Book Review: Amazing Amber and her Lazy Laser Eye (and a give away)

Looking for a fun book for kids who patch for amblyopia? “Amazing Amber and her Lazy Laser Eye” is a new children’s book featuring a superhero named Amber who just happens to need to wear a patch to defeat the villain.

10 year anniversary giveaway – Stay Puts and Kids Bright Eyes frames!

Update March 30, 2018: Congratulations to our winners: Stay puts: Lisa Ramos, Alicia Burns, and Robin; and the winner of frames: Heidi Olson! Here’s another giveaway in celebration of our anniversary!!  Kids Bright Eyes is giving away one free frame and 3- 4-packs of Stay Puts, so this giveaway has 4 winners!  Kids Bright Eyes hasContinue reading “10 year anniversary giveaway – Stay Puts and Kids Bright Eyes frames!”

10 year anniversary Eye Power Kids Wear t-shirt giveaway!

Added 3/26/2018:  This giveaway is now over, comments are closed. Congratulations to our winner, Muguet!!! Ready for another giveaway in honor of our 10 year anniversary? Eye Power Kid’s Wear is giving away a t-shirt in the design of the winner’s choice! [visual description: a boy and a girl, both wearing glasses. The boy is wearingContinue reading “10 year anniversary Eye Power Kids Wear t-shirt giveaway!”

10 year anniversary Glasses Book giveaway!

Added March 20, 2018: Congratulations to the winners: Carla, Audrey, Sarah, and Heather!!! In honor of our 10 year anniversary, I’m doing a giveaway of the Glasses book.  Glasses is my board book for young kids in glasses.  It was inspired in part by the reactions to the photo galleries on this site – IContinue reading “10 year anniversary Glasses Book giveaway!”

Glasses Board Book giveaway!!!

Some glasses are red, Some glasses are blue, I think your glasses look great on you! – excerpt from Glasses, a board book I’m thrilled that Peeps Eyewear and Eye Power Kids Wear are celebrating the recent release of Glasses with a huge rainbow-themed giveaway!  Why rainbows, you ask? 1.  The Glasses board book features kids wearing glasses in tons of differentContinue reading “Glasses Board Book giveaway!!!”

Contests, giveaways, and surveys, oh my!

First, a quick note to say that I have updated the photo galleries with some wonderful new photos of kiddos in glasses and in patches.  Thank you to everyone who has shared their photos!  They really go a long way to helping other families and young kids in glasses and patches to feel less alone.Continue reading “Contests, giveaways, and surveys, oh my!”

Patching giveaway!! Eye patches, books, and a patching bear!

Updated: Thank you everyone who entered!  Congratulations to Sheri and Fran, whose names were chosen as winners. Patching is never much fun, but sometimes a little bit can go a long way to making it a bit better.  We have a great giveaway with  items from Kids’ Bright Eyes and Patch Land Adventures to helpContinue reading “Patching giveaway!! Eye patches, books, and a patching bear!”

New book on patching, new photo gallery for kids who patch, and a huge giveaway!

Updated:  Thank you to everyone that entered!!  The winners, who were chosen this evening at random, are Jasmine and Kat.  You both should be getting an email shortly.  I’ll post links to the gallery as soon as I get it put together.  (I’m closing comments on this post now). Carmen Swick, author of “Patchland Adventures:Continue reading “New book on patching, new photo gallery for kids who patch, and a huge giveaway!”

Giveaway #2: shirts

Update: Congratulations to Dee for winning the 12 month onesie, and to Melinda who won the 24 month shirt! First off, congratulations to the winners of the first giveaway: Heather won the Glasses Parade card, and Andrea won the Glasses Rock card! For the next giveaway, I have two  shirts.  Both have the text “EveryoneContinue reading “Giveaway #2: shirts”

Giveaway: Happy new glasses cards!

And here’s the promised giveaway, today it’s for two of the new glasses cards. The first card features a stylish cat rocking out on the guitar with the words “Glasses Rock!”  The inside message reads, “…and you’re rocking your glasses!”   The card is 5″x7″ (12.7 cm x 17.8 cm). The second card is aContinue reading “Giveaway: Happy new glasses cards!”

Fixing My Gaze give-away!

Update at the end I mentioned in my review of Fixing My Gaze, that I had two copies of the book to give-away, so here’s the details. If you’re not sure what the book is about, Fixing My Gaze, by Susan Barry, is an autobiographical account about the author’s experiences growing up and living mostContinue reading “Fixing My Gaze give-away!”