Out and About Giveaway!

Welcome to the Out and About Giveaway Hop, Hosted by Crunchy Farm Baby and Crafting in My Closet!  This fabulous group of bloggers has put together some awesome prizes, all consisting of items that are great for mamas and daddies when they're out and about with their little ones!  Our hosts are offering two grand prize packages that you can enter to win on their sites.  Here at Crafting in My Closet, you can enter to win a grand prize pack full of items for babies; and at Crunchy Farm Baby, you can enter to win a grand prize pack full of items for toddlers!  After entering my great giveaway, make sure to head to the linky at the bottom of this post to enter all of the other giveaways!

So What is in the Grand Prize for babies? Let me tell you is is AMAZING!!
Starting with a diaper bag from BabyCake Boutique (My Etsy Store) (Picture coming soon) a $50 value
Then we have an Amber Teething Necklace of your choice from Teething Tots a $23 value

Next we have a New Original ErgoBaby Carrier in Night Sky! a $120 Value (review coming soon)

and Finally we have an Entire Stash of Glow Bug Diapers in winners choice of boy or girl prints! Thats 24 Diapers, 24 inserts and a Wet Bag! AMAZING! (review coming soon) a $300 value!!! 

The baby Grand Prize has a $493 value! 

The Grand Prize package on Crafting in my Closet is open to residents of the US and Canada 18 or older. 

This event will run from November 10th at 12:01am and will end at 11:59pm on November 20th.  Unless otherwise stated on the individual blogs, all participants must be 18+ and live in the US.  

Please make sure to join us for a Twitter Party on November 21st from 9:00-10:00pm EST!  We will be giving away some great prizes during the event, as well as announcing our grand prize winners!  To RSVP to the party, simply enter either one of the grand prize giveaways and more info will be sent to the email address given.  See you there!

This contest is now over! congratulations to our winner Allison Charnesky!

Glow Bug Cloth Diapers #GBGreenFam

I hope you all are enjoying the Green Family Giveaway hop! the #GBGreenfam giveaway still has a few more days so hurry and enter these great giveaways!

I know i've already told all of you about my Love of Glow Bug Cloth diapers, butI wanted to spread the word a little more for those who don't know. If someone were to ask me what my favorite pocket diapers were, it would be hands down Glow Bug cloth diapers! I tell everyone I can about Glow bugs and how amazing they are. 

What is it that I love about Glow Bugs? So many things, here's a short list of why I love this diaper. 

* Snap in insert. It doesn't wiggle around like other inserts or bunch up at one end (always the opposite end of where you need it on other diapers). 

* The insert agitates out in the wash! I HATE pulling stinky wet icky inserts out of pocket diapers, its enough to make me not use pockets, but with Glow Bug Cloth diapers all you have to do is unsnap the insert and throw it in the washing machine. The moment of the washing machine slides the insert out. 

* Double gussets. Double Gussets are the best thing to happen to cloth diapers in a long time. They really contain those nasty blow out diapers. Eva has definitely put our Glow Bug diapers to the test. She likes to challenge them to make sure they still work sometimes =)

*AMAZING Customer Service. Seriously. The BEST customer service ever. When I did my first review of Glow Bug Diapers I had a problem with the diaper they sent me, the elastic had come loose and the back was unsewen. They assured me it was a fluke and sent me a new one right away. Then a month or so after I wrote my review, somehow morgen lost my inserts. I emailed them to ask if I could buy some new ones, and they were so nice. They sent me two new inserts at no cost. Seriously its the best customer service ever! Their amazing customer service alone is enough to make me a life time customer and fan! 

Eva and I at the Great Cloth Diaper
 Change
Sporting her Glow Bug Hawiian print.

two rows of snaps

 

The only thing I thought was missing from Glow Bug cloth diapers before was that they didn't have a hip snap to prevent wing droop. Well guess what? Glow Bugs now have hip snaps! Heck Yeah! Seriously Glow Bugs are the perfect diaper! I love them so much! And whats even better? Glow Bugs is sponsoring the grand prize of the Green Family Event! One winner will receive a whole stash of Glow Bug Diapers! How exciting is 
that!

IF you aren't the winner of the Glow Bug Green Family Giveaway, you can buy Glow bug Diapers for $150 right on my side bar! I love them so much I'm an affiliate for them. 

Pre Order your girl or boy prints now for Shipping in October and get FREE Shipping!

Glow Bug has come out with some totally adorable new prints both boy and girl, as well as a super cute ugly sweater themed special edition diaper. Seriously check out the cuteness. 

