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    Wednesday
    Oct312012

    Giveaway - $25 Gift Certificate from Flying Bird Botanicals $25ARV {Open to US}

    DateWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 11:15PM
    This is a joint giveaway between Natural Parents Network and many other natural parenting sites. You may enter for all of the giveaways at one site only. Please find the section marked "Win it!" for the mandatory entry and optional bonus entries.

    Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide

    Welcome to the Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide!

    Natural Parents Network, Very, Very Fine, and 24 other natural parenting bloggers are giving away 89 items perfect for gifting for the holidays as part of the Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide. The combined total value of all of the items is $2,550. Have you finished your holiday shopping? The NPN Holiday Gift Guide is a great opportunity to complete your gift-giving purchases for family and friends, while supporting many naturally-minded small businesses. The companies who have provided items for giveaway are almost exclusively made up of small businesses or work-at-home families. Please stop back to enter the giveaway. The Rafflecopter entry system will be live November 1 on this post (and on every post participating in the Gift Guide). Please visit some of the other review posts listed below and read about the fabulous companies offering giveaways in the Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide.

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    Flying Bird Botanicals is offering our readers a giveaway of a $25 gift certificate, ARV $25. 

    Flying Bird Botanicals occupies the rare space between healthful and aesthetically pleasing, at the intersection of organic and tasty. Credit: Flying Bird BotanicalsHerbalist Scout Urling crafts everything from cough-calming teas to rose cacao face cream with only the finest, most thoughtfully-sourced ingredients: wild-harvested, homegrown, fairly traded and packaged so beautifully you'll be purposely leaving them on the countertop. 

    Unlike what you find in teas sold at most grocery stores, these herbs are fresh, their full efficacy intact, providing you with tons of health benefits and an amazing flavor. Similarly, the drinking chocolates are decadent: sweetened with palm sugar and perfect for savoring, a vast departure from the bland, saccharine brown powder-mix I promise you'll never revisit after one taste of -- my favorite -- Flying Bird's vanilla rose cacao.

    As someone with sensitive skin, who's birthed two similarly sensitive-skinned babies, I generally shy away from anything other than pure coconut oil, which has proven tried-and-true for moisturizing and healing. While pregnant with George, however, I first tried FBB's Mama Rub Belly Oil and used it throughout my pregnancies, to soothe the stretching skin itchiness that coconut oil wasn't relieving. Credit: Flying Bird BotanicalsThe Mama Rub has since been a special after-bath massage treat for both of my littles, and leaves them soft and smelling good enough to eat. The Mama Rub was truly a gateway purchase and you can now find in my medicine cabinet Organic Rosewater Toner, and Herbal Sitz Bath, and a tube of Lip Bliss in every handbag or backpack I own. 

    In my opinion, Flying Bird Botanicals' real star is the tea. Scout's knowledge of herbalism is apparent in every sip you take of the delicious blends, and the effects can be readily felt, whether you're waking yourself up with a cup of yummy, refreshing Bluebird Morning, or chilling your kids out with a mug of Peace of Mind.   

    We'll support him, whatever he decides.Harvest Moon Red Chai, with its fenugreek, works as an under-the-radar milk supply booster that tastes nothing like the bland mother's milk tea I'm used to. I've also enjoyed the Pregnancy Tea, which, despite its many benefits, felt like an indulgence when I missed coffee. George continues to enjoy the tin it came in, making for hilarious photo ops. 

    Flying Bird Botanicals has recently begun stocking teas in bags, enabling me to pop a bag in a travel mug with some hot water and scoot out the door with the kids on our (many) late-to-preschool mornings. The bags also make for very easy and much appreciated gift-giving (no puzzled looks from the unintiated at the tin of loose tea! Or was I the only weird secret Santa who gave loose tea? Sorry, former co-workers; I'm a stay-at-home hippie now.). This is not a gift you'll need to wrap, either; the gorgeous labels and reusable containers need no gussying up (a quality I always look for, as I don't like to use disposable giftwrap).

    There are few, if any, things that I do for myself, daily, that feel like indulgences, but I've come to realize that the things I do do don't need to be grandiose. They can be as simple as sipping a cup of really good tea at the end of the day, or spritzing my face with rejuvenating toner in the morning. If I can say that I know the origin of every ingredient in those indulgences, that they're not only safe but healthful, and that nobody was unfairly treated in their making? Not too shabby. I encourage you to check out the magic that Flying Bird Botanicals has to offer and treat yourself to an indulgence of your own.  

    BUY IT!

    You can purchase your own teas, drinking chocolates, and body care items at Flying Bird Botanicals.  

