Tricks to help you fool around

Happy April Fool's Day

We all enjoy having a little fun at someone's expense and today is the perfect day to play a prank or two. It's okay as long as no one gets hurt. So enjoy the day, but be safe. I hope you find a few fun things on my Pinterest board. If you need to be added to one of my boards, please make a request below. 

Don't forget Valentine's Day dessert

Sweets for your Sweetie

We hope you Valentine's Day is everything you want it to be and more.  To help you make it a little more special, here are some dessert ideas to finish your evening with the one you love.

Join our Cancer Heroes Galore Blog Hop

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we want to show our support. Most people know someone who has been touched by some type of cancer. We have family members who have this deadly disease, my mom and brother have skin cancer.

Please join our Cancer Heroes Galore Blog Hop if you have loved ones who have or had cancer of any kind. Anyone you know who is a hero, you can add to the blog hop. Then, you can add the hop to your blog if you wish by coping the code.   

You can also visit our Cancer Awareness Galore Pinterest board. It has some great ideas if you're participating in, or planning an event this month. You can also learn how to do a self breast exam, as well as learn about mammograms. And, it covers all types of cancer.

Win one of five $100 Amazon GC #July4thBySverve 7/16

 Smokin' Fourth of July

Sverve wants to sponsor your July 4 BBQ with an Amazon gift card. You have a chance to win one of five $100 Amazon Gift Cards, so go ahead and splurge a little.

Enter by re-pinning your favorite part of July 4 celebration, or add your own pin using #July4thBySverve with your pin. 

Click below to begin. Good luck.

Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card 5/28

  Makobi Scribe Pinterest Amazon Blast

Barbara's Beat joined this Amazon Blast to give you a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card. Maybe you will gain some new friends and follows, too.

Pin and Win $300 Visa GC 5/12

Pin and Win Contest for Working Moms

Here's how to win. Be sure to follow SurePayroll, the online payroll company that pay their nanies. 

Check out a few easy Mother's Day gift ideas for working moms. Then, pin a great Mother's Day gift idea to the contest board and add  #SurePayrollMom to the description. Share your idea of an easy Mother’s Day gift. 

Last minute Easter ideas

If you need any last minute ideas, there are plenty on my Easter Pinterest board.

$100 cash Giveaway 5/8

5,000 Pinterest Followers

We all get excited as our number of followers increase. It doesn't matter if it's on our blog, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest. 

It makes us feel like we're doing something right. We're creating or adding something of interest to help others.  

Win an iPod Touch and iTunes GC 6/19

 

There's still time to enter the Colorforms Revolution Pinterest Contest for your chance to win an iPod Touch.

GIVEAWAYS GALORE HOP: Post your giveaway; More than 230 great prizes to win

Link Up Your Giveaways on Barbara's Beat, any time. We give you a large space to show off your stuff for free. Copy the code at the bottom and add this HOP to your blog.

We also have a Giveaways Galore Board on Pinterest where you can pin your giveaways. If you need an invite let us know by leaving a comment here.

Last minute Memorial Day ideas

Hope you find some ideas you can use.

Pin Minted Wedding Trends to Win a $250 GC

Enter to win one of three $250 Gift Certificates good toward any Minted wedding order.

Huge Teacher Appreciation Giveaway 5/7Ideas for Teacher Appreciation Week 5/10

This huge Teachers giveaway ends May 7. Find out more information on Barbara's Beat, http://barbarasbeat.blogspot.com/.

Celebrate your child's teacher this week. I hope you find something useful.

A Teach Appreciation Prize Package worth more than $1,000 will end on May 7.

12 Michaels pinners will each win $100 GC 5/13

Michaels is hosting a Pinterest contest. Twelve lucky pinners will each win a $100 Michaels gift card. 

Prayers Galore Board added to our Pinterest

Good Friday seems like the perfect time to add a new Pinterest board called Prayers Galore. The idea comes from many family and friends who have heavy hearts from loved ones with illnesses, injuries, and deaths. Today, we ask for prayers, too, so we know this is a board that is needed.

My granddaughter built a leprechaun trap; Get easy St. Patrick's Day ideas to make today

This is a leprechaun trap for St. Patrick's Day fun.

My granddaughter kept coming home from school saying a tricky little leprechaun kept making a mess in her classroom.  Then on day her teacher ask the students to make a leprechaun trap to catch him.

Win $1,000 Academy Sports and Outdoors GC

Win one of five $1,000 Academy Sports and Outdoors Gift Certificates.

Win up to $4,500 from Capital One beginning today with its "12 Days of Pinterest" contest

Read the rules to learn how to win during "12 Days of Pinterest."

This year, some of the best presents will not only be under the tree, but also online.  Santa has gone digital. This holiday season Capital One will be launching its “12 Days of Pinterest,”  and its first ever instant-win contest on Pinterest.

Cooking.com launches Pin to Win up to a $3,000 Holiday Dream Kitchen Sweepstakes

 

Win up to $3,000 of your own Cooking.com gift ideas by pinning to a “My Holiday Dream Kitchen” Pinterest board

 
 
Cooking.com is giving away the ultimate kitchen holiday gift: up to $3,000 worth of kitchen products in the Pin to Win Your Holiday Dream Kitchen sweepstakes.

Pin to Win your Holiday Dream Kitchen

Win up to $3,000 of your own Cooking.com gift ideas by pinning to a “My Holiday Dream Kitchen” Pinterest board.