Texas Christmas Gifts - On Sale

Check out this fun Texas Christmas Collection (you can see just a little bit of it below) by various Zazzle artists.  On Cyber Monday use coupon code CYBERMONRTRN for  70% off cards and invitations, 50% off gift tags and labels, 40% off ornaments, and 20% off stockings! 

Sale at the Texifornia Souvenir Shop

Through August 6th use coupon code STUDYINSTYLE for up to 50% OFF the following items with my photos and designs...

An InLinkz Link-up

New Postcard! (And 50% off ALL Postcards TODAY)

All postcards at my Zazzle Shop are 50% off TODAY with coupon code POSTCARDDEAL. And, I have a two new postcard designs to share--one with the Waco Suspension Bridge and Texas Longhorn Sculpture, and another of the cowboy sculpture (both part of the "Branding the Brazos" series by Robert Summers).  This coupon above good at my other Zazzle shops too.

Waco Suspension Bridge by Texifornia

15% Off Texifornia Souvenirs

Use Coupon code LASTCHANCE12for 15% off everything at My Texifornia Zazzle shop (excluding stamps*)!  Ends Dec 15.

This coupons is also good at 

My Scribbleprints Shop



*On stamps, it only counts for 10% off on the net sale price, which is the price of the stamps minus the regular cost of postage. 

Jingle Bash - Crafts Fair and More!

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Sale at the Texifornia Souvenir Shop!

Get 25% off at the Texifornia Shop at Zazzle with coupon code GIFTERDEAL25 through Oct 23!

Souvenir Spotlight - Texas Heat Wave

My mom thought I should make a I Survived the 2011 Texas Heat Wave shirt with one of my Scribbleprints designs, and I thought that was a great idea! I even made some buttons and mousepads and other stuff to!

You can find buy my Texas Heat Wave products at my CafePress and Zazzle souvenir shops (Hint, for plain white t-shirts the CafePress value tee is your best bargain! ) I'll be adding designs with just the Texas scribbleprint soon, and if you like those wild scribbbles I have more here.

Souvenir Spotlight - Etsy Finds!

Found these great state love decor items on Etsy.

I Heart California Print by Parada Creations

(also available in yellow, blue, and coral red)

I Heart Texas

(also available in red and blue)

Heart Strings Map by Felix Street Studio

You can put the hearts in whatever states you want!

Wouldn't this be a cool gift for a Texifornian?

Just had to share those!

Texas Giveaway

Found a giveaway for a $42 credit to the etsy shop Tag it Your It ...only 26 people entered so far, and the giveaway ends May 24! She may be from North Carolina, but she has this in her shop:

Not a Longhorns fan myself (Go Baylor Bears! Oh, who am I kidding...I'm not that into sports). But I figured some of you here might be interested.

Thank You!

Thank you to whoever bought this bumper sticker from my Zazzle shop...

TEXIFORNIAN BUMPER STICKER by Texifornia
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I hadn't even announced the shop yet because I wanted to get some more Texifornia designs...and just hadn't have the time. And I happened to check my stats and guess what...someone had bought that bumper sticker back in December! (Plus two people bought Texas Shamrocks in March.) That was just a really nice surprise!

A Few More Days To Earn Money for Cameron Park Zoo - And a Coupon!

Big photos is still donating $1 to Cameron Park Zoo for everyone who registers at the new Cameron Park Zoo Photo Site through April 22nd! Plus you can get $5 off photo books with coupon code HOLSM! What's especially cool about these photo books is that you can use zoo animal photos provided by Cameron park alongside your own photos...so if you didn't get a really great shot of that Rhino or Leopard you can use theirs right next to a pic of your smiling kiddo.

Souvenir Saturday - Texas Turkey

Thanksgiving is coming up, so how about some good Ole' Texas Turkey!

Texas Turkey by artmuvz_animals

Hmmm...not exactly type of Texas Turkey you were thinking of?

Ok, what about this?

Turkey, TX City Limits Sign by city_limits

That's still not it?

OK, here we go...

The Texas Outfitters "Rio GrandeTurkey" by thetexasoutfitters
See other t-shirts designed online at zazzle

There, that's Texas Turkey!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Souvenir Saturday - Autumn Colors

For this week's Souvenir Saturday how about some fall color!

