Pinks & Blues Hosts a Dual Virtual Baby Shower
Pinks & Blues Holds Contest For Expectant Moms; Hosts a Baby Shower for actress Angela Kinsey
East Greenwich, RI (January 15, 2008) – The mother-and-daughters team at Pinks & Blues (www.pinksandblues.com) — the fast-growing online destination for parents to stay up-to-date with trendy and innovative products and services, is hosting a dual Virtual Baby Shower for two mothers-to-be. A Virtual Baby Shower is a shower that is hosted online rather than in person, with the gifts shipped to the shower honorees. Pinks & Blues is currently receiving baby products from companies, and will pass along the gifts to the honorees.
One of the Pinks & Blues Virtual Baby Shower honorees is actress Angela Kinsey, who stars in NBC’s “The Office,” and is due with her first child in May (the announcement can be found here: http://pinksandbluesgirls.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/and-the-pinks-blues-virtual-baby-shower-celebrity-is/ ).
Pinks & Blues is running a contest to determine who the other pregnant honoree will be by asking expectant moms to send in their inspirational, fun or surprising pregnancy stories. Friends and family members can also nominate expectant moms by sending in their stories about why their nominee deserves to be honored with the Pinks & Blues Virtual Baby Shower (contest details can be found here: http://pinksandbluesgirls.wordpress.com/pinks-blues-virtual-baby-shower/ ).
“I am expecting my fourth boy in June, and when we announced my pregnancy on our site ( www.pinksandblues.com), many of the vendors we have featured so generously offered to send me baby items,” said Pinks & Blues Co-founder Audrey Couto McClelland. “But my sister, my mom and I thought how much fun it would be to instead use these baby items to run a Virtual Baby Shower for one of our Pinks & Blues readers who is also expecting a baby around the same time as me. We thought it would be a fantastic way to make an expectant mom feel showered with gifts like a celebrity! And that’s where we got the idea to get an actual celebrity to shower, as well.”
McClelland’s sister, Co-founder Jane Couto Porricell, added, “When we approached the vendors with our idea, the response was amazing! The companies are thrilled about participating in our Virtual Baby Shower.” These companies include Hanes, Robeez, Strollometer, Mabel’s Labels, Tots On-the-Go, Posh Peacock, Skimbaco, Secure2Me, Be So Beautiful Baby, Rag & Bone and Bambina Ballerina.
Getting actress Angela Kinsey on board as the celebrity honoree for the Virtual Baby Shower was very exciting for the ladies of Pinks & Blues. Sharon Couto, Co-founder and mother of McClelland and Porricelli said, “Angela was our first choice! She is so smart, funny and feisty… yet approachable and such a great role model for moms. And we just love her on ‘The Office.’ It is really special to have her a part of this.”
Expectant moms can nominate themselves (or be nominated by others) for the Pinks & Blues Virtual Baby Shower through Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2008. The ladies at Pinks & Blues Girls will have a panel choose ten moms-to-be from the stories they receive for the contest, and then Pinks & Blues readers will vote on their favorite story. The voting will end on March 6, 2008 and the Virtual Baby Shower gifts will be shipped on May 1, 2008.
Pinks & Blues readers will also have the additional fun of following both Angela Kinsey’s and the contest winner’s pregnancies with blog updates on Pinks & Blues.
