Letters And Lace

Aarika will be joining us for the upcoming May, Blooming Bouquet, Mother's Day sampler boxes from

Letters & Lace!

Be sure to visit this cute boutique and tell them we sent you!

Cupcake Express!

Look who's going to be in our April Easter Bunny Out Of The Box Samplers...

Cupcake Express!

Spruce up your party with Cupcake Express.

ps. they're having a giveaway too so head over to their shoppe for details.

Bella Custom Clothing

Check out Bella Custom Clothing!

They are in our February Giggle Bags and upcoming March sampler boxes too!



Not Your Mamas Mix Giveaway

GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED

WINNERS ARE:

#6 Nanbon44

#25 The Beauty Pirate

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED!

I'm always up for a giveaway that involves something sweet to eat!  This one comes from a cute shoppe called Not Your Mamas Mix.

This shoppe is owned and operated by Kim & Charissa and here's what they have to say:

"We are proud to offer you an easier way to enjoy home-baked goods, with less hassle, less time in the kitchen, and more compliments!

After all this is Not Your Mamas Mix and we pride ourselves in baking and beverage mixes that are a bit "out of the box"! Our Mixes are great to have on hand for your own family, or to gift to someone. You can choose to bake up the Mix, or to give as is! Your choice!"

I have a few of their delicious offerings on my list of things to try soon.  Check out this mouthwatering double chocolate peanut butter mug cake mix;

You can enjoy these in just 2 1/2 minutes in the microwave! Top it off with whipped creme or even a spoonful of your favorite peanut butter and your sweet tooth will thank you! And, the best part is (after eating it of course) it's just $2.50!!! At that price you can keep your pantry stocked with these!

Make a note that Not Your Mamas Mix will also be joining us in the upcoming July Out Of The Box Samplers.  So remember if you don't win this giveaway, maybe you'll be lucky enough to land one of their samples in your sampler box. 

So let's get to the giveaway!  Kim and Charissa are offering 2 of their full size Scone Mixes!

Cranberry Orange and Poppy Seed Double Lemon Glazed:

So we'll have 2 lucky winners.  Here's how to enter:

(LEAVE SEPERATE COMMENTS FOR EACH ENTRY)

1 Entry if you follow Not Your Mamas Mix BLOG

1 Entry if you join Not Your Mamas Mix Facebook group HERE

1 Entry if you follow Not Your Mamas Mix on Twitter

1 Entry if you heart Not Your Mamas Mix on Etsy

1 Entry (per method) if you follow Out Of The Box Sampler on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook, follow the Out Of The Box Sampler's blog with Google Friend Connect (top left sidebar) or join our Forum.

1 Extra Entry (per giveaway entered) - Enter any (or all) of the current giveaways running on Out Of The Box Sampler for the duration of this giveaway.

1 Extra Entry if you tweet about this giveaway by copying and pasting the tweet below and leaving a comment with the link. Tweet daily for an extra entry every day!

WIN a mouthwatering Scone Mix at http://www.outoftheboxsampler.blogspot.com/2010/06/not-your-mams-mix-giveaway.html

1 Extra Entry if you subscribe to our new You Tube Channel

1 Extra Entry if you join our new Blog Frog Community

2 Extra Entries if you put my Out Of The Box Sampler button up on your blog (on left sidebar of blog). Please leave the url address where it can be found.

3 Extra Entries if you blog about this giveaway, on your own blog, linking back to Out Of The Box Sampler's blog. Please leave the blog address where it can be found.

If you have done any of the above items previously, please leave a seperate comment for each to let me know!

Giveaway will end on June 13th at 11:59pm EST. Please be sure to leave an email address or make absolutely certain your email address is visible in your blogger profile, I need a way to contact the winners. Two winners will be chosen by random.org and announced here as well as emailed and will have 24 hours to contact me or respond to notification or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is for U.S. residents only.

A special thank you to Not Your Mamas Mix for providing these 2 scones mixes for this giveaway. Any opinions in this post are my own and there was no compensation received for this giveaway.

Sugar Chills Giveaway...

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED...CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER...HOTSNOTTY2

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!

If Face Slimes, Skin Sludges, Hair Goops, Foot Gunks and Body Dusts are what you crave, then Sugar Chills will be your rave!

They are your all natural bodycare shop. They use essential oils with all natural ingredients to create a "gentle, effective, and fun way to care for your face, hair and skin." Who doesn't want the best when choosing products to pamper yourself with.

