Glade® Expressions™ Collection Happiair and Giveaway

So excited tonight is our  Glade® ExpressionsTM Collection Party! I am so excited to Host this event! :)

I love Spring! Spring is such a fabulous time of year.  I love the freshness and the joy of life.  All things new and beginning again and again.  Spring is a time to throw open the windows and doors and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.  This season I love that the new Glade® ExpressionsTM Collection introduces an array of fabulous Spring freshness for our homes.  

The scents are incredible. 

Glade Expressions Happiair Collection

You know last month I fell in love with these firsts-hand at the plush ^Galde®  Spa at Blissdom in Nashville.  We were spoiled with our makeovers and manicures all while enjoying the sweet scents of Spring from Glade^®. My family fell in love with the Pineapple and Mangosteen Fragrance Mist and Oil Diffuser I brought home.  These are so elegant and lovely, I have ours right on our Piano in the living room.  That room, and my family, Thank me - and Glade. ;) 

The Glade Home Style Studio APP!  You know me, if there's an APP, I'm in!  Seriously, what can be more fun than games on my iPad!  So my girlfriends and I are going to have a little party!  The Glade Happiair Party! :) We are going to talk all things beautiful like these Oil Diffusers and Fragrance Mists.  And enjoy some inviting refreshments and check out everyone's own style and scent for their own homes.  Hey, if you'd like to join us, please email me at CarolinaMama1 @ gmail (dot) com.  We would love to indulge together.  

You will learn more about the  Glade® ExpressionsTM Collection - it's Glade's latest addition to the award-winning Glade® portfolio and is inspired by current sentiments of maintaining a sense of wellbeing and balance in an increasingly hectic society. 

Did I tell you after this week, I am so needing that "wellbeing and balance!" Bring on the Glade!  Glade makes me "look and (pardon me) smell good!"  I'm grateful!  

Here are more fabulous details on the Collection:  It features two new fashionable designs including a Fragrance Mist and Oil Diffuser. These new, contemporary designs are the perfect complement to any home’s style and décor and make it easy for women to express their personal style and taste. The collection is offered in the following true-to-life fragrances (be warned, you will fall in love with no less than two, I loved three of the four):

• Cotton & Italian Mandarin (Fragrance Mist only)
• Pineapple & Mangosteen (Fragrance Mist & Oil Diffuser)
• Fuji Apple & Cardamom Spice (Fragrance Mist & Oil Diffuser)
• Lavender & Juniper Berry (Fragrance Mist & Oil Diffuser)
  
  
  • Glade® ExpressionsTM Fragrance Mist is a refillable home fragrance spray that will enhance the home and make any room feel welcoming. Unlike traditional air fresheners, Glade® ExpressionsTM Fragrance Mist features a sleek, stylish design, allowing it to be seamlessly incorporated into any home décor.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Spray is Easy To use:
    -Spray in any room for a fresh burst of aroma to fill the air and invite life in with a long-lasting fragrance.
    -To refill, unscrew the base from the holder and tap it to your palm to remove the refill. Remove the cap from the new refill and slide it into the holder and replace the base.
    
    
  • -Glade® ExpressionsTM Oil Diffuser delivers a full fragrance experience in an elegant design that can make any room inviting. Available in cream and bamboo panels that accentuate any room’s décor, every starter kit contains a decorative holder, oil bottle and diffuser card and offers a continuous long-lasting fragrance for larger spaces for up to 30 days.
    
    
    Tips from Glade's Giuliana Rincic:
    
    
    Make Your Space “Liveliair,” “Happiair” and “Coziair” with Fragrance
    Pretty Enough to Display. The new Glade^® Expressions™ Collection has been designed with you in mind! You’re going to love the “squeeze-to-spray experience” of the fragrance mist. Just remove the label to reveal a beautifully shaped bottle that is designed to blend with your décor. And the no-spill design of the oil diffuser can be placed anywhere – especially in large spaces!
    Relaxing Cotton & Italian Mandarin. This scent just evokes a vision of white florals and an amazing Italian villa. Use cozy, cotton slipcovers to freshen up sofas and chairs. Sheer draperies bring through a crisp and clean ambiance to windows. Give the room an elegant, modern finish by arranging white floral bouquets with pops of orange to highlight natural, organic tones.
    Calming Lavender & Juniper Berry. Display elements from nature to echo the earthy, rustic feeling brought forth in this soft and calming scent. Carry green elements through décor choices by using natural fabrics, wood-wicked candles and placing springs of lavender and green leaves in ceramic vases and mason jars. Place small terrariums around the room to add an extra flair of greenery and life to the space.
    Warm Fuji Apple & Cardamom Spice. This fragrance is a bit familiar, yet exotic and reminiscent of a far off place. Go global, placing old maps and a magnifying glass on a side table and adorning the mantle with beautiful apothecary jars filled with spices. Add rich, velvet fabrics and pillows with colorful prints and a monogrammed throw for a personal touch. 
    Lively Pineapple & Mangosteen. Who wouldn’t think of a tropical seascape with one whiff of this cheerful scent? Match this energy with a fresh coat of paint in a bright color like electric blue or kelly green. Add a vivid printed rug and vases of tropical flowers. Put the final touches on the space with a teak bowl or vase full of lemons to add a pop of color and sparkle to the room.
    
