Top tips for your first visit to the Dutch capital

Golden Age canals lined by gabled houses, candlelit cafes, whirring bicycles, lush parks, monumental museums, colourful markets, diverse dining, quirky shopping and legendary nightlife make the free-spirited Dutch capital one of Europe’s great cities. With so much on offer it can be overwhelming knowing where to start, but you can start by going to Thingstodoinamsterdam.com…

Hello, Weekend: Past Christmas Post & ‘Your Great Idea’ Link Party!

The Happenings: – ‘Mariel’s Picks 2012’ starts Monday!!  3 weeks of gift ideas, for everyone on your list.  – For all Facebook fans, be sure to go ‘like’ my status update from yesterday (the one about Gift Idea   Central), and you’re instantly entered to win a $50 dollar Amazon.com gift card!   A couple favorite Christmas…

‘Mariel’s Picks 2012’ Starts Monday!! (& Amazon.com Giveaway)

It’s that time of  year again…we’re all thinking Christmas. How we can get our shopping over and done with, so we can have more time with the family, right?  I know that’s how I am!  To help you (and me) out, I’ve been staying up until the wee hours of the night ‘online window shopping’,…

Hello, Weekend: Upcoming Giveaway & ‘Your Great Idea’ Link Party

….get ready!  Sunday night (7 p.m. MST) I’ll be posting a super fun giveaway, as basket filled with some of my favorite things.  Even better, 24 other bloggers will be doing the same thing, so you can check out some fun blogs, favorite things, and get some great Christmas ideas…all while stewing over who is…

‘I Really Love My…’ Giveaway!! Win Blogger’s Favorite Things ~ Over $500 in Prizes!

We have a super fun giveaway for you this week!  Together, with some of my great blogger friends, we are each offering you one of OUR very favorite things.  Five bloggers, five prizes, all worth at least a hundred dollars each!  Hello, that’s awesome, plus you can earn up to 12 entries! Check it out!…

Giveaway Winners & Discounts for All!

Alrighty.  The results are in…here are the Mother’s Day Giveaway winners: Merenia Braithwaite (niabraithwaite) – Malouf Fine LinensCassandra Andersen (cassandralinda93)- Hapari SwimwearMama Lark (larkinfamily) – Momma’s a Princess TooTracey (teekayb29) – Poppy Seed ProjectsCharlene (charlsxmith) – Poppy Seed ProjectsLaci (schaffnerjr) – Poppy Seed ProjectsJanell Doyle – Praire CreationsEmily Whitby – The Imaging DepotLindsay (crzybeautiful) –…