A Merry Fluffy Christmas Giveaway Event- Day 2 *CLOSED*

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Welcome to A Merry Fluffy Christmas!

How A Merry Fluffy Christmas works:

Each of the 5 days of this event, there will be one post up on each blog. In each post, there will be one or more items to be won! Each day is ONE prize package, so there will only be ONE winner for each day for each blog. Each giveaway is open for 3 days.

You MUST do the Mandatory Entry to enter the giveaways! If you do not do the Mandatory Entry, all your other entries will be deleted.

Please remember to read ALL instructions on each blog. We are all a part of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event, but we are each doing different ways to enter. Please read ALL instructions or you might miss something and your entries will be deleted.

The Extra Entries are just that, extra and optional! You can, if you'd like, enter only the Mandatory Entry and call it a day. But entering ALL Extra Entries as well will provide you with a greater chance at winning!

Please visit ALL 19 BLOGS! You can find the Linky at the bottom of each giveaway post..

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Day 2 Sponsors:

First up is a Your Yarn My Needle slot for an item of winner's choice: soaker, shorties or longies! This generous prize is sponsored by Michele of Same Knit Different Dye.

An example of Michele's work!

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Second prize in today's package is... yarn! I thought that might go nicely with the YYMN slot! Nicole of the amazing Laines Magnifiques is sponsoring a $30 gift certificate to her store. Isn't that awesome? 

What would you choose?

An example of Nicole's work: Hoot.

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How to enter:

1. You have to be a public follower of Adventures in Green Living on Google Friend Connect- this does not count as an entry. 

2. Please leave your email address in each entry- ex: bigbird at yahoo dot com

3. Each entry is a separate comment.

Mandatory Entries:

Do both mandatory entries prior to completing any Extra Entries!

- Visit Same Knit Different Dye and comment with your favorite item(one entry)

- Follow Laines Magnifiques on facebook. Leave your facebook name(one entry)

Extra Entries:

-Visit Laines Magnifiques and comment on your favorite item(one entry)

-Sign up for Adventure in Green Living emails(must confirm subscription- one entry)

-Follow Adventures in Green Living via Networked Blogs(one entry)

That is a total of 5 entry opportunities!

*** This giveaway closes December 4th @ 11:59 EST; winner will be chosen via Random.org and contacted via email. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to the notification email or I will have to draw a new winner. Open WORLDWIDE!!***

A Merry Fluffy Christmas Giveaway Event- Day 1 *CLOSED*

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Welcome to A Merry Fluffy Christmas!

How A Merry Fluffy Christmas works:

Each of the 5 days of this event, there will be one post up on each blog. In each post, there will be one or more items to be won! Each day is ONE prize package, so there will only be ONE winner for each day for each blog. Each giveaway is open for 3 days.

You MUST do the Mandatory Entry to enter the giveaways! If you do not do the Mandatory Entry, all your other entries will be deleted.

Please remember to read ALL instructions on each blog. We are all a part of the Merry Fluffy Christmas event, but we are each doing different ways to enter. Please read ALL instructions or you might miss something and your entries will be deleted.

The Extra Entries are just that, extra and optional! You can, if you'd like, enter only the Mandatory Entry and call it a day. But entering ALL Extra Entries as well will provide you with a greater chance at winning!

Please visit ALL 19 BLOGS! You can find the Linky at the bottom of each giveaway post..

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Day 1 Sponsors:

Holden's Landing has contributed an awesome holiday themed diaper! Check out the pictures and specs below:

M/L Christmas Cookies AI2

Finishing style: T&T (Turned & Topstitched)

Snap style; Side snapping with chocolate snaps

Outer: 100% cotton woven print outer featuring all sorts of delicious looking Christmas cookies!

Inner: Red microfleece Hidden layer: PUL Soaker: Quick dry contour soaker, organic cotton topped with organic bamboo velour (rayon, same fabric as always). 

Size: M/L, fitting most babies 15 - 30 pounds, with an ~18" rise

Retail value: $31

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BabyLegs is contributing a Grab Bag!

Winner will specify gender;

Girl bag consists of 2 warmers, 1 pair of socks and 1 pair of tights.

Boy bag consists of 2 warmers, 2 pairs of socks(no tights)

Retail value: $50

But wait! They've also generously given us a coupon code for all participants:

FLUFFY20 (all caps)
 Valid Nov. 24th-Dec. 24th

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How to enter:

1. You have to be a public follower of Adventures in Green Living on Google Friend Connect- this is not, however, an entry today. 

2. Please leave your email address in each entry- ex: bigbird at yahoo dot com

3. Each entry is a separate comment.

Mandatory Entries:

Do both mandatory entries prior to completing any Extra Entries!

- Follow BabyLegs on Twitter or Facebook. Leave your twitter or facebook name(one entry)

- Follow Holden's Landing on Facebook. Leave your facebook name(one entry)

Extra Entries:

-Follow Holden's Landing blog via 'Follow' at top of the screen above title of blog(one entry)

-Follow BabyLegs via twitter or facebook(whichever option you didn't choose above- one entry)

-Follow Adventures in Green Living via Networked Blogs(one entry)

That is a total of 5 entry opportunities!

