UPDATE!-HAPPY HOLIDAYS GIFT GUIDE 2010 EXTENDED- IS HERE! NOW FROM NOV. 19TH-DEC. ?

Hey All,


I'm extending my Holiday Gift Guide Until December 10th because I got some more sponsors I can't wait to tell you about and also got some products late and I WILL be having MORE amazing giveaways to give you and I want them two be featured and have their giveaways run for at least a week in the Gift Guide. So It will be now be going from November 19, 2010 through December 10th, 2010. SOME GIVEAWAYS WILL STILL END ON DEC. 5TH as stated, but Some will end on DECEMBER 10th! So Mark your calenders everyone! I’ll be posting gift ideas for everyone on your shopping list, even for dogs. You can find something for everyone in the family with this guide I'm sure.

I will also be hosting many AMAZING giveaways where you can win great gifts for someone on your holiday shopping list or for yourself of course. I'm so excited by this Gift Guide! I can't wait to share it with all of you!

You will also find recipes, crafts, movies, and lots of Holiday entertainment. Yay! Lots of fun stuff await!

You can easily access the guide by clicking HERE or ON THE RIGHT SIDE BAR under where it says LABELS and under that you will see the words “HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE”. You can click there to find everything as well.

If you are currently not a subscriber or follower PLEASE consider subscribing so you will be the first to know about all the great giveaways and features of the gift guide and you won’t miss out on anything. I promise you don't want to miss this!

You can subscribe to me by RSS subscription, E-mail subscription, Facebook, or Twitter which are all found on the right side bar. You can do all subscribing in my right side bar. I will also post info on my facebook page and twitter page through out the guide.

Also each day in the gift guide I will update THIS PAGE YOU ARE READING NOW to reflect all the new additions to the Gift Guide. You will find updates in the sections at the bottom of THIS POST UNDER CATEGORIES. This page will grow with  each day of the Guide so please make sure to refer to it daily. Save and BOOKMARK this page if you have to so you can find everything quickly.

And lastly, I'm always open to adding more products to the gift guide once it begins, so If you have a product or service you would like to see included in the guide please contact me directly at thequeenofswag at gmail dot com or at the CONTACT ME button on the RIGHT SIDE BAR or by facebook or twitter. However you want to reach me feel free!

CATEGORIES:


Gift Ideas for Adults, Parents, and Grand Parents:

*The Nanny Factor & Care4Hire.com! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*A Slice of Delight! Hand Made Soaps! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Holiday Family Flick Night! General Mills Big G Cereals GIVEAWAY! Holiday Gift Guide Feature!

*CSNSTORES.COM For the Holidays! & $35 GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Acquaessentials.com! Amazing Spa Products for the Holidays! GIVEAWAY! Happy Holiday Gift Guide Feature!

*Amazing Gift! Hallmark Recordable Storybooks! & GIVEAWAY- Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Geeky Christmas Paradise! Luxury Lane Soaps! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

 *Igo For the Holidays! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!


*Adorable Cupcake Cuties & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!







Gift Ideas for Children:

*A Slice of Delight! Hand Made Soaps! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Holiday Family Flick Night! General Mills Big G Cereals GIVEAWAY! Holiday Gift Guide Feature!

*CSNSTORES.COM For the Holidays! & $35 GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Amazing Gift! Hallmark Recordable Storybooks! & GIVEAWAY- Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Ruckus Media Book Apps for the Holidays! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide!

*Too Cute! PET CAKES for the Holidays! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide!

*Go! Go! Sports Girl Dolls! & GIVEAWAY-Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Adorable Cupcake Cuties & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

Gift Ideas for Teens:

*A Slice of Delight! Hand Made Soaps! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Holiday Family Flick Night! General Mills Big G Cereals GIVEAWAY! Holiday Gift Guide Feature!

*CSNSTORES.COM For the Holidays! & $35 GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Geeky Christmas Paradise! Luxury Lane Soaps! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

*Igo For the Holidays! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!


*Adorable Cupcake Cuties & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!



Gift Ideas for Pets:

*The Nanny Factor & Care4Hire.com! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!


Recipes:

*Dunkin Hines Glazes, Mixes, and Recipes Ohh My! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!



 Holiday Crafts:

*Holiday Gift Guide Feature Craft Idea! Christmas Place Cards: Candy Snowman!


