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Sign-Ups Are Open for the Happy Handmade Birthday Giveaway Event!!

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Welcome to the Happy Handmade Birthday Giveaway Event sponsored by Homespun Aesthetic, The Vagabond Studio, Eight Days a Week, and Crunchy Farm Baby!  We are very excited to be getting things ready to bring you a super fun giveaway event featuring all things handmade and beautiful!  This event will run from February 21 to March 2, 2014.

Currently we are looking both for sponsors for our giveaways, as well as bloggers to participate in the event.  For more information, see below:

Sponsors:

If you are a small business that makes handmade items, we want to hear from you! Each one of the hosts of this event are WAHMs, so we love highlighting businesses like our own for our readers! We will have three events featuring gifts for men, gifts for women, and gifts for children, so there should be a perfect place for your items to be featured. Several options are available for reviews and giveaways, and your shop/items will be highlighted across many blogs and social media accounts, reaching a very large audience. For more information, please contact Kassandra at greengrizls@gmail.com. We already have some pretty amazing sponsors on board and are looking forward to including you!


Bloggers:

We are searching for a select number of bloggers to feature the Happy Handmade Birthday Giveaway Event on their blogs. In exchange for your support, we are offering links on our giveaway form. This will not only bring your blog more traffic and attention, but will also provide your readers with a chance to see several fabulous WAHMs and small businesses and enter a pretty amazing giveaway package! All bloggers participating will be required to post and run the Happy Handmade Birthday Giveaway Event on their blog for the duration of the event. Social media promotion by you is appreciated (and obviously good for you as well), but not required.  


Options for bloggers in the Happy Handmade Birthday giveaway event are as follows:

One free link in giveaway form-

To obtain one free link, you must post an announcement post about the event on your blog. When you sign up, this will be emailed to you. You will have the option to change some of the wording for SEO purposes and to make it “your own.” Free link choice can be Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram.

Paid links in giveaway form-

Either in addition to your free link or on its own, you can purchase links in our giveaway form. The only thing we ask is that you promote however you see fit. You will also receive an announcement post via email, but will not be required to post it. Sharing via social media and/or the button on your sidebar are all ways we’d love for you to spread the excitement about our event!

– First paid link: $3 for your choice of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram

– Second paid link: $2 for your choice of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram

– Third paid link: $1 for your choice of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Instagram

– Fourth paid link: FREE if you purchase three other links!


Please fill out the Google doc below if you are interested in joining us as a blogger. Someone from the host team will be in touch within 24 hours.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS GOOGLE DOC SIGNUP FORM

BLOGGER REFERRAL PRIZE

All payments received for paid links will go towards the purchase of an Etsy gift card for the blogger who has the most referrals for the event!! Value of the gift card will depend on number of signups, but will be a minimum of $25, so share, share, share!!

School of Fluff Giveaway {8/1-8/14}

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Summer break is coming to an end, and many moms are doing their back-to-school
shopping. Why not treat yourself to a little of your own shopping spree for
some great fluff and/or accessories?! I’m excited to co-host  the School of Fluff Giveaway with Simply Me Plus 3 and Cloth Diaper Revival. For this event, we will be giving away a $100 gift card to Kelly’s Closet. Think of all the great things you
could buy with $100!
Hosts/Co-Hosts:

 

The giveaway runs from August 1, 2013-August 14, 2013 and is open to legal residents of the U.S.A.

This event isn’t called the “School of Fluff” for nothing. I’ve compiled some of my more informative cloth diapering posts to help cover the basics for you.

cloth diapersMake Your Own Cloth Diapers!

As easy as cloth diapering is, it’s even easier to custom make your own stash and fill it with prints and fabrics that you not only love, but that will work well for your baby. I’ve put together an easy to follow picture tutorial that highlights how to make your own diapers step by step. There is a link included to the newborn pattern I used. =)

diaper pail odor elimnators Odor Eliminating Discs

Worried about that dirty diaper smell seeping out of you diaper pail? Pop a couple of these easy to make odor  eliminating discs into the bottom of the pail. After a  week or two just toss them into your wash load with your diapers. Plus, they’re totally cloth diaper safe . 😉

 diaper sprayerWhat’s the Deal with Diaper Sprayers?

It can be a little overwhelming  to decipher which accessories you need when you jump into cloth diapering. A diaper sprayer is one of those things that some people can’t stand and others can’t live without. Here’s my personal experience and opinion on this commonly used cloth diaper accessory.

newborn cloth diaperingCloth Diapering: Newborn Edition

For someone who had never cloth diapered a newborn, it was a definite change for me when compared to diapering my toddler. Lucky for you, you can read through my experience with our second baby and gain a few valuable tips for taking on cloth diapering a newborn for yourself.

 

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My Truth About Cloth Diapering

As much as I don’t want to admit it, cloth diapering isn’t all rainbows and unicorns. It has its benefits obviously but some people glorify cloth diapering so much that I think people who are new to cloth get started with the mentality that there are no negative aspects. Based off my personal experiences, decide for yourself if the pros outweigh the cons. (I think they do.)

wet bag tutorial Super Easy Wet Bag Tutorial

Wet bags are a definite must have for cloth diapering. They provide a moisture-proof place to store you soiled cloth diapers while you’re out and about. I keep a couple in my diaper bag and even made a much larger one to use as a hanging wet bag in our home. This wet bag tutorial has only a few steps and can save you tons of money in comparison to those available on the market.

diaper cream DIY Cloth Diaper Safe Diaper Cream

I have spent A LOT of money on diaper creams. I have always had to purchase one that was “cloth diaper safe”, and since they run approximately $10.00+ for a tube/jar, it can get costly. Therefore, I decided to make my own diaper cream and now you can too.

 

Now that you’re armed with some starter resources, enter the giveaway for the $100 gift card to Kelly’s Closet!

Essential Oils are Something Special for Mom #specialmom

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The month of May is a special time to celebrate Mothers. Whether you are a mom yourself or you’re doing something special for your own mom, the Something Special for Mom Giveaway Event is for YOU! A great group of bloggers have come together to show you special items you might like to receive or give as gifts this month. You’ll be able to enter to win these great products from May 10th-26th thanks to the Blogging Mamas Network! Be sure to hop around to all of the participating bloggers, in the linky below this giveaway, as they have some great prizes to share with you!

I’ve put together an awesome little essential oil prize for you from Raw Oil Supply including yummy oils such as lavender, tea tree, lemongrass and orange. Mom will be so excited to get her hands on these multipurpose oils that lend a hand to healing, cleaning, and tons of other everyday uses!

One lucky winner will get 1 oz. each of Organic Orange Oil, Lavender Oil, Tea Tree Oil, and Organic Lemongrass Oil


a Rafflecopter giveaway

Mia Mariu GiveawayMake sure you also enter the Grand Prize – a $250 Gift Card to Mía Mariú! One lucky Mama is going to look so pretty with all that eco-friendly makeup!

According to Jenny, So Easy Being Green, the Blogging Mamas Network, and the Something Special for Mom participating bloggers are not responsible for sponsors who do not fulfill prize obligations.

Preference For Prefolds Party

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Help celebrate The Median Mommy’s one year of cloth diapering, her son’s 1st birthday),
and prefolds, of course!

She’s looking for 18 other bloggers to sign on to party with me!

She’s also looking for prefold/flat diapering related guest posts.


Bloggers are allotted 1 free link on the giveaway form for an announcement post AND promoting (blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) a minimum of 2X per week of giveaway.  One additional link may be purchased for $3.

Go here to sign up.