Fun

A Few Simple Productivity Tools & Tips

by Jordan July 10, 2009

For my first post on Make and Takes, I thought I’d start with something near and dear to my heart: Productivity. Don’t get me wrong, I’m probably the worst procrastinator I know so, unfortunately, “productivity” is a topic that I’ve been forced to become very familiar with. Listed below are some of my favorite free [...]

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Swiffer’s Making it Easy to Clean

by Marie July 10, 2009

I’m actually a newbie to Swiffer products and am happy that they’re the title sponsor for the BlogHer party I’m co-hosting in just 2 short weeks (can you believe it’s almost here!!) Swiffer Social Luxe Lounge here I come! I was recently sent a Swiffer WetJet to try out and I let my husband test [...]

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Ready, Set… Mashoonga!

by Marie July 3, 2009

My brother, Bryan, introduced me to the art of Mashoonga and we are loving these fun fighting flinging foam toys. Here’s a video Bryan put together of his son’s birthday (Bryan is the mean ugly Ogre at the end :) Try playing some Mashoonga at your next birthday party! MASHOONGA!!! (it’s just so fun to [...]

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Rosetta Stone Giveaway Winner

by Marie June 30, 2009

Thanks to all of you who entered! So many of you enthusiastically wanting to learn another language, I love it. Probably the majority was Spanish, but there was Greek, Chinese, German. But Congrats to #193 Amy who said she’d love to learn French to help honor the memory of her Grandma! Have fun learning a [...]

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Rosetta Stone Language Learning Giveaway

by Marie June 26, 2009

Since I’ve now posted about the Importance of Learning a Second Language, I thought it only fitting to give away a language learning program today. Rosetta Stone has been kind enough to send my family their beginner Spanish Language program and they’d like to give away a language program of your choice to a Make [...]

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Our Catalina Island Family Getaway

by Marie June 19, 2009

Last weekend I was invited by Santa Catalina Island Company to travel with my family to Catalina Island, having some fun in the sun and discovering this unique vacation spot. It’s so close by, just a ferry boat away off the coast of Long Beach, California. We started by boarding the Catalina Express, “a real [...]

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Summer of Fun on the Run

by Marie June 12, 2009

This summer I’ll be contributing over at the traveling website Car & Caboodle. It showcases lots of great places to visit, staycations, day trips, cool gear, hot spots and secret finds. There’s a fun group of bloggers taking on the “traveling with kids” challenge this summer, so come see how we all handle the car [...]

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The Perfect Summer Bag

by Allison June 12, 2009

Ju Ju Be has officially created the greatest beach/pool/picnic bag of all time. It’s got everything you need for a summer of fun. It is made from Teflon fabric, so it’s relatively indestructible and totally durable against the elements and it has every possible storage compartment you’ll ever need. It’s got enough room to hold [...]

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Party at BlogHer with SocialLuxe Lounge

by Marie June 4, 2009

Are you be going to BlogHer this year? If so, then come party with me at the SocialLuxe Lounge to get your conference weekend started right. I’m co-hosting an amazing party with some lovely ladies and fabulous sponsors to get us all primped, pampered, and polished for the big BlogHer conference. So if you’re headed [...]

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Shade and The Bright Side Giveaway

by Marie May 29, 2009

The Bright Side tees are a new line of fun hip shirts to be had over at Shade Clothing. Shade has teamed up with the United Way for a good cause: If you buy one of these bright happy shirts, 50% of the profits will go toward helping families in need. You gotta love being [...]

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