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Apple Valley Natural Soap Giveaway!

By on October 1, 2011 in news & giveaways

Apple Valley Natural Soap is a family owned business that specializes in over 30 different varieties of 100% natural, cold-process, solid shampoo and body bars hand made with vegan oils, organic herbs and spices, vegetable juices, milks, clays, and essential oils. Our family has enjoyed every sample of these bars that we have tried, especially the Lavender Buttermilk & Chamomile with Orange Blossom bars which leaves us all smelling pleasantly sweet. So smooth and refreshing to the skin without drying us out. I love using these soaps on all of us. You cannot go wrong with the lovely combinations of natural ingredients. I just wish we didn’t use them up so fast!

These soap bars are a great multipurpose body product, perfect for general washing, hair cleansing, and shaving, which is a reason I love them so much. Apple Valley Natural Soap offer environment-safe packaging and FAST, flat rate shipping ($6 no matter what size order).

Another thing I admire about this company is their commitment to reaching out to others, as they donate 10% of all profits toward their local Christian crisis pregnancy center.

Check out their limited edition Baked Apple bar that is filled with real baked apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and a delightful, all natural sweet essential oil blend that includes vanilla, ginger, clove and almond. Perfect to add a little fall fragrance to your home!

Today, Apple Valley Natural Soap would like to give two bars of soap to 3 different winners!

To Enter:

1. Visit Apple Valley Natural Soap and pick out your two favorite soap flavors. Let us know in the comments below.

2. For a second optional entry, become a fan of Apple Valley Natural Soap on facebook (they desire to reach 1,000 fans by Christmas! Let’s help them out!). Let us know in a second comment below.

Giveaway Closed.

And the winners are…

Karen – karenm200..@
Kristie – kristietrue..@…
Rachel K – rachel_kay..@..

Special Offer:  ***Passionate Homemaking readers who place a retail order of $20 or more (not including shipping/tax) during the course of the giveaway only will receive a free lip balm.  In order to receive the free lip balm, please make sure to mention that you came from Passionate Homemaking in response to the question: “where did you come from?” on the check out page. You can select the lip balm of your choice, but if no lip balm is requested, they will choose one for you.*** 

 

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Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique Giveaway!

By on September 18, 2011 in bellies & babies, news & giveaways

Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique is a mother-owned and operated online business that offers a growing selection of cloth diapers and accessories, baby carriers, unique gifts, and natural products for the whole family! They sell only the highest rated products on the market and each product in their store has been carefully selected for you, the natural family!

When I stumbled upon Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique several months ago, I knew I had found the company for all my cloth diaper and natural mommy/baby needs. Why? The first thing that caught my eye was FREE SHIPPING on every order (all USA and select Canada orders)! That is a huge incentive for a mom on a budget who might just want to sample a product or two without placing a huge order to meet the minimum or have an additional charge for shipping. When my first order (and every subsequent order) arrived within two days of ordering, I knew they had a great business model. Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique has been a faithful sponsor of Passionate Homemaking for several months now and it has been such a delight to work with this company. They have awesome customer service, fast shipping, and a wide variety of ever expanding products. Since my third baby arrived, I have sampled pacifiers, cloth diapers, nursing pads, and changing pads and every purchase has been an awesome experience.

Each order arrives so sweetly packaged with a free sampling of detergent or natural soaps, following their passion to make each order feel like a gift. They also have a wonderful rewards program that rewards you with a $10 gift certificate for every $200 you spend. They firmly stands behind their products even offering the Fix & Fasten Guarantee which will fix any defective snaps or most hook and loops on your diaper purchases free of charge.

Starting today, all of their baby carriers, Aden & Anais products, and Thirsties products are on sale! You will also find the Bum Genius 4.0 stay dry cloth diaper (my favorite diaper) available in a buy 5, get 1 free offer!

Today, Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique is offering a 5 pack of newborn cloth diapers for one special reader! This package includes 1 each of the following: Bum Genius Newborn AIO, Grovia Organic Newborn AIO, Fuzzi Bunz Perfect Size XS, Kawaii Baby Pure & Natural, and Rumparooz Lil’ Joey All-in-One. This set is valued at $66.77!

