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Are coupons worth the trouble?

Wildwood and Skyline took a long look at coupons and came up with some basic tips: stay organized with shopping lists and coupon wallets, find coupons in print form from newspaper and mailer packets, explore online sources for manufacturer coupons, and avoid offers for products that aren't on your regular shopping list.

A few promising sites we found were FrugalFamilies CouponMom CouponMountain and Coupon101

Wildwood was able to get in a few coupon jokes, and Skyline told of a strange but wonderful story of a sample table for beer! Our chat room offered up some great tips on coupons, too: keep your coupons in the same order as your grocery store to save time and frustration.

So, whether you say coo-pons or que-pons, you are in the checkout line to SAVE:)

Do you have some baking soda in that cart? Then you probably have some amazing tips to send TOUGH TIMES! Try our tips@blockheadradio.com and we'll get your tips on our next show...

The Magic of Baking Soda
on Tuesday August 11th at 11:30 eastern time.

"New Discoveries" for August 4, 2009

Another three fabulous shops were featured on tonight's show. The first shop was Voyage Jewelry Designs. "Handcrafted jewelry inspired by beautiful places around the world! Each piece of Jewelry I create is crafted from quality Semi-Precious Gemstones, Genuine Swarovski Crystals Beads, Czech Glass, Sterling Silver, Bali and Hill Tribe Silver, Copper, 14K Gold-filled components, durable 49-strand wire and other materials."



The second shop was Wonderlust Photography. "Photography is a passion and hobby of mine. I hope some day that it could become a career. Wonderlust came to me after repeatedly hearing a friend discuss her wanderlust. While wanderlust is applicable, I thought there is something that better describes me. Wonderlust seemed to perfectly define my constant search for knowledge, my endless stream of questions, and infinite pursuit of creative outlets.

And the third shop tonight was Taste Of Heaven Bakery. "We are a new bakery starting in Jamestown Ohio. We use only all natural ingredients, real butter, unbleached flour, Demerara cane sugar, natural peanut butter, etc. We strive to make the best tasting offerings possible. What you wont find in our offerings is margarine, vegetable shortening, or any weird chemicals with names only a chemist could pronounce. We welcome custom orders and gift boxes are available, contact us with any special requests. We offer local delivery, contact us for more info.

Tootles!!

Very Cool Contest for Gardeners by SimplyHydro

Calling all gardeners, The staff at simply hydroponics want to see how your garden grows. SO we will be having a contest.

We want you to email us your family friendly gardens. We want to know what you use from your soil/hydro medium. We want to know what food you use what pesticides you use. How old your plants are. What size your garden is. The more details you provide the better you chances of winning.

We will be having 3 levels of entry: Beginner, intermediate, Expert. All valid entries will receive a prize of our choice. The first place prize for beginner will be $25.00 gift certificate, second place will will $10.00 gift certificate, and third place will receive $5.00 gift certificate. intermediate grand prize will will $35.00 gift certificate, second place $15.00, and third place $10.00, last but not least expert level: Grand prize $50.00 gift certificate, second place wins $25.00 gift certificate, and third place wins $15.00 gift certificate.

Now for the rules:
You must email entries to gbrown@simplyhydro.com and include pictures. Remember the more detailed your entry the better your chances of winning. We will be posting the winning garden pictures on the blog (private info will not be posted).
Garden has to be kid friendly or will not be considered a valid entry. All valid entries will receive a prize.

The entries will be judged by the staff at at Simply Hydroponics and Organics.

You garden can be Hydroponic or Organics as we love both types of gardening.

All entries must be received by 10-01-09. for this contest. Winners will be picked and winning gardens will be posted the following week.

GO HERE FOR ALL THE DETAILS AND TO ENTER

BHR Artisan Directory

Get a Start on Your Holiday Shopping Here.

Advertising and the Showcase

Advertising is open to all. If you are an artisan, blogger, website owner. The only restriction we put in place is that is has to be a legal site and kid friendly.

If you notice right on top there are 4 150 x 150 banners in rotation. These will be on all the Blockhead Radio 'Live" pages, chat room, blog, drop down menu, any other place I can find to stick it, and the BHR Player. There are 12 banners in rotation on each one. Each banner rotates on a 15 second rotation. This keeps it in motion and attention getting. With the banner ad spot comes a one liner that is read on air. Each banner will have an ad/plug played in rotation i.e. "Check out thiswebsitename.com cause they rock" This makes a very good impact and isn't tuned out as a commercial. 3 to 4 plugs will be played in rotation every hour.

Sound good so far? Now for the cost. We are throwing the CPM out the window. It will be a flat rate of $21.00 per month. Once the 48 spots are filled we will create a waiting list.

Advertiser will be responsible for supplying a 150 x 150 pixel banner and the link to information. If you have any questions please email us at advertising@blockheadradio.com or click here to sign up.

The Artisan Showcase is now full. If you have purchased a spot please send your information to rod@blockheadradio.com with 'Showcase' in the subject line.