[GIVEAWAY} THE MOMMY MEASURE

You might have thought we were done with our giveaways but SURPRISE!!! We have a couple more fun giveaways including today's giveaway with Mommy Measure! We have followed this company for several years and have always LOVED this product.  

Mommy Measure is a decorative measuring tape that gives mother's a fun new way of documenting their pregnancy. It's an all-in-one pregnancy growth chart and journal. You can document your belly growth with the measuring tape and it comes complete with a marker that allows you to write a little milestone at the time of measurement. It's simple, easy, cute and fun!!

I Instagrammed this picture at 24 weeks when I really started feeling my baby boy kicking at night.

It's so fun to see how much my belly has grown throughout this pregnancy.

It's hard to believe I am in the homestretch of my pregnancy. My two boys can't wait to meet their new little brother and have so much fun helping me measure my tummy.

Mommy Measure is generously giving away two of their measuring tape kits for two lucky winners!! See below to enter and GOOD LUCK!!


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{GIVEAWAY} Ruby Dot Designs

Call us old fashioned, but there is something about receiving a handwritten note that can just make our day. If you've purchased one of our designer hospital gowns, you know that we write a personalized handwritten note with every gown order. We pause and take a minute to send healing, comforting, or happy wishes with every gown. It is what makes our business rewarding and worth every minute. We connect with our customers this way and cherish many of the friendships that have started with a card.   

We'd like to introduce to you to Ruby Dot Designs, a company that emulates this very concept. Ruby Dot Designs offers contemporary and personalized stationary products. Owner Kim Farrens designs and carefully handcrafts each item out of her home office in Sacramento, California. We love Kim's cards. Many of our family and friends have been on the receiving end of her beautiful cards.  

Kim has graciously offered a set of her note cards for this GIVEAWAY (a $50 value). Entry is easy and at the very minimum you will LOVE having her Ruby Dot Designs in your Facebook feed to make you smile. 

Kim works with each client to design a product just to their style. As you can see all her designs are clean, fresh, and contemporary. Her products include personalized note card sets, enclosure cards, gift tags, prints, notebooks, and coffee mugs. She has a product for every occasion! Enter below...

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{GIVEAWAY} EVERYTHING HAPPY

Our giveaway this week is with a company we absolutely adore, Everything Happy. This company not only has amazing products, but they also have huge hearts. For every product purchased from Everything Happy, they donate another of that same product to a child who is struggling or in need. The best part is that Everything Happy allows their customers to pick where the product is sent from a designated list of places carefully chosen by them. So when you purchase an Everything Happy product you make not just one child happy, but TWO!! This program is called "One to Love, One to Give".

Everything Happy's products are sure to bring a smile to any child's face. We have purchased several of their blankets and they are always a huge hit. I honestly wouldn't mind snuggling up in one of their blankets myself!!!

Our giveaway today is for one lucky winner who will get their choice of either a medium Giggle Happy Blankie:

or a medium size Chomp Happy Blankie.

The giving doesn't stop here though! Everything Happy will be giving away an Annie & Isabel designer hospital gowns to another lucky winner this week also.

Please go "LIKE" their Facebook page here-> EVERYTHING HAPPY and find out how you could win!!!

Click below to enter the Everything Happy blanket giveaway and good luck!!!

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{GIVEAWAY} - DOORBELL DECOR

The giveaway for this week is from a company we discovered at the SacBaby Expo a few months ago. The company is called DoorBell Decor and the product and idea are genius!! We bought one at the Expo for our soon-to-be baby this October and enjoyed chatting with owner Krista and learning about how they came up with their product!

Anyone who has had a baby knows how defeating it can be when you put your baby down for a nap, they are finally sleeping, and the doorbell rings only to wake up your peacefully sleeping baby. Baby sleeping time equals precious mommy time and we, as mothers, would do anything to keep our babies sleeping. Have you ever seen a post it note on a doorbell that says, "please knock"? DoorBell Decor has come to the rescue! They have created cute tiles that are designed to slide over your doorbell when needed so that any visitors are forced to knock on your door. 

