I took the plunge

Today I have been decently productive. I have had motivation, who knows from what, but I have wanted to keep going on sewing. Well, today I finished up a bunch of cloth wipes that I had cut out months ago. See where I am going with this?

 Wipes before finishing the edges

Well, today I actually used some cloth wipes from two of LJ's messy diapers. I never thought that I would use cloth wipes. But now with Peanut on the way, I am rethinking things a little more. I know that new baby poo is mostly liquid so I am not too worried about having too much solids on the wipes when I am done with them. I just sort of can't believe that I used cloth wipes, but I must say, it was nice. :)
I use disposable wipes at times, and I had been making my own flushable wipes, but since the move, I haven't made any more of these and don't totally feel like doing it. I don't mind the flushable wipes, but with everything that is going on right now, I don't feel like taking the time to separate the paper towels from each other, folding them to wipe size and then making them in to the pop-op stack.
So, for all my cloth mamas, do you use cloth wipes all the time? Have you gone to disposable ever or done flushables? If you use cloth wipes, do you make them or buy them? What is your favorite brand?

And the Winner Is...

The time has come for the winner of the two Lynifer Diaper Inserts to be drawn. I was hoping for slightly better numbers, but this was my first giveaway. Thank you to the ladies who did enter and for you ideas for blog names.
Now on to the good part...

The winner is....

Anonymous said... 

groovers4him@bellsouth.net
I like the title of the blog,
"Love Worth Waiting For" 

The winner has been notified and will have 48 hours to respond to my email or I will have to draw again.

Thank you again to the ladies who entered!

Giveaway Extended!

Due to the low number of comments, I will be extending the giveaway of the two Lynifer inserts until August 10th. I am also going to add to the mandatory entry as I fear it may be scaring away readers. So, go, have fun and maybe enter a certain giveaway. :)
Until next time... Happy Reading!

1 down, 4 to go!

Today, I want to blog, but it is going to be more on life. I know I have had a couple of these types of posts lately, but I have so much going on in my life. I really enjoy blogging and I am bummed that so much has been going on that I don't have as much time to blog as I would like. Well, being a stay-at-home mom who just moved to a new house and is active in her church will keep a woman busy.
Today was the very first day of our Vacation Bible School! I am the director this year, so I have a lot on my plate. In past years I wasn't involved in VBS at all, I didn't have the time while I was working. Last summer He started leading me in the direction of leadership. I stepped up and we did the planning. I knew today would be the bumpiest day of all of them. This would be the day we find out what works, and what doesn't.
To my surprise, today went fantastically! The volunteers had a great day, I think the kids loved it, and I wasn't running around like a chicken with my head cut off. It was wonderful! I had visions of people pulling me in every direction with all these questions of things I had never even thought about and tech problems, and all that fun stuff. We had what tried to be a tech problem, but it was cured with a simple restart of my husband's laptop (we are using that this week at VBS).
I am so glad that I can report that today was a good day. It makes me so happy to say that. I think everyone that is helping me this week has really grabbed a hold of my mantra for the week. Make it your own! I have given my great volunteers the tools they need for the week, now they can make this week their week. They will enjoy themselves and love the ministry they are doing for the kids. This week is ultimately about God. I have had people say this week is about the kids, but it is about teaching the kids about Him. If we love what we are doing, it is going to be His love shining.
I have been uplifted today, I just hope it continues. I have one day of VBS down, and we have 4 more to go. Then we get a small break before the big VBS BBQ we are having after church Sunday.
Until next time...Happy Living!

Lynifer's Diaper Insert Giveaway! ~CLOSED!~

I know this has been a long awaited post.  I have wanted to post this for weeks now, but life has kept me from it. Well, now here you go!
The time has come for my very first giveaway. I am super excited for this one for many reasons. One, it's the first giveaway for my blog. Second, these items were made by Me. I have a small little in home venture where I sew all kinds of things. I call my venture Lynifer. Now, seeing as I am the one that made these inserts, having me review them, wouldn't be right. I had two wonderful mommas test two different styles of my inserts. Now for the reviews given by the testers...

I love Lynifer's cloth diaper inserts! My favorite is the contoured insert because it is so absorbent and is super soft. It fits perfectly inside my Bum Genius 3.0's! The insert washes up very nicely and it is my "go to" insert for nap and nighttime diapers. Thanks!

These cloth diaper inserts are the best I could have hoped for! I am a big fan of her contoured design that I slip inside my MotherEase diapers. They are obsorbent and soft without being too bulky. Lyn has hit the mark with this design that washes just as nicely as it wears. I've had them for months and they still look great! 

About Lynifer's Inserts: Each insert is made from a total of 5 layers. The top layer is soft flannel. There are two inner layers of microfiber terry, and then there are two layers of cotton. Liquid tests that I did showed that these inserts could hold up to 7 ounces of liquid.


Buy It: These diaper inserts can be purchased through Lynifer's website for $2.50 each.

Win It: I am giving one winner a set of my diaper inserts. One winner will receive a straight cut insert and a contoured insert as well.

Mandatory Entry: Okay, so right now my blog's name is just Lynifer's blog. I am thinking of changing this to a more catchy or fun name. For the mandatory entry, I would love for you to either give me an idea for my blog's new name, or tell me your favorite blog title/name. One name idea that has been thrown around has been Sew Thrifty Lynifer, as an idea of where I might be going with the name and theme. If you cannot think of a blog title, feel free to name your favorite diaper.

Extra Entries: (be sure to leave a seperate comment for each entry)
1: Publicly follow my blog via Google Friend Connect. - 1 entry
2: Subscribe to my blog emails via feedburner. - 1 entry
3: Blog about this giveaway and be sure to leave a direct link to this giveaway as well as Lynifer. - 2 entries
4: Become a fan of Lynifer on Facebook. - 1 entry
5: Follow me on twitter. -1 entry
6: Tweet about this giveaway. Be sure to include @whocg23 in your tweet. This can be done daily until the end of the giveaway.  Please comment with the link to your tweet.- 1 entry per day


This giveaway is open to US residents only. Giveaway will end on August 10th at 11:59 pm. The winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours from the time the email is sent to respond. I will also post the winner on my blog. I will pick the winner via random.org.