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$75 Pick Your Plum Giveaway

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I am excited today to team up with one of my favorite deal sites for an awesome giveaway. I’m sure you’ve heard of Pick Your Plum, but just in case, each day they have a new deal on crafting, fashion, baking, or home decor item. The thing is they have limited amounts, so you have to get it before your neighbor does.
Wondering what kind of awesome things they have each day? Here are a few of the deals spotted in the past.

  

Pretty sweet right?! I need to get my hands on some of those burlap baskets and that cupcake caddy would come in handy at an upcoming birthday party!
Lucky for you Pick Your Plum is giving away a $75 box of swag to one lucky Tipsy reader!

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$50 My Vinyl Direct GIVEAWAY + Eyes That Glow

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I love vinyl as much as the next craft supply hoarding girl. I have a stash. We shall not embellish on the details of said stash. Though I did recently make a fantastic discovery. Have you heard of My Vinyl Direct? I just received my first order and am super excited about it! It included glow in the dark vinyl!! This stuff is sooo fun! 

We decided to put it to good use cutting spooky eyes and placing them around the house on the piano, grandfather clock and in the windows. My five year old is obsessed with decorating for Halloween. No really, everywhere we go he either comments on the decor or asked the closest person why they have not decorated for Halloween. Today while taking a field trip to the hospital to have lunch with Daddy we passed by a room with a skeleton and he got all excited about their spooky decor. It was the community education room, pretty sure it’s there all year.

BTW, here’s a hint, glow in the dark is thicker than regular vinyl because it has shiny metallic back to help the glowing so set your craft cutter accordingly.
Anyway, back to the good stuff…
My Vinyl Direct has much more than just glow in the dark, though I am still geeking out over it. They have 36 matte colors, 28 gloss, chalkboard vinyl, dry erase vinyl, 32 colors of iron on transfer, and transfer tape to make sure they are all placed perfectly! They also sell in four different sizes as to be compatible no matter which craft machine you have. You can check out all the details and order here.
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You want some right? Of course you do.
Well, My Vinyl Direct is awesome and wants you to try it out so they are giving away a $50 gift card to one lucky Tipsy reader!

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Real.Life.Photography {GIVEAWAY}

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If you’re familiar with Rebecca Cooper’s gorgeous blog Simple As That then you already know that she is super talented.  She has adorable party and project ideas and her photos are pretty much to die for.


I am so excited to be part of the welcoming committee to share with you Rebecca’s newest book (ya, it’s her third, she’s that amazing) Real.Life.Photography.


I had the chance to enjoy the book already and it is fabulous; packed with tips, techniques and  photo editing tricks.  Also, Christy from Addy Lane created a fun set of actions called the Simple Fixes Action Set that are the perfect to go along with her book.  I had a chance to test those out too and they are great! 

The book has 6 chapters full of useful advice and of course is full of awe inspiring images. Wanna take a peek?



I love that she shares “HOW I GOT THE SHOTS” notations to detail techniques used for the images.  I seriously had multiple ah-ha moments while reading. Her tips are simple, but were totally eye opening for me. 


I am a total list girl so I also love that she gives a list of suggested photos to capture from everyday life. I feel like in the long run these are the photos of the moments we will cherish.


So, now that I have shown you how jealous I am of her skills and how I love that her book gives me a  chance at improving mine, it’s time for the good part where you have the chance at your own!

One lucky Tipsy reader gets a copy of Real. Life.Photo graphy and a set of Simple Fixes Action Set (PSE or PS version, your choice!)


For those of you who want to get your hands on either of these items now, you can purchase them for the early bird price of $9.99 each (the regular price will be $12.99). If you purchase both the book and the actions together, you can get 20% off by using the promo code PHOTOFIX at checkout.



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Not Your Mama’s Food Storage

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I have always been one to like to be prepared. I try to keep my car with at least a half tank of gas, I have 72 hour kits and have been building up my food storage. Though there is one thing with food storage. I have it for emergencies, but what in the world am I going to do with 50 pounds of hard wheat, a can of shortening and dry milk? Seriously, I have the stuff, but I am no whiz at what to do with it. I don’t cook with it on a normal basis so how happy was I when I took a look at my sponsor Krisi’s list of options from Shelf Reliance.

Hello, were talking freeze dried raspberries, baked potato cheese soup, sour cream powder and ice cream sandwiches?! Now that’s what I call food storage. Something that I will be excited to eat and for that matter rotate when the time comes. One year for Christmas my parents gave us a size 10 can of M&M’s. We joke that we would be able to trade M&M’s for any other items we need because let’s face it some of the standard food storage is not all that appetizing. Keep you alive, yes. Keep you coming back for more. Not so much.

I was thrilled to find tons of long term storage options that could act as substitutes for things I use in everyday recipes: butter powder, egg powder, cheese blends and more. Oh how this has opened my eyes to what food storage could be. Will it cost me more than rice and beans, yes. But, it also will not go to waste at the end of the shelf life because my kids will eat macaroni and cheese and freeze dried pineapple.

Don’t get me wrong, the standard storage has it’s place in my storage room and Shelf Reliance has an abundance of these items as well. They even have a system to make food storage affordable as a monthly program. Just sign up for a Q and they will send you a selection of items according the monthly investment you choose. Cool right?!

Krisi even has a *special* right now. Anyone who sets up a Q of $150 will also receive a bonus product sent to them.  Just email her (adamandkrisi at gmail dot com) that you saw the special here after your Q is activated.  Or heck, email her and have her set it up for you, she is super helpful that way.


I just got two boxes of storage goodies in the mail and I am super excited for you to get to try it out too! 

Krisi from Shelf Reliance is giving away a $50 certificate for you to try their products!

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