Alight Review & Giveaway

Alight.com is an online store for Plus Size girls and women. I was looking over their site and they actually have some really cute little tops and dresses. They happen to carry an array of designers that should catch your eye, especially considering all the sales that are going on. I saw that they had some tops that are 78% off while 88% off on some of their dresses. They are also having a sale on jeans up to 68% off! I knew that they were an online discount store but never dreamed the prices would be that low. I hope you head on over there and check them out to see if there is anything that can catch your eye while they are having such a wonderful sale going on.

I thought this little dress would be perfect for casual work day and for going out on the town, especially if you are on vacation and at the beach! Pair it with either white or black sandels and you are all set to go! I wish I had not gotten out of the habit of wearing dresses once I quit work, but, I did and now I rarely put one on. There is alot of things I don't do anymore but I do still love looking at beautiful clothes, that hasn't changed at all.

They have several scarves that I wouldn't mind having. I never used to wear them but now I think they are awesome! Must be the age catching up with me. I think scarves are considered an "in" thing to do but I still only buy the ones that I like, not what is in fashion. Here is another one that I thought was gorgeous:

I really love this white laced up top that I found on their site. It is really beautiful! They have it in Fuschia, Blue and Red!

This is what Alight had to say about their clothing that they offer:

We carry over 1000 unique items from over 75 brands. Our buyers shop the globe for the most interesting and fashion right clothing. Many of the items on our site are made exclusively for alight. Our assortment of plus size blouses, shirts and tops includes a wide range of boleros, shrugs, cardigans, tunics, knit tops, sweaters, prints and solids in a rainbow variety of colors. Our plus size bottoms are the perfect complement for our tops. You will find plus size jeans, pants, skirts, shorts, leggings, capris and jeggings. In addition, we carry plus size jackets, coats and activewear. We have plus size costumes for holiday and party events too.

Connect with Alight.com several ways:

Mailing Address:

300 Woodbury Road
2nd floor
Woodbury, NY 11797
Phone: 516-367-1095
Email: marketing@alight.com
Facebook
Twitter
Sign up for newsletter (at very top of page towards left)

The nice folks at Alight have agreed to offer one winner a top on their site. This will be Alight's decision as to what to send depending on their stock so you won't get to choose. Only in the U.S. Thanks Alight!

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Pacific Beach Peanut Butter Review & Giveaway

Isn't that just the cutest logo? And it came from a guy who was able to make his own natural peanut butter and then went on to make some different flavored ones to boot! The company is called Pacific Beach Peanut Butter and is located in California. Of course, he did have help from his mom and grandpa for the business part of the venture. They have several tempting flavors and I got to try 3 of them:

1. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter
2. Cinnamon Peanut Butter
3. Toffee Peanut Butter

This is either the Cinnamon one or the Toffee since the name isn't on the front. They have the flavor on top of the yellow screw on top. And guess what? Their peanut butter products are GLUTEN FREE and made with 100% Valencia peanuts! All of the jars are 9 ozs. and are filled by hand. The other flavors that they have that I did not get to try sound just as scrumptious:

1. Butterscotch Peanut Butter
2. Touch of Caramel Peanut Butter (I bet this would have been my favorite)!
3. Child's Play (made with M&M's) Peanut Butter
4. Chocolate Peanut Butter
5. Chocolate Raspberry Peanut Butter
6. All Natural Peanut Butter
7. Unsalted All Natural Peanut Butter
8. White Chocolate Peanut Butter

I think I would have loved the White Chocolate one,too! Don't they all sound fascinating? I know what would make my husband's day and that is if he could somehow make a Banana Flavored Peanut Butter. Yep, that's what I said! My husband quashes bananas and mixes it all up with peanut butter into it is a like spread and eats those as sandwhiches all the time! Sure could save on getting bananas because if you don't eat those quick, they get brown spots and spoil. So, you can't keep them stocked up like most other foods. The one below is the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter. They also sent me a really cute spoon to use for the peanut butter's and it say's Pacific Beach! It is really cute and I have it pictured underneath as well.

