Let me introduce a Local Mama & her Amazing Memories Photography

This post is for our local area mama friends. I want to tell you about an amazing Mama in our community that I recently had the pleasure of meeting. Her name is Melisa. She is the mother of 3 kids ages 7, 9, and 10. She is also the owner of Amazing Memories Photography here in Cortez.

Even though Melisa and her business are right here in Cortez, I discovered her on BuzzTown.com, an internet community website which I belong to. By accident one day I noticed that one of my BuzzTown friends had become a fan of her business. So I clicked on her link and saw the most Amazing Baby Pictures. They were not your typical poses and backgrounds. One of the pictures that really caught my attention was of a baby sleeping peacefully on the petal of a beautiful, vividly colored flower.

I continued to browse her portfolio and decided that I just had to get her to take my grandkids pictures. I figured the pictures would probably be expensive because they obviously took more time and attention in designing each picture. I went to her website to see what her prices were like. To my amazement they were totally reasonable! Now I was hooked. I sent an email to her through the BuzzTown system and we arranged a time for me to stop by her studio to talk to her a bit more about her photography business.

The next morning I stopped at her studio, which is at 317 East Main Street, Suite B, right across from the Mr Happy Bakery. I found Melisa to be a very genuine person who seemed to be comfortable in her own skin. The type of person who you just feel at ease with when you are in her company. She showed me how she creates these amazing photographs with the use of what is called Chromakey (green screen) photography, which is exactly that, a green colored background screen. The subject sits, stands, or lays in front of the 'green screen' and she takes their picture. Then later in her at her computer she puts different backgrounds in where the green color was. With this technology she can put any scene she wants in the background, and even make it look like you are part of the background. Besides the fact that this type of photography allows her to be more creative, it also means that she doesn't have to have a bunch of expensive props in her studio. That means that she saves money on props and studio space. Melisa passes these savings on to her customers by offering affordable package pricing. Okay, enough technical talk...take a look at these Amazing Photographs she created of my grandchildren.

In this photo the kids were looking into a fish bowl. Melisa told them there was a tiny goldfish in the bowl so they were both looking for it. Russell of course went fishing for it. Later, at her computer, Melisa added the orange goldfish. When we showed this photo to Sydney, she couldn't believe that now she could see the goldfish that she doubted existed a few days earlier when she was getting her picture taken.

This is one of my favorite photos with Sydney looking like she is inside the glass globe. I will cherish this picture forever.

Here is a sweet picture of Russell sitting in an old wash tub. As you can tell by looking at these photos, you don't have to worry about getting just the right shot of your child, in just the perfect pose. You capture your child just having fun getting his picture taken, then Melisa adds the extras that make the photo so special and unique.

The kids didn't even get cranky like they usually do when told to put their hand here and their foot there, and hold still while the photographer snaps a shot. As a matter of fact, Russell had so much fun that he developed quite a crush on Melisa. Two days later when she brought the images to the store for me to pick the ones I wanted, Russell immediately recognized her and ran up and hugged her legs then started saying "up, up" indicating that he wanted her to pick him up. She obliged him and received a really big hug in return.

I was so impressed with Melisa, her work, the fantastic prices, and the truly Amazing Photographs that we now proudly display in our store. I love them so much that I wanted to tell all of my mama friends in the local area about her. I asked Melisa if she would mind if I did a feature on her in our Weekly Highlights email and she was so delighted that she offered to give my readers a Special Gift. She will give anyone who purchases ANY size photo package, a FREE 8 x 10 standard photo, just tell her that Anna from The Baby Store Plus recommended her.

If you are wondering what a 'standard' photo is, the picture below is an example of her standard photo, although standard is not the word I would use to describe this picture...it is actually Sydney's favorite of all of the pictures. Basically, it is any photo with a standard background, not the photos above where she has digitally inserted additional images -those take a lot more time to create. We can't expect Melisa to make this great of an offer indefinitely, so this offer will only be good through September. I suggest that you give Melisa a call (970-565-8636 or 970-739-9455) right away, to schedule an appoint to make some Amazing Memories with your children.



Here are a few more photos...



These are definitely not pictures that will end behind next years photos. I think Melisa named her business accurately...Amazing Memories Photography is exactly what she does.