    For your own chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Flying Bird Botanicals, enter by leaving a comment and using our Rafflecopter system below. The winner will receive a $25 gift certificate to use on Flying Bird Botanicals' website. Contest is open to the US.

    Our Rafflecopter entry system opens November 1.

    MANDATORY ENTRY: In the box provided in the first Rafflecopter entry, tell us where you would have your prize shipped if you are one of the winners. You must enter your name and email address while leaving a comment in the Rafflecopter system for your entry to count.

    Leave a valid email address so we can contact you if you win. Email addresses in Rafflecopter are not made publicly visible. Please leave the same valid email address in your mandatory comment so we can verify entries. This is part of a larger giveaway hosted by Natural Parents Network. You may enter the whole giveaway at one site only, and we'll be recording IP addresses to ensure that there are no duplicate entries. That said, please do visit and enjoy all of the participating sites! Please note that each entrant can win only one prize, and NPN will be randomly assigning prizes to the winners. One of the giveaway questions asks which are your top five prizes so we can try to match winners to their preferences. BONUS ENTRIES: See the Rafflecopter entry system for bonus entries to increase your chance of winning after completing the mandatory entry. All bonus entries are entered directly into Rafflecopter. Give it a try, and email sponsorship {at} naturalparentsnetwork.com or leave a comment if you have any questions!

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    Thank you for your interest in the Natural Parents Network Gift Guide! We invite you to read the reviews of other participating bloggers and return to enter the giveaway when it opens. Our Rafflecopter entry system will be live at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 1, 2012. Please stop back here — or at any of the review/giveaway posts participating in the Gift Guide — between November 1 and 25 to enter. Many of the giveaway items are open worldwide! Here are the participating sites and companies. (Reviews go live between October 25 and October 31, and all links will be live by November 1.) We’ve included any coupon codes the companies have offered so you can get your holiday shopping under way! Publishing on Thursday, October 25, 2012

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    Disclosure: Our reviewer received a sample product for review purposes. Some links are affiliate links. We try to seek out only products we think you would find relevant and useful to your life as a natural parent. If we don't like a product, we won't be recommending it to you. See our full disclosure policy here.
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    Monday
    Oct292012

    Giveaway: Comfy Skirt From Texture clothing - $72 ARV {Open to U.S.

    DateMonday, October 29, 2012 at 12:03AM
    This is a joint giveaway between Natural Parents Network and many other natural parenting sites. You may enter for all of the giveaways at one site only. Please find the section marked "Win it!" for the mandatory entry and optional bonus entries.

    Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide

    Welcome to the Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide!

    Natural Parents Network, Very, Very Fine, and 24 other natural parenting bloggers are giving away 89 items perfect for gifting for the holidays as part of the Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide. The combined total value of all of the items is $2,550. Have you finished your holiday shopping? The NPN Holiday Gift Guide is a great opportunity to complete your gift-giving purchases for family and friends, while supporting many naturally-minded small businesses. The companies who have provided items for giveaway are almost exclusively made up of small businesses or work-at-home families. Please stop back to enter the giveaway. The Rafflecopter entry system will be live November 1 on this post (and on every post participating in the Gift Guide). Please visit some of the other review posts listed below and read about the fabulous companies offering giveaways in the Natural Parents Network Holiday Gift Guide.

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    Texture Clothing is offering our readers a giveaway of a Comfy Skirt, a value of $72. Additionally, our readers can receive free shipping through November 29th, 2012 by using code veryfineship at checkout.

    From our reviewer, Stefanie at very, very fine:

    Texture Clothing is one of Northwest Washington's best kept secrets. Owner, Teresa Remple opened her business in 2002 and has since been outfitting pretty much every woman I know in her distinct designs. Using a unique blend of eco-friendly fabrics like silk, hemp, and organic cotton with just a touch of lycra, she crafts easy-to-love, easy-to-wear clothes that transition and travel amazingly well.

    Until I had kids, in my closet you were more likely to find cocktail dresses than, well, anything made from hemp. Slowly but surely, however, clogs have replaced my fancy knee-high boots and I've begun to build an arsenal of tried-and-true pieces that don't (necessarily) scream hippie (or worse, sleepwalker!) but allow me to comfortably and stylishly live my new life which involves a lot more crawling around and potential for stains. 

    I've also become more conscious of the fibers that I wear. With so much time spent holding babies, their sensitive skin against my clothes, the last thing I want is to worry about is how my clothing could be negatively impacting my children, not to mention the environment. 

