Land of Little Princesses

Shutting her down

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:25:00 +0000

Unfortunately I will no longer be able to come back to maintain this blog, I'm so busy with my business, clown fish & jessie boo and my family that I just can't keep up here. I have been getting so many spam comments lately also, so I have decided to shut it down.

Thank you to everyone who has followed and commented and entered my comps. I really appreciate the love and support I've come to know from the blogging community!

I'll still be around, over at my business www.clownfishandjessieboo.com.au. Please feel free to visit and say hi at my facebook page www.facebook.com/clownfish.jessieboo

So this is goodbye......... for now :)

UPDATE: I would like to leave the blog up, and have just figured out I can disable comments :) So instead of deleting the whole blog, I'll just disable commenting! :) Who knows, I might be back every now and then with something wonderful to share!!

Dora the Explorer: First Bike {GIVEAWAY}

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:03:00 +0000

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

The winner is Silvana G!
Her daughter Sofia's colouring caught Emily's eye!

Congratulations Sofia, your copy of Dora the Explorer: First Bike
will be on it's way to you soon!

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Hello there! It's been a while, so I thought it was time for a giveaway!!

We recently received the newest release from our friend Dora The Explorer: First Bike.

When Emily got home and saw it on the table, she went nutso!

Released on June 20, 2012 this latest DVD invites viewers to watch Dora demonstrate the magic of friendship as she helps her best friend Boots, to ride his first bike and find his missing boots, plus more.

Dora the Explorer: First Bike features four fantastic adventures including three new to DVD episodes.

Boots’ First Bike

Boots is ready for his first big‐kid bike! Help Dora take him on an adventure to the Bike Shop, and help

other friends do new things for the first time too!

Vacaciones!

It's Vacation Time! Help Dora and Boots pack up to meet Diego and Baby Jaguar for a night at the Rainforest Campground, and help Dora's friends get set for their trips too!

Bouncy Boots

Boots can't wait to get his boots back from the Shoe Shop, but when he gets bouncy boots instead, Dora and you need to help him on a bouncy adventure to find his own boots!

The Big Red Chicken's Magic Wand

Big Red Chicken accidentally breaks his magic wand after turning Boots into a chicken! To turn Boots back, help Dora return to Magic Land and fix the wand at the Wand Shop!

Both my girls loved this DVD, Jessica dances to the music and can kind-of say Dora! Emily loves that they have bikes like her, and never fails to inform me of this. Every time it's on!

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Thanks to the lovely people at Paramount and Zing, I have one (1) copy of Dora the Explorer: First Bike to giveaway to one lucky reader!!

This time we're going to try something a little different!

A colouring competition!!

Simply save the colouring sheet below and print it out for your little ones to colour in. Then scan it or take a picture of it and email it to us at landoflittleprincesses@gmail.com

Entries close at 8pm on Friday 20th July, 2012 and the winner will be chosen by the resident Dora fanatic, Emily!

Conditions of entry:

Open to Australian residents only.

This giveaway closes on Friday, 20th July 2011 at 8pm AEST. Any entries received after this time will not be eligible.

Winner has 48 hours after notification /announcement to make contact or prize will be redrawn.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary DVD review copy courtesy of Zing. No financial payment was offered nor accepted for this post. All opinions expressed are purely my own.

Suncorp Bank 5 Grand Helping Hand

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:57:00 +0000

I don't normally enter 'please vote for me' competitions, but this one I would really love to win!!

I've entered my business, clown fish & jessie boo, in Suncorp Bank's 5 Grand Helping Hand. They are giving away $40000 in small business grants, so I need lots of votes for a chance to win $5000 in the People's Choice award! I would really love if you could vote for me!!

You don't have to sign up for anything, and you can vote once per day. Voting closes 5pm Friday 25th May, and is then reset for the following week. Very easy, very quick, and I'd love for you help me!

Vote for clown fish & jessie boo HERE!!

Many thanks to you all!!

Rubbermaid Refill Reuse™Bottles Giveaway

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:37:00 +0000

I've lost count of the amount of drink bottles we've tried. I didn't realise how hard it was to find one that ticks all the boxes for me. It needs to be easy to clean, leak proof, BPA free and most importantly easy to use.

