Miche Purses- One Purse With Many Styles

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Let me start by saying that I am lazy, yes, LAZY when it comes to my purses.  I tend to wear the same purse for months because I just don’t find the time to transfer it’s contents to another purse that I want to wear.  That’s why I was so excited to find Miche Purses.  Miche purses start with a basic base purse and then you can add various shells that magnetically attach to the base purse.  I LOVE this concept.  No more having to transfer items from purse to purse.  Changing my look is as easy as pulling off one shell and putting on another.
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I choose the basic Petite Base Bag in black because I wanted a small purse to take on my birthday cruise last month.  I knew I wouldn’t have that much to put into my purse but I also wanted to be able to match different outfits that I was bringing with me without having to pack a ton of purses.
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It is so easy to chance the shells.  With my petite base bag I just had to lay the shell flat, put the base bag in the middle, and raise the sides of the shell until the magnets on the purse connected with the shell.  Easy peasy and I was able to change my style in a flash.
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I love that the base bag could also be worn by itself.   It looked perfect with the chain and black strap that came with it but when I wanted a more dressy look, the strap came off to make it a clutch, too.  It is so versatile and with all the shells Miche offers, I can find shells to match most of my wardrobe.
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The base purses start at $14.95 and the shells are as low as $7.48 making Miche purses affordable for any budget.  Now that I am back from my cruise, I plan on purchasing a larger Miche purse for everyday use.  In addition to the petite base bag that I have, there are 3 other styles to choose from- the Classic, the Demi, and the Prima.  The hardest part is deciding which one to get.
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Which Miche purse would you choose?
I think the Demi is my favorite but I really like the Prima, too.
Here are just a few of the beautiful shells that are available:
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Spring Fling Gourmet Chocolate Bark #SpringFling #goodcookcom

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 Disclosure- I received a Spring Silicone Bark and Chocolate Mold and Spatula from Good Cook to facilitate my review but all opinions are 100% my own.

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Spring is such a fun time of year.  All the bunnies, chicks, butterflies, and spring colors are so pretty and great to bring a festive cheer to anyone.  I was sent a Spring Silicone Bark and Chocolate Mold from Good Cook and was so excited to get to work on creating a fun treat for my family and friends.  The mold is heat safe so you can create fun brownies, cookies, etc. in it but I decided to make some chocolate bark this time.

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The mold is super cute and makes such darling spring designs in whatever you make with it.  It is very flexible and everything easily slips right out of it.  I was afraid my creations would stick to it, fall apart, or lose some of the design but that wasn’t the case.  The silicone makes it so easy to pull the mold off whatever you make.

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I made two batches because I didn’t like how the designs on the first batch came out but that was my own mistake.  I covered the whole bottom of each mold section with white melting chocolate and then created my bark varieties on top.  Then when it all cooled I took the bark out of the mold AND SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THERE.  But I wanted to color in the various indented sections of the bark that the mold created.  I should have left them alone or perhaps used a food safe paintbrush to color the designs with the colored chocolate.  I tried to use a pastry type bags filled with various colors of melting chocolate to fill in the colors but I didn’t like how it turned out.   I think I am just a hard judge on myself because I wanted them to be perfect because my younger daughter saw them and said I was the “Most Talented Mommy Ever”!
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See what I mean with the 1st attempt above.  It could have been better but the lumpy designs were my fault.  That’s when I figured out to either not fill in the designs because they are so cute not being colored in or by filling them with the method pictured below.
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First fill in the first “level” of the mold around the designs with one color of chocolate using a pastry bag with the end snipped off.
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Then fill in the designs with your desired colors of chocolate using pastry bags.  

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Cover with your choice of chocolate colors/flavors.  I used dark chocolate on half of the mold above and white chocolate mixed with yellow cake mix.

YES I SAID CAKE MIX!!!  
It makes a delicious cake tasting chocolate.  I mixed about 1 cup of white chocolate with 2 tsp of dry yellow cake mix.
Top with desired toppings (in my second batch above I used jelly beans on one side and M&M eggs on the other), let cool, and viola!
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See how much prettier the second batch’s designs came out?  They were so easy to break apart, too.

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These adorable bark squares would make a great gift for friends, relatives, or a special teacher.  Sure the jelly beans and M&Ms are adorable and yummy but if you want to kick it up a notch try one of the other combinations that I created in my 1st chocolate bark attempt.

