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Five Minute Makeover #2

momfluential — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:27:11 +0000

It’s time for another 5 Minute Makeover with Rebecca of Girl’s Gone Child, Sarah from Hair Thursday and Josie Maran. Are you ready to see how law school grad Katya rocks her new look? Tune in to this entertaining and fun idea filled video for inspiration.

In other news, I’m totally stalking Sarah for hair ideas for myself! Sorry Sarah… I have hair issues!

Pass on the Pringles, Hold the Salmonella

momfluential — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:13:34 +0000

Because we just can’t stop at one… recall that is. Pringles has just added more flavors to their potato chip recall. It’s all due to a Salmonella scare, after “Tennessee” Salmonella was discovered on the equipment of Basic Food Flavors Inc. who manufactures the hydrolyzed vegetable protein used by Pringles. And a lot of other stuff, for the record. So hold on to your hats and don’t get too attached to anything in your pantry. More recalls are certainly on the horizon.

Recalled Pringles flavors include:

Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger, Super Stack Canister: 181 grams, UPC code: 37000 26936, with best by dates of 02/2011, 04/2011
Pringles Family Faves Taco Night, Super Stack Canister: 181 grams, UPC code: 37000 26773, with best buy dates of 03/2011, 04/2011, 05/2011

It’s times like this I want to completely swear off hydrolyzed vegetable protein, I tell you. It’s going to be hard to live without those Cheeseburger and Taco Night chips. I might have to eat actual cheeseburgers and tacos to cope.

And the Award for Best Oscars Related Ad…

momfluential — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:15:39 +0000

Goes to Chick-Fil-A. Thanks to Angry Julie Monday for calling my attention to this ad, via her post this Monday morning. Who doesn’t love those Chick-Fil-A Cows? Want to see more of their funny ads? There’s a cow ad slide show on the Chick-Fil-A site.

Can I say I’m loving it, without getting sued?

Kodak Brings Bloggers to The Oscars to Tweet

momfluential — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:37:38 +0000

Red Carpet coverage you can trust? The real scoop on George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker? Forget about mainstream media. Kodak, in a bold move, invited a group of mom bloggers to the Kodak theater last night to cover Red Carpet arrivals and tweet their own first impressions. What did the bloggers think? You don’t have to wait to read their stories. Following the twitter hashtag #kodakredcarpet provided instant coverage and instant gratification.

Kodak lead blogger Jenny Cisney posted about all the festivities on her 1000words blog where you can also find a complete rundown of all the bloggers who participated in the Kodak event. There’s a snippet of the Twitter conversation above but if you’d like more, you can search #kodakredcarpet on Twitter.

SoCal Mom at the Oscars!

momfluential — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:27:05 +0000

SoCal Mom Donna Schwartz Mills hit the Oscars courtesy of Kodak. Check out her awesome Flickr photo coverage that includes celebrity style make-up for Donna and Marsha of Sweatpants Mom.

I never thought I’d say this but you know what? It’s good to be the blogger.

Oscars Red Carpet Wrap Up from The Cheeky Lotus

momfluential — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:21:11 +0000

Don’t get me started on how jealous I am of all my fabulous friends who got to cover the Oscars Red Carpet arrivals yesterday. I’m so not Red Carpet I am green. Mow me down to size!

Envy aside, I can certainly see why Kodak chose who they chose. I’m laughing and dying and clapping my hands over everything Lena from The Cheeky Lotus has written. Even though she stripped in the bleachers (cause she’s so hot, right?) she’s an ace style reporter.

Skip the mainstream and go to the bloggers. If you don’t read Lena’s Red Carpet fashion wrap up you are missing out. Photos above but her commentary is the priceless part.

Bloggers on the Oscars Red Carpet

momfluential — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:26:23 +0000

Katja Presnal of Skimbaco Lifestyle, Sugar Jones , Lena Lotsey of The Cheeky Lotus, Marsha Takeda Morrison from Sweatpants Mom, Donna Schwartz Mills of SoCal Mom, and Lindsay Maines of Rock and Roll Mama are just a few of my awesome rockstar blogger friends who were selected by Kodak to attend the Oscars and cover the Red Carpet arrivals at the Oscars. I’m so happy for (and proud of) them. I’m sure that a ton of posts are being written as I post this sneak peek, and I’ll be sure to link you to them later. But for now, enjoy the VIP blogger view. More scoop can be found by following the blogger hashtag #kodakredcarpet on twitter

Ricky Gervais Rocks Elmo to Sleep

momfluential — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:55:57 +0000

I’m dying over this guest appearance on Sesame Street by Ricky Gervais. I loved this comedian to begin with but now I love him a little more for creating a timeless Sesame Street short. You know people will still be watching this one on YouTube in a decade (or whatever we watch stuff on in a decade!). It’s a classic. Your kids will crack up too if they watch this one with you.

RBaby Foundation Webcast Seminar Today!

momfluential — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:53:32 +0000

Since I cannot be on the east coast with these fabulous women, this Friday I’m glad that there is an opportunity to participate in this event via webcast. The afternoon will be moderated by Beth Feldman (RoleMommy.com) and Emily McKhann (TheMotherhood.com) and provide candid insights, intimate confessions and thoughtful advice from women who have built their lives and their businesses around their passions and priorities. Plus, great prizes thoughout the webcast!

The Rbaby Foundation is dedicated to empowering and educating parents to be advocates for their children in the event of an emergency. Their grants support lifesaving research and education in the medical community and support for parents.

R Baby Live Webcast

Friday, March, 5th

12:30 EST

Click here to Register for Webcast

Super Hero Comic Cupcakes

momfluential — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:54:43 +0000

My 2 & 5 year old sons settled on the theme of Super Heroes for their joint birthday party. It’s a really fun theme for this age and there are so many great sites out there providing inspiration for party decor and activities. I took notes over at Living Locurto and downloaded a mask template. I also got more than a few tips from Tip Junkie. As per usual, This Mama Makes Stuff just inspired me in general.

So I was jazzed about the party theme but I still lacked enthusiasm for any of the cakes I was seeing. I wanted “classic retro superhero”. Nothing against modern Spidey and Batman but the mere uniform predictability of them at every last party store was annoying to me. Why these two and these two only? Why should we limit ourselves and our imagination like this!?

I decided to keep the party licensed character free for just this reason. To allow the kids to come up with their own imaginary super identities. And then, while scrabbling through the closet for some paper goods, I happened upon my old comic book collection.

Left over from my camp days, most of my comic books were of the girly variety: Archies, Sabrina, Josie and the Pussycats, Richie Rich…. Mixed in, however, was a healthy stack of Thor, Avengers, Dr Strange, The Flash, and yes…even Spidey. These were hand me downs from my brothers and what I would now call “boy bait”. I was no fool. I read them to have something to discuss with the dudes at the cantina and the camp dances. Cause, you know, 11 year old boys were not so into the Archies back then. Worked like a charm for me in my tweens and how lucky for me now! The minute I saw them I knew what I was going to do.

Cupcake toppers and cupcake wrappers! I’d been trolling etsy for so long that it never occurred to me to make my own. Until the boy bait resurfaced. Sure it meant there would be licensed characters on the cupcakes, but once the comic book covers were copied and cut up and displayed in a jumble, it wasn’t so annoying to me anymore. At least there was variety and the collage effect was so pleasing.

The wrappers and flags I made had just that vintage superhero look and feel I had wanted. Note: Everyone still got to make up their own alter ego hero or villian at the party.

This craft was so simple and came out so well I had to share. Maybe don’t tell people how easy it was!