Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Free Admission Promotions for Summerfest 2011
Free Admission Promotions for Summerfest 2011: "
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Summerfest Admission Prices
Regular admission prices to Summerfest 2011 are as follows:
- Adult Weekday Admission Ticket (Tuesday – Friday from noon until 4:00 p.m.) – $8
- Adult General Admission Ticket (Weekends and weekdays after 4:00 p.m.) – $15
- Seniors (over age 60) – $3 at all times
- Children (ages 3-10 when accompanied by an adult) – $3 at all times
- Children (2 and under) – Free
If you’re planning to visit Summerfest three times, you can save $12 off night and weekend rates by purchasing a three day pass for $33.
Summerfest 2011 Free Admission Promotions
As we already mentioned,the best way to get into Summerfest is for FREE! According to Summerfest.com, the following promotions allow you to get free or discounted admission to Summerfest. (All exchanges, unless otherwise stated, will take place at the Mid-Gate Promotions Booth located across the street from the Summerfest Mid-Gate, at Harbor Drive and Chicago Street.)
Wednesday, June 29th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Johnson Controls Stomp Out Hunger Day with FOX 6
- All patrons arriving between Noon and 3:00 p.m. who donate three non-perishable food items will receive one free admission ticket. Donations will be accepted at the Mid-Gate promotions tent as well as the North Gate. All donations to benefit the Hunger Task Force.
Thursday, June 30th - Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Show Your Smile Day
- The first 4,400 patrons who present the free admission coupon found in the Sunday, June 26 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel between Noon and 3:00 p.m. will receive free Summerfest admission compliments of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Friday, July 1st - Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Miller High Life – Give a Veteran a Piece of the High Life.
- The first 2,000 patrons, 21 and older, who bring six Miller High Life or Miller High Life Light bottle caps will receive one free admission ticket.
Saturday, July 2nd – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Goodwill Industries Day
- The first 1,500 patrons who make a donation to a Goodwill Store & Donation Center between June 1 – July 2, 2011 and bring in their original donation receipt will receive one free admission ticket. One admission ticket per person for each donation receipt. Only original receipts received at a Goodwill Store & Donation Center dated June 1 – July 2, 2011 will be accepted.
Sunday, July 3rd – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Kohl’s Family Day
- The first 1,500 patrons who donate three non-perishable food items for kids will receive one free admission ticket. Suggested items include peanut butter, canned fruit and macaroni and cheese. All donations to benefit Hunger Task Force.
Tuesday, July 5th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Sentry Foods and Dean’s Milk & Ice Cream Children’s Fest Day with Today’s TMJ4
- All patrons arriving between Noon and 3:00 p.m. will be admitted free. Spend a fun-filled day with the family enjoying free Children’s Fest activities including the Map of Fun and Family Ticket Package giveaway contest. Select food vendors will offer discounts on food & beverage items.
Wednesday, July 6th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Klement’s Day
- The first 1,500 patrons presenting a Klement’s product label (8oz or larger) and a non-perishable food item will receive one free admission ticket.
Thursday, July 7th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. - Northwestern Mutual “Make a Child Smile Day”
- The first 1,500 patrons who donate any new, indoor children’s toy, art supplies or children’s G or PG rated DVD movie with a $5 minimum value will receive one free admission ticket. All items collected will be used throughout the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin system. (All items must be new with original tags attached and/or original packaging).
Thursday, July 7th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – H.O.G. Day at Summerfest
- Receive one free admission ticket when presenting a valid H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) card. One admission per card. In addition, H.O.G. members will have exclusive access to the Harley-Davidson Hospitality Deck located at the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse Stage between the hours of 4:00 – 9:00 p.m. on July 7. Limited space; first come, first served.
Friday, July 8th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Malt-o-Meal Day
- The first 1,500 patrons will receive one free admission ticket when presenting an original receipt from any Wisconsin grocer that specifies the purchase of any two Malt-O-Meal Bag Cereals 10 oz. or larger. Receipt must be dated between June 29 and July 8, 2011.
Saturday, July 9th - Noon to 3:00 p.m. – CBS 58 Milwaukee/MDA Day
- The first 1,500 patrons contributing $10 or more to the Muscular Dystrophy Association will receive one free admission ticket.
Saturday, July 9th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Scout Day
- All Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts (of Wisconsin Southeast) in uniform will receive one free admission ticket at the South Gate promotion booth.
