Friday Follow, Homeschool Group & Giveaway Linky!

Another fabulous Friday Follow! Yippee! Hope everyone is having a great trip across the blogosphere!

"Welcome to a SPECIAL edition of Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun."

Wondering why it is so special this Friday? Well you will have to follow the buttons (Above) to find out and to join the Friday Follow this week!

I have spent some of my time this week over at the *New* Conservative Homeschooler Group! It was moved from a Ning network over to Spruz and I am really enjoying the new look and feel and all the corresponding with other wonderful homeschoolers! If you are a homeschooler or are wanting to homeschool and need some advice or encouragement, you really should check it out and join!

I still have some giveaways going on from my "Spring Into Health" event!
You can enter them by following the links below (or on my sidebar)!

TheStraightStitch Enviro Lunch Bags (ends 5/12)

Frontier Coop Organic Food Samples (ends 5/20)

Kay's Naturals Protein Snacks (ends 5/20)

"The Complete Idiots Guide To Eating Raw" Book Giveaway (5/26)

Luxury Bath Salts & Aromatherapy Mist (5/31)


If you have any giveaways, please link below! Thanks!

Happy Mother's Day and may God bless your weekend!
~Hannah

Yummy Shakes and Frosties Recipes!

We bought a Ninja food processor back around Christmas, and we have really been enjoying it! King Ed makes him a protein milk drink with it, most mornings and I love making ices in it! I want to make some frosties and smoothies in it too, so have been looking thru my recipes and found a few that a friend gave me a long time ago! they sound so good and wanted to share them here!

Fruity Frosty

1 c. fresh strawberries

1 c. pineapple juice

2 tsp. sugar

5 ice cubes

Wash strawberries and pull off caps. Slice strawberries and put in blender. Add pineapple juice, sugar, and ice cubes. Blend till smooth. Enjoy!

Strawberry Frosties

2 c. frozen unsweetened strawberries

1 3/4 c. whipped topping

1 1/2 c. water

1 1/2 c. crushed ice

1/4 c. sugar

Put all ingredients in a blender. Cover and process till smooth. Pour into glasses and serve immediately. Enjoy!

Tropical Shake

2 c. pineapple-orange-banana juice

2 scoops of vanilla ice cream

In a blender combine juice and ice cream. Blend till smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

Serves:2

Banana Shakes

1 c. milk

2 Tbsp. peanut butter

1 Tbsp. honey

2 large ripe, frozen bananas

In a blender, combine all ingredients. Cover & process till blended. Serve immediately. Serves:2-3

If you have any frosty, smoothie or other yummy, preferably healthy, cool drink recipes, please share the recipes, or links to the recipes!

Thanks!

~Hannah

Capricorn Soap Company Review & Giveaway!

I am so excited to have the opportunity to share the Capricorn Soap Company with you on my blog! I have had such a great experience working with this company and getting to know them! The owners work really hard and make some of the prettiest luxury products for your body and home! They have great customer service and their products make wonderful gifts for any occasion!

If you are still doing your last minute Mother's Day shopping, this is the place you will find something for all those special women! Whether it is your mom, grandma, aunt, wife, sister or friend, they are sure to enjoy some homemade bath soaps, lip balm, bath salts, aromatherapy mist or candles, etc!

You know June is the month for Weddings and Anniversaries, so you had better be stocking up on some gifts for all of those special occasions! Thankfully Capricorn Soap Company is your one stop shop for Wedding and Anniversary gifts! If you are having a Wedding or Anniversary party, or helping put one on, you should visit to see about putting in special orders for soaps for party favors, candles, etc!

The Capricorn Soap Company sells shave creams, shaving kits and after shave! I would Love to try some of the Virginia Rose shaving cream!

The after shave and shaving kits would make wonderful Father's day gifts!

Along with aromatherapy mist, some of the other products for around your home are furniture polish and ironing water! Great ways to freshen your home and clothing for the summer!


I love Oatmeal and Honey baths, so I was absolutely delighted to see that the Capricorn Soap Company sells the oatmeal & honey bath bars and body lotion! Here is a way to relieve stress and feel relaxed! How heavenly! My husband would love this, and I think I would try to sneak a bath more often! =) Just think, a relaxing bath with oatmeal & honey soap, then after the bath using the body lotion!


I had the opportunity to review the Herbes de Provence Luxury Bath Salts and Herbes de Provence Aromatherapy Mist from the Capricorn Soap Company! The essential oils used in these products have such an amazing smell! I Love herbs and the smell of herbs and essential oils! With the bath salts, it really is like having your own spa at home! I would recommend buying some of the candles from the Capricorn Soap Company to put around your bath to complete your spa! And some of the shaving cream and body lotion!
The aromatherapy mist makes the home smell so fresh and relaxed!

