*** CONTEST ALERT*** Share It to Win It!

The One Urban Mama show is less than three weeks away and we are getting exciting - so let's keep spreading the word!

Up for grabs are 2 tickets to the show and a $50 gift certificate to Silo Grill at Angus Glen.

What a better way to spend a Sunday than out with your favourite person, shopping some wonderful and unique vendors and enjoying lunch at Silo Grill.

Wanna Play?  Then Share it to WIN it!

- Share the following blurb on your various social media and community boards {and anywhere else you can think of}:

"The One Urban Mama show is the place to be on Sun., Nov. 20th from 9am - 4pm at the Angus Glen Golf Club.  This event features vendors from around the GTA that specialize in handmade, unique & original goodies for babies, toddlers, new mommies, and mommies-to-be and is the perfect place to do some holiday shopping!  Join on Facebook for updates - www.facebook.com/oneurbanmama."

OR

- Share the Facebook event on your various social media and community boards:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=131728143595954

*** Each time you post on any media/board, leave a comment below and let us know -- the more you share, the more chances you have to win! Please be sure to leave an email address ***

Winning comment will be selected using random.org on Wed., Nov. 16th at 9:00 p.m.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Week 11: Car Seat Installation and $25 GC for Babies r Us from Baby Car Seat Installers!

PROTECTING THE REASON YOU SMILE :)   

We offer convenient Car Seat Installation & Inspection services, giving you the confidence and peace of mind you deserve. The car seat will be securely installed and you will be able to harness your child properly when traveling in a vehicle. We provide FREE INSPECTIONS to ensure your car seat is installed correctly. Our Car-Seat Technicians are certified by St. John's Ambulance, and committed to helping you choose the appropriate seat for your child. We offer training on proper car-seat use and provide installation and inspection services at our location, or take advantage of our mobile service and we will come visit you. Located at 8525 McCowan Rd., Unit 205A, Markham. For more information, visit www.carseatinstallers.com. Prize: A free car seat installation and a $25 gift certificate to Babies r Us!   To enter (mandatory): Like Baby Car Seat Installers on Facebook.   Extra Entries: - Join the One Urban Mama blog via Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs - Like One Urban Mama on Facebook and leave a comment below - Follow @babycsi on Twitter - Follow @oneurbanmama on Twitter and retweet this giveaway (once per day): Win a free car seat installation & $25 to TRU from @babycsi  http://bit.ly/o1nAnF - Blog about this giveaway and leave the link below - Sign up for our newsletter - http://eepurl.com/eO1k2   Contest ends Oct. 15 at 11:59 pm (EST). Winner will be selected using Random.org

Where Have All the Nice People Gone?

My mommy rant for today...

I am a nice person, sometimes too nice.  I am always concerned about other people - what they think, how they are feeling, what might be beneficial to them - that I sometimes put my own wants/needs/feelings aside.  I think it was the way I was raised -- to be polite, considerate and to keep anything bad we have to say to ourselves -- and that has stuck with me all my life, but the older I get the more I am starting to realize that not everyone is as nice. 

I like to help others - to share and collaborate - without focussing on how it benefits me.  I like to go above and beyond when it comes to customer service, because I would hate for anyone to have anything negative to say about me and my store (that and customer service is extremely important to me!).  I want to make sure everyone is just plain happy with how things are going and would never purposely step on anyone's toes.

BUT  this way of 'being' doesn't seem to be the norm...people seem to be out for themselves, never seem to have anything nice to say to one another, forget to say "thank-you" - my list can go on and on...but the rant must stop somewhere!

After a few not-so-nice encounters with some 'not-so-nice' people, I think I have become jaded...so where have all the nice people gone?


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As a side note, I do know many wonderful people too...I guess I just had to get this off my chest!!  That's what rants are for :-)

Week 10: A $25 Gift Certificate to SDG Crafts!

SDG Crafts provides quality materials for artists and craft lovers.

Express your creativity and personal style by making your own fashionable invitations, special announcements, scrapbooking projects and more with designer papers, cards and envelopes.
Have fun in personalizing and customizing your own creative
works of art with the array of matching accessories and
highest quality tools.

Visit us at 962 Eglinton Ave West, Toronto or www.sdgcrafts.com today!

Prize:

A $25 gift certificate for use at SDG Crafts (redeemable in-store or at the One Urban Mama show).

To enter (mandatory):

Like SDG Crafts on Facebook and comment on their wall about your favorite paper craft product.  Make sure to let us know below that you did this!  

Extra Entries:

- Join the One Urban Mama blog via Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs

- Like One Urban Mama on Facebook and leave a comment below

- Follow @oneurbanmama on Twitter and retweet this giveaway (once per day): Win a $25 gift certificate for SDG Crafts via http://bit.ly/o1nAnF

- Blog about this giveaway and leave the link below
- Sign up for our newsletter - http://eepurl.com/eO1k2

Contest ends Oct. 8 at 11:59 pm (EST). Winner will be selected using Random.org

Week 8: A Four-Week Studio Session at Extraordinary Beginnings

A studio for inspirational play. 

