If you are in Denver, CO come visit us!

All new diaper cakes!

We have all new diaper cakes available on our site! All new options for the inside of the cake as well! "Trendy Mommy", "Organic Mommy", and "Rub-a-dub-dub"!! Check out www.sweetpeacakesetc.com for more details on all our cakes. We have extended our free shipping for a limited time!! Have you seen our bath time towel cakes for babies and children? check out those out too! Children LOVE them! We custom make them as well!!

FREE SHIPPING!!

FREE SHIPPING ON ALL OUR PRODUCTS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY AT MIDNIGHT!! ORDER YOUR DIAPER CAKES TODAY!! VISIT WWW.SWEETPEACAKESETC.COM TO START SHOPPING NOW!

SAMPLE SALE IN COLORADO FEB. 8TH

Special and New Products!

Thank you for all the support and love in 2008. We are ready to make it mine in 2009!! :) We are offering a special discount for a limited time on all our new diaper cakes! Check out our new photos and new options for the inside of the diaper cakes! We have "Trendy Mommy", "Rub-a-dub-dub" and "Organic Mommy". More diaper cake and bath time towel cakes choices are coming! Thanks for looking! Visit http://www.sweetpeacakesetc.com/!




Happy New Year!
~Dawn

Black Friday Specials at Sweet Pea Cakes,etc.

This Friday marks another Black Friday filled with shopping specials across the nation! Sweet Pea Cakes, etc. is offering loads of specials just for you this Friday at 4 am til Sunday at midnight!!

** Buy one get one free manicure and pedicure travel sets! Pick from chocolate, vanilla, mocha or french vanilla travel sets to use for stock stuffers or quick gifts for teachers, babysitters, friends and family!

** Free bib set with each nursing cover up purchase! In the comment field when ordering please include which bib set you would like from our bib set page. These will be packaged and included with your order!

** Order all diaper cakes and towel cakes before December 16th to ensure Christmas delivery for all the Christmas and New Year babies!!

** All children and baby bathtime towel cakes that are Christmas gifts will also include a holiday stocking with soaps and extra bath toys- FREE!

** All Snowman towel cakes, cupcakes and any other holiday gift will come with a $10 gift card!

Don't forget to tell a friend about Sweet Pea Cakes, etc.
Dawn

New Emergen-C for Kids

FOR IMMEDIA RELEASE

MEDIA CONTACT
Jennifer von Stauffenberg
SZPR, Inc.
(760) 943-2333
jennifer@szpr.com

The New Fun, Fizzy and Delicious Emergen-C® KidzÔ Complete Multi-Vitamin & Multi-Mineral Supplement Drink Mix is Available on Store Shelves Today

-Kids love to mix it up, watch it fizz and gulp down this fun, fizzy good for them vitamin supplement.-

Foothill Ranch, California (October, 2008) - Alacer Corp., maker of the popular vitamin fizzy drink mix, Emergen-C, has announced the latest addition to their family of products, the NEW Emergen-C Kidz contains a whopping 24 essential nutrients, including more immune-boosting vitamin C than the leading brand and choline, to support healthy brain function.*

“Kids love to mix it up, watch it fizz and gulp it down so much that they chose and named their favorite flavors: Strawnanaberry Blast, Orange Pineapple Explosion and Cherry Yumberry,” said Meghann Seidner, Emergen-C Brand Manager. “Moms feel great knowing each packet contains 250mg real fruit juice powders, and no artificial flavors!”
To ensure this fruity, mouth-watering vitamin formula is the best-tasting product on the market, Alacer Corp. went straight to the source. Kids influenced every aspect of the product development from tasting to naming and even package design. There were over 100 kids from across the nation that participated in selecting their favorite flavors. The final packaging incorporates design elements from each winner.

The creative product name winners include Austin Blase, age 8, of Duluth, Georgia for Orange Pineapple Explosion and Bernadine Macedo, age 8, of Los Angeles for Strawnanaberry. The three kids whose drawings inspired the new package design include Marisa Rodriguez, age 9, of Rosemead, California for Cherry Yumberry; Alessandra Rios, age 8, of Pasadena, California for Strawnanaberry Blast; and Jake Mowery, age 12, of Cumming, Georgia for Orange Pineapple Explosion. The winner for best name and best artwork for each flavor was rewarded with a prize package of $1,000 to be donated to their school’s reading, math or science program . All participating kids received a complimentary sport sling bag.

