Penless QR Sticker Review

Penless is a few new company that wants you to "Up your gifting game." How do they want you to do that? They want you to buy their cute QR stickers and attach them with birthday, anniversary, and wedding presents. It is a neat idea. How does it work? As the owner of the stickers the Penless app needs to be downloaded. Then I was able to make a video with my phone and the app, then I scan the QR code and attach the sticker to whatever I am giving to my gift receiver. In this case (they also sent bookmarks) I made a bookmark for Kiah on her first day of school telling her to have a great day. We figured out that she does not need the app just a cell phone that will take a QR code and open what is attached to the code. Some other fun ideas were some traveling ones that they have and for those who may still do scrapbooking if a fun video was taken on vacation it can easily be attached to your book and that memory will always be just one click away. 

Thank you Penless and Tryazon for letting my frineds and I try this fun product. Everything I received here was free in exchange for me sharing and reviewing the product. 

Tryazon and DynaTrap focus group and review

We have had a lot of rain in Kansas- my neighbors say more rain than they know of in the last 29 years so it's been a big deal. With that much rain it brings a lot of flying bugs and mosquitoes which no one wants around. DynaTrap is a company who thinks they have a solution to getting rid of these bugs in a non chemical way and when using the products they seem to work very well! Here is what they sent me (click on the links and you can see the product and price for yourself!)

• DT150 Ultralight Indoor Insect Trap
• DT160 ¼ Acre Outdoor Insect Trap
• DT1050 ½ Acre Outdoor Insect Trap
• Dynazap Electric Bug Zapper
•  Dynatrap FlightLight Indoor Fly Trap 
  I have a friend who has been testing the 1/2 acre one and they just recently moved to a farm. They said they had a lot of bugs after 24 hours and then after waiting a few days they had almost a full bucket! So they believe it is working. I have the Indoor flytrap set up in my kitchen and we have caught a lot of little bugs- not a whole lot of flies but I feel almost like it's too hot for flies so I am excited to see how it works in the fall! The indoor light one is basically just a sticky sheet and a blue light that draws the bugs into the sticky trap but the nice thing about it the bugs is you can't see them unless you pull out the sheet. My kids have enjoyed the electric bug zapper- we may be using that more than on just bugs (I do not recommend that although it is not extremely painful.) Thank you DynaTrap and Tryazon for letting me and my friends try out these amazing products. I know we are thankful for less bugs! 

Tryazon and Plaid Crafts #LetsPaint Party

Every once in awhile a party comes along that is so much fun and effortless to get people to! This fun Plaid Craft painting party was one of those. I had never heard of Plaid Crafts before this party but have since discovered that their products are sold at Walmart. I will say this party almost wasn't super cool because the company sent the wood panels with a sticker attached right on the face of the board- they were super stick and left behind a TON of residue. I called the company, twice to try to figure it out. We used a blow dryer, steel wool (which scratched the surface) a knife(nope) dish soap with a grease defender (nope) a plastic scrubby- (barely worked and scratched the wood) FINALLY when I was about to cry and throw in the towel I remembered we had some goo be gone stuff. It literally took two seconds with a rag and the residue was off! Although I would recommend NOT doing that in the house next time! So once a month on Thursdays Plaid Crafts has a live painting class via their Facebook page. I wanted to know what supplies we would need for our party and if there was anything I need to do before I hosted my party so Kiah and I decided to paint along with the live video! That lasted all of about five minutes as we fell behind and there is no pause on the live feed so we sketched our star fish on and then wait to paint along the next day so we could pause and rewind! This was so much fun! I really enjoyed the class- as a mom of four who always tells people what to do sometimes it's nice to have someone tell me what to do! The ladies who ran the class did a great job and I love to hear that there are other artist and styles that they do. All the classes are free however they do promote their brand products and colors which is fine for me when these classes locally can run between $20-$30 a night. I think a fun idea would be to make these monthly boxes people could order with all the supplies inside and then they could paint along. It would be a fun gift for myself or my friends. We all had a blast at our party and want to thank Tryazon and Plaid Crafts for allowing us to have so much fun!  

April freebies and giveaways

It was a great month! I was very busy and fell behind by quite a bit but I still made over $160 for the month!

20/20 research

April 27^th $50 Amazon gift card

American Consumer Opinion

April 1^st $10.18 Paypal

E-Rewards

April 19^th $50 Fanatic Gift Card

E-search

April 11^th $1 paypal

Kellogg’s Family Rewards

April 21^st $10 Old Navy Gift card

My Coke Rewards

April 30^th $15 off a boxed.com purchase

Mucinex

April 24^th Mucinex water bottle

Newsy

April 27^th Tumbler

Opinion Outpost

April 9^th $20 Paypal

Our Voice

April 12^th $5 Amazon Gift code

SampleSource

April 22^nd Voortman breakfast biscuits, love good fats snack bar, travel sized body wash, rephresh probiodic, lubricant, and 2 coupons.

