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This blog hop is hosted by The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a First Time Mom,Luxury Living Frugal Style, and So Easy Being Green!

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This week's Featured Blog is...

Inspiration for Moms

.I am a stay at home wife and mother to a wonderful 4 year old boy. I enjoy cooking (fast and easy meals), shopping (with coupons, of course) and a good date night with my honey!!

My wesbite Inspiration For Moms was designed to inspire. At my site you will find weekly menu plans, along with fabulous, easy recipes to help you get dinner on the table fast! Inspirational quotes to help us all remember what truly is important in our lives. My experiences of parenting-the ups and downs, so we all can feel connected. A great deal or good coupon, saving money is important and just plain smart! And as we all know, an organized home is a blessing to a mom, so I share many DIY projects to help not only organize your home, but beautify it too!

The Made with Love Event is Open! ***CLOSED***

Welcome to the second Made with Love Event, hosted by The Reynolds Mom, The Not-So-Secret Confessions of a Second Time Mom, and Becoming Brea!

Thank you for joining me in this awesome event! I will be featuring 13 awesome shops, all with handmade products! Each blog post will have a review and giveaway featuring each shop for you to enjoy! Just click each link below and it will take you to the sponsors review/giveaway! All giveaways will end on July 24th! Make sure you visit the social networking sites of these amazing designers and give them lots of love! 

Please feel free share this event with your handmade-loving friends on Facebook, Twitter, your own blog, and any other site your a part of! 

You will find promotional discounts offered by some sponsors. They are indicated below. Click on the sponsor's post to get more information. 

Sponsor's Post ~ Giveaway Item~ Coupon (if applicable) 

Made By Mom~ One kitchen play set,One $10 Gift Certificate ~

Wee Expressions~$15 Gift Certificate~
Baby Blossom Designs~ Custom Diaper Cover~20% off
A Mommy Made It~ Four Sets of Washable Nursing Pads
Charitable Creations Jewelry~ $40 gift certificate~ 10% off 
Koliden's Gifts~ Bow and $10 gift certificate
Rockabitty Baby~ One Custom Cloth Diaper~10% off
Fawn Maternity~2 Belly Bands or Maternity T-Shirt~20% off

Snugs Boutique~Swim Diaper~10% off
A Novel Idea Crafts~ Giveaway Item To Be Announced~
EcoLips~Gold Lip Balm on Eco Clip~
SheDragonBody~ Lotion Stick~
JudysLilQuiltFix~Wet Bag/Saddle Bag Combo~


Be sure to check out the other two blogs linked above to enter their Made with Love giveaways! 

Made with Love Event- Made By Mom Review & Giveaway ***CLOSED***

~This post is part of the handmade "Made With Love" event. All giveaways run from July 18th-24th. View all 13 sponsors on my blog and visit additional co-hosts for this event HERE~

I met Liz on the awesome website for moms, Babycenter! We have since been online friends and she has been sewing for quite a while now. So when I decided to be a part of the Made with Love Event, I knew I had to have her as a sponsor!! Her Etsy shop, Made by Mom, has a variety of items to choose from! She makes everything from children's clothing to handy bags for the car! She makes bow ties for boys and dresses for girls and everything in between! 

About the Designer:

Hi!  I’m Liz, I have a 2 year old son and we live in a small town in Wisconsin.  I started sewing about a year ago and haven’t stopped since!  I have tried to make a bit of everything.  My favorite things to sew are shortalls or longalls, but I also love trying new things!  The best part of sewing is seeing people enjoy things I’ve made, and that sense of accomplishment when I take a few pieces of fabric and turn it into something! 

The Review:

I received an adorable Dr. Seuss tie t-shirt for Noah to review!  This t-shirt is too cute and made really well! It fits Noah great and although it’s sewn I can still wash it with all his other clothes. I love how its casual but he could wear it with something nice as well! She sells the tie shirts/onsies for about $10 each so they are also super affordable! 


Here's Noah bear in his shirt and big boy undies hehe! 

Win It! 

One winner will receive a chef hat/mit/potholder play set shown below AND one winner will receive a tie onsie/shirt like the one I received to review!

Rules: 

-Leave one (1) comment per entry

- Leave your email address with every comment

To Enter: 

Mandatory Entry

Tell me which item you would prefer to win or an item you like from Liz's Etsy Shop! 

Extra Entries

(1 entry) Add Made By Mom's Etsy Shop to your favorites on Etsy. 

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Follow Liz's Blog Mom of Good Intentions via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions on Facebook. 

(1 entry) Follow me on Twitter. 

(1 entry) Tweet about the giveaway-mention the Made with Love Event, link back to this blog post, and mention me (@MommyFerg02) in it! This can be done once every 12 hours! Leave the link to each tweet in your entries.