Rubbermaid Refill Reuse™Bottles is the perfect solution to our problem!

BPA free and freezer and dishwasher safe, these beverage bottles come in chug, squirt and sip styles and are perfect for taking to the gym, packing with school lunches, picnics and outings, keeping at work, or in the car. We fill ours and throw them in the nappy bag for every outing! Available in a range of different colours they are the perfect companion for each member of the family, the girls both use the sip top bottles and Hubby and I both use the chug top.

Rubbermaid Refill Reuse™Bottles are available in two sizes, 590ml bottle & 414ml bottles, they retail for $6.99 and $4.99 respectively, available from Woolworths supermarkets.

Thanks to Rubbermaid Australia I have 2 packs of Rubbermaid Refill Reuse™Bottles to give away to two lucky reader!

To go in the draw to win these great Rubbermaid Refill Reuse™Bottles, follow these simple instructions….

1. Leave a blog comment telling me why you would like to try Rubbermaid Refill Reuse™Bottles.

THEN

2. In the Rafflecopter form below, enter your details in the “Leave a blog post comment” and hit “ENTER”

How easy is that?!

Want more chances to win?

You can gain extra entries just by following the instructions in the Rafflecopter form!

Remember if you are a Facebook liker, Google Friend Connect follower etc you already have the extra entry so don't forget to hit “ENTER” for each of those entries.

Good luck!

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Hosted by Three Lil Princesses

Entry is open to Australian residents only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Didi and B.

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:26:00 +0000

On Tuesday 1st May, the cutest little show premiered on nick jr (Foxtel and Austar.) Didi and B. are a super positive butterfly and an adorably fuzzy spelling bee.

Didi is a butterfly who "love, love, loves" art, sparkles and glitter, and she shows preschoolers how to make everything from rain painting to petal portraits in her "DIY with Didi" segment. In the segment we viewed, Didi showed us how to make a sparkly crown.

B. is a cheeky little prankster who loves his jokes in "Just Joshing" and he has fun with words (he's a spelling bee after all!) with "Rhyme Time".
My Emily's favourite B. segments were B. Song, in which B. sings about his favourite letter (B of course!) B.'s cute little voice and groovy singing has us bopping along everytime!

The Days of the Week is another song (seven different songs playfully celebrating a new day, every day.) We got to see Monday. The girls love this one too, B. shouts out "bananas" instead of Thursday. Well, this cracked Emily up and she now randomly shouts out "BANANAS!"

I love that Didi and B. is a local production, in fact it is the creation of some incredibly talented mums. There are so many US childrens shows on television, that Emily sometimes says words with an accent! So I was delighted to hear B. say "zed" instead of "zee" in his B. Song!!

We just loved watching the preview we were sent (courtesy of nick jr.) and Emily asks to watch it everyday!

Didi and B. airs daily at 7am and 6pm, and throughout the day. Featuring eight short segments and six songs, these best friends are sure to delight preschoolers (and parents!)

You can find them on nick jr. where you can watch videos and download activities featured on DIY with Didi and B.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary DVD review copy courtesy of nick jr. No financial payment was offered nor accepted for this post. All opinions expressed are purely my own.

Happy Easter!

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:23:00 +0000

I would just like to wish everyone a Happy Easter and invite you to take a look at the SALE I'm having at my new website. For 10% off store wide visit

Happy Easter!

Wordless Wednesday - Banana Pancakes

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:49:00 +0000

I couldn't make these without singing this....

Happy Leap-Hump day!
Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with Trish at

Can you hear the crickets?

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:49:00 +0000

Yes, I know it's been very quiet around here. I've just been busy trying to set up my new business! Yep, I'm going all official with my little handmade hobby. Just got my ABN, and the website is in the works!! I'm so very excited! So I daresay there'll be tumbleweeds a'blowin around here for a while, but I'll try and post updates with the girls and have a few giveaways here and there! Thanks for following and being wonderful supporters.

Bargains for Baby

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:44:00 +0000

Do you like babies? Do you like bargains? Yes? Well, you are going to love BabyBestBargains.com.au!

BabyBestBargains, Australia’s first deal-of-the-day website is designed specifically for parents of children from birth to seven years. They sell one product at a time up to 70% off until they sell out (maximum 24 hours). Then another product rolls in so you need to keep checking but be warned this can become very addictive!

