Photo by Louise Docker
It’s been awhile since I highlighted Simple Mom’s incredible sponsors, so I thought I’d share them with you this weekend. I’m proud that Simple Mom really, truly only recommends products I use in real life, so I can heartily endorse all these great merchants.
• Ali Edwards — Ali is a mom, artist, photographer, and scrapbooker extraordinaire. She writes about her family and the creative process, and she also has written quite a few books, along with a monthly column in Creative Keepsakes magazine. She sells her designs, stamps, and books through her blog, so if you enjoy scrapbooking, or if you’ve been meaning to start, I’d head over to her site.
• Laundry Tree — I mentioned Laundry Tree quite a bit when I ran the Cloth Diapering 101 series earlier this summer. If you’ve never tried soapnuts as your everyday laundry “detergent,” then you’re in for a treat. Completely natural and simple, they’re simply fruit from Himalayan trees that are harvested, deseeded, and dried in the sun. Combined with essential oils, and you’ve got yourself the perfect natural cleaner for all your laundry (yes, including your cloth diapers). I’ll never go back to regular laundry detergent again. It’s a great price, too!
• Lisa Leonard Designs — Remember the fabulous jewelry giveaway we had a few weeks ago? Lisa’s also a longtime Simple Mom sponsor, and she makes my absolute favorite jewelry. Sweet, understated, and practical, both Lisa and her jewelry embodies great design for a simple mom. I met her earlier this year, and she’s as fabulous in person as she is online.
• List Plan It — Jennifer Tankersley, a mama and devoted list-maker, created this site of over 400 useful and printable lists. If you’re organized and love writing everything down, this site is for you. If you wish you were organized and are in serious need of a brain dump — well, you’ll love this site, too.
• Mabel’s Labels — About two years ago, I received my first package of Mabel’s Labels, and my husband was a bit leery about their claim that these labels don’t come off anything. So he stuck one on the inside of our dishwasher to see. It’s still there, absolutely brand-new looking — two years later. Yeah, these labels work. Even if you run an organized home, kids lose stuff all the time. We’ve got Mabel’s Labels on our kids’ sippy cups, books, clothes, and even shoes. They look as solid today as the day we first stuck them on. These labels rock.
• Pear Budget — Last but not least, we’ve got my absolute favorite online home management tool. Pear Budget is a really simple budgeting tool started by husband and wife team Charlie and Sarah Park. Besides being loyal Simple Mom readers, they’re the most personable, helpful people I’ve ever encountered in the online financial world. If budgeting feels too complicated for you, you’ll love Pear Budget. And if you wish there was something out there without all the bells and whistles you don’t really need, then you’ll love this little site, too.
Thank you, Simple Mom sponsors. You are the friendliest, most supportive small business merchants online today. You help make this site what it is, so that I can spend the time necessary to make it a quality, useful place for home managers.
If you like Simple Mom, then take the time and visit their sites today!
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Because of all the great things you’ve said about it, I’m going to start using Pear Budget next month. The biggest problem in my house is money management; my husband likes to spend it, and I like to have it
Maybe, if we can see exactly where each dollar is going, we’ll not run out of money so fast. AND maybe, we’ll be able to fatten up the savings account again.
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