Tropicana Juicy Rewards Program

Have you noticed the a new logo on many Tropicana juice containers? Tropicana has an exciting, new program called Tropicana Juicy Rewards.  Basically, they are rewarding you for drinking orange juice! Sounds pretty good, right?  I am going to be sharing all about the benefits of this cool, new reward program over the next few months as a Tropicana Juicy Insider.

The way the Juicy Rewards program works is that you’ll look for specially marked cartons of Tropicana juice and those cartons will have a unique code you can enter on the Tropicana Juicy Rewards site.  Many rewards site required you to earn a significant number of points before you’re able to use your rewards; however, Tropicana’s program is different in that they have rewards at every level. They even offer rewards for just 1 point.  Even better…just one carton of juice can earn you up to 15 juicy reward points. There are over 20,000 rewards to choose from on the Juicy Rewards site.  The rewards vary from everything to discounts on sportswear and camping supplies to bowling alleys, zoos, museums, theater tickets, spa services, and much more!  You can search for rewards by zip code, point value, or reward type.

I had the opportunity to try out this new reward program with a fun, family outing on Friday with my mom and my girls.  I looked up the rewards on the Juicy Rewards site and we decided to check out a local kids museum, Kids Quest Museum in Bellevue, WA,  that I’ve been wanting to try out.  For just 1 reward point, we were able to print off a discount for 2-for-1 admission.  This was a nice savings for us and my girls had an absolute blast at this kids’ museum!  I think we’ll try out another local kids museum next  - the Hands-On Children’s Museum in Olympia, where we can get 50% off admission for up to 4 people for just 6 reward points!!

Look at all the fun they had at Kids Quest!

Extra Code for New Signups::

Now’s your chance to try out Tropicana’s Juicy Rewards program for yourself! You’ll get an extra bonus point to get started!

Here’s how it works:

-Visit Tropicana’s Juicy Rewards site

-Register for a new account

-Click on “Enter codes” (top right hand corner)

-Get an extra bonus point for your account – Enter code: “MOTHE” (in 1st box) “RHOOD” (2nd box) within 6 hours of registering for the Juicy Rewards program. This extra bonus point will be worth $5 in savings.

Your bonus point can be redeemed immediately or you can save it and add more by buying Tropicana Juice & entering the codes online.  Once you have your codes entered, click on “Explore Rewards” and you can check out the wide variety of rewards offered.

Make sure to follow Tropicana on Facebook and Twitter, too, for more information on Juicy Rewards and possible rewards codes as well!

Update: Here’s an extra code that was in the newspaper last week, too, which you can add to your account: LA73E – CL9W4

Disclosure: I am working with the Motherhood and Tropicana, and am being compensated for my participation in this program.   All thoughts & opinions I’ve expressed are 100% mine and not edited by any sponsors.  See my disclosure policy for more information.

St Patrick’s Day Recipes & Crafts

Are you looking for some inspiration for St Patrick’s Day coming up on Wednesday? My daughter is really into celebrating all of the holidays now and loves to decorate the house, do fun crafts, and have fun things to eat along with the day. {We just finally took down our foam snowflakes hanging from the entry light and our string of Valentine hearts that she had put  up with her daddy to surprise me for Valentine’s Day. It was about time – it is only the middle of March!!} We’ll be switching to more Easter decorations now – but I’m still looking for a few fun St Patrick’s Day items to have up for a few days.

I was excited to see a new, FREE E-book filled with all sorts of fun St Patrick’s Day crafts, decorations, and recipes! {Check out the cute hat decoration above which seems pretty easy to make!}

Here are a few more fun ideas you’ll find in the FREE E-book:

-Felt Shamrock Garland
-Happy St Patrick’s Day Card
-Irish Shamrock Plate
-Homemade Bailey’s Irish & Cream
-Lucky Clover Pendant Necklace

Upcoming Michael’s Craft Classes

Did you know that March is National Craft Month? That’s news to me! It looks like Michael’s is holding FREE craft workshops all month long (see my post HERE with the events for this weekend).  See all the details HERE.

Here are the upcoming workshops:

• Saturday, March 20 (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.): T-shirt decorating with fashion paint and Michaels Birthday Bash celebrating the “It’s My Birthday” kids’ party program. Cost: FREE workshop with purchase of t-shirt.
• Sunday, March 21 (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.): Easter decor workshop for customers to learn to make an egg-stravagant Easter chick inside a craft egg. Cost: FREE workshop with purchase of craft egg.
• Saturday, March 27 (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.): Kids can create spring projects like flowers with new Crayola(R) Model Magic(R) Presto Dots. Cost: FREE
• Sunday, March 28 (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.): Wilton(R) cookie decorating demonstration. Cost: FREE

I’ll be reminding you about these – but  make sure to put them on your calendar now!

