Author: Erin Sluka

Fashion, Giveaways

828 Movement Silicone Bracelet #Giveaway

Erin Sluka
828 Movement Bracelet #Giveaway

I am proud to feature the 828 Movement Bracelet as a giveaway. 100% of the proceeds go to underfunded area schools throughout America.

The bracelet is designed to celebrate equality. 13 Copper Rings represent the 13th Amendment – abolishing slavery in America. The 1 Engraved Chrome Ring honors August 28th (hence 828) – the date of a few significant events in black history and the 1 (unengraved) Chrome Ring honors our unity to win the struggle in educational equality.

In short, this bracelet represents many great achievements in equality for race and education. Available HERE!

Jewelry is supposed to make a statement, whether of our personal style or a symbol that means something to us. Jewelry is a chance to wear pride, memories or conversation pieces. The 828 Movement Silicone Bracelet comes in several colors for all styles and we are giving away a black bracelet like what I have pictured above.

The Giveaway

Enter below! Open to US and for ages 18+. Winner verification and prize fulfillment is done by the sponsor. Ends 4/30/2019. Good luck!

Don’t want to wait for the contest to end? Give Mom a gift that helps others. Buy your 828 Movement Silicone Bracelet on Amazon

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Fashion, Kids, Uncategorized

Knee High Socks for Women, Men and Children

Erin Sluka

Sponsored post for Chrissy’s Knee High Socks. All opinions are my won

My son wears the same 3 clothing options no matter the day or weather, T-shirt, sports shorts and knee high socks. He refuses to wear pants so the compromise is socks that cover his legs under his shorts on cold days.

Because this is his style this past year we have a lot of fun finding socks that are cool, yet fun. He has socks I have personalized with sports quotes and ones that are just wild and he feels like dressing a little crazy. Me? I just love a fresh pair of brand new socks. If I could start everyday with a brand new pair of socks that would be fantastic!

I found a brand, Chrissy’s Knee High Socks that has so many socks to choose from. They have knee high socks for women, men and children in plenty of colors and designs and for all seasons and occasions too.

Some of my son’s favorites are the Autism Awareness Socks. He has an autistic student in his class that all of the kids adore and look after. April is Autism Awareness Month and he has a lot of blue he wants to wear in support and these socks would be the best awareness a child can show.

He also loves the Seattle Seahawks so there are plenty of blue and green socks available in kids sizes too.

I love the White/Pink Thigh Highs because they are a great color for spring and this is my favorite season.

I also love the USA socks and these would be a lot of fun for the 4th of July. Whatever your style or celebration you will find knee high socks for everyone in the family.

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Fashion, Mother's Day

MadMade Design Aprons Review

Erin Sluka

The wife life! Between making school lunches because it’s chili day at school, putting together yet another dinner, mopping the floor when the muddy dogs run through and finishing breakfasts dishes in the sink all I have is my apron. The apron keeps messes off me, is my constant ‘hand towel’ and little piece of fashion I can feel proud of. I have all boys so being in a pretty and practical apron by Madmade with sudsy hands is as exciting as it gets some day.

I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

The apron hangs on the fridge and when my husband gets home it can stay there. He is a helper. He washes the dinner dishes, folds the laundry I couldn’t get to and keeps the yard and cars in shape.

But it is pretty! Yes, my Madmade apron symbolizes countless meals and messes, but I love it. I love the way it pulls on over my head so it covers all of me in the front and back.

My apron is reversible, has practical pockets, comes in fun prints, is made from 100% premium quality cotton and is made here in the USA.

Aside from my chores at home I also manage our local high school kitchen so I also love the fun patterns and colors to wear to work.

With Mother’s Day nearby these aprons are a great gift. They really have all the features you would want in an apron.

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Home, Mother's Day, Reviews

VIDBOX Video Conversion and Audio Conversion Suite Review

Erin Sluka
Video Conversion and Audio Conversion Suite

This is so exciting and what a great Mother’s Day gift! This is the VIDBOX Video Conversion and Audio Conversion Suite. This little box takes your old VCR (VHS, Betamax, S-VHS), camcorder (8mm, DV, mini DV, HDV, AVCHD) home movies and converts them to digital files.

I grew up in the 80’s and my younger siblings were into the 90’s so all of our home movies are on VHS and a few on 8mm. Do you even know what I had to go through to find someone who still has a VCR? That’s how long it has been since we saw our tapes and without owning a VCR we don’t get to sit and organize them or share.

The first 4 VHS tapes I played were taped TV shows, which was comical, such as ER, Will and Grace and even some old Fit TV episodes which I assume are my sisters recordings. I could just ignore those and not record.

Then I got to a stash of my youngest sister. Katie’s ballet show from 1996, her Middle School and High School choir and talent shows. Some Christmas family video and even one with my brother’s beloved dog he lost in a car accident (Shaft was in a Christmas video-such tears)! The memories are so fun!

Converting was so easy! You simply use the USB to plug in the VIDBOX to your PC or laptop (mine is the Mac version). Second, you use either RCA (composite) and/or S-Video outputs to connect VIDBOX to your VCR or video player/console. Then you will get a screen asking you length of the video you will record and then you get the actual record screen.

Here is the record screen (a bit blurry but that was my camera taking a moving photo on auto and not a reflection of VIDBOX quality). You simply get the video to the spot to record and hit RECORD. Then hit STOP and the NEXT arrow. At that point you can choose where to download to such as iTunes folder, file on computer, iMovie to edit and more.

The blur was my camera taking a moving video-VIDBOX conversions quality is great!

It’s that easy! TIP*** I recommend as converting these VHS tapes is a hefty file size that you record in 10-20 minute increments. That worked best for me in all formats of converting.

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