Lynde Easterlin Designs

My dear friend/cousin-in-law (her husband is J's Godfather and A's cousin), Lynde Easterlin, is being featured on One Kings Lane tonight in their tastemaker Tag sales. Please check it out. 

Check out Lynde's One Kings Lane Sale tonight at 9pm est: https://www.onekingslane.com/invite/magnolias

Check out Lynde's website: www.lyndeeasterlin.com

Check out Lynde's blog: http://flairfordesign.blogspot.com

Follow Lynde on twitter:  @lyndeasterlin

Congrats Lynde! We love you and are so proud of you!

Gaggle of Chicks $50.00 Giveaway

Hello readers! It's time for our first giveaway of 2011. I hope you are as excited as I am! Gaggle of Chicks is offering one lucky MMM reader a $50.00 credit. I have become a Gaggle addict this past year. I signed up before they launched and they have (according to my account) helped me save $373.11. How awesome is that? Gaggle offers deals for both Moms and Non-Moms. The deals last 48 hours and if enough people sign up, then the deal is "hatched!" You can read more about the details here.

Gaggle of Chicks specializes in New York City deals, but they also now offer national deals too. I bought their Well Appointed House deal as a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law. (I used it to buy the most adorable monogrammed playing cards.) My other purchases include one that I'm enjoying this week. For $20.00, I received $40.00 worth of Din Dins. J is obsessed with their cranberry zucchini muffins. I'm not going to tell him they really aren't "cake."

As I mentioned yesterday, J's birthday is next week. He is having a party with friends and family on Saturday and a special play date on Thursday with just his friends. I bought a great deal for a play date for 10 kids at City Treehouse for $49.00. What better way to celebrate your birthday then with a special play date! Other deals I've bought include 4 classes at the Junior League house with Moey's Music Party and a trip for 2 to the New York Fire Museum. Talk about amazing deals at Gaggle!

Follow Gaggle of Chicks on twitter, like them on Facebook, and follow their blog. 


Here's how to win the $50.00 credit! 


1) Sign Up for Gaggle of Chicks. Use my special link and you get a $10.00 credit and so do I!


Between 1/13 and 1/20, anyone that signs up through my link will be entered to win the $50.00 credit. You must complete the entire registration to be entered to win. Gaggle of Chicks will draw the winner and let me know who it is! Good luck!

Also, I know I am lucky to have a lot of vendor readers! I would love to see your products on Gaggle of Chicks. Learn more about the process here.

Hello There!

Hi friends! I've been slacking on this blog, because I've been catching up on J's baby blog. He'll be 2 next week and I'm trying to make sure it is current! =) I really want to turn it into a book, has anyone done that? I tried blurb, but there are too many posts. Any tips on how to narrow it down or the best way to make it a book?

I've also been busy planning J's 2nd birthday party. He's having a taxi cab birthday. My little New Yorker is OBSESSED with taxi cabs so it seemed only appropriate. We're excited to use a few new vendors and some of the same from last year. Our food is all New York based, including a hot dog bar. I can't wait to share the party with you. It has been so much fun to plan. Let me know if you have any last minutes ideas. I'm pretty sure if it is somehow yellow or black or taxi cab related I've found it and bought it, but you never know!

We missed the last big snow storm because we went home to Alabama for 3 weeks, so I was eager to get J out this morning. We bundled up and heading to Central Park with friends. J & J had a BLAST! 

 Here is J and his buddy sitting in Central Park this morning!

Hard to believe this was just a year ago...

 I hope that you are staying warm wherever you may be! I promise to do a better job of keeping up with the blog once I catch up on the other one. BTW, if you want to read the other one and you "know" me, just send me an email and I'll send you an invitation. Blogger now allows private blogs to have more than 100 readers so I can get you "in." HA!

 Great Deals right now:

Little Giraffe Blankets on Gilt:http://tinyurl.com/67wms7q

Check out Kidorable on Zulily today! They have umbrellas, raincoats, hats and mittens that are too cute:http://tinyurl.com/298c4jf

Adorable Tag Valentine's decor on Zulily: http://tinyurl.com/298c4jf 

Cute Shadow Boxes from MK & Company on LilLuxe:http://lilluxe.com/rewardsref/index/refer/id/254/ 

Pixie Chicago Stationery Giveaway

I'm so excited to share another fabulous stationery company with you. Pixie Chicago has an adorable line of note cards, invitations, and announcements. They have a great website as well as an etsy store. If you still need to order your holiday cards, they are currently 20% off with code RED10. Pixie Chicago is offering one lucky MMM reader a $30.00 discount code to use on their website. Scroll down for the rules and ways to get extra entries!

The New York skyline is my absolute favorite! Adding this one to my Christmas wish list!

 Here are a few of my other favorite designs:

Here are the rules to win the $30.00 stationery giveaway:

1) Go to the Pixie Chicago website
2) Pick your favorite item!
3) Come back here and post your favorite item in the comment section.

For additional entries (and please remember to post each of these in a SEPARATE comment or the random number generator won't count it):

1) Become a follower of my blog or let me know you are already a follower in a separate comment
2) Become a follower of the Pixie Chicago blog and let me know you did so in a separate comment
3) Blog about this contest or add it to your sidebar and let me know you did in a separate comment
4) "Like" Pixie Chicago on facebook. Follow this link. Let me know you "liked" them in a separate comment.
5) Tweet about this contest to @MrsMMMBlogger and @PixieChicago and let me know you did so in a separate comment.

That is a potential for FIVE additional entries!! Good luck ladies! The random number generator will pick a winner on Friday, the 26th!

Love Lucas Creations TEE Party

I'm going to continue to tempt you with another great idea for holiday gifts...
You are invited to an exclusive Love Lucas Creations TEE party!


What is a tee party you ask?
It's a fun way to get great deals on
custom onesies and tees at www.lovelucascreations.com.

Love Lucas Creations offers quality and unique hand stitched

and machine embroidered and appliqued items. They make

a PERFECT baby shower gift for the expectant mom!   
They are original and fun Christmas gifts, too!

Choose from initials, numbers, birthday shirts, big brother/sister

tees, onesies and much, more!


1) Just visit the site, enter member code "mmm" (prior to putting

anything in your shopping cart) and just for being invited you will get 10% off of your order!  This offer is good until 11/24.


2) You also get the current promotions which are free shipping on

orders over $25 and free long sleeve upgrade on any holiday tee or onesie.

Do you want to host a party and enjoy all of the extra benefits?
E-mail me for more information!  www.lovelucascreations.com

These are just a few of their adorable designs! I'm loving putting J in monogrammed long sleeve shirts with cords and keds right now. He looks so cute and it is the perfect preppy "play" outfit.