Valentine Handmade gift hop starts tomorrow get 5 bonus entries now

I'm so excited for the Valentine Handmade with Love gift giveaway hop that starts tomorrow and runs until Feb. 6. Many blogs are participating. I have 6 awesome sponsors that have offered up some really cool prizes.

1.  HautTotes is offering a really cool zipper pouch with a fabric design exclusively available from HautTotes.

2. The Clever Hedgehog is offering a $25 gift certificate for her beautiful handmade jewelry,

3. Concrete Minerals is offering 2 of their best selling mineral eye shadow shades in Lolita and Smut.

4. South Texas Naturals is offering 5 bars of hand crafted soap in the winner's choice of scents.

5. Madame Koiteh is offering a romantic lover's gift basket that is a 3 piece bath and body set which includes: shea butter enriched spa bath salts, shea butter infused massage oils, and a moisturizing glycerin soap all in Strawberry kisses scent. As a bonus she will also give the winner a handcrafted candle tin in Japanese Cherry Blossom scent.

6. Angie's Handmade Candles is offering a wax dipped bear in the winner's choice of scents.

Several items will be available to International readers.


So how can you get 5 bonus entries today? Blog about this giveaway today with a link to my blog. Then when you come back to enter the giveaway tomorrow (starting at midnight) just leave 5 separate comments that you blogged about this giveaway with a link to your blog post on the giveaway post!  Feel free to copy whatever you like from this post to use in yours. 


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Valentine Handmade with Love sponsor spotlight: South Texas Naturals

The Valentine Handmade with Love Gift Hop will be happening Feb. 2-6. Many blogs will be participating. All giveaway items are handmade items. I'm so excited to be sharing my wonderful sponsors with you. The next wonderful sponsor I have is:  South Texas Naturals 

South Texas Naturals offers handcrafted soaps as well as other handcrafted items like sachets and lip balms.  South Texas Naturals also has a gifts and favors section.  That would be a great idea for baby showers, wedding favors, prizes at parties, and whatever else you can think of.  Who doesn't use soap?

I'm a fan of shea butter and whipped body lotions.  While browsing the site I see that South Texas Naturals also offers whipped shea butter, cuticle cream, goats milk lotion, solid lotion stick, and other things to quench that dry winter skin.


South Texas Naturals took the time to answer some of my questions to learn more about her business:


" I started making handmade soaps about 10 years ago after the birth of my 2nd child.  He had very bad eczema and I need to find a solution to his dry skin that was cost effective as the medicine the doctors prescribed was too expensive.  I did a lot research and found many stories of how handmade soaps was great for dry skin.  So I was decided to give it a try in making my own and I haven't been able to stop since.  My biggest passion about it is being able to create my own recipes and trying them out.  Not all make it through to the end, but I love the feeling of accomplishment once a recipe I create comes together!

I have just started to venture from  just soaps to other handmade products such as lip balms, lotions, solid lotions and massage bars.  I am hoping to expand my product line this year in 2011 to bring many more handmade products. "  ---South Texas Naturals

You can also find South Texas Naturals on etsy

South Texas Naturas on twitter: @STNaturals

And South Texas Naturals on facebook

If you want to get a head start on some of the Valentine Gift Giveaway Hop entries you can follow the sponsors on their etsy, twitter, and/or facebook pages now.


South Texas Naturals will be offering one FFCM reader their choice of 5 handcrafted soaps.  Here are just a few of the many that South Texas Naturals offers:

Honey n' Oat Milk soap

Green Tea soap

French Green Clay Soap

Stop by South Texas Naturals to see what other scents and types they offer. South Texas Naturals giveaway will be open to US only.



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