Glade! Who Knew?

So, you know those commercials where the woman puts out the glade candles and has her friends over and they all comment on the lovely fragrance that she claims is from a French boutique...until they find the glad label on her butt! HA! Sorry....it's funny. What can I do about it? Nothing. So laugh with me. It will make your day a brighter place!

ANYWAY....BzzAgent was awesome enough to send me one of Glade's newest candles to test out and share with others. If you aren't already familiar with BzzAgent you should check it out! As an agent, I get the chance to try new products and tell all my friends, family, and random people on the street about them! I offer an honest opinion and you all get it straight. I don't get paid, I just get the product to try out to see what I think! It's a totally fun way to influence the development and marketing of products! Love it!

So, they sent me this awesome candle.

It is a part of the Fragrance Collection by Glade. What is the Fragrance Collection? Well, according to Glade they are "Boutique-quality candles and reed diffusers, in fragrances including Currants & Açai™, Lotus Bamboo and Sheer White Cotton." And they aren't kidding! When I pulled out this soy based candles a couple of things caught my eye immediately. First off...check out the multiple wicks! Do I love that? YES! You rarely find that in an inexpensive candle and it is SO pretty to have more than one wick flickering! I love it! Also, the fragrance of this particular candle hit me as soon as I opened the box! WOW! It smells SO good! It isn't sugary or overbearing in any way! The sweet, fruity fragrance wafts and provides a beautiful, yet subtle aroma throughout the area in which you are burning the candle.

Another awesome thing about these candles are the jars! I am ALL for jar candles, as I don't like to have random stuff around for pillar candles and votives and all that. I really like a great candle that comes in a nice presentation and this fits that bill beautifully! Also, this candle, even with the multiple wick action - burns up to 35 hours according to the manufacturer! (I haven't timed it, but mine is still in good shape! LOL!) It is soy based, too! Love that! They use over 90% natural ingredients! While I would rather see 100%, I am pretty happy with that number.

Finally, the price is perfect! At a suggested $8.99 (and I've seen coupons floating around quite a bit for these!) you get a great candle for WAY less than those 'boutique' stores. Plus - you can get them at Walmart, Target, or even your local grocery store! Convenience is a VERY GOOD THING!!! I love that I don't have to go near a mall for a quality candle!

They also have reed diffusers and small votive jar candles in this collection, too! With great fragrances to choose from, you simply can't go wrong!


As an added bonus...BZZ sent me some great coupons to share! I want to share them with you, so I will give one person TWO coupons for $3.00 off any item from the Glade Fragrance Collection!

To enter the giveaway:

1. Visit the Fragrance Collection page and come back and post which fragrance you would choose and why. THIS MUST BE COMPLETED IN ORDER TO BE ENTERED!

Extra Entries:
2. Follow my blog and come back and comment here that you are a follower...current followers count, too!
3. Post a link to this giveaway on your blog and comment here with a link to your post.
4. Tweet about this giveaway AND follow me on Twitter. Post a link to your tweet here.
5. Subscribe to my feed and post here letting me know you subscribed.
6. Make me a favorite in Technorati (see sidebar) and come back her to post that you did it!

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

***Do you have an awesome product that you would like to see featured here? Let me know! I love to do reviews and giveaways!***


I have another great giveaway lined up for later this week, so keep your eyes open!
Also, don't forget to check out the current emagineGreen giveaway! I SO want to win...bummer that I can't! LOL!

You Are Fired.

Yes. You. No, seriously...I ask you to do ONE simple thing! Like remind me to post a winner, but NOOOOoooo....not a single one of you remembers to remind me! It's like you think this blog is mine and I am responsible for its content or something! I mean, like seriously, here folks! How can I be trusted to remember these things? Hee-hee....okay...so MAYBE it is actually my job to remember these things. Well, the good news is....I am posting a winner RIGHT NOW! AS WE SPEAK! It's exciting. I promise.


The Winner of the Scrap With Style Album Kit Giveaway is....





















....drumroll please....





















....LIZA767!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Just an FYI - She was actually the THIRD number drawn for this giveaway because the first two did not follow the rules! I can't really stress the importance of that enough! These giveaways are to promote the wonderful people who sponsor them, which is why I ask you to visit their shops! Thanks to all of you who so wonderfully take the time to check them out!

Don't forget to take a look at my current giveaway for emagineGreen Elemental Bags! So nice!

I am working on this weeks giveaway! It's going to be a great one!

Italian Steak and Peppers with Creamy Polenta ... et. al.

