New Blog I found today!

Stumbled upon a great new blog today and I want to share it with you all. It's http://familyfocusblog.com and they're having a great Stihl giveaway just in time for Father's Day!
Here is the link to the actual giveaway post: http://freebloggiveaways.com/2011/05/04/stihl-wetdry-vacuum-giveaway/

If you enter, make sure you tell me :) I'd love for someone I know to get it! YAY! But if you don't enter, that's cool too--more chances for me...LOL!

Help Choose May Featured Scent!

It's that time again! Time to choose the Featured Scent for May 2011. **FOUR WINNERS** will be chosen at random to receive bath salt samples.

**Remember that the featured scent is available all month for 10% off!!**

Previously Featured Scents:
February-Pink Chocolate
March-Cucumber Melon
April-Lovely Lavender






Remember to vote, then add a comment to this blog to be entered into the drawing.
Winners will be chosen from the blog comments!!

No excuses!! (ok, maybe one big one) And a reason to celebrate!

So I've been working on Emily's felt playhouse...I have, I promise! It's coming a little slower than I would've liked though. I've missed 2 deadlines I set for myself and I'm not happy about it. My only excuse? I broke my pelvis. Back in January, I slipped and fell right on my butt! Those who know me personally would probably agree that I thought I had enough "junk in the trunk" to cushion any fall. But that wasn't the case here. I landed just right and have been in pain ever since. I waited some 5 weeks before going to the doctor because I'm stubborn. Also because I knew there was NOTHING at all they could do for me. It's not like they can cast my hip and I'm still breastfeeding  (22months+) so I refused pain meds. I was told to take calcium, something I should've been taking all along, I KNOW!! Basically, I was told that whenever I did something (sit, turn, move) that caused me pain, to not do it. Also, to rest a lot....with a toddler running around like a maniac trying to destroy the house?? Ughhh! I was given a glimmer of hope when they said it normally takes about 8 weeks for a pelvis fracture to heal...but then 8 weeks came and went and I was still hurting a bit. Ten weeks have passed and I still hurt. It's not enough that I complain constantly (hubby may disagree) but it's enough to limit some movements and trying to stay comfortable is still a job in itself.

Soooo that's why I've been slacking on the playhouse. I've not been able to sit and sew more than 10-15mins at a time. I think this weekend I will start making some of the animals for one of the sides and maybe some fruits and veggies. Time to get back in gear!! I've only got until May 15th to finish it!!

In other news, I've still been making my Kozy Kuddlers!! We celebrated 4 years of Kozy Kuddlers this week!! Hooray!! For those of you who don't know what Kozy Kuddlers are, they are machine washable hot/cold therapy packs. Since starting up 4 years ago, I've used over 100,000 cherry seeds! Why cherry seeds? The cherry seeds I use are all natural, specially cleaned and dried, with no added chemicals. They hold heat longer than rice, beans or corn and can be washed unlike many other fillers! .
In addition to KK's, in January I expanded my line to include "Pamper Yourself--Bath Salts/Soaks and Sugar Scrubs." I've been making bath salts for about 5 years now. Mostly for personal use and for gifts. Since my little Punky Brewster (Emily) enjoys using them too, I started paying more attention with how I make them. She has SUPER sensitive skin so her's are all natural and usually contain colloidal oatmeal.
I have also expanded my line to include nursing covers, washable nursing pads, bibs, sippy cup leashes and car seat blankets. And while I have a good bit of it posted on my facebook page, some I have only on my personal page due to crappy people with no imaginations/creativity trying to copy my own designs instead of coming up with their own. Gotta love that!

I guess I need to go round up Punky Brewster...I promised her we'd go outside and play this afternoon :)

Later,
Kristin

April Winners!

I combined the polls between the blog and my Facebook Fan Page since 2 days before the contest was over my blog poll decided to take a poo. 


Winners are as follows:


April Featured Scent: Lovely Lavender

5 Winners of Free Bath Salts are:

1. lorisumner
2. WonderMels
3. Carol
4. kaabel
5. PipersMom2009 

You will all receive a sample of March's Featured Scent--Cucumber Melon. I will contact you all later this morning (or afternoon) depending on when I wake up. If you're up and feeling froggy, you are more than welcome to email them to me before then. kozykuddlers [at] yahoo dot com.

We'll do this again in a couple weeks!

Congratulations!

**POLL** April's Featured Scent

Thanks to the new Facebook Giveaway Rules, I've decided to take things over here to make it a lot easier on the both of us. Just select your choice and then comment below that you did it. Five people will win FREE BATH SALT SAMPLES!! I'll use random.org to pick the winner from the comments. The 5 winners will be chosen on March 30th!

**Remember that the featured scent is available all month for 10% off!!**
Previously Featured Scents:
February-Pink Chocolate
March-Cucumber Melon
April-??????

Lovely Lavender
Love Spell
Monkey Farts

Exciting Stuff :) Launching a new line!!

I am pleased to announce the release of several Pampering products in my Kozy Kuddler by KAL line :)
For years, they've been a select gift I'd make for those "hard to shop for women" or co-workers. Well, I've tested them for a few weeks on my personal page and they seem to be doing well, so now I'm offering them to the world here!

For now I am offering these products:

 Bath Salts (scented, unscented, colored or natural)

I have several scents to choose from. Most are listed on my personal FB page, but will be making an appearance soon on the Kozy Kuddler by KAL Page :)

 Sugar Scrubs...A few different scents...this is just one. These work well by the kitchen sink or in the shower. They are ideal for someone who wants a little extra pampering, but are always in a hurry. Hubby washes his hands a lot (RN) so his hands are forever drying out. This is a good way to get that moisture back! 

Here is one of the Soaks. This one is strawberry scented :) The soaks I feature contain oatmeal and bits of real fruit. They're great for sensitive skinned people and babies. There is a minimal amount of salt in the soaks.


Well, there ya have it! My new products :) If you have any questions, leave a comment or email me at kozykuddlers{at}yahoo.com.

New Blogs to Follow?!

Ok, I can literally spend HOURS and HOURS on here looking at new blogs and "meeting" (ok, reading about) interesting people! It's almost worse than facebook! Anyways, I was wondering if anyone could recommend new blogs for me to check out. I usually just hop, skip and jump around making my way through the blog world, but a little direction would be handy too :)

Do you have a favorite crafting/photography/cooking/inspirational blog that you recommend?