Marissa, a mom of a baby boy, lives in San Diego and writes Mama Sparkles. She loves all the sparkles - things that make your heart sparkle - especially those that come with the job the being a mom. She writes about mom and baby related items and has product reviews with giveaways.

Mama Sparkles has a very clean design with uncluttered side bars. Blog is updated on weekdays. A recent post about Cupcakes in a Jar made my mouth water. It is a well written blog with interesting pictures and posts.

Some Technical Features:

• Contact Information is easy to find
• Subscriber Button is easy accessible
• Archives available
• Label Cloud (good amount - not too many)
• Blog Name matches Blog Url

My only suggestion would be to put a link to all the giveaways in the navigation bar. You can access the giveaways from the label cloud but it would be more prominent to feature it at the top.

You can also find Marissa San Diego Weekend Guide on Trendy Mommy.

This blog was reviewed by Briana, Bargain Briana who has become addicted to all things blogging this past year.

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Written by Briana, Bargain Briana who has become addicted to all things blogging this past year.

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