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

Wordless Wednesday ~ Sunday Drive, 25 Miles from our home

Wordless Wednesday ~ Sunday Drive, 25 Miles from our home.

Gotta Love Colorado!

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

Get in touch with Your Inner Child by Playing With a Child!

Remember Paper Dolls? I sure do. I probably had at least 50 different paper dolls throughout my childhood. I remember spending long hours on weekends, off in 'pretend-land', playing with my paper dolls. I couldn't wait to share that experience with my granddaughter. Since she is over 3 years old now I knew she would love the make-believe part of paper dolls but I worried how the clothing tabs would hold up under her not-so-gentle little fingers.


Children have to learn what is an appropriate amount of pressure to apply to different activities so this will develop with time. But for now, there is a wonderful set of toys from Melissa & Doug that allows a little one to play like paper dolls, but with sturdy thick wooden dolls that are magnetic. The Magnetic Dress-Up Dolls are fabulous for little fingers. We now have 3 sets of magnetic dress-up dolls at The Baby Store Plus and I gave one of them to Sydney to play with. She absolutely loved it! She played with her Maggie Leigh Wooden Dress-up Doll all day the first day and continued to play with it every day after.
There are three styles that we have, the Maggie Leigh that I gave Sydney, the Joey, so boys can play too, and the Abby & Emma double set. Each set comes in a pretty designed wooden divider tray to keep all the little parts & pieces organized. Each piece is magnetized so it easily attaches to the magnetic doll. The doll can be held in the little ones hands, laid out on a flat surface, or stood upright in the wooden stand that comes with each doll. Your little one can mix n match shirts, skirts, pants, dress, shoes and accessories for the girl dolls. The Joey doll comes with several career outfits so he can be a Super Hero, Firefighter, Policeman, a Knight, Construction Worker, and even a Pirate.
These Magnetic Dress-Up Dolls are recommended for children ages 3 and up. They do come with small pieces so if you have younger children you should supervise the parts when little ones are near.

The single dress-up dolls, Joey or Maggie Leigh are just $12.99 and the double set with Abby & Emma is just $19.99, and all are now available in our Online Store, as well as in our physical store in Cortez, Colorado.

Get in touch with Your Inner Child by Playing With a Child!

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

HOT New Coobie Bra Colors

"HOT" New Coobie Bra Colors!

I present to you what I think is, the 'Perfect Bra'. Nothing makes a girl feel sexier than a really pretty bra. Add in the bonus that this is THE Most comfortable bra that you will probably ever wear, and that the size is called FREE because it fits any woman from a size 32A to a 36D! Now top all of that off with a price so low that you can afford to buy 2 or 3 of them for the same price that you have probably paid for a single bra in the past. What do you get? You get the Perfect Bra...the Coobie Bra!

If you have known me for any length of time then you have probably heard me talk about the Coobie Bra before. I totally Love this bra for all of the above reasons. And now there are 6 more reasons to love it...Check out these Hot New Coobie Bra Colors!

If you have not tried the Coobie yet...what are you waiting for? With a price of just $16 - $20 who could afford to Not try one? If you are like most of my customers who have bought one...you will be back for more very soon. I personally own 4 of them, and I will be adding to that collection now that Coobie has introduced some really pretty new colors. I am all over the new Mocha. It makes me think of Iced Coffee -my new favorite summer drink.

The Coobie bra comes in a Bandeau (strapless) for those strapless summer dresses, a Scoopneck for the simple yet sexy look, with a bit or decorative gathering in the front to keep the girls from becoming a uni-boob, and there is also the really sexy V-Neck Lace so you can let the lace peek through your shirt for the layered look without the layers. The wide band in the back also smooths out the look of your back so no unsightly rolls created by your bra. They each come with smooth line pads that can be removed if you don't want them. The strapped bras also come with a second set of clear straps so you can change out the straps when you need a strapless look. They are all Super Comfortable and so easy to care for. Just remove the pads before hand-washing, and lay out on a towel to dry. It doesn't get any easier than that.

Oh how I wish I had a nice flat tummy like that to go with my pretty Coobie Bra! Oh, by the way, you don't have to be that skinny to wear a Coobie. I personally wear a size 40B and the Coobie fits me just fine.

See a recent blog review by Amanda at My Life with Rats & More. Look for more reviews coming very soon!

