I'm Giving Away A Portable Gym For My Birthday

Yesterday I got an early birthday present..... YAY!!! You all know I ALWAYS do. This gift I begged for after filling in for a girl at work who stashes hand weights under her desk. Who wants to lug around hand weights??? The challenge for me has ALWAYS been, "What to do when I'm not at home?" And, at the new house, my beloved Curves is nowhere to be found. Coincidentally, that is where I first read about resistance band training... the Curves book.

The workout in the book utilizes resistance bands to get the 1/2 hour Curves workout at home (BTW I'm totally needing right now), which I never did because I had my Curves close by. But then we moved and my husband had surgery and has been using resistance bands three times a week at his physical therapy appointments and swears by the workout he gets with them. SOLD! I HAD to have these for my birthday!

WOW.... no kidding these babies are INCREDIBLE and cost me (well, my husband) $30!!! Click HERE for the set I got pictured at the top. And check out THIS video!

This is the workout I did last night when the bands arrived. Warning: These bands are SO GREAT, I couldn't do the whole thing and was sweating my butt off!!! It was FUN trying to keep up with her. Whoever the genius was who thought of using rubber bands for a workout deserves EVERY penny they earned from this invention. To be able to have an entire gym for around $30 AND be able to take it with you everywhere you go AND a bag full of bands weighing less than 4 pounds.....WHY did I not have these sooner? Maybe it is because I just didn't believe they could give me a hard workout??? Maybe because I envisioned them not being sturdy and breaking??? I was so wrong!!! Did I mention there is a lifetime warranty on these babies???

So in honor of my birthday I'm giving away one of my newest favorite things! Tell one other person about this give away and leave a comment on this post between now and April 5th and I will choose a random winner to receive the set you see pictured at the top containing 5 progressive resistance bands, two handles, a door anchor, an ankle strap and a carrying case. Now I'm holding you to your honor to tell a friend! I'm a firm believer in "Sharing The Health"! The winner will be announced April 6th here on my blog and will have one week to claim their own portable gym.... good luck everyone!!!

This one gets 500 High Fives!

MY VERY FIRST CRICUT CARTRIDGE GIVE AWAY!

Ok ... so the time has come. I've got some BRAND NEW, NEVER BEEN USED, STILL IN THE PLASTIC Cricut Cartridges to give away over the next couple of months and it starts with one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITES...... Hannah Montana! YAY! I LOVE this cartridge! It's got the most beautiful guitar images along with musical notes and FIVE fonts! I used the regular font and the rock star font to create my Father's Day card this year (see above). I also used the Hannah Montana cart (see below) to create a beautiful butterfly (FREE Gypsy cut file HERE ), and am currently working on a project using the gorgeous solitaire diamond. There's a rose and lips and decorative hearts, even a Pegasus ! There's just so much on this cartridge.... I use it a lot! To call this a "font" cartridge is terribly misleading. It's been a long time favorite and now I'm THRILLED to be able to give it away to one of my awesome readers! So here's how to win: Become one of my follower

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Blog Hop

YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! IT'S HERE!!! Breaking Dawn pt. 2 opens today and we're kicking the fun off with a Twilight Breaking Dawn Blog Hop!!!! You should be arriving from Kelli's blog. Isn't her tag AWESOME!?!?! If you're just now joining the hop, you WILL want to start the hop at the beginning... trust me, you don't want to miss anything from this group of talented ladies. Here's the whole hop list: Alison Laura Rebecca Kelli ME<== You Are HERE!!! Sugar Stephanie And now for MY project.... BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY BLOG CANDY AT THE END!!! Here's my Twilighty keepsake box!!! I had an absolute BLAST making this box and will be using it to hold all my pictures from Forks and La Push as well as pics from the various premiere parties I've attended/hosted over the years. This originally started out as a faux book box. I painted the spine black using acrylic paint and covered the rest using paper from the DCWV Immortal Love

The BEST Copic Storage

**** HUGE HALLOWEEN GIVE AWAY... CLICK HERE !!!!**** Ok, so I've done posts in the past about various Copic storage solutions, but I was given THE MOTHER of all storage ideas by my friends Jennie Black and Krista Koenig!!! Let me share with you the construction of the storage box and then I'll finish this off with the BRILLIANT solution my husband came up with.... cuz I married a GENIUS!!! What you'll need to create the AWESOME storage box pictured here is: 1 Double Deep Art Bin 1 plastic grid for ceiling lighting (found at your local home improvement store) 1 half inch thick wooden square dowel (also found at your local home improvement store) Dimensional adhesive squares Wire cutters or sheers Screws with corresponding drill bit Drill So I first cut the ceiling grid down to 19 squares by 19 squares using my wire cutters. You will need two 19 x 19 sections of grid material. The wire cutters went through the plastic material of the grid like butter and I

Lori Barnett said…

Ok...I wanted to go to Curves....but to far to drive. I love this idea instead! I wlll share with a friend!

March 22, 2014 at 8:14 AM

Sara said…

Oooo I will for sure tell a friend for a chance to win... what a great gift/prize!

March 22, 2014 at 8:27 AM

Julie Tucker-Wolek said…

I have heard awesome things about the bands!! Fabulous that you got them!!!

March 22, 2014 at 8:48 AM

the queen said…

Those bands sound amazing and are exactly what I need for my home work outs.

March 24, 2014 at 2:01 PM

Those bands sound perfect for my at-home workouts. Thanks for sharing Danielle! You always find the best stuff :-)

March 24, 2014 at 2:04 PM

Tina M said…

I loved CURVES! and they moved from my area :((( my daughter and I loved them:) thanks for a chance to do some workouts at home :)

March 24, 2014 at 4:03 PM

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said…

Hello! I have been popping over looking at all your fitness posts, sounds like you are all in! I have been running for almost 2 years now and it has changed my life! Hope you are having great success with it! If you want you can pop over and visit my running blog:
Carri~A Running bee

March 26, 2014 at 3:57 PM

devel fitness said…

Really decent post. I've truly appreciated skimming your blog entries.

February 21, 2015 at 10:50 PM

keeping fit while travelling said…

Each time I read it, I simply get more amped up for whats next.

March 1, 2015 at 5:59 AM