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Summer is coming! As May comes to a close and June hovers nearby, one thing is for sure: It’s getting mighty hot out there!

What are your plans for this summer?

Are you just planning to try and stay cool? Or do you have a great family vacation planned?

I know for many, summer can be a really expensive season. Kids are out of school and you know they are going to eat you out of house and home. Gas prices hovering at $4 a gallon. Let’s not even discuss summer childcare!

I was scratching my head wondering, “What can I do to help my readers offset the cost of an expensive summer?”…and it came to me!

How does a $100 grand prize Visa Gift Card sound?

Let’s give another 2 winners each a $25 Visa Gift Card too!

That’s right…$150 worth of prizes!

Grand Prize: $100 Visa Gift Card

Runner Up #1: $25 Visa Gift Card

Runner Up #2: $25 Visa Gift Card

This giveaway is running on 10 blogs, enter on each blog and increase your chances:

 

Family Friendly Frugality

Crazy Coupon Train

Embracing Beauty

Enza’s Bargains

Front Page Freebies

Fun Finds for Families

Keeping Cents

Melissa’s Bargains

Mummy Deals

The Frugal Free Gal

When the giveaway closes, we will combine all entries from each blog to select the winners. You can enter the giveaway on every blog listed, so make sure you visit each one to increase your chances of winning (the mandatory entry is the same for all 10, so if you qualify to enter on one, you qualify to enter on all of them!).

Mandatory entry: (This is an easy one.) You must like ALL of the Fan pages listed below. Once you have liked all of them, please leave a comment on THIS blog post letting me know you did. (Please leave your first name and last initial of the account you liked with in your comment. I also need some way to get in contact with you, so be sure to leave me your email address as well.) You can enter right here on the blog by pressing “like”, or just click on the blog name to be taken directly to their Fan page.

Family Friendly Frugality

Crazy Coupon Train

Embracing Beauty

Enza’s Bargains

Front Page Freebies

Fun Finds for Families

Keeping Cents

Melissa’s Bargains

Mummy Deals

The Frugal Free Gal

After you enter here…jump over to the other blogs and increase your chances of winning by entering on each one! 10 chances to win!

Giveaway will end on June 3, 2011 at 9:00pm CST. The winners will be chosen by random.org. The winners will be notified by email within 24-48 hours, and will have 48 hours to respond. If no response is received within that time frame, another winner will be chosen. Please leave your email address so I will have a way to contact you. We will announce the winner once they have been confirmed. This giveaway is open to residents of the US only.

 

This giveaway is not sponsored by Visa and it’s not sponsored by Facebook. It is sponsored by the 10 blogs listed above only. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

*This post may contain affiliate links. Please refer to my disclosure policy for more information

Here’s the master list of winners from the 4K fan giveaway! Thanks to everyone who played and to all of the sponsors, too! If you haven’t “liked” my Facebook page, you should. In addition to the 4K fan giveaway, we have lots of great games, I give the heads up on Amazon codes, Pampers Gifts to Grow codes, and Huggies Enjoy the Ride codes, and I post other quickie deals there, too!

$50 Restaurant.com gift card – sponsored by Melissa’s Bargain Blog
-Alisha Lesage – #211

$10 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Melissa’s Bargain Blog
-Erin Lane – #392

$5 Target gift card – sponsored by Couponista Queen
-Deanne Haggerty – #129

Scentsy Room Spray – sponsored by Jennifer McWilliams, Independent Scentsy Consultant
-Stacy Young – #95

Light pink and white corker bow – sponsored by Kayla Kole Boutique
-Kelly Lebo – #36

Classic twist necklace – sponsored by Michelle with Mark
-Frances Kalender – #53

Swarovski crystal drop earrings – sponsored by 3 Little Birds Boutique
-Christina Jeanne – #246

$25 Restaurant.com gift card – sponsored by Enza’s Bargains
-Jen Skikle – #11

$10 Disney gift card – sponsored by Hi Ho Vacations
-Hmh Kaufman – #89

$25 Restaurant.com gift card – sponsored by Discovering Deals
-Trisha Fernandes – #56

Sparkle Flower clip – sponsored by Scooterbug Flair
-Crystal Hurst – #126

3 Hunny Bunny Scrunchies – sponsored by BowBiz Dog Bows
-Jama Volpe Nisonger – #53

Here Comes Peter Cottontail hair clip – sponsored by Sweet Pea Boutique
-Jenny Sims – #24

Rhinestone t-shirt of choice – sponsored by StyleHippo
-Becky DeAnda – #270

Hold it Baby on the Go Toy Organizer – sponsored by Hold it Baby
-Autumn Eaton – #73

$10 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Shopping in your PJs
-Mishel Gerbig – #254

$25 BlingTASTIC gift certificate – sponsored by BlingTASTIC
-Tammie Betz – #2

Coupon Queen t-shirt – sponsored by Mommy’s Money Saving Obsession
-Melissa Parker – #55