To Enter:

1. Visit Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique and find your favorite product and share with us below in a comment.

2. For a second optional entry, become a fan of Sweetbottoms Baby Boutique on facebook. Let us know in a second comment below.

Giveaway Closed.

And the winner is…Linnea Barton! Congrats!

Note to email subscribers: You need to click through to the original post on Passionate Homemaking and leave a comment to be entered in this giveaway. You cannot just reply to your email subscription. Thank you!

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August at Our Home

By on September 5, 2011 in news & giveaways

I sit outside enjoying a beautiful sunny day here in the Northwest and I rejoice at the blessings and challenges this last month has held for our family. All my sweet little ones are amazingly resting peacefully together at least for a few short minutes. We welcomed our sweet third baby, Eden Joy, into our little fold, extending our family to 5 members. Now we have three lively little ones to keep us on our toes. There is far less time for our own and yet this is truly kingdom work. Back full time into the world of diapers, balancing a colicky baby with more adventures working through heart issues, as my little 2 year old has been more clingy and weepy since the new arrival, and back tracks in his potty training. It has surely been stretching and yet I find myself more peaceful and relaxed than I have ever been. Eden is nursing very well and growing like a little weed – weighing in at 10 pounds this week as we pass the 1 month mark.

Am I growing in my ability to flex and simply enjoy the ups and downs of motherhood? I find myself being able to embrace the challenges in a new way. When I asked one sweet friend of four little ones how she managed it all, she smiled and laughing said, “someone’s always crying.” The realization struck me. We can embrace and laugh at the challenges or we can fight and whine. Which should I choose? God has assigned me to this role.

It is easy enough to focus on the difficulties…but how much better to realize that they come with the territory and God has designed them to sanctify and purify our hearts. This is reality. Or as another mother said, “I’ve come to realize that I will always be tired.” She spoke not in a negative way, but in an embracing way. Motherhood is tiring. Why complain about lack of sleep? Does it get me anywhere? Is my home more peaceful as a result? No. But when I chose to rejoice that a sleep deprived mother can depend upon the full bountiful strength of a good God, then my heart is at rest.

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Shelf Reliance Giveaway!

By on September 3, 2011 in news & giveaways

Are you looking for the convenience of packaged foods without all the nutritional loss or chemicals that comes with it?

The THRIVE food line provided through Shelf Reliance is essentially a freezer dried food preservation system that protects the nutrients in grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, and meats (all the basic food groups) without any added chemicals, additives or preservatives. Ingredients are flash frozen and then vacuum dried and finally sealed in moisture proof cans. Both dehydration and freeze drying remove the moisture from the food. Freeze drying gives the food an even longer shelf life than dehydration because it also preserves the cell structure and nutrients.

This method of preservation extends the shelf life of these basic foods, making it extremely convenient to have on hand to add to your everyday recipes without having to rush to the store for a missing ingredient. Most THRIVE products have an optimal sealed shelf life of 10-20 years (some are as high as 30+ years) and an opened shelf life of 6-18 months. When you replace the water, the foods regain their original fresh flavor, aroma, nutrients, texture and appearance.

The fruits are so versatile to throw in kid’s backpacks or diaper bags. Pure fruits with no added sugars or preservatives that can be taken on the go!  The vegetables are great too as they are already cleaned and chopped for you, not to mention no waste of rotten fruits and vegetables at the bottom of your fridge.  Saves time and money!

THRIVE fruits and vegetables can also be rehydrated and blended to create fabulous smoothies and baby foods that are all-natural, healthy, and bursting with flavor.

Tracy Babcock is an independent consultant with Shelf Reliance. Today she would like to offer a special giveaway to our readers! She is offering a #10 can of freeze dried blueberries (50 servings), a retail value of $36, to one of our readers. These blueberries are awesome to add to your favorite pancakes or muffins without the added liquid from its fresh state making the texture perfect!