Meet Our Featured Etsy store and Owner!
Here is what the owner of Capricorn Soap Company shared with us about her and her store:

What inspired the name of your Etsy store?
My Etsy shop is the same name of our company, which is Capricorn Soap Company - even though we don't just make soap. :-)

What insipred you to open your Etsy store? We have sold wholesale and private label for a long time, but wanted to get some exposure for our own brand, as well. So we (hubby and I) decided to try Etsy to test the response. It has been great so far!

Would you like to share a little bit about yourself? A little about me - hmm...well, we're really a team. I (Christina) create the products, and my husband Tim is the concept brain behind it all. We both do sales and marketing. We're both visual artists in our free time, and Tim is also a self-employed architect and furniture designer. I've personally tried my hand at a lot of different professions (studied foreign languages in college) but never found anything that I wanted to do until I started making personal care products and home luxuries. Now I'm hooked. :-)

Anything else you would like to share with us? For those artisans looking to become financially independent and who are trying to build their business: don't give up. Keep going forward. Be professional. Eventually, it pays off. :-)

Now for the Giveaway!
One winner will receive one 8oz. glass jar of Herbes de Provence Luxury Bath Salts and one 8oz. bottle of Herbes de Provence Aromatherapy Mist with Aloe and Essential Oils from Capricorn Soap Company!



"Herbes de Provence Luxury Bath Salts - with Pure Dead Sea Salt, Botanicals and Essential Oils"
Product Description from Capricorn Soap Company:
"Enjoy a relaxing bath in luxury with our Herbes de Provence dead sea salt bath soak. Made from pure dead sea salts, this decadent bath treatment is sure to ease tired muscles and provide a rejuvenating, refreshing spa experience right in your own bathtub!
A little of these salts added to your bath water will provide a clean, fresh fragrance, and you'll soak your cares away while these dead sea salts draw out impurities and leave you feeling clean and energized."



"Herbes de Provence Aromatherapy Mist with Aloe and Essential Oils"
Product Description from Capricorn Soap Company:
"Relax and rejuvenate with the soothing fragrance of lavender with our aromatherapy mist in our Herbes de Provence essential oil blend.
Mist a little of this into the center of the room and experience the calming and uplifting scent of lavender, basil and chamomile.
You can also use this as a body spray. Take care, however, not to spray this mist directly onto clothes or linens as essential oils have a tendency to cause spotting."

Mandatory Entry:
Visit Capricorn Soap Company shop and tell me a product you would love to try or give as a gift!
Mandatory entry must be done to enter giveaway!
Please leave your email address in your comment or have it visible on your profile.

Extra Entries After completing mandatory Entry:
-Follow Capricorn Soap Company on twitter (1 entry)
-Follow Capricorn Soap Company on Facebook (1 entry)
-Follow Capricorn Soap Company's Blog (1 entry)
-Add the Capricorn Soap Company's Button to your sidebar (3 entries) -Purchase a product from Capricorn Soap Company during the time of this giveaway (10 entries per purchase)
-Follow my blog (1 entry)
-Follow me on Networked Blogs (1 entry)
-Follow me on twitter (1 entry)
-Tweet this giveaway (1 entry per day)
-Add my blog button to your sidebar and leave a link of where I can find it(2 entries)
-Add my "Spring Into Health" blog button to your sidebar and leave a link of where I can find it (3 entries)
-Write a blog post about this giveaway and leave the link to your post below (5 entries)
-Enter one of my other blog giveaways (1 entry per giveaway you enter)

That gives you 32+ chances to win! Have fun!
Please leave a comment per entry that you qualify for, for each entry to count!

This giveaway is open to the U.S. only and Ends on May 31st at 12 am central. The winner will be chosen at random using random.org.
The prize will be sent directly from Capricorn Soap Company to the winner.


Disclaimer:
For purposes of this review, I received products from Capricorn Soap Company.

Green Mountain Coffee and MorningGlories Etsy shop Winners!

The winner for the Green Mountain Coffee Giveaway is......

According to True Random Number Generator

Result: 23

Samantha said...
"I would like to try their Fair Trade organic coffee sampler so that we can have a little of everything!"

The winner of MorningGlories 2 Wine Glasses is......

According to True Random Number Generator

Result: 11

Jess said...
"daily tweet
http://twitter.com/all_about_savin/status/12233266671"

Congratulations Samantha and Jess!

Both winners have confirmed.

Stonyfield And Kelly'sJewelry Winners!

The winner of Stonyfields Oikos Organic Yogurt is........
True Random Number Generator
Result: 15
greengirl said...
"From their site - you can sign up for their rewards program and earn eco-friendly things!"


And the winner for Kelly'sJewelry Unique Cutlery Board is..........
True Random Number Generator
Result: 27
Carolina Girl Mommy said...
"3- have your spring into health button http://weeshare.blogspot.com"





Congratulations greengirl and Carolina Girl Mommy!





Both winners have confirmed.