Giveaway: Mrs. Jones Soapbox Eco-Friendly Household Cleaning Kit!

Who says cleaning has to be such a drag? Get rid of all those toxic cleaning products crowding the cabinet under your sink and go green! When this collection of Mrs Jones Soapbox appeared on our doorstep, we were over the moon at the yummy smell and chemical-free formulation, and just as happy with the awesome cleaning power (and the cute packaging is an added bonus).

Here's what creator Jamie has to say about her line: I created Mrs. Jones' Soapbox because I wanted to make a genuine contribution to the environmental movement. I was dismayed by all the greenwashing out there, particularly when it came to cleaning products and so I created a line that is truly eco-friendly and safe to use. I use vegetable-based soaps, natural minerals and essential oils to create the products and package them in bottles that are designed to re-filled or re-used. Refills are packaged in recycled water bottles, two liter bottles and gallon jugs that I collect from people in my community. Best of all the products look beautiful and smell great so it actually makes cleaning fun!

Well we are giving away a complete set of lovely Mrs Jones Soapbox cleaning products. This combo pack includes the entire Mrs. Jones' Soapbox line so you can simplify your cleaning routine and make your home a healthier house to live in. You'll receive the 5 household cleaning products plus a jar of laundry detergent that will last you through 80 loads of laundry. Who knows? Maybe you'll even look forward to cleaning now...

So, we are so excited to be giving away an entire Eco-Friendly Household Cleaning Kit + Laundry Detergent/Fabric Softener Combo., a $60 prize that includes all of the following:
Clean - all-purpose disinfecting spray
Sparkle - glass, granite, mirrors & stainless steel cleaner
Shine - wood & furniture polish
Scrub - soft scrub cleaner
Soapy - concentrated, all-purpose dilutable
Laundry Detergent + Fabric Softener combo for 80 loads of laundry

And you know what is really cool? You can choose between glass or plastic bottles (both 16 ounces each) for the cleaning bottles in this listing. Find out how to enter after the jump...
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How to Make the Magicalest Magical Tutu Dress of Magic

Do you want your daughter to make a face like this?

Or like that?

Or maybe this?

Then make her one of these magical tutu dresses of magic.

And watch her flit about the yard in fairy princess heaven. Find out how to make a magical tutu dress after the jump!
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FABRIC FRIDAY!

Isn't this sweet? It's the brand new Sentimental Studios Farmyard, Farmyard Scenic Cream from Fabricworm and it's this week's Fabric Friday. Just leave the comment that beats all other comments on any post this coming week and you win a yard!

But I bet you want to see who won last week's yard. Read on to see!
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Link Love

EEEEgads this is cute! Me Sew Crazy remixed our Snap Wrap Dress into this adorableness. Check it out!

How to make paper twine from crepe paper. This is ingenious, I love it so much. Wait till you see how she did it, at Howdy.

Make origami numbers and turn them into nursery art at Bloesem Kids.

I want to go there. Everything about this place is inspiring to me (as I'm working on the patio redesign). Ridic awesome. At designtripper.


Isn't this print lovely? It was designed by Nicole Balch and she has it available as a free printable on her site Making it Lovely!

Also...

I've been in Palm Springs all week working on my next book. I'd link to all of the wonderful and amazing things I wish you were here enjoying with me, but I already wrote about them all for Design*Sponge: The Palm Springs Guide.

Busy Mom Beauty Tricks, 11 great tips from our friend Sonya.

Tutorial for making a cute iphone sleeve at Sew Woodsy.

So I bought this little jumper off the sale rack at anthropologie (where it was hanging with the dresses), and I've been wearing it out & about with a straw hat and a cardigan feeling all cute-like. Then I just saw that it's in the loungewear section of their website. So I guess I've been bumming around town in my pajamas. HA/:)/Ba ha ha ha/Boo yah/hee hee hee/jazz hands/SHUT THE FRONT DOOR. (sorry, it's a facebook thing)

This fabric jewelry is so pretty.

Just thought I'd mention that my book is on sale on amazon right now. If you want to mail yours to me, I'll totes sign it and send it back. I might even add a smiley face if jacinda would allow it.

What else we're up to this week...
Giving away an awesome crib mattress. Enter here.
Being horrified by children's bedding.
Rounding up the cutest stuff from the Renegade Craft Fair Austin.
Lusting after expensive baby clothes.
Rocking cheap hats.
Giving away the Hot Moms Handbook. Enter here.
Picking out our ten favorite Ikea outdoor products.
Sharing our fave summer toys on video.
Picking out kid's music that doesn't make us want to leave earth.
Imagining ourselves as Olivia Newton John.

GIVEAWAY: Pacesetter Embroidery Thread Set Collection

Is your heart starting to thump?

O. M. G.

Yes this is happening.