They also sell these great peanut butters by the gift boxes which has 3 flavors (you get to pick the flavors) and one of those cute little spoons.

They also have the Peanut Butter Lover's Gift Box that has 9 Peanut Butter's in in along with some of the Valenica peanuts, the spoon, some honey, candies and jams! Wow! Doesn't that sound like paradise!

I have to tell you that we really loved the Toffee Peanut Butter the best of the three that we got to review. It's like a Peanut Butter with a crunch! Every time I would bite down on my cracker you could hear the crunchy toffee and then the flavors would explodes! Of course, I even ate some right out of the jar with the spoon they sent with it. It is the right size for getting into the jars, too!

We did like the Cinnamon one also and they were pretty close neck and neck but it was the Crunchy Toffee that edged out the Cinnamon just a bit. You will find it hard to believe that the Cinnamon Peanut Butter contains 0 grams of sugar! Considered the "morning" favorite, this spreadalumpshissness is best enjoyed with an english muffin, toast, oatmeal or even a bagel. They suggested you could add it to ice cream but that just did not sound good to me at all so I did not do that one. But, if you love peanut that much that you want it on your ice cream, then I say go for it! We only get to live once and you might as well have all of the experiences that please you. So, just because I just couldn't do the ice cream thing, doesn't mean you can't.

Lastly, we tried the Dark Chocolate. It was a little harder to get it softened up (they recommend putting in the microwave for a few minutes) and then you can you it on whatever suits your fancy. You can actually heat all of the peanut butters that way to soften them up. I would imagine it is all the extra ingrediants that is causing the peanut butters to be a little hard. I found that the Toffee and Cinnamon were more pliable than the Dark Chocolate. I think we would have loved either the White Chocolate or Regular Chocolate better, but we still got to taste some awesome peanut butters!

Oh, and they also have their own cute little Tshirts:

They have several colors that include Lime, Yellow, Black and some kind of Pink along with the Royal Blue you see above. And the price isn't too bad either at $12.00, so if you really love Peanut Butter, now is the chance to advertise it!

I really enjoyed reading the owner's story of how the company got started but due to limited space, I did not copy all of it, so please go and see the parts I left for you to read on your own. You will find it under About Us:

I’ll never forget the day I received my first peanut grinder. The fun truly began as the kitchen became my office and playpen. Trying different combinations to come up with the perfect All Natural Peanut Butter - and then adding my favorite flavors to it - gave me this unbelievable sense of joy. The spread combinations just kept getting better and better! I quit my unsatisfying job and moved back into my parent’s house so I could (save money!) and focus my time and energy on flavor creations. And it worked!

Many jars were tasted by many friends to create the perfect balance of flavoring. My friends began begging for samples as they had never tasted anything quite like it! They loved it so much they were eating it right from the jar with a spoon! (That explains our tag line, right?)

I'm a go-getter and love to talk to people but not the best when it comes to details. Knowing that businesses fail when a 'big picture' guy tries to handle all the small stuff (and since my Mom is an executive assistant), we (and a chunk of private investor cash!) decided to go into the peanut butter business together. We decided that I would launch this great new product in Pacific Beach……and well, here we are! We have the best tasting All Natural Peanut Butter and quite a few phenomenal Flavored Peanut Butter Spreads. We use only the highest quality ingredients... from the peanuts... to the chocolate... to the cinnamon... everything! Oh, and every jar is MADE BY HAND....no big run-of-the-mill manufacturing plants here! I knew that to have the best taste, we had to keep our standards high and I wanted to ensure that our Peanut Butter and Spreads were like no others.

Connect with Pacific Beach Peanut Butter several ways:

Mailing Address:
4150 Mission Blvd. Suite 119
San Diego, CA 92109
Phone: 858-522-9297
Email: info@pbpeanutbutter.com
Facebook
Twitter

Pacific Peanut Butter has been kind enough to offer one winner a couple of jars of their peanut butter and one of those little spoons! Thanks so much! Open to the U.S. only.

