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AlyssaSays.com now donating to Camp Kesem!

Join me in my efforts to raise money for Camp Kesem in Memory of Benjamin Maldonado Benjamin Maldonado was the proud daddy of his little girl, Alyssa. He passed away at the young age of 34 when Alyssa was only 8 years old. He was the best daddy around. He lost his life very suddenly from a brain growth. Alyssa, and her mom Larissa, are collecting donations to help kids like Alyssa attend Camp Kesem! We also have a business called AlyssaSays.com in which we are donating a portion of proceeds to this amazing cause. We Love You Benji! May you rest in peace and may all children affected by a parent's death HAVE FUN at Camp Kesem! We have started a new website called www.lossofparent.com to help raise money for this great organization - Camp Kesem, with camps around the country! Feel free to donate directly to Camp Kesem at www.lossofparent.com or purchase merchandise from www.alyssasays.com to fund further charitable contributions to www.lossofparent.com. Today was just our first day of fundraising and we have already raised $300!!! What a huge accomplishment! The magic of Camp Kesem profoundly impacts everyone involved. Read more to see what campers, parents, and counselors think about their experiences with Camp Kesem. “This is the best week I have ever had!” ~Camper, age 9 “[Camp Kesem] is by far the best camp I have ever been to. Everyone there had about the same reason for being there and it was nice to know others had the same experiences.” ~ Camper, age 12 “Camp Kesem has easily been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life… The smiles on the children’s faces, the laughter and the happiness I was lucky enough to be a part of, and the looks of triumph on the faces of the older kids after they conquered the ropes course will always stay with me.” ~Counselor “[At Camp Kesem] everyone understands you and knows how you feel.” ~Camper, age 13 “Camp Kesem instilled in me the belief that I can succeed. It opened my eyes to see that I can truly make a positive difference in someone else’s life.” ~Counselor “Only my sincere thanks to everyone, you truly make a meaningful difference in the lives of these kids.” ~Parent of camper "I consider CK to be, hands-down, the most important thing I’ve done in my life both in the effect I’ve had and the effect it’s had on me. Camp Kesem is one of the most life-changing organizations I have been a part of.” ~Counselor “The camp helped normalize the situation and, most importantly I think, showed her it’s okay for kids in this situation to laugh, have fun, be silly and act like kids.” ~Parent of camper "Because of CK, I found what I really wanted to do with my life." ~Counselor “Camp counselors and staff are of the highest quality! Everyone is so energetic and kind. I trust the staff 100% to care for my children at camp! Thank you for all that you guys do!” ~Parent of camper “Camp Kesem was definitely the best week of my life.” ~Counselor SquishiesRule.com AlyssaSays.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

I Love Squishies!

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Uh Oh!

This is actually a chalk drawing on the sidewalk. Look at the detail, and the shadows and depth. What a great artist!

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Uh Oh!

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2 Contests to Enter This Month!

We are excited to announce that you there are TWO contests to enter now! Our friends at Sqwishlandhelp.com are also having a contest to win AlyssaSays.com Merchandise!! Just visit Sqwishlandhelp.com and click on "Competitions" on the left side of the page. Just take a picture of your squishy in a cool, funny, and/or amazing place. Submit your photo on the Sqwishlandhelp.com Competition Page! Visit SqwishlandHelp.com! And don't forget to enter the AlyssaSays.com Contest for September. Click here for more details about the AlyssaSays.com Contest for this month!

AlyssaSays.com has monthly squishy contests!

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We Love To Hear From YOU!

One of our customers writes.... "Just wanted to say that I LOVE Squishies!! AlyssaSays.com is my one stop shopping for squishies!" SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

Yaaaaa!! It's the Squishies in their Marshmallow House!

Yaaaaa!!! It's the squishies in their cool marshmallow and toothpick house! Goooo Squishies! SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

We love to hear from our AlyssaSays.com Customers!

We love to hear from our customers!!

Julianna writes:

"I love this site Alyssa Says. I love how I don't have to stand in front of the vending machines inserting pockets of quarters until I get the one I want! With Alyssa Says, you make my squishy life so much easier. So many squishies, so little time. Thanks!"

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Six Amazing Pop-Up Paper Sculptures - Cool!

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Updated Sqwishland News!

Sqwishland Football League Kick-Off!! From Sqwishland.com: Kids! Check out the Sqwishland Football League (SFL) Stadium now and throw a football, find the tumbling footballs, or try out the new minigame! You can also collect 30 footballs to get a new Swishland Football League Avatar! Join the fun at the biggest virtual world for kids at Sqwishland.com! And get your squishies now at http://www.alyssasays.com/

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Will YOU Be Our Next Contest Winner??

