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    Giveaway! Kids Konserve Reuseable & Waste-Free Lunch Sack from Annie’s

    I love hearing about companies using creative marketing to both endorse their products and raise environmental awareness. Annie’s Homegrown is doing just that with a reusable, recycled cotton lunch sack promotion. The sack is generously sized, has a spot on the back for the child’s name, and has a velcro closure at the top. Here is their press release. Annie’s Homegrown, Stonyfield YoKids, Honest Kids and Seventh Generation have teamed up to help families toss their brown bags this back-to-school season by offering a free Kids Konserve lunch sack with the purchase of participating products July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011. Consumers are invited to visit Annies.com/bts11, print out the form then mail in…

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    Spring Fling Giveaway: KidCo BabySteps Deluxe Food Mill with Travel Tote

    Now that your garden is on its way to being planted and giving you juicy homegrown food, consider how wonderful it will be to feed the little ones in your life food from your own garden! I’m really excited to share my experience with today’s Spring Fling Giveaway product, the BabySteps KidCo Deluxe Food Mill with Travel Tote. I used to make baby food for the Man-child when he was little, but my previous process always involved tearing up the kitchen and making a huge sticky mess. I was interested in finding a way to make a single, fresh meal at a time with simple cleanup. Assistant Reviewer I chopped…

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    Spring Fling Giveaway: Lucky Accessories Peas in a Pod Necklace or Earrings

    I consider myself quite lucky to know the beautiful and talented Kiona van Rhee-Wilson, owner and designer of Lucky Accessories. Kiona is a fellow urban gardener in Downtown Raleigh who is constantly inspiring me with her creativity, conscientiousness regarding food and nutrition at the family table, and her charitable and giving spirit. Dutchie, as her friends call her, moved to the US from Holland where she graced the runway as an international model. After marriage and a kid, she began to use her experience in the fashion industry and her nimble fingers to create original works of wearable art. Her latest venture is enameling. The piece I fawn over is…

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    Spring Fling Giveaway: Bee Happy!

    I’m new here at Love Sown, and I sometimes get lengthy… but I think you’ll enjoy the read! So hang in there with me…. Years ago whenever I told people I’d never been stung by a bee, I said it was because I was a “bee charmer.” (Please say you’ve all seen Fried Green Tomatoes.) I’ve never had a fear of bees so when we moved into our house in the middle of a downtown area and my horticulturist husband asked if we could have honeybees I actually thought it was a fun idea. (Since then, I have said no to chickens and a goat!) Four summers later, we are…

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    Spring Fling Giveaway: Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots

    Today’s giveaway is a beautifully illustrated book by Sharon Lovejoy titled “Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children.” From her biography: For the first seven years of her life, Sharon Lovejoy was introduced to the wonders of nature by her Quaker grandmother Abigal Lovejoy, a botanist and an educator. As an adult, Sharon’s passion for the natural world guided her to become an award winning nature, gardening, and children’s book author and water color illustrator. This book brings a dash of whimsy, a sprinkle of adventure, and a whole cup full of imagination into the outdoor garden. Ms. Lovejoy provides recipes, planting plans, and activities for kids. The…

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    Spring Fling giveaways are next week!

    Love Sown is throwing a party for you and itself, but mainly for you – to thank you for following this new blog and giving it so much love. Starting Monday, a new giveaway will posted each day to help get you in the mood for spring and all the yummy things the garden will bring, as if you weren’t already. Look for these wonderful giveaways next week: A $20 gift certificate to Renee’s Garden KidCo’s BabySteps Deluxe Food Mill with Travel Tote A 1-year subscription to Organic Gardening Magazine A copy of the book, Roots, Shoots, Buckets, & Boots: Gardening Together with Children by Sharon Lovejoy … and more to…