To Enter:

1. Visit Shelf Reliance and check out the line of THRIVE freeze dried products. Select your favorite item and come back and tell us why you selected it in the comments below.

2. For a second optional entry, select the facebook ‘like’ button on Tracy’s home page, and then go to her ‘contact’ tab and send her an email saying you liked her page for an opportunity to win a #10 Can of Freeze Dried Mushrooms – Retail $20.50!

Shelf Reliance is having a special grand opening sale in celebration of their new store front in Utah. Most products on the website are 25% off until Monday, September 5th!

Giveaway Closed.

And the winner is…

Noelle – dnhounshell@c…

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Eden’s Homebirth Story

By on August 29, 2011 in bellies & babies, news & giveaways

Eden Joy Edmonds
“Joyful Delight”
August 7, 2011
9:05 pm
7 pounds 14 ounces, 20 3/4 inches

We have been blessed with another girl to raise to be a godly young woman for the Lord! I really wanted to have a daughter and companion for my Karis girl, but had fully convinced myself that it had to be a boy, considering it was extremely active in the womb, everyone predicted it was a boy, and I felt the Lord had confirmed the name of a boy in my heart. I had become really excited for a boy too. Well the Lord must have been laughing! Especially when we were confused over the gender for an hour after the birth! Wait till you hear that part…

Waiting for the arrival of my little Eden was a very challenging time for me. Having delivered my first two at least a week early, I struggled with patience over the delay, intense heat of summer, and very difficult physical pain and nausea in the last few weeks of pregnancy. Labor began late Saturday night, August 6th. I was already physically tired from lack of sleep the night before, but I was also eager to have my baby. Contractions were consistent at 5 minutes apart and pretty painful from the start. After two hours they stopped altogether and my husband and I attempted to get some rest. I experienced contractions off and on through the night along with a lingering nauseated feeling.

Sunday morning arrived and I remained sick and tired but nothing was really happening, so we all decided to go to church and conclude that baby was not coming. Surprisingly though, contractions started again as soon as I arrived. They were consistent but mild. I gently swayed back and forth with each contraction as we worshipped. It was a great distraction but difficult to keep my composure. I really didn’t want people to know I was in labor just in case this was not the real thing.

After the service, I quickly called the midwife and headed home. By 1:00pm, my midwife and birth team arrived. I began my normal labor routine of placing my arms around my husband’s neck, hanging limp, and swaying my hips side to side (my favorite labor position), and walking all around the house and yard, and up and down the stairs, letting gravity do its thing. At 3:00 pm, my midwife checked me and discovered that I was 6 cm dilated. We were all excited to see such good progress and were assured that it would be coming soon. In my mind I estimated that baby would arrive around dinner time. Hmm…that was not a good idea.

Contractions increased in intensity but continued at roughly 5 minutes apart. I went into the hot tub, and while it was relaxing it really slowed down my labor. It was a pleasant experience though being outside with midwives and mothers relaxing on our patio furniture while my little ones played in the yard. What more could you ask for? After nearly two hours in the tub without any real progress, trying to relax and rest unsuccessfully, I got out and started aggressively walking up and down the steps (two at a time) and around the house. I loved having the freedom and space to move around as needed. I was determined. But as it lagged on, I began getting pretty discouraged. The pain was extremely intense…more painful than I had ever experienced before with my previous two births. I felt like I went through transition three times with lots of tears and desperation. My midwife tried to check me on two separate occasions but couldn’t reach my cervix. What did this mean? The dinner hour came and went. The mystery of consistent contractions that were still 5 minutes apart but very difficult continued.

I returned to the hot tub around 7pm and experienced the most intense emotions. I was desperate. I came to a place of complete brokenness. I had always been strong and prideful in myself. I was an empowered homebirth mama. I could handle pain. Haha! The Lord really used this birth to humble me in more ways than one.  I came to a place of complete desperation and dependence upon the Lord because only He could truly sustain and uphold me. I clung to my husband as I labored on my hands and knees in the hot tub. It was nice being in water but not really helpful in managing the pain as I had hoped. I would look into my husband’s eyes and cry…”I can’t do this!” My sweet husband patiently and graciously held on to me and encouraged me to the best of his ability.