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Shadows Over Paradise Book Review & Giveaway

I have a great mystery and suspense thriller to tell you about today called Shadows Over Paradise written by Anne K. Edwards. I really loved reading this book and I hope you do, too! I wasn't sure at first because the book didn't look like much when I got it and normally my thriller books have something sensational splattered all over but this one had just a normal picture of the sea and boats and a girl on the cliff taking pictures. But like the book cover, the real story inside the book is something else! Here is what the book synopsis says:

Everyone has secrets, some very dark and some very dangerous. So Julia Graye learns on her visit to Tiboo, one of the Mantuan Islands. To her dismay the secrets she accidently uncovers bode ill for her friend's family and herself. A death from the past haunts the isolated mansion and it's residents are caught up in snares set by an enemy who wears the face of friend.

There seems to be no place of safety after Julia makes the horrible discovery of a body on the beach. A second death soon follows and Julia is accused of murder by this person's friends. So convinced are they of her guilt, they plan to kill her. Faced with the terror of dying at their hands, Julia must use her wits to make a bid for freedom. But another person has other plans for her.

Julia can't escape a deepening involvement in other people's affairs. A stranger asks her to spy for the island governor, another who makes her want to know him better warns her to be careful, a man who wants to marry her and a beautiful woman who hates Julia on site are among those who entangle her in the webs of political plotting and deceit. A broken statue, the diary of a dead woman and lies help lead Julia to a place where death awaits.

In the battle of wits with a killer on a cliff, Julia is very nearly the loser. Even after she thinks she might reach safety, she realizes it is an illusion. Death continues to stalk her.

Complicated characters with strong motives and stronger emotions clash as the law versus the unlawful prepare to battle for control of the islands. Julia is caught in the middle and doesn't know who to trust. She must keep focused on self control if she is to survive, something that doesn't seem likely.

What did I tell you? It is full of twists and turns and Julia is never quite sure who is the enemy so she keeps some information to herself. A man named Long keeps popping up in the strangest places trying to warn her away from the islands but Julia came because her best friend asked her to come for her wedding. But, the next day Julia goes down to the beach to look around and sees a body in the ocean. She goes out and gets the body and when she can't get him to wake up she runs for help. But, it is too late, and the big shocker comes when they learn that his was going to be the groom!

The whole house that Julia is staying in is tense and alot of fighting is going on. Seems that Julia's mother married a man who had a child from another marriage and she had two also from a previous marriage. Then they had a daughter together who tragically killed herself over love for a man she loved but did not love her back. That tragic death all those years ago is what sets the stage for everything going on now. She is warned by the captain of the ferry boat who takes her to the island to turn around and go home. She won't listen and now she may find herself in the position of no longer being able to leave the island of her own free will.

Julia had been warned to leave and not get involved with the island, but she declines and from that point on things keep getting worse. She is wary of her friend's brother who has really fast mood swings where he can be hateful and mean and then all of a sudden they are gone. And he turns into his old charming self. I thought to myself that it sounded like he had issues with just about everyone on the island. He only comes back every so often and mainly lives in San Fransisco. He is so jealous over everything and keeps being very pushy with Julia, which turns her off completely. That I think is where she made her first mistake. I would have never had anything to do with him after he embarassed her on several occasions out in public. But who could she trust? Had to find somebody quick before her body lands in the water dead!

The author has been kind enough to offer one reader their own copy of the same book that I just read. Open to the U.S. only. Good Luck!

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The Spring Gift Card $60 Walmart GC Event

Mama to 4 Blessings, Chubby Cheeks Thinks and Rats and More along with several other wonderful bloggers are teaming up to bring you last and final round of The Spring Gift Card Event (round 3/May)! For the Spring season we will be offered a new gift card giveaway each month of Spring! For May we are offering a $60.00 Walmart Gift Card!

Thank you for participating in the Spring Gift Card Event. The prize for this event is a Walmart gift card. The winner will be contacted via e-mail once chosen. Mama to 4 Blessings will contact winner via e-mail, winner must respond within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen. 
U.S., 18+ only. Giveaway ends 5/31.