Tryazon

April 9^th Mercurky innovations camera, smart switch and smart light bulb to test

April 25^th Orb 6 Bubbleezz to share with friends

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April 19^th Culturelle probiotics for kids 30 packets

Bubbleezz Tryazon Party and Review

My kids were so excited to hear that we were going to be hosting this party. However they were a bit bummed when we had to give most of the Bubbleezz away. I had only seen these before when Tryazon had another party for them last year so I had several friends ask me online when we got the party what this product even was. I told them it was a lot like orbeezz and a squishy made a baby and right now those two products are VERY popular at my house! These cute little guys came in many different shapes and colors and are fun for both boys and girls. Some of our shapes were fruit, a monster and a mermaid cat? My kids all thought that one was super cute! Everything about them LOOKS good and fun and they are mesmerizing to hold and play with but this momma does have a few concerns about the products. Unfortunately the plastic was super sticky, so everything stuck to it. I kept telling my friends you won't really enjoy these if you have a pet because they will pick up all the animal fur. My daughter just decided hers got a bath when she did and that kept it fairly clean. Also my daughter was bummed when her brother played a bit to hard with hers and it popped a super small hole in it so they also don't last a super long time. The price point on these is anywhere from $5-$15 and that price is based on size. We kept one of the big ones so if I had bought it I would have been disappointed in how quickly it popped. However even with my concerns my kids loved them, their friends were excited to get them and now we keep seeing them in the store all the time and they want to add more! 

Thank you Tryazon and Bubbleezz for letting us try these products for free. All the words here are my own.   

Merkury Innovations Tryabox review

I just got done trying these Merkury Innovations' products out. I have mixed reviews, mostly I love them. However, there are a few points where I had some issues that did not get resolved. However if a person is looking for affordable "smartness" added to their house you can not go wrong with these products! In order to use all these products an app called Geeni must be downloaded and everything is controlled within that app.

I am going to start with the smart plug. This product has been awesome! The first time I used it was to scare the kids with a light that went off and on when Kjell and I were not home, but after that it has become practical in that we can turn a light on from a different city when we are away so that it looks like we are home, or when we get home late at night from somewhere I can touch a button on my phone and we will walk into a house with a light on. I see us using this product with our Christmas tree moving forward because we really enjoy having those lights on until we go to bed, now I will be able to shut it off from our bedroom! My only complaint about this product is- we just bought an electrical outlet that has two USB ports- well this smart outlet is a bit bulky so it can not be plugged in at the same time we are charging any of our devices. It would be fine if it were a normal outlet but that is not where I wanted to plug it in! (Price $10)

Moving on to the camera. This was a lot of fun, and the kids still have no idea that we have it. Well they may have some idea as we have used it to spy on them, and caught a candy thief hasn't quite figured out how we caught them yet. This has a motion detector on it that I set up notifications to get sent to my phone and then I can see the movement. It also has sound so you can hear the stuff going on and there is a way for the person on the app to communicate with the people being videoed. Once our kids actually know about this part of the feature it will be nice because they don't have a phone so when we leave there is minimal communication. My issue with this- and I sent an email that went unanswered to the company and then looked for a phone number to call so I could have it resolved before posting this review is that for the few times I use it, if it doesn't detect something for over an hour it seems to just get tired and not work anymore. I kind of thought the point of it was to use it when a person is not home and sometimes that may mean no movement for a few hours- I just feel it should still have the motion sensor working and the camera should work as well.  (Priced $25)

The lightbulb- I am going to be honest with you. We haven't figured out a room that we want a dimmer on a light yet. I have seen several other people post about this product and they show how it works it's just like a dimmer switch that is controlled with your phone. I think if I found the perfect spot for it it would be a great product but right now I just don't know where to put it! (Priced $13)

Overall I like these products. I have been comparing them in prices to comparable brands and these seem to be a lot more affordable than some of the other options out there. But I do feel that because they are a bit cheaper you lose some of the bells and whistles (this is mainly just my feelings about the camera not sure what else needs to be added to the lightbulb and the smart outlet. These products are all available at Walmart so not hard to get your hands on!

Thank you Merkury Innovations and Tryazon for allowing me the opportunity to try these products for free in exchange for my review. All the words stated here are my own.

March freebies and incentives

So I got a new online job that pays pretty well (for a very small part time job) so I decided to close out a few accounts that sent just oh so many emails. I kept them both until I was ready to cash out and then my life got SO MUCH easier. I can almost always get caught up on email if in a day. I am less than a week behind right now! I went from being 1200 emails behind to 45. This is a doable future. So goodbye to LifePoints and My Points. It's time to live life a little bit more!

Crowdtap

March 12^th CND Vinylux Nailpolish and topcoat

March 26^th $10 Amazon gift code

LifePoints

March 19^th $50 Paypal (then I closed this account 20 emails a day is 15 too many)

My Coke Rewards

March 30^th Coupon for a free 20 oz pop at quick trip

My Points (and then I closed my account)

March 1^st $25 paypal

Newsy

March 14^th $25 Amazon card

Opinion Outpost

March 2^nd $20 Opinion Outpost

SheSpeak

March 1^st The Girl He Used to Know book

Sweepstakes

March 30^th $5 off Mobile 1 At Walmart coupon

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March 1^st $5 Amazon Gift Card