Slugs & Snails winners!

Thank you all who entered! Congratulations to Becky Hudson and Elizabeth Nicholson! :D

Make sure you head over to the Slugs & Snails website to buy some. They're inexpensive and are so very lovely!

With love,

Michelle

Slugs & Snails: A review and giveaway!

When Odin was a little babe, I heard about the company Slugs & Snails and immediately fell in love. I myself am a huge fan of tights and to find a company that made tights suited for boys was an absolute dream. Odin's first reaction to his new tights was equally exciting, as you can see! Unlike socks, baby tights stay on baby's feet and if you're a babywearer, tights don't ride up. Kathleen's tights are excellent for boy or girl and I must admit, I am hopelessly addicted to all of their patterns. It was really great to find something in the tights genre that wasn't pink or ruffly. We've used them since Odin was a few months old and I am continuously buying the next size up as needed. They're great for any age babe for a million different reasons, convenience being a big one on our part. As an under layer in the Winter or as the only layer in the Spring or Fall, they really are great all the time! They've been able to tough it through Odin's crawling phase and now that he's walking and in size 2-3, they're holding up beautifully through mud puddle splashes and rolling around in the garden. 

I'm really excited to announce that we will be giving away four pairs of these amazing tights to four different winners, hosted by Dancey Pants Disco and courtesy of Slugs & Snails. Two pairs of tights will be given away right here on the blog and another two will be available through an Instagram (@michellemakesthings) giveaway! I'm thrilled to be able to work with Slugs & Snails and even more excited to turn some of you on to these amazing little creations. The winners will be able to pick their style and size from the amazing collection online, I'm a little bit jealous and wish I could enter myself ;) (the mushroom ones are my favorite and I desperately need to buy a bigger size, since ours are a wee bit too small)!

For the blog giveaway:

First entry- Head on over to the Slugs & Snails Facebook page and hit "like." After that, share this post on your Facebook wall or on your blog and leave a comment here letting us know you've done so!

For a second entry- on the blog giveaway, leave a separate comment here letting us know which tights you would pick if you won! There are some really amazing options on the Slugs & Snails site!

For a third and final entry- Click "follow" over on the side bar of the blog. Comment saying you've done so! :)

So there you have it. You can enter up to three times here on the blog and then hop on over to my Instagram and see how to enter there. I am ridiculously excited about this giveaway and am so happy to be able to sponsor it. The giveaway will end in one week, on Friday September 27th at 10pm EST. The winners will be chosen the following day. Thank you for entering and good luck!!!

Babywearing Portrait giveaway!

As part of my Sling Diaries post on Joy, I drew a portrait of Odin wrapped in my Sakura Bloom sling. Everyone was so sweet when it was posted online and very supportive. I received an outstanding number of new friend requests on Facebook and more messages than I knew what to do with from beautiful mamas inquiring about the possibility of buying their own babywearing portrait. I was completely unprepared for this, but would love to draw portraits for you! To give myself a little time to buy more supplies and prepare myself for actually selling these, I'm going to do a little giveaway! I'll be giving away 2 portraits, so we'll have two winners!

I'm sorry mamas-to-be, I'd like to complete this giveaway this weekend and send them off next week (I'll host another giveaway later this year if this turns out to be a "thing"), so only mamas with a photo of yourself and your little one in your favorite sling or wrap, please. This giveaway is for a portrait of one babywearer and one baby (I may consider twins!). I may offer family style portraits later.

ANYWAY,

Here's the giveaway. You'll be able to enter up to four times! 

For the first entry please comment on this blog post and tell me how babywearing has impacted your life. It could be as simple as "It helps me get the grocery shopping done!" or "It helps keep my little one happy." 

For your second entry, please "follow" this blog and comment here saying you've done so!

For the third entry, hop on over to Facebook and "like" Dancey Pants Disco Babywearing Portraits. Leave a comment on this blog post saying you've done so.

The final entry will be to share this post on your Facebook or Instagram. Comment here with the FB link or tag the post on IG with the tag #dpdbabywearing and then comment on this post saying you've done so.

The only entries that will be considered will be the ones posted here so please make sure you come back to this post to comment separately for each entry. I will select the winner via Random Number Generator. The giveaway will end this Saturday, June 22, at 10 PM EST. 

I don't normally do giveaways and I feel a little awkward posting this but I would really love to give two mamas a portrait before I decide to start selling them. Thank you everyone for your interest and support!  I was blown away by the feedback I received in the Babywearing Love and Support group and on Instagram. The babywearing community is so sweet! <3



UPDATE:
Thank you everyone for entering! I had to recount the number of comments (the replies and deleted comments were counted in the 165) so I apologize for the momentary delay.

Congratulations to:

Brytny and Ashlee; send me a photo of of you wearing your little one in your favorite carrier to michellemakesthings (at) gmail.com!

Thank you so much to everyone for entering. <3