Squarespace Blog / "handmade"

WINNERS of the Heathens Hearth Giveaway!

#1 Draw: #9 - SENSITIVE
Slee said... 9
stalk your blog publicly


#2 Draw: #50 - NORMAL
Pili said... 50
Aaaaaand, I'm also following Heathen's Hearth blog with this account, as Pili.


# Draw: # 51 - OILY
vicmes said... 51
ohh..this stuff look great..i would need some for the oily skin


*whew* that was alot of work, lol Alright - three winners! Yay! Ill contact you now and i need to hear back within 3 days or I will be forced to choose another winner... Really... *forced* little elves come out with pitchforks & torches and make me pick... its sad... and scary... lets not make that happen ;) Congrats winners & a special thanks to Heathens Heart for this rad giveaway!
Read more →

Favorites Friday: Zombies!

ZOMBIES = Love... after a quick twitter poll... the consensus for the Favorites Friday this week is ZOMBIES!

*click to enlarge*



#1: TinaSeaMonster... Zombies Hate that I am so Awesome
#2:  Rocky The Zombie... I think Im her biggest fan... ;)
#3: ShortSleeveAlliance... Talk to your kids about zombies... or someone will eat their brains, lol
#4: SubvertCity... Zombie Pin Up Light Switch Plate
#5: DrStrychnine... I Heart Zombies Mug
#6: Agorables... Zombies Need Love too Wallet...
#7: TheGraveYardGirls... "i always feel so very dead in the morning" pin
#8: CherryPiePunk... Zombies Dig Chicks with Brains...
#9: Kukubee... Zombie Panda Zipper pouch *dies* love it...
#10: JuncoPartner... omg, RAD! Spawn of the Dead toddler t...
#11: AmyJoshandmade... Zombie monkey *loves*
#12: CraftieRobot... Zombie Messanger Bag

Thanks to those of  you that wanted to that chipped in! I added three extra slots this week! Hope you enjoy! BE sure to tell me your favorites! Love something you dont see here? Share the link with us!
Read more →

New Giveaway: 3 winners Heathens Hearth Bath, body, & skin care

It has been no secret that I am a HUGE fan of Heathen's Hearth.


You can walk into any room w/ a sink in my house and find a bar of Heathens Hearth soap. I honestly can't even pick a favorite scent. Every time I go back - i grab a new one. At this point I have more soaps than sinks! haha. But, to choose my favorite product? Hands down the Deep Cleansing facial set for Normal/Oily skin.

Like most people my age (23) my skin has changed SO MUCH in the last few years... not to mention the hormone changes from having two babies back to back. Trying to find a face wash that kept me clear was near impossible... Lets face it... its hard being a girl *ahem...* a woman ;) Your clear for a week, then your period comes... BAM! Breakout... then by the time you clear back up... your ovulating... hormones all out of whack... BAM! breakout... or maybe your the opposite? And get really dry skin? Either way, she's got your back... I have literally tried every brand of face wash out there on the market and I could not find anything that regularly worked for me until I tried this. The Tea Tree Peppermint Charcoal face wash. And now I would be a pizza faced mess without it. I honestly & truly do not feel clean until the end of my shower when I finish washing my face.

Charcoal? Scary right? No - its not the stuff you scrape off your grill, lol "Activated charcoal has long been used to absorb toxins from your body, inside and out. It is used to effectively cleanse and whiten your skin, unclog pores, remove impurities and dead skin cells from the top layer of the skin, resulting supple, delicate and smooth skin." Combine that with the Tea Tree Oils & The Peppermint & you get pure perfection. While washing, I get that amazing deep clean tingle... and when finished I feel cool & smell like mint candy :) It actually even helps my makeup to stay on. I dont know why... maybe she does? My guess would be that Im so clean and not oily that the makeup can cling to my skin rather than oils and dead skin? (maybe she will verify this for me) But it was my savior for my wedding day. My makeup went on beautifully and stayed all night until I washed it off. I was SO grateful to find this product before the wedding.

So how could she make such an awesome product even better? With the full line of products. After falling in love with the face wash, i HAD to go back and get the mask... and as I expected its just as wonderful as the wash. "Bentonite Clay, Colloidal Oatmeal, Activated Charcoal with Chamomile and Tea Tree Essential Oil have been proportioned to perfection in this improved formulation." Cool right? But it gets even better! You can mix the powder with whatever you want to (milk, cream, water, honey, yogurt, etc) to create a paste. Totally fun. The first time I used it I just used water... but since then I have used milk, yogurt & honey. My favorite of those has been the yogurt. It was cool & tingly, yet creamy, and rinsed really clean. I skin Looked cleaner, felt cleaner and it even minimized my pores & black heads... Best of all? Hubby loves it too! He said... "my skin feels so soft and smooth!" he was right... it really did!

