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It’s Back! :) The Amazing Grace Giveaways by Moringana! :)

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I was supposed to post this AGES ago but didn’t get around to doing so (so sorry, , and dear readers, too!). To be honest, I have TONS of pending blog posts (and work! Ha, ha!) to do, but my pregnant body is having a hard time catching up! Huhuhu! Anyway, let’s hope for the best, right?

I won’t dilly-dally and just get straight to the point, OK? 🙂

is back with their regular Amazing Grace giveaways! 🙂 What an awesome way to start December AND to celebrate Advent (OK, I just HAD to insert that somehow, right?!)!

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As usual, ONE winner will get TWO boxes of Moringana Malunggay Leaf Capsules! 🙂 The giveaway will run for one week and the winner will be notified via email and also announced on . Anyone with a Philippine shipping address can join. 🙂

(On a side note, I’ve been taking Moringana capsules as part of my pre-natal supplements and I am LOVING them! 🙂 It’s wonderful to know that it’s 100% organic and healthy, and a good source of calcium and vitamins!)

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know the drill. If you’re not, please do subscribe by email (you can do so on the right sidebar), and then just follow the Rafflecopter instructions at the end of this post. God bless, everyone, and please do keep our countrymen in the Visayas and Mindanao areas, plus other Philippine areas, affected by Typhoon Pablo in your prayers!

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Truly Rich Recommendations {Events}: "Batang Pera-Henyo" Conference 2012 + A GIveaway! :D

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My friends over at School Talk are holding another inspirational and practical learning event this weekend, entitled “Batang Pera-Henyo Conference 2012.”

BATANG PERA-henyo 2012 CONFERENCE

November 17, 2012
9:00AM – 5:00PM

VISTA CENTER
Upper G/F Worldwide Corporate Center Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Youth between 13 to 20 years old.
  • Parents
  • Teachers and Home Educators
  • Home Schoolers
  • Youth Organizations
  • And anyone interested to achieve financial peace!
For more details about the conference and how to register, please click here. 🙂 
For a chance to win FREE tickets to this great learning event, you can join the giveaway below. 🙂 There will be THREE winners, selection of which will be this Friday. 🙂 Winners will be notified via email. 🙂

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Armi of Mayumi & Me — SAHM Turned Mompreneur + An Amazing Grace Giveaway

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I’ve mentioned before that I’ve realized that I’m not cut out to be the retail/selling merchandise type of mompreneur. I’d rather be writing than selling products. 🙂 So I took it upon myself to do whatever I could to support mompreneurs instead — usually by featuring them on this blog or on Smart Parenting’s website, where I regularly contribute articles (on a freelance basis).

Anyway, one time, I was browsing through one such mompreneur’s site, Mayumi & Me, and saw these .

I immediately left a comment on Armi’s page and she responded by sending me a message. I was delighted to know that we had encountered each other previously online, during the August 2011 Milk Mama Diaries Carnival. (She wrote a good entry for it, which you can read .) Later on, I was TOTALLY psyched when Armi sent me a Tiny Tots breastfeeding cover for when I give birth next year! 🙂 (Thanks so much, Armi!)

As with many other mompreneurs, Armi has turned her passion for finding the best products for moms and their little ones into a business. Here are a few screenshots to describe Mayumi & Me, and Armi and her family as well (all were taken with permission from the Mayumi & Me website):

Through our email and text exchanges, I’ve come to know Armi as very warm, friendly and accommodating. 🙂 She and I were able to meet in person at Dainty Mom’s WAHMderful Life Workshop last weekend and I must say I was pretty inspired by how she took care of Mayumi, who was at the workshop with her, along with her husband. I love that she is into breastfeeding and babywearing and attachment parenting too! 🙂

To inspire and encourage other people out there to be more intentional when choosing products for themselves and their families, especially their kids, Armi is sponsoring an Amazing Grace giveaway for the next two weeks! 🙂 ONE winner will receive an awesome Human Nature  3-Step Baby Care set from Mayumi & Me! 

Photo from the Human Nature website

Joining is simple! 🙂 Just use the Rafflecopter widget at the end of this post! 🙂 Please make sure you “Like”  (and add them to your News Feed while you’re at it!), follow and post and tweet about the giveaway (you can do the latter more than once)! 🙂 (Note: All participants must have Philippine shipping addresses. 🙂 The winner will be notified via email and announced on my Facebook page. 🙂

Have an awesome All Hallows Eve (Halloween), All Saints Day and All Souls celebration ahead, folks! 🙂 Remember, it’s not about ghouls, ghosts, goblins and all that is scary and gory, but about having hope and faith, striving to be like our saints and praying for our deceased loved ones! 🙂

JOIN MAYUMI AND ME’S AMAZING GRACE GIVEAWAY HERE:
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Baby Chic Boutique: Proudly Mompreneur-owned! (Plus an Amazing Grace giveaway!)

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One of the things I love about blogging is being able to “connect” somehow with other people, especially with other moms. I am especially thrilled when mompreneurs contact me and tell me about how and why they started their businesses — mostly because they want to spend more time with their kids. 🙂 (Don’t we all wish we could do that — after all, childhood is fleeting!)
One such mom is Helene Sonza, of  (on Multiply and on ), which is dedicated to selling “chic and adorable baby products.” 


Helene wrote to me a while back through my Contact Me page, and it’s letters like hers that really warm my heart (and humble me and inspire me to keep blogging!):


Helene shares a little bit more about her store with us, and her newest “baby”:

I actually started out selling flower clips and headbands, branched out into cute, reusable and eco-friendly cloth diapers, and then added more items such as babylegs/leg warmers, busha pants, diaper accessories, and more.

