Life is Balance: Going for the Gold!

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Sheryl Checkman

Life is Balance is a sponsor of the Empire State Winter Games I’m excited to report that Life is Balance® has become a sponsor of the Empire State Winter Games in Lake Placid, NY. The Empire State Winter Games is a multi-day sports event, taking place February 2-5, 2012. For more than 31 years, the Games have brought together nearly 1,000 athletes from across the State to compete in a variety of winter sports. What better venue for Life is Balance® t-shirts? I’ll be placing a brochure in each athlete’s gift bag with a coupon code for a discount on the Life is Balance website. And, two t-shirts are going to be raffled off during the weekend!

Not only am I able to help support young athletes in their quest to realize their dreams, but I learned about some sports I’ve never heard of! The winter sports included in these games consist of: alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross country skiing, figure skating, luge, skeleton, ski jumping, ski orienteering, slopestyle, snowshoe racing, speed skating, women’s ice hockey and skier/border cross. Slopestyle? Skeleton? Sounds more like a fashion show for Halloween!

Did you know that the Slopestyle competition takes place on a course consistingof variations of jumps and handrails. Anywhere from 3 to 5 of these “features” make up a standard size run. Athlete get two attempts to execute their most difficult and creative maneuvers. Another one new to me is Skeleton – a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. Crazy? They don’t think so. I think I will stick to downhill skiing!

Here are some of the winter sports themed t-shirts available from LifeisBalance.com:

Keep Your Edge Men's Ski/Snowboard T-shirt

Women's long sleeve figure skating t-shirt

Controlled Spin women's long sleeve ice skating t-shirt

Reach Your Goal Ice Hockey T-Shirt

Women's short sleeve ski/snowboard t-shirt

Keep Your Edge women's ski/snowboard t-shirt

A Feature and a T-Shirt Giveaway – Life is Balance!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Sheryl Checkman

Happy New Year everyone! I am thrilled to be featured this week on Shauna Oberg’s Satori Design for Living blog this week. What a great way to start the year! Oh and did I mention I am offering a Life is Balance® t-shirt as the feature’s giveaway as well? Shauna is dedicated to providing readers with decorating, organizing and DIY ideas for their homes. She also shares fabulous finds, a look into the projects that she’s working on, as well as life inspiration – that is, anything she thinks will inspire the lifestyle you deserve. She likes to take a holistic approach to design, her philosophy being: “When we put life into our homes, our homes will give us life.” Now how great is that? So after you read her feature on me and enter the giveaway, stay a while and browse through her blog… you just might get inspired!

Head on over to enter starting Monday January 16. Entries close Thursday, January 19 at 8 pm MST. The winner will be announced on Friday, January 20! Click on the logo below to go now:

We’re adding a little sparkle for the holidays

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Sheryl Checkman

The holidays fast approaching – yikes where has the time gone? I don’t know about you but gift buying can sometimes stress me out. I like to find the perfect gift for everyone on my list, wanting it to be something that they will treasure, and not want to run right out and return!

In my on-going search for ways to add balance and creativity to my life, I have added another dimension to Life is Balance – a jewelry line. In keeping with my theme of balance and inspiration and my passion for yoga, I have designed a line of silver and semi-precious stone bead necklaces. Between, these new additions and the 38 different sport and activity t-shirt designs available, maybe I can help reduce your holiday gift-giving stress just a bit! And just because it is 11.11.11 today I am offering an 11% discount for both my shops (good through Sunday, 11/13/11). Etsy discount: use coupon code: 111111VET LifeisBalance.com discount: use coupon code: 11-11-11.