Poem for Giada De Laurentiis

"Giada and the Royals"

By Wayne Gagnon

(for Giada De Laurentiis)

Giada, Giada...

...please cook for the Prince

He's playing some polo...

...(and) there's food you must mince

Giada, Giada...

...the Princess needs lunch

She's watching the ponies...

...(she) needs something to munch

Giada, Giada...

...crostini, so bright

Your guests, they will rave...

...(at) this toasted delight

Giada, Giada...

...chopped salad with shrimp

The Princess is looking...

...(take) a moment to primp

Giada, Giada...

...Chicken Milanese

The Royals will love it...

...(and) applaud (your) expertise

Giada, Giada...

...the Prince will be late

He's playing a match...

...please save him a plate

Giada, Giada...

...your best you have shown

(a) Taste of California...

...for the heir to the Throne

Learn more about Wayne and the poem at the Wayne Gagnon blog.
A big thanks to Erika of Tutu Pour Mon Deux for hooking us up with the talented Wayne!

www.waynegagnon.com  

National Giada Tea Party - Saturday, July 9th

We are celebrating the honor Giada De Laurentiis has been given as the celebrity chef for the royal couple at The Foundation Polo Challenge. The charity match will be held at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club in Santa Barbara, California., on Saturday,July 9th, and Prince William himself will be playing. De Laurentiis is tasked with whipping up a delicious lunch for around 2,500 people. So how did she get hooked up with such a prestigious gig? 

Not only have we gifted amazing products to commemorate the event, we are also promoting a National Giada Tea Party!!!  You can throw your tea party any time between now and July 9th.  Tea Parties can be however big or small.....can include kids, stuffed animals.  The funkier/bigger the hat the better!  Send us photos of your event as well as website address to info@womentorz.com and we will post the photos with links to your website on MommyPerks, Womentorz and Little Journey's World following the July 9th event.  This will be amazing SEO for your website and will support the businesses who participated in this gifting.

Be sure to tweet during and after your event using #giadateaparty and #celebhoopla!!!  We will be sure to retweet.

Participants in Giada's Gifting:

Little Journey's World 

Tutu Pour Mon Deux

Fortunes to Live By

Peacock Pottery

Il Cocco di Mamma

Corky Kouture

Contest with Virgin America

Our friends at Business Beware have teamed up with YFS Magazine for the inaugural 2011 Make Your Startup Fly with Virgin America and Samsonite Giveaway One (1) savvy small business owner has the chance to win two (2) round-trip flights to any Virgin America destination and one (1) stylish Samsonite luggage set.

"EVERY entrepreneur and small business owner that enters our contest will also receive instant access to (8) exclusive gifts from leading small business brands It's free to sign up and enter. Enter to win here.

Inventor Reality Show Casting Call

Deadline June 15, 2011

U.S. Residents Only 

Hollywood Producer is looking for men and women inventors that have a viable product for a pilot for a reality series.  There are many inventors with products that have great potential. Many times, individuals with an “it” product are undercapitalized and over budgeted and can’t afford a consultant to help them take their product to the next level.  We are looking for clever inventors that currently HAVE a product.  You must have a tangible product that for various reasons may need revamping or is in need of the right person to help you get it placed on the shelves of leading retail chains.  You must have a big personality or unique characteristics and a clever invention that you think has the "it" factor.  Have you gotten through to a retail buyer but they hated your packaging - even though you thought is was perfect?  Do you just have a great product but can't seem to get through to the retailers to get it placed on their shelves?  Have you spent all of your money trying to market it with no real results?  You get the idea! We want great stories with clever product and big personalities.

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Phase 1 Casting Submission Requirements
Producers are looking for people who think they have the "it factor" with their invention.

• U.S. Resident
• Must be 18 - 60 years and older
• Casting is open to men and women
• An inventor with a product currently on the market
• Clever story with great backstory

Submission Instructions

• Upload your casting video to YouTube and send us the link.  
• Your video must not be more than two-three minutes in length.  You must be able to show us who you are and your product and what it does within 3 minutes.  Videos will not be considered that are longer than 3 minutes.  By submitting your videos you agree that you are submitting your video for casting purposes for producers to look at.  Videos are for casting only.
• Include in your video: who you are, where you live, product info (show us anything visual), why you would make a great candidate for the show and your problem with the invention.
• Next Post on YouTube
• Email the link to Producers info@womentorz.com with a brief description that includes: your name, phone number, email and any contact information so we can contact you if we would like to take you to Phase 2 of the casting process.
• Deadline for submissions: June 15th and please no emails off topic.  Thank you.