Doorbell Decor make tiles for all kinds of purposes and you can change them out as needed. Below is an example of a tile to keep those babies sleeping:

This gives you an idea of what it looks like on your wall over your doorbell:

There are tiles for people who work night shift or anyone going through cancer treatments...

Do you live in an area inundated with solicitors?? There is a tile for that!

If you just don't want people to use your doorbell, there are other options, like this, that can decoratively hide your doorbell.

Doorbell Decor has several tiles to choose from for any occasion! I can't wait to use mine this Fall. 

They has graciously offered to give one of their tiles away for this giveaway. Enter below and good luck!!

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{GIVEAWAY} THE CALLIGRAPHY GIRL

This next giveaway comes from another very creative mom entrepreneur, Lara Kiniris. Her company is called "The Calligraphy Girl" because she specializes in calligraphy writing but it is so much more than that!! In addition to using her talents to address envelopes for special occasions, like weddings, she also creates works of art with her calligraphy, which she likes to call "word art". Her creations are beautiful and each piece is unique.

The Calligraphy Girl holds a special place in my heart because Lara created a beautiful cancer ribbon to celebrate my one year thyroid cancer anniversary, using words I chose to describe my journey from the beginning to becoming a cancer survivor.

I also had her create an Irish cross with the names of all the children, their spouses and grandchildren of my in-laws to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

The Calligraphy Girl has created cute calligraphy art to celebrate children like this cute baby bottle:

and a beautiful dress for the princess:

as well as a baseball or basketball for the sports lover:

Want to give a friend a unique present to celebrate a significant birthday?? Lara created this purse for one of our mom's best friends using words our mother chose to best describe her friend. How cute is this??!!

Or perhaps your friend is a shoe lover….

Lara's calligraphy art is amazing and unique and is sure to be a treasured gift for anyone. What I love most about Lara is that she is willing to try anything. You give her the object you want to make, along with the words you want to use, and she creates it!! I have had her create several things and she hasn't disappointed me yet.

So now for the best part……THE GIVEAWAY.  One winner will receive an 8x10 calligraphy "word art" piece from The Calligraphy Girl. She will work with you to create your special piece. Enter below and good luck!!

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{Giveaway} BLOCKS OF LOVE

Our next giveaway comes from a very creative mompreneur, Amanda Lowell, of Blocks of Love!  Amanda creates decorative blocks for your home, office, or for a special person in your life to cherish. We recently gifted our Mom a very special Blocks of Love for Mother's day that she proudly displays in her kitchen to show off her eight grandsons.

Amanda's beautiful blocks also make amazing gifts for anyone. She makes blocks for teachers, mothers, fathers, holidays, and weddings, and new babies to name a few. The blocks below are an example of one she did for a newly married couple.

Here are a few of her fun holiday blocks:

Blocks of Love can pretty much create blocks for any occasion and will always be a very unique gift that will brighten a space in anybody's home.

Since we have many pregnant mothers who buy our designer hospital gowns for the birth of their babies, we thought it would be fun to give away a block called the {Labor of Love} block to celebrate the new little boy or girl in your life.  Below are examples of boy and girl blocks she has created.  Wouldn't these be cute to hang in your new little one's room?! 

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{GIVEAWAY} POO POURRI ~ Because Everybody Does It

If you remember from our "Hospital Bag Essentials" giveaways, one of the most important items on our Hospital Bag Checklist {in our humble nursing opinion} was a toilet spray called Poo-Pourri. Yep...a toilet spray! Hey, we ARE nurses... so, we can talk about #2 and we definitely can tell you about something we wish everyone knew about, if you know what we mean.

If you have not heard of Poo-Pouri...get ready for a life changing product. These environmentally friendly toilet sprays are not only perfect to pack on your way to the hospital {you don't want to be the start of a CODE BROWN rumor}...but, especially great to carry in your purse for a unexpected trip to the bathroom at work or a friends home. All you have to do is "spritz the bowl before-you-go and no one else will ever know!"