(3 entries) Blog about the Made with Love Event using at least 4 sentences and linking back to my blog. Leave the link where you posted. 

(2 entries) Subscribe to my blog via email. 

Giveaway will be open to US residents only. Giveaway will end on July 24th, 2011 at midnight PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, emailed, and announced on my blog shortly after the giveaway ends. The winner has 48 hours to respond to the email or I reserve the right to choose another winner.

Made with Love Event- Wee Expressions Review and Giveaway! ***CLOSED***

~This post is part of the handmade "Made With Love" event. All giveaways run from July 18th-24th. View all 13 sponsors on my blog and visit additional co-hosts for this event HERE~


The product I was able to review for Wee Expressions is something I have wanted to try for quite some time. I was so beyond excited when I found a handmade business that sold these products at a great price and with so much variety!! 

About The Designer:

My name is Lauren and I currently live in Mississippi married with 4 beautiful girls and another baby on the way, totally unexpected, I might add! We are excited, though!
I make fitted cloth diapers, wipes, pull up trainers, mama pads, fleece covers, and am trying to get time to work on more! I started making diapers b/c a friend of mine made them and I wanted to learn how, and it saves a ton of money! I love the fitteds. My baby inspires me the most since she is the one wearing diapers and soon to be wearing trainers! I've been doing this for about 3 years, but just got my shop opened last year in September.

The Review:

So what did I receive that I was so excited about, you ask? Well I’ll tell you. A fleece cover! I think I’ve mentioned it before but I’ve only ever used PUL covers.  I’ve always wanted to try fleece covers though, but wasn’t brave enough honestly. So when Lauren became a sponsor for this event, I took the plunge and decided to try the fleece covers she makes. I received an adorable monkey print cover that was so soft and looked so cute! I was so excited for naptime (more than usual) so I could try the cover on Noah and see how it worked.  Well once naptime rolled around I put a fitted diaper on him and then the cover. It was a bit bulkier than I expected, but who cares for naptime right?! It fit him well with no gaps or anything. So he took his usual two hour nap, and when he woke up I checked him and the bed for wet, and no wet! I then took off the fleece cover and the fitted diaper was soaked! And do I mean soaked! What’s so strange is the fleece cover didn’t feel wet at all. I expected at least the inside to feel wet, but nope. I guess I’m kind of clueless when it comes to fleece but I do know that it works great at keeping the wet in. Lauren has so many varieties of prints and colors that you could purchase your whole stash of covers, diapers, etc from her!

Here's a shot of Noah's fleece bum! :) 

 I really love how well the cover was made, and I’m sure the rest of her products are made just as great! 

Win It!

One winner will win a $15 gift card to Wee Expressions not including shipping. 

Rules:

-Leave 1 comment per entry

- Leave your email with every entry

To Enter:

Mandatory Entry: (must be done first)

(1 entry) Visit Wee Expressions and tell me a product you would love to have!

Extra Entries:

(1 entry) Add Wee Expressions to your favorites on Etsy. 

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Follow Wee Expressions on Facebook.

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions on Facebook. 

(1 entry) Follow me on Twitter. 

(1 entry) Follow Wee Expressions on Twitter.

(1 entry) Tweet about the giveaway-mention the Made with Love Event, link back to this blog post, and mention me (@MommyFerg02) in it! This can be done once every 12 hours! Leave the link to each tweet in your entries.

(3 entries) Blog about the Made with Love Event using at least 4 sentences and linking back to my blog. Leave the link where you posted. 

(2 entries) Subscribe to my blog via email. 

Giveaway will be open to US residents only. Giveaway will end on July 24th, 2011 at midnight PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, emailed, and announced on my blog shortly after the giveaway ends. The winner has 48 hours to respond to the email or I reserve the right to choose another winner. 

Made with Love Event- Baby Blossom Designs Review and Giveaway ***CLOSED***

~This post is part of the handmade "Made With Love" event. All giveaways run from July 18th-24th. View all 13 sponsors on my blog and visit additional co-hosts for this event HERE~

As a cloth diapering mama, I absolutely love to review cloth diapering products here on my blog! I love to try out a cloth diapering product and let my followers know what I think, because I know a lot of you are cloth diapering mamas as well! So when Baby Blossom Designs became a sponsor for the Made with Love event I was so excited, because she has lots of cloth diapering and baby products!!

