Happy 40th Birthday Earth Day...and My First Giveaway!!!! (Giveaway Closed)

Earth Day turns 40 today!

And I am giving away 2 (yes two!) Earth Day inspired prizes to celebrate!!!

  THE REVIEW

  

When I opened my mail on Monday, I found 2 peculiar looking packages of  little pucks plus a twoonie-sized puck.  Canawipe Distributors Ltd., importers of  the eco-friendly Wysi™ Wipes, were so very kind to have sent me product to review. The mail package contained example of their two sizes; the Wysi™ Cloth, and 2 travel packages (12 count/ pkg) of their Wysi™ Wipes to giveaway as part of my Earth Day celebrations!!  So what did I do...I opened the wrapper on the Wysi™ Cloth and added water to the twoonie-sized puck.What happened next, to my amazement along with the Princess' wide eyes, we watched the puck grow & grow into a hand towel sized wipe! All the while Princess kept saying "Wowie Zowie Mommy! What is it?" Then I put Wysi™ to work on my kiddies' many messes. I couldn't get over how really soft and easy to use & reuse. And all I had to do was give it a good rinse then I could move onto another use. I loved the Wysi™ Cloth because is was bigger, a super-sized Wysi™.  I was so surprised at how it stood up to multiple reuses. I can only imagine the convenience that Wysi™ can allow a parent who is on the go, families and everyone else out there with active lifestyles. With having 2 kiddies, myself, there is always something that happens; like having a full glass of pop spilled in your lap while having dinner out with the family, and having no real absorbent towelette to help with the cleanup (it could happen...don't ask). The Wysi™ has endless applications to parenting life (as well as any active life) I am sure! Could the Wysi™  be the product that replaces all those other chemical-filled products out there on the market that are left in the landfill for years to come, and with unpronounceable chemicals in them? I think it could because it can be whatever you want it to be due to its versatility. I kept thinking of people who could make use of this and my list was longer than the Wysi™ Wipe website. Some of the people I thought of included: fishermen & women, woods workers, Churches, Vacation Bible Schools as well as families that go camping, RVing and on long road trips.

Wysi™  Wipe 12 pc
 travel pkg

Guess I better get my hands on more of them!

Most of you are probably wondering about pricing of the Wysi™, aren't you?

Well, to be honest I was really surprised at the deal that they have going on now. They call it the 'Martha Stewart Living Special' because the Wysi™ Wipe was chosen as one of the "Handiest Travel" must haves in the June 2009 issue. The special includes 2- 100 piece bags and 4- 12 pc travel packages for $29.95 (a $5 savings). And if Martha thought it was good to have it must be, right?

To buy the Wysi™ (this is the same pricing  for Canadian and US currencies)

4- 12 pc Wysi™ Wipe travel pkgs = $10.00

1 box of 40-12 pc Wysi™ Wipe travel pkgs = $100.00

1- 10 pc roll of Wysi™ Cloth = $5.95

1 box of 12 rolls of Wysi™Cloth = $71.40

1- 500 pc Wysi™Wipe bag = $44.95

Plus order over $100.00 and automatically get 15% off your order at the online checkout

Wysi™ Wipe also has a newsletter that gives you other specials if you sign up for it.

Their website also offers a "Find A Retailer Near You" option so to save on shipping, which isn't clear on pricing until you go to the checkout that I could see. I have yet to order mine.

THE LOWDOWN ON THE Wysi™

What is this Wysi™ Wipe you may ask?

Wysi™Wipe Puck (1 X 2cm)

The Wysi™ comes as a compressed towelette puck made from cellulose, measuring 1 X 2 cm (3/8" X 3/4") for the Wysi™ Wipe, and as soon as you add water (about 1 tablespoon) that thing grows into a 22 X 24 cm (9"X10") whereas the Wysi™ Cloth measured 4.5X4.5X1.25 cm (1.75"X 0.5" X1.75") and became this cloth 42 X 58 cm (17" X21"). The Wysi™ products irregardless of whether you have the Wipe or the Cloth are fully biodegradable, compostable, reusable cloth. They are 100% natural, scent-free, alcohol-free, chemical-free and safe on delicate skin. Whitened in a oxygen based process using H2O2, which has environmental benefits. The liquid becomes the only additive in the mix. On the back of the package lists different liquids create results that could make the Wysi™ a cleanser, a grease cutter,  antibacterial, a facial cleanser, among others. Due to Wysi™being soft and lint-free , you can use as a baby wipe, a pet wipe, kitchen wipe, bathroom cleaner wipe, computer screen cleaner, a tool for campers, fisherpersons, and I think that if you can imagine it then there is a place for the Wysi™ to be used. Their slogan:  

ON THE GO. ANYTIME.