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The Father's Day Giveaway Extravaganza

Dad's are so deserving- they work hard and play hard and deserve some great gifts! We're pleased to bring you our fantastic Father's Day Giveaway Extravaganza! This awesome giveaway event is
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Dr. Scholl's For Her High Heels Insoles Review

I don't know about you, but I have gotten to the point of not wearing my high heels as much as I used to because, frankly, they hurt! And I don't even wear the really high ones either. I am talking about the 2" to 3" heels. So, when I had the chance to review a pair of Dr. Scholl's For Her High Heel insoles, I jumped on the bandwagon because, well, don't you want your feet to feel good? I know I do and so I wanted to see if these could help me, even in the lower heel size. They are available in sizes 6-10. I think you will be as amazed as I was when I tried mine out on my 2" heels and if you are wearing something higher than that, I think you should at least consider looking at them or reading about them. If you are still not sure, can't hurt to get your doctor's opinion if it makes you feel better, then go for it.

Here are the benefits from wearing For Her High Heels insoles:


•Helps prevent foot pain caused by high heels
•Proven to improve the way you feel in heels
•Unique ultra-soft FabuSTEP® gel arch shifts pressure off your ball of foot
•Immediate and all day comfort
•Stays firmly in place
•Removable without damage to shoes
•Slim design won't make shoes feel tight
•Practically invisible, even in strappy heels

Even in my smaller heel size, I still had problems with feet aching so I was excited to try Dr. Scholl's For Her and I can honestly say that I did get some comfort from them. Of course, since I don't work anymore and only wear my heels a few times a week and mostly that's on Sunday for church, I can't give you an 8 hour day working recommendation but I have a feeling they should work for you if you work. The few hours that I do wear my high heels, they have given me some much needed comfort. And I figure some of you probably sit at a desk mostly so I think you should see the same benefits. Gosh, I hope there is not some of you out there standing a full 8 hours! They also have a page where they try to help you find the right product for you by asking alot of questions about what type of problem you are having.

Oh, and the best part is right now you can go on Dr. Scholl's website and get a $2 off coupon good towards a pair of For Her High Heel insoles! Dr. Scholl's insoles work because they have the ultra-soft gel arch that shifts pressure off the ball of your foot while providing guaranteed all-day comfort. And I was right about the heel size, too. I just looked and they do recommend using these even if your heel size is 2", which is what I mostly wear now. I will applaud all of you who can wear those 3 1/2" and up sizes. Since I had both of my knee's replaced, standing in anything taller than 2" makes me feel like I am gonna topple over at any minute. I don't know what I would do if I had to walk too much in heels now. Even sometimes with flat shoes my knee's will go to hurting if I walk too long.

This is why For Her High Heel insoles work:

•Uniquely designed ultra-soft gel arch shifts pressure off the ball of your foot
•FabuSTEP® gel provides added cushioning
•Unique adhesive keeps insole in place
•¾ length design won't crowd toes

Gosh, I even found more products that Dr. Scholl makes that I have never heard about! That should tell you about how much I go shopping these days! I guess since I don't work anymore, I really don't go shopping for clothes and other things that I would normally need if working so I did not know he has a For Her Rub Relief Stick that you can put on and it forms a barrier between your feet and your shoe! Did you know about this product? First time I am hearing about it! This might work for me when I wear my flats and my flip flops. Even wearing those sometimes will cause a little rubbing and redness. I will definitely be printing out that $2 coupon to give the Her Rub Relief Stick a try for my flats and flip flops. So, it looks like by agreeing to do this review for the insoles, I have also found another product to help me with my other kinds of shoes! So, I have come out a winner all the way around! Just so you know what it looks like I copied a picture for you.

Dr. Scholl's website also has a store locator that you can use to make sure you are getting the right thing for you and your feet. By going to their stores you can use the Custom Fit booth that shows you where your problems are when you stand on it. I think I have seen them but never took the time to jump on one and see what it's all about. Mmm, next time I see one, I am gonna try it and see what it says.