Texas thanksgiving wishes foliage border by studioportosabbia
Learn how to sell my artwork on zazzle.

California autumn leaves thanksgiving by studioportosabbia
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Souvenir Saturday - Buttons

Yes, yes...I haven't done a Souvenir Saturday in forever. Thought I'd share some fun Texas and California flair I found on Etsy and Zazzle. I found the button above at Pumpkin Bear. It's her homage to Texas, where she went to college and says she got into mucho mischief.

I found the button's below at Parsnip and Pear. They have nifty map buttons for various California and Texas cites.

And here's some of my favorites from Zazzle....

Texas Vintage Travel Poster by TheVintageVamp

I really liked this Texas button.  It's actually a Vintage drawing SMOOSHED,
which I would have never known if I hadn't explored TheVintageVamp and found
the original.  I think the resized button above came out with a fun
cartoonish look, in stead of looking distorted.

And now for some California buttons...

So•Cal Life - Distressed by AmericanVeritas


Just love it!

California Roots by California_Roots

And here's one I could wear to brag on my
Calfiornia upbringing. 

Do you have a California or Texas product you'ld like to see featured here? Leave a comment with a link below and I'll consider it for a future Souvenir Saturday.

HEB Giveaway and Review

HEB is giving away gift cards and a chance to win a trip to Orlando. You can enter here every day now through November 1.

OK, now, since we're on the subject of HEB...do you want to know why I love the HEB in my town?

• They have shopping carts with TWO kids seats (a real nice feature when you have kids born 19 months apart).
• The balloons they give to kids have staved off tantrums and allowed for a peaceful shopping trip (though I do wish they had something other than candy weighing it down).
• They always offer to walk you out to your car and help load your groceries (which was SO NICE when I was pregnant).
• The HEB store brand stuff tastes really good--seriously, I like some items, like their bread and jam, better than name brand.
• 4 bobillas for a $1!  (Bobillas are these sub sanwhich like fresh baked rolls).
• Free samples everywhere!

HEB TIPS

• HEB usually does cost a little more on brand name pre-packaged goods and meats than Walmart (even with HEB points factored in), but produce is often the same or less (it fluctuates - sometimes more, sometimes less).  
• Those little yellow coupons really do save you a lot if both items are things you want or need.
• If you get a manufacturers coupon for a free item, use it at HEB and you a can get HEB points that earn you HEB bucks to spend at HEB.
• HEB gas is often cheaper than at other places, plus you get HEB points.
• If you buy HEB baby clothes, buy at least a size larger than you need because they tend to shrink drastically.
• Did I mention their store brand packaged food items taste really good? 

OK, just so you know...HEB didn't give me anything to write this.  I just saw the giveaway on another blog decided to pass it on.  That one sentence looked kinda lonely and I really do love HEB so I thought I'd post a little review while I was at it.  

Win a Texas/California Shower Curtain

Izola has shower curtains with both Texas and California maps on them...as well as a lot of other maps, and other artsy and quirky things.  And there seems to be a lot of giveaways going on for them, so I thought I'd hunt some down for ya'll (we're pretty happy with our shower curtains, but if we weren't, these would be pretty cool to have).  Here's the California one:

Here's the blogs I know of giving these away, and when they end. 

Hope's Cafe (9/24)

Familylicious Reviews (9/29)

Heavenly Savings (10/6)

Small Talk 6 - Shirts I've Read and Loved

I was busy setting up a garage sale when the last Small Talk 6 was put up, but I'll have to crash this party late because I simply can't miss this one. You see, I sell T-Shirts through CafePress and Zazzle and Printfection, and when I'm not busy on my own shops I love browsing other's to see all the pretty and witty designs. So, since this IS Texifornia I'm sharing my 6 favorite Texas and California shirt slogans...and even THAT was hard to narrow down to 6!.


1.  My favorite T-Shirt ever is....

Ski Texas T-Shirt by the Online Paper Airplane Museum
...and yeah, my love of it has as much to do with the picture as the slogan.

2.   You've probably heard of the Slogan "Don't Mess With Texas" --well, there are so many good parodies of that it was hard to choose.  Here's one of my faves...

If you can't read that, it says

"Go ahead...it's pretty messed up anyway."

This shirt is by Americasaurus. 

