February 7th, 2010 by Neptunebaby

My absolutely favorite mom on Etsy is Jen at Winkydinks. She is the sweetest person to deal with and sells an extremely awesome, quality product for an affordable price. I’m not just saying that either. I’ve actually tested it out. When I first started looking for fleece longies and diaper covers months ago, I bought something from Winkydinks and something from another vendor on Etsy because I wasn’t sure what I wanted or liked. The pair of longies and matching diaper cover I received from the other vendor was nice, but it was twice the price and the size wasn’t correct – not to mention there was no conversation, no thank you for your purchase email. Nothing. I don’t even think my daughter has worn those longies more than once and never worn the diaper cover. I continue to purchase my items from Jen at Winkydinks because I feel like a valued customer and I get awesome longies, diaper covers, and hats for my kids! Here is the purchase I made today..

How cute is this diaper cover? I love it!

Pair of longies. She had actually made two pair for me a while back so that I could decide which I wanted – one with the pattern on the band (the one pictured) and one with the pattern as the pants and the waist band solid (that is the one I purchased at the time). How cool is that? So now I’m picking up the other pair!

A lavender fleece beanie with removable hair clips for my 3 year old daughter:

A fleece beanie for my 11 month old daughter – this is the stock picture:

But she is doing a custom beanie for me.

The “fuschia” swatch in the first picture will be the color of the trim and the body of the hat will be from the pattern in the 2nd picture:

I’m also having her make a custom pair of longies. Here is the swatch of the pattern for the waist band. The pants will be a matching chocolate brown and she is going to do an applique of one of the daisies for me at the bottom of the right pant leg. She did that on another pair a while back and I love them! So cute and unique.

If you’re a cloth diapering mom or just love soft, fleece or wool items, or if you’re looking for a great gift for someone, I encourage you to check out Winkydinks. I will never shop anywhere else for my fleece and wool items! Thanks, Jen, for providing such an amazing product and such extraordinary customer service!

December 4th, 2009 by Neptunebaby

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all! I’m so excited to tell you about my holiday giveaway!! I’m giving away two fabulous products from two of my favorite WAHMs!

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First up: One custom fleece soaker from Jen at Winkydinks! You pick the size and color and she will make a custom soaker for your little one! To view available fabrics for your custom soaker, please follow the link provided on her site. Jen has made my daughter some of the most adorable fleece Longies. She is such a sweet mama and a pleasure to work with. She always goes above and beyond to make her customers happy. I will be a lifetime customer – even if I have to keep having babies to do so! LOL. Other than for this giveaway, she isn’t taking custom orders in the month of December, but she will be starting to take custom orders again in January!

Next up: The perfect cloth diaper detergent made by Rockin’ Green Soap! Nothing gets your cloth diapers cleaner or smelling fresher than this stuff. And you can use it on all of your laundry. At .13 cents a load – you can’t beat it! I’m giving away a sample of this wonderful laundry detergent to go with the fleece soaker. Please stop by the Rockin’ Green site to see what scents are available. Monkey Snacks is my favorite!

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OK, for the rules: You must visit both sites: Winkydinks & Rockin’ Green Soap. Leave a comment here telling me which fabrics you like for the soaker and what scent you would like to try of Rockin’ Green Soap.

For additional entries:

1. Follow @neptunebaby on Twitter and tweet the following text (each tweet counts as an entry – no daily limit):

Win a custom fleece soaker & sample of Rockin’ Green Soap! Easy to enter: http://neptunebaby.com PLEASE RT #clothdiapers #neptunebaby

or

Want to win a custom fleece soaker & Rockin’ Green Soap? Follow @neptunebaby @etsywinkydinks @rockingreensoap and RT #neptunebaby

2. If you blog about this fabulous holiday giveaway, I will count it as TWO entries! Just leave another comment with a link to your blog post.

3. Grab my linking button and add it to your site for an additional entry!

OK, ladies… there you have it. Four easy ways to enter! Lots of ways to win! I will be picking the winner on Christmas Eve using random.org and contacting you by email and posting the winner here on my site (if you want your blog/twitter or facebook account/etc featured in the winners post, please provide the link in comment). I will send out the Rockin’ Green sample of your choice and you will contact Jen at Winkydinks to work out the details of your custom fleece soaker! She works fast and ships quickly so you’ll have your custom soaker soon after the contest ends.

