Bluum Baby Giveaway

 

Bluum is a new monthly subscription service for mom & baby wellness product samples. Each month they send out haute little boxes filled with 4-5 deluxe samples curated by the moms of Bluum and based on a monthly theme. I received the "girl talk" box which included:

• Dr. Robbin sunscreen & daily moisture cream 
• Baby Gourmet juicy pear & garden greens baby food
• CJ's Butter creamy lotion
• HuggaMind baby symbolizer iphone/ipad app
• Strivectin wrinkle cream
• (bonus) Limited edition collectable magnet

Subscriptions are available monthly for $12/month, every 3 months for $11/month and yearly for $9/month. When you subscribe to Bluum you can review the samples on their website and earn points towards purchasing the full size versions (shipped free). Your subscription is also FREE for the month if you refer 10 friends to subscribe. Bluum is a great way for new moms to discover and try out new products both for their babies and themselves before purchasing the full size version. WIN IT:

DIY Fankenstein Door

We just bought our first house last month and have heard that Halloween is a big deal in our development because it's the only place in our area where you can walk from house to house. (We moved from the city to the country) I wanted to do something cute to decorate our front door area for trick-or-treaters but didn't want it to be too scary for my 2 year old. I saw this idea posted on the Petunia Pickle Bottom Facebook page and decided to give it a try! It was SO easy!

What you need:
-green plastic tablecloth (unless your door happens to be green already)
-black & white felt
-glue & sissors

Cut the felt into the pieces shown above (the hair, 2 big white circles, 2 smaller black circles, black strips for the stitches, 2 small white rectangles & one larger black rectangle for the mouth) I found some "peel & stick" felt at Micheal's but only got it in white since I used the scraps from the hair for the rest of the black pieces. Cover the door with the tablecloth wrapping it all the way around and taping it to the inside of the door (the inside of my door doesn't look too pretty). This was the hardest part since I had to cut holes for the handle, hinges, etc. Then all you have to do is glue/stick the pieces to the tablecloth. And you have an adorable Halloween themed front door for under $10. Enjoy!

I promise it's green in person :)

Update: Here's a better picture I took on Halloween!

Haute Green Giveaway

The Haute Green Social Hour was a fun and exclusive BlogHer pre-party for cloth diapering, green & eco-friendly bloggers that I helped organize/co-host (and name if you didn't guess) back in August. Since I wasn't actually able to attend the conference, I'm so glad I was able to be involved in this event! I really enjoyed working with and then meeting Calley (The Eco Chic), Kelly (Kelly Wels), Katie (Pickles & Paisleys), Kim (Dirty Diaper Laundry), and Julie (Cloth Diaper Geek) who are all VERY inspiring to me. And I loved mingling with and meeting all the other like-minded bloggers at the event too! Here are a couple of my photos from the event (Can you see why people, *ahem* The Eco Chic Man, kept confusing Calley and I?) and a chance to win one of two Haute Mommy "giftable swag bags" I put together from the contents of my swag bag from the event... minus a couple things I just had to keep ;)

My "twin" Calley & I (me in the tank dress)

The *huge* Haute Green Social Hour swag bags!

*Thank you to Conserving Now for providing the tote bags for the event and be sure to visit their site for a FREE window cling that reminds you to bring your reusable bags!

Win one of two Haute Green/Haute Mommy swag bags from the #HauteGreen BlogHer event!

Bag #1- Thirsties Duo Wrap (snaps) cloth diaper cover in Warm Stripes, CJ's Butter diaper cream (from Modern Cloth), organic oatmeal sample (from Happy Mothering) & Willow Pads Mama Cloth plus a Teething Bling necklace!

Bag #2- Baby Kicks 3G one-size cloth diaper in white, Rockin Green detergent sample, Grandma El's diaper cream sample & a Key Teether (from Happy Mothering) plus a Teething Bling necklace!

The Willow Store Giveaway

I'm so excited because cloth diapers are a hot (haute) topic right now... everyone seems to be talking about them. Last year CBS correspondent, Natali Morris, was challenged to try cloth diapers for 30 days after an Eye on Parenting segment about cloth diapers vs. disposable diapers. Now six months later she's a convert and has even canceled her diaper service to wash them herself. Many celebrities are choosing to cloth diaper their children too and there are also some exciting things happening in the cloth diaper community as well!