Don't forget to enter our September 2010 AlyssaSays.com Photo Contest!

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Library Time for the Squishies!

The Squishies are visiting the library to check out a great book to read! Squishies love to read!

What is your favorite book?

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How'd They Do That!

Two goats were stranded on a bridge in Roundup, Montana. It took 2 days to rescue them, but they are doing fine. No word on how they got themselves into that predicament!

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Thanks for the Squishy Shout Out from Bellabits!

From Bellabits -

Squishies are all the rage. So if you're a maniac of these rubber animals of joy, check out my friend Alyssa's website: www.squishiesrule.com She has all the collections you could want at prices you can afford! This site also has contests and lots of fun stuff for kids to check out. She even sells Sillybands! Alyssa is my Go-to Girl for all things squishy! HAVE FUN WITH THESE SQUISHIES!! Thank you to our friend Bella at bellabits.blogspot.com Check out Bella's cool site for Kid-Friendly Adventures in Food! Bella will teach you how to make Old Fashioned Baked Apples, Garlic Fries, and more! SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

Fun Squishy Crossword Puzzle - AlyssaSays.com

Did you figure all of them out?

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Announcing the Winner of Our August Squishy Contest!

Announcing the WINNER of our August Contest - Sophia!!

Congratulations, Sophia!!

Thanks for all of your amazing entries!

Don't forget to enter our September contest. All entries must be received by September 30th, 2010!

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September 2010 Squishy Contest

Announcing the September 2010 AlyssaSays.com Contest WIN FREE ALYSSASAYS.COM MERCHANDISE!!

Write a Squishy Story!

For the September contest we would like to hear your cool squishy stories. We would love to hear your "real" or "made up" stories about squishies. Maybe an adventure story, or a story about how you made a new friend while playing squishies. Stories should be approximately 1-2 pages in a word document! It is ok if you need your parent to help type it out for you! Stories should be sent in a Word document (or copy and paste in an e-mail) to larissar6@hotmail.com Must be sent by September 30th. We will announce the winner approximately October 2nd. We can't wait to read your awesome squishy stories - real or fictional. Either one. Our most creative stories will win an awesome AlyssaSays.com prize package!

http://squishiesrule.com/entermonthlycontest.html GOOD LUCK!

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Back to School Time

This is one oft the star pupils of the Totally Dog day care center in Miami. Up to 25 dogs board the yellow school bus for their ride to the five-acre, fully fenced doggy playground complete with a bone shaped swimming pool. Some dogs meet the bus in business parking lots and others are picked up at their homes. At least they don't have homework!

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Don't Forget - Last Day of 'August 2010 Squishy Photo Contest!

This 4th of July photo is from our 1st place winner from our July 2010 AlyssaSays.com Photo Contest. This is to give you an idea of what we are looking for! We look for orignality and creativity! DON'T FORGET - Today is the very last day to enter our August 2010 Squishy Photo contest. You could win a fabulous and free packages of all kinds of cool AlyssaSays.com goodies! Here are the rules for our August 2010 Squishies Photo Contest. We can't wait to see your entry! August 2010 Squishies Photo Contest! Back to School! Yes, it is Back to School Time! For our August 2010 contest, please create photos of your Squishies and/or Japanese Erasers in a "Back To School" Theme! Be creative and enter as many times as you want through August 31, 2010! We will announce the winners approximately September 2nd. Please send all photo entries in .jpg format to larissar6@hotmail.com. Please include your name, age, mailing address with your entry. Winners will receive a www.alyssasays.com prize package full of cool squishies and other merchandise! GOOD LUCK! And don't forget to check out our past winners! If you are already back in school, we hope you are having a lot of fun! SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

Check out Squishy Neighborhood

Squishy Neighborhood!

Check out this awesome squishy neighborhood made by a http://www.alyssasays.com/ customer! It is super awesome! It is made out of cardboard, duct tape and paint. Each squishy animal has its own unique house! Do you have a photo to share with us? E-mail it to larissar6@hotmail.com and we can post it here or on our website http://www.alyssasays.com/

Thank you, Sophia, for sending us this great photo. You have great artistic abilities!

Sophia said that she started off by making individual homes for each of her squishy animals. But then somebody suggested to her that she just make an entire neighborhood! That's what she did - she made and entire squishy neighborhood.

