Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Let the giveaways begin!

To kick off my first fantastic week of blogging, one of my favorite etsy shops is hosting a giveaway.

Mama Dee's is an awesome store on Etsy that offers unique homemade costumes, shirts, and toys for your baby and child. The owner, Dora, caters to her client like no other. I should know since she made a custom outfit for C Man but more on that in the minute. First let me introduce you to the "mascot" of  Mama Dee's.
Meet Olly! A little guy (although she makes big ones too) who has been on a lot of adventures. You can keep track of his journeys on Mama Dee's facebook page . He sure is cute and loves to explore.

Another item that Mama Dee's offers is her unique and awesome shirts.

Love them especially the alien one since it reminds me so much of our hometown of Mars, PA!

Which then brings me to her adorable costumes.
All handmade - AMAZING!

But if you know me, you know I always have a plan in the head and had decided the kids were going to be Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf for Halloween. Although Mama Dee's wasn't currently selling that she agreed to attempt to make one for me. I knew it was going to be a difficult task because no one, and I mean no one, was selling a baby wolf costume. Lo and behold the attempt turned out looking more like a kangaroo (or at least so the hubby said). I was worried about how Dora was going to take it and she was great - agreeing completely with our assessment (I tell you it was one cute kangaroo though!). So I thought about it and decided to change the tune of our Halloween costumes and Mama Dee's accepted my new challenge and although I'm not going to tell you what the rest of us are going to be.

Here is my little C Man in his outfit
Is he not the cutest bear ever???
I am in LOVE with his costume and think he will be able to wear it through the winter to keep warm!
I should have taken a pic of his little bum - it even has a puff ball tail!

Do you have a unique costume idea? Mama Dee's loves a challenge just send her a message on Etsy and I swear you are going to be amazed.

Buy it: Currently Mama Dee's is offering 40% off all onesies and t-shirts! A great deal for her adorable clothes!

Now for the giveaway (our very first!):

Any shirt or onesie of your choice from Mama Dee's!
I don't know how you are going to choose your favorite but if you win that will be your challenge

Mandatory first entry:

Be a follower of my blog AND visit Mama Dee's and tell me your favorite item in her etsy shop. Don't forget to leave your email so I can let you know if you win

Extra Entries:

1. Tell me your favorite part of my new blog
2. Tell me what you would like to see on my blog or what you think could be better.
4. Post this giveaway on your facebook page and leave a link so I can verify
5. Retweet the following I entered to win a shirt from Mama Dee's Boutique at Show Me How You Do That! Stop by and enter at http://showmehowyoudothat.blogspot.com/ and leave me the url so I can verify your tweet-- I will be checking!

Giveaway ends Sept 22nd @11:59PM PST. USA only. Winner will be picked via Random.org. Please include your email address in your comment. For example: ShowMeHowYouDoThat@yahoo.com so that I may get in touch with you if you are selected as the giveaway winner. Please respond within 48 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.



This was not a paid post my honest opinions were used. No item was received in order to review this store - I just honestly love the shop! The opinions are solely my own and may vary from others. Thank you to Mama Dee's Boutique who supplied the products for the giveaway.


Good Luck!

82 comments:

  1. extra entry for kristen kalinowski

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  2. extra entry for julianne mcclelland

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  3. I follow this blog and would love Olly the Octopus in size 6 months.

    naturemanipulated AT hotmail DOT com

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  4. Baby Onesie 12 month - Darwin the Dog - I already follow you ;)
    1. I like the deals you show and how you explain the process first - just make you keep those referenced for all us beginners!
    2. More pictures of the babies :)
    3. Like Mama Dee's
    4. I reposted to my notes - but made a reference to the note on my profile (

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  5. randi i'm seperating your comments so they all count
    1. like the deals

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  6. LOVE LOVE LOVE the Thanksgiving turkey onsie! The turkey looks like he is scared that he will be eaten! The back of the onsie should say, "Eat more Hamburger" or something!

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  7. The part i like about your blog the most: The layout!!!! Mine isn't half as cute! Where did you find it?

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  8. I think your blog is great, no need to add anything cause you pretty much put in all the links to everything you're referring to and it is pretty user friendly! Good job! Although, you can NEVER have enough pictures of those two little cuties in my opinion! lol

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  9. I would love to have the Darwin the Dog T-shirt-size 5/6 for my son.
    savingmomssanity at gmail dot com

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  10. I love the little Alien flying spaceship Tshirt in red size 3T. My little man would absolutely flip for this shirt, actually he already has, he just saw it and said, "that for me?" Oh and I follow your blog!
    thanks,
    Heather
    herent@comcast.net

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  11. Monkey Tee is what I like from Mamabee's

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  12. Great blog, Lauren! I'd like to know more of your personal brand pics and why. :-)

    Here's my email that I left off the last post: jkingym @ zoominternet . net

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  13. Another blog request - Babies R Us coupons?

