Kebbie's Diaper Bag is looking for cloth diapering, blogging moms to review and giveaway their products! The form to sign up for possible consideration can be found HERE.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Calling all Cloth Diapering Bloggers!
Kebbie's Diaper Bag is looking for cloth diapering, blogging moms to review and giveaway their products! The form to sign up for possible consideration can be found HERE.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Newborns And Cloth Event!! (giveaways galore!)
Life with my Littles and One More Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are hosting a wonderful event reviewing different cloth diapers and how they fit on newborns! You can go there and grab the event button until Nov 10th to gain extra entries, or you can just enter once the event gets started! Go! Go! Go! (But please let me win! :-P)
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thirsties Giveaway!!
I love Thirsties! They are made right here in the USA, they are affordable and they are pretty much bullet-proof! The only times I have ever had leaks is when I forgot to make sure everything was tucked in! They are just super awesome!
Happenings of the Harper Household have a Thirsties giveaway going on right now! Go enter!
Happenings of the Harper Household have a Thirsties giveaway going on right now! Go enter!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
AppleCheeks Giveaway at Mommy And Me Giveaways!!
Mommy and Me giveaways has an awesome giveaway going on right now for an AppleCheeks diaper. I have never tried an AppleCheeks diaper, but they look incredible and I have entered for a chance to win one! You can read the Mommy and Me giveaways review and enter here. :-)
I <3 Giveaways!
I <3 Giveaways!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
$1 Babylegs! (Real ones, not upcycled!)
I posted about how to create leg warmers out of girls tights.
But I realize some people are simply not crafty, or haven't the first idea how to sew. Babylegs can cost $12, and personally I don't feel like spending that much! They do have great deals on their website if you keep an eye out, but I'm still usually too cheap to take them up on them, especially since I can make them myself. Anyway, all that to say, there are ways to get good deals on Babylegs.
For instance, I am signed up for Swagbucks. I earn swagbucks through searching the web and lots of other things (I just use Swagbucks as my search engine, I really don't do any of the other swagbuck earning activities). You only need 450 swagbucks for a $5 Amazon GC, and they add up fairly quickly! I redeemed my first $5 gift card a little over a year ago and I have redeemed another 9 since then, that is $50 worth of products in a little over a year, with minimal effort!!
The other day I was going to redeem my usual $5 Amazon GC when I saw a $5 GC for Mom4Life for a mere 329 swagbucks!! I checked out their website and they have amazing stuff! Cloth diapers, swaddlers, and... *drumroll* Babylegs! "Discontinued" prints were on sale for $6. I was already thinking "Hey, $1 Babylegs? That is a GREAT deal!" but then I remembered shipping costs... (granted, even if shipping is $5... $6 Babylegs are still a GREAT deal!) well it gets better, Mom4Life has FREE SHIPPING to the USA! No minimums! I was ecstatic! So now I have some cute "White Burst" Babylegs, that I adore, and I spent no more than I would have on buying second hand knee high socks or tights to upcycle! Yay for good deals!
All that to say, check out Swagbucks! (You can sign up by clicking the "Search. Earn. Redeem." button in the right sidebar!) $5 Gift cards may not seem like the would get that much, but they really do!
But I realize some people are simply not crafty, or haven't the first idea how to sew. Babylegs can cost $12, and personally I don't feel like spending that much! They do have great deals on their website if you keep an eye out, but I'm still usually too cheap to take them up on them, especially since I can make them myself. Anyway, all that to say, there are ways to get good deals on Babylegs.
For instance, I am signed up for Swagbucks. I earn swagbucks through searching the web and lots of other things (I just use Swagbucks as my search engine, I really don't do any of the other swagbuck earning activities). You only need 450 swagbucks for a $5 Amazon GC, and they add up fairly quickly! I redeemed my first $5 gift card a little over a year ago and I have redeemed another 9 since then, that is $50 worth of products in a little over a year, with minimal effort!!
The other day I was going to redeem my usual $5 Amazon GC when I saw a $5 GC for Mom4Life for a mere 329 swagbucks!! I checked out their website and they have amazing stuff! Cloth diapers, swaddlers, and... *drumroll* Babylegs! "Discontinued" prints were on sale for $6. I was already thinking "Hey, $1 Babylegs? That is a GREAT deal!" but then I remembered shipping costs... (granted, even if shipping is $5... $6 Babylegs are still a GREAT deal!) well it gets better, Mom4Life has FREE SHIPPING to the USA! No minimums! I was ecstatic! So now I have some cute "White Burst" Babylegs, that I adore, and I spent no more than I would have on buying second hand knee high socks or tights to upcycle! Yay for good deals!