Sunday, July 10th – Noon to 3:00 p.m. – Have a NYCE Day!
- All patrons attending Summerfest on the final Sunday between Noon and 3:00 p.m. will receive free admission compliments of NYCE and Summerfest!
For full details on these promotions and the most complete information on Summerfest, visit the official Summerfest website.
Thank you Milwaukee Consumer
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Last Chance for $5 2011 Wisconsin State Fair Tickets
Last Chance for $5 2011 Wisconsin State Fair Tickets: "
"Thank you Milwaukee Consumer
Discounted advanced tickets are available for purchase at the State Fair Box Office (located at the U.S. Cellular Main Gate or at 7722 W. Greenfield Avenue), at participating area Sentry Foods stores, and on the Wisconsin State Fair website (there is a small processing fee to purchase online).
The 2011 Wisconsin State Fair runs from August 4-14.
"Thank you Milwaukee Consumer
84 Cent Cones at Oscar’s Frozen Custard on June 30th
84 Cent Cones at Oscar’s Frozen Custard on June 30th: "
Oscar’s has two locations:
- 2362 S. 108th Street (1/2 block south of Lincoln on Hwy 100) in Milwaukee
- 21165 Hwy. 18 in Waukesha
For complete information on Oscars’ menu, flavors, location, and to print the coupon of the month, visit the Oscar’s Frozen Custard website.
Thanks to Milwaukee Consumer reader Rachel for the head’s up on this promotion!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Irregular Sale on Flirty Aprons, Only $12.99!
Irregular Sale on Flirty Aprons, Only $12.99!: "
Yay!!! Flirty Aprons is having an irregular sale starting at just $12.99 an apron! The sale starts today and will go while supplies last. Some of the irregularities are restitching, loose seams & pockets and minor print flaws. These aprons are so darn cute. With the simple little fix these would make a great wedding shower gift!
Thanks, For The Mommas
"Free AlternaVites Samples
Free AlternaVites Samples: "
If you are one of the people out there who cannot swallow pills, then this is the sample for you! AlternaVites is the multivitamin & mineral designed specially for those who have difficulty swallowing pills. AlternaVites contains 23 essential vitamins and minerals in a new crystal powder form that melts in your mouth.
Go here to get your free sample!
Thanks, Regular Mom!
"Sunday, June 5, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Hot Fudge Sundae Hummingbird Feeder ONLY $13.99! NEAT!
Hot Fudge Sundae Hummingbird Feeder ONLY $13.99! NEAT!: "
Head over to Graveyard Mall because today you can get the Woodlink Hot Fudge Sundae Hummingbird 4-pack Feeder for $13.99 (Retail $59.96). Might be a nice change up for your Hummingbirds!
Thanks, MyMusicCityMommy! and My Milwaukee Mommy
Head over to Graveyard Mall because today you can get the Woodlink Hot Fudge Sundae Hummingbird 4-pack Feeder for $13.99 (Retail $59.96). Might be a nice change up for your Hummingbirds!
Thanks, MyMusicCityMommy! and My Milwaukee Mommy
40% off at Flirty Aprons!!!
40% off at Flirty Aprons!!!: "40% off any style apron, code MAY40, expires 5/31
Thank you MY MILWAUKEE MOMMY
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Women's Apron KayDee Little Black Dress $32.95
This is the apron I am giving my mom for her Birthday! (I planned on giving it to her for Mother's Day but I ordered it too late.)
Men's Apron - I Turn Grills On (black) $25.95
A funny apron would be a unique Father's Day gift!!!
Thank you MY MILWAUKEE MOMMY
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
FREE Sample Vitafusion Prenatal Gummies Noon EST (Facebook)
FREE Sample Vitafusion Prenatal Gummies Noon EST (Facebook):
"If you missed out on the chance to snatch up a FREE sample of Vitafusion Prenatal Gummies last week, you’ll have another chance today. At Noon EST (9AM PST) today, just head on over to the Vitafusion Facebook page, “like” them and then watch the Wall for instructions on how to snag your sample.
Thank you Hip2save
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Free Zone Perfect Sweet & Salty Bar
Free Zone Perfect Sweet & Salty Bar: "
Become in “Like” with Zone Perfect on Facebook and you can sign up for a FREE Zone Perfect Sweet & Salty Bar.
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(thanks Kansas City Mammas) and Operation $40K
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Easter Recipes for the Slow Cooker
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Happy almost-Easter!