Holiday Entertainment:

Sales & Discounts:

Hope you are enjoying my 1st ever Holiday Gift Guide and thanks for following everyone!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

CLOSED-Acquaessentials.com! Amazing Spa Products for the Holidays! GIVEAWAY! Happy Holiday Gift Guide Feature!

Hey All,

My Birthday is fast approaching and as I get older, I've become pretty concerned about my face and skin showing any signs of aging. I've always had problematic skin. I wasn't one of those lucky people who never really suffered from break outs when I was younger. I've had acne, rosecea, psoriasis, and dry skin for a large part of my life and I'm still waiting for my skin to grow out of it! You name it my skin has had it I think. But now I realize I have to add anti aging products into my mix of prescription face medications and skin products because I don't want to look like the wicked witch of the west when I'm older. I've tried a range of products, but one of the best products I've used to rejuvenate my skin is one I've recently received to review. AcquaEssentials.com provided me with the Caviahue Thermal Mud Mask and it's had an amazing affect on my skin.

In case you've never heard of AcquaEssentials.com, it's a great online shop for all spa and skin care related products. They make products used in Europe and Latin America available here in the USA, and these really are products that give you beautiful skin right at home. These products would also make great at Home Spa gifts for those special ladies in your life this Holiday season! Or for men who care about taking care of their skin with a skin care regimen. 

Their brands include Balnearo de Mondariz, Caviahue, and Exel Aesthetic Biotechnology. The Mondariz line incorporates the thermal waters used at the Spa at Mondariz.

The Caviahue line, which includes the thermal mask I'm using, is made of products from thermal waters of Patagonia. These waters are filtered as they drain from within a volcano and then are mixed with mineral-rich clays.

Caviahue Thermal Mud Mask  is one of the most unique skin care products I've ever tried on my skin. The use of the mud mask helps diminish the signs of aging and also decreases puffiness and purifies skin to help it breathe and become softer. It does everything I need it to do for my problematic sensitive skin!




The Caviahue line also includes the Caviahue Thermal Water, which is a great for hydrating your skin!

Pollution, the elements, the sun, urban living, these are all harmful to smooth, healthy and younger looking skin. But you can combat all that and have a defense against it all with Caviahue’s Thermal Water. With one spray, you will instantly feel cooled and refreshed. More importantly your skin will be nourished, revitalized, and protected from harmful elements.  Caviahue’s waters are charged with just the right minerals and elements that nature provides.

This spray contains and does all of the following:

-It's Enriched by Nature for many years of constant underground filtering
-Charged with nourishing trace elements
-Has a unique physical structure which makes it a more efficient dissolvent, hydrating agent and cleanser
-Refreshes and soothes facial and body skin!

Exel Aesthetic Biotechnology  provides medical and technology advancements in cellulite care and solar protection. These products are specialized by skin type and provide comparable results to pharmaceutical-standard products. 

Using these amazing products, I've noticed a quick improvement in the look and feel of my skin. I feel that my skin is much softer and healthier looking. Caviahue Thermal Mud is a product I would keep in my skincare regimen from now on.

These products will also make a great gift for any one looking for some amazing skin care products to give as gifts this Holiday Season!

HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!

The Fabulous folks over at AcquaEssentials.com would love to give ONE of my readers a prize pack that includes a  Caviahue Thermal Mud Mask and a Caviahue Thermal Water Spray for you to enjoy  for your skin this Holiday Season!

That's almost $100 value prize pack you can win! How great is that!

TO ENTER:

MANDATORY ENTRY:

Visit the Acquaessentials.com Website by CLICKING HERE and have look around their site. Then LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW on this post letting me which other products besides these two that you would like to have for your skin?

That's all you have to do to enter...but if you'd like additional entries:

For Additional Entries after the main entry is completed, do the following and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ENTRY YOU DO:

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-Tweet this Giveaway! Feel free to make up a Tweet about this Holiday Giveaway with @queenofswag4u and @Acquaessentials and http://thequeenofswag.blogspot.com/ or this shortened link http://bit.ly/ahoOgH so I can see it or use the tweet I created below.

Happy Holidays #Giveaway! Win an Acquaessentials.com Gift Pack from @queenofswag4u & @Acquaessentials- http://bit.ly/ahoOgH -ENDS 12/05

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- Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to post.

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- Use any of the social networking buttons found at the bottom of this post underneath my NAME/Signature to promote this giveaway. Be sure to tell me what you did and if possible provide a name and/or URL so that I can check it out.

