tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59580667588081600392024-03-05T12:05:53.603-06:00The Charm of Home ReviewsThe Charm of Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15510594223746911615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958066758808160039.post-17399388256726932572011-01-18T11:43:00.000-06:002011-01-24T06:57:30.946-06:00CSN $45 Gift Code Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZHe9JsDgPw8dKiXFG7ciRWRi9EKXC3uBntB4uBYmwNPuunm80HwO95xCIOuc9k_Myoj3XfhjfdIQIH59YNq-8Za9etR1w0h4R22VBX7_uzK8EbkK392DSwsRSmo4Rx9ei3EYizWezQHr/s1600/IMG_3691-3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZHe9JsDgPw8dKiXFG7ciRWRi9EKXC3uBntB4uBYmwNPuunm80HwO95xCIOuc9k_Myoj3XfhjfdIQIH59YNq-8Za9etR1w0h4R22VBX7_uzK8EbkK392DSwsRSmo4Rx9ei3EYizWezQHr/s640/IMG_3691-3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just in time for spring</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, did you know CSN had <a href="http://www.swingsetsandmore.com/">swingsets</a>? </span> They do, with many choices and prices to fit your needs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I have been contacted by CSN to give one lucky reader a $45 gift certificate to get something wonderful from one of their 200 plus online retail sites. Start with the swing set site. You will be surprised how much merchandise they have to offer and you have to look at the playhouses!</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To Enter for the $45 CSN gift certificate:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Visit CSN's swing set link above and tell me what you would like by </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">leaving a<b> comment</b>. ( 1 entry) This is mandatory to win. Always leave your email or make sure it is visible in your profile. You<b> do not</b> have to blog to win.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</ul><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> For extra entries after you have done the mandatory entry above:</span></b></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>Follow publicly with Google friend connect</b>,<b> Blog Frog</b>, or<b style="background-color: yellow;"> let me know if you already are following so I don't miss it</b>! (2 entries)<b> </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> Post</b> on your website<b> about this giveaway</b>; linking back to this site and let me know that you did. And, be sure to<b> grab my picture to help advertise it</b>. (2 more entries)</span></li>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good luck! I am so excited to offer you this opportunity!<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">If the winner doesn't respond after 7 days a new winner will be chosen.</span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>*I did not receive a product or any form of compensation for writing this post.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Giveaway is now closed! Thanks!</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good Luck!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "French Script MT"; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 115%;">Sherry</span></div>The Charm of Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15510594223746911615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958066758808160039.post-14265880812166196872011-01-17T16:06:00.000-06:002011-01-17T19:29:08.845-06:00Valspar Power in Color Giveaway<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfR-oM5CcN9zuUg7Xbo-SP6pqM3gd-9ZSbOld0XVbKPorBfLsQFCTyzSjO8GS6Ce_nPTraurlgbYgiea-PafPLhx0bivhfBy4x92MJXlNfFI7Lh0x8wHVFlyjT0nYclfCKmBYAmszhuXG/s1600/freePromo-Valspar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfR-oM5CcN9zuUg7Xbo-SP6pqM3gd-9ZSbOld0XVbKPorBfLsQFCTyzSjO8GS6Ce_nPTraurlgbYgiea-PafPLhx0bivhfBy4x92MJXlNfFI7Lh0x8wHVFlyjT0nYclfCKmBYAmszhuXG/s640/freePromo-Valspar.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Valspar paint wants you to start 2011 with a burst of color. For 100 days, they are giving away 1,000 chances to get a FREE Color Sample kit. For 100 days, 1,000 chances equals 100,000 FREE sample giveaways.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What your getting:</b></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span> <br />
<ul style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">One, 8-ounce sample of paint </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">"Paint Project Starter Kits" -that include a roller, a paint pan and coordinating paint chips—everything needed to make choosing the right colors easy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> A coupon for $5 off a gallon of Valspar at <a href="http://www.lowes.com/storelocator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1295299520_4">Lowe’s stores</span></a> nationwide for when you are ready to start your paint project.</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>How to get it: </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beginning today, January 17, at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/valsparpaint" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook.com/ValsparPaint</a>, has one thousand of the free, postage-paid starter kits that will be offered each day until all 100,000 have been given <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">away. Consumers must simply click “like” for Valspar Paint to receive the free paint sample and kit. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">*Note: Visiting <a href="http://www.valsparpaint.com/valpaint/store/promoOver.html;jsessionid=EBBD2C9BE83C5C202EAC9BCF695A2B0D">Valspar's website</a> today; in research for this post, I noted that the giveaway for today, January 17th is already closed for today for they have already had 1,000 requests for this giveaway. So, try again tomorrow.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>How to use it:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">A designer's secret for testing paint is to often do a 'roll out.' This can be done at home by applying a Valspar sample to a piece of poster board and watching how the light affects it in different areas of the room and at different times of day.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">*Another reason to choose Valspar® branded products in 2011, is that Valspar’s paint donations supports Habitat for Humanity and helps deserving families benefit from the transformative power of color.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div>The Charm of Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15510594223746911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958066758808160039.post-462182250080260562010-07-28T03:01:00.000-05:002010-07-28T03:01:48.733-05:00CSN Lantern Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uVsheKGkQFWePcfW46sBHdFtmv1Qze8iaAOZ_dW0InQZVKbxwsIiBVR7wpsH8p4_JwRfxxzqOx5yif5VDGi2cLFNClxajv4uz_4V1LWhLy_jAUU7ehwRamJbG5Aw1nByHUXH_ZC8sNxB/s1600/IMG_0934-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uVsheKGkQFWePcfW46sBHdFtmv1Qze8iaAOZ_dW0InQZVKbxwsIiBVR7wpsH8p4_JwRfxxzqOx5yif5VDGi2cLFNClxajv4uz_4V1LWhLy_jAUU7ehwRamJbG5Aw1nByHUXH_ZC8sNxB/s640/IMG_0934-1.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just reviewed a lantern for <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/">CSN Stores</a>. <a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/2010/07/csn-review.html">Click here</a> to view that review. </span></div>The Charm of Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15510594223746911615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958066758808160039.post-45438883264519433342010-03-29T11:53:00.000-05:002010-04-13T00:56:05.480-05:00The Charm of Home Review Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1903819657"></span><span id="goog_1903819658"></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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