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Now Selling Halloween Silly Bracelets

Set of 12 Includes 2 of each design: Cats, Pumpkins, Bats, Witches, Spiders, Moons Get yours before they sell out! Mixture of orange and black silly bracelets! $2.99 per set of 12 Fun to Collect and Trade your Shape Rubber Bands! Wear these shape bracelets on your wrists as bracelets, collect them or trade them! SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule! http://squishiesrule.com/sillybands.html

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We Love Hearing from Our Customers!

We just received this great note from one of our customers:

"Hello Alyssa, THANK YOU sooo much we received the deluxe package today!! It made our daughter VERY happy and it was the icing on her cake!! All she asked for was squishies for her birthday!! Once again THANK YOU and keep rockin' the GREAT WEBSITE!!!"

Thank you for your letter. We love to hear from all of our customers at http://www.alyssasays.com/!

P.S. Don't forget to enter our AUGUST squishy photo contest!! Tomorrow is the very last day to enter. We will be introducing our September contest soon! SQUISHIES RULE!!

http://squishiesrule.com/entermonthlycontest.html

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Say Hi to Microhyla

Microhyla Nepenthicola is probably the world's smallest frog. It's been discovered recently in a national park in Malaysia. When fully grown, it's about the size of a pea.

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Only Two Days Left to Enter August Contest!

Only 2 Days Left to Enter Our August Squishies Photo Contest!

Check out the details at http://squishiesrule.com/entermonthlycontest.html

Magic Water Beads Now Available!

Magic Water Beads Photo Beads http://squishiesrule.com/magicwaterbeads.html Magic Water Beads (rainbow water crystals) are the newest rage among grade school children today! Soak in water and they grow in size. They are soft, squishy, and bouncy. Each one of these Magic Beads grows to the size of a marble or larger. They are much larger than those you can find at a store! We feature Magic Water Beads in 7 different colors. Since these are special photo beads each water bead will have a unique 3D marble effect. They are fun to collect and trade. Other uses for Magic Water Beads include: •Great for collecting and trading! •Fun to bounce around (like a bouncy ball) •Can be used to create your own air freshener - just soak in your favorite fragrant oil and the smell will last up to 3 months, and then just resoak them again! •Decoration (use them in your favorite vase or flower display) •Use in place of stones or marbles. •They make great birthday and holiday gifts for kids (and even the grown ups like them)! •Use them for watering your indoor or outdoor plants (they retain water to keep your plants watered) •Collect them in jars or containers to play with (they are soft and squishy) Soak them for 8hrs get 1/2gal, Soak them for 24hrs get 3/4 gal Remember, these can be grown larger than the store bought kind!! SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

We love to hear from you!!

We love to hear from all of our squishies fans and customers! We really love your stories and hearing about your favorite squishies and toys. Here is a nice letter we just received from one of our fans! "I just got the squishies yesterday, and my dad showed them to me last night. im sooo happy and excited that they came so fast. ill try to send a picture but i make all of my squishies houses out of cardboard jewlery boxes. they each have a bed, a table, and 2 chairs. ive already started, but im making a neighborhood out of a flattened cardboards tv box. i spray-painted it green for grass and the roads are duck tape. its gonna be amazing I hope!" We can't wait to see your photo of your homemade Squishies Neighborhood!! We will post the photo as soon as we get it. Thank you so much!

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Yikes!!!

This is one scary looking creature! SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

Coming Soon to AlyssaSays.com! Photo Water Beads

Coming Soon to www.alyssasays.com! Photo Water Beads! Photo Water Beads offered in various colors! Soak these little things in water and in 8-10 hours they magically have a cool 3D design inside! It is amazing and incredible! These are known by several names - Water Beads, Photo Beads, designer water beads, flower water beads! The beads absorb over 100 times their weight in water to form glass-like pearls. Remember as a kid you used to play with the glass marbles? Well, these water marbles look exactly like glass marbles except that they contain mainly water. Like water crystals they swell in water, but instead of a solid color, the magic water marbles are transparent with colored core or colored inner swirl. The water crystals expand to nice spheres was completely soaked. After eleven hours the water crystal volume has expanded by 14100%. SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!

Sqwishland.com

(Scottsdale, Arizona, July 2010) – Sqwishland.com® is taking the online world by storm with 29 million units sold and it’s just out of Beta – making the iPad sales look sluggish. With its very simple concept, it’s hard to know why it hasn’t been done before. Think vending machine meets virtual world. Is it an affordable Webkinz® or the new Club Penguin®? In fact, it’s both – it’s a world first and for as little as 25c, every kid can afford to be part of it. It is democracy in a capsule – for parents of the global financial crisis, it’s a social equalizer. SquishiesRule.com Alyssa Says Squishies Rule!