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We are giving away 250 copies of Joe Lamp'l's Green Gardener's Guide...that's right, 250 copies! Here's how it works...head over to our website and spend 5 minutes taking our survey. This one is about a book called "Small Space Gardening". At the end, you will be directed to a page that will let you know if you have won a copy of the book or not. If you aren't one of the 250 that wins a copy of the book, you will receive a discount off your next book purchase… Continue

Does your to-do list just get longer and longer? Sometimes (most times!) there just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done…
Why not let someone else take care of the housekeeping for you? Whether you need a maid to spruce up your home, window cleaner to let the sun shine in or carpet cleaner to take out what the feet bring in - we have one for you!

This is an awesome opportunity to win a terrific prize…here’s what it includes:

- Total prize value $500
- House cleaning services o… Continue

And after 72 years of advocacy, women were granted the right to vote on August 26, 1920. Wow. Do the math on that one...only 78 years ago, women couldn't vote. My grandmother wasn't born with the right to vote...so crazy to think about for those of us who grew up with the expectation of that privilege.

And 72 years later, women are still struggling for equal access to jobs and for equal pay. In 2007, women earned 77 cents on the dollar, compared to men. African American women were paid 72 cents… Continue

My name is Jean Ann Van Krevelen and I am the new Home and Garden Editor for Blissfully Domestic. Think of me as a cross between Rachel Ray and Martha Stewart...not that I am like that, but isn't it funny to think about?

As women, we need to become our own role models...not that I would take a thing away from the women who have come before us...they have worked hard to validate homemaking and family life as valuable and meaningful. And in recent years, women like Rachel and Martha have been pio… Continue