-On any future Wednesdays, Participate in my Wednesday Hump Day Slump Day events by Posting a comment and leave a comment here saying you participated.

GIVEAWAY WILL END DEC. 5TH, 2010 at 11:59pm  pacific time! Winners will be notified by email, twitter, or facebook and winners will be announced on this blog, on twitter, and on facebook. 

This GIVEAWAY is open to USA ONLY! SORRY.

PRIZE WILL BE FULFILLED AND MAILED TO WINNER BY MYSELF! ACQUAESSENTIALS.COM PROVIDED ME WITH THE PRIZE FOR YOU TO WIN SO I WILL BE MAILING THE PRIZE.

**PLEASE SEE RULES AND DISCLAIMER FOR MORE PRIZE INFO. AGAIN WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM USING RANDOM.ORG FROM ELIGIBLE ENTRIES.**

Good luck to All who enter! And THANK YOU so much for following my blog! I hope you enjoy my Happy Holidays Gift Guide Features!

**Disclosure: I was given a sample of Acquaessentials.com Caviahue Thermal Mud Mask for this feature giveaway post. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated or paid in any way for this feature giveaway post.**

CLOSED-Amazing Gift! Hallmark Recordable Storybooks! & GIVEAWAY- Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

Hey all,

Are you looking for a fun activity to do with your family this Holiday season? Or are you looking for a fabulous unique gift idea for any one of your family members or friends? Well look no further, Hallmark has the perfect gifts for the Holidays! This Holiday season parents, grandparents, and families can participate in a new fun Holiday activity tradition with their New Hallmark Recordable Storybooks. Hallmark Recordable Storybooks are hardback books with stories from original and familiar titles.

Hallmark is also offering a great variety of titles that make great gifts to give especially to kids for this upcoming Holiday season. There are eleven fabulous Hallmark Recordable Storybook titles that you can choose from that are available in Hallmark Gold Crown stores nationwide. The collection features classics nursery rhymes, such as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and holiday titles including my family favorites like Frosty the Snowman, The Night Before Christmas, and The Very First Christmas. I'll be sure to pick up some of these titles to record and send to my parents and family in New York for the Holidays. I'm sure they will love it!

Frosty the Snowman is one of my families favorite stories and cartoons, so I was thrilled to have the chance to feature it in my Holiday Gift Guide! We have snow men all over our home!

In case you don't know the story of Frosty, this amazing recordable book is about a snowman who comes to life by placing a magical hat on his head. He shares some wonderful adventures with children he befriends. At the end of the story all the children are sad because he is going to melt because winter is ending, but before he departs, he reassures them he will back again someday.

Hallmark gives you the opportunity to become part of the story with these amazing books as you read the adventures of Frosty the Snowman with voice captured technology. This book allows the reader’s voice to be recorded while they are reading the story. These recordable books also make excellent gifts for a loved one in the military, grandparents who live out of state, family members overseas or parents who travel for a living.

Again these books are not just for reading, you can actually record yourself along your families voices with these amazing books and make the story your own as you read along. I know I'm always looking for more ways to spend quality time with my family, especially around the Holidays, and these books create the perfect opportunity for families to come together and capture holiday memories that last forever.

The details on how to record are very easy to follow and are printed directly on the inside front cover of the book and are also printed on the removable sleeve that comes wrapped around the book. It was super easy to do. It's as simple as just pressing record and stop.

When you finish recording and you begin to turn the pages of the book, the Recordable Storybook automatically plays the text on that page in the voices that were recorded. The recording lasts for the life of the Recordable Storybook, and who ever reads the books can listen to their mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, friend, or anyone read to them, anytime and anywhere. How amazing is that!

You can also personalize the book with the names of those who are doing the recording on the first page on the Candy Cane sign that Frosty is holding, perfect for you and your children to fill out. These recordable books will become family treasures.

The colors, drawings, and designs of this book are so beautifully vibrant and so well illustrated.  I loved reading and recording this book with my family. It was a great time to spend together as a family.

Hallmark Recordable Storybooks and "Frosty The Snowman" are truly a uinque gift this Holiday.

For more information about Hallmark’s Recordable Storybooks and other titles in the collection, visit www.hallmark.com/recordablestorybooks.

I'm sure if you try these amazing recordable books this Holiday Season you and your family will love them just as much as mine does. And who ever gets them as a gift will surely love them as well!

HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!

The Fabulous folks over at Hallmark would love to give ONE of my readers a Frosty the Snowman Recordable Story Book of their very own for you to enjoy for the Holidays! How amazing is that!

TO ENTER:

MANDATORY ENTRY:

Visit the The Website for Hallmark Recordable Books by CLICKING HERE and have look around their site. Then LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW on this post letting me which other Recordable Story Book title you would like to have for the Holidays besides Frosty the Snowman.

That's all you have to do to enter...but if you'd like additional entries:

For Additional Entries after the main entry is completed, do the following and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ENTRY YOU DO:

-"Like" Hallmark on Facebook at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/HALLMARK

- Follow Hallmark on Twitter @HallmarkPR or at the following link: http://twitter.com/HallmarkPR

-SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG BY EMAIL OR VIA READER! SCROLL DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE BAR OF MY BLOG WHERE IT SAYS "SUBSCRIBE TO ME"

- “Like” The Queen of Swag! on Facebook at Facebook.com/thequeenofswag (or click on the Facebook Like button found on the right side bar).

- Follow The Queen of Swag on Twitter @queenofswag4u or by clicking on the twitter buttons that say follow me on the right side bar.

-Tweet this Giveaway! Feel free to make up a Tweet about this Holiday Giveaway with @queenofswag4u and #Hallmark and the link http://thequeenofswag.blogspot.com/ or this shortened link http://bit.ly/ahoOgH so I can see it or use the tweet I created below.

  

Happy Holidays #Giveaway! Win a Frosty Hallmark Recordable StoryBook from @queenofswag4u & #Hallmark - http://bit.ly/ahoOgH -ENDS 12/05

Leave a LINK to your Tweet in a Comment Bellow.

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- Become a “Google Friend Connect Friend” with The Queen of Swag! found also on the (right side bar of the blog)

- Connect with me on NETWORKED BLOGS found also on the (right side bar of the blog)

- Enter any of my other giveaways (leave one comment for each giveaway you enter)

- Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to post.

- Add my HAPPY HOLIDAYS GIFT GUIDE BUTTON OR REGULAR BLOG BUTTONS to your blog and leave a link to show me you did.

- Use any of the social networking buttons found at the bottom of this post underneath my NAME/Signature to promote this giveaway. Be sure to tell me what you did and if possible provide a name and/or URL so that I can check it out.

-On any future Wednesdays, Participate in my Wednesday Hump Day Slump Day events by Posting a comment and leave a comment here saying you participated.

GIVEAWAY WILL END DEC. 5TH, 2010 at 11:59pm  pacific time! Winners will be notified by email, twitter, or facebook and winners will be announced on this blog, on twitter, and on facebook. 

This GIVEAWAY is open to USA ONLY! SORRY.

PRIZE WILL BE FULFILLED AND MAILED TO WINNER BY HALLMARK'S PR FIRM!

**PLEASE SEE RULES AND DISCLAIMER FOR MORE PRIZE INFO. AGAIN WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM USING RANDOM.ORG FROM ELIGIBLE ENTRIES.**

Good luck to All who enter! And THANK YOU so much for following my blog! I hope you enjoy my Happy Holidays Gift Guide Features!

**Disclosure: I recieved a copy of Hallmark’s "Frosty The Snowman" Recordable Storybook for this feature giveaway. I was not compesated or paid in any way for this feature. All opinions are my own.**

Our Family Christmas Tree Banner

As soon as I put the Christmas Tree Banner Craft Kit in my etsy shop, my mom ordered one. And not because I made her. I totally did no such thing. 

And then she had us each make a tree when we were at her house for Thanksgiving. She wanted to have a Family Christmas Tree Banner to bring out year after year.  And, yes, she's the kind of mom who still adorns the house with the holiday decorations we made when we were little little little. She's awesome.

So, after dinner, we got out the super-cute, biodegradable box:

And took out all the decorations.

Then we spread out all the trees and paper decorations and fancy embellishments in the middle of the table and got to the decoratin'. It was really fun! I mean, how often does your whole family craft together? Sure, the kids might do a craft with a grown-up every once in a while. But having the whole family - grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins - sit down and create something together, well, it's pretty special. When were all finished, we each signed our name on the back of our tree (even the little kids!) and we made sure to date the banner. Sha-bam!  It's a keepsake.

