Archive for April, 2010

Feeding Ourselves to Help Feeding America

Feeding Ourselves to Help Feeding America

Detroit Mommies hosted our second neighborhood rally to help Child Hunger Ends Here. Our first rally was a popcorn stand at the Recycle 411 event at the Village of Rochester Hills.  I know the Marketing director at the Village of Rochester Hills and asked if I could jump on in and sell popcorn the 411 [...]

Mother's Day Gift Idea: Shabby Apple

Mother's Day Gift Idea: Shabby Apple

Buying dresses or any clothing online can be a bit scary especially if you have not ever tried the brand.  I was recently pleasantly surprised when I ordered a dress from ShabbyApple.com and it fit perfectly. I just finished filming a Mother’s Day segment for Fox Detroit and prior to the segment, I was searching [...]

Two Big Crib Recalls Announced

Two Big Crib Recalls Announced

Today the CPSC announced recalls of thousands of cribs by Simplicity and Graco. The Simplicity recalls have been linked to 13 deaths! Here are some links to make sure your baby is not sleeping in these dangerous cribs: Simplicity Recalls Graco Recalls To read the entire article, Go to Click on Detroit.

Cerchio Diaper Bag Review and *Giveaway*

You can never have too many bags!  There are bags for this and bags for that and the best bags are the ones that are multi-functional and grow with your family. Right now I have a 16 month old, a four year old and a six year old, so a bag that I can use [...]

Mom Central Hosting HUGE Mother’s Day Giveaway!

Mom Central Hosting HUGE Mother’s Day Giveaway!

Mom Central is hosting a HUGE Mother’s Day giveaway and you are all invited to enter! Three of the exciting giveaways include: See’s Candies: See’s Candies’ variety of mouth-watering sweets will satisfy any taste preference. Give Mom the gift of indulgence with the new line of chocolates from the Keepsake Collection. Featuring both classic flavors as [...]

Nothing Speaks Elegance More Than the Mama Necklace

Nothing Speaks Elegance More Than the Mama Necklace

Looking for something special for your mother this Mother’s Day 2010?  Want something that screams elegance?  If you answered, “Yes” to either of these questions, then the Mama necklace by Tali Gillette will not only be the perfect Mother’s Day gift, but it will be her most cherished possession! I’ve been a fan of the [...]

Save the Rainforest With Your Juicy Rewards

Save the Rainforest With Your Juicy Rewards

I just got finished saving 500 sq.ft. of Rainforest!  It was so easy that it was a no-brainer.  All I did was purchase some Tropicana orange juice, which my kids drink anyway, enter the code found under the lid of the juice and then hit donate on the Tropicana Juicy Rewards site. Last month I [...]

Oakland County Parks host Greenhouse Open House

Oakland County Parks host Greenhouse Open House

Oakland County Parks hosts a Greenhouse Open House on May 5 at the newly acquired greenhouses at Waterford Oaks County Park to showcase community volunteerism efforts, partnership opportunities, ecological and educational initiatives. “Volunteers and staff have been spending quality time in the greenhouses growing annuals and perennials, and we want to showcase what they accomplished,” Recreation Program Supervisor Rachel Boyd said. “We’ll [...]

Volunteers needed to help pull invasive plant

Volunteers needed to help pull invasive plant

Visit a park and you are usually told to look and not touch the plants, but on May 8, Oakland County Parks is asking volunteers to help pull the invasive garlic mustard plant at the Highland Oaks County Park. The garlic mustard is an invasive plant that has a negative impact on forest biodiversity. It [...]

Grosse Pointe Theatre presents summer drama workshop at Ford House

Grosse Pointe Theatre presents summer drama workshop at Ford House

Local kids will be Acting Up as part of a summer drama program run by the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House and the Grosse Pointe Theate. The program, Acting Up: A Summer Theatre Camp for Creative Kids! will fun from June 21 to July 17 at the Grosse Pointe Theatre in Grosse Pointe at the [...]