Unlike other discount websites, BabyBestBargains is targeted towards busy parents to help save time, stress and most importantly – money! They offer a diverse selection of products including maternity clothing, organic baby creams, bottle sterilisers, baby suits, baby wraps and much more. The website also offers an interactive aspect featuring competitions and giveaways through Facebook.

I ordered a product from them, and was very pleased with the service. The delivery time frame is 10-14 days (because the products are not delivered to their warehouse until after the sale.) I received mine in about a week so I was pretty happy with that!

Here's just a taste of what you can expect to see on BabyBestBargains.com.au.....

Bambusa Organic Bamboo Cot Sheet Sets

Kiddysac Swim Bags

Wiggy Winks Play Mat

BabyBestBargains have kindly offered you, my readers, $5 off your first purchase! So you're saving even more! Simply enter the code EXP2011BBB at checkout to redeem.

So what are you waiting for? Get over there and get some amazing BabyBestBargains!

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Disclosure: I received a $25 voucher to spend courtesy of BabyBestBargains.com.au. No financial payment was offered nor accepted for this post. All opinions expressed are purely my own.

Wordless Wednesday - I'm BACK....and we have a climber!

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:55:00 +0000

And of course, it won't be long before we have a walker!

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with Trish at

Wordless Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:57:00 +0000

Once upon a time, a little princess blessed our family....

Today, four years later......

We love her more than ever!

Happy Birthday Emily xxx

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with Trish at

Happy New Year! The winners of The Scoobits packs are...

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000

Hope you are all well, and not too seedy from celebrations last night! I've been a little pre-occupied the last few days getting the girls birthdays organised, so I completely forgot that this contest had ended! So here we are to announce the winners!

The entries drawn (using Random.org via Rafflecopter) will each receive a Scoobits pack containing 2 (random selection) Scoobits.

The winners of the 3 Scoobits packs are.....

#91 Gemmie A

#73 Sandra D

#6 Elise E

Congratulations ladies!

You can see the entries drawn in the Rafflecopter form on the original Scoobits giveaway post.

The winning entries were verified that the mandatory task was completed and the drawn entry (if not the mandatory task) was also completed as specified in the Rafflecopter form.

The winners have 48 hours to reply to the notification email , or it will be redrawn. If you see your name here before you get the notification, feel free to shoot me an email at landoflittleprincesses@gmail.com

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Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and we hope you have a great 2012. May it bring you much love, laughter and happiness.

Another year almost over and two birthdays around the corner!

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:31:00 +0000

Wow! How fast has this year gone! I can't believe my babies are turning one and four next week!

I'm planning a birthday party for Jessica, and just having a cake for Emily on her birthday.

I decided that Jess should have her own party like Emily did for her 1st birthday. Then we can think about joint birthdays after that, seeing as they are only three days apart! Not sure how well that will go down when they are 21 and 18 haha.

So, I've got my theme and a rough idea for a cake and decorations. I have ordered some decorations, I just hope they get here in time.

Jody from Stay At Home Mum kindly offered me a copy of Kids Parties on a Budget to help me get organised.

It has ideas for themes, party food, and birthday cake recipes as well as comprehensive checklists to make sure you don't forget anything! I love lists!

Everything you need to plan a party is in this ebook! From what to buy, and when to lolly bags and games, this ebook is perfect to keep the whole process as organised and as stress free as possible.

The Kids Parties on a Budget eBook is available from Stay At Home Mum - The Secret to Living on One Wage for $9.50.

Here's hoping for a stress free and happy birthday party next weekend!

Happy New Year xx

Wordless Wednesday (almost)

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:33:00 +0000

I'm running so late today! Still sewing some gifts, and I realised last night while wrapping presents that we haven't got anything for Jessica! Eek! What do you get an almost 1 year old for her first Christmas? There's already toy overload here. I'm stumped! Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Last Minute Gifts - Part 2 - Tommee Tippee

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:30:00 +0000

Newborn Gift Sets & Hug-O-Saurus Dinosaurs

Available in pink or blue, the Tommee Tippee Newborn Gift Sets are a great gift for baby’s first Christmas.