Brother is helping us give away a  Pacesetter High Quality Embroidery Thread Set Collection

An attractive way to showcase the beautiful Pacesetter® polyester thread color collection. This set includes 63 spools of 100% polyester embroidery thread of 40-weight, 1,100 yard double-snap spools that keep thread from unwinding. The thread is specially designed and tested for Brother® embroidery machines. The metal rack fixture is made with a polished, white finish to blend in and complement and home-studio décor. It accommodates 60 mini-king and/or king size spools and can be a tabletop display or wall mounted. No assembly required. Measures 17.5”L x 21.5”W x 2.5”D

I have been using this thread for a few months now and it is truly beautiful for embroidery AND SEWING! You can see examples here and here. It's really really nice. Ok, enough talk, you want to see more pics of this lovely collection? And learn how to enter for the chance to win it?

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Matryoshka Mini-Contest Winner & Last Day for Silhouette Offer!

Last week I asked you to give me a cute saying to add to this Silhouette graphic that I plan to add to some t-shirts for the girls. Of course, the clever Prudent Mamas didn't let me down. I loved them all (so hard to choose!!) but in the end I went with...

Sarady who said... "Privyet" Which means hi.

So fun! My new neighbors are Russian and have two little girls. I bet they would love Privyet t-shirts too!

Sarady-Contact me and let me know your color preference (hot pink, turquoise or white) and your mailing address!

But I loved them all so much that I have three honorable mentions who I will send a vinyl graphic as well (sans saying.) Perhaps you could embroider your clever saying underneath and enter our "Use Your Word" contest. Riiiiight?

See the runner up-ers and an awesome Silhouette offer after the jump.
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GIVEAWAY: Mastering Shadow Work Embroidery

Check out this lovely book that we have to give away! Mastering Shadow Work Embroidery with Wendy Poché Schoen provides an excellent education in shadow work and classic embroidery.

Her style is so timeless. Look at these detailed color illustrations.


Getting some sweet ideas for the "Use Your Words" contest?

Find out how to enter and see more from inside the book below.
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GIVEAWAY WINNER: Puppet Play by Diana Schoenbrun

Diana Schoenbrun's new crafty book Puppet Play is so cute! The patterns and tutorials use all kinds of fun materials, from tin cans to socks, to create magical puppet creatures! Clare has been begging me to make the elephant with her.



And if you didn't win, pick up a copy of Puppet Play on Amazon. Sweet!

The winner is...
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The Narrow Hem Foot & 5 Minute Tank Tunic Part 2

Way back when, we showed you the 5-Minute T-shirt Tunic. Here is a new version that I made using a narrow hem foot, my newest obsession for doing vast amounts of skinny seams quickly. Want to make a speedy voile scarf? This is your gal...

Read on for the 5 Minute Tank Tunic Part 2!
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GIVEAWAY WINNER: Two Yards of Linen from Fabricworm!

It's time to give away that luxurious Linen! One lucky Prudent Mama will recieve 2 yards of this gorgeous Essex Linen in whatever color they like (that's in stock). That's enough to make a gorg Hot Mess Mommy summer skirt, or a set of napkins, or maybe a romper?

I was so inspired by Jaime's lux load that I just snagged some white and pink for myself (along with a little on-sale Soul Blossom for Clare's birthday party.) It's freshly washed and feels so nice!

The lucky winner is...
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Help! A Courtyard in Which to Hold Court!

Last week, Jaime introduced you to our exciting Summer project. Each of us are giving a social space in our home a makeover using gifted American Express Membership Rewards Points. Lucky!!! Jaime chose her back patio and I chose my front-entry courtyard-type space. It's one of my favorite spots in the house but also one of the most neglected. It has so much potential but I just haven't done anything with it. Let me take you for a little tour and tell you what I have in mind. I could really use your advice and ideas! Thanks Prudent mamas! Oh, and I should mention that all the kiddo stuff and grill is in the backyard so this is really a space for beauty and adult relaxation ie. drinking sangria with my girlfriends. Where were we? Back to the tour...

This is the path to my front door. So far, so good. Then you walk in the gate and see...

Cement. Lots of cement. So what do we do?...
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FABRIC FRIDAY!

It's Frrrrrriday!! Fabric Friiiiiiday!! Don't know what that is? Sounds good though, right? The Friday afternoon mini-contest formerly known as Friday{Surprise}Prize will now be Fabric Friday! 

When we were in Salt Lake City, we met with Cynthia from Fabricworm and had a little impromptu brainstorming session (see, we did work) and Fabric Friday was born. Our favorite comment on any post during the upcoming week will now win a YARD of fabric from fabricworm.

This week it's a yard of Laurie Wisbrun Pooches and Pickups, Pickup Trucks / Spring.
Sooo cute for boy-ness or perhaps for Father's Day? Clare just looked over my shoulder and requested a truck skirt. How cute would that be? See the entire Pooches and Pickups Collection.

Keep the comments coming! It's lonely here at Prudent Baby when we don't hear from the Prudent Mamas!

Link Love

I want a necklace justlikethat.

Easy and adorable wreath DIY at Fiskars. So simple. I love rainbows, don't you? So happy.

Artist Juliana Santacruz Herrera has been filling the potholes of Paris with brightly colored.. something... fabric? wool? Not sure, but it's amazing isn't it? Check out a bunch more pics here.