All that to say, check out Swagbucks! (You can sign up by clicking the "Search. Earn. Redeem." button in the right sidebar!) $5 Gift cards may not seem like the would get that much, but they really do!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Girls Tights upcycled into Baby Legwarmers
My baby girl always seems to be cold. It is so strange to me after having a son who would sweat profusely if he slept in anything heavier than a light sleeper in a 60*F house! I have seen many tutorials for baby leg warmers out of adult knee socks and the like, and I have made some myself, however, when I received a bag of warm fuzzy tights from a friend I got to thinking, "why couldn't I make these into leg warmers?" They are super handy for diaper changes! I really like the fact that I can hold onto her legs while changing her diaper and not worry that my hands are too cold for her little legs. (We live in an old drafty house, being a bit cold is just a fact of life in the winter)
I started with size 18-34 months tights. First I chopped off the feet. (After I debated if I should make thigh high baby socks :-P)
Then I cut off the "toes" and heel of the foot section. This left me with two small tubes that will be folded in half to create the top or bottom of the legwarmer. I made a cut across the top of the legs and then took two rectangles out of the seat of the tights to use for the other edge of the legwarmers.
You can see here I have two small tubes (one is folded in half) for the edge of the leg warmers, the body of the legwarmers and the two rectangles out of the seat of the tights. I am horrible when it comes to making exact measurements, I just eyeballed the rectangles, making them a little smaller than the other tubes, so if they need to be worn at the top of the leg for a skinny baby, they can, or they can be flipped if the baby has chunky thighs.
Now for the sewing.
I took the two rectangles and folded them in half horizontally, right sides together, and sewed the edges together. I then turned them right side out and folded them in half vertically. This illustration will hopefully make it a little more clear, if you are lost. :-)
Now, take the tubes you have just made, and the body of the legwarmer and pin (or don't pin) the raw edges together. If you want a particular color or design showing on the smaller folded tube, keep in mind that what you see on the outside as you are pinning/sewing, will end up on the inside when finished.
Repeat this process for the other end of the legwarmer. And Voila! you have one baby legwarmer, repeat the process and you have a pair!!
Here is a picture of my creation next to a Babylegs brand regular sized leg warmer. As you can see it is a little shorter, but they should fit my 4 month old baby just fine!
I personally think they fit even better than the legwarmers I have made from adult socks. They are more snug and should stay in place better! Now to make 5 more pairs!!
I started with size 18-34 months tights. First I chopped off the feet. (After I debated if I should make thigh high baby socks :-P)
Then I cut off the "toes" and heel of the foot section. This left me with two small tubes that will be folded in half to create the top or bottom of the legwarmer. I made a cut across the top of the legs and then took two rectangles out of the seat of the tights to use for the other edge of the legwarmers.
You can see here I have two small tubes (one is folded in half) for the edge of the leg warmers, the body of the legwarmers and the two rectangles out of the seat of the tights. I am horrible when it comes to making exact measurements, I just eyeballed the rectangles, making them a little smaller than the other tubes, so if they need to be worn at the top of the leg for a skinny baby, they can, or they can be flipped if the baby has chunky thighs.
Now for the sewing.
I took the two rectangles and folded them in half horizontally, right sides together, and sewed the edges together. I then turned them right side out and folded them in half vertically. This illustration will hopefully make it a little more clear, if you are lost. :-)
Now, take the tubes you have just made, and the body of the legwarmer and pin (or don't pin) the raw edges together. If you want a particular color or design showing on the smaller folded tube, keep in mind that what you see on the outside as you are pinning/sewing, will end up on the inside when finished.
Repeat this process for the other end of the legwarmer. And Voila! you have one baby legwarmer, repeat the process and you have a pair!!
Here is a picture of my creation next to a Babylegs brand regular sized leg warmer. As you can see it is a little shorter, but they should fit my 4 month old baby just fine!
I personally think they fit even better than the legwarmers I have made from adult socks. They are more snug and should stay in place better! Now to make 5 more pairs!!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Thirsties
I mentioned in my last post my love for Thirsties Duo Covers. Thirsties also has an awesome blog where they host "Thirsties Thursday Giveaways"! What could be more awesome? This week they are giving away 2 Duo Diapers. I haven't tried the Duo Diaper myself, but I can only imagine that they are about as awesome as my Duo Cover. So go enter!
P.S. I secretly find it amusing that people would tell other people about giveaways... doesn't that just lessen a persons chances of winning? Okay, I'm done being amused now...
P.S. I secretly find it amusing that people would tell other people about giveaways... doesn't that just lessen a persons chances of winning? Okay, I'm done being amused now...
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