Name Your Tune!

Today our fun find is Name Your Tune! This mom owned business is based in Toronto Canada and offers fabulous personalized products for children. If you have a child (or grandchild, or nephew . . . ) who loves being the star of the show you” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”ll definitely want to read on and enter for this great prize!

When mompreneur Candace Alper contacted me about her product I was honored that she wanted me to try it out! Her personalized children” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”s cd” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”s have won the iParenting Media Award for Outstanding Product (2006), she was nominated for the Ernst & Young 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year and is in the running for the SavvyMom Mompreneur of the Year Award!

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We asked to have our cd made for all three of our youngest children (ages 4 and twin 19 month olds) and when they listened to it for the first time it was very fun to watch! The minute they heard the music their eyes lit up and the dancing and squeals of delight began. Then when our 4 year old heard his name he stopped and looked at me and said ” onclick=”return TrackClick(” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”" onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”,” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”)”huh? That” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”s ME!” onclick=”return TrackClick(” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”" onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”,” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”)”. He was so excited.

As a parent I am finding tons of value in this great cd! Name Your Tune features songs that encourage learning (numbers, letters, body parts and more) and while they hear their name sung over 80 times throughout the cd they remain captivated and love to join in.

We talked with Candace about how the company began:

” onclick=”return TrackClick(” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”" onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”,” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”)”When my daughter Hannah was born, I used to sing her these songs, and insert her name into them. It made it fun for both her and myself. When my maternity leave was about to end, I wasn” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”t so keen on going back into an office, and really wanted to spend more time at home. With my husband, Eric, who works in the music intrustry doing PR, we came up with this idea (he used to have a vinyl record with his name in it when he was a kid), and took it from there! ” onclick=”return TrackClick(” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”" onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”,” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”)”

Candace has been extremely generous and has offered one to give away! So now you have a chance to win one of these fantastic cd” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”s for your child (or children, did we mention that they will put more than one name on a cd?). This contest is open to participants from the U.S. and Canada!!! Simply sign up using Mr. Linky (at the bottom of the post) by Thursday, Sept. 27th to be entered to win. We will be announcing our winner on Friday, September 28th! You don” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”t have to be a blogger to enter, simply leave your name and email me with your contact information so that I can let you know if you win. As a courtesy for their wonderful generosity please don” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”t forget to share the news on your blog (or with your friends if you aren” onclick=”return TrackClick(”,’Krista+M3.+Tessa+J4.+Bonnie+L’)”t a blogger) linking your readers to this contest.

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