My favorite Cloth Diaper so far….
I am only 2 months into this cloth diaper thing, but I already love my GroVia Hybrid one size diapers. They are so freaking easy to use. I love all the colors and patterns too! It is so much fun picking what diaper shell I will use next.
I have both closure options snap and the hook and loop. Right now I’m feeling the hook and loop closure better.
I am sure the more cloth diapers I try and as my baby ages my preference will change. All I know right now is I love all my cloth diapers and cloth diaper accessories! I wish I used them on my two older boys….why didn’t anyone tell me about these….geez! That’s why I am spreading the Cloth Diaper Word to anyone I can!
Check out the rest of my Cloth Diaper stash here. Cloth Diapers What I Personally Use.
Baby Shower DIY Ideas
For my younger sister’s baby shower I did some DIY projects that came out super cute.
First I made a really simple diaper cake. This was my first one and I used the role and tie with string method. I decorated it simple with pink ribbons and a cute bear on top.
Next, I made baby jane shoes from printed on patterned card stock paper. I glued a button on each shoe too. This was a bit time consuming, but they came out so cute I didn’t care. We put mints in them. When the baby shower was over I I gave them to my younger cousins who wanted them to take home for their dolls!
Here’s the template I used.
I also made candy wrappers by designing a label on Avery mailing labels. They fit perfect around Hershey nuggets candy.
Here’s the cake we had made by my sister’s friend who makes cakes for a living. The cake came out beautiful and tasted great too!
We put the cupcakes on my cupcake stand. I use this stand at every party. Love it!
I don’t know how your family throws baby showers, but mine always provides lots of food and a nice spread! We went all out for my sister. We had nachos, sausage balls, 3 kinds of sandwiches, veggie and fruit trays!
I love decorating for baby showers! Can’t wait to decorate my other younger sister’s party in July, and then my sister in-law’s later this year! Lucky Me!
Quick Organic Taco Meal- Garden of Eatin Taco Dinner Kit
This is my go to quick meal for my family, and of course Gluten Free. I actually have a stock pile of these kits in my pantry. I bought it in bulk on Amazon to a get a better price, but it retails about 4.99 at my grocery store Kroger (find it in the organic section). I definitely recommend this product for a quick organic dinner meal.
I really love this product. It first caught my eye in the store because of the Made with Organic stamp and the No Genetically Engineered Ingredients.
After reading the ingredients label I decided to give it a try.
Ingredients: Taco Shells: organic stoneground yellow corn masa flour, expeller pressed canola oil and/or safflower oil and/or sunflower oil.
Taco Sauce: organic tomatoes, organic green chili, water, jalapeño, lime juice ,garlic powder, salt.
Taco Seasoning: organic rice flour, sea salt, spices, organic evaporated cane juice, organic onion powder, paprika, organic garlic powder, dehydrated onion, citric acid, organic sunflower oil, extractive of paprika, yeast extract, silicon dioxide (as anticaking).
Super easy to prepare and taste great! The taco seasoning has a really good taste, and is the best seasoning I have tried. The taco shells are equally great; very good flavor and crisp. You can feel good about serving it to your family because of the natural and organic ingredients too!
My whole family loves this easy to make meal. My husband and son’s give it 10!
DIY Elmo Party with Free Printables
For my son’s 2nd Birthday we had a Super Cute Elmo Themed Party. I made most of the Decorations myself.
Here’s what I used:
I used a free printable Elmo kit from a website, unfortunately that website and printable are no longer available.
I also purchased a personalized Elmo Kit from Etsy. The kit I used is no longer available but you may be able to find a similar one.
I made a custom Sesame Street Signs and stringed them together. It turned out really cute!
To make a sign like mine use the Free Printables below. Save the file and open it in an editing program. Canva or PicMonkey is a great option, they are both online editing programs and are simple to use. Just open blank sign file and add your text to the sign. Use Tahoma or Arial font all caps in white.
Click on Links Below:
pdf file Blank Sesame Sign
jpg file Blank Sesame Sign
pdf file Happy Birthday Sesame Sign
jpg file Happy Birthday Sesame Sign
I used Elmo merchandise we already owned to decorate the house.
I had my son dressed in a cute personalized Elmo shirt for the party from Etsy.
I designed a simple cake and had a cake maker friend make it for me. For the top of the make I purchased an Elmo candle from Amazon.
An Elmo pinata was made by myself from a cardboard gift box, tissue and printed an enlarged Elmo face for eyes, nose, and mouth.
It wasn’t the best for breaking purposes but it was super cute and it made for a fun mask afterwards!
If you like this printable you may also want to check out my other FREE PRINTABLES.
All printables and downloads designed by rays of bliss are for PERSONAL USE ONLY. Please do not alter or claim as your own. This file is not intended for resale, nor are the printed versions of this file. Feel free to link back to www.raysofbliss.com if you like our printables.
How to Shop for Organic Products
Grocery shopping for truly organic & natural products can be difficult. Company’s try to disguise products as better for you by marketing items as “dermatologist-tested,” “gentle” and “natural”, but these products may be no better. The only way to really know for sure if a product is truly organic is by reading the ingredients, but there are tricks to help scan the aisles for your green merchandise. There are particular things I look for and certain things I avoid when shopping, and now I can spot Green products like it’s my sixth sense!
Helpful Green Shopping Guide
Keywords to Look For
•USDA Certified Organic
•NON GMO
•Paraben Free
•Fragrance Free
•100% toxic Fre
•Certified Vegan
•Cruelty Free
What to Avoid
•Misleading and incomplete labeling of ingredients
•Claims like “dermatologist-tested,” “gentle” and “natural”
•Product has label warnings
*Good rule I use is the fewer ingredients the better, and I can read and am familiar with the ingredients listed.
Look up your products’ safety ratings:
Cosmetics and personal care products: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
Household cleaners: http://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners
Tips for safer products: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/top-tips-for-safer-products/
Please share your tips for shopping for Organic & Natural Products.