Thrifty Mommy

October 21st, 2008

Around the Lifestyles Channel

I’ve been making my way around the b5media Lifestyles Channel.  Here are some interesting articles I have found.  Enjoy!
Making Your Own Journal Saves You Money
The 2 Minutes Toss It Rule
Solar Powered Car for $5,560
Having Fun with Acrostic Poetry
Homemade Cough Syrup
Easy Hamburger Stroganoff
11 Ways to Use Pumpkins
Recycled Ghost Party Favors
Polenta with Prosciutto and Onions
Starbucks Hot Caramel […]

By Karen -- 1 comment

October 15th, 2008

Our First Blogtoberfest Winner

Congratulations to Mindy!  She is our first Blogtoberfest winner.  Mindy has won a Living the Dream laundry mom t-shirt from LTDchix.com.  LTDchix has fun apparel for every mom.  Check out their other shirts which include multi-tasking, working, cleaning, workout, cooking, beach cart, laundry, mini-van, referee, and shopping.  LTDchix was also interviewed on ABC News.  I […]

By Karen -- 0 comments

September 29th, 2008

Celebrate Blogtoberfest with b5media Lifestyles Channel

 
The b5media Lifestyles Channel is excited to announce our Second Annual Channel Wide Blogtoberfest!
Blogtoberfest will run an entire two weeks throughout our channel beginning Monday, October 6th and wrapping up Friday, October 17th.
Here’s how it will work:
Each day select blogs within the channel will post as usual, the only difference is, they’ll post our beautiful […]

By Karen -- 0 comments

July 3rd, 2008

Independence Day Around b5 Media

While the writers of the b5media Lifestyles Channel may be scattered about globally, one thing we all have in common is a celebration of fireworks.  I hope you’ll enjoy our blast from the past.
Chloe of Tangled Thread shares a few festive fireworks and needlework patterns.
Kerri and Cory at Marriage Actually talk about why having a […]

By Karen -- 0 comments

June 28th, 2008

A Call for Guest Posts

As some of you already know, my family will be moving in a few weeks.  In just five weeks, we need to:

sell and/or giveaway about half of our possessions
finish the home repairs we started
put our house on the market
pack our things
celebrate our two children’s birthdays, which includes a small birthday party
take the kids for their yearly […]

By Karen -- 13 comments

June 20th, 2008

Amazon Sale Codes

Amazon is one of my favorite places to go shopping at. Why? haha, I don’t have to leave the house and most of the time I have tons of gift certificates from things I’ve done online. In the past few months I’ve racked up about $100+ in Amazon GCs and I’ve just discovered how to […]

By Karen -- 1 comment

June 20th, 2008

The Great Blog Off Begins

In celebration of the June 20th summer solstice, b5media is having The Great Blog Off.  Participating b5media blogs from the Lifestyles, Business, and Entertainment channels will post content at least once per hour for each hour of the day. 
This is the first time since 1975 that the summer solstice hasn’t occurred on June 21.  On […]

By Karen -- 2 comments

February 14th, 2008

Babylune welcomes Eliza Ferree

As much as I will miss my blogging twin over at Babylune, I am excited to announce that Eliza Ferree has taken over.  She will do great as she has 4 kids under the age of 10 and obviously knows what she is talking about.  So go on over and welcome Eliza to the b5 […]

By kellys -- 1 comment

December 6th, 2007

b5media Lifestyles Holiday Blogging Awards

Are you ready for Christmas? We are pleased to announce the First Annual b5media Lifestyles Channel Holiday Blogging Awards.
Judges from around the blogosphere will judge the best entries for the following categories:
Best Holiday decoration of a Blog - Any blog or blogger who has decorated their blog for the holidays either entirely or in an […]

By Karen -- 0 comments

October 16th, 2007

We Have Another Winner!!!

I am pleased to announce that the second prize in the Blogtoberfest is a 6-Month Membership to MySuperSaving.com!  The membership provides a private collection of samples, savings, shopping, rebates, and coupons to help you and your family save.  Also included in the winner’s package is a Lemongrass Clay facial soap.  This package is valued at $18.00.
This prize […]

By Karen -- 3 comments