This month’s Lemonade Stand Photo Contest winner is Melynda Culbertson.
What a fun photo flashback to a Halloween of her childhood! She shares:
It was a dark and scary halloween in 1982. Me, in the Annie costume (7), and my twin brother and sister (6) as space cadets.
Way to find a winner Melynda - love the wig!
Do you have the winning photo for our newest photo contest? The best picture for the theme “Kitchen” wins a $20 Lemonade Stand gift card. Send us your photo today.
With back to school right around the corner (some have already turned it), our lives ramp up with busyness. Even those of us without school feel the increase of “go go go!” in the world around us.
Since we’re featuring books for fall, I am pointing you to the cornerstone book of our fight against Adultitis: Escape Adulthood: 8 Secrets from Childhood for the Stressed-Out Grown-Up.
Don’t take my word for how good this book is, I am after all a little biased, check out what others have said.
Angela reviewed it on her blog - Did You See That?
Jen shared her thoughts on her blog - Jen Robinson’s Book Page
Rich gave his perspective on his blog - Rich Burridge’s Weblog
There are some nice words at Amazon as well.
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More Book Bloggin’:
Last fall I listed some of my favorite books including Escape Adulthood.
See our newest EA Book here.
We’ve got lots of awesome goodies for celebrating National Ice Cream Month. Check this list of my favorites: 
Soapsicles - traditional and non-traditional treats for the bathroom. (Check out a fun Soapsicle video.)
Spaghetti Ice Cream Maker - I’ve raved about this before.
Ice Cream Treats - this is my kind of cook book, full of sweet recipes!
Ice cream and a Lemonade Stand - what a great combination for unique gifts for the young at heart!
Fact: Vanilla Ice Cream is the most popular ice cream in the United States.
-> According to the International Dairy Foods Association, 30% of Americans choose vanilla as their favorite flavor.
Fact: Vanilla scented candles are the most popular candles in the United States.
-> According to the National Candle Association, vanilla and other kitchen based scents remain the most popular candle fragrances for almost a decade.
Therefore, I conclude (and declare) that the Kim & Jason Ice Cream Cone Candle is THE most popular ice cream candle in the world!
Because it’s vanilla scented.
And it has a picture of ice cream on it.
The soy wax candles come in 8 oz or 16 oz steel paint cans.
Available exclusively at the Kim & Jason Lemonade Stand.
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We’re celebrating National Ice Cream Month - check out all our cool ice cream related goodies!
Growing up I thought there were two sizes for paint brushes - watercolor and “wallcolor.” Watercolor brushes were the brightly colored plastic brushes I was allowed to use for mixing all the colors in my paint tray into brown. “Wallcolor’ brushes were what my dad used for covering up what I did when I used my crayons on the wall. Actually I don’t have any memories of getting into trouble for coloring on the wall. I do remember seeing these big brushes in the garage and wanting to use them for my pictures.
Grown up some, but not trapped in adulthood, I know there is a wide variety of brushes to be used for painting artistically and aesthetically. My garage boasts several “wallcolor” paint brushes, some that look like a Barbie doll’s head after it’s been cared for by a 4-year-old. My childhood watercolor brushes tended to look like that after a while too.
The Suede Watercolor Set we have at the Lemonade Stand features four fine watercolor brushes. This array of tools will allow for a wide range of detail in your paintings. The set includes a professional twelve color paint set and a spiral-bound pad of watercolor paper. There is also a B sketch pencil for outlining and an attached pencil sharpener.
Whether you’re a master or you simply dabble you’ll want to get your hands on this wonderful set. The whole kit wraps up in chocolate suede making it a must have for the traveling artist.
All these great art tools in this awesome package are only priced at $39.95. Treat yourself or an artist you know!
Did you have a great barbeque 4th of July weekend?
Have you been enjoying those outdoor get togethers that make it hard to drag yourself inside?
Is your softball season coming to a close?
Do you miss the 18th hole as soon as you leave it?
If you want to keep that backyard barbeque feel going in your office you need this week’s Monday Madness item: Fresh Cut Grass Candle.
This high quality, hand-poured soy candle smells like a freshly cut grass, the ultimate summer fragrance. Now you can enjoy the scent of green grass all year long.
Available in nifty 16 and 8 ounce steel paint cans. Burn times of 160 and 80 hours, respectively.
The 16 oz can retails for $14.95 but your Monday Madness price is $11.21 - a great deal for that fresh cut grass smell without the lawnmower.
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. ~William Penn
This great thoughtful gift set combines a Kim & Jason matted print with an 11 oz. coffee mug and a bag of Starbucks® House Blend coffee. The 8×10 print and dishwasher safe mug both feature Kim and Jason carefully preparing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the quote: “Friends always stick together.” The 2.5 oz. bag of ground coffee brews a standard 10- to 12-cup pot of coffee, guaranteed to get you going in the morning.
“A true friend is like the shade of a great tree in the noonday heat,” said Margaret Fishback Powers. This full color print is a great gift for your most treasured friend. Matted in an 8×10 black aluminum frame.
Since 1937 June has been celebrated as National Dairy Month. Starting out as a way to help stores promote milk, it wasn’t long before all of the items in the dairy aisle were included.
As a part of my 4-H responsibilities, I gave demonstrations around the county of recipes using dairy products. I enjoyed preparing dishes that featured cheese - they were easy and popular with the groups to whom I was presenting.
Using blocks of cheese and grating while prepping was recommended but difficult to do. I think with our Mouse Cheese Grater it would have been easier and a lot more fun!
Reminiscent of the mice from the board game Mousetrap, the grater is hidden on the underside of the mouse.
The plastic shape captures all the grated cheese making it easy to use in your recipes or as an add-on for your favorite dishes.
Normally priced at $9.95 the Monday Madness price for June 16th is only $6.97!
Catch this mouse for fun addition to your kitchen tools!
My dad is one cool dad. He just retired and is like a kid who’s just been let out for summer vacation.
You see he’s got big plans for his retirement - he wants to play with cars.
He’s always loved playing with cars - he collects classic cars the way most folks collect plastic models - he’s super excited about getting to make that his full time job.
One of his passions is drag racing. His dragster is a ‘57 Chevy Sedan Delivery that will go a quarter-mile in 10 seconds.
Dad’s new project is building a racing truck with a few of his retired friends. It’s really awesome to see the childlike joy when he talks about the project.
I debated about getting him a gas card as a retirement + Father’s Day gift but I’m not sure where I’d get one of those for racing fuel…
Looking around the Lemonade Stand, I picked out a few things that would be fun for my cool dad.
Automoblox T9 Pick-Up Truck - he already has the C9 Sportscar that I got him for Christmas, now he can use both to build a suped-up racer.
Whatever Wall Clock - since the only time he needs to watch is at the drag strip.
Hammer Bottle Opener - man’s gotta have a way to crack into those cold beverages and be able to bang loose a lugnut.
Those are just a few of the goodies I found for my pop - what about your dad? Check out all the cool stuff for young at heart dads at the Lemonade Stand!