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Top Row
White chocolate, dried strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries, and whole natural cashews
White chocolate, dark chocolate chips, and whole pecans
White chocolate and butterscotch chips
White chocolate dried cherries, and pistachios (MY FAVORITE ONE) 

Middle Row
Dark chocolate, dried banana chips, and coconut flakes
Dark chocolate and whole pecans
Milk chocolate, whole natural almonds, and toffee pieces
Milk chocolate, coconut flakes, and sugar sprinkles

Bottom Row
Milk chocolate and coconut flakes
Milk chocolate and toffee pieces
Dark chocolate and marshmallows
Dark chocolate and sprinkles

Want to make some fun bark yourself?  
Here’s a 25% off coupon to Good Cook to get the Spring Bark Mold and Spatula. Use CODE: SpringFling at checkout.


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Pop Up Port-A-Bug and Live Praying Mantis Egg Case Review and Giveaway

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Last year we reviewed Insect Lore’s Ladybug Land and my girls saw that they also had praying mantises to hatch and observe.  We had to wait until Spring because that is when it is praying mantis season and Insect Lore can ship the egg case safely.  My girls were so excited when we received the Pop Up Port-A-Bug Case and Live Praying Mantis Egg Case.
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It was a little confusing at first to figure out how to set the egg case up inside the port-a-bug case but I went online and found pictures of what to do.  Once I went outside and found the perfect twig to put the egg case on, it was easy.  It said to keep the egg case off the bottom of the container so I taped a twig with 2 “legs” going down so the egg case would rest in it above the bottom of the container.  We sprayed the container with a mist of water once in a while and kept the container in a warm area of our house.  In a few weeks my older daughter came running upstairs to tell me that our egg case had hatched a ton of baby praying mantises, also called nymphs.  She wasn’t kidding!
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The Port-A-Bug case was filled with tons of these amazing insects.  They were so cute!  Yes, I said an insect was cute.  They were fun to watch.  We kept the praying mantises in the Port-A-Bug case for a few days and then released most of them into our yard as the directions said.  (Otherwise they would each each other since they eat insects.) We then caught some moths and other bugs to feed our remaining praying mantises.
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Unfortunately our praying mantises didn’t seem to like what we caught for them.  We checked on them the next day and the moths and other bugs were dead inside the container as were the praying mantises.  Of all of the insects we have hatched (ladybugs, butterflies, and praying mantises) the praying mantises were the hardest to maintain because you need to find food ie. other bugs for them to eat or they will eat each other.  We weren’t really prepared for them to hatch when they did.  My grandmother had just passed away, things were crazy around here, so finding bugs outside to feed them was difficult some days.  I didn’t think to check with a pet store for insects but I just read another post where the person bought insects from the pet store to feed their praying mantises.  That would have made feeding them much easier.  Overall it was a fun and educational experience for all of us. I would like to hatch some praying mantises again with my girls soon and this time have food on hand from the pet store so hopefully we’ll be able to keep them through adulthood this time.  Wish us luck!  Meanwhile my girls are enjoying using the Port-A-Bug to catch other insects.

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Spring Cleaning Made Easier With #MrCleanMorePower @SheSpeaksUp

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It’s that time again.  Today is the first day of Spring with bring the annual tradition in many homes, Spring Cleaning.  Most of us don’t really like to clean but I found a new tool for my cleaning bag of tricks, Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle.  As much as I would like to be able to say that I used it on my own home because it should could use a good cleaning, things have just been too crazy here with my grandmother’s recent passing.  I’ve been spending a lot of time at my mother’s house this past week because my mother was sitting shiva which is part of the Jewish mourning process.  My mother had tons of friends and family visit her over the last week so I decided to bring over my Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle and help get my mother’s kitchen clean.
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First I have to tell you how wonderful the Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle smells because it has Febreze in it.  It made her whole house smell fresh and clean.  I used it right from the bottle onto a wet sponge to clean up my mother’s counters, sink, cabinets, and the outside of her refrigerator.  It was so quick and easy and I didn’t really have to scrub at all.  When you use it directly from the bottle onto a sponge you do need to wipe it down with water after to get everything squeaky clean and fresh.I love that it works on so many different surfaces.
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What I love about the Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle bottle is that it has a special valve on it so when you turn the bottle upside down and squeeze it into a bucket, you can only squeeze one specially measured amount.  It is 1 squeeze per 1 gallon bucket.  Easy peasy!  No need to worry if you aren’t putting enough or you are putting in too much.  Of course for those extra grimy surfaces you can add a second squeeze.  I put warm water in the bucket, squeezed one measured amount, and got to work on my mother’s floors with a clean rag.  With almost no effort at all her floor was clean in minutes.  It made a big difference.
before and after
(There are some nicks in the tiles on her floor so those are the black spots you still see on the tiles in the picture.)
My mother was so grateful to have a clean floor.  There are so many places in my own house I plan on cleaning this week with Mr. Clean Liquid Muscle when I do my own Spring Cleaning.  The kitchen and bathrooms are first on my list as they always seem to get the messiest.
What are the messiest rooms in your house?
What are your tips for cleaning them?

