Utah Sweet Savings * New Blog on the Block

There is a new blog on the block run by one of my blogging friends Mindi- Utah Sweet Savings. Have you been watching the extreme couponing show? {I have} Do you look for a good deal? {I do}Do you like a giveaway? {me}Utah Sweet Savings is the site for you. They collect all the best deals available from the sites such as Groupon but also for brand sites and more so you can go to one place to find it all. Ever wonder how those extreme couponers get everything for free or pretty close to it? Utah Sweet Savings has a series of how to videos for you.  They also have a weekly giveaway. This week they have two giveaways. One is a $50 Walmart gift card. The other is two tickets to the Mary Poppins Broadway play! Go check them out. Seriously it's pretty awesome!

They're Social too:
Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/UtahSweetSavings
Twitter Page: www.twitter.com/#!/UtahSweetSaving
Email Newsletter Sign Up: www.feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=UtahSweetSavings
RSS Feed: www.feeds.feedburner.com/UtahSweetSavings

Note: Utah Sweet Savings is in no way affiliated with Sweet Life in The Valley or Sweet Living Media

A little note * Fun Family Giveaway

Orville Redenbacher's let me know about their cool new pop-up popcorn bowls. Since we settle down most evenings to watch movies more nights than not we have some drinks and popcorn then relax. I love the new pop up bowls. The eliminate the need for a bowl which saves me on washing dishes. A fun giveaway for some Walmart gift cards is happening on the Couch Critics Facebook Fan Page. Here are the details. Now I am off to buy a few packages for our Friday night movie night. See ya at the Taste of the Valley tomorrow!
xo

Giveaway Details:

Retailer gift cards will be given once per week over the course of 6 weeks to one random winner.

"Like" the Couch Critics on Facebook and tell us at which Walmart you found your Orville Redenbacher's Pop-Up Bowls for a chance to win a gift card

Every Monday from July25th- Aug. 22nd

yes, i got some pop corn bowls to try. yes, i love the orville redenbacher's popcorn best. we did a taste test with the kids to see which brand was best and it won. yes, all opinions are my own xo-april I was compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias.

It's Here Simply the Sweet Life Magazine & Giveaway!

Simply the Sweet Life Magazine is here and free to read online, free for android users on Issuu app, and on issue.com on mobile devices such as iPads & iPods. On Issuu search "Simply the Sweet Life Magazine". Be sure to use the "" quotation marks when searching.

To Celebrate our launch of Simply the Sweet Life Magazine we have an AMAZING giveaway. Including a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, an American Crafts gift package, a signed copy of Melissa Chappell's sold out cookbook FAVES and the cutest cherry apron you have ever seen!

Merry Christmas!

Giveaway * Winner Winner

We have the winner of our I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Brunch Kit Giveaway. It's Reisa O. Congrats!

Giveaway * Winner Winner

We have a winner for our Tillamook Cheese Giveaway congrats to Andree M. lucky number 231!

Food * Cheddar Cheese Crisp Apples and a Giveaway

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Cheese is the ultimate comfort food. A grilled cheese sandwich with a good cheddar cheese pared with a crisp apple is the perfect comfort food lunch in the Fall. Tillamook, one of my favorite brands of cheese, sent me their medium cheddar baby loaf. It was gone in one day. We eat a lot of cheese in our house. Many of my recipes call for cheese but the first thing my kids asked me to make was grilled cheese sandwiches.
Have your tried Tilamook medium cheddar baby loaf? Did you know that Tillamook was voted "World’s Best Medium Cheddar Cheese" at the 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest! Are you big fans of cheese like we are?
We are giving away some Tillamook cheese to one of our Simply the Sweet Life readers!