We will contact you if you've moved on to Phase 2 of the casting call process.  At that point we will have you send us the original video file as well as a completed application to be considered for the show.  Thank you for your submission!

Gifting to Alicia Silverstone

The gifting is off to Alicia Silverstone, who will be receiving wonderful eco-friendly baby and mommy products.  We kept the gifting small and intimate.  These are the participating gifters:

 

Annee Matthews


Vintage Body Spa
Flow Spoon 


Vital Earth Traditions 

Here are photos of the amazing products and package Alicia will be receiving:

Only Three Spots Available for Gifting to Alicia Silverstone

We have a small, but powerful gifting that we've lined up with Alicia Silverstone to congratulate her on her upcoming birth of her first child.  The purpose for this gifting and every gifting Celeb Hoopla lines up is to introduce the fabulous products within our network to celebrities, therefore providing an invaluable and affordable marketing opportunity.

Alicia is VERY health and environmentally conscious, so we are only gifting products that fit within this category.  If you have a baby or mommy product that is eco-friendly and/or for the healthy/vegan connoisseur, then it will fit in nicely with this gifting.

Hurry, there are only 3 spots left and the deadline for booking your spot is this Friday, May 13th!!!  The price to be a part of this gifting is only $97 and includes all of the online promotion that every gifting with Celeb Hoopla receives.

Click Here if you are interested in being a part of this gifting!

Gifting to Alyssa Milano

I have to say that the actual gathering of amazing products and the creative assembly of the gift packages that go to our network of celebrities is by far the funnest part of Celeb Hoopla.  When celebrities receive our packages they know that a lot of care was put into every element....including the time that our gifting clients put into their own product presentation.

Here's a list of the amazing products that Alyssa Milano will be receiving with links to their websites:

Laughing Lily
Nightmare Nibbler
Sweet Mango Baby
Boca Beth - Bringing Spanish to Life
Bibagogo
Jewelry By Andrea
See Baby Grow
Tree of Life Design
Vintage Body Spa Eco Baby Botanicals
Take Your Pix Board Book Photo Album

Mommy Perks, our partner in Celeb Hoopla, will be posting information about each product on their blog. 

Here are fun photos of the gifting assembly process:

Teach your kids through family history and photos

We're so proud to have Shara Lawrence-Weiss officially part of our group.  Her business Mommy Perks has been a partner of Womentorz for almost two years now both online and through Celeb Hoopla.  I wanted to share with you all her recent appearance on ABC 15 in Arizona.  Her story is inspirational and makes me proud to call her a partner, friend and official Womentorz member!
 



Click here to visit her page on Womentorz!

Moms in Business Unite Conference Early Bird ends May 1st

Early Bird Registration Ends May 1^st
(just 2 weeks away!)

Date:  May 19, 2011

Time:  8:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location:  The Loudermilk Center

40 Courtland Street Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 507-1690

 Early Bird Registration:  $65.00;
$85 after May 1^st

(Includes:  full conference registration, continental breakfast, lunch
and parking at Loudermilk lot)

Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities also available.

http://www.momsinbusinessunite.com/atlanta

 

Join Maria Bailey, keynote speaker and moderator, along with our impressive line-up of speakers for this educational and inspiring networking event!

  

Moms in Business Unite has created an event which provides four educational tracks focusing on Women in varying stages of their business.  If you are a woman business owner or inventor who has a product idea, ready to launch her product or wondering what's next, the Moms in Business Unite conference will give you the opportunity to interact those that have gone through the process with great success!

During the half-day conference, topics will include:  

• Patents & Licensing
• Locating a Manufacturer
• Using Social Media to Market Your Business
• Entering the Retail Marketplace and Growing with Big Box Retailers
• Technology Must Haves for Your Business
• And much more!

Moms in Business Unite speakers include:

Maria T. Bailey, CEO of BSM Media, is the foremost authority on marketing to moms with a series of articles and books, including "The Ultimate Mom Book" (HCI, 2009), "Mom 3.0: Marketing With Moms By Leveraging New Media and Technology", "Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Dollar Market" and "Trillion Dollar Moms: Marketing to a New Generation of Mothers", and a soon-to-published fourth book. Maria is host of Mom Talk Radio, the #1-downloaded parenting podcast, and co-host of Good Day with Doug Stephan, the #7 morning drive time radio show.  A busy mother of four children, Maria is co-founder of BlueSuitMom.com, MomTV.com and Newbaby.com and has been featured in US News and World Report, Wall Street Journal and on CNN, Lifetime TV and various local affiliates.

