Product: Bonne Bell Liquid Lip Smacker - Bubble Gum Flavor

Where to buy: Walgreens is where I got it, but you can find Bonne Belle just about anywhere.

Price: under $2

Rating: 10

Review: I recently bought some great lip gloss by Bonne Belle. It is made in the USA and a perfect stocking stuffer for your pre-teen or teenage daughter…or hey, even YOU!

I have the Liquid Lip Smacker in Bubble Gum flavor. It is YUMMY! It smells and tastes just like bubble gum and the shine is great. The lip gloss  is thick and and sticky so that sticks to your lips well. Even my husband who is not a fan of me wearing lip gloss like it!

The packaging is really cute too. It is in a small tube that is pink and clear with little bubbles and cute font. It has the stick applicator, which is really convenient and easy to use.

If you are a lip gloss fan then this is a great product and it is made in the good ole USA!

Cons: None!

Below are a few toys that are not only NOT made in China, but they are MADE IN THE USA! I am trying to post as many and as much as I can to help us this holiday season!

• Battleship
• Bicycle Playing Cards
• Boggle Jr.
• Candyland
• Chutes and Ladders
• Clue
• Connect Four
• Crayola Crayons *
• Life
• Louisville Slugger
• Monopoly
• Mouse Trap
• Operation
• Parcheesi
• Play-Doh *
• Pop-O-Matic Trouble
• Radio Flyer Discovery Wagon
• Scrabble
• Sorry
• Stratego
• Tri-ominos
• Trivial Pursuit
• Yahtzee

** IMPORTANT Note: Not all packages of Crayola Crayons and Play-Doh are made in the USA — please be sure and check the label.

Sites of Interest:

www.ShopForAmerica.com
www.ZebulonUSA.com
www.usmadetoys.com
www.unclegoosetoys.com
www.holgatetoy.com
www.maplelandmark.com

It’s awesome to see there are some FUN and KNOWN toys that are NOT made in China! Let me know if you hear of any others and THANK YOU to those of you who have!

If you are a parent then you probably have some anxiety about what to buy your children for Christmas this year. I mean when I go to the store it’s like I am IN China! It seems like that is all we sell…China made products!

So, I have been hunting down products that are made in the USA or NOT China. I will post them frequently throughout the holiday season. AS I was browsing, I found a site, The Daily Green. They have a list given to them BY Toys R Us of toys that are MADE IN THE USA! (jaw dropping)

Item # — Name of Toy

64286—Little Tikes Fold N Store Picnic Table

329287—LIttle Tikes Easy Store(TM) Jr. Table

46784—Little Tikes Easy Store (TM) Large Slide

46792—Little Tikes Easy Store (TM) Slide Jr.

11927—Little Tikes Cambridge Cottage

230157—LIttle Tikes Tikes Town(TM) Playhouse

230157—Solowave Design The Savannah Wood Playhouse

390458—LIttle Tikes Magic Doorbell(TM) Playhouse

580762—Little Tikes Log Cabin

754760—Step2 Neat & Tidy Cottage

864770—Step2 Doorway Playhouse

984132—Little Tikes ImagineSounds(TM) Playhouse

483756—LIttle Tikes WhirlyBounce(TM) Rider

11994—LIttle Tikes GT SL Expedition Climber

46652—LIttle Tikes Adjustable Mountain Climber

46962—Little Tikes Slide & Hide Tower (TM)

93772—Little Tikes SwingAlong(TM) Castle

93810—LIttle Tikes Climb & Slide Castle

If you know of any others, or places that sell NOT China made products, email them to me at: admin [at] notchinamade [dot] net.

My blog is worth $40,082.34.
How much is your blog worth?

According to technorati and Dane Carlson, that number is what NotChinaMade.net is worth. I personally think that is funny. I do love my site and think it is valuable for many reasons, but that price? No. That is crazy.

However I am coming to the conclusion that it is time to sell my blog. This is something I never saw coming. I love this site possibly more than any of my others. BUT the time has come to narrow my focus because so many varied things are on my plate. With a new pregancy, a 3 yr. old, 1 yr old, and working at home, there is only so much I can do.

Its like that beloved pet you so badly want to keep but know will have a better home with someone that has time for it. This IS a valuable site and that is why I think it is time to pass the torch to someone that can really make it go and get the word out better than I can right now. With the amount of relevant news on this topic there is right now, my posting frequency does not even come close to measuring up.

So with sadness, yet excitement for what someone else may be able to do with this site. Not China Made (dot) Net is for sale. And no, not for that insanely over priced price. Not even close. If you are interested please inquire via Contact button and let me know what you would be able to pay for the site. If I’m able to reach a reasonable place with you, it will be yours. Don’t be intimidated by that high number, I just wanted to show you that this site does have worth.

I also offer with purchase that I am able to transfer the site to you, load the database in your server and send you all related images I use for branding. I can even offer you great hosting through Motiveight (the service is exceptional) for $9.95 a month. Basically, I could handle your whole transfer and then all you would have to do is establish your new passwords and it’s yours. Voila!

Please contact me through the contact page if you are interested.

Do you know yet how hard it finding ornaments NOT made in China? Well, trust me, not always easy. A solution? Nutcracker Gifts. 100% Made in the USA! Please take a look on over there and support this artisan company

By Stacey W.

We all know that bad things happen to good people. And for some, more than once in their lifetime. Many of us either are those people or we know them personally.

I would like to tell you about Joe and Lara Chandler of Pioneer Woodworkers.

I don’t know them personally, but I do know their story. And I think you will want to know it too.

Several weeks ago, I received an email from their D.I.L., April, letting me know that they were leaving for Portales, New Mexico that very wee morning. 2:00 am to be exact! Her husband’s parents had just lost their business; their sole means of living had been totally destroyed by fire. The building, the wood, the tools, EVERYTHING! They live next to their business, and thankfully, their home was not harmed.

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My Friend Jordan Just turned me onto a site where you can print your own Flashcards. I actually was going to make them myself, but now I don’t have to. The bookstore only had MIC flashcards! Now I can manufacture them in my own home! Thanks Jordan!

Check them out HERE.