Get your own Coobie Bra, or add some of these New Colors to your collection by stopping by our store in Cortez, Colorado or shop in our Online Store. We ship within 1 business day, (usually the same day) so you will have your New Coobie Bras right away!

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

Our New Blog Make-Over and GIVEAWAY!

I am so in love with our Blog Make-Over done by Sheila of 'Blog Designs by Sheila'. She did a fabulous job don't you think? I gave her very little guidance as to what I wanted. I just told her that I was looking for a clean fresh look that was 'babyish' with more modern shades of pink and blue and look what she did!

Besides totally revamping the blog she also created a beautiful header for our store's website to tie it in with the new look of the blog. Now our blog, shopping website, and our informational website all have a uniformity to them. And she did all of this for such a reasonable price. I purchased the Ultimate Blog Design package for just $65.00 and it even included the New Cute Buttons for the store and the blog, and my custom new signature line too!

If you don't remember what my blog looked like before, here is a snap shot of it. I had tried to make it colorful but it just looked like too much. I had only one sidebar on the right, instead of one on each side, so that single column was very full and too busy looking, it just looked a mess. I also had tried to make a pretty heading and matching buttons, but they were not near as cute & pretty as the ones that Sheila did for me.

"Before"

She created neat, clean headers for all of my information in the sidebars. She put in the cute and simple icons for twitter, facebook, subscribing via email or feedburner, and she made them in the perfect baby colors to match the entire blog look.

I am so thrilled with the new look that we are even ordering a new sign for our building to match the new look of our website and blog. I will post pictures of it as soon as it arrives. Now I need new letterhead, business cards, etc. This is the fresh, new look that we needed to celebrate that we have been in business for 2-1/2 years now and have weathered the economic storm and are doing well thanks to all of our many supportive customers...Thank You!

To celebrate this exciting new look I want to do a Giveaway! I think the most appropriate product to offer in a giveaway is something that a Fresh, New Mama's could really use...the Dr Carey's Baby Care Kit! This kit has a retail valued of $49.95 and comes in a beautifully printed keepsake box that is filled with all of the little 'essentials' that a new mama needs, including: Dr Carey's Swaddling Baby Blanket, Diaper Rash Ointment & Skin Protectant, Hawaii Medical's GumDrop Pacifier, Saline Solution Squirt Bottle, Digital Thermometer, Nose Suction Bulb, and Dr Carey's Baby Care Book, a practical and informative book filled with color photographs and common sense explanations of what to expect from her baby, to help her navigate that magical first year. With almost everything needed to ease the worries of moms and dads. It is like a parenthood tool box that brings the doctor to your home.

If you are a new mama, or soon to be mama, then you will want to win this for yourself. If not, then enter to win it for the next baby shower that you are invited to, it is sure to be a hit with any new mama.

So here is how you can enter to Win a Free Dr. Carey's Baby Care Kit valued at $49.95!

Mandatory First Entry: Subscribe to this blog via email. Super simple huh? You just click on the little envelope icon in the upper right column under 'Connect & Socialize' heading. Then you will enter your email address, type the funky text that you see and hit the 'complete subscription request' button. Then check your email for the verification email and click the link they include. That's it, you are done. Then next you will come back here and post a comment to say that you have subscribed and include the email address that you subscribed with. I will verify that it is active and you are ready to move on to the additional entries below. (If you already subscribe just state that in your comment and include the email address in the comment too.)

Additional Entries: (you can do as many of these as you like, but you must first complete the mandatory entry above or else these wont count) Be sure to post a separate comment for extra entry below. If your email address is not visible in your profile then please include it in your comment. It would be a shame if you won and I could not find you.

~Grab our Cute New Button! (3 Entry Points) If you already have our old buttons, Please delete it from your blog and replace it with our New Button(s). We have two, one for this blog (found there in the left column) and one for our shopping website (found on the bottom of the right column). You can use either one, or both if you like (double the points if you use both). Be sure to include the url in your comment to let me know where the Button is posted.

~Follow us on Twitter! (1 Entry Point) Just click on the cute Twitter Icon in the upper right column. Include your Twitter ID in your comment.