Poo-Pourri carries a variety of sprays, but here a few to make you smile,

• Loo-Pourri ~ A Preemptive Bathroom Scent With a Touch of Elegance
• No. 2 ~ Spray the Loo Before No.2 and No One Will Ever Have a Clue!
• De'ja' Poo ~ You've Been Here Before, but Now with A Scent you Adore!
• Royal Flush ~ Great Washroom Scents for all Distinguished Gents!
• Heaven Scent ~ Celestial Freshness That's Fit for Kings - With Every Flush an Angel Get's It's Wings!

We are giving away the following Poo-Pourri items:

Two Poo Pourri Gift Sets which include a roll of toilet paper and 2oz bottle of bathroom spray. We will also including another 4oz bottle of bathroom spray to each set for a total value approx $30 each. The set looks like the picture below:

We will also be giving away 3 separate bottles of spray to some lucky winners. 

There will be 5 winners for this giveaway, plus, if you "LIKE" the post on our Facebook page we will randomly draw 3 more winners for a travel size spray that you can carry in your purse!!

Good Luck and here is your easy entry!!! 

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Our friends at Poo-Pourri have generously sponsored this giveaway, but all opinions in this post our ours and we love love their products. If you would like to purchase your own Poo-Pourri please shop their website HERE.

Daddy Scrubs : The Perfect Gift for Dad GIVEAWAY ~ Just in Time for Father's Day!!

Father's Day is just around the corner so we thought it would only be fitting for our next giveaway to be something for all the great dads out there! We have partnered with DaddyScrubs and are really excited about this giveaway because Annie & Isabel Hospital Gowns + DaddyScrubs = the PERFECT delivery room combo!

Among the many great products they offer, DaddyScrubs sells scrubs for dads so how could we, as nurses, not love them??!! Annie & Isabel makes moms feel special and DaddyScrubs provides special daddy gifts to make all the dads feel special.

Check out their latest DaddyScrubs product...these ties! Wouldn't they make a great Father's Day present? The word search tie in the middle has words like "Superman", "#1Fan", and "Ouchiefixer"...SO adorable! 

For this giveaway, DaddyScrubs is generously giving away "The Big Daddy Gift Set" shown below:

"The Big Daddy Gift Set" is the perfect gift for Father's Day, or any day for that matter! It will encourage Dad to bond with his children whether they're exploring the great outdoors or snuggled up on the couch reading "What Daddy Duck Love" together! This set is valued at $195 and retails for $155.95 on the DaddyScrubs website.  It includes the following items:

• Vintage Blue Hat
• DaddyBear Gift Set
• DaddyDuck Gift Set
• I'm the Daddy Bottle Sleeve
• I'm the Daddy Water Bottle
• Big Daddy Hook
• I'm the Daddy Sunglasses
• Bug Spray from Daddy's Naturals line
• Sun Block from Daddy's Naturals line
• Daddy Back pack to put everything in!!

GET YOUR FATHER'S DAY SHOPPING DONE and WIN this contest! Enter below and check out DaddyScrubs website for great gift ideas at www.daddyscrubs.com

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{GIVEAWAY} FROM PEA TO PUMPKIN :: A PREGNANCY JOURNAL

In case you missed it, we made a very special announcement here at Annie & Isabel yesterday! So, we thought it would be very appropriate to kick off our giveaways with the adorable Pea to Pumpkin Pregnancy Journal!

Pea to Pumpkin is a journal that helps you document your pregnancy in a simple, yet SO very special way. This is my third pregnancy...and sadly, I have to admit...I started a journal with my first pregnancy that lasted about 12 weeks. With my second pregnancy, I was so busy with my toddler that I never even started a journal! When my sister gave me a Pea to Pumpkin journal this time around, I thought...I can do this! It is an adorable and easy way to track progress weekly and I know I will cherish it forever. It will be nice to reflect back on this time years from now and maybe even share it with my little "18 week avacado" {as of today} when he grows up. Here is a little preview of the journal...

I LOVE LOVE my journal. I want to remember every single day of this pregnancy. This is a pregnancy that I thought I would never have. We've waited 3 plus long years for this little guy and I want to remember this time of joy and gratitude for many years to come. Pea to Pumpkin has allowed me to keep track of every week, even with my busy life!

We will be giving away one Pea to Pumpkin pregnancy journal to one of our lucky fans! See contest details below.. entry is easy!