If you're hosting, or bringing along something to share this year, I've got you covered. The slow cooker is your friend. Use it! And enjoy your family.
Main Courses:
Side Dishes:
Appetizers:
We have dessert covered thanks to Zest Bakery, but if you don't:
rice krispies treats (hey, the REAL rice krispies are going gluten free in about a month. score!)
but whatever you do: DO NOT HARDBOIL YOUR EGGS IN THE CROCKPOT.
you're welcome!
:-)
If you're entertaining, and need a bit of help getting the house in order, no worries. I've got you covered with that, too!
and! I'm hosting a giveaway of Michelle Stern's fantastic new book, The Whole Family Cookbook along with a WebTV interview of her. Enter the contest, I've got a book to send to you!
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Flirty Aprons: 60% Off Select Apron Styles
Flirty Aprons: 60% Off Select Apron Styles: More aprons styles have been re-stocked. Flirty Aprons is currently offering up a *HOT* coupon code. Just use coupon code MARILYN60 at checkout to score Thank you Hip2save
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Playing Around with Beautiful Brown Eggs for Easter
Playing Around with Beautiful Brown Eggs for Easter: "
I've been playing around with brown eggs this week!
Having never even considered using brown eggs at Easter, I was more than a little apprehensive last year when I learned that Sophia and Antonio had been dying brown eggs for Easter.
Turns out - brown eggs are beautiful when dyed and tomorrow I will show you Sophia's and Antonio's tricks!
Today, however, I wanted to share some beautiful brown eggs I have been playing around with - revisiting techniques I have used in the past and some great ideas from fellow bloggers.
The Magic Onions has given us a wonderful tutorial for dying eggs with silk scarves. I don't happen to have a silk scarf in the house but I do have a hank of sari silk yarn and I decided to use that instead.
Because I used the yarn instead of the silk scarf, I made a few adjustments in the process which I am sharing. However, the tutorial for dying with silk belongs to the Magic Onions and you will need to go to the original tutorial to get all the details.
Note: All the eggs used in this post and the one to follow were blown out.
I followed the instructions except that I wrapped my egg with Sari silk yarn. I found that wetting the egg and the yarn prior to wrapping makes wrapping MUCH easier.
Using a piece of old muslin, I wrapped the egg tightly and secured it with twine.
The tutorial suggests using a rock as a weight. I tried a technique I use when softening corn husks - I place a smaller pan of water in the large pot of water and on top of the husks to weigh them down and keep them submerged.
This system seemed to work very well. My egg is actually behind the smaller pan.
Once the suggested boiling time ended, I removed the egg and unwrapped it. Judging from the pale colors that bled onto the muslin, I didn't have very high hopes.
So I was pleasantly surprised to find that the colors in the silk yarn had transferred to the egg beautifully.
And what I love is that every egg will be different. And - I dried the silk yarn and it can still be used in a knitted or woven project.
Three or four years ago, Diane and I took a Pysanky class together. And despite my obvious lack of skill, I have to say - I had a ball! (The egg looks MUCH better at a distance. Funny how that works.
Here is a fantastic tutorial for making Pysanky from That Artist Woman.
I am still very intimidated by the wax application so I haven't tried again, even though I have all the necessary dyes and tools carefully stowed away in my craft cabinet.
Since I am not intimidated by Sharpies, I decided to try to duplicate my little Pysanky using a blown brown egg (background color is already done) and some purple, turquoise and lime Sharpies.
You have got to try this! What fun! No special equipment needed.
And if you need inspiration or want to use authentic designs, you will find bunches of them here!OMG - there are Christmas Pysanky Designs!
One Pretty Thing recently featured a tutorial on Martha Stewart for applying napkin cut-outs to eggs using Mod Podge.
And it just so happens I have some very pretty butterfly napkins!
Since my egg is brown and the napkin background is blue, I actually cut right at the edges of the design leaving the antennae behind. They were added with a black Sharpie after two coats of Mod Podge were dry and before applying a coat of acrylic spray.
Go to Martha's tutorial for full instructions.
It has occurred to me that the wonderful temporary tattoos available almost anywhere should work beautifully on the eggs and would be great fun for kids. And much less messy.
And check out this tutorial on The Magic Onion. She used transfers and rub-ons to create very similar results.
It has been at least six or seven years since I played around with applying dried, pressed flowers to eggs using Mod Podge. They have all held up beautifully. (Of course I only used white eggs!)