Each set contains a large soft and huggable plush bear that rattles when shaken, a hanging musical pull toy that plays a pleasant tune when activated, and a handheld rattle that is perfectly sized for tiny hands!

Aren't they the cutest!

For bubs that are a little older (4 months plus) the new Tommee Tippee Hug-O-Saurus Dinosaurs are super soft and perfect for cuddles. They are available in three bright and fun colours, and have a squeaker in the nose, rattle in the tummy and crinkly fabric in the feet. These are so cute I think I might have to steal Jessica's for myself!

Disclosure: I received complimentary products from Tommee Tippee via Maxted Thomas PR. No financial payment was offered nor accepted for this post. All opinions expressed are purely my own.

Last Minute Gift Ideas: Part 1 - Scoobits

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:30:00 +0000

So, there's only 8 shopping days left until Christmas! Are you ready? If you're like me, you're not even close and dread having to rush about on Christmas Eve getting those last little gifts!

Well, these next few posts coming up might just be what you need!

Made from 100% silicone Scoobits are soft and squidgy to touch and manipulate, you just wrap it around the scooter bar and pop the plugs through the holes!

Scoobits feature a raft of awesome characters that are unique, individual and a make for a fun and easy way for kids to personalise their scooters and stand out from the crowd.

Scoobits can also be attached to bike handle bars, bags, belts and prams and will make great gifts for Christmas stockings and party bags.

Scoobits are available online from 45 Degrees Distributors

Thanks to Liquid Ideas and 45 Degrees Distributors,
Land of Little Princesses have 3 Scoobits packs to give away!
Each pack has 2 Scoobits valued at $6.50 each.

Entry is easy. Just visit 45 Degrees Distributors and check out the Scoobits range. Come back and leave a comment telling me which Scoobit you think your child would love, THEN click DO IT! on the Rafflecopter form!

You can gain extra entries just by following the instructions in the Rafflecopter form!

Remember if you are a Facebook liker, Google Friend Connect follower etc you already qualify for the extra entry points so don't forget to hit the “DO IT” for each of those entries.

Good luck!

Disclosure: I received a complimentary Rainbow Scoobits from 45 Degrees Distributors via Liquid Ideas for review. No financial payment was offered nor accepted for this post. All opinions expressed are purely my own.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Wordless Wednesday - It's finally up!

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:46:00 +0000

It's a bit bare, maybe I need to go decoration shopping :) Any excuse right?!

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with Trish at

Wordless Wednesday - Christmas Sewing

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:41:00 +0000

Jessica's skirt.

I'v just got Emily's to do and a couple of t-shirts to applique!

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with Trish at

Disney Junior DVD Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:49:00 +0000

Good morning! Well, Emily's at daycare and Jessica's down for a nap. Coffee at the ready.

Are you ready to find out the winner of the Disney dvds?

I got back from taking Emily to 'school' and looked at my lounge room which looks like a bomb quietly detonated while I was out. But I said to myself, (yes I actually talk to myself) it has to wait! I have to announce the winner!

The entry drawn (using Random.org via Rafflecopter) will receive the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Handy Manny dvds shown below.

#67

Gemmie Alliston

Congratulations!!

You can see the entry drawn in the Rafflecopter form on the original Disney DVD review and giveaway post

The winning entry was verified that the mandatory task was completed and the drawn entry (if not the mandatory task) was also completed as specified in the Rafflecopter form.

The winner has 48 hours to reply to the notification email , or it will be redrawn. If you see your name here before you get the notification, feel free to shoot me an email at landoflittleprincesses@gmail.com

All I want for for Christmas is...My Top 5

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:15:00 +0000

I could shop till the cows come home if I had the opportunity (and the bank balance), so when I was tagged by the wonderful Kym at Mumma's Mini Mes in the All I Want for Christmas game, I thought what a fun way to fill that wish list! You know every year I get asked, "What do you want for Christmas?" And every year I say, "Oh, I don't know!" Not this year! Take note family, here's what is on my list this year!

1. iPod Touch

2. Citrine Ring

3. Janome DC4030

4. KitchenAid Stand Mixer - I mean, who doesn't want one???

5. Wii Fit Plus

Ok, so I struggled a little bit through this! I may or may not have listed some of the things I am actually getting (or think I'm getting), and the others I can only dream about!

