Mama Bear Baby Wear GIVEAWAY

*** Comments are now closed and the winner will be announced soon. Thanks so much to all who entered! Be sure to check out Mama Bear Baby Wear if you don't win - I can testify that her products are WONDERFUL! ***


I am super excited to announce my first giveaway for another Etsy shop owner - Mama Bear Baby Wear. The owner of this Etsy shop is Amy, a stay at home mom who is also a part-time counselor who specializes in attachment issues.


She started sewing in 4th grade when her grandmother spent the summer teaching her how and, when she became a mommy, wanted to use items and parenting practices that supported secure attachment in infancy. She started with baby carriers, but moved onto cloth diapers when she realized how expensive they could be to purchase initially. She started selling through Ebay and her own website, but decided to join Etsy about a year ago after a friend, Catchick6, also joined Etsy. She says, "I LOVE Etsy, the environment, the clients, the purpose: it's a great community that supports many of the things I really believe in such as WAHM's like me!" She also told me a little secret - she doesn't enjoy the "sewing" as much as she enjoys creating new products and seeing her little ones wear a little bit of her love. What a great way to describe sewing for a mommy - sewing love for our little ones!


I first discovered Mama Bear Baby Wear when I realized my Sweet Pea was starting to outgrow her size Medium diaper covers...and I was SWAMPED with sewing projects in preparation for baby #2. (Wait, I'm still swamped...and I only have 8 more weeks before he's here...oh my!) I talked to my cousin's wife, Julia, and she said they purchased 5 one size diaper covers from Mama Bear Baby Wear when their baby boy was born. At 6 months, he's still wearing them on the smallest setting. She loves how well they work both during the day and at night and especially loves that they are one size, so she doesn't need to buy several different sizes of covers.


I immediately checked out Mama Bear Baby Wear to purchase one diaper cover for my Sweet Pea and discovered that Amy also makes wet bags. I knew I would need a new wet bag, because the one I purchased from Target (Wet Happened brand) was really warped and was too small for a long day outing, especially with another baby on the way. I also liked that they have snap closures, which hold in the smell better than a zipper.


When I received my order, I was so impressed with the quality of the sewing and loved how cute my daughter looked in her brown diaper cover. I've gotten so many compliments when she wears the diaper cover. When we're home for the day, I will often let her run around in just a diaper and t-shirt. I love that Amy's diaper covers have a strong velcro closure that my daughter can't "houdini" herself out of. Also, at about 21 pounds, Valerie is still wearing the diaper in the middle setting, which means it will truly fit her until she's out of diapers.


After using her wet bag for a month or so, I decided I would still need one a little bit bigger for longer outings with two kids, so I did a custom order. Amy was so sweet to work with and got the custom order did super fast, despite the fact that she had just moved and her sewing supplies were still in disarray. She once again impressed me with her sewing skills. I am SO happy with both wet bags. I used the extra large wet bag when Valerie and I went on a mini-vacation with my family, so I could still use cloth wipes. It worked really well to store the dirty cloth wipes and didn't leak or make my diaper bag smell.


Amy has generously offered a custom large travel size snap-n-go wet bag (10.5 in. x 11 in.) to one lucky winner. The winner will be able to choose a color/design of fabric from Amy's fabric stash. Even if you don't cloth diaper, these wet bags are great for dirty/wet clothes (which we all know newborns/toddlers are bound to have) or for wet swimsuits. They are machine washable, so you can easily throw them in with a load of wash too. Plus, they fold up nice and small to store in your diaper bag or beach bag.


Here's how to enter the giveaway:

Mandatory entry - Go to Mama Bear Baby Wear's Etsy shop and tell me what your favorite product is that she has for sale now (or even look through some of the items she's sold to find your favorite).

Extra entries (which only apply after the mandatory entry is complete) - be sure to leave a separate comment for each -

1. Follow me on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway - @Mom2Valerie and MamaBearBabyWear are giving away a snap-n-go travel wet bag! www.tjsmhanesfamily.blogspot.com. Daily tweets until the giveaway ends will also be worth an extra entry - just be sure to leave the permalink to your tweet in a separate comment for each daily tweet (by clicking on the time stamp from your tweet and copying and pasting the url). This is good for ONE extra entry per day.

2. Share this giveaway in your Facebook status or in a Facebook note - make sure you let me know or tag me in the note. This is good for ONE extra entry.

3. Blog about this giveaway and leave me the url to the specific blog post in the comments. This is good for ONE extra entry.

4. Purchase something from Mama Bear Baby Wear for TWO extra entries.

5. Follow my blog here or through email (- see the links on the sidebar). This is good for ONE extra entry.

This giveaway will be open until Thursday, September 10th at noon CST. At that time, I will close the comments and pick a winner with random.org. I will post the winner sometime Thursday afternoon - be sure I have your email address in your profile or in your first comment so I know how to contact you if you win. I'd wish you luck...but I don't believe in luck...so happy commenting!