To meet the winners and to learn more about Emergen-C Kidz, please visit http://www.emergenc.com/.

About Alacer Corp. For more than 35 years, Alacer Corp., based in Foothill Ranch, Calif., has been an industry leader and innovator in developing, manufacturing and marketing dietary supplements and nutritionally enhanced products that support an energetic, healthy lifestyle.* It produces 400 million packets annually of Emergen-C®, which is sold in health food stores, supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchandisers and club stores nationwide. For more information about Alacer, please visit www.emergenc.com.

New Products at Sweet Pea Cakes, Etc.

I am so excited to share some new products that I finally got up on the website! New diaper cakes, new towel cakes for tweens and teens, as well as all new diaper cupcakes. They look so yummy. So check out the slide show and then head over to Sweet Pea Cakes, etc. to see them up close and personal and everything that is hidden inside these cakes!! Also help yourself to 10% off with the code SPECIAL at the checkout! Have a great week! Oh and good news I start adding my personal posts to this blog tomorrow! So watch out there will be lots to read in between all the contests, photos, and memes!

~Dawn

Happy Monday Special

Good morning. I have decided today to offer everyone I know a special discount to my shop Sweet Pea Cakes, etc. The discount is 10% off your order when you enter SPECIAL at the checkout. So why did I decide to do this? Well several reasons. 1.) I have been wanting to sell my townhouse and move into a bigger home. To do so with the market as stinky as it is requires a down payment and to be able to sell my place. I either have to wait to be in business longer to qualify or show a heck of a lot more income and a 10% down payment. YIKES. So in fear of having to go to back to the "real" working world I am on crunch time to triple my sales. After being home with my kids for over a year the idea of leaving them at all , even a few hours a day, let a lone the idea of 40 hours plus all the commute time, makes me teary eyed and sad. What fun is having children if I see them two hours in the evening and for a few on the weekend in between cleaning house, running errands, going to church, and making meals???? UGH. So cross your fingers and pray that something awesome is going to happen for my family. 2.) I have launched several new products which I am stoked about. Baby bathtime towel cakes and Children bathtime towel cakes. Both cakes are made from towels (the baby cakes have handmade hooded towels too!) with handmade pajamas inside and lots of bath fun. They come in several choices with even more summer fun up ahead. So check them out and see what you think.

I also have decided to offer this special since I will soon be retiring many of my diaper cakes I am offering now to make room for all new designs. There will be a special OOAK (one of a kind) diaper cake page that will launch this week with special diaper cakes where there will be only ONE of each kind. It will be so neat! I am really excited.

Also I want to take the time to bring everyone's attention over to Make a Child Smile website. I think this is such a neat way to get involved personally with charitable giving. Here are children going through a rough time with life, with families by their side endearing all this hardship. Why not brighten their day with a card, a letter, coloring books, toys, handmade gifts, and things of that nature? Munchie Mallow sends a gift over to a different sponsored child each month. Other companies are beginning to sponsor children. And yes I am all for it. My daughter is going to be making cards to wish these children brighter days and helping to make little care packages. I encourage all of you to check out the site.

Alright this post is a lot longer than I planned. I hope you are having a fantastic start to your week. Leave a comment so I know you stopped by and I hope you come back later this week for a book giveaway (sneak preview - "The Baby Gizmo buying guide") and more!

~Dawn

For a great party- just add cake!

When it comes to planning your little angel's party, you want everything to be
special and memorable. I know I love to go pick out themed party supplies with
my daughter each year for her birthday. But this year we have been introduced to Just Add Cake. What an amazing site! I was completely blown away at the details in each box to plan the perfect party for a boy, a girl, for a baby shower, bridal shower, and more! I started sending the link to everyone I know. Now how does someone come up with this perfect party planning business? Betsy shared the details about the magic in this company:

"I was in a corporate job that was making me miserable and started to
talk about opening my own business to have more control over my life.
My sister is obsessive about throwing parties and we work amazingly well
together. So, we started brainstorming and in no time just add cake
was born. My brother in law is also a partner in our business… we call
him “the muscle”!"

What kind of products do you offer?

"We offer all-in-one party boxes for kid’s birthday parties, baby and bridal showers and a girls’ night box. We have many more coming soon! We also offer an assortment of children’s gifts."

"We offer absolutely everything you need to throw a party except the food! This allows you to have the perfect party without going to every boutique in town finding the right touches. just add cake saves you time and money while allowing you to have a fresh and fabulous party that your guests won’t stop talking about!" That's what makes this company so unique! I can't wait til I have another friend pregnant (I won't be having another for a LONG time) because I am all over the Pickles and Ice Cream Baby shower! What a cute, cute theme for welcoming a baby.

The top 3 sellers at Just Add Cake are: Our top three best sellers are currently:
Pirate Parrrty Box,Fairy Princess Party Box,The Classic Birthday Party Box! All pictured at the top of this post! Right now at Just Add Cake in the month of April they are giving away a $30 just add cake gift voucher to a mailing list member, so sign up on our site today!

Just Add Cake has set up a sweet treat for all our Sweet Pea readers. You can start shopping now with a 10% discount just by entering SWEETPEA at the checkout! And if you are ready to win something fantastic, head over to Just Add Cake check out all the themes and head back here to leave a comment about your favorite one! You will be entered to win a your choice of one party gift from the following (retail value $20, click on each gift set to see the details):

Safari Adventure Gift Set
Pirate Gift Set
Fairy Princess Gift Set
Glamour Girl Gift Set

So what are waiting for??? Go check it out and come back! Leave a comment below (click on the pink comments link) about your favorite product you want to win! Leave a valid email address as well. Enter by April 12th. You can receive an extra entry if you post a link to this contest on your blog and sign up for our feed. Just email me to let me know at sweetpeacakesetc (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Party on!

Just Add Cake has been providing services and products locally since late 2007 but their website just officially launched on March 1st, 2008!

A bit about the owner:
I am actually the odd one out in this business… I am single with no kids but I am the proud aunt to 3 nieces and 2 nephews. My business partners, Katy, my sister and Dave, my brother-in-law have 2 daughters that help us with product testing and give the official “kid approval” that is so important to each box. My favorite thing in the world is spending time with my two nieces that live in town. They crack me up! With the research, development and launch of just add cake, I have started reading as many mom blogs as actual moms! I will certainly be ready if I ever have kids. Other than that, I have had to give up most of my other interests to devote the proper amount of time to American Idol!

Contest hopping in the blogsphere

CONTESTS, CONTESTS, CONTESTS!!

Are you in the mood for some contest hopping this weekend? There are many great contests going on out there in the wonderful blogsphere. So where should we head to first?



Little Piddles Blog is offering a Free tutu by BeJeweled ($52 value excludes Satin and Lavender Blossom) Contets ends 4/4/08 at 11:59 EST. Stop over to Little Piddle and check it out and get entered today!
Coupon Code: TUTU for 15% off all purchases till 4/13/08



Over at Silpada Designs you can win a pair of Silpada earrings in April. Sterling Silver squares showcase these handcrafted Peridot drop Earrings...on French wires. Retail Value: $26.00. The winner will be chosen on April 10th. In order to enter you must send an email to engelbart2002@yahoo.com.

Children FREE Fun Room

Not only are their contests for mommy to win but we have a fun coloring contest for the kids to enter as well! Coloring Page Contest! 3/25-4/30. Many Blessings' children will judge the pictures to place up online. There will be two winners. Each winner will have their pictures placed online for others to color. Visit the website for more details and to enter!

Check out the Noah's Ark Animal workshop! Your kids will love this place! You can get a FREE $5 Gift Cards to Noah's Ark Animal Workshop! The gift card allows you to save $5 on any ready to stuff animal. The animals are shipped directly to your door with everything needed to stuff and have a great time.There is also a monthly drawing for all Birthday Club kids. It's free to join!

My Thirty-One (www.mythirtyone.com/1818) is having a raffle if someone places an order by Sunday March 30th. They will be entered to win: Medium Chic Purse (12x9x3) Deco dots valued at $23.50! Check out the picture above. Also the March special is if you purchase a bucket bag you can get a wristlet for $1.00. Savings of $11.00!!

Sew Cute is giving away $5 to their website visitors! Simply visit their website & register at http://www.sew-cute.ca/create_account.php - be sure to enter "Sweet Pea Cakes" when asked for a referral. Then check your email to instantly receive $5 in Sew Cute cash!

Home Ec 101 will be launching a Zosephine diaper bag give away on Monday, March 31st. It's a $116 value, so you will want to make sure you head over right away Monday morning to check this out. Entrants will simply need to comment and link back from their blog, if they have one.

