Combat Ant Killing Bait Strips Review

Like most people, we have an ant problem as the weather gets warmer. I have already noticed quite a few ants in the house! You can imagine my reaction to that. Fortunately, however, we have the Combat Ant Killing Bait Strips at our disposal! We stuck them out in a few places where there are many ants or where the ants enjoy entering our lovely house and we have not had an ant problem since!

As the Combat Roach Killing Bait Strips, the Ant Killing strips work by proving "food" to the ants which they bring back to their homes. The insecticide then reaches all of the ant colony terminating the problem at the source which means you do not need to worry about your ant problem as often! These too have a discreet design that you can stick under cupboards, outside on the porch, on the back of your garbage can...wherever you need to.

These will stick to most inside surfaces if they are smooth, however, ruff surfaces are not easily stuck to as there is not much surface area with the sticky backing. You can always try using Command Strips to stick these where you can't otherwise, though, and still not have the mess!

These Combat Killing Bait Strips have a gel containing food and water along with Fipronil which is an insecticide that works within hours of contact! I feel so terrible sometimes talking about all this killing of bugs, but remember, these insects are not to be invited into your home. They can carry diseases that can harm your family so Combat is really saving you from sickness!

Keep these out of reach of children and pets! The Bait Strips, which come in packs of 5 strips, are available at major retailers including Walmart, Home Depot, Target, Family Dollar, Dollar General and Publix.


Disclaimer: I am a Purex Insider and received a free product for my review! These views are my own and were not at all influenced by the party who gave me this opportunity.

FamilyStickers.com Review & Giveaway

I am sure you see cars everywhere with stickers on the back window to show their family. I have been a lot more lately and have always thought they were adorable. Because of this, I thought family stickers would be a great way to announce that we have another little one on the way! FamilyStickers.com has allowed me to review some and I am in love!

The car window stickers are pretty much completely customizable. You can choose from white stick figures to full-color figures! I love classic so I personally chose the white stick figures, but if you go with the colored ones you are able to choose the skin color, hair color, shirt color, pants color, shoe color and even the color of whatever accessory your family member has! With any of the family car stickers you are able to choose the gender, the height, the head and the body and you are even able to add text! I chose to show that my husband is in the military, I am pregnant, my son thinks he's Superman and our cat loves shirts AND in place of the family name we put the announcement "We're Expecting!" You can use this just to show off the personality of your family, use basic characters to show off the size of your family, or do what we did and make an announcement whether you just graduated, you got engaged or married, you got a new pet, a new job...the list goes on! If you want, you can even make your family look like a bunch of monkeys, zombies or vampires! There are even different car sticker options beyond stick figures or color--you can create "Chrome" stickers, large or small size stickers, family accessories stickers, Peeking Family stickers, just faces or full-on scenes!

But wait, there's more! FamilyStickers.com does not JUST have car stickers. This site also has everything from wall stickers to mugs to stationery to ornaments! You can also get car stickers that are not of your family but are "in memory of" or words or ribbons! Check it out for yourself!
Applying the family car stickers is really easy. They send great, detailed instructions with your order; simply follow those and you are set! Since we didn't have the squeegee, we used the edge of a gift card. Now, I did do a preggo-brain move and did not stick the sheet down 100% flat to start with, but how the stickers are made, we were able to work around that and my husband just took a blade to the creased spots to relieve them so they could be smoothed out flat and the stickers were unaffected. There are great how-to-apply videos on the FamilyStickers.com website if you are having troubles. You are able to remove stickers in the future if you choose to (in our case I will eventually take my pregnant belly off and add myself normal size and add a baby) but stickers are not reusable after. Do not worry though! If you need to replace a sticker, you can just order one person to replace the one that needs replacing rather than the whole family if the rest are ok because the stickers are individual which is pretty neat!

Are you going to order some FamilyStickers.com products? If you do, especially if you choose to use them to make an announcement, please share on my Facebook wall! You can follow FamilyStickers.com on Facebook to learn about new products and deals. If you order, be sure to send FamilyStickers.com a photo of your car with the stickers for a chance to win $100! Winner selected by number of votes and the contest ends April 30, 2013.

Want to see the other ways I announced that we are expecting? Check out my brand new, still-in-the-works blog Arts & Crackers for announcement ideas like this, crafts, recipes and much more!


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Purex Glitter Review & Giveaway

Purex gave me this very special opportunity to be one of the first to try the new Purex Glitter detergent! I was skeptical at first because I mean, come on, glitter detergent? I have to say though, it really adds a new meaning to sparkly clean! My wash came out smelling so wonderful and had a great glittery effect to it. As a woman, I like the glitz; my husband and son, on the other hand, are not so into it so I now have an excuse to wash my clothes separately. My skin is fairly sensitive so I was concerned that the glitter would make my skin itch and turn all red but the glitter flecks are small enough that I don't notice any irritation. This detergent is a great, unique, new innovation from Purex! I have tried so many awesome products of theirs and they always come out with new things first!

Purex Glitter detergent is safe as it has a 100% natural glitter formula with no added harmful chemicals. The glitter simply embeds into your clothing making them glamtastic and ready for any special occasion or everyday bling! Not only will your clothing come out dazzling, but Purex Glitter also has the same great stain-fighting formula of all other Purex products as well as being high-efficiency-friendly. Worried there will be a glittery mess? Purex has that covered! I didn't notice any mess afterward because their formula is specifically made to attach onto the fabric and any excess is rinsed away with the old water in the spin cycle. Available at Walmart stores, Purex Glitter is half the cost of the leading brand of detergent so you can strut your personality for less! The dream of every frugal couponer, right? Read the bottle before use though. My first batch I didn't realize I was supposed to hang to dry.

Check out these before and after pics of a dress for one of my nieces:

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Disclaimer: I am a Purex Insider and received a free product for my review! These views are my own and were not at all influenced by the party who gave me this opportunity.