~Tweet about our New Blog Make-Over and this Giveaway! (1 Entry Point per Tweet) You can tweet up to 3 times per day but please space them out at least every 3-4 hours, not all a once, so you are not spamming your followers. Include the permalink of your tweet in your comment.
Sample Tweet:

"@BabyStorePlus is Celebrating their New Blog Make-Over with a Dr Carey Baby Care Kit GIVEAWAY! http://ht.ly/2fDOH"

~Visit our Store Website (2 Entry Points) and tell me what products you like or tell me what products you would like to see us carry.

~Make a purchase from our Store Website! (10 Entry Points) include your invoice number and first name in your comment. (purchase must be made during the time of this giveaway)

~Become one of my 'Mama Friends' by Following this blog publicly with Google Friend Connect! (1 Entry Point). The follow link is located in the right column.

~If you are a fan on Facebook, please post a comment on our wall! (1 Entry Point), if you are not a facebook fan yet and would like to be, its easy, just click on the Facebook Icon in the upper right column, then click the 'Like' button on our facebook page. Be sure to include your facebook name in your comment so I know who you are. A first name and last initial is sufficient.

~Vote for Me at "I am a Top Mommy Blogger" (1 Entry Point) by clicking on the round button in the right-hand column. Once you click on the button you will be asked to click on the "Click Here to Enter" Button. Then leave a comment that you Voted!


~Vote for Me at "Top Mommy Blogs" (1 Entry Point) by clicking on the Square button in the right-hand column. Then you will be ask to click on the words "Click Here To Vote". Then leave a comment that you Voted for me!


~Help me spread the word about this Giveaway by adding it to a Giveaway Linky! (2 Entry Points) Include the url of the blog hosting the Giveaway Linky that you included us in, in your comment.

I wish there were more ways to enter, but I am out of ideas. I wish you all the very best luck! This Giveaway will end at midnight MST on August 15th. I will pick a Winner using Random.org on August 16th. I will verify the winning entry (and the mandatory entry too) at that time and will notify the lucky winner via email. The Winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email notification to claim their prize. If I don't hear back from the winner within that time limit I will start the process over again and pick an alternate winner.

If you currently have our old buttons on your blog could you please replace them with the new pretty ones? I will be deleting the images linked to the old ones soon so they will appear blank on your blog when that happens. These new ones will look so much prettier on your blog anyway. Thank you!

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

Look In To My Eyes... Lanky Cats

Look In To My Eyes...Lanky Cats are so Darn Cute... yet almost pitiful. They look like they really need your love. I am an adult, heck I am the mother to two adults, and even I had to make one of these adorable little creatures my own. How could I possibly resist those eyes???
The Big, Curious, Eyes really standout on these Lovable Kitty's. Their under-stuffed, extra long bodies (approximately 14" long not including the tail) makes them incredibly pose-able. They are each made out of a silky, soft fabric that begs to be petted.
You can get one of these Sweet Kittens for just $11.99 in our Online Store. Oh, be sure to pick up a second one for your child :)

Anna ~ aka: the baby store lady

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

**Our Blog is in the process of a Total Blog Make-Over. Please excuse our mess for now, and look for the unveiling very, very soon!**

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

I Love Entering and Especially Winning Giveaways!

I love Giveaways, both hosting them and entering them. But especially Winning Them! Sometimes the host thinks its a little strange that The Baby Store Plus is entering their giveaways (I have actually had a few say that to me), but I am a real person too. I have grandchildren that I like to win things for and I also like to read reviews about new products that I might consider putting in my store. So if I win, I get to test the product out myself before ordering 12 cases of them to discover that the product quality is only so-so...or on the flip side, if I Love, Love, Love a product that I win, then I feel confident in buy 12 cases to put in my store and share with other mama's & grandmama's.

Here are a few that I have won recently and a little follow up to each prize:

I won a Bum Essentials Bumbino All In 2 Cloth Diaper from Dirty Diaper Laundry blog. I have been on a cloth diaper mission recently. Trying to figure our what cloth diaper brands I want to carry in my store. To qualify as a product that I will carry, first it has to be a quality product, and second, the company has to have people running it that I enjoy working with. So the best way for me to determine what cloth diaper brands I will stock in my store is to actually use the product myself. I had not tied the Bum Essentials diapers yet, although I was hearing a lot about them in blogs and on twitter so I really wanted to try one. I entered Kims giveaway and Won! The diaper arrived so fast, I wasn't even expecting it for a few more days at least. I took it home and went through the pre-washing process and eagerly used it on my grandson the next day at work...and I Loved It! So much so that I am now going to carry them in my store! Look for them to arrive Very Soon! Thank you Dirty Diaper Laundry and Bum Essentials!