For those of you who follow me on a regular basis you know I love digging around and finding interesting facts on the companies or people who make or invented the product I reviewed so here is what I found under the About Dr. Scholl's that I found interesting:

William Mathias Scholl was born in 1882 in Indiana — the grandson of a cobbler and farmer. His expertise in foot care started as a boy when he borrowed his grandfather's tools to repair shoes to earn extra money. He went on to earn a medical degree in 1904, and started his own company, Dr. Scholl Inc.

Dr. William Scholl’s expertise in shoes combined with his medical background allowed him to develop many of the innovative solutions available today. During his lifetime, he helped bring more than 1,000 foot care products to people all around the world.

Today, we the makers of Dr. Scholl’s products continue to advance the science of foot care with the same enthusiasm that young William Scholl did all those years ago.

Connect with Dr. Scholl's several ways:

Mailing Address:

For Dr. Scholl's® Custom Fit® Orthotic Inserts
MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
P.O. Box 219
Memphis, TN 38151

For all other Dr. Scholl's® products:
MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
P.O. Box 377
Memphis, TN 38151

Phone: 1-866-360-3226
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Disclaimer: Mary Bearden personally reviewed these products. I did not receive any monitary compensation for my review, just a sample product. All opinions are mine and belong to me solely. My thoughts and opinions may differ from yours. Most of the pictures I took except for the Rub Relief that I copied off of Dr. Scholl's site. I am a BzzAgent and I was provided with a means to experience the product or service thru products that were mailed to me and I passed some along to friends and family. This did not in any way persuade me to give this product a favorable review.

PrintRunner.com Sticker Review & Giveaway

I have a wonderful new online printing company to tell you about who started from scratch about 10 years ago and is located in Chatsworth, California. PrintRunner is a full service high quality printing company that can take care of all of your printing needs such as the stickers that you see above. The details for getting the beautiful standard stickers that you see above are:

Sticker Shape: Standard Stickers (rectangle or square)

Sticker Shape: Standard Stickers
Flat Width: 2""
Flat Height: 3.5""
Quantity: 250
Paper: Premium Sticker Stock
Colors: Full Color ( 4 Color Process), Black and White
Proof: NONE
Ready to Ship In: Business Days

The options for your custom stickers is unlimited in that you are in control of what you would like your images to be and the colors and type of paper they are printed on. To reproduce the spectrum of colors they mix 4 main colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. The colors are for the front side of the sticker and the back side is left blank. And the paper used is printed on one side with a sticky back side covered by peel-away paper. Please be aware that these are not intended to be used as bumper stickers. They do offer Vinyl Bumper Stickers for your weather-resistant sticker needs, should you need them. The stickers are available in round, rectangle, square and oval.

They have made it really easy for you to understand and follow the directions to make your stickers. On the far right is where you start by putting in all of your information that you want on your stickers. It is easy to follow directions that even I could not mess up! And believe me, if there is a way for me to mess it up, it will happen. I love that this is a convenient online printing resource that I don't have to go out and do. It is done in the comfort of your own home or even on the road if you have one of those Tablet computers, which makes life much easier I am told. I don't have one and probably won't ever be able to afford one so I am gonna have to take everyone's word on that.

They are also offering 5% off now until May 29th, 2012 by using the Coupon Code STCK5. Wow, I just read that there is no sales tax in Georgia! Now, that is something I sure could take advantage of. They also have a Memorial Day Sale going on and it's up to 40% off of your favorites, so don't waddle around and miss it! There are also alot of other coupons on their Coupon tab, so you might want to check it out and see if you can save even more money!