   

I am planning on buying the new girl prints as soon as I get a check from the state of CA i've been waiting on for 3 months, but I also want to get a set of boy prints, I really think the boy prints are gender neutral and would look adorable on Eva. I have no problem putting an adorable wrench diaper on my girls, especially since I plan on teaching them how to fix stuff so they don't have to rely on others to do it for them. 

Go check out all the new prints Glow bug Diapers has to offer, Like them on Facebook , then head on over to Formula Mom and enter to win a full stash! 

Disclosure: I received a Glow Bug Cloth Diaper for the purpose of writing this review, all views are my own ad I would never recommend any product I would not personally use. 

Out and About Giveaway Hop sign ups.

I'm super excited to announce a new giveaway event, focusing on getting Out and About with our little ones, hosted by Crunchy Farm Baby and Crafting in My Closet.

The Out and About Giveaway Hop will run from November 10-20, 2012, with a Twitter Party being held on November 21.  Participation is FREE for bloggers!  We have two great grand prize giveaway packages planned (some of the amazing sponsors already lined up include GlowBug Diapers, Greenie Beanie Bottoms, Ergobaby, Thanks Mama, EcoVessel, Teething Tots, and more!).  We're allowing a limited number of bloggers to add 1-3 of their social media links to the grand prize forms.  Prices are $3 for the first link and $1 for subsequent links.  These spots will fill up quickly, so don't delay!  We hope you'll join us in this great event!

Event Details

Begins at 12:01AM EST November 10, 2012

Ends at 11:59PM EST November 20, 2012

Price to participate: FREE!

Price for links in grand prize form: FREE for the first 25 bloggers only!!

Minimum Prize Value: $15

Twitter Hashtag: #OutandAbout

*Update*
We are now offering two blogger referral prizes!  The top two blogs will get to host a link page for the grand prize raffles - generating LOTS of traffic to your site.  Share with your blogger friends for your chance to win!

What You Need to Do NOW

- Fill out the Google Doc

- Add your blog info to the linky below

- Join the Out and About Facebook group (this is mandatory - lots of information will be shared here!)

- Secure sponsors for the event!  Anything that is useful when you're out and about with your little one is perfect!

- Grab the event button and place it on your blog's sidebar, then share this event with other bloggers!  (We're not requiring you to do this, but obviously the more we share, the more traffic we all get!)

- Keep an eye out for important emails from your hosts!

What You Need to Do LATER

- Run a giveaway on your blog with a prize package totaling at least $15 for the duration of this event.

- Include the event button, a short blurb about the event, and links to your host's pages in your main giveaway post (more info will come later).  You will also need to include the giveaway linky in your post to encourage participation amongst all of our bloggers.

- Abide by all Facebook and Google rules when running your giveaway.

- Include a daily Tweet option in your giveaway form using the event hashtag #OutandAbout.

- Promote your giveaway!  We will publicize the Out and About Giveaway Hop as an event, but you will want to promote your individual giveaway as well.

- Choose a winner within 48 hours of the event's end and announce the winner on your blog.

What Your Hosts Will Do

- Communicate with you in a timely manner and answer any questions you may have along the way (there are NO dumb questions!).

- Publicize the Out and About Giveaway Hop across our social media platforms leading up to and during the event.

- Run two awesome grand prize giveaways including your paid links!

We're super stoked about this event and are so excited that you're joining us!  Please make sure to fill out the Google Doc AND add your name to the linky to make things easier in the future!  As mentioned previously, it is not required, but much appreciated if you share this event with other bloggers!  The code for the button can be found at the bottom of this post (below the linky) and links back to this page can be used to spread the word!

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Natural Newborns Giveaway Hop!

Hey and welcome to the Natural Newborn Giveaway hop, hosted by Happy Mothering, Going Green with the Grizls and Ashley Suzanne through the Green Moms Network! As part of this great event, a group of bloggers are offering prizes valued at $15 or more! You'll find the list of participating bloggers under the Rafflecopter form. With so many awesome blogs participating you are bound to find something perfect for you!
Today all you lucky Crafting in my Closet fans have the opportunity to win two great prizes! First is a custom fitted diaper from EG Baby Designs! You can read my review of EG Baby Designs fitted diapers here.

The Second Prize is a Green Toys School Bus! We love our Green toys school bus here! You can read my review of the Green Toys School Bus here. 

One winner will win both of these great prizes! 