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Get The Look Of Granite Without The Price! EZ Faux Granite Product Review

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granite counter pinterestThis post is from my old blog but it was such a popular post and has saved so many people so much money on redoing their kitchens and bathrooms that I thought I would copy it over here, too.  This really is an amazing product and it has held up really well.  My counters look as good as they did when I first did them and you would never know they aren’t real granite.

Do you want the look of granite counter tops in your kitchen but don’t want to spend so much money to get the look?  Do you like the look of stainless steel but not all of your appliances are stainless steel?  I have the solution for you!
EZ Instant Makeover has a line of faux products that can create the look you want without the price.
We recently moved into a new house but I thought the kitchen was a little dull and boring.  The counter tops, cabinets, handles, and walls were all white.  We painted the walls and changed out the cabinet handles but we just didn’t have the money to put new counter tops.  I tried to use a cheap roll of granite-look contact paper that I bought at a discount store but it was so hard to use, stuck to itself, and became a wrinkly mess.
Here is what my kitchen looked like before I applied the EZ faux granite:
I was so excited to see EZ Instant Makeover‘s faux granite.  This looked like just the solution I was looking for.  I started by cleaning my counter tops.  The roll of faux granite was the perfect width for my counters so I didn’t have to cut to fit.  I like that the backing has grid marks so you can easily cut it to fit whatever area you need to cover if you do need to cut it.  I was able to peel off one end of the backing from the roll of faux granite and begin placing it on my counter top.
  I used the “wet” application method by spraying the counter tops with water before applying the granite film.  It was really easy to apply and the air bubbles came out by simply using a squeegee that I purchased at Home Depot (not included in the kit but a credit card would have worked just as well).  The only “tools” I needed for this installation were a spray bottle to spray water on the counter top, a squeegee to get rid of air bubbles, a knife to trim the edges, and clear silicone caulk to seal the edges around the sink.
The hardest part was installing around the sink.  If you can install the granite with the sink removed, I would recommend that.  Our sink was recently installed and it was pretty well caulked in place so I didn’t want to mess it with.  Instead, I applied a piece of granite film on the counter to the right of the sink first.  I installed a second piece on the left side of the sink and then finished the sink area with 2 thinner strips- one behind and one  in front of the sink.  You can’t really see the seams at all!

I finished the installation and applied a thin strip of clear caulking around the sink to seal the faux granite down.  I used a craft knife to trim the ends.  It turned out that I bought just the refill blades and not the actual knife itself so my cutting wasn’t as exact as I would have wanted it to be, but I think it came out pretty good.
Here is the finished product-

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AFTER:
 EZ Instant Makeover‘s faux granite comes in several colors:
They also make faux stainless steel film to turn plain appliances into stainless steel appliances:
Do your children like Good Luck Charlie?  They also sell rolls of chalkboard film so you can turn your refrigerator into a chalkboard like on Good Luck Charlie.  Or what about making your pantry cabinet door into a chalkboard to write your grocery list on?

Here’s a quick video showing my counters and comparing regular contact paper and EZ Faux Granite!  Please excuse the echo!!!

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Are You a Mallynista?

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mally beauty
If you haven’t tried Mally Beauty you are missing out.  I absolutely LOVE her products.  I first saw Mally Roncal years ago when she was giving make-up and beauty tips on Rachael Ray.  She is the go to make-up artist to many stars and decided to create her own line of cosmetics so all woman can look and feel gorgeous.  I love watching Mally on QVC.  She is so sweet and energetic as she shows how all women can use her products to look and feel their best.  I first saw her line of “bullet proof” eye liners that stayed on all day and I knew I had to try them.  I was so tired of my eye liners running down my face.  Once I tried Mally’s products I was hooked.