At long last things kicked into gear. It was nearly 9:00 pm. I was so thankful for a quick finale. With two major contractions and several pushes, baby arrived. The pushing stage in water was a refreshing experience.

Baby arrived at 9:05 pm and was placed right into my arms. It turns out baby was delivered with her hand right by her face, which may have caused the extra pain in my labor. I was so incredibly weak at this point that I could barely hold my child. It was dark outside with just one overhead light on and for the first time I was the one appointed to identify the gender. Previously, my husband had always identified.

I looked at the baby…it looked like a boy. I looked down and saw the cord between the legs and swollen parts and mistook it for a boy. Hilariously enough, I had convinced myself it had to be a boy. I didn’t put much thought into it…nor was I really all there mentally after such an exhausting experience. So we all were crying once again thinking we were welcoming a boy. Because it was getting chilly outside they quickly moved us inside to shower off. Baby was wrapped up quickly without a second glance. I actually fainted on the bathroom floor from the quick transition and they carried me to the couch. The afterbirth contractions were very hard. I could hardly feel any part of my body from the loss of blood. Baby’s cord was cut and delivered again into my arms for our first nursing experience. Baby lached on immediately and I felt I had such a sweet bonding experience with my supposed son.

After over an hour from delivery, my mother-in-law offered to get baby dressed. She carried baby upstairs to clean her up a bit more. By this time my husband had announced to the world (via facebook , that it was a boy. As my mother in law cleaned up the baby getting ready to put a diaper on, she discovered that it was really a girl. She called my husband in to show him the reality. Aaron came back downstairs and said, “It’s not Eli, it’s Piper (because those were the names we liked at that point).” I was so frustrated at him since I was in such pain. “That is not funny.” I said in response. “I am in no mood for joking.” “No really…it’s a girl.” He insisted. I was in complete shock. How could I incorrectly identify my child? I felt like I had bonded with my son. For nearly two hours I was in a state of shock. Everyone was laughing. Aaron returned to facebook and announced, “Scratch that…it’s a girl!” All in all, it was an hilarious experience and I can look back now and retell the story with laughter. I had completely convinced myself. I am determined not to be the one to identify again…or maybe we will just get an ultrasound next time to avoid such confusion.

So we had a girl! I’m blessed beyond words. After two days, we finally decided on her name. Eden means “delight, paradise, luxury” and I felt it was such a good reminder of the beauty of God’s creation and His original design for mankind in the garden of Eden. We were fashioned in His image to display His glory. My vision is that my little Eden would passionately adopt God’s design for her and find her “delight” in the Lord and that He would give her the desires of her heart (Psalms 37:4). We chose “Joy” because we want her life to be characterized by a spirit of joy and thankfulness. She has brought such delight and joy to our hearts, but even more so, we pray that she would be a gift of joy and delight to others and pass on the gift. I pray that she would find her complete delight and satisfaction in our great God and Savior and live her life to make His glory known to the ends of the earth.

As I look back, I am thankful for such an intense labor. While it was the most difficult thing I have endured, God was so faithful to me. He broke me. He humbled me. I have been changed. I feel such a greater sympathy and compassion now for others. I rejoice in the fact that it was such a smooth and safe delivery and it was all accomplished in the comfort of my own home and hot tub with wonderful mothers, midwives, and my husband around me. What a huge blessing! The grace has been given to cling ever more to my Savior and Lord. And now my arms are full…three precious gifts. Each given to me to be prepared to send forth as an arrow for the Lord. God is good!

Thank you all again for your thoughts, prayers, and support! It is such a blessing having such a wonderful community of women here to love and care for one another despite the distance. 

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Fertility Flower Giveaway!

