411 + Giveaway

These wristbands by Mabel's Labels could be a life saver, literally. Imagine yourself and your child(ren) at the park, the mall, the amusement park, on a field trip, or at Disney World. Now imagine yourself digging in your purse for your wallet. Where is it? You can't find it. And you dig some more. You know it's in there. There's your sunglasses. There's your lipstick. There are your keys. There are some wipes. "Uggg, where is it?" You mumble to yourself. "Oh, there it is." You look up from your purse and say, "found it, Sarah, let's go honey. Sarah?" You look around and you can not locate Sarah. A few minutes pass while you are frantically looking, looking, looking. Just then your cell phone rings. "Mrs. Anderson? I have your daughter, she is safe. We are outside of the Starbucks. Great idea, by the way, to have that wristband on her." You can image how you feel now.

Yes, it is a scenario I hope you never have to live through. And I know you'd rather not think about it. So, instead of thinking about it become proactive and check out the 411 wristbands from Mabel's Labels. The concept is smart and useful; they are resistant to water, sunscreen, chlorine and perspiration You can label your wristbands with "If lost, please call:" and list your phone numbers. And you can always add any pertinent allergies or special needs your child might have.

Some people might argue they don't like putting their child's name on anything for fear of the worst outcome from the scenario described above. It's a personal preference. You decide what to put on your labels. My two favorite are the Treasure Hunt and The Summer Day designs.

They have a ton of other labels on their site that are very useful. Another great asset to this mom-run business is 10% of all wristbands sales goes to the organization Autism Speaks.

Giveaway Alert!

The kind people at Mabel's Labels are giving away one set of 30 wristbands to one lucky Emily Allyn reader. You get to pick your design and you get to decide what you want on the label. Woo hoo! It's worth $21.00, but it's yours for free!

What you need to do:

Easy. Go to our Tell A Friend page and tell at least one friend about our Emily Allyn shopping site. That's it! The only thing I ask, please tell a "real" friend (do not use another email address owned by you). And of course you can tell as many friends as you like! As always, I will not contact that friend unless they sign up for our newsletter.

The giveaway will end Tuesday, October 28th at 11:59 pm. The winner will be notified by email. (I will have your email from the telling a friend form.)

Good luck!