On April 23rd, the Great Cloth Diaper Change was a simultaneous cloth diaper changing event that took place at over 400 locations worldwide to put cloth diapers in the record books. So far the unofficial record is 6363 participants and the official Guinness Book of World Records(tm) total is expected to be announced any day now. I co-hosted and organized the San Diego location with Heather McNamara, the executive director of the Real Diaper Association. Our location had 35 babies changed and the three San Diego County locations combined had 128 babies changed. My son just barely made it to the Great Cloth Diaper Change, he turns 2 this week and we are in full-swing potty training now!

Win your choice of a reversible Sprout Change cloth diaper or training pants from The Willow Store plus a goody bag from our local GCDC event! Two more winners will also win a goody bag from our local GCDC event! (All three goody bags include a set of cloth wipes from Sprout Change/The Willow Store too)

How to Enter: 

Mandatory Entry- Leave a comment saying what you love most about cloth diapers or why you want to try them and please specify if you would choose the cloth diaper or cloth training pants! (Make sure you include your email address if it isn’t visible on your profile)

Additional Entries- Leave a separate comment for each additional entry.

1. Like Haute Mommy on Facebook

2. Like The Willow Store on Facebook

3. Follow Haute Mommy publicly on Google Friend Connect.

4. Follow Haute Mommy on Twitter

5. Follow The Willow Store on Twitter

6. Tweet about this giveaway: “I just entered a haute #giveaway with @HauteMommyBlog to #win a #clothdiaper or training pants from @TheWillowStore! http://bit.ly/lvJQlW” (you can tweet once a day for additional entries just make sure you come back here and comment each day)

7. Grab my button and tell me where I can find it.

8. Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link to the post.

Giveaway will end June 7th at 11:59pm PST. The winner will be determined by Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond or I will choose a new winner. Good luck!

Also Change 3 Things is a movement to get parents currently using disposable diapers to pledge to use cloth 3 times a day. That's it. You can do it when you're home only and I promise you, it's easier than you think! (How I started cloth diapering)





And the winners are... tubbytelly (Sprout Change cloth diaper or training pants & GCDC goody bag), FreeIndeed (GCDC goody bag) & Adelina Priddis (GCDC goody bag)! Congratulations!












#274 tubbytelly said...
http://twitter.com/#!/_tubbytelly/status/78272538123309056 
June 7, 2011 6:32 PM

#183 FreeIndeed said...

tweet http://twitter.com/#!/FreeIndeedBlog/status/76401192409907200 
June 2, 2011 2:34 PM

#28 Adelina Priddis said...
I like the willow store on facebook! 
May 23, 2011 5:22 PM

Coming Mother's Day 2011

Giftable Swag Bags for new & expecting moms

For more information and to pre-order please email info@hautemommy.com
*Available now at www.hautemommy.com!

Skoy Cloth Giveaway

SKOY is essentially a reusable paper towel. It's a brilliant idea from two local moms who discovered something similar in Europe and brought it to the US. Skoy cloths are made of natural cotton and wood-based cellulose pulp which makes them 100% biodegradable (you can compost them!). They are dishwasher and washer/dryer safe and have an absorption factor of 15x their own weight. SKOY is chlorine free and the haute designs use water-based colors and inks. You can even microwave your wet Skoy cloths to disinfect them and they dry quickly which keeps them from being a breeding ground for bacteria like a sponge. In an average household, each Skoy cloth saves 15 rolls of paper towels!

"Since SKOY is reusable and washable it can last a very long time, some people still use them after a year. A normal life cycle of a SKOY cloth starts in the kitchen to wipe counter tops and tabletops. After using the SKOY for a week or two in the kitchen, it can be renewed in the washer and 'downgraded' for indoor cleaning such as floors, bathrooms, etc. After a few months in this stage, being washed a couple of times, the SKOY can then be used for outdoor messes, such as wiping patio furniture as well as garage use. This is the great thing with SKOY it can be used over and over again."















Win a Skoy Cloth 4-Pack! (mixed colors with flower print)

How To Enter:

Mandatory Entry- Visit Skoy Cloth's website and let me know your favorite thing about them by commenting below. (Make sure you include your email address if it isn’t visible on your profile)

Additional Entries- Leave a separate comment for each additional entry.

1. Like Haute Mommy on Facebook

2. Like Skoy Cloth on Facebook

3. Follow Haute Mommy publicly on Google Friend Connect (on the right-hand side).

4. Follow Haute Mommy on Twitter

5. Follow Skoy Cloth on Twitter

6. Tweet about this giveaway: “I just entered a haute #giveaway with @HauteMommyBlog to #win a 4-pack of @SkoyCloth reusable multi-use cloths http://bit.ly/e0fKxA” (you can tweet once a day for additional entries just make sure you come back here and comment each day)

7. Grab my button and tell me where I can find it.

8. Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link to the post.

9. Vote for me in the Mom Central Grants competition (you can do this once every 24 hours for additional entries just make sure you come back here and comment each day) Voting ends April 15th! 

Giveaway will end April 26th at 11:59pm PST. The winner will be determined by Random.org and will have 48 hours to respond or I will choose a new winner. Good luck!













And the winner is... Virginia! Congratulations!

Virginia said...
I already like Haute Mommy on FB! 
April 26, 2011 8:50 PM

Mom Central Grant

As you may already know from our facebook page, I've entered a grant competition in hopes of being able to get my business up and running. The Mom Central Grants Program is for mommy bloggers (like me) who want to expand their personal brand. I was so excited when I came across this because I've been planning something for a long time but I need a grant just like this one to get off the ground. Ever since my son was born, I've felt the urge to be a mompreneur. I've been inspired various people including:

• Lisa Druxman, the founder of Stroller Strides

• Mindee Doney & Julie Pickens aka "The Boogie Moms", the inventors of Boogie Wipes

• Jana Francis, the founder of babysteals.com 

My passion has become finding haute ways to be eco-friendly and use safer products for my son. I already share these ideas and products with other moms through this blog, but would like to expand my platform.

Almost two years ago, a couple months after my son was born, I won a free ticket to the inaugural Moms in Business Unite conference from The Boogie Moms who were the key note speakers of the conference. I took my son with me and was really nervous about leaving him in the daycare they provided (even though it was wonderful) because I had never left him with anyone before so they were nice enough to let me take him around the conference with me. Thankfully, he was still in the sleeping-all-day stage and I nursed discretely at the back of the rooms when he woke, so I don't think he bothered anyone :)

♥ sleeping on the chair next to me ♥

I learned so much from the conference and have been working on my business idea ever since. The conference encouraged me to blog in order to help grow my idea and brand. I would love to be able to attend the conference again this summer, this time with my business launched (or at least close)! But I need your votes to help me win... you can vote once every 24 hours. Thank you so much to everyone who takes the time to read this and vote (it only takes a minute to vote!) Please click the button at the bottom of this post to vote for me!

My son with the MIBU chairwoman Randa Cote

From the Mom Central grant description...
"The Mom Blogosphere is brimming with talented, smart, passionate and ambitious women. We feel so grateful and want to do our part in helping take Moms’ personal brands to the next level: be that a broader audience, getting media exposure, becoming a spokesperson, starting a small business, or better monetizing your platform. The possibilities are endless, and tie inextricably to the vision you have for yourself. So whether media training, graphic or technical help, a site redesign, shared office space, some intern hours, new business cards, self-publishing a book, launching a new blog, or attending a key conference will help you get to the next level – we want to pitch in to provide the support. So tell us what inspired you in the first place, your journey to take, and what you aspire to do next – because we care, and we want to help!"

Samples of my answers to the grant entry questions...
"The vision behind your personal brand: To help bring modern cloth diapers more mainstream by reaching moms who wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to them. I wasn’t exposed to modern cloth diapers and a lot of other great eco-friendly boutique baby products until after my son was born and I became an avid researcher of baby products online. I want to promote cloth diapering and other green living products to new and expecting moms in a fashionable manner.

What do you aspire to do next? Launch an online baby gift bag business and expand that business over the years to include more options and products. I would also like to find creative ways to get involved with certain organizations that share my vision."