$25 gift certificate to Kari’s Kisses, Children’s Accessories – sponsored by Kari’s Kisses
-Heather Cannady – #141

Set of 5 “bottle bling” – sponsored by Rings for Hope
-Brittany Garrett – #75

Mark Juice Jem – sponsored by Mark Girl Liz
-Terri Stubblefield Crum – #29

Lucky in Love Scentsy Tin – sponsored by Beth Henry, Independent Scentsy consultant
-Robyn Ely – #171

Crocheted flower hair snap clips – sponsored by Honey Bee Affairs
-Trish Rose – #23

Sterling Silver Oak Leaf earrings – sponsored by Oak Leaf Designs
-JoAnne Cox – #21

Scentsy Scent Bar – sponsored by Kristina Altavilla, Independent Scentsy Consultant
-Jessica Babb – #163

Beach and pool bag – sponsored by Diapers and Denim
-Serena Bozek – #76

$5 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Saving Toward a Better Life
-Michelle Combs – #67

Tupperware Mystery Bag – sponsored by South Florida Tupperware Girls
-Heidi Daily – #98

Custom crocheted animal – sponsored by Crafting Joy
-Niki Hamilton – #9

Sewing instructions, pattern, tutorial – sponsored by 2 Teens and a Toddler Boutique
-Kim Propp Belcheff – #16

Lion Boo Boo animal – sponsored by Crafty Creations Cafe
-Jenny Sims – #28

Flamingo Boo Boo animal – sponsored by Crafty Creations Cafe
-Elaine Harris Thompson – #27

Mark Super Flip color kit – sponsored by Xenovia for Mark
-Amber Keller-Beer – #133

$5 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Team Stylishly Pink – Bampboopink Independent Consultant
-Nellie Curry – #85

Handmade Mirano glass pendant – sponsored by Homespun Bazaar
-Amy Ruckman – #89

Personalized Ballerina Girls bracelet – sponsored by Stargazinglily
-Jenny Willis – #136

Cut coupon pack – sponsored by Musings by Michelle
-Michelle Schafer – #225

$10 Starbucks gift card – sponsored by Cherry Blossoms Greetings
-Brenda Price – #220

Stacked plaid korker bow – sponsored by Little Bees Boutique
-Melissa Gipson – #68

One Year online advertising plan – sponsored by Easyshop 360
-Melissa Phinney – #38

Scentsy scent bar – sponsored by Theresa Comar, Independent Scentsy consultant
-Christine Beaudoin – #161

$15 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Bargain Mom
-Jennifer Colwell Evans – #308

$5 Starbucks gift card – sponsored by Shore Savings with Patti
-April Mastella Hofbauer – #108

$5 credit to Unique Clothing & Arts – sponsored by Unique Clothing & Arts
-Lisa Sarmiento – #41

$5 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Feeding Four
-Melissa Carroll – #224

$5 Target gift card – sponsored by Your Golden Ticket Blog
-Patti Matolyak Purelli – #224

Crochet hat with detachable flower – sponsored by AnnaBella’s bows
-Trisha Foerster – #70

Energising Travel Essentials kit – sponsored by Julie Vander Woude, Independent NYR Organic consultant
-Janene Scarborough – #103

Yellow ribbon awareness bracelent – sponsored by Totally Tattered
-Angel Howman – #96

$5 Starbucks gift card – sponsored by Free is My Life
-Monica Tripodi

Nourishing Orange Flower Skincare Essentials kit – sponsored by Julie Vander Woude, Independent NYR Organic consultant
-Jerica Murphy – #6

African hand-carved stone small egg – sponsored by The Crabby Nook
-Carol Smith – #49

Set of 3 dragonfly & green plaid Buggers Burpers – sponsored by Buggers ‘N Cralwers
-Tiffany Byrd Church – #55

Scentsy Sunkisses Citrus Scent Bar – sponsored by Melissa Jagdmann, Scentsy Independent Star Consultant
-Tammy Cao – #66

It Works Ultimate Body Applicator – sponsored by Katie Long, Independent It Works Distributor
-Kelly Johnson – #108

$10 How Fast Time Flies Resale gift certificate – sponsored by How Fast Time Flies Resale
-Sue Wojtylak – #37

Polarize DG sunglasses – sponsored by Juli’s Accessories
-Shelley Lard – #115

$10 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Free Samples to Fill Up Your Mailbox
-Taunia Welch – #32

Sunshine Earrings – sponsored by Lauren Elise Designs
-Hilary Vanderpool – #60

$5 Amazon gift card – sponsored by Coupon Pro
-Brittany Cwikla – #23

$10 Amazon gift card – sponsored by House2Home Custom Furniture
-Heather Stonesifer-Fourman – #211

$10 California Pizza Kitchen gift card – sponsored by Super Coupon Lady
-Hadlee Godlberg – #7

*This post may contain affiliate links. Please refer to my disclosure policy for more information

We have a winner of the Green Giant Prize pack giveaway!  The winner is #3:  Jen!

Here’s what Jen had to say:

Jen says: