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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Country Drawers Giveaway Winner

The winner of the Country Drawers Giveaway is....

#96-consideringthefields

Congrats mama! You have won a $10 gift certificate

to Country Drawers to use as you wish!

Please respond to my email within the next 48 hours

to claim this prize.

Merry Christmas To Everyone

My girls and I wish everyone a joyful holiday, filled with

family, friends, food and seasons blessings!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Country Drawers Review & Giveaway

I love to learn about other cloth diapering mamas

and thru my blog I have come across several whether it be my

blog followers, other blogging mamas, mamas from my local

cloth diaper group or cloth diaper boutique owners.

Recently while browsing the Nifty Nappy cloth diaper page

I stumbled across her long list of retailers.

Since Nifty Nappys are hard to come by now after the

owner closed her shop, it rummaged thru the list of retailers

looking for ONE specific Nifty Nappy fitted print!

My search ended with the website of a quaint little shop named

"Country Drawers".

Country Drawers is a boutique located in Cambridge, Nebraska.

Owned and operated by Tara and her husband.

Country Drawers was born in 2010 when after the birth of their son,

Tara realized that there was a major need in their rural Nebraska

neighborhood for easily accessible cloth diapers and other natural parenting products.

When Tara and her family aren't busy running their store, they also have a

farm where they grow crops and raise various animals.

Sound perfect to me!

Tara was kind enough to offer a review for all of my readers

after she saw a discussion on the Crazy 4 Fluff Facebook page

about mama cloth. She generously sent me a sample
of the Pink Daisy Organic Cotton Feminine Pad.

This past month my cycle returned after 3 long
and luxurious years of being period free.
Up until I started cloth diapering I was completely
unaware that there were other
type of pads.. other than disposables.
I have always detested disposable pads, just the
same as I detest disposable diapers.
Honestly who wants to feel like they have cardboard
against their vagina, I certainly don't.

So when I learned about mama cloth I was immediately sold.
And truth be told I was kind of excited to AF to return
from her very long vacation.
I knew breastfeeding would keep my cycle away momentarily
and that AF would surely make a surprise visit,
and that she did!

The Pink Daisy Organic Cotton Menstrual Pads come in
three sizes: Small, Medium and Large.
I chose the Large pad for overnight use and for my heavy days.

Large; Medium; Small

The inner is the most luxurious material I have

ever felt... down there.

The Pink Daisy Organic Pads are topped

with a buttery soft vanilla colored organic cotton velour

and also have hidden layers of microfiber terry which

provide extra absorbency!

The backing of the Pink Daisy pad is made of a laminated

polyester, like that in cloth diapers , that prevents leaking.

Pink Daisy pads conveniently fold into a neat little

package which is super easy to store clean or dirty.

Once used, you can toss into a mini wet bag

or I carry a small little ziploc baggy in my purse.

One of my favorite, though completely irrelavant,

features about Pink Daisy Pads are their very wide

selection of colors and prints.

Yes, I know, that this has nothing to do with the

performance of the pad, but be honest.. Our panties are

pretty, or babies diapers are pretty.. Why can't our pads be too?

I am highly impressed with Pink Daisy Organic Pads

and I want more to add to my growing mama cloth stash.

They are very absorbent, easy to use and store, super soft

and comfortable and like I mentioned.. Too cute!

Country Drawers has so much more than just mama cloth.

From cloth diapers to baby proofing items,

diaper bags to nursing pads..

You are sure to find something that you need or want!

Don't forget if you are ever in Nebraska, Country Drawers

has a physical store!

Check out their website for store hours and location.

BUY:
Pink Daisy Organic Pads retail for $9.95

Country Drawers will be restocking her shelves soon

or you can purchase directly from

Pink Daisy.

WIN:

Country Drawers has generously offered ONE lucky reader
a $10 gift certificate to use in their shop!!
You can purchase a Pink Daisy Organic Pad like
the one I reviewed or use it towards whatever
your heart desires. :)

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**This is not a paid post. The opinions of this product are strictly that of my own and completely unbiased!

**Thank you to the sponsor for the chance to review this product and for giving one lucky fan a prize

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Breaking the Silence

It has been too long since I have been away.

My life seems to change day by day but I always

think about all my Crazy 4 Fluff readers that

I neglected.

As most of you may know I am going thru a

divorce after being married for 5 years and

together for nearly 8.

This journey has been by far the most difficult

chapter in my life.

I am now working 40 plus hours a week

and after getting home to my precious little

girls, taking care of my duties, etc..

I find absolutely no time to maintain my blog.

Though I miss it so dearly.

So this is me.. Breaking the silence.

I won't lie.. I may not be able to host

as many wonderful reviews and giveaways

as I have in the past year BUT I will try

my utmost to keep this blog ALIVE!

So enough with the sad, depressing story of my

life as it is now.

I want to rant about cloth diapers.

I AM FALLING OUT OF LOVE.

Say it isn't so? Right?

But it is..

Maybe because my life is so chaotic these days

that the everyday joys that cloth diapering

used to give me just isn't the same as it

once was.

I still use cloth, I send cloth the sitter..

But I find myself dreading it.

How can this be??

Me.. Mama of Crazy 4 Fluff,

the "I will not surrender to sposies" lady

admits she has secretively bought a few packs

of sposies.. Just so I didn't have to wash a load

of diapers. (Hangs head low)

Can you ever forgive me? (lol)

Please someone tell me you can relate!

Now.. I'm not ready to go out and sell off my HUGE

stash but I admit the thought has crossed my mind a

time or two.

Maybe it's because I'm now a broke, single mother.

I honestly can't tell you the last time I got

fluff mail. Oh and we all know that fluff mail

is one of the things that makes cloth diapering

so stinking addictive!

I feel like I need a fix.

Should I just stuff a diaper in a poly-mailer,

address it to myself and drop it off at the

post office? No... that just wouldn't be the

same. Though it does sound kinda fun.

I don't want to feel this way.

It's like a friend I've lost contact with.

I've got to get out of this funk!!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

HoneyBun's Cloth Diaper Winner

The winner of the HoneyBun's cloth diaper winner is..

#28- Janelle

Congratulations!! You are the winner of the $15 gift certificate to

HoneyBun's Etsy shop to spend as you please!

Please respond to my email within 48 hours to claim

your fluffy goodness :)

Softbums Omni Winner

The winner of the Softbums Omni diaper is..

#419- Julie G.

Congrats mama! You have won a Softbums Omni

of your choice PLUS a sampler of pods!

Please respond to my email within 48 hours

to claim this wonderful fluffy prize!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

HoneyBun's Cloth Diaper Review & Giveaway

Do you ever just spend countless hours browsing Etsy?

Please say yes, For some times I fear I may be the only

one who find themselves consumed in the overwhelming

array of amazing shops that provide

such gorgeous, handmade items.

One of those amazing shops is HoneyBun's.

While googling over the items in that shop I can literally hear my

brain churning, trying to think of ways to get extra money!

The owner of HoneyBun's is a woman named Nikki,

from a small town in central Texas.

She contributes her talents to her parents,

while growing up her father was an artist and

mother made jewelry, sewed and crocheted.

After marrying and later becoming a stay at home mom,

she made the decision to open up her own shop.

HoneyBun's is made up of two separate shops;

Cottage in the Woods and the Cloth Diaper shop.

Nikki's mother has her own shop as well, Debbie's Designs.

Nikki was so kind to offer to send me one of her

precious cloth diapers to test out on Olivia.

I chose the white with neon butterflies print but

honestly that was a very tough decision.

The wide selection of darling prints is staggering.

They are all so very unique and jaw dropping.

HoneyBun's cloth diaper are an All-In-One diaper.

The inner material is made with 4 layers of cotton terrycloth

which makes it very absorbent, and the outer is made with

printed PUL which makes it waterproof.

Yep.. that's right, NO cover needed.

Who would want to cover a diaper that cute?

HoneyBun's cloth diapers are made by size.

Why you may ask?

Nikki has been cloth diapering for awhile and find that

not all one-size cloth diapers fit ALL ages as they are supposed to.

She had issues with One-Size diapers on her little one with

how they fit and leaking issues.

Who wants a diaper to sag... If we wanted that we'd use

sposies, right?

HoneyBun's diapers are available from XS to XL!

The closure of the HoneyBun's cloth diaper is made

with hook and loop which Nikki feels gives a better

fit on babies.

Plus convenient laundry tabs to help avoid the

dreaded diaper train while in the washing machine.

The legs and back opening of the HoneyBun's

cloth diaper have braided elastic that is nice

and stretchy!

This feature provides a wonderful fit around my

little girls thunder thighs and chubby waist.

The elastic also helps keep messes in where

they are supposed to be!

The shape of the HoneyBun's cloth diaper

has got to be my hands-down favorite part.

The crotch is very narrow and fits wonderfully

between Olivia's thighs instead of over her thighs.

The rise is also just as remarkable.

It sit generously over her hips and rest right at the

belly button.

I love this diaper, but I would love it even more

if a different type of aplix was used.

I am not sure if it is just the type of aplix

or if it is because the strip of aplix is

too thin; but Olivia can get this diaper off way

too easily. With a simple tug... off it goes!

I would highly recommend HoneyBun's

cloth diapers to anyone.

The fit is great, they are adorable, absorbent

and did I mention cute.. Wait I did! :)

I am also DYING to get a few things from

HoneyBun's Cottage in the Woods' shop.

She has so many charming leg warmers,

flowers and her artwork is TO-DIE-FOR!

This mama is truly talented!

BUY:
You can purchase a HoneyBun's cloth diaper

thru Nikki's Etsy shop or visit

HoneyBun's Cottage in the Woods

to purchase her other lovely items.

WIN:

Nikki has graciously offered to give ONE lucky reader

a $15 gift certificate to her HoneyBun's cloth diaper shop!

GIVEAWAY:

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THEN

Go Visit either of HoneyBun's shops

(Cottage in the Woods or Cloth Diaper shop)

and come back and tell me your

favorite item.

(Please include a link)

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