To learn more about Pea to Pumpkin please visit their website HERE. 

Good luck to all! 

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{FINAL GIVEAWAY} Hospital Bag Essentials :: The Bag + More

We've had so much fun introducing our "Hospital Bag Essentials" list to all of you over these past weeks. We had every intention of wrapping up our giveaways shortly after the holidays, but as many of you know..life threw us a few curve balls. We are so thankful for all of your support and well wishes. 

All the items on our essentials list are things that we, as registered nurses, know will make your hospital stay more comfortable, but often can be overlooked {see list below}. We have given away all the major items on our list and now we are going to offer you something FABULOUS to put them in. One last giveaway and this time there will be four chances to win! 

Meet Morris + Terry. 

Morris Terry is a local and sustainable lifestyle brand of stylish athletic and yoga wear. What especially attracted us to Morris Terry {besides their fab tie die pants and chic hoodies} is that they give back to our community. 100% of all sales of their MTX cotton canvas gym bag {pictured above} is donated to support foster youth in Sacramento. They recently were featured in People Magazine's StyleWatch 2012 and SELF Magazine. 

ENTER TO WIN THESE 2 ITEMS FROM MORRIS TERRY

:: MTX GYM BAG :: 100 % COTTON CANVAS 100% GIVING BACK

&

:: MTX PULLOVER ::

TO ENTER this GIVEAWAY-

-LIKE Annie & Isabel on Facebook and post on our wall your choice : MTX Gym Bag or MTX Pullover {posting on our wall gets you entered}

-LIKE Morris Terry on Facebook and post on their wall telling them Annie & Isabel sent you. If you post on their wall they will pick one person to win a $40 gift card to their shop at the close of our giveaway. Their comfy and stylish pants are calling your name, right?!

BONUS ENTRY- 

-TWITTER: follow @annieandisabel and tweet "Just entered an @annieandisabel #giveaway for fab @morristerry_MTX bag & pullover ENTER--> http://bit.ly/xjBYLr"

BONUS BONUS- 

-JUST "like" our post on Facebook about this giveaway and we will enter you into a drawing for a $30 gift certificate to our shop.

GIVEAWAY OPEN FROM 1/30 TO 2/5 MIDNIGHT PST

**Giveaway is open to US residents only and winner will be picked at random. We were not compensated for this post and we chose to feature Morris Terry in our Hospital Bag Essentials Giveaways because we love their products and their mission. 

Hospital Bag Essentials 

Annie & Isabel Hospital Gown{s}

Flip Flops {For Showers & The Not-So-Clean Hospital Floors}

Comfy Socks {Preferably With Grippers}

Journal/Notebook {For Questions, Test Results, & Plan}

Shower Gel/Soap & Loofa

Room Spray

Cell Phone, Charger, Sound Dock & Your Favorite Playlist

Lip Balm/Gloss

Favorite Pillow & Blanket

Hard Candy/Gum/Snacks 

&

Morris Terry Bag {giveaway 1/30 - 2/5 midnight PST} 

{GIVEAWAY} Bumble & Bumble

Ready for another giveaway??!!  We've really enjoyed sharing items that we think can help make your hospital stay more bearable.  There are many more items than the ten that we are highlighting and we will fill you in on those at the end of our giveaways.  Now on to our 9th item on the list....

You should NEVER have a hospital stay without some great shampoo and conditioner for your hair.  When you are sick in the hospital or ready to get cleaned up after having that beautiful baby there is nothing that makes you feel better than a nice shower.  Let's face it women....having our hair feel and smell good can also do a body good!!!  That is why 9th on our Hospital Bag Essentials list is Bumble & Bumble's Quenching Shampoo, Conditioner, and Masque set.

We feel everyone should pack some of their favorite shampoo and conditioner because it can really help lift your spirits when you might not be feeling so glamorous in the hospital.  We purchased this boxed set because it happens to be one of our favorites when choosing to spoil ourselves every now and then.  Don't you think the packaging is fab too??!!

