just leaving a friendly comment relevant to the contest, but you MUST do the first entry. **For extra chances you can: blog this contest, add my button to your site, subscribe to my blog, twitter this contest, and/or visit everyday and add another friendly comment. Lots of chances to win! Don't forget to put the extra comments for the "extra" work. Good luck!**

This review was sponsored by PartyLite. They have supplied me with a free product to keep for my personal opinion and option to share with my readers. I was not compensated for my time or written review. They have offered to sponsor a giveaway for a prize for my readers.

Mommy/child playdate with Fisher Price

I had a great party on Saturday for Moms and their kids ages 6-36 months. I had an amazing opportunity to host a "house play date" sponsored by Fisher Price. House Party is the website that I was originally introduced about becoming a finalist in hosting a house party. I signed up to be on the list for the Fisher Price Event. Out of 20,000 people, I was one of the VERY lucky finalists. Then, I needed to hurry and send them an e-mail letting them know I am interested and can indeed be a host. Once that was confirmed, and I got the Congratulations e-mail, Fisher Price sent me 4 of their newest Fisher-Price toys to enjoy with my kids, and introduce them to my friends and their kids. Here are the four toys we got: Laugh & Learn™ Smart Bounce & Spin Pony™ , Laugh & Learn™ Fun With Friends™ Musical Table, Amazing Animals™ Spinnin' Around Musical Zoo, and Go Baby Go!™ Crawl & Cruise Musical Jungle™!! House Party has several parties going on all the time. Most of the parties are sponsored by companies (free product) for you to show and experience with friends in your home. You can host the party elsewhere, like at another friend's house, a church, park, etc. A House Party™ is a thousand parties on one day, in homes nationwide, with an exclusive brand experience at the center of the action. I agree with their motto, if that is what it is. I was amazed at the product that Fisher Price sent me, and the best part~ I get to keep them! Wow, huh? I was also given 10 party gifts formy friends that could come to the house party! Fisher Price sent me: a few Brilliant Basics™ Rock-a-Stack®, a couple of Brilliant Basics™ Poppity Pop™ Train and a couple of Brilliant Basics™ Poppity Pop™ Dump Truck. We also had some Brilliant Basics™ Snap-Lock® Beads - Vehicles. I thought it was very generous of Fisher Price to send all those products to help introduce their new toys. I knowthat it was amazing marketing. Fisher Price also sent a guide book, a coupon, and a survey for the party, with a chance to win another large toy! I love Fisher Price, and it is definitely a name families can trust! I know that the moms and kids that came had a great time, and enjoyed spending time with their kids, too. The time went fast with playtime, coloring (thanks to party favors from House Party), and eating. My friend, Lisa, was kind enough to make a cake, and my friend Nicole brought some fruit. Thanks to all my friends that came with your kids! I hope you had a great time, and that your kids enjoyed themselves!
The only regret I have, OK 2 regrets that I have are: I wish I had planned more ahead with food preparations, and I wish I took more, and MORE photos!

My 500th POST!! My Blogoversary!! and a prize, or two....

Wow! I can't believe I have been blogging a year, and now I am hitting my 500th Post! I am sorry I didn't do anything last week when I hit my Blogoversary! I wanted to thank everyone who has come to visit me, to those who leave comments, to those who come on a regular basis, and to those who enter my contests! I want to say I am so grateful for all the friends I have made from being a blogger. It is so great meeting new people, and sharing experiences. Thank you Lisa, for getting me into blogging in the first place! It is so fun to have a place where I can write about my kids, our family adventures, and ask opinions of my friends here online. I love being in the "review tours," and having the experience to try new things!

In celebration of my 500th post and my Blogoversary...I would like for everyone to tell me what their favorite post of mine was over the past year. I have an archive to look through, please feel free to read over past entries. Leave a comment about what your favorite post was, and why you liked it, and you will get an entry for a mystery prize. You can also leave a comment at that post for another entry to the contest. Hey, you may have several favorites, that's ok, I do too!! :) Then, leave more comments to talk about those posts, and more comments at those posts for more entries. Just remember to leave separate comments.
It is great to get comments, and we all love those precious comments, so the more you leave throughout my blog, the more chances you will have to win! I will more than likely pick a couple winners...we will just see how many comments end up here. I won't tell you what the mystery prize is, but the winner will like it!

Thanks so much for coming to Sassyfrazz! Thank you for the friendships, leaving comments, contest entries, for the review opportunities, for sponsoring giveaways, and for being in the wonderful world of BLOG! Happy reading!