Here are my mom and her husband Tom as they decorated their trees. Tom is one of the best people I have ever known. Ever. I could not have asked for a better person to be a Tompa for my kids. We are so lucky!

Since my mom and Tom are the bosses of the whole family, we put their trees in the very middle of the banner. 

Our cute little cousin Noah. Check out his red, white, and blue tree. He was all about the buttons. So cool!

Peyton and Noah. Aren't they adorable?

Here's our little cousin Hayden getting a little help from my sister-in-law Ali (whose fantastic blog you can find here). Do you see how fun crafts can be even for the littlest ones? Hayden is only 20 months old and look at that great crafting smile! She's a natural!

Here's my brother Josh being... well, my brother. Guess what happens when I tell you I'm going to take your picture for my blog and you act like a goofball? That picture goes straight to my blog, that's what. Notice how he's holding his tree Just So. Hilarious! He took all of two minutes to whip up his tree. As he would probably say, "That's all I needed to create the best tree ever. Suckas!"

 

Ali and I were at the tree decorating table forever. Because we take pride in our work. And also, maybe, because we were doing just a tiny bit of talking. Or a lot. It's what we do.

The Noah, Hayden, Josh, and Ali section of the banner:

By now, my kids have each made many, many of these trees, but they still love making them! Here's sweetie Ella making her tree:

Don't worry - the glue dries clear! So if your kid insists on doing it ALL BY MYSELF! - go ahead and let her. The resulting tree might have glue all over it, but it will still be precious.

Me and my pumpkin-chocolate-chip-bread-eating-monster. Yum!

Peyton wouldn't let me take a picture of him making his tree because he only allows finished product shots. He's got a plan of greatness, that one.

Here's James making his cool retro pink tree.

Are you noticing a picture pattern with that girl? Like here or here or here or... any of the other three thousand pictures I have of her like that. Anyway.

Here are our trees:

This next picture has nothing to do with the Christmas Tree banner and everything to do with how awesome Tom is:

Happy Christmas Tree Banner Time!

CLOSED-Geeky Christmas Paradise! Luxury Lane Soaps! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

Hey All!

Are you a Geek at heart, I know I am, or are you looking for the perfect gift for that special geeky person in your life? Well look no further my friends, I have just the perfect shop with the most amazing gift ideas for you to check out for the Holidays. Luxury Lane Soaps has the most amazing themed soaps you can find! They have soaps based on everything from Legos, to Star Wars, to Doctor Who?, to the movie Fight Club! Kylee Lane, the fabulous owner and creator of Luxury Lane Soaps makes these amazing NATURAL Soaps by hand and I absolutely LOVE all her products. They smell amazing and are great on my skin and my families skin. I have super sensitive skin so I'm always excited when I find something that works for my problematic skin.

Luxury Lane Soaps offers something for the geek in all of us, but in addition to that she also offers really luxurious products ranging from candles, shampoos, conditioners, body scrubs, and whipped soaps.

I love all things that smell like ginger bread so I was stoked when I saw this All Natural Soy Candle in the sent Ginger Cookie on stores site.

It Smells like Bakery notes, molasses, ginger and other spices. Just like a warm batch of gingerbread cookies waiting to be devoured. It's made with slow burning, all natural soy wax for an improved burn time of over 75+ hours and triple scented with certified pure essential oils & non-phthalate fragrance oils for an amazingly strong, wonderful candle! I love that she only uses 100% vegetable Soy Wax and also makes Natural wicks for the candles that are braided with long strand washed cotton to minimizing carbon buildup with no soot! All of which are biodegradable! Such an awesome eco friendly candle! Perfect for anyone this holiday season!

I was given a sample of the Scented Pumpkin Cupcake Scrub and I have to say I'm obsessed with it. I love the way it smells. This scent is AMAZING! I kid you not this scrub's amazing scent lasts on your body the entire day. I don't wear perfume anymore because this scrub leaves me smelling amazing all day long! It's scented with a scent of warm pumpkin and soft cupcakes topped with creamy butter cream frosting. Sprinkled with just the right touch of cinnamon and hints of clove. A luscious alternative to the bland and regular pumpkin spice scents. This whipped, creamy soap frosting has been cleverly combined with the exfoliating, skin loving benefits of raw organic sugar crystals!

