Sunny Yellow Baby Gifts for Charity

Some of these things are for baby...some of them are just baby cute. All of them benefit charity. 

Yellow Newborn Hat - Or... KnitsForLife $40.00	Greyhound in disguise b... handmade4hound... $15.00	Yellow Bunny- plush toy... moyoworkshop $39.00
Over the Moon Flannel B... bluewhimsy $45.00	Baby Cardigan - Lemonad... GlenEchoDesign... $25.00	Coffee Fairy Birthday C... FairyCardmaker $4.50
Boston Beanies Knit Lem... BostonBeanies $28.00	0-3 Months. HOOTHAT in ... freckletree $25.00	Kimono Baby Booties - L... GlenEchoDesign... $18.00
White Daisy Headband SummerJadeBout... $4.50	Soft yellow, mint green... breTEAMinTRAIN... $40.00	SALE - Little Baby Prin... PolymerClayfor... $7.50
Lemon Verbena cold-proc... suds4strays $5.00	100% Charity, Adorable ... MoreThanSoup $4.00	Decorative yellow anima... breTEAMinTRAIN... $15.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

A Virtual Baby Shower for Mommie Daze

Mommie Daze is one of my favorite blogs to read when I need a good dose of mommy humor. Her post are both funny and insightful, and almost always leave me thinking "Yeah...amen to that!" And now and then she posts some really fun give-aways, too.

Well, she just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy (who came 5 weeks early!). I was thinking about telling everyone to go subscribe to her feed, so you'ld be able to catch her new posts when she has time to blog again--but she's blogging already...FROM THE HOSPITAL! If you've ever given birth you GOTTA read her hilarious 10 Things About the Hospital" post! And after you've browsed her blog and have a few laughs, you'll want to stop over at Comfort and Joy Blog for the virtual baby shower going on for her there. There's lots of fun virtual shower games with prizes! One of my favorites is the Baby Mad Libs Game. Wanna play? I'll give you a head start. First, copy paste the following into a notepad or something and fill in the blanks:

Exclamation!:
time of day:
sequence number (like 1st, 3rd, 100th):
adverb:
household chore (ending in ing):
hobby:
adjective:
adjective:
sequence number:
food:
piece of furniture:
tv show:
adverb:

OK...now head on over the the Baby Mad Libs Game and plunk your answers into their lib. You'll need to post it on your blog with a link to enter (or e-mail her if you don't have a blog)...and there's some other rules too so make sure to read the whole post. Anyways, lots of fun! Can't wait to hear what everyone put. Here's mine (don't peek if you haven't filled out your words yet!)...

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"Yowzer!" gasped New Daddy. It was 11:59 pm and baby was awake for the 21st time today. New Mommy had been slothfully sweeping, but rushed to check on New Baby. "No, no," said New Daddy, who had been relaxing by calligraphy. "I'm always non-perishable to help with the baby. I'll go." New Mommy was stamp collecting, since this was only the 1st time that New Daddy had offered to help. In fact, New Daddy was more inclined to snack on mandarine orange chicken, while sitting on the bunk beds, watching Battlestar Galactica. New Mommy knew that she should studiously accept, because New Daddy might not offer again!

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Sleep Deprived Parent Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED
Lisa, Elaine, and Anonymous Won


In honor of Mother's Day, and as part of the Ultimate Blog Carnival on LiveGiveaways.com and the Springtime Giveaway Carnival over at Heavenly Homemakers I'm giving a free Sleep Deprived Parent magnet or button to up to three people (SIDE NOTE: I'm so glad that some other blogs are stepping up to do what the Bloggy Giveaways used to do with their carnival--I was sad to see that go!). Anyways...details of my giveaway are below...but if you would like some virtual flair too, feel free to grab the following button graphic for your website or blog!

<br /><a href="http://www.scribbleprints.com"><img src="ttp://galesgifts.windhavenweb.com/LOGOS/buttons/SDPbutton150.jpg"/></a><br />

125 x 125 version
(for those who want one a little smaller)

<br /><a href="http://www.scribbleprints.com"><img src="ttp://galesgifts.windhavenweb.com/LOGOS/buttons/SDPbutton125.jpg"/></a><br />

If you grab my button graphic and don't use the HTML provided, please include a link to either www.scribbleprints.com, www.galesgiggles.com, www.zazzle.com/scribbleprints*, or a link to this post (if you're an affiliate of CafePress or Zazzle, and affiliate link to my shop is fine too).

Check out my shops below for lots of other fun stuff with my designs:
Scribbleprints - Zazzle
Gale's Giggles
Scribbleprints.com


HOW TO ENTER
REQUIRED: To enter, visit any one of my shops listed above and make a comment telling me your favorite design! Make sure to leave a way to contact me.

EXTRA ENTRIES
Please leave a separate comment for each of the following you do. Each is good for one extra entry. Extra entries so also gives you a chance to win extra buttons/magnets. If I choose more than one of your comments in the random draw you can choose another button or magnet from my shop.


1. Blog about this giveaway or about any of my shops or products and leave a comment with the URL to the blog post where you did.

2. Add the free Sleep Deprived Parent button graphic to your website or blog, then comment with the URL.

3. Tell me (in a separate comment) how you found this blog.

4. Add the Such Fun to Give button to your website or blog (it's on the top left) then comment with the URL you put it on.

5. Follow me!.

6. Stumble, delicious, share on facebook, or twitter about this blog, this giveaway OR any of my shops. Then comment telling me you did.

Entries will be accepted until midnight May 10th. The winner for the button/magnet will be chosen May 11th (the day after Mother's Day) by the random number generator at Random.org. If I can't reach you within 5 days, you forfeit your prize (if you leave no way for me to contact you you forfeit it immediatly...sorry, I can't give it to you if I can't find you). If you are concerned about privacy please read my Privacy Policy here.

Onesie Giveaway

We have a winner! Congrats Carrie !
(Choosen randomly using Random.org)







This giveaway is to raise awareness about the CPSIA. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was an act passed by congress to address the problem of unsafe levels of lead and phthalates in toys. Unfortunately, if it goes forward unchanged it will have the un-intended consequence of putting many small hand-crafters of children's products out of business--not because the crafts they are selling are un-safe, but because the testing required by the law is costly and not designed for people who make one of a kind items.


UPDATE: Good news! The CPSA has offered a stay of enforcement on most testing requirements until next year to give theie staff "more time to finalize four proposed rules which could relieve certain materials and products from lead testing and to issue more guidance on when testing is required and how it is to be conducted." Meanwhile, Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is proposing a bill to amend the CPSIA on the floor of the Senate tomorrow (Feb 3) so it would be a great time to call your senators about this. Legally the CPSA is powerless to make some of the changes necessary to fix this bill without legislation saying that they can--so this is a step in the right direction. You can read more about these recent changes HERE.



Now, here's what I'm giving away.







This cute 0-3 month onesie from the shop Rainbow Swirls is just one example of products you might not be able to find on February 11th if the CPSIA goes forward unchanged. When I asked the shop-owner how this law would affect her she said "I am absolutely devestated by this..not so much for me selling children items because that is not what I specialize in...but not being able to buy. I have a 9 month old and have a serious addiction with buying her handmade. Makes me sad!"



If you would like to win one this onesie, do one the following (remembering to leave a way to contact you in your comments)...


IF this is the first time you've heard about the CPSIA and how it may affect handmade, please read ONE of the following two articles, then come back here and leave a comment:


Forbes Editorial on the CPSIA

Handmade Toy Alliance Article



OR if you are already familiar with this issue, just leave a comment below telling what you think about it.




FOR EXTRA ENTRIES do any of the following (please leave a separate comment for each of these you do). :



1. Blog about the CPSIA or this giveaway and then come back here and share the URL to your blog post in a comment.

2. E-mail your friends about the CPSIA, then come back here and leave a comment telling me you did.

3. Share about the CPSIA on a forum...and come back here and let me know what forum you posted on.

4. Join one of the CPSIA protest/awareness groups on Facebook (a search under CPSIA will bring up several) then comment telling me which one you joined.

5. Write your congressman...then make a comment sharing that you did.

6. Visit my CPSIA Squidoo about this subject and do ANY of the following then come back here and comment that you did: Rate it, Lensroll it, Leave a Flickr of a "Soon to be discontinued" item, Share a CPSIA prompted sale, or leave a comment in my Guestbook (at bottom).

7. Comment with a link to any CPSIA related giveaways you know of, so that I can include links to these here.

8. Go visit Rainbow Swirls then come back here and leave a positive comment about her shop. I bought this onsie from her for 20 cents and shipping as a PAY IT FORWARD, so this is one way I'd like to say THANK YOU.

Entries are only availble to US entrants (sorry bout that) because of shipping issues. You can enter through Feb 2nds, and on Feb 3rd I will choose the winner using a random number generator. You forfeit your prize if I can't reach you to get your address before Feb 6.

To find LOTS of other giveaways, visit the Carnival going on right now at the Bloggy Giveaways. Much fun!