If you have a great contest going on at your site or blog, feel free to post a comment with the link so we can all head over and visit! If you would like to be featured in future contest posts email me at sweetpeacakesetc (at) yahoo (dot) com. Thanks! Have a fantastic weekend!! ~Dawn

Spring is here! Time to dazzle your princess!

Spring time reminds me of warm weather, light rain showers, flowers and sunshine. Time to pull out the dresses, purses and head outside. So, what better way to celebrate Spring then to dress up your little princess in flowers? Check out Munchie Mallow- home of the flower boutique headbands, flower knit hats, adorable clippies, and new sequins headbands. Take a peek at how cute these accessories are:

When I interviewed Jessica, owner of Munchie Mallow, I asked her about getting started with this business and her creative business name.

"Munchie Mallow began when I was trying to find some cute headbands for my daughter... I began creating the boutique flower headbands to coordinate with her outfits. She got compliments on them everywhere we went. A few people mentioned to me that I should start selling them, & the rest is history!



Now if you're probably wondering how we came up with the name Munchie Mallow. Well, it is one of the many nicknames we have for our daughter. We started out calling her Munchkin, & that ended up being shortened to Munchie. One of my favorite treats are marshmallows, & my daughter's little arms & thighs reminded me of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. So we ended up combining the two & calling her Munchie Mallow! Funny, I know! But quite catchy don't you think?"

Both of my daughters have Munchie Mallow hair accessories. Check out how adorable they look in the hats and headbands! They are so easy to put on, match any outfit and make for a hip spring look. If I could get away with wearing one of the knit hats with a jean skirt and tank top, I would!! I LOVE them!

So how is Munchie Mallow so unique? Munchie Mallow specializes in flower hair accessories for little girls. We can guarantee that we have the widest & cutest selection of flower hair accessories out there! Munchie Mallow offers a wonderful variety of flower headbands, hair clippies, hats/beanies, tiara headbands, hand beaded Swarovski Crystal Heart necklaces, boutique graphic design services & more.

My new favorite thing is the sequin headbands. My fav is the Pink Rose Sequin Headband. This would look great on any girl with her cute spring skirts and tops, or a pink tank and jean skirt. Look at all the detail on the headband! It comes in a variety of colors and flowers, such as: Apricot Dahlia Sequin Headband, Sequin Headband- 1 inch, Sequin Headband- 2 inch, White Rose on Blue Sequin Headband, and Yellow Daisy Sequin Headband. I think I will be getting one in every color.

The top 3 sellers at Munchie Mallow (which means get them while their hot and before they are GONE) are:

-Pink Cocoa Knit Hat

-Bright Pink Spider Daisy Headband

-Mother & Daughter Rose Hair Clips

So head over to Munchie Mallow, check out your favorite things, and come back here to leave us a comment about it. Right now, Jessica is offering all our Sweet Pea Readers a 15% discount on your shopping spree. Click here to get the discount: http://munchiemallow.com/?code=Sweet

Current Giveaway with Munchie Mallow:

Munchie Mallow will be giving away one of our flower crochet beanies to three lucky shoppers. All you have to do is purchase a minimum of $15.00 worth of items & we will include a beanie in with your order. Also, be sure to leave a comment when you pay for you item(s), & let us know where you heard about our giveaway.We will choose the beanie for you. Please note that our beanies fit infants from 0-12 months, & may fit up to 18 months, depending on the size of your childs head.

Oh did I mention the shipping over at Munchie Mallow??? Get this- it's a flat rate of $5.95 regardless of how many items you purchase! So shop til you drop and know that you won't pay more that $5.95! And it's FREE with orders over $50. Even more reason to check out this great WAHM.

Munchie Mallow has been in business since July 2006.

A bit about the owner:
My fiance & I have a 2.5 year old daughter together. We are actually trying for baby #2. We also have three dogs & two cats. Some favorite interests: Graphic design, photography, digital scrapbooking, & shopping!

A new chic boutique for mother and child

I love shopping online for my little girls. Anytime I come across a fantastic boutique filled with goodies for babies, children and the rest of the family I have to share it! Enter Luca Bleu Boutique. This chic boutique for mother and child is filled with wonderful gifts that are not at all those other boutiques, like: B-buckles which are buckles allowing mom to wear her favorite jeans while pregnant, The Papa Pillow, Adorable outwear for babies and children, and so much more that you need to check out.