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I previously reviewed Mally’s eyeliners and I have been using her blush and eye shadow stick for a while but I hadn’t tried any of her face products.  I felt like I hit the lottery when I was offered to review Mally’s Effortless Airbrush Perfect Skin MousseEvercolor Poreless Face Defender, and Volumizing Mascara.  I don’t like wearing heavy foundations as they make me feel like I am wearing a mask.  I love how light and airy the Effortless Airbrush Perfect Skin Mousse is.  I picked it in the Medium shade and it blends perfectly with my skin leaving my completion smooth and flawless without feeling like I am wearing heavy makeup.  It is simple to apply.  Simply shake the can to add air to the product, press the button on top to apply a little product to the back of your hand, swirl the included professional brush into the product, and brush it all over your face.  It glides on smooth and easily with high quality brush that comes with it making your face flawless.

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The Evercolor Poreless Face Defender is an amazing product.  Unlike regular finishing powders, it doesn’t settle in fine lines and wrinkles making them more visible.  It actually hides and minimizes them while reduces shine and sets your makeup leaving your face smooth and even toned.   It comes with a professional sponge to help apply it easily to your skin.  Simply dab the sponge on the compact to get some of the product and pat it all over your face to mattify your makeup for a beautiful finish.

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The Volumizing Mascara is great for making your eyelashes look long and thick without making them look gloppy.  It features a combination of natural waxes and powders that give lashes an instant boost.  The plush brush works with the powders in the formula to help thicken lashes without clumping and it is great for finding all your tiny lower lashes, too.

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Become a Mallynista now and try Mally Beauty on the Mally Beauty website or Mally Beauty on QVC.  I hope to bring you more Mally Beauty product reviews soon so keep an eye out!
Check out my video review below to see how to use these awesome Mally Beauty products and more:

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HP Saving Center and More HP Printer Services! #HPSavingsCenter @HP @HPPRINT

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I have already told you about my new HP Envy 5530 e- All-in-One Printer and how much I love the HP Instant Ink service.   Those aren’t the only way to save with HP.  The HP Saving Center saves time and money by delivery coupons right to your printer.  And the best part, it’s FREE!  Setting up the HP Savings Center is easy and can be done in 3 simple steps.

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Step 1- Enter your location to unlock local offers in addition to the regular coupon savings.  This includes things like dry cleaners, plumbers, and more!
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Step 2- Teach the HP Savings Center your category preferences.  There are lots of categories to choose from such as clothing, office, health & beauty, kids, and more.  When you thumbs up or thumbs down it will teach the HP Savings Center what you like to it will show you more savings that you will prefer.
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Step 3- Set up your household in the HP Savings Center.  This lets it recommend more savings based on similar households.  Add your pets, too, so it will recommend savings on things like pet food and services.

savings center The HP Savings Center will then show you all the available coupons and offers.  Click to “clip” which coupons and offers you want to print and when you are finished, click to print only those selected coupons.  Last week there was a $2 off coupon for toilet paper that we use in our house.  It happened to be on sale for $6 at our local grocery store so I was able to get it for only $4.  I happened to see some bonus packages on an end cap at the store so my packages had even more toilet paper than normal.  I might not have even looked for the toilet paper if I hadn’t first seen the coupon on the HP Savings Center.  You can print 2 of most of the coupons which is awesome.  The coupons print 4 to maximize all printable space on each sheet.   I love being able to grab my coupons that are waiting for me on the printer when I run out the door to the store.  The HP Envy 5530 also has it’s own email address so I can send coupons (or anything else) wirelessly from anywhere in the world to print right on my printer.  How cool is that?!?!  I could even type a message to my kids when I am out of town and have it print on the printer as a special surprise for them.  COOL!

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HP also has lots of fun and helpful apps that can be set up to deliver HP printables right on your printer.  I love the 7 Day Menu Planner that gives me meal ideas and recipes for the entire week plus coupons to go with the items you need for the meals.  It is a great help when I am at a loss for what to make for dinner.  There are lots of fun printables for the kids such as Garfield, Dora, Highlights Magazine, Crayola coloring pages and more.  The Busy Moms Weekly is another good one for a busy mom.  It prints a schedule, parenting articles, money saving coupons, and more once a week for you.  I love walking by the printer and seeing my printed pages sitting there waiting to help me each week.
See how much you can save with the HP Savings Center, HP Instant Ink, and HP Printables!