To Enter:
- Enter Click here to win a Tillamook Cheese Package This giveaway is now closed 
- Extra entry tweet about the giveaway {@sweetlifeinthe }
- Extra entry blog about this giveaway with a link to this post
- Extra entry follow @sweetlifeinthe on twitter
- Extra Entry "Like" Simply the Sweet Life on Facebook 
- Giveaway ends Friday October 29th 2010 at midnight

Sweet Gardening * Oakdell Farms Organic Compost

It's time to get out in the garden, pull the weeds that have crept in and get the soil ready for planting. We have an organic garden. It is safer and healthier and much less expensive than buying organic at the store. I was so excited to find out that Oakdell egg farms has organic compost. This is such a great compose. It's rich dark and guess what? Smells pretty much like regular soil. Did you know it is also the only certified compost manufactured in Utah?

We started our seeds in a mix with the compost and recycled egg cartons. I have to tell you, a couple of years ago we did an experiment with compost. We planted two tomato plants each in their own bucket. One bucket had compost the other didn't. The difference in the plant with the compost was amazing. The tomato plant with the compost was more than double in size and production that the one without.

Do you want to try some for your garden? We are giving away some bags for Oakdell Egg Farms Organic Compost to one of you but you must be in Utah to win.

To Enter:
- fill out the Oakdell Egg Farms Organic Compost Giveaway form
- extra entry tweet: Win Oakdell Organic Compost on @sweetlifeinthe http://goo.gl/fb/tXk9V
- extra entry blog about this giveaway with a link to this post
- extra entry follow @sweetlifeinthe and @crazibeautifulw on twitter
- extra entry become a fan of CraziBeautiful on Facebook
- giveaway ends May 3rd 2010 at midnight




Giveaway and samples provided by Oakdell Egg Farms.

Sweet Life Giveaway * Cuisinart Food Processor Win!

Since we are having domain issues some people may not have heard what is happening and may not know how to find us.We really want everyone to be able to find us so we are having a spread the word giveaway. We are giving away a Cuisinart Custom Prep 11 food processor. I just got one of these babies and I love it!
To win help us let everyone know where to find Sweet Life in The Valley.

Fill out this form after you do at least one of the following to earn your entry. You can do all 5 for 5 entries :
Sweet Life Giveaway Entry Form (this giveaway is now closed thanks for spreading the word!)

Giveaway ends March 8th 2010


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Write a Blog Post:
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Happy Holidays Giveaway * American Crafts

With all the festive parties, family visiting, Christmas performances and so much more our cameras are filling up with fine holiday memories. To save those memories for years to come we are giving away an assortment of American Crafts Merrymint goodies with an American Crafts cloth album to one of you!

Happy Holidays Giveaway Enter to Win:
- fill out this form American Crafts Giveaway Entry
-get extra entries by tweeting, posting Facebook update with link to this post, posting on your blog about this giveaway with link to this post -be sure to include a link to our giveaway in your posts!
-giveaway ends Monday December 21st at midnight



Thanks to American Crafts for sponsoring this giveaway

Week of Giving Crazi Beautiful * Shade Clothing

Head on over to Crazi Beautiful today to enter to win one of 2- $25 gift certificates to Shade Clothing. Woohoo new clothes for the holidays!

Happy Holidays Giveaway * Thanksgiving Point Family Membership

The new year is just around the corner filled with all sorts of possibilities. Making sure we have good quality time as a family is one of our goals for the year. We got a family pass to Thanksgiving Point so we can wander the beautiful gardens, check out their cool exhibits at the Museum of Ancient Life, watch the baby animals grow in Farm Country and more. A few things I love about the Thanksgiving Point membership is that you get discounts to the stores and restaurants. The movies are only $5 at the theater. Plus, your guest get 50% off their admissions to Thanksgiving Point venues too. Thanksgiving Point has graciously offered a full family membership worth $175 for us to giveaway to one of you!