I stumbled upon their shop a few months ago when I was looking for contributors for the Out Of The Box Sampler. They sent in their cocoa face slime. I nabbed a sample for myself and just loved it.

Well, now you may be the lucky winner to try out, not one, but a two pack sampler of their face slimes. And, you get to choose which ones you'd like. They are available in...

Healing Oatmeal

Herbal Detox

Balancing Almond

or Cleansing Clay.

Here's how to enter to win...

Go check out Sugar Chills etsy shoppe, then come back here and comment on a gunky, gooey, goop you might like to try besides the face slime. That will get you one entry. If you'd like another entry, you can follow them on twitter Here.

So it's that simple. Winner will be choosen on Friday. Good luck!

Snowman Tin & Tarts Giveaway...

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED...CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER...BECCA ANN

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!

This was supposed to be "Blog Giveaway Week" here at the Out Of The Box Sampler and now you know why I'm a little behind in my posting. But let's get another giveaway started right now...

This one comes to you from Ugly Duckling Designs.

They offer richly scented, handpoured, candles, tarts and primitive designs on their website. You will love this giveaway!

This is the cutest snowman. He stands approximately 12 inches tall and is pretty round (as snowmen should be). Each of his sections open up as a place you can hide some goodies in. And that's just what their offering you...

Some richly scented, deliciously scrumptious smelling tarts to fill your snowman, in 3 different scents. Here's the best part...you get to pick what scents you'd like them to make your tarts in!! I love that! There's nothing worse then winning some candle giveaway and hating the scent you received. Not this time.

We're going to make this one simple to win. Here's what you need to do...

Visit Ugly Duckling Designs and pick 3 different scents from their scentlist. Then come back here and leave a comment with your 3 scent choices and your email address so we can contact you if your the winner. That is mandatory to enter this giveaway.

However, if you'd like extra entries, you can do any of the following that are worth one extra entry each. Then come back here and post a comment so we'll know what you've done.

Follow Ugly Duckling Designs BLOG

Follow Ugly Duckling Designs on TWITTER

Follow Ugly Duckling Designs Facebook Fanpage

And last of all, signup for Ugly Duckling Designs Newsletter

Be sure to mark the date, December 1st, for the Out Of The Box Sampler's Holiday boxes. They go on sale that day and would be the perfect gift to give someone you love or care about. Ugly Duckling Designs will be in the boxes too!

PS. A little birdie told me that Ugly Duckling Designs will be giving away another snowman on their blog too, so you'll have 2 chances to win!

Tis the Season for Giving...

THIS RAFFLE TICKET GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

WINNERS ARE REBECCA C. & CYNTHIA H.

Here's a picture of Erica! Isn't she a sweetheart!

I recently found out that one of my Out Of The Box Sampler box buyers each month, was using her box purchases to help out a little girl so she would have Christmas presents to give her mom and aunts. I thought that was wonderful. After a couple emails back and forth I found out a little more about this amazing little girl named Erica. Her story tugged at my heartstrings and I knew I had to do something for her and I'm hoping you will want to help me too.

Let me tell you about her...

Erica is an 8 year old 3rd grader with Merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy. It is congenital, so she has had it since birth. She is in a motorized wheelchair. She is extremely intelligent, keeps up with all her school work and is quick to charm people. She is very kind hearted and compassionate, with a quick wit. She has made many friends since school started in September. She loves Barbies, the Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana, art projects, and singing. Erica's wish, which Make a wish is granting, is to go to Disney World Fl, for her birthday which is March 13.

Here's where you and I come in at...

Make A Wish needs everyone's help to make sure that Erica gets her wish. This economic downturn we're all having has really affected the charities this year. People just don't have the money to donate like they used to. So I decided that I was going to raffle off two of our Halloween Sampler boxes from October. If you missed this last Halloween box, here's your chance to win it, AND, help Erica get her wish too.

Our Halloween box was just awesome, but I've made it even better. I've combined the 3 boxes we had left over into two that have a total of 21 samples each!

Want a chance to win? Here's how to do it...

RAFFLE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD FOR JUST $1.00 EACH. You can purchase just one ticket or as many as you'd like. The more tickets you purchase, the more chances you'll have to win and the more money we'll raise for Erica.

100% OF THE MONEY COLLECTED WILL BE DONATED STRAIGHT TO ERICA FOR HER MAKE A WISH!