I am thinking I might get my stickers to say Mary's Cup of Tea and maybe putting "I Love Blogging" underneath in a circle type sticker that I can put on the back of my Thank You cards that I send out to you guys. What do you think? I haven't made up my mind yet, still going over my options. Yes, I am one of those people who love putting stickers on the back of envelopes! Especially, if they are nice, quality, meaningful messages that I hope cheer someone up. I often wonder sometimes if we would pay attention to the smaller details, what kind of difference do you think it might make in someone's life? So, hence, the stickers, for me anyway. I like spreading a smile whenever I can. Gosh, life is hard enough, and if you can find some small way of giving someone a lift or make them smile, even if it is a "Is this person crazy or weird" thought in their mind, doesn't matter to me, just as long as they smile.

PrintRunner.com makes so many other products besides stickers and I hope that you will go over to their website and take a look around and you just might find some interesting items for yourself while you are over there browsing around. Gosh, they have calendars, business cards, banners, bookmarkers (I would love these as sentimental Christmas stocking stuffers) and greeting cards to boot! That is just a small portion of what all they can print, so go on over and see all the exciting things that you can create and make special for you and your friends and/or family.

Connect with PrintRunner.com several ways:

Mailing Address:
8000 Haskell Ave
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Phone: 1-888-774-6889
Email: support@printrunner.com
Facebook
Twitter
Sign up for Newsletter (bottom right hand side)
All other Contact Us Information

PrintRunner.com has been kind enough to offer one winner a set of their own stickers. Open to the U.S. only and must be 18 years old or over.

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Batman Costume Review & Giveaway

Whoa, you are gonna love Costume Discounters if the above pictures are any indication of the quality of their costumes and they sure do look real to me! I was sent a child's size of the Batman Costume to review and because I want this to be a surprise for my grandson (he will get it in August on his birthday), we had my husband's niece model it for us so that I could get a picture of someone wearing it. If J.W. lived near me I would have just gone ahead and let him have it but he lives in another state and right now the family is going thru a real serious health crisis and I did not want to bother them by asking them to take pictures for me and send them to me. They really have alot on their plates right now and I thought our niece did a bang up job of modeling!

This was actually a boy's costume and they have it for girl's also as Batgirl so if your daughter or niece wants to be them, they can. Oh, our niece said that the costume was pretty comfortable and not itchy and she was not overly hot which is a good thing for here in Georgia. We still have some pretty warm weather around Halloween. I know that the more there is to the costume's, the heavier they get but she said it was just right. So, that was a huge relief, because I did not want J.W. to be wearing something that would be uncomfortable. This is how the BatGirl costume's look:

Right now Costume Discounter's is having a sale on costumes that are over $20 you can get 25% off using the code SAVEBIG and if you happen to spend more than $70, then shipping is free! Pretty good sale, so if you don't have your costumes for this Halloween, then now might be a good time to think about it. Oh, by the way, they have adult Batman and/or Batgirl costumes, so you adults are not left out!

The Batman costume includes a masked black headpiece with famous pointed ears, with a gray and black jumpsuit forming the body of this costume. They also add an attached belt and a cape. It really does look pretty cool, especially for children. It doesn't take much to make them happy but Costume Discounter's really went all out to make these look as real as possible. You won't be disappointed. They have a few extra accessories to go with the outfit if you would like to add to it and if you live in a colder region when it gets to be Halloween, you might want to purchase the Batman gloves to keep their hands warm. Living in Georgia, we don't have that problem!

And if you happen to make a mistake and get the wrong size, they will be more than happy to exchange it for you and the shipping is free both ways on exchanges, wrong sizes or if they are damaged costumes or costumes sent in error. I love that policy! Shipping can take a few cha chings, so this is a very generous customer service policy.

I was looking thru their costumes and did not realize how many different kinds of Batman costumes they had. The colors vary, the kind varies, like in the one I got, it is just a nice plain costume. But, if your son wants to look really macho they have a muscle man looking Batman that adds a really nice six pack to the chest area! They also make both the Batman and Batgirl in toddler sizes too! So, it looks like the whole family could coordinate and all of you could go wearing these and it would look like Batman and BatWoman had a family of bats! That was almost a tongue twister!