    Enter: Texture. "Clothing with a conscience" is their tag line, and for good reason. Textiles are chosen carefully, and information about the fibers is available on the company's website. Profiles of Texture's seamstresses appear on the website as well: another clue that you're dealing with a business you can be proud to support.

    At over 70 dollars, it's spendy, and that's a drawback worth mentioning, but for those who can spring or save for it, the Comfy Skirt will be a workhorse in your wardrobe. In my opinion, it's worth paying a little extra to put a face to a product, and the quality and sustainable sensibility behind Texture definitely make yours a worthwhile purchase. 

    Texture's sizing is generous. While I wear a size 8 in most clothes, I easily wear a Texture size small (even while pregnant), so when ordering, keep this in mind. As with most natural fibers, the fabric stretches slightly with wear, but can be snapped back to its original size in the dryer. I choose to line or hang dry most of my clothes to save energy and prolong their life, but the forgiving nature of hemp and cotton allows for machine washing and drying as well. 

    The ease, simplicity, durability and comfort make the Comfy Skirt nearly universally appealing. Dressed up for an impromptu casual evening out, or pulled on to let out the chickens in the morning, it makes me feel like I'm putting in some effort, even when I'm not. Texture's other offerings include tops, dresses and the popular knit mitts, which are perfect for gift-giving. Whether you stock your closet from thrift stores, REI, or Barney's, I think you'll find room in your life for Texture's simple, sustainable styles.

    BUY IT!

    You can purchase your own Comfy Skirt at Texture Clothing for $72; shipping is available worldwide! And just for Natural Parents Network and very, very fine readers, Texture Clothing is offering free shipping on all orders from now through November 29th, 2012. Enter code veryfineship during the ordering process.

    WIN IT!

    For your own chance to win a Comfy Skirt from Texture, enter by leaving a comment and using our Rafflecopter system below. The winner will receive one comfy skirt in the color and size of their choice, from the selection available on TextureClothing.com. Contest is open to the US.

    MANDATORY ENTRY: Visit Texture Clothing and tell us one thing you have learned about the company! You must enter your name and email address in the Rafflecopter entry system for your entry to count, after leaving a comment on this blog post.

    Leave a valid email address so we can contact you if you win. Email addresses in Rafflecopter are not made publicly visible. Please leave the same valid email address in your mandatory comment so we can verify entries. This is a joint giveaway with very, very fine and Natural Parents Network. You may enter at one site only, and we'll be recording IP addresses to ensure that there are no duplicate entries. That said, please do visit and enjoy both sites!

    Our Rafflecopter entry system opens November 1.
    MANDATORY ENTRY: In the box provided in the first Rafflecopter entry, tell us where you would have your prize shipped if you are one of the winners. You must enter your name and email address while leaving a comment in the Rafflecopter system for your entry to count.
    Leave a valid email address so we can contact you if you win. Email addresses in Rafflecopter are not made publicly visible. Please leave the same valid email address in your mandatory comment so we can verify entries. This is part of a larger giveaway hosted by Natural Parents Network. You may enter the whole giveaway at one site only, and we'll be recording IP addresses to ensure that there are no duplicate entries. That said, please do visit and enjoy all of the participating sites! Please note that each entrant can win only one prize, and NPN will be randomly assigning prizes to the winners. One of the giveaway questions asks which are your top five prizes so we can try to match winners to their preferences. BONUS ENTRIES: See the Rafflecopter entry system for bonus entries to increase your chance of winning after completing the mandatory entry. All bonus entries are entered directly into Rafflecopter. Give it a try, and email sponsorship {at} naturalparentsnetwork.com or leave a comment if you have any questions!
    a Rafflecopter giveaway
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    Thank you for your interest in the Natural Parents Network Gift Guide! We invite you to read the reviews of other participating bloggers and return to enter the giveaway when it opens. Our Rafflecopter entry system will be live at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 1, 2012. Please stop back here — or at any of the review/giveaway posts participating in the Gift Guide — between November 1 and 25 to enter. Many of the giveaway items are open worldwide! Here are the participating sites and companies. (Reviews go live between October 25 and October 31, and all links will be live by November 1.) We’ve included any coupon codes the companies have offered so you can get your holiday shopping under way! Publishing on Thursday, October 25, 2012 Publishing on Friday, October 26, 2012 Publishing on Saturday, October 27, 2012 Publishing on Sunday, October 28, 2012 Publishing on Monday, October 29, 2012 Publishing on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Publishing on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
    Disclosure: Our reviewer received a sample product for review purposes. Some links are affiliate links. We try to seek out only products we think you would find relevant and useful to your life as a natural parent. If we don't like a product, we won't be recommending it to you. See our full disclosure policy here.
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