Pansies and Lobelia seem to hold their color better than the other flowers I used. I still have a supply from the flowers I dried for decorating gourds, so I decided to apply a few to a brown egg.
I think Mod Podge and Pansies have a special thing going because when I place a pale dried Pansy blossom onto a Mod Podge covered surface, it instantly turns back into it's beautiful, vibrant former self! This rarely happens with most other flowers.
Since I was playing with my dried flowers and eggs long before I started Gingerbread Snowflakes, I have never made a tutorial, but guess who has? Yup! The Magic Onions! So if you are interested in a great "how-to" you will find it here.
Now here is my big fat failure! One of those ideas that pops into my brain when I am awake in the middle of the night! They are not always great! They just sound great at 3:00 AM.
Anyway, I got this idea that since Pansies have saturated colors that hold up well for application to eggs and gourds, maybe - just maybe - if I secured one to the surface of an egg and boiled it, the color and shape would magically be transfered to the egg.
Well some of the color was transfered alright, but there was nothing magical about the results! To me it looks more like a tattoo gone bad.
And finally for today - my little mosaic egg which was made using a brown egg and bits and pieces of the Kool-aid colored eggs made last Easter. I couldn't bear to toss out the shells - the colors were so pretty - so I saved them and broke them into tiny pieces and with the help of good old Mod Podge, have saved them forever!
Tomorrow - come back to see how Sophia and Antonio dye brown eggs!
"Japanese Inspired Thread Wrapped Easter Eggs
Japanese Inspired Thread Wrapped Easter Eggs: "
Diane wrote a "guest" tutorial for making Japanese Inspired Ornaments during the very first holiday season on Gingerbread Snowflakes; and three years later, it still remains one of the top ten posts, so I thought I would share a few simple techniques for making similar Thread Wrapped Easter Eggs!
In my opinion, a beautiful way to combine and honor age old traditions from East and West.
You will want to refer to her post for the techniques for thread winding, beginning and ending embroidery threads, simple embellishment like applique or adding beads or sequins, and links to several simple embroidery stitches.
As Diane points out, Japanese Thread Balls or Temari, are usually very complicated involving lots of measuring and marking and complicated stitches.
For example - these lovely eggs which Diane made for me long ago.
Refer to the first photo of this post and you will see that the egg designs I am sharing are much simpler!
Once again a great big thank you to Meg over at Mega Crafty for providing the styrofoam eggs for this project! I won them as part of her ginormous crafty giveaway last month!
All you really need to make the Japanese thread ball eggs are styrofoam eggs, sewing thread or serger thread, perle cotton embroidery floss, needle, ball head pins, and scissors.
With Diane's instructions, a few styrofoam eggs, some serger thread and a little time spent watching reruns of Mr. Monk, before you know it those styrofoam eggs will transform into beautiful thread wrapped eggs.
In my opinion, a bunch of these wound in Easter colors and pilled into a basket would be gorgeous even without adding designs or embellishments.
So both you and I can avoid one of my famous 30 picture tutorials, I am breaking the instructions for adding design into three posts.
Today I am featuring the purple and green eggs! Tomorrow the pink egg and finally the third post will feature the white egg with the zigzag pattern.
The surface of the thread wrapped eggs is perfect for embroidery. Some of our outstanding embroidery talents like Rachel and Carina could transform these eggs into wonderous and beautiful creations.
But the whole purpose of this series of tutorials is to keep it simple! So - lazy daisy flowers it is!
Begin by making French Knots placed randomly over the egg surface. I found that winding the thread around the needle three times instead of two times helped to keep the knot from sinking into the thread base.
Once all the French Knots are in place, simply revisit each one and using the Lazy Daisy Stitch, embroider petals, making as many and any size you like. Again, I kept this very simple by adding only four petals, but six or eight petals would be even prettier.
You could embroider flowers in many different colors on a white or cream egg, or embroider your flowers in a floss that matches the egg thread for an interesting textural effect. Beads could be used for the centers. Let your imagination go wild.
More Video tutorials for hand embroidery stitches from Needle n' Thread.
This little guy is my "tester" so there are a few less than perfect things going on here! But I wanted you to see that beads can easily be attached using needle and thread; and that had I not been so hasty in removing the guide threads, I could have repeated several rows of pattern and beads to create a very cute little egg design. Something you might want to keep in mind when we get to post 3!
You will find tutorials for the other eggs in the basket above here and here.
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