Summer Woven, A Woven Wrap Giveaway by Ellevill

        Summer woven, had me a blast. Summer woven, happened so fast! I have an intense love for woven wraps, as they are the most versatile and long lasting of carriers in the babywearing world. I am so excited to bring you my first woven wrap giveaway, brought to you by Ellevill! 

         The Ellevill Zara Capri is a beautiful woven wrap in delicate colors.The Zara is made of 100% organic cotton of the best quality and it fits all seasons. Zara wraps are designed by Ellevill and produced in India. It is a two colored, jacquard woven wrap with pattern. Give perfect support to your child, both small and toddler, the Zara provides optimal comfort and gives no pressure spots for either child or adult. The wrap is thin but and softens very quickly. The Zara is easy to tie on because of the lopsided, tapered ends and leaves an incredibly small knot. The pattern is inspired by old Norwegian knitting styles and clothes/rugs from South America.

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Tie It Yourself Giveaway, a Simple Solution to Babywear Hair

        As a family with long hair, many obstacles are thrown our way when grabby-handed babies are involved. Luckily, hair ties, and elastic ones in particular, have saved many a long-haired parent before and will continue too. And with the advancement of technology and communication, so comes the advance of all other things. Even hair ties. Beginning on my babywearing journey, Lily was constantly wrapped on my front, always looking at me. My hair was in a bun for a few solid months, and the damage to my nearly two feet of hair was noticeable. What once were soft waving curls had large indentions from tight elastics from brands that shall not be names. Once my little girl grew curious and old enough to begin carrying on my back, her fascination with mommy's long hair grew. I knew it was time for change.
        I began looking into alternative hair ties that did not damage my hair, and most were just strips of cloth, not nearly enough grip to hold my thick wavy hair at bay and away from Lily. Finally, I found Tie It Yourself, through it's fantastic Twitter presence, an elastic band of great length that I could then cut down to size and tie to whatever tension I desire.

        The best part of Tie It Yourself hair ties are that they can also be used as headbands, and they're are the same reliable grippy material of the original elastic bands.

        Every mom needs baby-proof babywear hair, so I'm hosting a giveaway of five gorgeous colors of Tie It Yourself hair ties! The colors in the prize package are: Chili Pepper, Coral, Dark Orchid, Lime and Teal.

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        Here is a video on how to Tie It Yourself:

Wordless Wednesday: From a Local Farmer's Market to the Tops of Mountains

        A Wordless Wednesday entry featuring my photos of Judanzy's Organic Baby Leggings for my blog review from a farmer's market to the top of the mountains. Including a $25 e-gift certificate giveaway to Judanzy.com for Mother's Day.

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JuDanzy Organic Baby Leg Warmers Review and Giveaway

Our little honeybee buzzing around the trails in JuDanzy's Organic Honeycomb Baby Leg Warmers.

     

        As a new mother, I searched far and wide on the reaches on the internet in order to find everything I "needed" for my new baby. However, once Lily got here, I realized I knew very little about the true necessities of a natural parent. From cloth diapers, to babywearing, I would have been lost without the advice of the natural parenting community. One of the first accessories that I saw a lot of were baby leg warmers, which I previously never knew existed. For the cloth diapering parents, the ability to change a diaper with out having to take pants, socks, and the like off first and then replacing them was the most useful quality of these handy leg warmers. Then I began to see these leg warmers being used with all different types of carriers and wraps to keep the chill off of baby's legs while adventuring outdoors. I knew I had to have them for Lily. As soon as I discovered JuDanzy's Organic Baby Leg Warmer line, I realized that they were exactly what I was looking for. When you have a little girl and you were never really a "girly-girl" yourself, it makes it hard to accept frills and bows and rainbows on everything. So, when I saw the bright, gender-neutral colors and patterns, I knew I had found the mother-load, quite literally. 

Organic Baby Leg Warmers and Organic Local Produce. What more does a mother need?

A small pop of sunshine with JuDanzy's Honeycomb Organic Baby Leg Warmers on top of the mountains.

        Our leisurely stroll through the Saturday farmer's market ended in no rough wind-blown knees in need of lotion or sunscreen. And I even cleverly positioned Lily's baltic amber anklet under the hem of the leg warmer so it wouldn't slide off. The trek through the mountains trails was warm and sunny, but Lily didn't sweat a bit because all she was wearing were the leg warmers under the wrap, oh my! The two JuDanzy patterns that are shown, as well as being my favorites, are Honeycomb (Bright Lemon Yellow) and Bluefish (Light Mint). I love how bright the colors and patterns are, even when held up against my colorful skirt, and they have all the style to stand alone. The thing that surprised me most about JuDanzy's Organic Baby Leg Warmers was the softness. The organic cotton makes all the difference, and they're just as breathable as muslin. My husband even noticed how soft they were inside, and joked that he wanted a pair of his own! For the majority of our weekend out and about, Lily slept comfortably against mommy with her little legs protected by these organic cotton beauties.

Find your favorite baby leg warmers and so much more at JuDanzy.com

JuDanzy Bluefish Organic Baby Leg Warmers among the red rocks.

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Celebrity Babywearing

        More and more, media is beginning to include photos of celebrity moms and dads babywearing alongside their usual gossip banter in their magazines. As babywearing becomes more mainstream, even entertainment television news features the celebrities of modern day using the same carriers as us common folk. And maybe that's the problem.... many of the pictures I found of such well-known faces wearing their baby in, what the majority of mothers conclude to be, unsafe positions and in outdated carrier designs.

        I refuse to post the majority of celebrity babywearing photos, because the majority of them are using carriers improperly or front facing at what I consider to be too young of an age. I found that most of the photos that depicted a baby being worn correctly, were being worn by their dads! Now, if that means they did it themselves or had help from a more experienced mom, I still say kudos! As I always say, any babywearing is better than no babywearing. Here are some of my favorite celebrity babywearing dads:

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka kept twins Harper and Gideon close their hearts — and away from prying eyes — in wraps covered by a jacket and an Aden + Anais blanket, respectively.

Channing Tatum may have won over the hearts of moms everywhere when he was spotted carrying 5-week-old Everly in a baby wrap, covered with an Aden + Anais muslin swaddle.

Gwen Stefani babywearing with a ring sling.

Peter Dinklage, an actor on HBO's Game of Thrones, carried his daughter Zelig in a Baby Bjorn carrier back in early 2012.

A rather hilarious depiction of Angelina Jolie, carrying probably only one of her children safely.

Wordless Wednesday's: Beauty in the Red Rocks

        A few of the other bloggers that I keep up with participate in a weekly post called "Wordless Wednesday's", so I thought I'd join in. Here is the full photo shoot for my Courage Sling Diaries Audition with Sakura Bloom, of which I only used the first four you see. All photos are by my wonderful husband and myself!