WeeEssentials: Fluff-a-Rump featured member and GIVEAWAY!

Shop link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/WeeEssentials 
Blog link: http://weeessentials.wordpress.com/
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Getting to know WeeEssentials:

What got you started in selling items in your Etsy shop?

     It was a fluke, really.  I was making soap to sell at craft fairs and I had a little extra.  I had seen soap bits before and I used the extra to make some.  They weren't great, but over the years I've perfected my recipe!  My other items were added as I was inspired to replace other disposable items in my home - menstrual pads, liners, paper towels, nursing pads, wipes, etc.

Where did your shop name originate?

     The name "WeeEssentials" comes from the fact that life requires lots of little things to run smoothly.  My products are not only eco-friendly, but they fill a very practical need.

What is one piece of advice you wish someone would have told you when you started cloth diapering?

      Make sure you have a big enough stash of diapers to last a few days - if you don't, it makes diapering really frustrating!  My third child is the first to have a more-than-adequate stash, and it's so much less stressful - and I'm not as likely to run out of diapers!

What is your favorite thing to do when you’re not sewing/working for your shop?

      I love knitting, dyeing and spinning yarn.  But other than crafting, I love to spend time working on a puzzle with my eldest or cuddling with my younger two.  It never lasts long, but I soak in every minute I can get.

What is your current favorite item in your shop, and why?

      It's a newly designed wet bag with three pockets - two zippers and one velcro.  I really struggled to figure out how to design this, and one morning I woke up with an Aha! moment.  I'm really surprised it hasn't sold, but then again,  I don't really like the fabric (or I'd take it myself!) Maybe I'm not the only one!

What is your favorite material to work with?

     I love, love, love cotton wovens.  I've quilted in the past, and there is just something so satisfactory about cutting it, sewing it, and the feel of it in your hands!

How long has your shop been open?

      I've been selling on Etsy since June of 2008.

Personal bio: 

     I graduated from college with a degree in Spanish Language and Literature and also in Media Communications.  I worked as a translator and ESL teacher for an elementary school for a few years before having my first child, and since then, I've been using my marketing skills building a business instead of my Spanish skills.  I am a work-at-home mom for three children - Gabe, 4.5 years; Ezra, almost 2 years, and Maddie, who is 3 months old, and I have been married for 10 years now.  We just moved to Nashville right before Christmas of last year, and we're renovating a beautiful-but-decrepit 105 year old farmhouse.  I love learning old skills like canning and quilting - if we really do lose our electronics in 2012, we'll be ready! :)  Needless to say, we keep busy!

Fluff-a-Rump Giveaway details!

(Drawing to be held Aug 18th, 9pm PDT) 

This week, Candice from WeeEssentials is offering one winner a large jar of Soap Bits Wipe Solution .  Retail Value: $12 Open to all countries.  Contains approximately 70 bits - enough to make up to 70 Cups of solution! My soap bits are a natural way to clean little hands, faces, and bottoms.  Choose from dyed or undyed cubes, and from a large variety of scents, including many made from pure essential oils.  My undyed, essential oil-scented cubes are 100% natural.  Dye and fragrance oils are not completely natural and the addition of either one will make the cubes only 98-99% natural.

Find out more and choose your favorite scent from this listing:

To enter the giveaway, first do the required entry:
-Visit WeeEssentials shop and come back here and comment with something you love from her shop, or your favorite scent (or one you'd like to try).

Additional optional entries (leave a separate comment for EACH of the following that apply) (be sure that you are signed in or leave a way to contact you in each comment):
- "Like" WeeEssentials on Facebook (formerly known as Become a Fan)

- Follow WeeEssentials on Twitter 
- Follow the Etsy Cloth Diaper team blog publicly
- "Like" the Etsy Cloth Diaper team on Facebook (formerly known as Become a Fan)
- Follow the Etsy Cloth Diaper team on Twitter
- Tweet about the fluff-a-rump giveaways (limit one per day) - be sure to use @etsyclothdiaper and @weeessentials and #giveaway in your tweet!

A random blog comment number will be selected using random.org. The winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. You MUST comment on this blog post to be entered, and have contact info in your profile. Each entry entry must be its own comment. If you combine entries into one comment, it will only count as one entry. Winning entries will be validated, and you MUST do the required entry to have any additional entries be valid. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Thank you for entering!

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