I entered a Review/Giveaway for Rockin Green Soap hosted by Our Life blog. I had already tried a sample size packet of Rockin Green Soap that I received with a purchase of Cloth Mama pads from Talulah Bean, and I really loved the smell of my laundry after. I used it on some sheets that my dog bleed ALL over when he cut is paw. Rockin Green removed every last drop of blood! I knew that I wanted more of this product, so for fun I entered the giveaway and won. Before the bag even arrived, (which is did right away) I decided that I wanted this product for my store. So you can look for it to arrive this week at The Baby Store Plus. Also expect to receive a Free Sample with all future purchases of cloth diapers from us! Thank you Rockin Green Soap and Our Life blog!


I entered a review/giveaway for a Loop-2-Loop buckle-less belt for toddlers made by an Etsy mom, hosted by Toddler Mama's blog. I thought these were a very neat idea for toddlers who are tall and slim like my granddaughter Sydney. If she finds pants that fit in the waist they are so short they look like capri pants, so we have to get them long enough and use something to gather up the waist so they are not saggin and baggin all day. We love the Dapper Snappers that we currently use (and carry in our store), but we thought we'd try the Loop-2-Loop too. I chose the pink with white snaps since Sydney loves anything pink. They arrived pretty fast and we tried them out the very day they arrived. I loved them. I really wanted to carry them in my store along with the Dapper Snappers, however there are so many crazy federal requirements for lead and other toxins that I cannot carry anything that doesn't have certificates of testing compliance. Since she is small business she doesn't have any testing done on her products yet....but she should contact me once she does...I love them!


I won a Freckles Galore Crayon Roll-up (another great Etsy mom) hosted in a review/giveaway by Twee Poppets blog. My granddaughter chose the Ladybug Garden print...once again because it is really 'pink' and has ladybugs. As soon as it arrived Sydney opened it up and we happily discovered that she had included brand new crayons too! I did not expect that. Sydney was just oohing and awwing at it for quite a while. We were going on a long drive the next day so we took the Crayon Roll up with us and Sydney had a ball using the crayons and putting them back in the little pockets then rolling it up for me to tie it for her. I think this is such a nice simple product for little ones. You should check out Freckles Galore on Etsy because she makes lots of other sweetly simple products too.

There are more prizes, but these are the ones that really stand out in my mind right now. I hope you enjoyed reading about them and will visit the blogs that hosted such great giveaways, as well as the companies that were generous enough to offer their products as giveaways.

I do have one other prize that I won that I will actually be giving away in turn. It was a Gift Certificate for Ecomom that I won in a review/giveaway hosted by Children Teaching Mama blog. I used the gift certificate to purchase a bunch of Plum Organics Baby Food Pouches that use the new Boon Dispensing Spoons. I will be giving away 1 free pouch with each order of 2 or more dispensing spoons from our website. Cool way of giving back...which is especially fun because I LOVE Plum Organics Baby Food so much! Look for a post all about that later this week!

Thanks for visiting my blog and taking the time to read all the way down to this point :) I would love it if you shared your thoughts, as well as your personal entering and winning experiences. If you are a blogger hosting a giveaway, feel free to add a link in your comment too!

UPDATE (July 13, 2010): Just today I Won something else! I won the Little Looster Booster! This will be perfect to use in my baby store since we have lots of little people that need to use the potty, and since it doesn't have to be moved for adults to use the potty, it can just stay there. What a Very Cool device. I won it from Los Angeles Mama Blog.


Anna ~ aka: the Baby Store Lady

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

It's Friday! Bloghop Day!

It's Friday! Bloghop Day!

I look forward to Fridays, not just because it's the end of the week but because I get to enter all of the Friday Bloghops. I have been participating in them for several weeks now and I have met so many wonderful women (and a daddy blogger too).

This week I am highlighting my newest bloghop find that fits me like a comfy slipper...the Over 40 Bloggers group. I love chatting with the young mama's but sometimes its nice to chat with a woman who understand being a grandma, having hot flashes, and the feelings associated with growing older...gracefully I might add.