Desiree Miller, Bottles to Britches Premier Baby Planners, www.bottlestobritches.com

Desiree is the founder of Bottles to Britches Premier Baby Planners in 2009 and within months was selected as a winner of the British Airways Face to Face contest, intended to grow business overseas.    Desiree has gained notoriety among the baby industry as a true professional and partners with many brands in her never-ending goal of connecting with parents, providing the very best products and services for their children.  She has also branched, currently providing event services, including the Atlanta Baby and Child Expo, sponsored by TheBump.com, and co-founded Atlanta.BellyandBeyond.com.  She is the leader of the Atlanta Founding Moms Exchange, a group of more than 100 momtrepreneurs in the Atlanta area, and is a regular speaker at their events.

Amy Baxter, MMJ Labs, www.buzzy4shots.com
Inventor of Buzzy®, a bee-shaped palm sized device combining cold and vibration.  When placed between the brain and the pain, the competing stimulus decreases minor sharp pains.  Since the official product launch May 1 2009, Buzzy has been adopted by over 100 hospitals and more than 5000 users.  Buzzy was awarded a Kimberly Clark Huggies MomInspired grant Fall 2010.

Christine Crowder, The ChatterBox Show, http://www.christiecrowder.com

Author, "Your Big Sister's Guide to Surviving College", contributor and Executive Editor for the Work & Business section of HybridMom.com, host - The Coolest Things Show, show-and-tell about the coolest things she finds such as, websites, productivity tools, tech gadgets etc. and The ChatterBox Show, a weekly live-streamed internet radio show with guest from inside and outside of her social media circle. Christie is also co-founder of The BlogRollers Media, a social media company specializing in creating unique and entertaining marketing experiences for brands and bloggers.

Britt Menzies,StinkyKids, LLC., www.stinkykids.com
In just five years, StinkyKids has transformed from a doodle of a ballerina to a brand comprising of apparel, dolls, children's books, bikes, skate boards and more, leading into other categories with retailers such as Nordstrom, FAO Schwarz, Amazon.com, Target.com, Barnes and Noble.com as our partners and Madame Alexander Doll Company,

Jim DeBetta, DeBetta Enterprises, www.jimdebetta.com
Nationally recognized inventor coach who teaches women (and men) how to develop their product ideas and take them to the retail marketplace.  After helping lead a sport optics start-up company from virtually no significant revenue to nearly 50 million dollars in sales, he began working with larger companies and start-ups alike to help them achieve greater sales at larger retail venues.  Jim has spoken at dozens of invention and consumer product industry conferences, workshops, major universities and for well known entrepreneurial events for women including Ladies Who Launch, INPEX, National Hardware Show, and the Inventors Association of Georgia.

Lorraine Robertson, 30 Miles Media, Inc., www.runwifeyrun.blogspot.com
The BlogRollers Media is a social media consulting firm that specializes in creating experiences. 30 Miles Media, Inc. is a freelance writing company specializing in print and online outlets.

Renee J. Ross, www.cutiebootycakes.com
In July 2008 Renee launched her personal blog Cutie Booty Cakes as a way to promote her first entrepreneurial endeavor, a diaper cake business.  Before she had even shipped a cake, she was bitten by the blogging bug and had found a new passion.  A self-confessed social media junkie, Renee leverages the power of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to raise awareness of important social and health-related causes.  She is a member of the Walmart Moms Social Media program.  She is a contributing editor for BlogHer.com.  Renee has appeared in Parents Magazine, Southern Living, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and has been a featured speaker at the following conferences: Blissdom, Blogalicious, BlogHer, SITScation, BlogWorld Expo, Type A Mom, Mom 2.0 Summit and the Minds of Mom Summit.

Linda  Lewis, The Breast Chek Kit, Inc, http://www.bckshirt.com
Linda Lewis has been a business owner for more than 15 years, and is the Founder, CEO and Inventor of The Breast Chek "Shirt" and Kit, a product - that through its patented track and trace design directs women how to perform a breast self exam, while educating them on the importance of early detection. Among her other businesses, she is also the Founder and Executive Director of NABCAF, Inc. a non-profit organization that provides health screenings including free mammograms to uninsured women.

