Hey Gang!

Today I'd like to share a contest with you courtesy of Srubbing Bubbles! The One Step Toilet Bowl cleaner takes literally "one step" and then sprays a powerful cleaner that tacks toilet rings, hard water marks and lime scale. Check out this one-of-a-kind step and spray product here. And now, it's time for the One Step Dance-off!

Simply submit a video of your One Step Dance moves on Scrubby's facebook page to enter for a chance to win a $500 gift card, and the grand prize: A $2,500 gift card and designer bathroom consultation with…ME!

How it works:

Every week Scrubbing Bubbles is giving away a $500 gift card to the 7 highest-voted videos. The weekly winners will then face-off for the grand prize of $2,500 gift card and bathroom consultation with me!

Here's what to do:

1. Record and upload your One Step Dance here. As long as your dance incorporates a stepping motion, bust it out and step on it! Enter as many videos as you'd like too.
2. Get everyone you know to vote. The highest-voted videos win the weekly prize and ultimately one of those seven will be the Grand Prize winner! The video with the most votes wins.

With Scrubby's One Step Dance Video Contest, bathroom cleaning has never been more fun!

How do you clean the bathroom, do you One Step it?

Hi gang!

I want to give a special congratulations to our Macel & Company Holiday Giveaway winners Linda and Sandra!

Here's why Linda is looking forward to her Macel & Company table topper:

“Some have said to me that the life of my family is like one big celebration after another, and this isn't far from the truth. The very reason that we live where we do is because of family.

I didn't grow up with the blessing of having living Grandparents, so when my daughter was born, 15 years ago this December, I made a pact that she would have a close relationship with my parents. So, when they moved upon their retirement to the central Illinois cornfields, we followed, and they are our next-door neighbors.

For this reason, our home has become a central gathering place for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Holidays, Graduations, and all of the everyday celebrations in between, including old-fashioned Sunday dinners.

All of these wonderful gatherings happen within our cozy 1200 square-foot cottage. We now have a collection of folding tables and have converted our single-car garage into a festive party room. We've learned that one doesn't need more space to enable large gatherings; one only needs a welcoming home coupled with some personal ingenuity.

It's interesting that you've featured this particular blog about table slips, as in the preparation for our recent Thanksgiving celebration, my dear husband searched high and low around the shops of our small town for just such a thing, but time ran out and he couldn't find them. So, instead, we did what we've always done ~ Made do with what we have and presented a warm, welcoming space for our guests.

Regardless, I'd love to win one of these wonderful items for our future gatherings, because life at our house is indeed, unabashedly, one big celebration after another.”

What a wonderful family! Here’s why Sandra is looking forward to her special table topper:

“For years I have not enjoyed the holidays very much due to a chronic illness controlling my life with pain and the exhaustion associated with it.  Thankfully for  2010 I have mostly been in remission, and I am ready to enjoy this holidays season with my family and friends.  I am back in the kitchen cooking like a mad woman and loving it, and decorating the home for the holidays is once again a pleasure! I am looking forward to several small holiday gatherings I have planned.  My decorating pieces are personal treasures of sentimental value, but when it comes to the table settings...ummm pretty sad to say the least! I would love to win one of the beautiful table toppers from Macel & Company to freshen up and pull my look together.  They are lovely.  Best of luck to all of us!”

Here’s to many more happy holidays! Congratulations again ladies – don’t forget to take pictures of your holiday table and post them to your profile here!

If you didn’t win this time, don’t worry – we’ve got lots of giveaways coming up on LisaLaPorta.com.

Happy Holidays!
Lisa

Hi Gang,
 
OK, so I’ll be the first to admit that this year has flown by…I mean, here we are in the biggest holiday and entertaining season of the year, and it seems like I was just celebrating New Year 2010…but time marches on, and so do holiday parties.
 
And I love a good holiday party!
 
Which brings me to today’s subject: creating a stylish and coordinated holiday entertaining environment. Many times I’ve walked into a party and have seen the decorated dining table filled with food and beautifully set, then a sad second side table, possibly serving as a buffet or extra seating table with nothing more than a non-coordinated tablecloth draped over it - you know the kinds of tables I’m talking about - the portable folding kind, the kind that you need to use, but would love to have blend into your decorated environment. 

Macel & Company
 
Macel & Company has a line of “Slips” for these portable folding tables (pictured above), including a combination of basics and toppers with coordinating tablecloths and napkins. They can be used for your upcoming holiday shindigs or for everyday use afterward. The fabric, colors and print design are unique to this company – these aren’t table cloths that you can pick up at your local store!
 
Anyway, Macel & Company has decided to do a little give-away for my friends—and just in time for your holiday parties. They are giving away two of the pineapple damask Laura Toppers and Eva Basics for a standard utility/banquet table (30” x 72”). The basic and topper come in their own matching fabric bags for easy storage and safe keeping ‘til your next party or event. (And if you’d like to coordinate with a tablecloth for your dining table or select some matching napkins, they’ll offer all non-fitted tablecloths and napkins at 30% off retail today through December 31.)
 
How to Win
 
Here’s what you have to do to get one of these great Basics and Toppers - just comment today on this post, and tell me why you’d like to win!
 
Good luck!
Lisa

*UPDATE: We've chosen our winner! Keep checking back for more fun giveaways on LisaLaPorta.com*