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$75 CSN Stores GIVEAWAY!!!

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Oh joy of joys! Today is the day that I’m bringing you one of your favorite giveaways!!!

I’ve got a $75 gift certificate to CSN Stores up for grabs!!!!

Many of you already know the joys of shopping with CSN Stores. If you don’t, allow me to introduce you to your new favorite online shopping resource!

Perhaps you are looking for a beautiful and functional way to store stuff in your home? Then you need to think about getting an ottoman coffee table, and CSN Stores has one for you, I promise! (We LOVE our coffee table/gorgeous leather ottoman/covert toy box!).

Or perhaps your floors are looking a bit drab, but installing carpet is out of the question and budget. CSN Stores offers area rugs that are to die for!

Whatever you are looking for, the odds are unbelievably good that CSN Stores has them (remember, they are a network of over 200 stores!).

Win it!: Let’s get this party started! One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader is going to win $75 to spend as you see fit at CSN Stores. This will no doubt help with your holiday shopping! The contest will run until October 27th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: Show me something you would love to own that CSN Stores sells. Here’s an example: I love the natural look of this Adirondack chair, and would love to have a pair on my front porch! http://www.csnstores.com/Shine-Company-Inc.-4611-XSH1019.html

Additional entries:
1. Sponsor love: “Like” CSN Stores on Facebook
2. Blogger love: Subscribe to Stuff Parents Need via RSS or email (if you don’t know how, just email me and I’ll help you figure it out!).

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways found on the side bar of my home page. I only offer a few entry options for each giveaway, which makes the odds of winning better!

Disclosure: Nothing was received in exchange for this post. This is pure love coming to you from CSN Stores!

Woah! $80 CSN Stores GIVEAWAY!!!

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Edit: This giveaway is CLOSED


Do you ever get really obsessed with one particular thing that you want to improve in our house? I do from time to time, and I find myself spending hours searching the web for solutions to whatever problem we might be having with our house (sometimes the problem is real, and sometimes calling it a “problem” all just depends on your perspective).


One thing that recently caught my attention (and not in a good way) is a light that we have in our inside entryway. It looks like a lamp post, and to me, it is strange to put something that looks like a lamp post inside (maybe I’m in the minority on this one? Thoughts?). Anyway, I did stumble upon some really beautiful (and much more appropriate-looking) wall sconces, and you’ll never guess where I found them…through CSN Stores, the online shopping mega-store (home of over 200 different online stores, remember?!). They have an entire site just for lighting! I think my favorite is this one, which is simple, but updated.

Now that I’ve told you what is on my current wish-list, I want to hear what is on yours! Maybe you are looking for some new lighting for your home, too? Or what about lighting for the outside of your home (they have a store for that, too!). Or maybe you aren’t too concerned about the state of your home right now, but sure would love some new summer shoes. I bet whatever it is, you can find it through one of CSN’s stores, for sure!

Win it!: CSN Stores are amazing, and so are the people who run them. They are giving one of you the chance to snag something that you’ve been wanting for a long time! One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader is going to win an $80 gift certificate to CSN Stores! Holy Smokes! The contest will run until June 26th at 7:59pm CST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will be emailed and will have 48 hours to respond before the prize is forfeited and a new winner will be drawn. Open to residents of the United States or Canada!

Mandatory Entry: Two things: 1. Submit a link to an item from any CSN store that you’d like to purchase with your gift certificate if you won and 2. You must subscribe to my blog via email, RSS or Google Friend connect (let me know which one in your entry).

Additional entries:

1. Follow CSN Stores on Twitter

2. Follow Stuff Parents Need on Twitter

3. “Like” CSN Stores on Facebook

4. “Like” Stuff Parents Need on Facebook

Be sure to check out my other current giveaways (there’s a list on the sidebar of my homepage!).

Getting Ready to Celebrate!

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Bang on the drums, shake the maracas, rock out on the guitar and tickle the ivories! Make some noise, because we are just days away from my 100th post on Stuff Parents Need!

I’m definitely excited about hitting this milestone. I feel as though Darah has been helping me celebrate, because she has REALLY been getting into making noises and sounds. She has a little drum set that she loves to bang on, and she seems to really like hearing new music. She really loves to try to make noises herself, too (let’s just say that she has discovered the power of her lungs, and she really enjoys YELLING…just for fun…)!

I’m really excited to tell you that I’m going to be working with an amazing company called CSN Stores in the upcoming weeks. This company has over 200 web sites that each specialize in something different and fabulous (ranging from kids bedding to wall art)! I’m thrilled to have discovered all of these sites…this just made shopping so much easier for me! Together, we’ll be taking a look at simplifying the search for quality toys and games. This site has an entire section devoted just to musical toys, something of particular interest to me at the moment. Get excited, and get ready to make some noise about CSN stores!