    
    Win the Giveaway!:
    Glade^® is spoiling one lucky reader a Glade^® Expressions™ with a prize pack of the new fragrances from this collection. 
    Enter to Win: 
    1)  Leave a comment below on this Carolina Mama blog posts replying to one of the following:
    2) Take the Home Style Studio Quiz on the Glade Facebook page and tell me what your style is!
    
    
    3) For additional entries (you must answer the question above & leave an additional comment on this post for each entry. If you don’t enter above, the entries below are void):
    
    
    4) Tweet this giveaway, “Win a prize pack from #Glade from @CarolinaMama #spon (Leave the tweet URL.)
    
    
    5) Follow Carolina Mama on Facebook and leave a comment that you did so
    Follow @ CarolinaMama on Twitter
    This giveaway will end on Wednesday, April 4th at 5:00 pm EST.  The winner will be chosen by random.org and will be contacted by email. The winner must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen. Click here for the Official Rules.
    
    
    Please join us at the Happiair Truck as the Tour rolls into Raleigh/Durham  March 30-31, 2012!  Hope you all can come on over to the awesomeness of Southpoint Mall in Durham and check out these fantastic scents yourself.  Take the quiz and maybe WIN something yourself.  After all, there are great prizes i.e. great TRIPS on the horizon for some lucky fans!
    Warmly,  Carolina Mama
    Disclosure: I have partnered with Glade^® on the Glade^® Happiair Tour and the Home Style Studio app. I received compensation and products, these opinions are honest and are entirely my own.
    
    

A Betty Crocker Birthday!

We had the best of times planning the Betty Crocker Birthday Party! Remember "The Birthday Interview!" Thanks Betty Crocker and MyBlogSpark for party supplies like the Flip Video, Betty Crocker Gift Card, Cake Supplies Coupons and party plans. They went swimmingly.

Disney Birthday With Friends

Thanks to Betty Crocker and a new Flip Video Cam, we have had a terrific b-day 1/2 a month of celebrating the Tigers 9th b-day. We had a blast celebrating in Orlando, where the Flip was used for one of the birthday celebrations.

At home, on their actual birthday, another party! And Mom & Dad suprised the Tigers with DESSERT FIRST!!! What can I say, Birthday Cake before Red Robin!

They loved choosing their Cake combinations. In the end, they are setting their own traditions. I have a Vanilla classic cake lover and a Chocolate cake lover. This year they both went with the Chocolate icing. Since this was the finale of a long Birthday Celebration complete with Disney and Mickey and more - the boys had dreams on their minds. Dreams of being Astronauts...



and Dolphin Trainers. So Carolina Mama went with the simplicity factor and well, here are the Cakes we all loved - even the neighbors!



That is always a treat, but especially so on the big day! We always go for 2 separate cakes. That way the boys can go for the individual tigers interests and wishes!! We went ahead and enjoyed them before going to Red Robin, also a birthday favorite. I must say I could get used to the idea of the dessert first. ;)




And wow, how does the time go!! It seems only yesterday the Tigers were infants, toddlers, now young boys on the way to becoming young men. Incredible. Enjoy every moment, big and small.



Thanks again Betty Crocker! You are our tradition!

Because Betty Crocker! is so wonderful - they are offering one of my readers their own Betty Crocker Birthday Cakes party pack.

Giveaways here are simple:

1) Post about it and enter a comment entry below;
2) Tweet about it and enter a comment entry below;
3) Facebook about it and enter a comment entry below.

Good luck! This is very fun for you and your family!

What are your birthday traditions? As a Mom, what is your favorite Cake to make? Are you a Betty Crocker Mom! :) I am!


Warmly,