Our hosts have also put together an amazing grand prize valued at more than $500! The grand prize includes a:

• Lullaby Earth 2-Stage Crib Mattress
• Green Babies Body Care Set
• Boba Baby Wrap
• Balboa Baby Adjustable Sling
• 4-Pack of Imse Vimse Newborn Cloth Diapers (sponsored by Pure & Simple Baby)
• Holistic Baby Sleep System

You can gain extra entries into the grand prize by entering all of the giveaways on blogs participating in the Natural Newborn event. Click here to access the grand prize entry form!

Facebook is in no way affiliated with this contest. Please note that Happy Mothering, Going Green with the Grizls, Ashley Suzanne and the Green Moms Network bloggers participating in the Natural Newborn Giveaway Hop are not responsible for sponsors that do not fulfill their prizes. We have represented each sponsor with the expectation they will fulfill their prize and in a timely manner. We will contact the sponsor regarding your prize(s). The sponsors, in most cases, are shipping their items to you directly. I will make every effort to assist you obtaining your prize. If there is an issue with a sponsor, please notify the blog you won a prize from within 4-6 weeks for assistance, after that we may be unable to assist you. 

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Sponsor spotlight: EG Baby Designs Natural Newborn Giveaway hop

For a while we were trying to find the perfect night time diaper for Eva. The AIOs we had would stink to high heaven by the morning, most of the pockets would leak, and I was just getting frustrated. One of my friends told me to try fitteds. So I went searching. I really like to buy from WAHM's, I find the quality is usually better, and you can always talk to them about what works and what doesn't. I was turned onto EG baby design by another WAHM diaper company that I follow on Facebook. EG Baby design was selling testers of her new fitted, so I bought a size 1 for Eva. Oh My Gosh! It was amazing, no leaks, no nasty smell, they were super easy to clean. I loved it! So when it came time to find a sponsor for this giveaway hop, you better believe I contacted EG Baby Designs!

Not only are her diapers AMAZING, and totally affordable, but they are totally customizable, and OH SO SOFT! I line dry my diapers and then throw my fitteds and inserts in the dryer for a quick fluff, but even right off the line my EG Diaper is so soft!. For this review I was able to pick which color of cotton Velour I wanted as well as what color snaps. Since we call Eva our little bumble bee, I asked for Black Velour with yellow snaps, and she lined it with a beautiful yellow velour. I was so seriously excited when this diaper came and ran inside to do a load of diapers right away so I could put it on Eva ASAP! 

The Diaper I got for eva is a size 2 it fits 15 lbs to 40+ lbs. The Size 1 fitted we have fits Newborn to 18 lbs. Eva is just under 15 lbs and this diaper fits great. She is on the lowest rise setting and the tabs overlap. On the size one she is on the highest rise setting (completely unsnapped) and she still has a few waist snaps to move out to. 

Eva's got little chunker legs so there is no gap at the leg holes, but if you have a thin baby who is around 14 lbs you probably want to go with the size 1, as the leg holes are smaller. 

The inside of the diaper has a snap in soaker that is so soft against her little bum! I'm almost sad to cover it with our bio degradable liners. Almost, I'm not a fan of dunk and swish and our diaper sprayer hasn't arrived yet. But when it does, I will probably stop using the liner with this diaper because its so nice and cozy on her bottom! 

The diaper is huge when completely unsnapped, I tried it on Tabitha who weighs roughly 32 lbs and she still had a few waist snaps to go so I believe that it will go to 40 lbs. 

Eva, was not all that into modeling for me when I took the pictures, She just wanted to go to sleep, no smiles from her. But she definitely gave this diaper a work out. If she's not going to sleep right after I put a fitted on her I like to let her go without a cover so he skin can breathe more. She rolled and face crawled (She still can't seem to get the hands and legs right so she uses her face to move her self along) all over our bed and there wasn't a sing gap or leak. 

I am absolutely in Love with the EG Baby Design fitted diapers, so much so that I just bought two more when she opened up a co-op order this month. 

This is one of my new diapers on the way to me!

And this is the other one. 

EG Baby design doesn't just do fitted either! Check out some of the super cute items in her store. 

This is a size 3-6 month top with a matching size 1 AI2 with a bamboo insert. 

Size 1 AI2. If it had been a size 2 I would have jumped all over this one!

This is a fitted with a tester cover. She is still working on the design of the covers, so for right now all she has available is testers. 

A Size 2 pocket with a bamboo insert

You can check out all the colors for the fitted diapers here.

Make sure you like EG Baby Design on Facebook.   And follow her on Pinterest as well!