We had an interesting dinner last night! It was good, actually, we did new recipes both last night AND the night before and both were really good! We did a vegetarian chili with rice on Wednesday and it was really filling and super yummy! Last night we did this Italian Steak & Peppers with Creamy Polenta and it was great, too! I figured I'd share the recipe with you since it is a great, affordable, easy to do meal that tastes wonderful!

It comes from Woman's Day magazine, March 3 issue.



3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
2 3/4 cups water
3/4 tsp salt
4 (1/2 in. thick) blade steaks (about 1 1/2lbs.)
1/2 tsp pepper
4 tsp oil
1 small onion, sliced (we diced for smaller pieces)
2 cubanelle peppers (about 8 oz.) chopped
4 oz mushrooms, quartered (we skipped these because mushrooms are slimy and gross)
1 clove garlic, minced (we chose to use roasted garlic! Yum!)
1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes in juice
1/4 cup grated parmesan

1. Mix Cornmeal, 2 1/2 cups water and 1/4 tsp. salt in a 2-qt glass bowl. (I used 2 3/4 cups of water and it came out great, so not sure if you want to add a bit more?)

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, microwave on high for 12 minutes, stopping ever 3 to whisk, until it is thick.



2. Sprinkle 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper on both sides of steak (just season them...don't so much worry about the measurements on this...if you like other flavors feel free to add them.

3. Heat 2 tsp. oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook steaks 2 to 3 minutes per side until browned and cooked to medium (or use your favorite method to get them just how you want them.) Remove to platter. Loosely cover with foil to rest.

4. Heat remaining 2 tsp. oil in the same skillet. Saute onion, peppers, and mushrooms (if you like slimy fungus in your food) about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more.

5. Stir in tomatoes and their juices, 1/4 cup water, and 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper...and a dash or two of whatever seasonings you grab from your spice cabinet like my husband did! LOL!

Simmer, covered (or not so much covered) for around 5 minutes.


(okay....slight diversion for my confession....this photo is why I'm sharing this recipe with you! LOL! Sean was working on the sauce and when I looked at it it was so gorgeous and filled with brilliant color that I had to photograph it and then I figured I had to share it so I should at least be nice enough to share it's source! HA! Oh, the joys of inspiration from anywhere and everwhere!)

6. Whisk parmesan into the polenta.

7. Spoon Vegetables and sauce over steak and serve with polenta. And a Diet Coke. Because Diet Coke makes the world a happier place.

Enjoy your yummy dinner!



I will try to choose a winner for the Scrap With Style Contest later today, but this weekend at the latest. (I tell you this so I will actually do it, so if I don't somebody should yell at me! Accountability, people! Accountability! LOL!)

Good news...my weigh in on Wednesday went WAY better than I expected! I am finding that maintaining is actually more stressful than losing was, but at least I seem to be able to do it fairly well, so that is a good thing!

I got a new friend in the mail yesterday! I will be posting more on this later, because ... well... it's amazing and stuff, but I just wanted to give you a brief sneak and an introduction to my newest critter friend!



Isn't he just MAGICAL!?! Yes. He is.

Lot of stuff to WIN out there!!!

I don't usually do this, but I figured it would be fun to do every now and then! Here are a bunch of great giveaways that I found! Check them out! And let me know if you win!!!

Barefoot Mommy is giving away an Excalibur Food Dehydrator! (I REALLY want one of these!!!)

Nicole's Nickels is giving away a GORGEOUS Burberry Watch!!!

Amanda is giving away TEN sets of Ribbed Tee's!

Rockin Mama is giving away Cupcakes from Bangarang Bake Shop!

Everything Up Close is giving away a $25 Gift Certificate for Layers Clothing (LOVE THEM!).

Glimpse is giving away Yellow Cardboard handbound books! Very cool!

Ladybug Soup is giving away any item from Ellembee's Etsy shop!

Shana's Music, Writing, Etc. Etc. Etc. is giving away a set of knit face scrubbers and a bar of handmade soap!

Designs by Vanessa is giving away an adorable pair of earrings!

So, there you have some fun contests to enter! Don't forget about my giveaway, too!

And....I really really really really really really really want these:



But it would seem nobody is giving those away! LOL! They are HERE.

Ultimate Blog Party!!!

I am jumping into this a little late, but MAN, if you haven't checked this out yet, you TOTALLY should! SO many awesome bloggers all coming together and meeting each other! Head on over to 5MinutesforMoms to check it out! In order to win prizes (and there are some GOOD prizes!) you need to comment on at least 20 of the blogs in the list, but you will SO want to do more than that because this is totally awesome and that's all there is to it! There are more prizes than I can even imagine! LOL!!! It's amazing! Go check it out!