December 2nd, 2009 by Neptunebaby

I got fluffy mail today! Well, not all of it was actually fluffy, but it all has to do with the fluff.

First up – Two more pairs of custom Longies from my favorite Etsy Mama!

Aren’t they the cutest Longies? For those of you that might not know what Longies are – they are the fleece pants she is wearing. To my surprise, Jen at Winkydinks also sent me a sample of Booty Cubes! I’ve already dissolved them in water to make my all natural baby powder scented cloth wipes solution. Thank you so much, Jen, for introducing me to such a wonderful product!

I also got my double order of Rockin’ Green Soap in the mail today! I have been dying to get this order because I ordered the scent “monkey snacks” and couldn’t wait to find out what monkey snacks smell like. Let me tell you.. they smell SO GOOD! Kind of a fruity smell. Can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s like smelling a very mellow lemon drop. I also ordered the wooden spoon this time and so happy I did. It’s so cute! and will keep me from using my tablespoons to measure my monkey snack smelling laundry detergent from now on.

All in all, it was a good fluffy mail day. Fluffy mail days are my favorite days!

November 28th, 2009 by Neptunebaby

If you are a cloth diapering mom, you need to be using Rockin’ Green Cloth Diaper and Laundry Detergent. This stuff truly does rock and you can use it on all of your laundry! It is also great for sensitive skin – you can opt for the “soft rock” version for extremely sensitive skin. You can also choose from a variety of different scents including lavender vanilla, monkey snacks, mango sorbet, and vanilla buttercream. I’ll let you know what monkey snacks smell like in a few days when I get my next batch delivered. Your laundry has never smelled so good and it sure does get your cloth diapers clean!! I will never buy another detergent again.

Rockin’ Green is:

Dye free
Comes in several yummy scents (& an unscented version)
No fillers
No enzymes or optical brighteners
100% Phosphate free
Vegan
Great for sensitive skin
Easy rinsing formula
Approved for military use
Works wonders on microfiber stink!
Perfect for cloth diapers
HE compatible
Reusable packaging
Great for all water types
Economical at .13 cents a load!

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November 27th, 2009 by Neptunebaby

I have a favorite Etsy store for fleece longies, soakers and hats (wool available also)! Jen at WinkyDinks has the absolute best prices, fastest shipping, and highest quality handmade products. She is such a pleasure to do business with. I’m very happy to have found her shop! Winky Dinks is at the top of my favorite sellers list on Etsy.

November 21st, 2009 by Neptunebaby

I haven’t done so well on the Great Cloth Diaper Hunt this time. I haven’t really had much time to hunt. The point of the GCDH is to meet and get familiar with WAHM shoppes though and that I have done. I have found so many lovely sites that I will be ordering from.

I just got done browsing 90210 Organics and I am in love with the products they offer! Everything organic that you can imagine!

I also like Bullfrogs and Butterflies Boutique for all things personalized. I might have to get my girls some personalized books. I remember how great the feeling was when I had books with my name in them as a child.

Celtic Cloths is another great shop. You can find patterns for different things to sew (wetbags, slings, etc) and great tips on how to Care for your cloth diapers too. Look at the beautiful fabrics!

Fishnoodles has a great stock of diapers and covers too. And I just found another GCDH icon there! Thanks, Fishnoodles. That was fun

Ooh, and another icon found at Green Sprout Baby! They have the cutest prints available!!

Ok, well.. I guess I should get back to the hunt. Perhaps I will find more icons

November 11th, 2009 by Neptunebaby

I am going to support all of the WAHM’s when purchasing holiday gifts this year! Other than when shopping for my kids, that is. I don’t think they would appreciate homemade toys as much as store bought, but I will have to see what’s available. I am surfing Etsy right now and already have great gift ideas for several people! I will also be checking out all of the WAHM threads on this site.

Oh, and if you’re planning on doing the same thing, please don’t forget about my wonderful mother-in-law.. she is on Etsy too and has beautiful hand-painted items for sale. She is just starting her own website too! It’s not totally up and running, but it’s a start.