This luxurious sugar scrub is unlike any other you've tried! As an exfoliant, raw organic sugar combine wonderfully with the anti-oxidizing and healing properties of almond and avocado oils to provide unsurpassed, deep skin hydration. Kylee Lane developed a pure scrub that not only lathers but also scrubs you down, leaving you with a an epic clean feeling and ultra moisturized skin. I LOVE IT. I just placed an order for myself for some more since I'm starting to run low on it and I don't think I can go a day without this amazing scrub. That's how much I LOVE IT!

But... my all time favorite of her soaps has to be Soap in Carbonite!  It doesn't get any cooler than this soap! The realistic quality and details that go into making this soap are amazing. I bought a few for companies I met at Comic Con last year and they were a huge hit. I also bought some for my family and we absolutely love this soap. My teen doesn't even use his. He just has it on his bookshelf like a trophy. They are the ultimate most perfect gift or stocking stuffer for anyone this Holiday Season.

Each of these amazing soaps is hand poured and then detailed with not two, but THREE pure, skin safe matte and metallic pigment depths. These are made one at a time with A LOT of love. They are 100% Fragrance-free and ultra gentle on skin. And they are 100% AMAZING.

I also LOVE the Epic Soap Wars Soap!

This soap has been made using a custom soap mold you will not find anywhere else other than Luxury Lane Soaps. Each letter on each soap is hand detailed for greater clarity. These are also made one at a time. And what's great about this soap in particular is the Colors will not bleed into each other! It's scented with Black Ocean which is a very crisp, clean, and unisex fragrance.

We are Star Wars Fanatics in our home so we also love the Boba the Soap!

Your Boba Fett collection isn't complete until you have this piece of fan made cleanliness of epic proportions with quad layering and hand detailing. It's scented with Mandalorian Musk which blends rustic Amber with Black Myrrh. Smells fantastic!

If you're nostalgic like I am then you will also love the NES soap she offers. This soap is beyond realistic! It's hand detailed and multi layered as it's made. This really is the most accurate NES soap reproduction you will ever find anywhere!

It measures to exact dimensions of IRL NES controller! It's a fantastic gift for any gamer for the Holidays and it's too cool!

Perfect for kids or the kid at heart is the Building Block Soap Set.

Who doesn't love LEGO®? You get all four colors of these colorful blocks in this set for a combined total of 10.5 ounces of soap! Each color is a different fresh scent! Blue is scented Downy Fresh, Green is Coconut Lime, Red is Wild Raspberry, and Yellow is Warm Vanilla. This set would bet great as a set gift or you can break it up and make into stocking stuffers.

Again I love all these soaps! They are a great unique gift for anyone for the Holiday season and I'm sure anyone who gets them this year as a gift will love them. I know I do! I'm sure you will love them too once you try them!

You can find these products at: http://www.luxurylanesoap.com/ and you can also find other amazing products at her new store http://hempbath.bigcartel.com/.


HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!

The Fabulous Kylee over at Luxury Lane Soaps would love to give ONE of my readers their very OWN STAR WARS SOAP IN CARBONITE HAN SOLO SOAP! 

How awesome is that! 

TO ENTER:

MANDATORY ENTRY:

Visit the Luxury Lane Soaps by CLICKING HERE and have look around at all the amazing soaps on the site. Then LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW on this post letting me which other soap you would love to have besides the Star Wars Han Solo Soap in Carbonite?

That's all you have to do to enter...but if you'd like additional entries:

For Additional Entries after the main entry is completed, do the following and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ENTRY YOU DO:

-Follow Luxury Lane creator and owner Kylee Lane on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KyleeLane

- "LIKE" Luxury lane Soaps on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/LuxuryLaneSoap

-SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG BY EMAIL OR VIA READER! SCROLL DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE BAR OF MY BLOG WHERE IT SAYS "SUBSCRIBE TO ME"

- “Like” The Queen of Swag! on Facebook at Facebook.com/thequeenofswag (or click on the Facebook Like button found on the right side bar).

- Follow The Queen of Swag on Twitter @queenofswag4u or by clicking on the twitter buttons that say follow me on the right side bar.

-Tweet this Giveaway! Feel free to make up a Tweet about this Holiday Giveaway with @queenofswag4u and @KyleeLane and the link http://thequeenofswag.blogspot.com/ or this shortened link http://bit.ly/ahoOgH so I can see it or use the tweet I created below.



Holiday #Giveaway! Win a Star Wars Han Solo Soap in Carbonite @queenofswag4u & @KyleeLane - http://thequeenofswag.blogspot.com -ENDS 12/05

Leave a LINK to your Tweet in a Comment Bellow.