You know how like once a week on our Prudent Baby facebook group I post a picture of some insane-delicious morsel I am all droolfully wanting to eat? Yesterday it was -no lie- a Pretzel Croissant with Gruyere and Bacon. I mean, how could you not? 99% of the time i am posting from this place by my house. If you live in LA you already know about it, but if not, and you ever come for a visit, go there. I'll totally meet you and steal tidbits right off your plate.

And more...

We are obsessed with Grosgrain Fabulous and her current series of posts knowns as free pattern month. We were so honored to be featured last week, then Blogger melted down and we never got all of our posts back and never told you about it. So i'm telling you about it now, and the good news it it's not too late for the rest of free pattern month!

Oh, I guess I haven't mentioned this yet, but I'm going all tv-like on y'all. You can catch me contributing to the new online talk show HerSay, starring Soleil Moon Frye (who also kindly hosted my book launch party at her amazing store last year) and airing on MSN and hersay.com. I'll be sharing some video DIYs and my hot picks for style, kids, and moms. Which means I have to like, wash my hair and worry about sitting up straight. If you wanna check out my first appearance head on over to HerSay, I show up towards the end of this episode. Oh geez.

Netflix tip: This movie is amazing, directed by the husband of an old friend. I'm not just plugging it for that reason though - this film got a 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, how often does that happen? Marwencol. Watch it.

Also have to give our PB two thumbs up to Bridesmaids, which Jacinda and I went to see on Saturday night in Utah. It was a super romantic date. I'm not even kidding, it was probably the most romantic date I've been on in... let's see... three years? she even bought me popcorn and my very own gallon of soda. that's true love.

Lots of cute machine embroidery patterns starting at just $1.99 at embroodles, including these adorable applique popsicles.

Hand stitched place cards - great & unique idea for the Use Your Words Embroidery Contest to win a fancy new embroidery machine!

Adorbs crochet pattern for the cutest baby sandals ever.

Three fun projects with washi tape. Dear washi tape, why are you so addictive? You are only tape, and yet I love you so.

What a wonderful and creative project for a gift.

Probably not the most efficient use of time, but I would love to replace all of my thread spools with these DIY ones made of branches from the yard.

I am reading this book (but on my beloved kindle). Have any of you read it? I know I am like 12 years late to the game, but I had to share because I can't put it down!

This week, Scarlet can't put this book down. But it's so cute I don't mind reading it twelve times a day.

That's all I got. What are you guys clicking on this week?

Quilt Market - Embroidery is EVERYWHERE!

Since we have embroidery on the brain, Jaime and I couldn't help but notice all of the GORGEOUS examples on display at Quilt Market. Maybe they will inspire your entry for the "Use Your Words" Contest. Are you ready to see all of the pretty embroidered eye-candy?

First we have the lovely Amy Butler. Aren't these critters made from her corduroy (coming soon!) super cute? The little hand-stitched elements make me (and them) smile. Does this count as embroidery? It does to us! Come, follow me...
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GIVEAWAY WINNERS: Say Mmm Premium Membership

Say Mmm has taken the concept of meal planning to the next level and now four of you will be meal planning is style with a 6 month subscription to premium service, Say Mmm Plus which includes features like price tracking, calorie counting, and unlimited recipe organization in addition to the meal planning, shopping list and recipe organization features found in the free version.

And the winners are:
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WINNER: Bake it Pretty Party Supplies

The winner of last week's Friday Surprise Prize (a giant balloon and paper straws, as seen in Quinn's Animal Party) from Bake It Pretty is:

Emily who said...
Happy birthday Quinn! Love the elephant tablecloth and the fun colors. When I read "animal style", I immediately thought of In-n-Out. Too bad I live too far away to have one right now.

Emily, you caught my In-n-Out reference. Takes me back to my LA days with Jaime. They just opened their first locations here in Dallas last week. Yuuuum!!!

Emily, you have 5 days to contact us to claim your prize!

And Stay tuned this Friday when we announce an exciting new weekly giveaway that we schemed up with Fabricworm at Quilt Market this past weekend. See? We did work. IT'S GOING TO BE A-MAZINGGGG!!

DIY Birthday In A Suitcase

Check out this super creative birthday idea I spotted at beautiful blog Funkytime. What kid (or adult for that matter) wouldn't love a birthday-in-a-suitcase? I asked creator Sybille to share her tutorial with us and she kindly agreed. Take it away Sybille!

Thank you so much girls for having me today! 4 weeks ago I bought an old suitcase at the flea market. First I didn't know what to do with it, but hey, it's vintage, it's a suitcase and it was $15! I knew there was another way of using this beauty besides painting it white and stacking it next to my bed as a bedside table! Since my hubby's birthday was coming up too, I decided to transform it into a 'birthday in a suitcase'. It really is a birthday-picnic in a suitcase. But before it looked like this, it had to come a long way!

Get the full tutorial on how to make your own birthday in a suitcase after the jump...
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