A 100% packaging free grocery store! How much greener can you get!?

A friend of mine shared an article with me from Time Magazine just the other day and it's so cool that I must share it with you all.

The article is about a new grocery store, one-of-a-kind, located in Austin of course!  (aren't all the cool things in Austin? so, not, fair...)  The grocery store will be called in.gredients and it will sell only 100% package free products.  They hope to open in October but are still trying to meet their fundraising goals.

The TIME Magazine article points out...

Americans throw away 1.4 billion pounds of waste every day, and 40% of it comes from one-time packaging. But it's hard trying to be a conscious recycler after a while because of the double or triple wrappings for every product.

I think this is exciting news, a great step, more of a leap in my opinion, in the right direction.  Green concepts like these really get me excited about the future for our children and their children and I look forward to more innovative business concepts such as this one.

To learn more about in.gredients please watch this nice little youtube video about them and/or read the TIME Magazien article linked to above.

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Winner of the Wahmie's Wetbag Giveaway is...Kate, clothmamak8!

A BIG thanks to Wahmie's for sponsoring this great giveaway!  The Givaway has closed and Random.org has chosen the winner.  The lucky entry was #173, that entry belongs to Kate, @clothmamak8!  Congratulations Kate!  Please look for an email from us to claim your pirze.

If you didn't win but need to purchase a cloth diaper wetbag, visit Luvaboos.com for a great in-stock selection.

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Luvaboos Smashing Birthday Bash Photo Contest! Ends 07/24/11

Help us celebrate Luvaboos 3rd Birthday Bash with a Smashing Photo Contest!

For this Photo Contest we want your little one to give us all they've got!  Submit the messiest photo you've got of your little eater. Cake, spaghetti, pudding, yogurt...Surely you've been privy to those overwhelmingly messy yet irresistibly cute meal time disasters!

Email your messiest and cutest photo to Julie at shethinksmedia@gmail.com, put "Luvaboos Smashing Photo Contest" as the subject and attach your photo.  Please also make sure to tell us the name you use on FaceBook so that we can appropriately label the photo entries when we upload them to FaceBook.

After you email your photo please also complete this entry form.   Per FaceBook rules and regulations, entries may not be collected via FaceBook and winners may not solely be notified via FaceBook.

After we receive your photos, we'll upload them to our Smashing Photo Contest album on FaceBook.  (Please allow 3-5 days for your photos to be uploaded)  After you see your photo appear in the album you will then be able to "share" the link to your photo where it is located on our FaceBook Page and encourage your friends and family to vote for you by visiting Luvaboos Fan Page and "liking" your photo.  Voting ends July 24, 2011 at midnight.

You may also blog about the contest and share the link to your photo, tweet about it, email the link to your friends and family and more!

The smashing prizes for photos most votes are....

• Grand Prize:  Free Cake Smash Photo Session (Value $100) or Family Week Day Photo Session (Value $150) with Morgan Dawson, a Rochester area photographer and a $50.00 Luvaboos Gift Certificate.
• Runner Up:  $100.00 Print Credit with Morgan Dawson and a $25.00 Luvaboos Gift Certificate.

Additional prizes, chosen at random from our entry form...

• (3) Random Winners will each receive a $10.00 Luvaboos Gift Certificate.

Additional methods of entry?

1. (1) You automatically get 1 entry for submitting a photo.  *After emailing in your photo please fill out the official entry form below.
2. (1) You get 1 extra entry for becoming a Fan of Morgan Dawson Photography on FaceBook.  *Afetr liking her page you then submit the entry form again.
3. (1) You get 1 extra entry for Following the Luvaboos Blog.  *After following this blog you then submit the form stating that you did so.
4. (1) You get 1 extra entry for Subscribing to the Luvaboos Newsletter Mailing List.  *After subscribing you then submit the entry form stating that you did.

Voting ends 07/24/11, Grand Prize and Runner Ups will be announced and notified via email.  Our three random winners will also be announced and contacted at that time.

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Piggy Paint! A safe, non-toxic nail-polish for kids! It's as natural as MUD!

Have you heard of Piggy Paint?  It's a non-toxic nail polish that's safe for kids.  You might be wondering...Does it work?  Yes!  It's safe and it works just like regular chemical based nail polishes.

Piggy Perks:

• Non-toxic
• Low Odor
• Water-based formula
• Hypoallergenic
• Fun, vibrant colors
• Dries to a hard, durable finish
• Cruelty-free
• Safe for use during Pregnancy!

Want to read about how Piggy Paint was born?  Read the excerpt below from Melanie, the founder of Piggy Paint!