About The Designer

I'm Andrea, owner of Baby Blossom Designs for 6 years now! I live in MS with my husband and we have three kids. We live in a quiet spot out in the country and have an assortment of animals that we enjoy taking care of. We also homeschool our children and are active in our church! 
Baby Blossom Designs offers a variety of items. Cloth diapers, custom children's clothing, bags, custom monogramming and more! 
I have been sewing since I was 8 years old. I was blessed with a wonderful grandmother who passed her love of sewing on to me. My mother also helped me a lot! When I was expecting my 2nd child in 2005, a friend introduced me to cloth diapers and I became hooked! I made nearly all of the diapers in my daughters stash and began making them to sell. The same friend had started Baby Blossom Designs and was selling it to go a different route! I bought it and took off on the wonderful adventure of making and selling cloth diapers. Over the years I've incorporated more of my other sewing skills (clothing, etc.) into the store and most recently has been the addition of monogramming and applique! 
I love to work with people to come up with the perfect custom outfit for their child. I love sewing for my own children and I just love sewing in general. I take great pride in my work and do everything possible to ensure that the quality is the absolute best it can be!

The Review

I received a PUL diaper cover from Baby Blossom Designs! I have always been a PUL cover user but I haven’t used covers in quite some time since I basically switched to all pocket diapers. Now Noah is still in diapers for naps and bedtime so I was able to give this cover the true test.  I used the cover over a Green Mountain Diapers workhorse fitted diaper. These diapers are great diapers, but definitely need a cover! So I snapped on the diaper, put the Baby Blossom Designs cover on it and put Noah down for his nap. Lately naps usually end up with a wet kiddo and a wet bed. But on the day I tried out the cover, both kiddo and bed were dry! I was very excited! I opened up the cover and just like I expected, the diaper was soaked! So this diaper cover definitely does the job of keeping all the wet in! 

Noah's not an easy one to get a good diaper shot of but here's what I did get! 

Coupon Code!
Use Code" mwlevent" to get 20% off at Baby Blossom Designs!
Win It!

One winner will receive a custom diaper cover of their choice!

Rules:

-Leave 1 comment per entry
-Include your email address in each entry

Mandatory Entry: (must be done first)

(1 entry) Visit Baby Blossom Designs and tell me a product you would love to have!

Extra Entries:

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Follow Baby Blossom Designs on Facebook.

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions on Facebook. 

(1 entry) Follow me on Twitter. 

(1 entry) Follow Baby Blossom Designs on Twitter.

(1 entry) Follow Andrea's Blog, Mama Sews, via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Tweet about the giveaway-mention the Made with Love Event, link back to this blog post, and mention me (@MommyFerg02) in it! This can be done once every 12 hours! Leave the link to each tweet in your entries.

(3 entries) Blog about the Made with Love Event using at least 4 sentences and linking back to my blog. Leave the link where you posted. 

(2 entries) Subscribe to my blog via email. 

Giveaway will be open to US residents only. Giveaway will end on July 24th, 2011 at midnight PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, emailed, and announced on my blog shortly after the giveaway ends. The winner has 48 hours to respond to the email or I reserve the right to choose another winner. 

Made with Love Event! Charitable Creations Jewelry Review and Giveaway! ***CLOSED***

~This post is part of the handmade "Made With Love" event. All giveaways run from July 18th-24th. View all 13 sponsors on my blog and visit additional co-hosts for this event HERE~

What woman doesn’t like some sort of jewelry?! I know I love some beautiful jewelry! And who doesn’t love helping a worthy cause? I do!  Charitable Creations Jewelry is a jewelry shop that creates simple, elegant, hand stamped and personalized jewelry. Each piece of jewelry is handcrafted by the owner Shelly and made with only the highest quality sterling silver, pearls, crystals, and accessories. The best part is each month a percentage of the total sales goes to a different charity! This month’s charity is the National Canine Cancer Society.

About the Designer:

My name is Shelly Medeiros and I am the artisan behind Charitable Creations Jewelry. I live in beautiful North Central Massachusetts along with my boyfriend, my two sons, two stepsons and four dogs! I started making hand stamped jewelry for family and friends and I just fell in LOVE with
it! I have always enjoyed working with my hands and I love all the different tools and materials that creating jewelry lets me 'play' with! Everything is inspiring to me, but mostly it is my family and the special people in my life.  I have been making jewelry for a long time, but Charitable Creations Jewelry has been going strong for almost 2 years!

My Review:

I received a Peas in a Pod Necklace with a Personalized Wave Tag to review. Here’s a description of the necklace from the website: “These adorable sterling silver pods are hand woven with sterling silver wire and feature your choice of pearl color. Available with up to 4 peas in the pod. A sterling silver 'wave' personalized with your inscription or names (up to 13 characters) dangles alongside and hangs from a 16" or 18" sterling silver cable chain.”  This necklace is gorgeous! I got two peas in the pod in the cream color and had Brian and my names engraved on the wave. It’s absolutely beautiful! I wear mostly silver jewelry and ever since I received the necklace I have worn it a lot! It’s fancy enough to wear to church or an event yet casual enough to wear any other day with any outfit. Charitable Creations Jewelry is super affordable too which is a huge plus! With so many varieties of jewelry you can find a gift for anyone or even pick out something special for yourself! 