You can contact Costume Discounters several ways:

Mailing Address:
45 Fernwood Avenue
Edison, NJ 08837
Phone: 866-413-5757
Fax: 732-862-1107
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Costume Discounters has been gracious enough to offer one winner a $25 Coupon Code to use towards the purchase of a costume. Thanks so much Costume Discounters! Open to the U.S. only.

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I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

Piczzle Review & Giveaway

I love getting unique gifts from everyone and when I was offered a chance to review this company, I was very excited! I knew that this would be something new and fun that my grandson would not have and I hope that he holds onto it for at least a few years or maybe he will keep it to remember me by when I no longer walk this earth, but in any case, it is a very unique gift for anyone, whether they are a child, man, woman or couple. They take a picture that you send them and make a puzzle for you! That company is Piczzle and I was honored to have them make me a puzzle of my grandson playing baseball, his favorite sports to play for the moment, who knows if it will stick or not and that was another good reason to have this made. He might decide next year he would rather play football or soccer. So, now he and his family have something to remember when he was playing baseball.

This is the photo I used to send to them so that they could make my special personalized jigsaw puzzle for me to give to him this August when he turns 6! And then here is what the pieces look like all scrambled up before being put back together:

Can you believe that this actually makes a very beautiful photo puzzle? Gosh, I hope you take the time to go and visit their site and look at all of the different and unique ways that they can make something come alive for you. Do you have a favorite picture of your parents, your kids, your pet or even yourself that you would like to give someone? My mother-in-law loves to put puzzles together and she has a few that have been framed and she does have one in particular that it is really hard to tell that it was a puzzle. They can do amazing things nowadays with all of the technology that is available to us.

Piczzle can take your photo and turn it into a customized jigsaw puzzle by using any of these features:

**6 to 2,000 pieces
**Cardboard or Wooden
**Rectangular, Heart-Shaped or
**Round Puzzles
**Small to Giant size
**$14.99 to $399.99

There are so many possibilities to choose from that I could go on endlessly but the best way for you to understand the whole concept and how they do it is to visit them and look at all the photo puzzles that they can create or stop by their Facebook page and see some amazing products. You can even watch some videos on their YouTube page where people have sent in video's and from video's that Piczzle has made. You can go to their order page and they have it put down in step by step details what you need to do to get your perfect photo to turn into a great puzzle. Don't worry, it is really easy! If I can do it, anybody can! Let them help you turn that photo into something special and unique for you and your loved ones!

Lastly, this is what I found under their About Us that I thought summed up my whole experience with them and I agree with everything they have stated. I could not quote everything that was on that page so please take some time and go see what makes them tick and what they like to do for charity:

Piczzle Picture Puzzle service is an Internet-based sale and manufacturing service of Jigsaw Puzzles. Our company continually pursues its vision of becoming a true global digital service leader that can make its worldwide customers happy through its creative high quality products.

We believe that capturing human experiences is sacred and for their memories to be fully effective and alive, they should always remain interactive.

Playing a puzzle game enables a mutually interactive personal focus on a specific moment of time while attaining the enhanced impression from the beauty of its whole and the unexpected discovery of its distinctive details.

Our objective is to bring people closer through a cooperative game while giving them the opportunity to express their creativity and feelings through pictures, colors and written text.

Adhering to our vision, we strive to provide the best service for creating a fun, dynamic and interactive opportunity for individuals to preserve their most cherished life’s moments – for themselves and for their beloved.

We believe that success is only made possible by caring for that which exists and by sharing it with others. With this in mind, we make an effort to preserve the environment by using recycled materials we gainfully employ individuals with special needs within our regular production process. Operated by CodeUnity Inc., Piczzle has successfully built a reputation for high quality products and caring customer service. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any comments, requests, suggestions or complaints. We welcome all feedbacks.

Connect with Piczzle several ways:

Mailing Address:
Suite # 2353
14781 Memorial Dr.
Houston, TX 77079
Email: info@piczzle.com
Contact Form
Sign up for Newsletter
Facebook
YouTube

Piczzle has been kind enough to offer one winner their own photo puzzle! Thanks Piczzle! Open to the U.S. only.

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I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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