When you purchase a raffle ticket or multiple tickets thru our paypal button below, each one will be assigned a number that I will keep track of. At the end of the week, I will use the Random number Generator to pull two winning raffle ticket numbers. I'll come back here and post who the winners are.

If you would just like to donate instead of buying raffle tickets, you can do that also thru the paypal button below. Just put a little note that says your donating to Erica's Wish.

So open your hearts and your pocket books so we can have a little part in making wishes come true for a little girl who will have the time of her life at Disney World!

Perfectly Prim...

The Crows Nest Primitive Shoppe
has to be my favorite website ever. I love all things primitive and Andrea, the owner, has summed up what perfectly primitive is with all her products.

I first found her shoppe while looking for contributors to the Out Of The Box Sampler. I loved everything about her website and sent her a letter to join us. She graciously accepted and stayed for a few months in a row. If you weren't lucky enough to get a sample of her goods, you have really lost out.

Her candles and melting tarts are just incredibly delicious and fill your home with strong scents.

Her candles come in primitive square mason jars with rusty ole' lids on them. Check out this holiday candle with the rusty bell, I just love it!

That's the thing about Crows Nest Primitive Shoppe, Andrea puts her heart and soul into the finishing touches on everything she makes. You can't help but feel special when you get your order.

Her family owns and operates an herb farm so you get the freshest ingredients put into her products. You have to check out her website's seasonal page for the cutest holiday gifts you can spoil your family and friends with.

And her gift baskets are adorable.

So if your looking for perfectly prim, then look no further and run over to the Crows Nest Primitive Shoppe to place all your holiday orders. But, be sure to tell them that Michelle sent ya!

You Turkey...

I'm thinking a month ahead today because I made the new ad button for the November Out Of The Box Samplers website. It has the cutest turkey on it. So I was thinking that would be a great blog post. Who doesn't love turkey? I must admit we have it for just about every major holiday here at our house. But here's a few turkey's you won't be able to eat...

Kreative Impression


Freeheart1


McClippies

Nmelone13

Piano Player 1949

Gurumiorama



Sherbet Baby


Oh Bananas




Angies Raggedy Patch

Thanksgiving is a wondeful holiday that you get to spend with family and friends and give thanks for everything you've been blessed with in your life. It's a time to reflect on the good things and just enjoy each other's company. I'm looking forward to it. I'd love to hear how you spend your Thanksgiving...

All Things Candy Corn...

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED, WINNERS WERE PICKED USING RANDOM.ORG

CONGRATULATIONS TO

DOLLS123

and

BITTEN BY BOOKS

I love fall and especially candy corn. It's not that I actually have to eat them (although their delicious) but I just love the look of anything dealing with the candy corn colors.

I was thrilled when a box of 80 pairs of handmade adorably cute candy corn earrings arrived at my house late last month for the October Out Of The Box Samplers.They came in from Mommy's Moon
who had taken a ton of time to handsculpt them just for our Halloween themed boxes.

Be sure to stay tuned for an awesome giveaway you'll not want to miss below.

So I thought I'd share a few other goodies I found on one of my favorite shopping places, Etsy!

Holiday Candy Lane!


Momi Boutique!


Ellie Bellie Design!



Pink Fairy Sweets!


Friendly Brown!



Print Our Party!


Smokey Mountain Scents!

Aren't those items just adorable? Remember to run over to Etsy and find a few for yourself...

As promised, I have 2 items to give away from Mommy's Moon.

Two candy corn bracelets!!!

Here's how to enter...Leave a comment with any or all of the following...

Visit Mommys Moon's etsy shoppe then come back here and tell me an item you like

Follow this blog (you have to follow us thru your dashboard)

Follow me on Twitter

Become a fan on my Facebook Fan Page

Sign up for the Sampler Box Newsletter

Each of the above items will get you one entry into the drawing. Be sure to come back here and leave your comment as to what you've done to enter and also an email address so I can contact you if your the winner. If you already do any of the things mentioned, let me know, that will count too.

Drawing will be held Tuesday, October 13th.

Good Luck!

Iz and Izzy...

I simply LOVE sweet stuff to eat and will find myself having that, rather then a good meal at times. So I found myself browsing at a little etsy shoppe called Iz and Izzy, when I came across their chocolate chip cookie dough truffles. Yep, you read that right, cookie dough truffles!