Here's the beautiful necklace I received!! 

Coupon Code!
Use code MWL10 and get 10% off your order! 
Win It!

One winner will receive a $40 gift certificate to Charitable Creations Jewelry! 

Rules:

-Leave 1 comment per entry
-Include your email address in each entry

Mandatory Entry: (must be done first)

(1 entry) Visit Charitable Creations Jewelry and tell me a product you would love to have!

Extra Entries:

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions on Facebook. 

(1 entry) Follow me on Twitter. 

(1 entry) Follow Charitable Creations Jewelry on Twitter.

(1 entry) Follow Charitable Creations Jewelry blog via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Tweet about the giveaway-mention the Made with Love Event, link back to this blog post, and mention me (@MommyFerg02) in it! This can be done once every 12 hours! Leave the link to each tweet in your entries.

(3 entries) Blog about the Made with Love Event using at least 4 sentences and linking back to my blog. Leave the link where you posted. 

(2 entries) Subscribe to my blog via email. 

Giveaway will be open to US residents only. Giveaway will end on July 24th, 2011 at midnight PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, emailed, and announced on my blog shortly after the giveaway ends. The winner has 48 hours to respond to the email or I reserve the right to choose another winner. 

Made with Love Event- A Mommy Made It Review and Giveaway! ***CLOSED***

~This post is part of the handmade "Made With Love" event. All giveaways run from July 18th-24th. View all 13 sponsors on my blog and visit additional co-hosts for this event HERE~


When I was pregnant with Noah I didn’t know anything about cloth diapers or mama cloth or anything! But with this pregnancy I knew I wanted to try some cloth nursing pads! I unfortunately start leaking pretty early on in pregnancy and it only gets worse once I start nursing, so I was excited and nervous to try some cloth nursing pads! But once I found A Mommy Made It and checked out her cloth nursing pads, I was very excited to give them a try!

About the Designer:

I am Dory Heatwole of Harrisonburg VA. I’m happily married to my husband of 10 years. We have three busy boys, ages 8, 4, & 8 Months. I make cloth wipes & Washable Stay dry Nursing pads. I got into this because I needed them and couldn’t afford the prices! I’m inspired to provide a quality product at a reasonable price! I have been Sewing since I was 10, but I began the AMMI Venture about 2 years ago!

The Review:

I received two pairs of washable stay-dry nursing pads to review. These pads contain bamboo micro fleece to go against your skin, a triple flannel liner, and a layer of PUL on the bra side to contain the moisture.  They come in two sizes, 4 inches or 5 inches. They are soft and thin, yet big enough to keep you dry and comfortable! They are machine washable and you can dry them out on the line or in the dryer! I was really excited to try these, because like I said, I leak really early in my pregnancies. I tried them out the day after I received them! What I really like about them is they are large enough to cover me but they don’t go out past my bra or anything, so even if I wear a tank top you can’t see them.  I don’t leak much yet, but just from feeling these pads, I feel sure they will hold up and absorb well when I actually start nursing. They are super soft too and I can’t even feel them when I’m wearing them! Which is so nice compared to the itchy, uncomfortable disposable nursing pads.  I love that I can wash them in the washing machine too! That will save a lot of money! And at only $3 a set, it’s easy to get enough to use full time and not have to buy any disposable nursing pads! I am seriously in love with these nursing pads and once again I am completely converted to using cloth! 

Here's the nursing pads I received! Cute right?! 

Win It!

One winner will receive four (4) sets of nursing pads from A Mommy Made It! 

Rules:

-Leave 1 comment per entry
-Include your email address in each entry

Mandatory Entry: (must be done first)

(1 entry) Visit A Mommy Made It and tell me a product you would love to have!

Extra Entries:

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Follow A Mommy Made It on Facebook.

(1 entry) Follow The Not-So-Secret Confessions on Facebook. 

(1 entry) Follow me on Twitter. 

(1 entry) Follow A Mommy Made It blog via Google Friend Connect.

(1 entry) Tweet about the giveaway-mention the Made with Love Event, link back to this blog post, and mention me (@MommyFerg02) in it! This can be done once every 12 hours! Leave the link to each tweet in your entries.

(3 entries) Blog about the Made with Love Event using at least 4 sentences and linking back to my blog. Leave the link where you posted. 

(2 entries) Subscribe to my blog via email. 

Giveaway will be open to US residents only. Giveaway will end on July 24th, 2011 at midnight PST. The winner will be chosen via random.org, emailed, and announced on my blog shortly after the giveaway ends. The winner has 48 hours to respond to the email or I reserve the right to choose another winner.