Monday, August 9, 2010

The Cat's Meow Review and Giveaway (Part of the A Bonanzle Bonanzle) CLOSED

The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth is...well....the cat's meow, as the saying goes.  A collection of beautiful and unique items.  Like this unique agate candle holder:




Or the neat little agate statuettes such as this Love birds one made from Mexican Onyx:



The Cat's Meow also has lots of beautiful jewelry as well as gorgeous beads if you're a jewelry maker yourself.  FYI Liz of Cat's Meow had this to say:

"I sell jewelry, beads, pendants, and 
collectible items here. Much of my inventory consists of items I made.
I do make jewelry. As far as the collectible items, I purchase the
components separately and put them all together. I have a blast doing
this too."
 
I was able to review one of these lovely bracelet from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth :
Cubic Zirconia and Crystal Bracelet
 This isn't the exact one I reviewed, I have my own picture below. 
   She has even more colors and styles.
 
 
 The bracelet I chose is Cubic Zirconia and Crystal.  The main part of the bracelet is clear beads
 while the decorative part is 2 rows of light purple with a row of pink down the middle.  One of several
 things I loved about this bracelet is the strong magnetic clasp. 
I was able to put my own bracelet on in a flash without contorting my arm or having hubby 
have to help me put it on.  You can see the clasp in the top photo.  Here is the COTA/L side in me 
coming out again but magnetic clasps are great for someone with arthritis 
or Fine Motor Coordination issues too.  
 
The bracelet has a lovely sparkle.  I wore it around the house for a day to see if it would fall off
 (with the magnetic clasp)The magnetic clasp held up great!  So I decided to put it to the real test and wear it to work 
with me the hospital. If it didn't fall off there it wasn't going to.  After my shift of lifting patients, 
bumping around in the small rooms, typing up notes, teaching people dressing techniques, etc 
the bracelet was still in good shape. 
I also got quite a few comments on it from my coworkers.

 Also, You can see the little elk statuette next to the bracelet in the top pic.  That was an added gift. 
 It's from Peru, made of soapstone.  Very cute. 
 
There are many more beautiful pieces of jewelry, beads for crafts, candle holders, statuettes, 
earrings, and pendants to ogle over.
Of course as I would have it on Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More, the prices are very affordable.
  My bracelet is listed as only $9.99
 
 
 The customer service I experienced from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth was pleasant and timely. 
 Shipping was faster than expected with my piece.


Review Summary:  Beautiful, unique pieces, great customer service, fast and accurate shipping, good quality pieces, 
as well as affordability makes The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth a must see booth when looking for a 
beautiful or unique gift.


GIVEAWAY
 
Liz from The Cat's Meow Bonanzle Booth is offering one of my readers an item of their choice up to a $30 value!
 
 MANDATORY ENTRY:   Visit The Cat's Meow and tell me in a comment, what you think you might choose if you win.
 Also, Liz would like to know, what attracted you to that item?  don't forget to leave your email address 
so I can contact you if you win.  This must be completed first for any bonus entries to count. 
 
Bonus Entries:  After you've completed mandatory entry, if you'd like, you can take advantage 
of bonus entries for more chances to win.  If the entry says +1 after it leave one comment for that entry,
 +2 leave two comments for that entry and so on. 
 
 1.  Leave a comment in The Cat's Meow chat (must sign into bonanzle or sign up for free bonanzle account) 
that you're visiting from Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests and More (+2)
 
 2.  Follow FFCandM via google friend connect, facebook, and/or networked blogs  gadgets in right hand column 
(+1 for each one)
 
3.  Make a purchase from The Cat's Meow  and leave a comment saying you did (+5) 
I will be checking this with The Cat's Meow 
 
4.   Follow me, @angiewith3 on twitter (+1)
 
5.  Leave this comment in your facebook status and leave a comment with the link to your status 
(works the same way as twitter status.
  after posting click on time stamp of status then copy and past the link on that page) 
 
"I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/snowbearsmom and 
Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More
www.luvsavingmoney.info"  (+2)

6.  Subscribe to FFCandM by email and/or RSS feed.  Must confirm email subscription to count.  (+2 for each)

7.  Tweet about this giveaway:   "I entered to win an item of my choice from The Cat's Meow 
                                                  and @angiewith3 http://bit.ly/tcmbonanzle 8/24"       (+2)

8.  Vote for me on Top Mommy Blogs and leave a comment telling me you did. (+1)
 
9. Enter any of my other current giveaways and leave a comment telling me which one(s) (+1 for each one entered) 


Giveaway is open worldwide with the exceptions of: Cuba, Mexico, and Iran. 
1 winner will be drawn using random.org. 
Winner will have 48 hours to respond to winners email. If no response a new winner will be chosen. 
Winner drawn 8/24 at 10 pm est.


***I received an item to review at no cost.  I did not receive any monetary compensation for this post. 
I was under no obligation to give a positive review.  All opinions expressed are my own***
 
RANDOM.ORG DREW NUMBER 85.  WINNER HAS BEEN EMAILED 
AND HAS 48 HOURS TO REPLY OR NEW WINNER WILL BE SELECTED.
Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More