Blog Frog Community – New Posts

Just wanted to remind you to check over at the Blog Frog community {on the right sidebar}….I put up some posts this week of more regional deals from readers. This is the place to post the deal that you’ve been wanting to share with everyone. All you need to do is click on “Forum” and then click “New discussion”.  Let me know your feedback on this program, too. For those with blogs, if you join the community, your blog posts should be showing on the main page as well.

Here are the posts to check out:

-Sunday paper special for Yakima paper – $20/year

-$100 Amazon Fresh Giveaway going on at Seattle Moms Deal Finder

-Pampers Gifts to Grow points

Swagbucks -Celebrating 2 years today with great rewards!! 60pt code for new members!

Swagbucks is turning 2 years old today and to celebrate their launching Swagbucks 3.0 with many new features.  There will also be a TON of swag codes given away today thru their blog, Twitter, and Facebook pages.  Make sure to be checking all those places all day long as well as searching the web thru Swagbucks because you can earn many more Swagbucks today to celebrate their birthday.

Swagbucks – Multiplied by 10::

First of all – the biggest change you’ll notice is it looks like your Swagbuck points when up significantly. This is actually how they will be awarding Swagbucks now – instead of earning 1  swagbuck, it will be multiplied by 10.  So, 1 swagbuck now equals 10, 2 swagbucks = 20, etc.  The amount of Swagbucks needed for prizes has all changed too – so for the $5 Amazon gift card you previously needed 45 swagbucks – you now need 450 (no change in the amt – just multiplied by 10).

New Members – Earn 60 swagbucks  - One Week Only::

To celebrate their birthday, Swagbucks is offering a special code for Thrifty NW Mom readers where you can earn 60 swagbucks!!  So, if you haven’t signed up for Swagbucks yet, this is the day to do it as you’ll earn double the bucks that you would on a normal day (normally you’d earn 30 Swagbucks for signing up).

Here’s how to earn 60 swagbucks for new members: enter the code THRIFTYNWMOM1 in the box marked “Enter your Swagcode” when you sign up.  Make sure it’s all in caps – it is case-sensitive.  This code will be good from today, February 25th thru Thursday March 4th at 6am.  So, you have a week to get signed up & earn 60 swagbucks just for signing up!!

Swagbucks 3.0 – Changes:

Now, for those of you who are already Swagbucks members, as well as new members, here’s all that has changed with the new Swagbucks 3.0::

1) More ways to earn Swag Bucks every day: With Swagbucks.com 3.0 users will be able to earn by logging into the Swagbucks toolbar and also by simply viewing our ‘No Obligation’ special offers.   This means that in addition to all the regular ways to earn, the more you are engaged with Swagbucks.com, the more you will earn!

2) New look home page and Swag Store & rewards store:  Swagbucks.com 3.0 will include a revamped, cleaner interface that will provide a better user experience.

3)  Launch of the Swagstakes Portal: They now have a brand new, fully stocked Swagstakes portal in which there will be dozens of Swagstakes running at all times! Some contests will be limited entry (meaning a set number of entries will be offered) so the odds for a user to win are greater.  The tentative list of items that will be offered during initial launch should include: $100 Amazon Gift Cards, Sony Bravia 32″ TV, Amazon Kindle, Apple iPod Touch, Flip Ultra HD Camera, Panasonic Blu Ray with Remote, Apple iPad, Sopranos Complete Series Box Set, Rachel Ray 10 piece cookware set, Playstation 3 system + games bundle, Canon Powershot Camera, Seinfeld Complete Series DVD box Set, Viziio 22″ LCD TV and plenty more! Wow- great prizes!

What is Swagbucks all about?

For those of you who are new to Swagbucks, it is a search engine similar to Google – however, you can earn “bucks” (or points) for searching the web which you can redeem for all sorts of prizes. My favorites are the gift cards – Amazon Gift Cards, Starbucks, Target, Macy’s, Southwest Airlines & much more!! You can earn Swagbucks by searching the web (you can install a toolbar so you can just search directly from the top of any page you’re on), earning extra Swagcodes from the toolbar, their Twitter, Facebook & blog pages, as well as referring family & friends. When you refer family & friends, you can earn up to 100 swagbucks from each person – so every time they earn a swagbuck, you earn a swagbuck!! How cool is that!! For more detailed ways on how to earn Swagbucks, check out my post HERE. With the new Swagbucks 3.0, there are going to be many more ways to earn, too, so stay tuned as we all learn more!!

