Thanks so much to all who entered the giveaway!  When lots of people enter, you really help with the buzz for the Mom Squad, and in continuing to get great prizes from local businesses!!  If you want another terriffic chance for prizes, be sure to enter our High Country Baby Photo Contest!  The grand prize [...]

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Many of us remember going to Tijuana Fats in Blowing Rock way back in college!  The food left a little to be desired, but it was fun to gather there with friends.  Well, years ago, that restaurant became part of my college memories as it closed for good.
Now, at that same location, almost at the [...]

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I am so super-excited, charged, delighted, delirious, ecstatic, effervescent… OK, I’ll stop with the synonyms… So I’m really stoked about our High Country Baby Photo Contest! This is going to be SO fun! We will be accepting your kids’ (and YOUR OWN) baby pictures throughout the month of October! It doesn’t matter [...]

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Thanks to Paula for offering a free class to all Freebie Friday entries.  You can still get your free class today if you forgot to enter!  Just leave a comment or email me.
The Grand Prize, of $20 toward a digital album, goes to:
Crystal!
Congratulations Crystal, and all winners.  Paula will be contacting you soon all soon [...]

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After last week’s Freebie Friday, I got a call from Paula Domermuth, a local Creative Memories Consultant. Some people don’t know that aside from quality paper scrapbook products, Creative Memories offers digital scrapbooking as well!  That means, no paper, scissors, sticky tape, and scrapbooking scraps!  It’s also a “greener” alterntive to traditional scrapbooking.
Here is a [...]

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Posted now at Real Life Review!
Suspicious Minds, by Christy Barritt (Click here to read the review and enter the giveaway)
Love Starts With Elle, by Rachel Hauck (Click here to read the review and enter the giveaway)

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WOW!  You gals love scrapbooky photo stuff!  I’ll have to remember that!  Remember to contact Jaime, at cjoy2daydesigns@gmail.com,  if you have any special occasions that you want to remember in a unique way!  Holidays, vacations, family heirloom, weddings, birth pictures, etc…
Now on to the winner!  The winner is….
Julie (panamachick) !!
Congratulations!  I’ll contact you with further [...]

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I’m really excited about this week’s Freebie! (Do I say that every week?)
Jaime Rhineheart, from Cjoy2Day Designs, creates beautiful, digital scrapbooks that far surpass any professional photo book you can find today! She’s also my design partner at my blog design business, Real Life Design. You can contact Jaime for all your [...]

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Congratulations to Susan M. and Anna L., winners of a set of three Main Street Marketing Dining Passes, from MyFreeDining.com. They will be back in November, when Main Street Marketing unveils it’s 2009 BOGO Dining Pass!

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Back by popular demand! The Main Street Marketing Dining Pass, from www.MyFreeDining.com
The 2008 Watauga Dining Pass features over 67 FREE Meals or Entrées! (Buy One, Get One)  The card is valid from right now until Dec. 31st, 2008
The Ashe/Watauga card features over 36 FREE Meals or entrees and is good until January 31, 2009.
The [...]

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