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  14. Ok, last blog request. Wholesale places: costco, sam's, etc.

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  15. My favorite is the Drool Monster shirt.

    couponboss at gmail dot com

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  16. I love the doggy and monkey onesies and t-shirts!!!

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  17. new follower
    i like her little alien flying spaceship tee
    nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net

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  18. i like your blog layout, it's easy to navigate

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  19. i don't know if i missed it, but i like a way to follow by e-mail cause i check it frequently

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  20. I love the Baby Onesie 6 month - Olly the Octopus .

    mia at jacobsracing dot com

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  21. Oh gosh, the Amigurumi olly is SUPER cute!!


    snaugle81@gmail.com

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  22. my favorite part of your new blog is the layout - very clean and easy to navigate. I also like the content!

    snaugle81@gmail.com

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  23. I would love to see more pictures/videos of your kids. The singing videos of your daughter were so cute!


    snaugle81@gmail.com

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  24. I like Mama Dee on facebook


    snaugle81@gmail.com

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  25. I love the Olly the Octopus onesie in 6 months! I am a follower.

    kayceewilliams at gmail dot com

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  26. I really like how sleek the design is. And the background.

    kayceewilliams at gmail dot com

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  27. I would love for you to feature WAHMs from Etsy who make cute baby things! Like the ones in the post.

    kayceewilliams at gmail dot com

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  28. i like the alien flying spaceship tshirt.
    pkeintz@gmail.com

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  29. i like your background
    pkeintz@gmail.com

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  30. I love the Monkey tee shirt -- so cute! We always call Tyler our lil monkey... how appropriate!

    Jennifer.Whitling@gmail.com

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  31. I think it's between the octupus and turkey onesie for me. CUTE! :)

    New follower... :)

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  32. Congrats on your new blog! Looks great! One tip I think is nice is putting target="_blank" after your links in your code so that when clicked on another window opens and we don't have to leave your site. :)

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  33. I'm a follower of your blog.

    My favorite item in her etsy shop is the olly the octopus plush toy.

    nieceyd@gmail.com

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  34. My favorite part of your blog is your banner. I love the scrapbooky look

    nieceyd@gmail.com

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  35. The only thing I wish was different would be for the comments to pop open in a new mini window, because that's my preference. But that's personal opinion...

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  36. I like mama dee on facebook

    userid: nieceyd

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  37. I tweeted
    http://twitter.com/goodieslist/status/25055633844

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  38. I think her Infant Knight Costume is adorable! I'm following on GFC as sunnymum.
    cbeargie at yahoo dot com

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  39. Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/sunnymum/status/25057355870

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  40. I follow your blog on gfc
    and I love the Baby Onesie 12 month-Olly the Octopus
    sarah.tennyson@gmail.com

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  41. My favorite is this one!
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/48528014/baby-onesie-18-month-little-blue-bird
    Love it!
    oldsockfarm At gmail D0t com
    And I'm a follower.

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  42. I love the bright colors on your blog. It's very eye-catchy and family-friendly. Good work!
    oldsockfarm At gmail D0t com

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  43. I don't think there's anything on your blog that needs improving. My one suggestion would be to blog more about your children, as they will treasure those little stories when they are older (and so will you)!
    oldsockfarm At gmail D0t com

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  44. I'm a follower! And I love the monkey tee.
    jcgetz at gmail dot com.

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  46. follow blog and i like the Baby Onesie 12 month - Darwin the Dog

    lauren51990 at aol dot com

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  47. would love to see more baby related items and giveaways.

    lauren51990 at aol dot com

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  48. I would like to see more diaper deals! I put this link as my status on facebook but I don't tweet!

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  49. I am a new follower of your blog! I love the Martin the Monkey Boy T-shirt-size 5/6! So cute!

    Heather K.
    mysticbutterfly37 at yahoo.com

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  50. I love your background and header!

    Heather K.
    mysticbutterfly37 at yahoo.com

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  51. A Blog button!

    Heather K.
    mysticbutterfly37@yahoo.com

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  52. I posted about this giveaway on my facebook page.

    http://www.facebook.com/airplanesanddragonflies

    Heather K.
    mysticbutterfly37 at yahoo.com

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  53. I tweeted.

    http://twitter.com/matthewsmommy/statuses/25249628422

    Heather K.
    mysticbutterfly37 at yahoo.com

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  54. I'm a new follower. My fave is the Olly the Octopus T-shirt. It'd look cute on my little boy =) tylerpants9at)gmail.com

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  55. Follow. Love the Yellow Monster T. :-) joleehamlin [at] comcast [dot] net

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  56. I love the thanksgiving onesie+I followed you! :)

    happyleesh at gmail dot com

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