By on August 21, 2011 in bellies & babies, news & giveaways

Fertility Flower is a website that helps couples grow their families or practice natural means of avoiding pregnancy using the sympto-thermal method. It’s very comprehensive, and intuitive. This tool will help you track your fertile stages through temperature charting and other symptoms. Fertility Flower differs from other standard fertility tracking with these features:

  • the attractiveness and usability of their website
  • the unique way of displaying the temperature and cervical fluid graphs together in the same charting space giving you the ability to clearly relate the two to each other
  • the first fully mobile natural family planning website (unlike abbreviated mobile apps which offer limited capability)
  • Multiple cycle comparisons are possible with a unique chart overlay feature
  • The website is flexible enough to accommodate women throughout their reproductive years. The program offers three different sections: seed (for those trying to conceive), sprout (for those currently pregnant), and bloom (for those who have one or more children), while covers every stage of a woman’s fertility, offering specific customized help for your season of life, and allowing it to be a life long tool as you flow seamlessly from one plan to another

Fertility Flower offers a very flexible membership plans and freely offers 30-day trial membership to give couples the ability to try it out risk free. They offer 3 Premium membership levels – 1 month ($5), 6 month ($25) and 12 month ($40). And for the members who purchase the yearly Premium membership, they are sent a sample pack of 6 different artisan soaps from English
soapmaker, FuturePrimitive, as a thank you.

Today, we are offering a 1-year Premium membership to Fertility Flower ($40 value) to one Passionate Homemaking reader. The Premium membership gives the member access to all of the advanced features of the website, including chart overlay capacity, cycle statistics and averages across cycles, etc.

To Enter:

1. Visit Fertility Flower and leave a comment below sharing what stood out to you from your visit.

2. For a second optional entry, become a fan of Fertility Flower and Passionate Homemaking on facebook. Let us know in a second comment below. If you already are a fan, share about the giveaway with your facebook, twitter, or blog friends and let us know in a second comment.

Giveaway Closed.

And the winner is…

Bloggy Mommy - kmncbe@…

Email subscribers: Please note that you must click through to the website and enter a comment in order to be entered into the giveaway.

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Vintage Remedies for Kids giveaway!

By on August 13, 2011 in health & nutrition, news & giveaways

Are you looking for help in teaching your preschooler/kindergartner about real food and making healthy lifestyle choices? How about a simple hands-on curriculum that would instruct your youngest learners on what are good natural food items as well as practical knowledge for every day illness preventions? I am excited to introduce you today to Vintage Remedies newest resource titled, Vintage Remedies for Kids by Jessie Hawkins.

Vintage Remedies for Kids is a simple hands-on workbook that teaches health and natural living to boys and girls ages 2-6. It covers a wide variety of topics related to natural living including wellness, nutrition, immunity, natural body care, and the conservative use of valuable natural resources – in terms they will understand and remember!

Each of the 18 lessons in this 202-page spiral bond book has a parent introduction section, an age appropriate read aloud lesson for your little ones, simple discussion questions to build and expand upon the content of the lesson, and 2-3 hands-on projects to visually reinforce the lesson. Enjoy preparing a selection of healthy snacks with your child including green smoothies, popsicles, and granola bars. Other fun activities include making a color wheel of food chart to help reinforce a variety of colors in their diet, compiling a real food collage with pictures,  growing a garden, and so much more. The workbook is flexible and can be used for playgroups, as a fun family project, or a health course for your homeschooling routine.

Keep in mind this is a basic spiral bond book and does not contain any pictures or art work. While the lessons can be fully completed without these features, I do hope that will add some more colorful imagery or coloring pages to help keep the attention of these little ones in future additions.

Overall, I was greatly impressed by the content of this resource and believe it to be an extremely helpful tool for introducing the concepts of real food and nutrition to our little ones and will surely be enjoyed by all ages! I anticipate using it while homeschooling my two little ones this fall!

Vintage Remedies offers a wealth of online educational courses in herbalism to help equip your family in natural health care.

Today, we are giving away two copies of Vintage Remedies for Kids to our readers!