So, what are you waiting for – head on over & get signed up for Swagbucks! I personally use it ALL the time and have earned several hundred dollars worth of Amazon, Starbucks, & Target gift cards (my favorites).  We payed for over 50% of Christmas gifts using Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks, so I can attest to the fact that it definitely works!!! And I’m excited about even more ways to earn Swagbucks now!

New Community Feature at Thrifty NW Mom

I wanted to let you know about a new feature I’ve added to Thrifty NW Mom.  Over on the right sidebar, you’ll find a new box which says “Come join the Thrifty NW Mom Community”. This is a community set up thru Blogfrog and the goal is for all of us to get to know each other better & a place for all of you to share your deals that you’ve found.  I have missed interacting with all of you, as that was the biggest advantage to me when I had the Chat Room as part of the Old Navy Weekly updates – it was great to get to know many of you a little better & hear all of your tips!

The Thrifty NW Mom Facebook Fan page has been a great way to share deals, as well as interact with others to find out more details about how the deals worked for them. You can always feel free to post tips & deals on there -make sure to actually check the page occasionally as those tips will only show up on the page (not in your newsfeed – only the posts that I make show up in your news feed).

However, I know that not everyone is on Facebook, so this BlogFrog community will be an opportunity where everyone can participate & hopefully share deals, while also learning from others about great deals, both  in the NW as well as around the country.  It’s a great way for you to provide feedback regarding how the deals have worked for you, any tips you have, as well as problems you may have run into that the rest of us can watch for.

I wish I could post all the deals that you all send to  me because honestly, you the readers, have the best tips! Unfortunately I just can’t keep up with all the bargains out there or with all the emails I get where many of  you share some great tips -life is just a bit crazy with 2 active little ones who keep me hopping during the day!  So that’s where you all can come in – feel free to post deals, ask questions, & share experiences on this forum!

So, head on over & introduce yourself – I can’t wait to learn more about all of you & hear your tips! {Just make sure everything is family-friendly &  keep things positive & encouraging! }

Free E-Book – Healthy Chicken Recipes

I don’t know about you, but I am always in need of good, healthy chicken recipes! So, I was pleased to see this new e-book filled with 22 recipes for quick & easy healthy recipes for chicken! Head on over HERE to download this free E-book!  {If this link is not working, try clicking on the picture below}

Here are a few of the tasty recipes I found:

• Black Walnut & Honey Mustard Chicken Breasts
• Baked Sweet & Sour Chicken
• Slow-cooker BBQ Chicken
• 10 minute chicken & noodles

2 Free Valentine Craft E-Books & Free Scrapbooking E-Book

Are you looking for some fun, craft ideas for Valentine’s Day – can you believe it’s only a week away now–next Sunday is Valentine’s Day!! Oh boy, I’ve got to get moving!!  Well, you’re in luck as there are 2 NEW Valentine’s Day Craft E-books which you can download for FREE!

Check them out HERE:

Cupid’s Handmade Craft E-Book: This e-book has over 30 Valentine’s Crafts such as Valentine’s Day decor ideas (unique Valentine’s vase, candy bouquet), ideas for creating Valentine cards, & kids crafts!

Valentine’s Day Crafts from Famous Bloggers: E-Book with decorating & gift-giving ideas for Valentine’s Day

You can also check out a FREE E-book for 24 simple scrapbook layouts HERE.

Game Day Appetizers – Free Ebook

Are you hosting a Superbowl gathering at your house or just heading out to a party & in need of a tasty appetizer?  Then, you’ll want to check out this new FREE E-book filled with 39 appetizer recipes and party pleasers perfect for satisfying those hungry appetites on game-day!!

Here are some of the yummy recipes I found:

• Cheesecake Factory Bruschetta
• Saucy Aloha Chicken Wings
• White Mexican Cheese Dip
• Market Day Bacon-Wrapped Jumbo Party Shrimp (my husband would LOVE this one!)

Check out these other FREE E-Books:

• 31 Top-Secret Restaurant Recipes (you”ll find recipes from Olive Garden, PF Changs, Macaroni Grill & more)
• 33 Hearty Slow-Cooker Recipes
• 32 Porkchop Recipes

Guest Post: Paper Bag Scrapbook

Step One: Binding the Book
First, decide how many pages you want.  I will be using 2 bags and have 8 pages counting the front and back.  Make sure the bags are lined up and fold them in half.

Then I weaved ribbon & tied large knots to create the binding. I designed my scrabook with parts of the paper bag showing because I like the rustic paper bag look.  If you don’t want to see the paper bag when you are done, cover the bag with a base color of paper, then bind it.

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