(This is limited to 4 tweets per day, spaced apart not one right after the other PLEASE. I don't want anyone to be called spammers or blocked by twitter.)

- Become a “Google Friend Connect Friend” with The Queen of Swag! found also on the (right side bar of the blog)

- Connect with me on NETWORKED BLOGS found also on the (right side bar of the blog)

- Enter any of my other giveaways (leave one comment for each giveaway you enter)

- Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to post.

- Add my HAPPY HOLIDAYS GIFT GUIDE BUTTON OR REGULAR BLOG BUTTONS to your blog and leave a link to show me you did.

- Use any of the social networking buttons found at the bottom of this post underneath my NAME/Signature to promote this giveaway. Be sure to tell me what you did and if possible provide a name and/or URL so that I can check it out.

-On any future Wednesdays, Participate in my Wednesday Hump Day Slump Day events by Posting a comment and leave a comment here saying you participated.

GIVEAWAY WILL END DEC. 5TH, 2010 at 11:59pm  pacific time! Winners will be notified by email, twitter, or facebook and winners will be announced on this blog, on twitter, and on facebook. 

This GIVEAWAY is open to USA ONLY! SORRY.

PRIZE WILL BE FULFILLED AND MAILED TO WINNER BY LUXURY LANE SOAPS!

**PLEASE SEE RULES AND DISCLAIMER FOR MORE PRIZE INFO. AGAIN WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM USING RANDOM.ORG FROM ELIGIBLE ENTRIES.**

Good luck to All who enter! And THANK YOU so much for following my blog! I hope you enjoy my Happy Holidays Gift Guide Features!

**Disclosure: I was given some samples of soaps by Luxury Lane Soaps for this feature giveaway post. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated or paid in any way for this feature giveaway post.**

CLOSED-Igo For the Holidays! & GIVEAWAY! Happy Holidays Gift Guide Feature!

Hey All!

Are you looking for the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for you or your tech savvy family? Or are you looking for a great gift for friends and family who have tons of phones and gadgets that need charging on the go? Well I have the perfect gift for you...Igo Charge Anywhere an Dual USB Car Chargers make an amazing gift for this Holiday Season!

I’m sure you or anyone you know has experienced the joy of having your cell phone battery or Ipod constantly die on you at the worst possible times.  I'm constantly on my phone since I do use it for a number of things including keeping my schedule and it always dies quickly if I use it a lot. But thankfully I have my Igo Charge Anywhere always in my purse so I can charge my phone where ever I go.  And if I'm driving I can always plug mine and my teens phone into our Dual USB Car Charger and we can charge both our phones or phone and ipod at the same time! It's so amazing. I truly love my Igo products. They are so well made and truly to help me keep me stress free since I never have to worry about my phone not being charged.

Before I got this product I used to constantly worry about when my phone will die on me. These products have replaced the charger that came with my phone. I can actually use them on all our phones in our home since with these fabulous Igo products you just have switch out the power tip for it and you can use it with whatever gadget you need to. They make a wide variety of tips for gadgets.

How do these amazing gadget chargers work you ask? Well...

The Dual USB Car Charger allows you to charge all of your devices from one charger while you're in the car via two USB ports so you and your passengers will always be safe, entertained and connected on the road. It Powers on the road from any standard in-vehicle outlet

When using my Igo Charge Anywhere as a wall charger to charge my phones, the internal battery recharges and as soon as you unplug it's ready to provide power to all your gadgets when you're away from outlets. Charge in the car, at the beach, on a boat, on a plane - charge anywhere!

 Basically this product 
Charges plugged so you can use it anywhere when it's unplugged! It's so amazing!



I really don’t know how I have lived without these products! To be able to go to events like Comic Con, or when I'm traveling for the Holidays, especially on planes, and not have to worry about whether or not I forgot my charger or to charge my phone before I leave has made my life so much easier. And not having to worry about being stuck with out a phone to communicate with my family because the battery died has been a huge relief! I just take the iGo with me and all the tips for the different gadgets I have and I am all set.

I love this product and I'm sure anyone who gets one of these amazing chargers for the Holidays will love it and you for getting it for them.




IGo, Inc. is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. They develop and market universal chargers for laptops and mobile devices such as mobile phones, Bluetooth® headsets, smartphones/PDAs, MP3 players, portable gaming devices, digital cameras and more.