To view the complete feature on the Pinks & Blues Virtual Baby Shower, visit http://pinksandbluesgirls.wordpress.com/pinks-blues-virtual-baby-shower/
About Pinks & Blues
Pinks & Blues (www.pinksandblues.com) is a hip online destination for moms, featuring trendy product recommendations, giveaways, celebrity baby news and the personal blogs of co-owners Sharon Couto, Audrey McClelland and Jane Porricelli, who are a mother and her two daughters. Since its launch in 2005, Pinks & Blues has authored the book Preconception Plain & Simple – Your Deliciously Sexy Guide in Preparing for Pregnancy and created a fun, comprehensive site ( www.pinksandblues.com ) focused on everything from preconception to raising a hip, cool family. Both McClelland and Porricelli graduated from Brown University, and worked in fashion and sales, respectively, before launching Pinks & Blues. Couto, a graduate of Rhode Island College and Boston University, retired from her 30+ year English teaching career in 2003. Pinks & Blues is based in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
PRESS CONTACT:
Jane Porricelli, Pinks & Blues co-owner
jane at pinksandblues dot com
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Online Halloween Guide Now Available
Fun, Comprehensive Online Guide Helps Busy Moms With Their Families’ Halloween Needs
East Greenwich, RI (September 26, 2007) — Pinks & Blues (www.pinksandblues.com), the online destination for busy moms with busy families who want the scoop on trendy and ultra-hip products, is pleased to announce the arrival of its Pinks & BOOs Halloween Guide ( pinksandblueshalloweenguide.wordpress.com). This newest feature from Pinks & Blues is a one-stop online resource for moms looking to make Halloween easy.
The Pinks & BOOs Halloween Guide joins the Pinks & Blues network of cool product recommendations, fabulous product giveaways, celebrity baby news and unique-perspective Mommy blogs.
The Pinks & Blues network covers everything moms need to know in order to stay in touch with the latest trends, even beyond the “in” products for kids, dads, grandparents, pets and, of course, themselves.
“Since we launched Pinks & Blues in March of 2007, the site has grown in popularity so much that we found an overwhelming need to expand beyond product recommendations,” said Jane Porricelli, co-owner of Pinks & Blues with her sister and mother. “We have listened to the tremendous feedback from our readers, and are so excited about the launch of our simply bewitching Pinks & BOOs Halloween Guide.”
The Pinks & BOOs Halloween Guide gives on-the-go moms the best sites for the hippest, most unique Halloween costumes, apparel, accessories (bows, treat bags and bibs), cards and invitations, all in an easy, visually appealing online guide. Most of the sites featured in the Pinks & BOOs Halloween Guide are online boutiques and stores that only sell handcrafted, custom made products.
“At Pinks & Blues we like to find chic, trendy products that you won’t find mass-produced; the kinds of things that are lovingly handmade, oftentimes by entrepreneurial moms just like us,” said Audrey McClelland, co-owner of Pinks & Blues and sister of Porricelli.
Sharon Couto, the mother of McClelland and Porricelli, added, “Online shopping is so convenient for moms who are being pulled in so many different directions at once, from their home life to their career to their children’s activities to keeping up with their girlfriends. We have created a really fun online experience for these moms at Pinks & Blues, and the Pinks & BOOs Halloween Guide is definitely an extension of that.”
Couto, McClelland and Porricelli have also listed exclusive coupon codes and discounts for the products and sites featured in the Pinks & BOOs Halloween Guide ( pinksandblueshalloweenguide.wordpress.com), and have put together a contest giveaway that includes a black and orange Dooney & Bourke handbag.
About Pinks & Blues
Pinks & Blues (www.pinksandblues.com) is a hip online destination for moms, featuring trendy product recommendations, giveaways, celebrity baby news and the personal blogs of co-owners Sharon Couto, Audrey McClelland and Jane Porricelli, who are a mother and her two daughters. Since its launch in 2005, Pinks & Blues has authored the book Preconception Plain & Simple – Your Deliciously Sexy Guide in Preparing for Pregnancy and created a fun, comprehensive site ( www.pinksandblues.com ) focused on everything from preconception to raising a hip, cool family. Both McClelland and Porricelli graduated from Brown University, and worked in fashion and sales, respectively, before launching Pinks & Blues. Couto, a graduate of Rhode Island College and Boston University, retired from her 30+ year English teaching career in 2003. Pinks & Blues is based in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
PRESS CONTACT:
Jane Porricelli, Pinks & Blues co-owner
jane at pinksandblues dot com
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