Shameeka Ayers, The Broke Socialite Media, www.thebrokesocialite.com
Shameeka Ayers married her love of marketing and public relations to her obsession with social media to create her alter ego, blog and brand, The Broke Socialite, in 2006. Based in Atlanta, Shameeka is a highly sought-after motivational speaker who is passionate about sharing stories about self-discovery, reinvention and her transition from employee to entrepreneur. 
 

If you can't make this event, there will be conferences in San Diego, Boston, Denver and Detroit!!!

10 Fun Family Ideas for Earth Day

While Earth Day is about serious matters, why not use it as an opportunity to enjoy your family and focus on fun activities too.
Here are 10 Earth Day ideas everyone can enjoy.

1.     Play Pin the tree on the Earth

One thing the Earth needs is more trees, right? They're being cut down faster than they can be planted. Playing this game is a great way to explain the issue to kids and inspire them (and you, to take action).
This homemade game is made from Ecospun felt (from recycled plastic bottles), but you could make one out of paper if you prefer.
The winning player can be the one who pins the tree closest to North or South America or in an ocean without touching land.

2. Go on an Earth Day Treasure hunt
Write a series of clues on pieces of recycled or pre-used paper, leading from your home around the neighborhood to a "treasure chest" containing some organic treats or small treasures like polished rocks and seashells. The clues should focus on the outdoors and be tailored to the age of the children.

3. Read eco books together. Find a nice nearby tree, sit together beneath it. Read and discuss a meaningful book with an environmental theme like The Giving Tree. Here's a list of great titles for kids of every age.

4. Visit an organic farm, preferably one with animals if you've got kids in tow. Find one near you at www.LocalHarvest.org

5. Volunteer! There are many organizations that will welcome families with children of all ages.

6. Download an Earth Day kit from the EPA. It's filled with loads of ideas for fun activities.
 
7. As a family, take the 5-minute quiz at Practically Green. Find out how green you are and choose three actions that will improve your score.
 
8. Start a garden. If you've never done it before or don't have room, just fill a container with the best dirt you can find (be sure the container has drainage). Follow the directions on a package of mixed greens. You'll be nibbling lettuce very quickly. (And a secret you might not know. Children who grow veggies, actually tend to eat them even when they claim not to like them!)
Or plant some trees. You can get 10 trees for free when you join the Arbor Day Foundation.

9. Go no waste for the day. That means no purchasing anything in a package or at least, reusing or recycling any packaging, newspaper or anything else possible. It also means not tossing food scraps. If you don't want to eat it, compost, put into the freezer for later soup making, share it with neighbors, anything but throw it into the trash. Who knows, maybe you'll make a habit of no waste!

10. Do a recycled craft. Make birdhouses from milk cartons. Craft a solar oven from a pizza box (or any cardboard box). Download a list of endangered species and create your own hand drawn calendar. Empty out a drawer each, but instead of throwing away what's you don't want, challenge yourselves to make something from it!

Whatever you do on Earth Day, spend a bit of time noticing what nature gives us and give a little something back!


Lynn Colwell and Corey Colwell-Lipson are mother and daughter and co-authors ofCelebrate Green! Creating Eco-Savvy Holidays, Celebrations and Traditions for the Whole Family, available at www.CelebrateGreen.net  

Gifting Opportunity to Alyssa Milano

We loved Alyssa Milano on Who’s the Boss and have watched her blossom into a beautiful woman, and now we can watch her blossoming into a wonderful mother.  Alyssa and husband David Bugliari are expecting their her first child, a baby boy.  Here’s a message she recently posted:

As fun as it was reading all of your gender predictions on Twitter, I’m really bad at keeping secrets and had to share (not to mention, I was bound to unintentionally slip at some point). David and I are elated to announce that we are having a baby boy.  We can’t wait to meet him.  Boys names, anyone? Leave me suggestions in the comments!

Peace,
Light,
And Love,
Alyssa, David and Baby(boy) Bugliari

Celeb Hoopla personally spoke with Alyssa’s mother who is very excited about us honoring her daughter.  I can now see why Alyssa seems like such a sweet person. 

Here are the details of the gifting:

    * Only 10 spots available
    * $75 per product
    * Deadline to reserve your spot – April 6th

Instructions on where to send your product will be sent out to all gifters once we near the deadline.  Don't miss this opportunity!