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Celebrate your Mother’s Day this year with your daughter in mind. Mother/Daughter gifts and clothing are the featured products at Nikki Knits. You can find matching skirts, dresses and shirts in all styles to match your daughter subtly or exactly at Nikki Knits.

One of the best ideas I’ve found for Nikki Knits matching clothing is a set of PJs for Mother’s Day morning! How cute would your breakfast-in-bed pictures be with you and your daughter in matching PJs?

Think Know you’re the queen? Give yourself your own Crown Jewels t-shirt for Mother’s Day! Just for fun, get your daughter her own princess crown shirt.

Nikki Knits is giving one of our readers a whopping $50 gift certificate just for commenting below and letting owner, Rachel, know what style matching PJ outfit you’d love to have. Enter your comment by Wednesday, April 30th, at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be notified via email, here on Mamas Like, and on Prizey.Winners.

Another goodie for our readers? 10% off your orders until the end of May with coupon code ~ MAMASLIKE.

EVERY kid I know loves to see anything with their name on it, especially my kids. Knowing this, I have happily reviewed personalized art by Little Painted Polkadots. Adorable is hardly the word to describe the painted plaques offered at LPP.

My girls received a whimsical penguin and a princess crown to adorn their rooms. We immediately put them up on their walls (shocker for me - I wait weeks months to put up wall art). The girls show off their art to nearly everyone who comes to visit.

LPP has so many other kid’s stuff to offer like tutus, wall letters, photo frames, and growth charts. Customization down to the animal or colors is available to all customers. Just ask!

Little Painted Polkadots is offering a 12″ x 12″ Name Art on Canvas ($25 value) for Mamas Like readers. Enter a (that means one and only one) comment here by Monday, April 21, at 11:59pm EST, letting Lisa at LPP know where you would hang your new wall art.

Just for Mamas Like readers, take 15% off your orders from Little Painted Polkadots using code ~MAMA15.

Check back at Mamas Like or on Prizey.Fetch to see if you’re the big winner!

Support small businesses - shop with the little gal!

The vacation-taking season is fast approaching, if not here already. Most of us don’t use travel agents any more, but we still need help deciding what to do in a new city, or even in a place we’ve already been.

That’s where The Personal Vacation Plan can help! You’ve already planned when you’re going, where you’re staying, and how you’re getting there. PVP will help you avoid the annoying question, “What are we gonna do NOW?”

On my recent trip to New York City (see - Rockefeller Center!), my husband and I had a few things already planned that we knew we wanted to see and places we knew we wanted to eat. To help us maximize our time and our trip, I answered a few questions from The Personal Vacation Plan about our lifestyle (ie. what we like to do) and our schedule as we had it arranged already.

From there, PVP took over. We had a DETAILED - I mean really detailed - itinerary chock full places, cost, and interesting tidbits for things we didn’t even know were available for us to do.

For the anal Type-A personality in all of us and without the time to plan, let The Personal Vacation Plan help you on your next vacation or trip out of town. Even if you’re just visiting family, PVP can provide options for you to have on your trip. No more sitting around playing Wii watching the grass grow waiting for somebody to make a decision. DO SOMETHING on your vacation!

Just for our Mamas Like readers, Angela at The Personal Vacation Plan is offering a free planned day with the purchase of a package. All you need to do is type “Mamas like a free day” in the box at the end of the survey that says “Is there any other information we should know about your personal preferences?” when you purchase your package.

Giveaway you say? The Personal Vacation Plan is giving away a FREE FIVE DAY VACATION PLAN to one of our readers! That’s a $220 value - our biggest giveaway yet! Just comment below on what is you dream family vacation destination. Giveaway ends Wed, April 9, 11:59pm EST. The winner will be posted on Mamas Like and on Prizey.Fetch.

I know it’s bad grammar, but it sounded good for this title of this review for Fun and Sassy Designs. With the stationery and announcements found at FSD, you will be writing right. Or correctly. (Forgive me, I was a teacher in a former life.)

I’m a softy for cute stationery, so being introduced to this site is just fun at my fingertips. As you know, I’m not a classy lady, but with the notes, cards, and announcements on Jen’s site, I can act like one. Just look at that card <—–. You just know the person who sent that is classy even if she is wearing her best sweats and banana hair clip like me while addressing the envelopes.

Throwing a bridal or baby shower, BBQ, or fiesta and inviting me in the near future? Checkout the ginormous selection of chic invitations at Fun and Sassy Designs like the snazzy one here —–>. I just wish I’d known all about this stationery when I had my girls so I could tell my shower-throwers to get on the ball and send out the cute invites from FSD!

I’ll be using the coupon code offered to Mamas Like readers for 10% off on my order for SOMEbody’s baby shower in the next 4-5 months. Enter code ~ mamas10 ~ at Fun and Sassy Designs for 10% off your order.

Want a spare $50 to spend at FSD? Enter a (that means one and only one) comment here by Friday, March 28th, at 11:59pm EST, letting Jen know for what purpose you’d use your $50 gift card.

Check back at Mamas Like or on Prizey.Fetch to see if you’re the big winner!

Allison Strine is an artist; a true artist who offers her work for sale to everyone to enjoy. In her Etsy store, Allison Strine Designs, she offers jewelry, magnets, and cards all with her personal design. I found Allison from another review, and after discovering her magnets, I bought 5. I couldn’t decide on my favorite design, so I bought a bunch!