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Enter to Win a February Romance 6-Pack (a $100 Value)!

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February is “ROMANCE MONTH”
Why settle for 1 Valentine’s Day – when there are 28 days in February!!!
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Want to win your own February Romance 6-Pack?
Two lucky winners will each receive the complete February Romance 6-Pack (a $100 Value)!
Here’s how to enter:

First of all – you must follow my blog – The giveaways I host are for my wonderful readers. To be considered a Cori’s Cozy Corner reader, you must receive my once daily email.  This is not considered an entry, but rather a requirement in order to enter any of my giveaways.  🙂
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Save Time and Money With The HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer, HP Savings Center and HP Instant Ink! #HPSavingsCenter @HP @HPPRINT

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HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer
It’s a new year and you’re trying to save money and use coupons more.  You plan out your shopping trip and go to print your coupons but you find you are out of ink for your printer.  Or when you kids need to print that important report for school and of course they waiting until late Sunday night to print it and yup, you’re out of ink.  HP has you covered with their HP Instant Ink Program.  With this great program HP sends you ink BEFORE you run out.  I am so excited to be able to share not only this program with my readers but also one of their awesome printers, the HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer which is one of their Instant Ink compatible printers.  You need an Instant Ink compatible printer to be able to use the Instant Ink program.
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The HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer is so easy to set up and I was ready to get printing in a few minutes.  I took the printer out of the box, plugged it in, and followed the instructions.  The printer printed an alignment page to get the settings right.  I scanned the alignment page after it printed and I was good to go.
HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer test page
The first time I set up the printer wasn’t to use it at home or for this review.  I was volunteering at my daughters’ school for the PTO and we needed to scan and print some forms for a fundraiser we were doing.  We were in a portable in the back of the school and going up to the front office and back was getting to be a pain.  Especially because teachers were also copying and printing at the same time so it was taking forever to get what we needed do.  I decided to run home and grab my new HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer.  When I got to school and set the printer up at first I was worried because I realized I didn’t have internet access, access to the school’s network, or even a cable to connect my computer to my printer.  That’s when I remembered that the HP ENVY 5530 could connect to my computer wirelessly by itself.  It was so easy to turn on the printer’s own wireless, get it’s password, and then connect my computer just like you would connect to a wifi network.  Easy peasy and I was up and printing in minutes.  The other PTO members were amazed that my printer could connect this way, too.

Here are some of the specs for this amazing printer that not only prints, but also copies and scans, too!

  • Prints up to 8.8 ISO ppm* in black, up to 5.2 ISO ppm* in color- . Maximum print speed up to 21 ppm* in black and up to 17 ppm* in color.
  • Built-in wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n)
  • Color resolution up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi (1200 input dpi)
  • Memory card slot – Lets you expand the printer’s memory (card not included).
  • Wireless printing capability – Using HP ePrint or Apple® AirPrint for direct printing from a compatible device.
  • Copies up to 6 cpm* in black, up to 4 cpm* in color (laser comparable speeds) – So you can easily make copies of documents. Maximum copy speed up to 21 cpm* in black and up to 17 cpm* in color.
  • Copy resolution up to 600 x 600 dpi in black, up to 600 x 1200 dpi in color
  • 24-bit flatbed scanner with 8.5″ x 11.7″ scan area and  HP Printer Control lets you scan to your mobile device.
  • 2.7″ color touch screen
  • 100-sheet input tray
  • HP Live Photo
  • USB 2.0 connectivity

I love how easy the HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer was to set up.  It walks you through everything and was easy to bring back home and set up in my own house with my home network, too.  I accidentally loaded a piece of paper that was a little crinkled in the printer and it jammed but even getting out the jammed page was easy.  Normally opening up a printer to find a jammed page can be intimidating but it was really easy to find the page and get it out.