In the spirit of sharing, I'm tagging the following bloggers : )

Trish at My Little Drummer Boys

Jess at Diary of a SAHM

Jo at MumtoJ

Romina at Martyr-hood

Natalie at Diary of a Girl Abroad

What is on your wishlist this year?

Freebie Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:06:00 +0000

So, I've been a little slack this week. I missed Wordless Wednesday. But I was adamant I wouldn't miss this week's Freebie Friday! I hope you enjoy this weeks offering!

Click on preview to go to download

This weeks freebie contains 2 Quick Pages (as shown in preview) as well as ALL the elements and papers used to create them! How cool is that! This freebie will be here for a week, then I'll post a new one next Friday! (Elements and Quick Pages are in png format, and papers are jpg, so can be used with any software.)

Don't have the MyMemories Suite software? Never fear! I have a coupon code that provides a $10 discount on the purchase of the newly released MyMemories Suite v3 scrapbook software. (Software also comes with a $10 coupon for downloads-a total value of $20!). Just enter code STMMMS35516 during checkout!

Enjoy! Don't forget to come back next week for a new Freebie! I'd love to see what you create!

Freebie Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:38:00 +0000

Happy Friday, it's Freebie time again!

Click here to go to download

Enjoy! Don't forget to come back next week for a new Freebie!

Wordless Wednesday - Kidtography

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:24:00 +0000

Linking up for Wordless Wednesday with Trish at

WIN: Disney Junior DVDs

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:22:00 +0000

Two new Disney Junior DVDs arrived in our mailbox recently and Emily was so excited!

Mickey and Manny are firm favourites in our house.

Giddy-up partners! Mickey, Minnie, Donald and the gang want you to join them for an action-packed Western adventure you can ‘count’ on in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup.

Grab your lassos and help all your Clubhouse pals as they wrangle a boisterous herd of wild numbers into Mickey Corral and laugh it up as you rustle the right mousketools needed to catch the rascally new friends!

But don’t forget to pack your thinking cap with your cowboy hat because the gang will need your smarts to find Daisy Bo Peep’s lost shoe, crack a secret message code and solve more super-fun puzzles!

The bonus episode on this dvd is Little Einsteins: The Secret Mystery Prize

Next up, it’s time to trade the hot desert for a concrete jungle when our handiest South American hero, Manny Garcia, returns with his quirky talking tools for their biggest mission yet in the all-new, feature length Handy Manny: Big Construction Job!

Manny is the toast of Sheetrock Hills with no job too big for him and his tools to fix. So it’s no surprise when neighbouring big city Concrete Falls calls on the team to help with an exciting new construction project that sees them close up shop for the very first time.

With Manny and his team working on location, Mr Lopart takes it upon himself to fill his place back home – and things don’t go exactly to plan! Can Kelly tear Manny and the team away from the exciting city job or will Sheetrock Hills wave goodbye to its favourite handyman forever?

The bonus episode on this dvd is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Donald of the Desert

You can't go wrong with a Mickey or Manny DVD!

Thanks to the wonderful team at Disney Junior, Land of Little Princesses has a copy of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup and Handy Manny Big Construction Job on DVD to give away to one lucky reader!

To go in the draw to win these great Disney Junior DVDs, follow these simple instructions….

1. Leave a blog comment telling me - Who is your favourite Disney character and why?

THEN

2. In the Rafflecopter form below, enter your details in the “Leave a blog post comment” and hit “I DID THIS”

How easy is that?!
Want more chances to win?

You can gain extra entries just by following the instructions in the Rafflecopter form!

Remember if you are a Facebook liker, Google Friend Connect follower etc you already have the extra entry so don't forget to hit the “I DID THIS” for each of those entries.

Good luck!

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Hosted by Three Lil Princesses
Entry is open to Australian residents only.

Freebie Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Belinda (Land of Little Princesses)) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:15:00 +0000

Happy Friday, it's Freebie time!

Click on preview to go to download

Don't have the MyMemories Suite software? Never fear! I have a coupon code that provides a $10 discount on the purchase of the MyMemories Suite v2 scrapbook software. (Software also comes with a $10 coupon for downloads-a total value of $20!). Just enter code STMMMS35516 during checkout!

Enjoy! Don't forget to come back next week for a new Freebie!