Collective Bias Dinner at Las Vegas…and More
Click on the screen to see some more of my pictures from Vegas.
Space-Saver Bags….What do you think?
I saw these space saving bags that are meant for travel. I have used the others and like them…these do not have to be sucked out by a vacuum. You seal your clothes in and then just roll. The air comes out a valve on the other end.
I am traveling to Blog World Exp and will be there for 5 days. Trying to fit everything into one suitcase can be a challenge. With the cost involved with just your suitcases….you want to only take one of them. It is $20 for the first bag and $30 for a 2nd bag..that would be $100 just in luggage round trip. That is crazy!!
The finished product…..
The side view. There are 3 blazers in here.
Here are my shirts…
Sucked up shirts.
So here is what I think. I think these could be a big benefit. My main concern was if the clothes were going to be wrinkled much worse than they would be from normal packing. Looking down into the finished sucked up bags….all I could see were these wrinkled looking clothes. It was hard for me to believe that they wouldn’t come out that way. Not that I didn’t want to give a full testing for all of you….but I didn’t want to have completely wrinkled clothes. Maybe…..they don’t wrinkle…but I didn’t want to be walking around BWE in terrible looking clothes and have to say…ooops….
So I didn’t use them other than on my jeans. Those did not roll very well either. I did pack the empty bags in my suitcase because I think they will be awesome to put my dirty clothes in to come home.
The gold sweater already had some wrinkles after just 5 minutes in the bag. The other issue I had was that I roll as many of my clothes as I can to fit down in the sides…with these I couldn’t roll as much.
But I do think these could be of good use in several cases. So I am not giving these a bad review…but I think you have to just be careful with what you use them with.
Full disclosure – I purchased these myself at Meijers for $14.99 (2 small and 2 large bags). I was not asked to review…just thought I would let you know.
Genesis of a Great Idea Contest!
You need to stay tuned for Friday’s big launch of the “Genesis of a Great Idea” contest for Genesis Today. They are sponsoring a huge contest for $10,000 for the best Social Media Idea for their company. There are many great features of this contest…some of which have not been announced, but to me the best one is:
It is Totally Anonymous! There are no “vote for me” features, there are no “favorite bloggers” that stand a better chance of winning this as to someone who has a blog that no one follows or reads. It is your imagination against theirs….thats it!
I am thrilled to be working with Collective Bias and Genesis Today to help bring you all the information. I leave for Blog World Exp 09 tomorrow, but will be keeping you updated on my blog (with whrrl pictures again…hope you guys like when I do that) and with information about the contest.)
I will be tweeting live during the launch of the contest around 2:30-3:00 est (11:30-12:00 in Vegas). So you can watch for this on twitter:
@organizersandy @genesistoday @katjapresnal @craftymamaof4 With the hashtag #cbbwe
You can follow the contest on Facebook. Or go to the Genesis of a Great Idea Site.
It is worth check out!!
Review – Shabby Apple Dress
Getting ready to go out!
I was given this Shabby Apple Dress to wear from Shabby Apple and I was thrilled. I wore it when I went out to dinner at the Type A Mom conference. I asked them if they had any long dresses (because my legs would not look cute in a short dress….believe me please) because there is no way I should be wearing one of their cutest ever short dresses (and they are cute as can be!) Ladies if you can wear short little sassy dresses…this is one online store you really do need to check out.
This dress is called Cleopatra. I was very surprised when it came to my door in a padded envelop. I am like…what? There is NO way that I can fit into a dress that fits into a padded envelop! But guess what…I did! This is a cotton fabric and was perfect for traveling. It folds up small and looked great once I got there.
My other concern was if it was going to be long enough for me. I am 5’10″ tall and so many things aren’t. They told me it would be. They also told me that it ran a little big. I got a size medium and guess what it was long enough. I had on flats though. I could not have worn any heels. But if you are shorter and want to wear some great heels….this would work perfect.
It also had kind of a “wispy” feel to the top of it. It is hard to tell in this picture. But you can see it better when you see the dress on their site. You can see it here.
So this dress was great. It was comfortable and I plan to wear it again when I go to Blog World Expo 09 next week in Las Vegas. Did you notice the cool bracelet? It is from Stella and Dot jewelry. I just love it and want to share so neat jewelry with you.
Thank you Shabby Apple.
Full Disclosure - yes I was given this dress without charge, but was not “required” to blog on it. I did wear it and told people where I got it, not because I was told to, but because I was happy to…as I was happy to write this review. The bracelet from Stella and Dot I purchased myself. I mentioned it because I want to introduce you the readers to a neat company with some great jewelry.
