Motherwear gift certificates make great gifts for the nursing moms on your list!
And through December 23rd they're 10% off!
Motherwear gift certificates make great last minute gift idea, since they can be delivered electronically.
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A while back I reviewed Best Milk, a children's book written by Kate Carothers, a lactation consultant.
Since then, Kate has revised her book and added a few more breastfeeding products to her mom-run business.
One of them is this wonderful breastfeeding car decal - a stylized twist on the iconic "mud flap girl." They're available in black, white, and silver. Kate has also created two necklace designs with this image.
Kate has generously offered to give away three stickers (color of winner's choice) here.
To enter, leave a comment below by December 23, 2011. Three winners will be chosen using random.org and notified by email. Winners will also be listed in the comments section. Winners have three days from notification to reply with mailing addresses; alternate winners will be chosen if no reply is received in three days. U.S. addresses only, one entry per person. *I was given a review sample of this sticker.
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Motherwear wants to hear your nursing stories and tips!
Send them to customer service and you'll be entered to win a $50 Motherwear gift certificate. Send in your entries by December 1, 2011. Motherwear reserves the right to publish stories and tips on their website.
You can read lots of past entries here.
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Here are the winners of Motherwear's three contests for September.
Well, how did that happen?
Five years ago this month Motherwear launched this blog, and how the time has flown!
People often ask me how it's possible to still have more to say about breastfeeding after over 1,000 posts and years of writing. It seems unlikely that there would be more to write about, but you should see my list of post ideas!
To celebrate our Kindergarten age blog, Motherwear is offering a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner.
To enter, leave a comment below telling us how long you've been reading the blog. Enter by September 21st, 2011. U.S. addresses only, please. Winner will be chosen using random.org, and announced in the comments section. Winner will have three days to respond to an email from me, before I have to choose an alternate winner, and I hate that.
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Mothering.com (formerly Mothering Magazine) was having a sale recently on breastfeeding symbol tattoos, and I picked up some to give away to you! They'd be great for a breastfeeding event or meeting.
Not sure about the provenance of the breastfeeding symbol? Here's the story.
To enter to win a set of five tattoos, leave a comment below by September 9th, 2011. I'll pick five winners using random.org and announce them in the comments section. One entry per household, U.S. addresses only, please. Winners will have three days to respond with mailing address or I'll have to pick alternate winners, and I hate that.
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Congratulations to Motherwear's July contest winners:
If you had told me, ten years ago, that I would someday own a pendant with a bit of my breastmilk preserved in resin, I would have thought you were completely insane.
But today I do indeed own such a piece of jewelry - two, in fact - thanks to HollyDay Designs.* Holly, a mother of two who lives in Illinois, created them from milk I sent her. One is a large flower like the one you see to the right, and the other is actually the one you see to the left - an experiment Holly did using a penny as a backing with a crescent moon design.
Holly offers a number of designs - different sizes and designs for the milk, from flowers to double hearts. You send her about a tablespoon of milk (fresh or frozen), double bagged, by regular mail, along with a note about the design you'd like. I was a little worried about the bags getting punctured, so I sent it in a Priority Mail envelope, but Holly says that this isn't necessary. Then she creates the pendant in the style you specify. The process takes about four weeks to complete. You can learn more about her inspiration and her process here.
The result is a really sweet and simple piece of jewelry. It has a nice smooth texture and would look great on anything from a chain to a silk ribbon. It also doesn't yell, "I'm made from breastmilk!" I haven't worn mine in public yet because I can't wear any jewelry without it getting ripped off by my toddler, but when I do I doubt that anyone would be able to figure out what it is. When someone asks what it's made of - well, that's really the test, huh?
The thing that makes these pendants so special, I think, is that they're one of the few possible tangible reminders of a breastfeeding experience. Breastfeeding is such a powerful experience, but in the scheme of a lifetime it's very short, and while it's so intense it's also gone in an instant. We can take pictures and video, but few other things remain after it's all done. Even if you never wore it, just having it in your jewelry box or a baby's keepsake box is a powerful reminder.
Holly has very generously offered to give away a pendant (value up to $65). To enter to win, leave a comment below. Leave a comment by midnight EST on August 15th, 2011. U.S. addresses only, one entry per household, please. Winner will be chosen using random.org and announced in the comments section. Winner has three days from receipt of email to respond, or I'll have to pick another winner, and I hate doing that. *I received these pendants as review samples.
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