JUST ADD WATER!

just explains the simplicity and convenience in one single product, which is bridging the gap between the facecloth, paper towel and the pre-moistened towelette. They can absorb up to 10X their weight! To make reuse of the Wysi™, just rinse it out. The life of a Wysi™ is 60 days in a compostable setting!

do as it says above "Just add Water"

TA-DA! the WysiTM Wipe is born! (22 X 24 cm)

So how to you get a chance to win one of the 2 travel packages of 12 pieces of the Wysi™ Wipes up for grabs?

Here is what the Giveaway package looks like.

To enter please hop on over to Organic Girl's blog by clicking HERE, where she has teamed up with Wysi™ Wipe for daily giveaways of Wysi™ packages and a Grand Prize 1-Week Trip, enter her contest (if you want to, she also has some other great contests going on regularly so look around her site and see if any catch your eye)   then come on back & leave a comment below on what giveaway, if any, you entered along with your name and email address (in this form name [at]who[dot]com, so as to prevent spam in your inbox).

I also want to express my thanks to Wysi™ Wipe for the opportunity to offer you this giveaway on

Earth Day's 40th Birthday!

Prizes will be awarded on Monday, April 26th
Saturday, May 1st
Monday May10th!
Enter for your chance to win before 11:59 pm EST on Friday, April 30th
Sunday, May 9th!

***Remember you don't have to be a follower to enter, but it will be a bonus for the future giveaways and product reviews I will be hosting.

Thanks again Wysi™ .

Good Luck to all of

you who enter.

Happy Earth Day!

Celebrating Earth Day Everyday!

Angela

A Mama with 2 Cents Worth to Share







Update: I changed the date for the Giveaway, extended it to May 1st10th!!! 

Earth Day is April 22nd!

Earth Day is coming up and I want to try to pay hommage to the Earth from now until the end of the month with as much eco-friendly ideas, activities & crafts.

My first idea that I want to get families together on is the fact that trying to reduct our waste output is important to where we can go in the future. One way we can do this is by practicing the
3 Rs: Reducing, Reusing & Recycling.

My family craft is to create:

Upcycled Crayons
All over the internet everyone is blogging about taking the old crayons that are maybe broken or stubs and giving them new life through upcycling them into new crayons.
The Princess & I first tried this as Valentine gifts for the family she also of course claimed some for herself. She really enjoyed helping break the crayons and combine colours in the muffin tins. She was taken back by the crayons that came out once they had cooled. Here is how we did it:

Upcycled Crayons:
1. First, gather your supplies (this would be great way to finish off the school year my celebrating the beginning of summer and the end of school through the melting down of the old crayons from school and making new ones to be used for the summer), you'll need old crayons with the wrappers removed; muffin tin (metal/ silicone); cooking spray (to keep them from sticking) or cupcake liners or waxed paper squares (cut in  about 6"X6" to line the tins; an oven and a timer.
2.Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
3.Break up crayons and divide them in the cups of the muffin tin in the colour combinations of your choice. *We found that there are some colours that don't really work well together, like peach and yellow, and browns and blacks. But it really also depends on the wax content of the crayons. We found that the Crayola brand and the Rose Art brands are the better when it comes to wax content, some brands have too much oil that doesn't allow the colours to come through as well.
4. Once broken crayons are in the tins, place in the oven for 20 minutes or depending on if you have an oven that runs hotter, until the crayons are melted.
5. Remove them from the oven and place either on a cooling rack or in the freezer (speeds up the cooling process) until the new upcycled crayons are solid.
6. Turn out of the muffin tin cups, and remove the paper if used.
7. Hand them over to the kids with some paper and see their reaction to the new found colour-bration. It will be something you will wanna try too because it really is nostalgic.
Marie at Make and Takes blogs about how she recycled crayons along with variations to her process and if you scroll down the post she pastes other blogs that also brought old boring crayons new life full of colour-plosion.

I hope that you'll give this a try and teach you children about recycling and being eco-friendly even when they are just hanging out.

You can also try different shaped muffin tins and silicone ice cube trays to create homemade gifts for Christmas, Valentine's Day, Birthdays, Party Favours, etc.

A great way to get you kids away from the commercial gifts and feeling proud of something they made for the receiver.

Hope I inspired you to get a little greener for the Earth!

Angela

A Mama with 2 Cents Worth to Share