A Few of My Favorite Things: Cloth Diaper Edition (Review & Giveaways!)

Welcome to the Favorite Things Giveaway Hop, hosted by the Cloth Diaper Revival. 

Each blogger participating has a great cloth diaper prize for you to win, worth at least $20, so after you enter mine, be sure to hop around to all the others in the linky!  Don’t forget to enter to win one the GRAND PRIZE for the event!
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Oprah gets to giveaway some of her favorite things, right? So here's your chance to win some of mine!

1 Funky Fluff Bamboo Fusion 2.0 cloth diaper 

This diaper saved my (well, Penny's mostly) butt for night time. We were beginning to go through a phase where it seemed like anything and everything leaked throughout the night and then I got to try the original version of Funky Fluff Bamboo Fusion diapers. Worked like a charm! Then I got the opportunity to review the revamped 2.0 Fusion diaper and was just as pleased!

1 10lb box of Country Save Detergent

At the beginning of cloth diapering, I gave several brands a shot. Country Save has withstood the test of time and our diapers have consistently remained clean and a 10 lb box lasts me a LONG time. In the almost 23 months of cloth, we've probably gone through about 4 10 lb boxes; and that includes at least 75% of our clothes being washed with this detergent too!

Doodle Pants

Every mom wants her little cuties in adorable outfits, right? I first discovered Doodle Pants because they make cloth diaper friendly leggings, which we absolutely adore! You will get a chance to win 2 pairs of Doodle Pants leggings. Now they've come out with a line of clothing to coordinate with some of their most popular styles of leggings! I can't wait to share pictures of Penny in her Pink Monster outfit.

1 box with 6 Woolzies Wool Dryer Balls
Woolzies Wool Dryer Balls have been essential in my laundry regime. They've cut down on my drying time, are all natural and mean ZERO fabric softener or dryer sheet use! That's been a huge help in making sure that our cloth diapers have zero build up. Learn more about how Woolzies wool dryer balls save money.

$20 egift certificate to Irresistibly Green
Now it's your turn to get you get one of your favorite things, or try something new! The Irresistibly Green family has so much to offer; from cloth diapers to skin care to something for the home. They even have a great bargain bin to stretch your dollar further!

Enter here!

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Get some #freshfluff with Buttons Diapers & Woolzies

This post was originally published as a part of the 
Fresh Fluff Giveaway Hop.
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I'm excited to giveaway two products that are no strangers on The Pierogie Mama blog -

Buttons Diapers cloth diapers

Woolzies wool dryer balls

Going the natural route is important to me, but heck, let me admit it - saving money is super important too! That's why these two products are a part of my arsenal. Cloth diapers save an immense amount of money - a full Buttons Diaper system will cost you about $240 from birth to potty training! Dryer balls save you time and money by increasing air circulation in your dryer and physically beating the water off your laundry.

One lucky winner will win a prize pack of a Buttons Diaper set and a box of Woolzies dryer balls!

This giveaway is over - thanks to all for entering! 

Keep an eye out for more Pierogie Mama Giveaways.

Disclosure: The Pierogie Mama, Fresh Fluff participating bloggers 

are not responsible for sponsors who do not fulfill prize obligations.

I've got more important things to do besides wait on my laundry: Woolzies

Have you ever experienced the awesomeness of wool dryer balls? Their awesomeness goes beyond gaining you crunchy mama points, you know.

• By adding a pack of 6 Woolzies wool dryer balls to your dryer, you can reduce the drying time to about 25%. Me - I've got a dozen. I hate running the dryer and am experimenting with how many balls is too many balls before they don't make an impact on dryer time anymore. Today I washed and dried our sheets which normally takes a couple hours for our king sized stuff (along with stopping, untangling and removing already dried parts)- and it was done in less than an hour!!
• When you save money on energy, you also save money on buying fabric softener. That's because the dryer balls are karate chopping and kneading your fabrics into submission.
• Wool allergy? Don't worry - it's not an issue with wool dryer balls. The wool isn't touching your skin and the fibers don't shed.

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Keep an eye out for a giveaway for a pack of Woolzies Wool Dryer balls 
from The Pierogie Mama in October!

I received a pack of Woolzies Wool Dryer Balls for free using Tomoson.com. 

Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

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Woolzies Dryer Balls Review and Giveaway!

While on the path to a chemical-free and more natural home, the first place I started was with my laundry. It was sort of a given because with cloth diapering one begins to have an obsession appreciation of washing clothes. After all, you're washing poop - you want to be sure that your diapers are clean and that they don't leave a residue that will spread to your clothes and muck up your washer.

All things aside, cloth diapering is super easy and the fear of poop getting on your clothes is the last thing you really should be worried about. What you really should be worried about are the products found in most laundry rooms that are harmful and downright unnecessary.

But the purpose of today's blog post isn't to talk to you about your wash routine (you can read my post about the benefits of going "green" with your laundry detergent here), today I'm talking to you about your drying routine!

Seriously, 2 years ago I would have laughed all the way to the loony bin if I knew I would spend any of my free time writing about washing and drying clothes.

Do you want to learn a little secret on how to save money by way of your dryer? Did you know that wool dryer balls will cut down your drying time up to 25% and completely eliminate the need for fabric softener (which saves money and actually helps your laundry get cleaner)?  Well it's certainly true!

But why go with wool dryer balls? Why not use those spiky plastic dryer balls you can buy at the grocery store? Because those are usually not PVC free and honestly, break apart a few months and you have go to out and buy more. In the past I've made my own wool dryer balls, with some success, but they've mostly unraveled.

After trying out Woolzies Dryer Balls, I'm pretty much in love. They are perfectly felted (and not
wound by a strand, so they will never fall apart!) and are made of 100% New Zealand wool. Ever since kicking fabric softener a small part of me has missed some scent with my clean laundry so I even added a few drops of lavender oil to each ball and now my laundry smells SO heavenly.

Wool dryer balls work their magic by physically bouncing around and separating your laundry as the dryer is running. This helps air circulate more efficiently. They act as a softener because they are punching and karate chopping your clothes as they dry. 


Some other awesome facts about wool dryer balls:

• Woolzies dryer balls last for 1,000 loads! At my house, my washer and dryer are typically running every day (between laundry and cloth diapers). That means mine will last me almost 3 years.  How much would you save if you didn't have to buy fabric softener for 3 years? 
• As I mentioned before, they cut down drying time up to 25%  (another way of saving moolah).
• Don't worry if you have wool allergies! The wool isn't directly touching your skin, instead is just bouncing around in your dryer.
• Using wool dryer balls instead of fabric softener helps your laundry get cleaner. Fabric softener coats the fibers in your laundry (that's why it feels soft yet almost waxy) and it's really hard for a standard wash cycle to fully remove this buildup, especially in towels. So have you ever noticed that after a while your towels smell funky even though you'd only used them once? Because just like what happens to cloth diapers sometimes, your towels are experiencing build up and the fabric softener is actually preventing the laundry detergent from stripping away the residue of the softener and other ickies in your towel.  
• A quick way to fix that though is to wash your towels in super hot water with add a cup of vinegar and allow it to soak for an hour or so before finishing out the load. Then they'll be as good as new!

So are you ready to save some cash and start your journey to a more natural laundry routine? Woolzies has graciously provided a set of 6 wool dryer balls for a Pierogie Mama reader to win! Take a look at the Rafflecopter widget below.

This giveaway is over - thanks to all for entering! 

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