I have fun in these other blog hops & follow Friday's too:

So please browse around, read some posts, and if you like my blog please become a follower, or better yet, subscribe to my blog via email (link just below). Be sure to include a link back to your blog in your comment so I can visit your blog and follow you back too!


Anna ~ aka: the Baby Store Lady

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

Boon: Benders, Catch Bowls, and Grass ~ Helping Toddlers Learn to Self-feed

If your child is past the toddler stage, then you probably remember how they wore more of their food then they ate. That was most likely because it takes considerable skill for a toddler to scoop food up in a spoon, get it to their lips and into their mouth, without dumping the contents of the spoon about half-way through the process.

Try to do it yourself right now. Pay close attention to every move and twist that your arm, wrist, and hand has to do, while your mouth is also opening, your neck is tilting upward, and your shoulders are leaning forward...all while you are balancing food on a spoon! That is a lot for a little one to learn all at once. But there is one thing that makes this just a bit easier to learn and a little less messy too. It is the Bender Spoons by Boon, Inc.

I am amazed at the simple technology of the Benders. They allow you to bend the spoon or fork at an angle to make it easy to get the scoop-end of the utensil closer to the child mouth. This means they have one less twist and turn to maneuver while learning to feed themselves, which means more food makes it in their mouth and they feel more accomplished. The utensil will hold this angle for as long as your child needs it there. Then gradually as your child's motor skills develop you slowly bend the spoon or fork back towards a straight position.

This is simply ingenious, and what makes it even better is that you can bend the utensil to accommodate a right or left-handed child. We now carry them at The Baby Store Plus and I personally recommend the Benders to any mom who has a little one just beginning to learn to self feed.

Another Boon product that helps this process is the Catch Bowl. You can see the little girl is using a catch bowl in the picture above, with her Bender spoon. The Catch Bowl is sort of shaped like an upside-down baseball hat, so the brim of the 'hat' points towards the child...that way it can 'catch' any food that doesn't quite make it in your little ones mouth and neatly funnel it back down into the bowl. The Catch Bowl is made of a flexible soft material so it flexes when bumped. The bottom of the bowl even has a suction cup base so the bowl doesn't move around while your toddler is trying to scoop food or eat.

I tell you, Boon seems to think up the neatest ideas. Here is another neat idea that makes a great addition to any kitchen with infants or toddlers...its the Grass Countertop Drying Rack. It is not only a wonderfully functional kitchen aid, it is also just about the cutest thing you will have in your kitchen. What a great place to put your bottles, nipples, rings, Benders, and other small items to allow them to thoroughly air dry.


Many other cool Boon products are now available at The Baby Store Plus brick & mortar store in Cortez, Colorado or in our online store too!


Is your child nearing the self-feeding stage? Have you already gone through that stage and have fun stories to share? Please comment below, we'd love to hear from you!

Anna, aka the Baby Store Lady

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

A Special Page for "My Favorite Bloggers!"

I've created a Special page just for My Favorite Bloggers! This new page has a few categories to help organize the blog buttons.

The first category is for Blogging Events. It will contain buttons to different events that you might want to participate in. One example is the recent 'Cover the Booty Cloth Diapering Event' that was hosted by Home Grown Families blog where she had a month long event filled with cloth diapers reviews & giveaways as well as some great informational posts to help you educate yourself all about cloth diapers.

Second category is for Buttons from blogs that have posted reviews, giveaways, or other articles about us. When you click on the button you will be taken to the specific blog post about us.

Third category is for Buttons from some of my Favorite Blogs that I personally enjoy and follow. As well as buttons from blogs that are hosting our button on their blog too. Regardless of whether or not they have our button on their blog...ONLY blogs that are baby, kids, mama, daddy, grandparents, cloth diapers, pregnancy, breastfeeding, parenting, and family related will be allowed to be posted here.

So, take a look at the wonderful blogs that are on our new "My Favorite Blogs" page. When you visit the blogs, please feel free to leave a comment and let them know that you heard about their blog from Anna @ The Baby Store Plus!

If you would really like to see your blog button on our page, read the requirements at the bottom of that page and contact me. I would love to hear from you as I am always interested in meeting new mama (and daddy) bloggers.