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I really love that I don’t have to worry about running out of ink anymore with the HP Instant Ink Program.  Once my printer was set up I simply went to HP Instant Ink to open a new account, entered the code that came with my Instant Ink Enrollment Kit, and followed the sign up directions.  With the Instant Ink program you can save up to 50% on original HP Ink.
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HP Instant Ink has 3 different plans to choose from and the savings can really add up.  You can choose from 50 pages per month, 100 pages per month, or 300 pages per month.  That’s right, you don’t pay for the ink you use, you pay per page you print.  You can change your plan easily by logging into your account and if you go over your allotted monthly prints they just charge your account.  For example on the $4.99 per month plan that I am on I can print up to 100 pages per month.  If I go over they will charge me only $1 for every 20 more pages I print.  If you don’t use up all of your prints for the month you can roll over some of your prints, too, so you won’t lose them.
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The HP ENVY 5530 e-All-in-One Printer connects to the internet so the Instant Ink program can monitor your ink levels (both black and colored inks) and send you new Original HP Ink BEFORE you run out!  No more running out of ink right when you need it most.  No more having to remember to get ink, remembering what model ink number you need to get, running to stores hoping they have what you need, or wasting gas to get to the store!  I love that!  And when you receive the new ink cartridges you also receive a mailer to mail back the used cartridges so HP can recycle them.
Easy to set up and easy to use printer- CHECK!
Money saving ink program so you never run out of ink- CHECK!
PLUS keep your eye out for my upcoming post about about some more exciting features from HP:
Savings Center to help save you money- CHECK!
Great apps with printable pages for every member of the family- CHECK!

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Superior Source Vitamin Holiday Health 6 Pack – Review & Giveaway

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SSV-BOGO-XmasJust in time for FLU season!!!
You can get Buy One Get One FREE Superior Source Vitamin C thru these Etailers:
LexorHealth.com and CVC4Health.com

Superior Source Vitamin C Melts Are SUPERIOR:
• SUGAR FREE • NO Pills to Swallow
• Preservative FREE • Dissolves on Contact
• NO Artificial Sweeteners • Light Smooth “Sour” or “Tangy” Flavor

What Makes Superior Source UNIQUE:
Superior Source Vitamins are MicroLingual® – “Under the Tongue Technology” that works fast, as they are quickly absorbed into the body under the tongue, dissolving in seconds – NO pills to swallow!  This is especially great for getting kids to be able to take them easily.  Did you know that by swallowing supplements, as much as 50% of the potency is lost in the high acid environment of the stomach.

Many companies market products as “fast dissolving” yet they are still compressed tablets. Requiring binders to hold them together, compressed tablets also contain needless fillers that leave less room for the active ingredient.*

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To keep your whole family healthy this winter season, check out some of Superior Source’s other vitamins and products.  I will be giving away TWO Holiday Health 6-packs that include- 2 Vitamin Cs, Melatonin, B-12, Biotin & Lip Balm.

2 Vitamin C Melts – Cherry & Orange: Vitamin C is an essential nutrient that cannot be produced by the body, therefore it must be replenished daily. Vitamin C also provides support to the body’s immune system, very helpful in a season where people catch colds and flu. Superior Source Vitamin C comes in 2 flavors- “Sour” Cherry Melts and “Tangy” Orange Melts.  No sugar is added.  They are only sweetened by stevia unlike most ‘chewable’ vitamin C products that are typically loaded with lots of sugar.

NEW Vitamin B-12: NEW to Superior Source is their No Shot Methylcobalamin B-12. This 60-tablet bottle, with a suggested list price of $29.99, helps to give excess energy during the busy holiday season. The product is brand new and is a combination of activated B-12, activated Folate and B-6, which are three critical B vitamins required for control of elevated homocystein levels (linked to cardiovascular disease). No sugar added in this vitamin either.

Biotin: Biotin helps to maintain healthy blood sugar levels, promotes nail and hair strength and supports cell growth, metabolism of fats and amino acids and the production of fatty acids. Yup, it is also Sugar FREE!

3-Pack Lip Balm: All Natural “Lip Healer” Lip Balm is Petroleum Free and contains Aloe Vera, Vitamin E, Calendula and Chamomile to sooth and moisten lips while providing SPF-15 protection from the Sun’s rays.

Melatonin: The final item in our Holiday Health Pack is Melatonin.  During the busy holiday season, with work, parties and travel, Melatonin acts as a natural aid for healthy sleep regulation as well as the promotion of normal sleep cycles during travel.  Yep, no sugar here!  I love taking Melatonin to help me sleep.  Since it is natural and not a chemical prescription I don’t feel groggy and “hung over” the next morning when I take it.

Check out Superior Source Vitamin’s website for lots of great products.  You can purchase all Superior Source Vitamins at major retailers nationwide like Whole Foods and Vitamin Shoppe and major online retailers like Swansons, iHerb, Walgreens, Vitacost and Lucky Vitamins.

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TWO Lucky Cori’s Cozy Corner Winners will each receive a Holiday Health 6 Pack ($95 value)
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