To Enter:

1. Write a comment below and share your favorite tip, idea, or resource on how to discuss healthy food and lifestyle choices with your little ones.
2. For a second optional entry, become a fan of Vintage Remedies on Facebook. Let us know in a second comment below.

(Email subscribers: please click through to the blog and enter a comment in order to be entered into the giveaway).

Giveaway Closed.

And the winners are…

Jessica – jenniferli6@…
Beth – adam.and.beth@…

Congratulations!

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It’s a girl! Eden Joy is here!

By on August 9, 2011 in news & giveaways

Eden Joy Edmonds
“Joyful Delight”
August 7, 2011
9:05 pm
7 pounds 14 ounces, 20 3/4 inches

Born at home in the hot tub  after a difficult labor, but a gracious God sent us a healthy gift of life.

“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalms 37:4

Birth story to come.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!

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July at Our Home

By on August 1, 2011 in news & giveaways

Waiting…waiting…this past week has been a challenging week of striving to stay focused while anxiously awaiting our third little one to arrive. I admit I have been very impatient. After my previous two little ones came 6 and 8 days early respectively, I was half expecting this one to arrive in a nice early fashion as well. God had some lessons in patience to teach me. I’ve noticed more grumpy tendencies creeping out of me. I’m large. It’s hot. My body hurts. My plumbing overflowed in the kitchen. I can’t do much even if I wanted to.

The Lord is gracious despite my weakness. His grace is sufficient for me. I have much to be thankful for. This month I hung curtains in my living room making it more comfy and inviting, we hosted a fun ice cream social reaching out to friends and neighbors, I learned all about infant massage and the benefits to baby, I had a lovely personal retreat preparing my heart for our new addition, I started reading all about classical education and became so excited for the potential of educating our children, and so much more. It has been a blessed month filled with lots of family time investing in our two littles ones before we expand again – picnics, summer reading, and tea parties.

Tea time with Karis

3 in 30 Challenge: August

I have really been enjoying recording three goals for each month following the inspiration of the 3 in 30 Challenge.

My goals for August include becoming more faithful in daily prayer for my husband and children. I was really challenged to see these precious individuals as my primary ministry more so and what better way to serve them then through prayer. So I set up a little nook in my bedroom with my nursing chair, a small lamp, table, and my Bible and journals. I taped the 31 days of prayer chart for your children and the 31 days of prayer chart for your husband to the wall next to my chair. I plan to use this not only as my nursing nook, but it will certainly double as my prayer/Bible study corner during those hours of nursing that I will be entering soon.

Secondly, I want to develop a basic chore chart for my little ones. I have been inspired by the materials provided by Preschoolers and Peace and plan to develop a chart along these lines for my 2 and 4 year olds. As we welcome number 3, I can see it being even more essential to begin training them in being useful helpers to mommy!

Lastly, I want to make a simple plan of learning activities for my 2 year old as we begin early Kindergarten lessons with my daughter in September. He is pretty independent and enjoys his own play, but I really want to make sure I have some scheduled quality time with him each day. I want to make a list of fun ideas and such that will help keep him busy during our lesson times. I recently found a new simple curriculum called Flowering Baby that I will be reviewing and sampling. I’m really excited to try it out!

Any tips you might have to offer on these things would be greatly appreciated!

1000 Gifts – My Thankfulness List

What a blessing to continue on in the pursuit of recording 1000 gifts of everyday blessings in our lives. This has been such a rich and rewarding experience. My little moleskin notepad stores such treasures and graces from our day to day life.