To me, there's nothing better then getting a few spoonfuls of the batter before it's baked. Who doesn't do that. That's the best part! Well Iz and Izzy have made it easy for you. These little cookie dough truffles come with a sweet chocolate shell and contain no egg products. They'll arrive in a candy box for great gift giving or to gobble them all up yourself.

If that doesn't appeal to you, then let me tempt your tastebuds with their newest creations..."Cocktail Cupcakes." They come in Margarita, Pina Colada, and Mojito flavors.

These cupcakes are filled with the yummy flavors of lime, rum, coconut, mint & pineapple, depending on the cupcakes you choose. Your guests would swoon over these at your next outdoor BBQ.

And of course, there's more to delight your palatte at Iz and Izzy.

Champagne Truffles
Coconut Macroons
New York style mini Cheescakes, Java Brownies, Biscotti, Carrot Muffins, Glaze Orange Cranberry Bundt cakes and much more.

So satisfy your sweet tooth craving at Iz and Izzy. And, if you order during the month of September, you'll also receive a free sample of your choice. If you missed out on their samples in last month's Out Of The Box Sampler, you'll be able to catch them again in the upcoming October box, on sale October 6th!

Memories...

I contacted Memories By Olenka last year when I had first purchased the Out Of The Box Sampler from it's previous owner. Olenka, the owner agreed to participate in our boxes and I must say I was blown away by the samples that arrived here. Since then, she has participated on many occassions and her work is just incredibly beautiful.

At Memories By Olenka you'll find cards, tags, albums, memory books, notecards, matchbooks, magnets and much more, all handcrafted just for you.

Olenka puts such a personal touch on all the pieces that she makes. Whoever your looking to impress with a special card that says, I miss you, thank you, happy birthday, or whatever your message may be, will love getting one from Memories By Olenka.

I just recently threw a party for my parents 50th wedding anniversary and really wanted to save all the great pictures in an album for them. Olenka surprised me with the most adorable, paper bag album. It is the most unique way to save your memories that I have found. The pictures here don't do it justice at all. She made mine in a gold, black and brown color and it just looked so rich. I loved all the little hidden pockets to hide all the keepsakes too.

So isn't it time you spoiled your loved ones with something from Memories By Olenka. You can order your Christmas cards early and add that extra seasonal touch this year.

Look for more samples of Olenka's work in the Out Of The Box Sampler the next few months too.

It's Simply Divine for Canines

Let me introduce you to Jessica, the owner of Divine Canine. It's always difficult to own your own business with all the obstacles, promoting, orders, customer service issues and everything else that comes your way. But, Jessica has overcome her own obstacles as well. She's blind. And if that's not enough, she has a son with a form of Autism too. But yet she manages to run Divine Canine with ease!

They provide many reasons why you should feed your beloved pet, Divine Canines treats...

*low sodium from our homemade stocks are used


*no refined sugar added, sugar-free treats are available

*gluten-free and wheat-free treats are available

*low-fat treats available

*grain-free treats available

*high protein treats available

*Corn, soy, and dairy free treats are available

*We research when developing treats to make sure only foods that are safe for pet consumption

*We won't sell it to you if it's not good enough for our own furry kids!


*no artificial chemicals or preservatives are used

*We welcome requests for special diets or food substitutions

You'll find some of these yummy treats at Divine Canine.
Lip Smackin Barbecue Beef

Cheese & Liver Combo Biscutes

Natural Peanut Butter Bliss Treats

Gourmet Carob and Peanut Butter Biscotti

Chicken Liver Bait Training Treats

and you'll even find kitty treats too

You'll need to keep your best friends looking and feeling their best too with the Doggy Deodarant's for Fido & Fifi avaiable as fresh dry shampoo and also their shampoo bars which are available in Tea Tree and Peppermint Paw Print scents.

Divine Canine even offers a Treat of the Month Club! Your dog might finally make friends with the mailman when he sees him delivering monthly treats! This club will bring a new flavor of our Divine Canine treats to your doorstep every month, for one year. This club will promise that you always have treats in the cupboard for your pup, and they take the guesswork out of having to look over endless labels at the pet stores for treats that have some nutritional value and have no chemical additives or preservatives. It's just $11.35 a month and that includes shipping! You can get a 15% off discount if you pay for the whole year in advance also.

So why not pamper your pet from now on with Divine Canine treats. You know they already love you unconditionally, so show them you love them back by only giving them the best!

Divine Canine provided samples for the August Out Of The Box Sampler this month. If you missed them, they'll be back again in September. So look for them there!