I got a chance to interview Rachel, the owner of Luca Bleu. I asked her about the products she has to offer and here is what she had to say, "Luca Bleu truly offers a “handpicked selection” of the finest products available for moms, babies, and children. We offer clothing, accessories, baby essentials, decor, furniture, bedding, and gifts. We try to provide items that other boutiques do not and constantly search trade shows, blogs, magazines, and other avenues to find products before they become well-known. You’ll notice I love color – so most of the clothing, accessories, bedding etc…is full of fun, and whimsicle patterns and color selections."

My favorite things are the leg warmers! I am ordering a pair for my 15 month old daughter to wear along with her onesies and skirts. It is still chilly in Colorado and these will make a great addition to her wardrobe!

Curious on what the top sellers are that are flying off Luca Bleu's shelves? Here are the top 3:

1) Right now the Topless Undershirts from Blush are selling like crazy! They are great for pregnant women and really help to extend the wear of your pre-pregnancy clothing. (They have prevented me from buying maternity shirts too early).

2) Customized Bed Crowns: These are great especially for little girls rooms for over the crib, bed, window, or for a “reading corner” in the room. We offer a wide selection of colors, paint finishes and fabrics to match any nursery or bedroom.

3) Bla-Bla backpacks for kids have been big sellers lately. The monkey and frog have been the most popular!

Next on my list is the cute Monkey backpack for my older daughter, one of the best sellers! I have to get this since she will love it! Isn't it soooo cute?? I can see why it's in the top 3!

I asked Rachel how she got started with this wonderful business. "Over the past year, many of my friends had children and I was always searching for the perfect and “most unique” baby gift. Many of these friends live out of state, so I often times turned to the online boutiques. My main frustration with shopping online was that many of the baby boutique sites were extremely slow and would freeze up in the middle of my purchase. I also usually ended up buying from several sites due to product selections…so I ended up paying way too much for shipping. It’s nice to be able to offer customers a one-stop shop – but still be selective in the items we carry.

The most important reason I started Luca Bleu is because I knew we would be starting a family. Like most moms out there I would love to work from home and raise my children...and Luca Bleu is my way to eventually do this. I also wanted to get all of the nitty gritty business start-up work out of the way before we started trying to get pregnant!"

So what is so unique about this online boutique that makes you want to head over and shop right now, well...

1. WEBSITE: Our website is fast and extremely easy to navigate. Customers won’t wait minutes for pages or images to load – and your screen will not freeze up during the checkout process!
2. PRODUCTS: Luca Bleu offers colorful, unique, and often hand-made items for babies, mothers, and children. We aim to provide customers with items from every product category while still being picky in our product selections.
3. CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! When you are buying anything – especially from a boutique – you should expect only the best customer service. All items are hand-wrapped in beautiful tissue paper with a matching ribbon and hand-written thank you note. I aim to ship out items the same day or very next day after they are ordered and follow up with customers to make sure they love their purchase. We have a flexible return/exchange policy and are really here to serve our customers.
4. PRICES: Things don’t have to be expensive to be great! We offer a wide selection of products in all price ranges – so there is really something for everyone.

I absolutely agree and I will add an update when my products arrive! So here is the exciting news!!! Rachel is offering EVERYONE the chance to win a $25 gift voucher to Luca Bleu! All you have to do is head over to Luca Bleu, take a look around, come back here and leave a comment (click on comment link below in pink) and mention what your favorite product was. All entries will be entered into random.org and a winner will be notified by email. (make sure to add sweetpeacakesetc@yahoo.com to your address book so the email doesn't go to your spam)

Click here to head over!**NOTE contest has been extended. Will end March 31st. Winner will be annouced April 1st. Oh and WAIT- it doesn't end there! Here's what else you get: All customers who sign up for the Luca Bleu mailing list during the month of March will receive a special promo code for FREE SHIPPING all year at Luca Bleu. You can sign up at: http://www.lucableu.com/signup.cfm

Luca Bleu opened its “virtual doors” in October of 2007.

A little about the owner:

My husband and I met in high school and dated for 9 years before getting married in May of 2004. Our first “baby” was our Golden Retriever, Payton. However, we have been blessed with pregnancy and are expecting our first little boy on August 10th of this year! This is the first grandbaby for our parents – so you can imagine the excitement right now.

My husband and I LOVE to be outdoors. Living in Nebraska, we definitely take advantage of every nice day during the Spring, Summer & Fall. We both really enjoy running and have completed one marathon and a few half-marathons. I also enjoy decorating, shopping, reading, but most importantly just spending time with family and friends. This pregnancy has brought our family very close together and we are all so excited to meet our son!