The newest part to my skin care has been the Toner. Its been a really great & simple addition to help take care of my skin... I just dab it onto my face and neck using a cotton pad or ball when I get out after I wash my face in the shower. Keep in mind... " if used in the morning, this toner needs to be followed by a moisturizer with sunscreen"

So that it folks - the whole 3 piece line up... and it couldn't be any better. But when if comes to something like this, you can't just take my word for it, you need to try it. I have turned SO MANY people onto this facial regimen who love it as well. And this week you get a chance to win it! Not just one of you... but THREE of you! ONE of you will win the Dry/Sensitive Skin Care Set... ONE of you will win the NORMAL Skin Care Set... and ONE more of you will win the Oily/Acne prone Skin Care Set.

How to win: 

#1:  Mandatory entry:  Tell us which of the 3 skin care sets you would want to win... SENSITIVE, NORMAL, OR OILY
Extra entries?? But of course :)
EACH ENTRY MUST BE LEFT IN A SEPARATE COMMENT TO COUNT!!!!!

#2) Follow us publicly here on (blogger) - Leave a separate comment for being a (old or new) follower on our blog.
#3) Follow/Tweet us (Twitter) - Leave a separate comment for being a follower and TWEETING about this giveaway on Twitter... If your already a twitter follower of ours, TWEET about it for an extra entry anyways :)

Tweet This: "Free Giveaway! 3 piece facial skin care set from @HeathensHearth at the @RockeByeBaby blog! 3 WINNERS & 15% off code! http://bit.ly/6l6jq0"
#4) Write a blog about this giveaway and link back to this review. Leave an extra comment with the link to the blog.
#5) Fan RockerByeBaby on Facebook...

#6) Fan The Heathen's Hearth on Facebook... 
#7) Follow Heathens Hearth on Twitter...
#8) Follow the Heathen's Hearth blog... 
#9) GET TWO ENTRIES - by making a purchase from Heathens Hearth... and when you do, mention the RockerByeBaby Giveaway and get 15% off!!
Come back here... and leave two comments telling us what you bought. :)

Read more →

Favorites Friday: Creative Play

Merry Christmas to my readers that celebrate it! If you dont, Happy Friday! ;)  In honor of this christmas "creative play" trend this week... I wanted to use that as inspiration for todays post! Full of items that I bought... that I want... and that I hope to get soon! As always... click the photo to enlarge and the links below coordinate with the numbers!  Oh, and to any of the stores below that Im in love with... my kids would LOVE for me to host a review & giveaway of your items for a full writeup and week of adv. :) just email or comment if interested...




#1: MamaMayI: I always love a good memory game... make it wood and hand inked & im sold... such a cute idea :)
#2: ChaseDreams: Recycled Lego Crayons bought these for their stockings in both brights & Primary colors. Even cuter in person!
#3: LinenKids: You know my love for sewing (obviously) this WILL be mine... for sure... its hearted and after this has been posted for a few days im totally going back to get one. Izzaq will LOVE getting to help mommy "work"
#4: BabyLoveBlankies: We searched and searched for cool skully ISpy bags for xmas with no luck... and NOW after its too late for xmas, here they are, lol just my luck... Have to snag these up later!
#5: WoodShopBob: 12 Piece Wooden Mini cars... insanely adorable... i NEED to buy these... 3 inches long... what an awesome deal!! Zavery will LOVE it.
#6: BeeDot: My girl Mandy is so darn talented... I just love her Amigurumi creations... so I asked her to make me two ice cream comes and they are easily some of the cutest and most well made things i have ever seen come from etsy... I cant wait to get more!
#7: BabyBooFelt: We got SO MUCH felt for from her for christmas... its amazing!! The fruit basket is next on our list!
#8: LittleSapplingToys: 10 pin Wooden Bowling Set... I have been drooling over this all year. Izzaq is obsessed with bowling and i know would just go nuts to have this. Wish I would have found it before I was done xmas shopping!
#9: BabyBolt: Skull crayon roll made in my favorite print... lusting over this one for sure!


Read more →

Bliss = Vintage confections...

So - I have always stalked this shop... Vintage confections... if you remember, she made my skull suckers for the wedding...

well, since then I have been eyeing the Red Velvet Cake Truffles...  I finally broke down the other day... no, I dont need to be eating these... but Aunt Flo has made her presence known and there wasn't an ounce of chocolate in the house. Except for ZaQ's choc. Special K... *bleck* So i broke down and requested a half order of them.  Today the mailman knocked as usual... (pretty much daily, lol) and he had a pretty lil package that I jsut could wait to RIP into... and I did just that... I flew past the other 4 packages and dove right for the chocolate. Opened up the Cute little ribbon & box... and there they were...


aren't they beautiful?! I almost couldn't eat them they were so pretty... well, almost for like 1 second.


Granted these are bite size, but know what a fat @$$ i would be if I ate them all in one sitting... i bit it in half... the inside was such a moist red cake... the chocolate was the perfect hardened texture... pure bliss...



Yum... I highly recommend EVERYONE go message her right now asking for some of these... I literally stopped in the middle of sewing a blanket to post about this... so if that doesn't tell you how amazing they are... i dunno what will. GO! And then when you get them, come back here and post about it :)
Read more →