Classes explore music, movement games, sensory play and much more!

Visit www.extraordinarybeginnings.ca for more information.

Temporarily located in Sol Pilates Studio: 2733 Bur Oak Avenue, Markham.

Prize:

A four-week studio session for your child.

To enter (mandatory):

Like Extraordinary Beginnings on Facebook. 

 

Extra Entries:

- Leave a comment below letting us know your favourite thing to play with your child(ren)

- Join the One Urban Mama blog via Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs

- Like One Urban Mama on Facebook and leave a comment below

- Follow @oneurbanmama on Twitter and retweet this giveaway (once per day): Win a 4 week studio session at Extraordinary Begginnings via http://bit.ly/o1nAnF

- Blog about this giveaway and leave the link below
- Sign up for our newsletter - http://eepurl.com/eO1k2

 

Contest ends Sept. 24 at 11:59 pm (EST). Winner will be selected using Random.org

Week 7: Two Small-Framed Pieces by ilona bds illustrations

I have always had a love for children's illustration. After completing a 4 year Illustration program from OCAD I was at a loss. It wasn't till I became pregnant with my first that I had this overwhelming desire to create artwork for the nursery. So here I am 5 years later, creating artwork for all to enjoy and living my dreams of being a mother and a mom-preneur. 

Each whimsical print, of my original artwork, is printed on eco-freindly paper, laminated on both sides (front is matte and slightly textured) for UV protection and longevity, matted with 100% eco-friendly mat board and then hand adorned with non-toxic glitter by me, my signature touch! All prints are singed and numbered along side my logo on the back.

 

Visit me online!

 

 

  

 

 

Prize:

Two small-framed pieces of your choice (ARV: $140)!  Winner will claim the prize in one of two ways:

 

1. Winner will select their prints from her website and they will be shipped (free shipping in Ontario), or

2.Winner will select their prints in person at the One Urban Mama event on Nov. 20th and take them home!

 

To enter (mandatory):

Visit ilona bds illustrations and leave a comment below about which print(s) is your favorite. 

 

 

Extra Entries:

- Follow @ilonabds on Twitter

- Join the One Urban Mama blog via Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs

- Like One Urban Mama on Facebook and leave a comment below

- Follow @oneurbanmama on Twitter and retweet this giveaway (once per day): Win two small framed pieces from ilona bds illustrations via http://bit.ly/o1nAnF

- Blog about this giveaway and leave the link below
- Sign up for our newsletter - http://eepurl.com/eO1k2

Contest ends Sept. 17 at 11:59 pm (EST). Winner will be selected using Random.org.



Week 6: Buy Some Love $25 Gift Certificate

Take off your shoes, grab a coffee and stay a while!
We've got tons and tons of magical items for you to drool over and purchase (start warming up that credit card of yours)!

Let me introduce ourselves...

We are a husband-wife team, in our late 20s.
She is a Civil Litigation Clerk by day and jewelry designer by night.
There is also that ongoing title of "mommy" that she holds proudly to a 2.5 year old boy. He is a manager (aiming for President) of a collection firm and the mastermind behind the beaded jewelry (and avid sports tv watcher) at night.  The child?
The boy is the "assistant" who likes to sort our beads by colour, count them and (occasionally) try to feed them to us.

We have been designing and creating jewelry for almost 3 years.
Even though we've only been doing this for a short time, she has ALWAYS been meddling in something creative...sewing, painting, scrapbooking.
It's become a way of life...creating is a sort of high (without having to smoke anything).
If there is something that you would like to see, feel free to e-mail us.
We are ALWAYS looking for a new challenge.

Come, be a part of our magic.
When you purchase from us, you are not buying a piece of jewelry.
You are buying ELEGANCE...GLAM...MAGIC without a hefty price tag!
Look and feel like a million dollars...without spending a million dollars!

Visit us online at www.buysomelove.ca or www.etsy.com/shop/buysomelove4kids (kids' shop!)

Join us on facebook, where we have constant chit chats about our jewelry: www.facebook.com/buysomelove

Prize:

A $25 gift certificate to use towards anything from Buy Some Love!

 

To enter (mandatory):

Like Buy Some Love on Facebook and leave a comment below

Extra Entries:

- Visit www.buysomelove.ca and let us know which piece is your favourite

 

- Join the One Urban Mama blog via Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs

- Like One Urban Mama on Facebook and leave a comment below

- Follow @oneurbanmama on Twitter and retweet this giveaway (once per day): Win a $25 GC from Buy Some Love via http://bit.ly/o1nAnF

- Blog about this giveaway and leave the link below

- Sign up for our newsletter - http://eepurl.com/eO1k2

Contest ends Sept. 10 at 11:59 pm (EST). Winner will be selected using Random.org.