We chose to come up with our own brand of cloth diapers because we wanted to offer consumers something different. 🙂 Right now, most of the cloth diapers available in the market are pocket diapers, where you put an absorbent insert into the pocket opening of the diaper. This means that when the diaper is wet already, it can’t be used again until it’s washed. Whereas with our Baby Chic Covers, you can just wipe and reuse the shell… simply replace the insert, and you’re good to go again. It’s actually a lot less expensive this way, since you can invest in  inserts and just a few covers, and you can already cloth diaper full time. For example, if you wash every other day, you can invest in just 5 covers and 20 inserts.  


From Baby Chic Boutique’s Facebook page

Our covers are unique since they have stay put flaps both front and back, so you’re assured that your insert won’t move from it’s place. Of course, it’s best to use our trifold insert with it since you can snap the insert into the cover so there’s really no chance for it to budge.Our trifold inserts are also different from your typical insert. These are a lot more absorbent since they compose of 9 layers when folded. You can even use them overnight. Typical inserts are only composed of 3-4 layers of fabric.  

Baby Chic Boutique’s Trifold Insert is made up of two layers of bamboo and one layer of microsuede.
When folded, the insert is nine layers thick but still not very bulky.
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I personally think that moms who “invent” their own products, like Helene, deserve a huge pat on the back! 🙂 I have been blessed to meet so many mompreneurs out there who have come up with innovative products — all because they can relate to the needs of their fellow moms and their kids! 🙂 (I admittedly am not blessed in this department, but I really love promoting those who are! 🙂

Anyway, like it says above, to celebrate the launch of her new product, Helene is sponsoring another Amazing Grace giveaway! 🙂

ONE blessed reader will win ONE Baby Chic cover plus TWO trifold inserts! 🙂 The winner will get to choose the color of the cover from the choices shown in the photo above. 🙂

  • The contest is open to everyone with a Philippine shipping address. 🙂 If you’re not based in the Philippines but have relatives here, you can still join! 🙂
  • The contest will run for two weeks. The winner will be notified via email and will also be announced on . Pls. bear with me if I don’t post the announcement right away. 🙂 You know how being pregnant can be! 🙂
  • All participants are required to “Like” and post about the giveaway on their Facebook walls. (You need to follow me on Facebook and Twitter, too! 😛 And leave a comment, please! 🙂 For easier entry, please follow the Rafflecopter instructions below. 🙂

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Good luck and God bless, everyone! 🙂

Have You "Met" the Yummymummies behind Indigo Baby? + Another Amazing Grace Giveaway :)

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I first came across the “yummymummies” of Indigo Baby when we were still based in Timor Leste. At that time, I was looking for mommy and baby friendly products we could invest in when we returned to Manila for good. I instantly fell in love with their products, especially the boncho (breastfeeding poncho)! (I’m so happy I have an “excuse” to get one now that I’m preggy again — I didn’t get one before as both of our older kids were already a bit big and didn’t like to be covered when breastfeeding!)

When I started thinking about becoming a mompreneur (you know, of the retail, bazaar-joining type), Indigo Baby was one of the brands I considered reselling/distributing. I had even gone so far as to email Denise, one of the mompreneurs behind Indigo Baby, about my intentions.

It’s because of Indigo Baby that I also “discovered” other mompreneur brands, like Next9 and Mommy Matters. Denise and Monica truly inspired me (well, they still inspire me!) through their being hands-on mums to their tots AND being able to manage a successful business, too! 🙂

Well, you all probably know that I realized I’m not the “selling” mompreneur type. (I’m more of a writing/virtual mompreneur, teehee!) BUT that doesn’t mean that I don’t support my fellow moms who DO venture into the mompreneur market! 🙂 In fact, I totally applaud them! 🙂

So that’s why I’m so psyched to feature Monica and Denise here. 🙂 Here’s a bit of info about how they came up with Indigo Baby, taken (via screen capture, haha!) from the Indigo Baby website:

Since starting Indigo Baby just a few years ago, Monica and Denise and their fab products have already been featured in various print and online publications, and even on several TV shows! Inspiring, right?! 🙂

And now, in their desire to share their blessings, they’re generously giving away a totally “yummy” Indigo Baby goodies set to  one of my lucky readers! 🙂 (Confession: This is actually another belated birthday giveaway post, but the pregnancy and all has kept me from doing it for the longest time! Teehee!)

Here’s what’s up for grabs:

Man, I wish that I could join my own giveaways! Ha, ha!

Here are the giveaway guidelines (please do read through everything carefully):

  • The giveaway is open to everyone based in the Philippines. If you’re based abroad, you can still join, but you need to have someone in the Philippines get the prize for you.
  • All participants must take note that the prize WILL NOT be shipped to you, but can be picked up at the Indigo Baby showroom in Makati. If this is not possible, the winner shall shoulder the shipping fee. (Sorry guys, that’s the only catch for this giveaway! But I hope it doesn’t stop you from joining!)
  • The giveaway will run for two weeks. The winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter and shall be emailed upon being chosen. I will also announce the winner on .
  • Joining is easy. Please just follow the Rafflecopter instructions below. Make sure you “Like” , follow and post (on FB) and tweet about the giveaway, among other things! 🙂

That’s it, folks! 🙂 Have fun and God bless! 🙂 Feel free to share the love, OK?! 🙂

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