So 9th on our Hospital Bag Essential List......Bumble & Bumble Shampoo & Conditioner

1. Annie & Isabel Hospital Gown - giveaway closed
2. Your Own Shower gel, Loofa, Lotion & Lip Gloss Balm - giveaway closed
3. Comfy Socks - giveaway closed
4. Journal or Notebook - giveaway closed
5. Flip Flops - giveaway closed
6. Smart Phone, Sound Dock & Favorite Playlist - giveaway closed
7. Room Spray like Poo Pourri - giveaway closed
8. Swaddle Designs Baby & Adult Swaddle Blankets - giveaway closed
9. Your favorite shampoo & conditioner - enter via this post
10. ??


To enter this giveaway you can do ONE or ALL of the following:

1.  LIKE Annie & Isabel on FACEBOOK AND LIKE this giveaway post on FACEBOOK

2.  Share the FACEBOOK giveaway post by hitting the blue "Share" button underneath the post. This will post it on your wall and say:

 "Go LIKE Annie & Isabel on Facebook. They sell designer hospital gowns for anyone having to spend time in the hospital and are having a great giveaway today so go enter now!!"

3.  Tweet "Check out the great giveaway @annieandisabel is having and enter now-> http://bit.ly/Ab9bun "

If you share the facebook post, please comment on this post or on the facebook thread that you did as not all shares are visible to us.

This giveaway will end at midnight PST on Friday, January 20th.  GOOD LUCK and remember........

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{GIVEAWAY} Swaddle Baby, Swaddle Me!!

We are very excited to resume our giveaways this week!!  We have a few more giveaways up our sleeves for our "Hospital Bag Essentials List" and todays giveaway comes from another company that we LOVE.

Many of you may be familiar with Swaddle Designs as they have THE best baby swaddle blankets.  I used these with my babies and they saved me!!!  My babies were the ULTIMATE swaddle babies.

These swaddles are genius and it's no wonder.  The owner, Lynette Damir, is a registered nurse.  She came up with the inspiration for her company during her professional work of visiting families with new babies and noticing they often had difficulty learning how to swaddle their babies.  She realized their was a huge need to develop a blanket that made it easy to swaddle a baby with little thinking or effort required and that is exactly what she did.

So...our first giveaway from Swaddle Design is a Swaddle Duo pictured below.

We didn't want babies to be the only ones spoiled, however, so we purchased one of Swaddle Designs' Adult Swaddle Wraps to give away!!  Doesn't this look luxurious??

This is great for anyone having to spend time in the hospital from new moms to those battling an illness or recovering from surgery.  It's even great if you aren't having to spend time in the hospital....who doesn't love to be snuggled up in a nice comfortable soft blanket??!!  These come in lots of fun colors and the winner will get to choose their preferred color.

So 8th on our Hospital Bag Essentials List.....Swaddle Designs baby & adult wraps:

1.  Annie & Isabel Hospital Gown - giveaway closed
2.  Your Own Shower gel, Loofa, Lotion & Lip Gloss/Balm - giveaway closed
3.  Comfy Socks - giveaway closed
4.  Journal or Notebook - giveaway closed
5.  Flip Flops - giveaway closed
6.  Smart Phone, Sound Dock & Favorite Playlist - giveaway closed
7.  Room Spray like Poo Pourri - giveaway closed
8.  Swaddle Designs Baby & Adult Swaddle Blankets - enter via this post
9.   ?
10. ?

To enter this giveaway you can do ONE or ALL of the following:


1.  Like Annie & Isabel on FACEBOOK AND like this giveaway post on FACEBOOK

2.  Hit the "Share" button under this giveaway post on FACEBOOK to share on your own facebook wall and say "Go like Annie & Isabel on facebook and enter this great giveaway from Swaddle Designs!!"

3.  Tweet "Enter a great giveaway from @annieandisabel for some @SwaddleDesigns baby&adult blankets http://bit.ly/wLYfDo"

This contest will end at midnight PST on Tuesday, January 10th.  Good luck and happy swaddling...for little ones or yourself and remember........

*Giveaway is open to only US residents and winners will be picked randomly. We were not compensated for this post and we chose to feature Swaddle Designs in our Hospital Bag Essentials list. We were given the Swaddle Duo from Swaddle Designs to share with our readers.