A little bit about me for first time visitors. Well, I love to scrapbook and make stuff in general. Paint, canvas, paper, stickers, glue, you name it I love it! I post a lot of that stuff around here.

I work full time and so I don't have as much time to craft as I would like, but I do what I can. I have a fabulous husband, who truly is the greatest man EVER and incredibly amazingly hot, which is a nice plus. I also have two beautiful black labs. They are our only children and it's great because they are cool staying home by themselves when necessary. I heard a rumor that you can't do that with kids? What's up with that? So, alas, we have the dogs instead, as it seems those rules are easier for us to follow.

I love Etsy as handmade goodness makes me happy. I love supporting small businesses owned by people who just love what they do. I like to host giveaways and I like to enter them, too! If you have a shop or a product and you would like me to do a review let me know! I'd love to have you featured here on Just Jingle!

I also talk a lot about randomness. I have a passion for religion and politics, but I don't talk about that much around here. You can pretty much tell where I stand by who I am, as I don't really hide anything. I'm kinda real like that, kwim?

So, that's me, Jingle, in a nutshell. Hope you stick around! I get WAY more excited than anyone should about new followers, so if you just want to make me smile join in the fun! :-) Thanks for stopping by!

I am really hoping to win one of the following: (I'm posting numbers, but you can check them all out over at 5MinutesforMoms!) I'm going to have to do this in installments, but here is my first list! LOL!

#19, #21, #1, #89, #91, #99, #56, #103, #65, #58, #60, #71, #13, #12, #15, #86, #109, #113, #118, #123, #20, #121

And, of COURSE, don't forget to check out my Green Giveaway!!!

Wordless Wednesday

It's really hard to leave this 'wordless' because I am totally in love with the cuteness that is these shoes! Ooops. I knew this wordless thing would be more than I could handle!

For more Wordless Wednesday Posts check out the list posted here!

Don't forget to enter the green giveaway posted here!

Are You Feeling Green Today? ***Giveaway!***

Oh, am I excited about what I have to share with you today!!!! Yesseree, BOB! I get to introduce you to the fabulous NICOLE SULLIVAN!!!! Nicole is a Green Coach for emagineGreen, a company with absolutely fantastic GREEN products! I met Nicole via Twitter and let me tell you, she is just chock full of spunk! Lots of fun! And, she loves using environmentally friendly products in her home! She actually joined up with emagineGreen initially because she wanted the great products for the amazing start up cost, but it has turned into a wonderful business opportunity for her and now I get to share it with you!



Let me tell you a little bit about emagineGreen. The focus on providing women with environmentally sound products, but they do this through their coaches in order to allow for the development of relationships, too! Here are some of my favorite things that they offer:


I LOVE this t-shirt! Seriously! How totally cute is that? What a great way to let others know that you care!



I don't know about you, but I am all about fun jewelry! I love finding new and interesting pieces to really accent what I am wearing! This is a fantastic set! It is TOTALLY made from recycled glass bottles! For REAL, folks! It just doesn't get cooler than that!



I also really like this, too! They have an entire collection of awesome papers! I think they are officially 'wrapping' paper, but you know I would SO be using these to create awesome schtuff!



So....I mentioned something earlier about an awesome giveaway...but...since I am so in love, I think I will just give Nicole my address and 'pretend' I gave these away to one of you...HA! TOTALLY KIDDING, but seriously, this is a fantastic gift that Nicole has generously offered to one lucky JustJingle reader!

The winner will receive the It's Elemental Fashion Tote set of 5 reusable elemental totes! HOLY CUTENESS, BATMAN!!!

So here's the deal, yes, there are rules. It's just the way it is, folks!

Giveaway is open to US addresses only.
You MUST complete the task in the first instruction in order to be entered. If you do not, you will not be entered. All instructions after the first one are optional and will give you additional entries.
Please be sure to provide a method of contact so that I can tell you if you win! If I can't let you know, I will draw a new winner.
The winner will be posted here and notified by email. If the winner does not respond in 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn. Winners are chosen using random.org.

Entries:
This first one is required:
1. Go to Nicole's emagineGreen site and tell me your favorite item that I didn't showcase here. Post a comment with a link or a good description. It MUST be evident that you visited the site.
These are optional:
2. Become a Follower of my blog for an extra entry. Leave a comment to let me know you follow. If you are already a follower you can leave a comment, too!
3. Follow me on Twitter and Tweet about this giveaway. Be sure post here with a link to your tweet!
4. Make my blog a favorite in Technorati. Post here letting me know you have done so.
5. Make a purchase from Nicole's site for FIVE extra entries. If you do this, please post FIVE times with a link to the item(s) you purchased.

Giveaway will end at midnight Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 7th.
Good Luck!