One Lucky winner will win a custom made Fitted Diaper from EG Baby Design in the Natural Newborn Giveaway starting on the 17th! Make sure you like EG Baby Design on Facebook and pinterst now so you can claim those entries on the Rafflecopter form! 

Good Luck and Go check out all the amazing stuff she has in her shop!

Disclosure, I was given this diaper for free for the purpose of this review. I would never recommend a product I would not personally use. I stand behind this review. 

August Baby Babu Giveaway!

Its that time again!Time for a Baby Babu giveaway! This month will be the last Baby Babu Giveaway on Crafting in my Closet, as I was informed the company is discontinuing them for now. So come and enter for your last shot to win a Baby Babu Diaper from Crafting in My Closet.

I love the double pocket opening of the baby babu diaper. The insert snaps in in front and you just unsnap it when your done and throw it in the wash. It will agitate right out. 

Love the hip snap to prevent wing droop. 

Eva looks so adorable in her bright pink diaper!

They are less bulky than a lot of other diapers so easier to wear with pants.

You can find my original Review/Sponsor spotlight here.

Disclaimer I received a Baby Babu Diaper for free to facilitate the original review and giveaways. All views are my own. 

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Summer Blog Challenge 26-31

So I'm pretty behind on my summer blog challenge posts, I've just been swamped lately so i'm gonna try to bang out all my over due ones in one post tonight! Ready?

Day 26  What does your significant other do that makes your heart melt? 
Before having kids, I probably would have said that it was how Morgen is always doing little things, like slipping a love note on my front seat or picking a flower on his way home. He still does those things and I still love those things, but whats more heart melt worthy is how amazing he is with the girls. When Tabitha wants to play tea party, or dress up he is right there doing what she wants, but he is also amazing at teaching our girls the right thing to do . I love when he come home at night and Tabitha yells "Daddy! Your back!" and runs and gives him a hug and the first thing he does is cover her in hugs and kisses. Melts my heart every time.

Day 27 What's the best gift you've ever received?
The best gift I ever received? My two beautiful girls! Without a doubt. We waited so long for them, and I couldn't have imagined any more amazing girls.

Tabitha and her HUGE cheeks!

Eva ever the cuddlier baby!

My two sweet girls

Day 28 How do you do your laundry?? Give your laundry tricks.

   We make our own laundry soap (Via Tipnut)

1 quart Water (boiling)
2 cups Bar soap (grated)
2 cups Borax
2 cups Washing Soda

• Add finely grated bar soap to the boiling water and stir until soap is melted. You can keep on low heat until melted.
• Pour the soapy water mixture into a large, clean pail and add the Borax and Washing Soda. Stir well until all is dissolved.
• Add 2 gallons of water, stir until well mixed.
• Cover pail and use 1/4 cup for each load of laundry. Stir the soap each time you use it (will gel).

I use this for everyday laundry and wash on cold with an extra rinse then dry in the dryer. I also throw in a scoop of sun oxyclean.

For Cloth Diapers I use Rockin Green. I do a cold rinse with no detergent. A hot wash with two scoops of hard rock detergent and every 3 loads I do a scoop of calgon because we have really hard water. Then I do two rinse cycles, one hot and one cold. Then I line dry my diapers and throw the inserts and wipes in the dryer. 

Day 29 Write a "How To" post
I'm working on this one and will post it soon.

Day 30 Post a photo of an outfit that either is your style or you wish was your style.

These are the kinds of dresses I love, and I actually have a few this style but they are kind of hard to nurse in so I don't wear them often.

 

More often than not, I wear a skirt with a camisole and a cardigan. 

Day 31 Talk about something eco friendly that you already do.


Some of the Ecofriendly things we already do are:

• Cloth Diapering
• Recycling
• Buying used clothes and toys rather than new
• Walk as much as we can rather than drive
• repurpose whatever we can. Usually clothes.

For the Luck of Liberty Giveaway!

Hey all you awesome Crafting in My Closet readers! Welcome to the For the Luck of Liberty Giveaway hop hosted by BloggerPR! Nearly 90 blogs are participating in this event celebrating Independence Day! This even will Run from July 2-8, 2012, and each blog is giveing away a prize valued at at least $25! With so many blogs participating there is bound to be something perfect for you!

I'm really excited to give one lucky Crafting in My Closet Reader the chance to win a great prize package worth $37!

This package includes 1 BabyBabu pocket Diaper in your choice of boy/girl/gender neutral

and one 3 pack of Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature sensitive tummy bottles (Review to follow)

We Just love our BabyBabu pocket diaper! You can Read my review here. And remember I have a Baby Babu diaper to giveaway every month for a year, so if you don't win this one come back next month for another chance to win this awesome diaper. 