My favorite designs include the quotes about “She.” “She” is the every-woman that we all know inside ourselves. “She” is the embodiment of all of us women. “She” is me. And Allison created her for me to wear, put on my fridge, and admire.

One of the most creative ways Allison creates her art is through her license plate art. In her words, “each very individual charm is created with a real and really old license plate snippet, encased in a glass and silver box of beauty.” Not only is she recycling like a good little citizen, but she is creating fanTAStic art to wear.

If you haven’t yet heard of Etsy, RUN CLICK on over now after you enter for the giveaway. Etsy is one of the best sites on the internet, and it is THE best site for finding handmade art sold by the artists themselves.

Own your own art that speaks to you. Ms. Artiste, Allison, is offering a giveaway of a $35 gift certificate to her Etsy store just for Mamas Like readers. Leave a comment here letting Allison know which “She” quote is your favorite to enter in the giveaway. One lucky winner will be chosen on Wed, March 5th, at 11:59pm EST. The winner will be posted here on Mamas Like and on Prizey Winners.

Three friends, or ThreeChickadees, came together four years ago to design fun accessories for both mamas and kiddos. What they ended up with is an adorable line of watches, belts, headbands, skirts, and key fobs for all of us. ThreeChickadees designs all of the accessories themselves created from exquisite ribbons and high-quality products.

My girls love the adorable belts they received, and they match the high quality available in those fancy expensive kiddie stores. Along with belts, ThreeChickadees offers watches with interchangeable ribbon bands to match every outfit and purse. You can even find adorable skirts just in time for summer!

For MamasLike readers, ThreeChickadees is offering FREE shipping until Feb 20th when you use coupon code ~ mamaslike ~ upon checkout.

Giveaway? ThreeChickadees is giving away the watch of your choice ($26 value) to one of our readers! Comment here letting know which watch pattern you’d like, and we’ll pick a winner on Thursday, Feb 21st. Good luck!

Contest is now CLOSED.

Doesn’t that just sound like it goes together? Valentine’s Day & Chocolate. Isn’t that why Hallmark invented Valentine’s Day? So we can eat as much chocolate as we can fit into our bellies and not feel guilty? (Am I asking too many questions?)

The chocolates that are hand-made (yes, hand-made) at Red Thread Confections, need to be your guilt-free pleasure for V-Day. I cannot express to you how GOOOOD these chocolates are to eat/enjoy/inhale. As Backpack says, “Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum! Delicioso!”

Dawn wrote her review a few weeks ago that included a free box of chocolates from Red Thread Confections. And because these chocolates are incredibly goood, they’re giving away ANOTHER medium variety box of hand-made chocolates! Since Dawn’s review, Red Thread has lowered their shipping costs. Now you have NO excuse for not buying your chocolates.

Leave a comment here telling us which chocolate you think would be your favorite, and we’ll pick a winner on Sunday, Feb 10.

When I received my Wriskey™, I was incredibly impressed at its presentation just in the packaging in which it was sent to me. It embodied the website’s look to a tee: Sophisticated. Romantic. Chic.

None of these words describe me, but the Wriskey™ gives me a little sense of what it would be like to fit those descriptions.

The fun and functional Wriskey™ keys ring is available in a wide variety of fabrics from Parisian toile to funky doggie bones to fashinista stripes. Constructed from sturdy fabric and quality hardware that holds up over time, yet comfortable on your wrist, the Wriskey™ will save you from losing your keys in the bottom of your purse and a give you a way to hold your keys when you’re sans pockets.

Tara at Wriskey™ Collection is offering our readers 10% off your order with coupon code mamaslike. I know you love freebies like I love freebies, so Tara is offering not one, but TWO Wriskeys™ to two of our readers! Leave a comment on which design is your favorite (mine is the Parisian toile - From Paris with Love), and we’ll chose a winner on Sat, Feb 9th. Check out Tara’s oh-so-fancy blog, Bella Pink Cafe, after you check out her website. It’s tres chic - or something like that.

I Wanted to Wonder is a site where you can find personalized, hand-painted products for your child and your home. From custom boutique clothing to hand-painted bow holders, you WILL find something for your kiddo.

I was lucky enough to have my two daughters featured on a one-of-a-kind, custom bow holder. I was able to customize their eye color, hair type, and the color scheme of the canvas. The INSTANT I showed my girls the canvas, they picked themselves out and fell in love with seeing their portraits on their wall.

Some of my other favorite things on the website are the painted wall letters that can be purchased individually to decorate your child’s bedroom or play room. The absolute CUTEST thing I found while shopping is the “Sisters” hand-painted wall art. I think this is a perfect Big Sister gift from the new baby. Every big sister loves a present from her new little baby sister!

Head on over to I Wanted to Wonder to see the other adorable custom artwork by Nancy. You can’t beat their FREE SHIPPING on EVERY order offer!

Just for Mamas Like readers, save 10% on your orders placed between Jan 31 and Feb 7 with coupon code MAMAS. Giveaways are awesome - just ask our past winners! Leave a comment letting Nancy at I Wanted to Wonder know what you think of the Custom 6×6 DOTTY hair bow holder, and we’ll choose the winner of the custom hair bow holder on Feb 7.

Congrats to abby on being the winner of the Sofia Bean gift box!

Don’t forget about the great discount still available at Sofia Bean. Use coupon code Mamas15 to get 15% off one order with no minimum. (Expires 02/29/08.