3. And here's another...

Don't Mess with China...It's like Texas, only you really can't mess with it.
  by mathcaddy

4.  You may have seen shirts with the slogan "Keep Austin Weird" before (which, by the way, I love).  But even better still is this Lubbock Parody....

Keep Lubbock Flat

5.  Ok, time for some California tees already!   Here's one that makes me laugh (if someone reads this long in the future, this was from the age of Arnold):

 My Govenor Can Beat Up Your Govenor

by The Tee Garden

6.  And this one is perfectly Texifornian... 

I don't care how they do it here...I'm from California.

This one is by one of my favorite Celtic artists,

VoxFox, who has shops through CafePress and Zazzle. 

Only the CafePress shop has this design, which is a bit

out of character from his intricately drawn artwork.

There's versions for other states too, including Texas. 

 So there you have it...my 6 favorite Texas/California Slogans (for now...I'm bound to find more).  If you have a blog you can post your own Small Talk 6 and leave a link on MomDot. If you don't have a blog, feel free to  join in by posting your 6 in a comment below!

The CafePress shirt images are used without permission in the hopes that these artists would want me to use them to promote their shirts--but if anyone does not want these images posted on this blog, please let me know and I'll take them down right away.  The Zazzle t-shirts are linked through the Zazzle Affiliate program.  It's easier to link them that way, but I can also earn money if you buy them through my links (which I don't mind a bit either).  

Smart Cents Mom - A Review

A while back I did a giveaway for some free advertising, including a banner or text link on one of my sites and a write-up on my three blogs. The winner was not choosen randomly, but selected based on the quality of their site and how well that site "fit" with the website of mine which they wanted to get an ad on. The winner wasSmart Cents Mom, an excellent blog which helps moms (and anyone really) save money. The blog was easy to navigate and pleasing on the eyes, and I agreed with her that it would be useful to my Survey Review readers, as paid surveys tend to attract people who need ways to earn, or save, a little money.

On Smart Cents Mom you can find coupons, freebies, giveaways, reviews, and money saving budget tips, including do-it-yourself money savers, and make-at-home recipes. For example, did you know that restaurants often send coupons and freebies to customers who fill out their comment cards? You don't have to make a complaint--you can fill one out a card to compliment the service or comment on the wonderful taste of your meal, and if you include your address you will often find a free coupon in your mailbox soon afterwards. That's just one of the money saving tips I found on Smart Cents Mom. I hope you all will stop by for a visit--it really is worth your while!

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NOTE: If you are interested in advertising on any of my sites, I am still selling ads for as little as $1 for two years (yes, that's right--TWO YEARS!). AND, 100% of the money I earn from these ads will be donated to MercyCorps, an organization helping victims of the earthquakes in Haiti and Chili, and helping people affected by poverty, disaster, and oppression around the world. You can see the ad spaces available and the various prices here.

Souvenir Saturdays - Snow Gear for 2010

I haven't done a "Souvenir Saturday" for a while, so I thought I'd dedicate this one to...

Texas Snow by chlywi

Texas snow is usually RARE and BARE.

If you wanted to ski in Texas it might look something like this...

Ski Texas T-Shirt by the Online Paper Airplane Museum

But several times this year there was enough snow to make people actually bring out their sleds, skis and snowboards they usually keep only for trips to other states.

We even got SNOW ON CHRISTMAS in

much of the state!

Hmm...wonder if we'll get snow on Easter like we did several years back...

Snowy Bluebonnet - magnet by Horseshoes3

Weren't those bluebonnets pretty in the snow?

Bluebonnets in Snow - bag by Horseshoes3

Gotta love Texas weather!

(OK, maybe not. But it does bring surprises doesn't it!)

The products listed on this post are from artist shops at Zazzle (except the "Ski Texas" T-shirt which is from CafePress). I earn 15% off sales through these Zazzle Links.

Another Texas Themed Giveaway!

I found another Texas themed giveaway! This one is for a set of Bluebonnet Tumblers! I haven't met anyone yet who's experienced the bluebonnets in Texas and didn't fall in love...with the exception of my husband, who thinks they're lovely but would prefer to be without the allergies they cause. Actually, about th cups though--there's several different styles you can choose from if you win, but the bluebonnet ones were the ones the author at Hope's Cafe received and reviewed. You have until March 1st to enter.