2 Lucky Winners are going to receive one of our Halloween Cookie Gift Baskets

We are giving you 5 separate chances to win and recommend doing them all.

1. Answer the following question by leaving a comment  below – What is your favorite Halloween costume?

2. Visit our Halloween Cookie Gifts and tell us which gift basket is your favorite one.

3. If you decide to Follow us on Twitter or you already do, leave us another comment letting us know you have. We would love it if you would retweet our giveaway too. That would be AWESOME!!

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We are going to close comments and draw winners on Friday, October 14 @ 12 PM EST.

Guess as often as you like and we’ll keep adding hints on Facebook and Twitter every now and then to help you out. We’ll randomly draw the winner from everyone who guessed correctly at 3 PM today.

But enough of the contest mumbo jumbo, can you tell us who this is?

2 Lucky Winners are going to receive one of our Father’s Day Gift Baskets

We are going to close comments and draw winners on Tuesday June 14 @ 9 PM EST.

With the weather improving and summer almost here, we are ready for some fun!!! So let’s get started.

We believe that a birthday gift should make you smile, whether you’re the giver or the receiver, and our line of birthday gift cookies offers plenty of ways to give a little grin to those you love on their very special day. (You’re smiling already, aren’t you?)

2 Lucky Winners are going to receive our Sky’s The Limit Birthday Gift Basket

BONUS – Check out our posting and nominate us for Stella Service. Leave us another comment letting us know you did.

We are going to close comments and draw winners on Monday, May 23 @ 2 PM EST.

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The Origin of Mother’s Day

In the United States, Mother’s Day was made an official holiday in 1914. It’s a floating holiday here in the States, always falling on the second Sunday of May. This tradition was adopted in many other countries in Europe including Germany, Greece, Latvia, Denmark and Finland. But the idea of Mother’s Day predates the official holiday by centuries.
The Greeks celebrated Rhea, the mother of the gods and the ancient Romans celebrated Cybele, the celebration of the goddess Cybele. Even today, Mother’s Day in different countries often matches up with more ancient versions of the celebration.

Food on Mother’s Day

No matter where Mother’s day is celebrated, there are several common themes. For that one day, children and fathers take over the jobs the mothers usually do, cooking meals and generally making mom’s life as easy as possible. These meals often have traditional elements.

Simnell Cake

Mothers Day Cake

This marzipan covered fruit cake is the traditional food gift in Britain from children to their mothers. It’s quite similar to the Christmas fruit cake. According to popular legend, Simon and his sister Nell wanted to make a cake for their mother. One wanted to bake it. The other wanted to broil it. They ended up doing both and bringing the cake to their mother.

French Bloom Cake

In France, Mother’s Day is not celebrated on the second Sunday of May, but instead is celebrated on the last Sunday of the month. A huge family dinner in honor of mother and a special cake decorated as a bouquet of flowers is traditional.

American Traditions

Making cookies is a lot easier than baking cakes. It may be for this reason that cookie baking and gifting is catching on in America, though it hasn’t quite overtaken breakfast in bed or the traditional dinner out. I still think that a plate of bumble bee peanut butter cookies from a 6-year-old is one of the best Mother’s Day gifts, but then again, I might be biased.

Happy Mother’s Day everyone!

The National MS Society is a collective of passionate individuals who want to do something about MS now—to move together toward a world free of multiple sclerosis. MS stops people from moving. We exist to make sure it doesn’t.

They help each person address the challenges of living with MS through our 50-state network of chapters. The Society helps people affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, and providing programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.

People all over the nation are coming together to share, educate and build awareness about what multiple sclerosis means to them.

To learn more about National MS Week visit their website.

SmileyCookie.com invites Pittsburgh Steelers fans from across the country to send Smiley Cookies right into the heart of enemy territory for free.

For a limited time, fans of the Black and Gold can send a special Steelers gift pack right into the Baltimore Ravens’ backyard. The gift pack will include two-dozen Steelers’ Smiley Cookies for $24.99, and will ship free to the Baltimore area. And, according to Adam Golomb, director, e-commerce, www.SmileyCookie.com, these will not be any ordinary cookies, but specially adorned Smiley Cookies layered in delicious black and gold icing to represent the, “City of Champions.”

“Since the Smiley Cookie originated in Western Pennsylvania, we want to give folks the opportunity to show support for out-of-town Steelers fans, especially those expatriates who are now living and working amidst the enemy,” said Golomb. “Whether you are sending to friends, family or business associates, Steelers Smiley Cookies spread team spirit with a smile.”

Can’t pick a favorite team to root for during the game? SmileyCookie.com will also offer free shipping for another gift pack featuring both black and gold, and purple and black for Baltimore Ravens’ fans ($24.99).

“Of course, we’re partial to black and gold,” said Golomb. “But, Smiley Cookies look and taste great in any color.” For more information, or to order Smiley Cookies, visit www.SmileyCookie.com.

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Guess whose smiling lips are pictured below then go onto Twitter (www.twitter.com/smileycookie) and answer @SmileyCookie with the #StarSmile hashtag. We’ll pick a random winner and then we’ll send you your prize: 12 delicious SmileyCookies, fresh baked just for you.

Now, without further ado, here’s this weeks Star Smile: