And the winner is…

Sorry I’m a week late get­ting this posted!  But bet­ter late than never, right?

The win­ner of the 1 year mem­ber­ship to Clickin’ Moms is entry #10, Carol Ann!  Woo hoo!!  Carol Ann said

“I could prob­a­bly stand to learn a TON of things.  I’m really into learn­ing about light­ing right now”

Con­grat­u­la­tions!  You’ll be hear­ing from me soon with instruc­tions on how to access your new membership.

And, i fyou haven’t check Clickin’ Moms out yet, be sure to do it soon.  There is SO much great infor­ma­tion on pho­tog­ra­phy and how to take bet­ter pho­tos.  It will rev­o­lu­tion­ize the way you use your cam­era!

Giveaway Time!! Win a membership to Clickin Moms!

If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about pho­tog­ra­phy and how to take bet­ter pho­tos, there’s no sin­gle bet­ter resource for infor­ma­tion than Clickin Moms!  I joined there in June and it has lit­er­ally trans­formed my photg­ra­phy and I learn new things every sin­gle day.

So, I’m super excited for this give­away!  I will be giv­ing away a one-year mem­ber­ship ($50 value) to Clickin Mom’s.  **Note: this give­away is for new mem­bers only**  Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a mom, or even a woman for that mat­ter to join!

Here’s how you can enter and earn extra entries.  For each of these that you do, come back here and com­ment with a link on where I can find what you did.

1. Tell me one thing that you want to improve or learn about tak­ing pho­tos or pho­tog­ra­phy** this one is mandatory!**
2. Post about my give­away on Facebook
3. Tweet about my give­away on Twitter
4. Blog about my give­away on your blog/website

This con­test will close a week from today, so I’ll announce the win­ner on Tues­day, Octo­ber 20th!  Good luck!!

& my first Giveaway!!"> Eco Friendly Baby Products Review & my first Giveaway!!

For the last few weeks, we’ve been using some of the great eco-friendly prod­ucts from the Eco Store’s line of baby prod­ucts.  Their line of baby prod­ucts is cre­ated with only the best plant-based ingre­di­ents and essen­tial oils to gen­tly soothe, nour­ish and pro­tect your baby’s sen­si­tive skin.

My favorite prod­uct that we’ve been using is the Baby Mas­sage Oil.  I’ve been putting it on Bai­ley after her baths, and it smells so sweet and refresh­ing (makes me want to have a mas­sage with it!)  It also really keeps her skin moist and healthy. 

We’ve also been using the Baby Nappy Balm at dia­per changes and it is so much more gen­tle on her skin than the other dia­per oint­ments and creams we had been using in the past.

These prod­ucts give me peace of mind too that I’m not only doing some­thing good for the earth by using all nat­ural prod­ucts, but that I’m not expos­ing my baby’s gen­tle skin to any sort of harsh chemicals.

And now for the excit­ing part!  I’m giv­ing away a $25 gift cer­tifi­cate to the Eco Store USA for you to try out any of their line of prod­ucts.  And, they don’t just have baby prod­ucts, but they also have Bath & Body, House­hold, Hair and even Pet Prod­ucts that are all nat­ural as well!  Also, be sure to sign up for their No Nasty Chem­i­cals Newslet­ter over on their blog.

To enter the give­away (you can do as many or as few of these as you’d like, each will earn you an entry into the draw­ing):

1. Jump over to the Eco Store USA site and take a look, then come back and leave a com­ment telling me what you would get with your $25 gift certificate
2. Twit­ter about this give­away (come back and post a com­ment with a link to your Tweet)
3. Blog about this give­away (come back and post a com­ment with a link to your blog post)
4. Post about this give­away on Face­book (come back and post a com­ment with a link to your Face­book posting)

This give­away will end at mid­night on Sun­day, August 8th, so be sure to get your entries in by then.  I will then draw a ran­dom win­nder from all the entries on Mon­day, August 9th and post it here!

Good luck!

My I ♥ Faces Entry!

Mamapedia Contest!

It’s 2:00 a.m. and your three month old is cry­ing…a lot. You’re a first time mother, and while you’ve got a ton of ques­tions, you called your mom at 2:00 in the morn­ing last night about that crazy look­ing dia­per, so you’d really like to get through this one on your own.