#568- Cool weather for a summer pregnancy

#569- Selling furniture for a good price

#570 – Chai milkshakes

#571- Hot tub family time in the morning

#572 – Neighborhood parades with free goodies

#573 – Karis’ excitement over science experiments with daddy

#574 - Summer picnics at the park

#575 – My own little reading/nursing nook

#576- Kids digging in the dirt

#577- Play dates with cousins

#578- Delicious lunch salad

#579- Impromptu family dinner out to support a friend

#580- Kiddos making a slide out of daddy’s legs

#581- Craigslist deal for last minute baby needs

#582- Girls night hot tub and foot massages with dear friends

#583- Catching up with a long absent friend

#584- Homemade mint chocolate ice cream

#585- A new comforter for our bed

#586- Pregnant mommy toes soaking in cold water with fresh air and a good book in hand

Summer beauty from our backyard

Book Reviews

The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education by Leigh Bortins – I have been enthralled in this book over the last week. The classical method has been opening my eyes to the potential for training our children to be equipped to make such a difference in our nation. The pattern for studying chronological history, using real living books, and following the pattern of learning makes a lot of logical sense. I read the Well Trained Mind earlier this year and highly recommend these resources if you are beginning your homeschool journey like me.

King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus by Tim Keller – This is one of my favorite books by Tim Keller presenting the power of the story of Christ through the book of Mark and how it relates to our day and age. My eyes have been open to the beauty of the gospel in a new way through the powerful insight presented in this book. I will have to read it again and again to glean it all!

August Sponsors

I will be taking a maternity break from blogging this month, but you’ll still find a wealth of fun articles from our contributors and guest posts to fill in during my absence. I am excited to take some time to be able to rest and enjoy our new little one (once it decides to show up!).

We would like to thank our wonderful selection of sponsors for the month of August, including:

Beyond Organic - a newly launched company founded by Jordan Rubin desiring to provide you with organic and raw delicious food products delivered to your door! Set to begin deliveries in October 2011.

Fertility Flower - Fertility Flower helps you build your family or practice natural birth control using the sympto-thermal method.

Graham Gardens - Wonderful natural soaps, bug repellent, and more from this wonderful company!

Willow Store - So many wonderful options for using natural cloth alternative in your home instead of disposables!

Sweet Bottoms Baby Boutique - My all time favorite cloth diaper and natural baby/mom products company with free shipping, wonderful customer service, and a fantastic rewards program!

Have a blessed August! May you be encouraged and strengthened in your homemaking and mothering!

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FBS Books Giveaway: $50 Gift Certificate

By on July 23, 2011 in news & giveaways

FBS Books is a small family run homeschool and Christian resource supply business located in Orlando, Florida. They passionately love books and are constantly working on providing resources that have personally made an impact on their own lives. With children ages 10, 7, 5, and 1, it is a full life for the Davis family, but they love providing good resources to others preparing their own homeschool curriculum.

They aim to provide the most competitive prices possible, even as a small company. They understand the challenges of finding great curriculum at great prices, so they diligently strive to provide quality resources and budget friendly prices along with friendly reliable service. It has truly been a joy to work with FBS books and to enjoy many of their wonderful resources as a family!

FBS Books has recently re-designed their online store, making it more readily accessible and navigable. You can find a wealth of resources for every aspect of your homeschooling needs plus a selection of inspirational reads to encourage you in your journey.

Currently, they are offering the following specials:

Back to Moms Program – Starting Now until August 15th ~ with any (and every) $100.00 order you can have your choice of ANY Devotional/Christian Living/Theology/Parenting book from their store valued at $10.00 or less. Just type the name of the book in the comment section at check out and it will be shipped with your order.

Check out special deals on a Melissa & Doug Preschool Package and a Kumon workbook package! Both of these packages we have used with our children and can highly recommend for the fun variety and hands on experiences they provide.

Lastly, FBS Books is offering a 10% discount on all purchases store wide to our readers! Simply enter: HOMEMAKING at checkout to receive your discount.

FBS Books is offering a special $50 gift certificate today to one lucky winner!

TO ENTER:

1. Visit FBS Books and check out their selection of resources. Pick out your favorites and come back and share in a comment below.

2. For a second optional entry, become a fan of FBS Books on facebook. Let us know in a second comment below.

Giveaway Closed.

And the winner is…

Elisabeth - elisabeth@herre…

Email Subscribers: Please note you must click through to the blog and fill out a comment in order to be entered into the giveaway.

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