*** This giveaway closes December 3rd @ 11:59 EST; winner will be chosen via Random.org and contacted via email. Winner will have 48 hours to respond to the notification email or I will have to draw a new winner. Open WORLDWIDE!!***

Winks & Daisies- Birth, Engagement, Wedding, Holiday cards

Are you needing a last minute, inexpensive holiday card? Or maybe a birth or wedding announcement? Check out Winks & Daisies on etsy.com!

A Merry Fluffy Christmas Giveaway Event Starts Tonight!

My first event, A Merry Fluffy Christmas, kicks off tonight at 11:01 PM CST(due to requirements it start at 12:01 PM EST). We have 19 blogs total all sponsored by some awesome companies. I won't be posting anything additional while the event is running to keep it easy for everyone to find my event post each day.


Here is the schedule, give or take a minute or two:

          Dec 1st 12:01am EST - Dec 3rd 11:59pm EST
          Dec 2nd 12:01am EST - Dec 4th 11:59pm EST
          Dec 3rd 12:01am EST - Dec 5th 11:59pm EST
          Dec 4th 12:01am EST - Dec 6th 11:59pm EST
          Dec 5th 12:01am EST - Dec 7th 11:59pm EST

Each day is one package on my blog. All winners will be drawn/posted by the 10th. I will be emailing everyone so make sure to leave your email address in your entry comments. Once the winners have been verified I will post them!

Feel free to share with your friends on facebook and twitter so they have the opportunity to win, too! And don't forget to visit the other participating blogs. They're nicely listed at the bottom of each post like I've done here. 

Have fun and good luck!

Baked French Toast recipe

Thank you, Chicago Marriott! I have one more I'll be sharing, yet...

Baked French Toast

2 1/2 cups Heavy Cream
6 eggs
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons vanilla

A Merry Fluffy Christmas Spotlight- inspired mama MAKES!

Welcome to our November spotlights on the wonderful people sponsoring Adventures in Green Living for the upcoming A Merry Fluffy Christmas! Please take a moment to read about each sponsor and visit their shop.

After the above collage, is there really anything more I need to say? Look at that drool-worthy yarn! And the sweet felt crown! Personally, I'm mesmerized by that yarn in the bottom left. I'm not a fiber expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I've followed it a bit and that looks like licorice twist. Not that I even know what that means. Good heavens,  that yarn makes me want to be crazy and go grab the knitting needles still in their new package from a year+ ago. Maybe I really should learn to knit!

Or, maybe I should leave it up to the professionals, like Erika of inspired mama MAKES! She is our last wonderful WAHM to spotlight for A Merry Fluffy Christmas. And yes, some incredibly lucky reader is going to win a sample of her yarn- 4 ounces from her exclusive yarn club plus 2 ounces of solid trim! Read on to learn more about her and the amazing things she creates. Also, check out her blog(I love it!).

Ginger Thins recipe

Another treat from our stop at the Downtown Chicago Marriott!

'A traditional Swedish holiday cookie, pepparkakor is a gingerbread biscuit often shaped like a heart, star or goat. Grandma Johnson always said to hold it flat in the palm of your left hand and use your right hand index finger to push down and break the cookie. If it breaks into three pieces you will have good luck for the New Year. If it doesn't, quickly eat the evidence and try again!'

A Merry Fluffy Christmas Spotlight- Little House Creations

Welcome to our November spotlights on the wonderful people sponsoring Adventures in Green Living for the upcoming A Merry Fluffy Christmas! Please take a moment to read about each sponsor and visit their shop.

Today's spotlight is on a sweet etsy store by the name of Little House Creations. Abby of Little House Creations is all about creating things to help 'prevent waste and promote recycling'. While originally she made and sold handmade jewelry, Abby changed direction in 2009 and began to focus on making reusable 'green' items. Her interest in cloth diapers in particular were driven by her decision to use them on her own son while pregnant. She also makes sandwich bags and snack bags in addition to cloth diapers.

A Merry Fluffy Christmas Spotlight- Green Mountain Wee Woolies

Welcome to our November spotlights on the wonderful people sponsoring Adventures in Green Living for the upcoming A Merry Fluffy Christmas! Please take a moment to read about each sponsor and visit their shop.

I'm really excited to introduce to my readers an etsy shop full of the most wonderful Waldorf inspired toys, kits and even cloth diaper covers: Green Mountain Wee Woolies! They have been on Etsy since 2005 and have close to 2,000, 100% feedbacks. That says something! Ten of them are probably mine. 

Frugal tips for colds and flu

'Tis the season of family gatherings, sharing food, games, gifts and... germs. My poor family got a head start on the last part the previous week, passing the flu from one to the other quicker than you can say 'Get out of the bathroom NOW!' So it's time for a reminder on preventative measures and a couple frugal, natural tips when you catch Aunt Laura's cold or flu anyways.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...