The membership includes:
- Free Admission to Thanksgiving Point Gardens, Museum of Ancient Life and Farm Country
- 10% Discount on Retail & Food Property Wide
- Personalized Membership Card
- 50% off Admissions for accompanied guests
- Early Admission to Thanksgiving Point Gardens
- XanGo Screen Movies $5 per person/per movie

Happy Holidays Giveaway Enter to Win:
- fill out this form Thanksgiving Point Family Membership Entry This Giveaway is now Closed
-get extra entries by tweeting, posting Facebook update with link to this post, posting on your blog about this giveaway with link to this post -be sure to include a link to our giveaway in your posts!
-giveaway ends Monday December 14th at midnight


Given sample by vendor/agency/brand to review

Happy Holiday Giveaway * Week of Giving Giveaways on Crazi Beautiful

This week on Crazi Beautiful we are having a Week of Giving. There will be a new giveaway every day starting with the World Wide Ward Christmas Cookbook by Deanna Buxton. Be sure to check in everyday this week for great prizes.
Happy Holidays,

Happy Holidays Giveaway * Gummy Lumps * Nesting Stacking Blocks

How would you like to win one of the great toys on our Christmas Gift Idea Guide 2009? Gummy Lumps has offered a Doug & Melissa Nesting Stacking Blocks to one of you! They also have some great toys on special right now here- Special Offers

Happy Holidays Giveaway:

- fill out this form Gummy Lumps Giveaway Entry
-get extra entries by tweeting include @sweetlifeinthe in tweet, Facebook update with link to this post, posting on your blog about this giveaway with link to this post
-giveaway ends Thursday December 10th at midnight

Thanks to Gummy Lumps for sponsoring this giveaway

Happy Holidays Giveaway * Scera Theater and Christmas

{photo by Sam Scholes}

Christmas is in the air. Lights and decorations are popping up all over town. Every year one of our family traditions is to go to at least one play and musical performance. Scera Theater in Orem, Utah has a couple of shows coming up that are great ways to celebrate this holiday season. 

First is the Ring in the Holidays with Christmas concert by Utah Valley Handbell Ringers.

Details:

Wednesday Dec. 2 at 7:30 pm
SCERA Center for the Arts
745 S. State Orem
tickets are $5 general admission
801- 225-ARTS
www.scera.org

Next is the NUNCRACKERS: The Nunsense Christmas Musical a fun Christmas comedy musical.
Details:
Fri November 27, 2009 -Mon December 21, 2009
Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30pm
All Seats Reserved:
$12 Adult, $10 Child (age 3-11), $10 Senior (age 65+), $10 Student

To start of the holidays we are giving away a family pack of tickets to both Nuncrackers and  Ring in the Holidays with Christmas concert!

Happy Holidays Giveaway:
- fill out this form Scera Holiday Giveaway Entry This giveaway is now close
- get extra entries by tweeting include @sweetlifeinthe in tweet, Facebook update with link, posting on your blog about this giveaway with link
- giveaway ends Tuesday December 1st at midnight

Midweek Giveaway * Oh Sweet Sadie Art and Gift Show

The Oh Sweet Sadie Show is here again. They have over 80 local handmade artisans with things from lovely jewelry to toys to handmade quilts.
We are giving away a wonderful gift basket with a personalized single tag necklace with birthstone charm from KellyAnnie, a copy of Family Comfort Favorites CookBook By Kim Warren, a magnet board and 5 new bottle cap magnets of their choice from Tika Kids, a sash and flower clip of your choice from Demi Do’s and $20.00 worth of notepads from Jot It Down.



Midweek Giveaway:
- fill out this form Oh Sweet Sadie Giveaway Entry This Giveaway is now Closed
-get extra entries by tweeting include @sweetlifeinthe in tweet, Facebook update with link, posting on your blog about this giveaway with link
-giveaway ends Friday November 19th at midnight

{Oh Sweet Sadie Art & Gift Show}
Show Schedule:
Wednesday, November 18th through Saturday, November 21st from 9:30 am until 8:00 pm. Live music Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
Where?
SoDa Row, Daybreak's New Retail Shopping District, in South Jordan(map)

Happenin in The Valley * Bijou Market

{click to enlarge}

Zoony's Zippers headbands &

Ritzy Misfits monogram charm necklace

Both at the Bijou Market this weekend. Even better we are giveaway away one of each!