Anna ~ aka: the Baby Store Lady

Subscribe to The Baby Store Plus Blog via Email

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

The Baby Store Plus Likes to Pamper New Mamas ~Gift Set Giveaway! -WINNER

We have chosen a Winner! She is....

Mrs. Cline said...

I follow on Twitter! I'm @nataliejanette

June 18, 2010 1:10 PM

How nice for you since your baby is due in August! Congratulations Natalie!

Original post:

When a new baby is born everyone gets so excited over the new little bundle of joy that they sometimes forget that mama just labored for many hours to bring the precious baby into this world. It can make a mama feel a little left out.

At The Baby Store Plus we like to Pamper New Mama's. We think that Every New Mama Deserves a Little Something Special Just for Her! So we are hosting a Giveaway this month, just for the New Mama.

We are going to give away a 'New Mama Gift Set' to one Lucky Mama that includes:

"A Little Something for a New Mama" Gift Box & "Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash" both made by Earth Mama Angel Baby, the first name in All Natural, Toxin-Free Products for Mama's & Babies!

Also, $25.00 Gift Card for use towards the purchase of a Hygeia Double Electric Breastpump in our store!
Plus Several Sample-size Products Specifically for New Mama's, like nipple ointments, breast pads, and more.

The total retail value of this New Mama Gift Set is over $60. If you know a new mama or if you are having a new baby, pamper yourself by entering this Giveaway. Entry is very easy and we will randomly choose one lucky entries on July 1, 2010.

Here's how to enter:

First, you must complete the Mandatory Entry. Subscribe by email via Feedburner (find the link in the right hand column). You must confirm your subscription by clicking on the link that Feedburner will email to you right after you submit your subscription request. Then just post a comment below to let me know that you have subscribed, include your email address in the comment. Type your email address like this to avoid being picked up by bots: anna at thebabystoreplus dot com.
(Unconfirmed emails will not count towards the mandatory entry, No other entries will be valid until this entry is completed.)

Additional Entries: (You can do any or all of these, post a separate comment for each.)

1 Entry: Tell me who you would like to win the 'New Mama Gift Set' for. If it is for yourself, share your due date so we can all celebrate with you!

2 Entries: Visit our web store and tell me what other product we carry that you think would be great for a new mama. [Be sure to post each entry in a separate comment, example: I think a new mama would love your ...." Entry #1 (#2)].

1 Entry: Follow us on Twitter @BabyStorePlus! (include your Twitter name in the comment)

1 Entry: Tweet about this Giveaway! You can tweet up to 3 times per day, no more often then every 4 hours, please post your comment right away after you tweet. (I cannot accept "tweeted last night, or earlier today" because it's too hard for me to find them). Please include a permalink to your tweet so I can find it easier.

Your Tweet must include at least this (feel free to add to it):

@BabyStorePlus Wants to Pamper A New Mama ~WIN a New Mama Gift Set! http://ht.ly/1XDD4 ARV $60

1 Entry: Become a Public Follower of our Blog.

2 Entries: Grab my Button! It must be located on your home page and where I can find it within a fairly quick time, (not #56 in a long blog roll). Comment separately for each entry #1 (#2), include a link to your blog.

5 Entries: Blog about this Giveaway! (Only valid for bloggers with at least 25 public followers)
Your blog post must include: 1) "The Baby Store Plus Likes to Pamper a New Mama ~Gift Set Giveaway" and a link back to this blog post; 2) A mention of The Baby Store Plus Online Shop and a link to the online store (http://shop.thebabystoreplus.com or any page in our online shop). [post each entry in a separate comment and include a link back to your blog post, example: I blogged! http://myblog..blogspot.com, entry #1(#2,#3, etc.)]

10 Entries: Make a Purchase in our Online Store! Include your first name and invoice number of your paid order in the comment. Be sure to post each entry in a separate comment, example: I ordered from your store, Anna, invoice #1999, Entry #1 (#2, #3, etc).

Entry is open until Midnight (MST) on June 30, 2010. We will choose a winner on July 1, 2010 using random.org to pick the lucky winner. We will verify the comment at that time and send the lucky winner an email at the address provide. The winner will have 48 hours to reply to that email. If we do not hear back from the winner within that time period we will select an alternate winner.

© 2009-2010 The Baby Store Plus, All Rights Reserved

To post a comment, click on the word COMMENT below.