Congrats to Jess, who left comment #129 on the Glittersniffer giveaway! Jess, check your email.

For the rest of you, although I only had one pack of sparkly eye dust to give away, Glittersniffer's Etsy store is STUFFED with colors (she's introduced some new ones just in the last week!) and she's got a great package where you can order 6 colors for only $25 — which gets 'em down to about $4.50/pot. (I know what I'm doing this afternoon…)

Tell Lela Offbeat Mama sencha — now go git glittery!

A few weeks ago on Facebook, I mentioned this made-to-order organic cotton hoodie, from Etsy seller simplebear.

"I'm hoping this will be the ultimate breastfeeding hoodie," I said.

And guess what? IT IS.

And guess what else? Simplebear has a made-to-order hoodie to give away to one of you!

Because not only is this the ultimate breastfeeding hoodie — it's really just the ultimate mama hoodie. I will tell you why.

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As the child of hippies, I never really learned how to put on make-up. My first experiences were in the context of doing musical theater in middle and high school — and stage makeup is, uh, not really a good model for daily wear. My cosmetics education then took a turn for the sparkly when I started going to raves in the mid-'90s. Suddenly, I couldn't leave the house without at least three different layers of glitter. Ever. Anyway, this is all to say that I don't know shit about make-up and my taste in eyeshadow is almost as loud as my taste in wedding shoes. Here's one of my more understated looks.

Given this love of sparkles and over-the-top-ness, I'm stupid-giddy about Glittersniffer Cosmetics, the brainchild of Lela, a 24-year-old Detroit mama to a three-year-old. Glittersniffer makes (not just sells — MAKES) some of brightest, sparkliest mineral-based eye shadows I've ever seen in colors like Zombie Girl, Contradiction, and Pink Pistol. Lela makes perfumes and other cosmeticstoo, but I'm obsessed with the eyeshadow. And I'm here to share the obsession with you via a giveaway!

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Some of you may remember Angela from Milestone Images from when I did a Q&A with her on Offbeat Bride last year. Well, Angela also does family photography in the New York City region, and lordy you ladies are going to love her work…

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When Real Nappies contacted me about doing a review of their Snug Wraps diaper covers, I was a little hesitant. See, I don't change most of the diapers in our house. Andreas does. Can I really pretend to be an expert reviewer when most of the diaper business is outsourced to my husband? But I checked with him to see if he'd be into reporting back about his experiences with Real Nappies, and he agreed.

Thank goodness, cuz it means that y'all have a chance to win some free stuff for yourselves…

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So it looks like comment #18 (Rhiannon) won the adorably and perfect snapping booties from Etsy seller MEandREEKIE.

Congrats to Rhiannon and for those of you who didn't win, the booties are only about twenty bucks — GO SNAG SOME!

Oh, and did I mention that there are hats that go with the booties? omg snarf choking on cuteness!