Midweek Giveaway
-fill out this form Bijou Market Giveaway Entry THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
-get extra entries by tweeting include @sweetlifeinthe in tweet, Facebook update with link, posting on your blog about this giveaway with link
-giveaway ends Friday November 6th at midnight

Bijou Market
Saturday November 7th
10am-4pm
501 N. 900 E.
Provo Utah
across from Gold's Gym

Announcement * Giveaways

I have decided with all the opportunity for giveaways on Sweet Life in The Valley I will be posting Midweek Giveaways from now on as giveaways become available. They will be random and might last for one day or a whole week so check back often.

Coming soon...

I am checking all the extra entries twice and making sure I count every single one which is going to take some time. We had a whole ton of you enter to win the trip to Disneyland. I will be posting the winner later today.

Fun Free Fridays Giveaway * Nature Valley

Last week we went on a leaf peeping hike. We gathered leaves, berries, pine cones and more for some fall crafts.
Nature Valley gave us a pack full of an assortment of Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters to try and snack on while hiking. The pack also came with a water bottle and some binoculars to peep at the leaves and other things on the mountain.
The kids and I enjoyed our Nature Valley Nut Clusters. My favorite was the Honey Roasted Peanut clusters. I love that they are all natural too.

This week on our Fun Free Fridays we are giving away a fun fall hike pack for one of you that includes Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters “Snack Pack” prize pack with all four varieties of the Granola Nut Clusters along with a sling backpack, stainless steel water bottle, flashlight and binoculars. After your fall hike you can make some of these Autumn Wreaths with your family too.

{ To Enter to Win }

you must follow all the steps to be entered to win

-Send me an email with as NatureValley the subject to sweetlifeinthevalley@gmail.com

-Answer the question of the week: If we have a Craft Social would you come? Please fill out this anonymous survey for our craft social here Click Here to take survey

- Include your name & address (so we can send you your prize if you win)

-You have until midnight Thursday October 29th 2009 to enter the giveaway


BONUS Entries:
1} Refer someone & get an extra entry 1. Send the names of the people you referred with your entry 2. They enter you get an extra entry for each person who enters

2} Post this Giveaway on your Blog

3} Twitter about it include @sweetlifeinthe in your tweet

4} Post on Facebook
5} Put our Sweet Life button on your blog



Given a sample by vendor/agency/brand

Fun Free Fridays Giveaway * Shade Clothing Anniversary

Shade Clothing is having their Anniversary Sale from now until Oct.19th. Many of their items are up to 40% off. Not only are they having a sale but they have some really pretty new items in for Fall. Did you see the great heathered black Turtle Neck Dress I wore to the Kirtsy Hands on Small Business Class? I love the fit and cut, so perfect for Fall and Winter months. I also tried their Scoop Neck top with the V-Neck Cardigan. A good cardigan is always a staple in my wardrobe.

This week we are giving away a two $25 gift certificates to Shade Clothing!

Shade Clothing Anniversary Sale
October 15 - 19, 2009
www.shadeclothing.com

{ To Enter to Win }

you must follow all the steps to be entered to win

-Send me an email with as Shade Clothing the subject to sweetlifeinthevalley@gmail.com

-Answer the question of the week: What is your favorite fall activity?

- Include your name & address (so we can send you your prize if you win)

-You have until midnight Thursday October 22nd 2009 to enter the giveaway for one of two $25 gift certificates to Shade Clothing!


BONUS Entries:
1} Refer someone & get an extra entry 1. Send the names of the people you referred with your entry 2. They enter you get an extra entry for each person who enters

2} Post this Giveaway on your Blog

3} Twitter about it include @sweetlifeinthe in your tweet

4} Post on Facebook
5} Put our Sweet Life button on your blog

Given a sample by vendor/agency/brand