I will hopefully be able to get my Tommee Tippee review up this week. 

Some features of the Tommee Tippee Sensitive Tummy Closer to Nature bottles include;  

• A Super sensitive anti-colic vent tube that provides optimum venting during feeding to help reduce colic and discomfort
• A Heat sensing tube that shows when milk is a safe temperature: Blue= safe to feed, Pink= milk warmer than recommended. 

This is the perfect prize package for anyone who recently had a baby or is pregnant right now. 

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Don't forget to check out all the other awesome giveaways!
 This Giveaway is open to persons 18 and older in the US and Canada. Prizes are the responsibility of the sponsor. Crafting in My Closet takes no responsibility of prizes once the winners information has been sent to the sponsor. All entries will be checked.

Summer blog Challenge day 23-25

Summer blog challenge

Sorry I got behind again! So here are days 23-25

Day 23 favorite blog post you've written before this challenge. Probably my pretty in Pink Lace Dress tutorial. I love that dress and it was my first tutorial to be featured on Craft Gossip. 

Day 24 Favorite eco-friendl thing you do. We try to be pretty eco friendly. we have a brita filter and take reusable bottles with us, we recycle anything we can. I like to re use loathing items to turn them into something else, usually clothes for Tabitha, but I've also repurposed some of my own clothes for my self since i've lost weight. I turned a way too big top into a maternity shirt and turned my favorite jeans that got a hole in the thigh into a jean skirt. But the thing I do most often that is eco friendly is cloth diapering. I'm amazed at how much garbage we produced by using disposables on Tabitha and besides saving money, cloth diapers don't sit in landfills for 100's of years. And besides who can resist those cute fluffy butts! =)

Day 25 Ideal day of Me time

Ha whats that? Even on Saturday which is supposed to me my "me day" where I can get my sewing and blog stuff done that didn't get done during the week, i still have to have Eva with me (Morgen does take Tabitha, but she usually stands at the bottom of the stairs yelling at me most of the day until I give up and come down), and I usually end up getting half my list done if that because Eva is going through a very needy stage and I think about to cut a tooth. 

But if I could have a whole day to myself with out having to do cleaning or taking care of kids, I would turn on some silly trashy tv show like damsons creek or one tree hill (darn netflix doesn't have the last season and I want to finish it!) Or something cheesy and creepy like the original Dark Shadows (I watched that while nursing today and I'm hooked although netflix only has a small fraction of the series, they start when barnabis collins returns and then only have 160 of the 2000 something episodes.) I would watch my shows, and sew all day. Stoping to eat dryers all fruit bars, drink newmans own lemonaid. and snack on mike and ikes. 

Ultimate Fluff Stash Giveaway!

Welcome to The Ultimate Fluff Stash Giveaway hosted by Daily Mothering and sponsored by Kebbie's Diaper Bag! We are giving away a huge cloth diaper prize pack valued at over $600 to one lucky winner! How exciting is that?

You could win all of the following:

30 Bubbz 3.0 Quadcore Anti-Leak Pocket Diapers Bubbz Ultimate Wet/Dry Bag Bubbz Super Cinch Pail Liner

For a total retail value of $634.40!

Winner chooses colors and prints!

Haven't heard of Bubbz 3.0 Cloth Diapers? These new one-size cloth diapers from Kebbie's Diaper Bag feature a waterproof TPU outer, super soft microfleece inner, color coded waist snaps, four rows of rise snaps, dual pockets, extra gentle leg gussets, and a Quadcore Anti-Leak Protection System complete with twin gussets, a back pocket gusset, and a front waterproof flap. Each diaper comes with 2 Deluxe Organic Bamboo Cotton Inserts for superior absorption. The inserts snap onto the diaper, and they can either be stuffed inside the dual pocket opening for a stay-dry feel or laid on top of the diaper against your baby's skin for a soft natural fiber layer. Read the Bubbz 3.0 diaper review at Daily Mothering for more details and pictures! Bubbz has so many cute prints and colors, one lucky winner will get a ton of amazing diapers!

For those who want to buy some of these awesome diapers there is a 5% off your entire purchace coupon for Crafting in My Closet Readers enter ultimatefluff in the coupon code box. 

Want to win?

Use the Rafflecopter below to enter the giveaway. This giveaway ends on June 30th at 11:59pm and is open to contestants in the US only, ages 18+. The more entries you submit, the better chances you have of winning! a Rafflecopter giveaway