The Company’s patented tip technology enables users to charge thousands of models of mobile devices with a single charger through the use of interchangeable power tips. iGo offers a full line of chargers for charging at home, in the office, on an airplane, in the car or from batteries. By using these revolutionary chargers and associated tips – which, in some products, enable users to power multiple devices simultaneously – mobile device users can save money and eliminate the extra weight and jumbled power cords associated with carrying multiple chargers.

IGo power tips are compatible with over 3000 devices including mobile phones, MP3 players, smart phones, portable gaming devices, GPS devices and more!



The iGo Charge Anywhere Charger can be found at iGo.com for about $49.99 with tip prices ranging from $7.49 (prices vary depending on gadget tip). And the Dual USB Car Charger is only $19.99! I think those are great prices and deals to keep your sanity and devices charged at all times.



Every where I go I tell people to get these products the second I one out to charge my phone. It's such a value to have and well worth the money for the amount of stress relief it will bring! It's such a huge life saver in this tech driven world we live in today. I'm buying one for my family members and mom this Christmas. It's the perfect gift for anyone who has any gadget that they use on a daily basis!

I highly recommend it for this Holiday season for everyone!


HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!

The Fabulous folks over at IGO INC. would love to give ONE of my readers an IGO CHARGE ANY WHERE PLUS A DEVICE TIP to charge with of the winner's choice! So you can Pick which device you want to charge!



That's over a $50 value you can win! How great is that! Thank you Igo!

TO ENTER:

MANDATORY ENTRY:

Visit the IGO INC Website by CLICKING HERE and have look around their site. Then LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW on this post letting me which device besides the Igo Charge Anywhere would like to have and what device do you plan to use it for or charge with it?

That's all you have to do to enter...but if you'd like additional entries:

For Additional Entries after the main entry is completed, do the following and PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELLOW FOR EACH ADDITIONAL ENTRY YOU DO:

-Follow Igo Inc on Facebook at this link: http://www.facebook.com/iGoInc

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-Tweet this Giveaway! Feel free to make up a Tweet about this Holiday Giveaway with @queenofswag4u and @igo_inc and the link http://thequeenofswag.blogspot.com/ or this shortened link http://bit.ly/ahoOgH so I can see it or use the tweet I created below.

 

Happy Holidays #Giveaway! Win an IGO CHARGE ANYWHERE DEVICE from @queenofswag4u & @igo_inc- http://thequeenofswag.blogspot.com -ENDS 12/05

Leave a LINK to your Tweet in a Comment Bellow.

(This is limited to 4 tweets per day, spaced apart not one right after the other PLEASE. I don't want anyone to be called spammers or blocked by twitter.)

- Become a “Google Friend Connect Friend” with The Queen of Swag! found also on the (right side bar of the blog)

- Connect with me on NETWORKED BLOGS found also on the (right side bar of the blog)

- Enter any of my other giveaways (leave one comment for each giveaway you enter)

- Blog about this giveaway and leave a link to post.

- Add my HAPPY HOLIDAYS GIFT GUIDE BUTTON OR REGULAR BLOG BUTTONS to your blog and leave a link to show me you did.

- Use any of the social networking buttons found at the bottom of this post underneath my NAME/Signature to promote this giveaway. Be sure to tell me what you did and if possible provide a name and/or URL so that I can check it out.

-On any future Wednesdays, Participate in my Wednesday Hump Day Slump Day events by Posting a comment and leave a comment here saying you participated.

GIVEAWAY WILL END DEC. 5TH, 2010 at 11:59pm  pacific time! Winners will be notified by email, twitter, or facebook and winners will be announced on this blog, on twitter, and on facebook. 

This GIVEAWAY is open to USA ONLY! SORRY.

PRIZE WILL BE FULFILLED AND MAILED TO WINNER BY IGO INC.!

**PLEASE SEE RULES AND DISCLAIMER FOR MORE PRIZE INFO. AGAIN WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM USING RANDOM.ORG FROM ELIGIBLE ENTRIES.**

Good luck to All who enter! And THANK YOU so much for following my blog! I hope you enjoy my Happy Holidays Gift Guide Features!

**Disclosure: I won the Igo Charge Anywhere in a giveaway and I was given Dual Usb Charger by Igo for this feature giveaway post. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated or paid in any way for this feature giveaway post.**