One day while we were painting nails over a foam plate, my daughter dropped a glob of her solvent-based polish onto the plate. Shortly after, the paint began to bubble and “ate” through the plate. I looked in dismay at the hole in the plate and decided to test all of her other “kid” polishes on the foam. Within minutes, ALL of the solvent-based polishes began to bubble and eventually left big holes in the plate (Click to see plate). From that day on, I decided that any flammable substance that could eat through foam was unacceptable for my children’s fingernails, which would inevitably end up in their mouths.

My quest was on, and Piggy Paint was born. As you may have guessed, our polish is NOT flammable and sits beautifully on the unaffected foam. We hope you enjoy this water-based polish that is specially formulated of natural ingredients. Finally, a kid-friendly polish without the accompanying drawbacks of traditional polishes. It is free of formaldehyde, toluene, phthalates, biphenyl A, ethyl acetate and acetone... and made in the USA!

Luvaboos is proud to carry Piggy Paint, both online and in our store! Visit us today and you'll have pretty piggies in no time!

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Winner of the Baby K'Tan Carrier Sweepstakes was...Entry 36, Jessica Bull!

Thank you so much to Baby K'Tan for sponsoring this great giveaway!  We were excited to offer such a great baby carrier to our fans and from the looks of it, you all really were excited about winning!

According to Random.org the lucky entry was #36 and that belonged to Jessica Bull!  Jessica please check your email for a notification from us and to claim your prize.

To purchase a Baby K'Tan carrier please visit Luvaboos.com!

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Giveaway: Enter to win a Wamies Cloth Diaper Wetbag! CLOSED

This week's Luvaboos Giveaway is a great cloth diaper accessory!  You can enter to win a Wahmies Wetbag!

The Wahmies Fun Prints wet bag will hold your dampest diapers without wicking! Cute outer print with inner layer of PUL waterproof fabric. Bag closes with a zipper to keep smellswhere they belong. Constructed with the two layers sewn separately, heat bonded and hidden seams. Fun Prints wet bags are now available in three sizes!

Want a chance to win a Wahmies Wetbag totally Free?  Enter our Giveaway below!

The Prize:
(1) Wahmies Wetbag, in a random print according to availability at Wahmies.

Details:
Open to participants in the USA and Canada.

Date:  Giveaway is open through June 26, 2011.  The winner will be announced on the Blog and FaceBook and will also be notified via email.  Winner has 7 days to claim their prize or an alternate winner will be chosen in their place.

Rules:  For each entry you must comment on this giveaway post.  Please make sure we can either contact you via email through your profile or leave your email address with each entry.

*You must first complete the mandatory entry.  All other entries are optional.

Entry Methods:

• Mandatory 1st Entry- Visit Luvaboos and comment here as your first entry with a non-cloth diapering item you'd like to have that we carry.
• (1) Entry for Becoming a Fan of Wahmies on FaceBook and commenting on their wall that @Luvaboos sent you.
• (1) Entry for Becoming a Fan of Luvaboos on Facebook
• (1) Entry for Following Luvaboos on Twitter
• (1) Entry for leaving a Luvaboos Product Review on Luvaboos.com (visit the item you'd like to review and look for the link to leave a review under the products description.  Come back and leave your name and the name of the product you reviewed with your entry) *Limit 5 product reviews per giveaway.
• (3) Entries for sharing the link to our Giveaway on FaceBook or your Blog. (limit 1 x per day)
• (3) Entries for Tweeting about this Giveaway.  You must Tweet this "Enter to #win a @Wahmies #clothdiapers Wetbag from the @Luvaboos Blog!  Click here to enter--->http://ow.ly/5mdKH" (limit 1 tweet per day)
• (3) Entries for Tweeting this "Visit @Luvaboos for all your Natural Parenting & Cloth Diapering Needs! #clothdiapers --->http://ow.ly/5dj85" (limit 1 tweet per day)
• (10) Entries for Contributing an article/blog post to the Luvaboos Blog!  Please email submissions to shethinksmedia(at)gmail.com
• (5) Entries for placing the code for our Luvaboos Blog Button (located on the right sidebar of this blog) onto your Blog or Website.
• (5) Entries for making a purchase at Luvaboos during the giveaway.  Please leave your invoice or date of purchase with each entry.

 Good Luck!

*All winners entries will be verified.   Winner has 7 days to claim their prize before an alternate winner will be chosen.

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Winner of our LunchBots Giveaway was...Rachel P, Comment 71!

Congratulations Rachel P, entry 71!  You're the lucky winner of our Lunchbots Giveaway.  You'll receive a fabulous Lunchbots Stainless Steel Lunch Container!  Please check your email for a notification from us and to claim your prize.

To those of you who didn't win our Lunchbots Giveaway, please visit Luvaboos.com where you can shop our selection of Luncbots for just $14.99each.

Thanks for making this another great and successful giveaway.  Stop back on Monday and check out our next giveaway!

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