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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Wednesday giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from Sakura Bloom, a sling company founded by a mother of two in Massachusetts. She crafts baby slings using all natural fibers: linen and silk. Slings are surprisingly easy to use, and your baby nestles cozily up against your heartbeat. I'm a huge fan of them, and Toby loves cuddling up in ours; they're a lifesaver if you have a fussy baby or want your little one to nap while you're on the go. And slings look beautiful, too--my friend even wore hers to a wedding!

Today, Sakura Bloom is offering one lucky reader a $200 gift certificate to choose her favorite sling. Aren't they lovely? Which would you pick?

For a chance to win, please visit Sakura Bloom, and leave a comment below. A winner will be chosen at random tomorrow. Good luck! Update: Miki is our winner. Thanks for playing.
(Top photos from our England summer vacation)

1,099 comments:

  1. i love sakura bloom! i have been wanting one since the style-a-thon. so pretty, so cozy, so perfect.

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  2. i love the Simple Linen Baby Sling :: Lagoon! (: thanks for this!

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  3. I don't have any children yet, but I would love to win the Pure Baby Sling: Organic Maple linen sling to save for when we have our first!
    Love this company, but the way. And Toby looks pretty comfortable in the one you got.

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  4. Awesome! A new baby is about to be born in the family and this would make the perfect present :).

    Miki.
    mikimiannetta[at]gmail[dot]com

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  5. I have been looking for a great sling and I only have 3 months til the boy arrives! These are lovely. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  6. Angela Z.3:58 PM

    for the future...
    angie_la18@hotmail.com

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  7. I love Sakura Bloom! I am really wanting to get one for our new baby due in July. They're so pretty and they look so comfortable. Fingers crossed!

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  8. Gorgeous! I have a baby coming in June and would love a Sakura Bloom sling!

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  9. I would choose the pixie double layer in mochior or the pure baby sling in canyon for my best friend who had her baby girl in December. This would be a perfect gift for her:) Kisses

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  10. i've been eyeing these for weeks and woud love to have one for our first baby this summer! they are gorgeous and practical for both men and women to wear!

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  11. These are so beautiful! I'd love one!

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  12. Now that I'm pregnant I finally have an excuse to get one of these! I have loved them for many years-- so stylish!

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  13. Kelsey4:00 PM

    These look so comfy and easy to use!

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  14. Shannon4:00 PM

    Absolutely beautiful!

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  15. Oh I love these slings! They're so pretty.

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  16. Expecting number two this summer.. .would love one of those linen slings!

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  17. So pretty! Much more aesthetically pleasing than commercial baby-carrier harnesses.

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  18. I love these slings! They look so comfortable and chic.

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  19. i love the simple linen collection. The Wheat is my favorite of the colors. Wow, they are all so great though!

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  20. i love these! i'd love a ring sling! i think i like the simple raven one. i heart baby wearing.

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  21. Wow! Those are fantastic! I am due in May and what a gift the essential linen in driftwood and sprout would be!

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  22. Very pretty! I love the fabric!

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  23. The Mochi pattern is beautiful!

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  24. These are beautiful! I'm due in 4 weeks and would love to have one.

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  25. Gorgeous slings! We are due in August and I would love to sport one of these beauties. I like the simple linen in sprout.

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  26. I love Sakura's silk line and have been eyeing them for sometime. I have 2.5 months left till the arrival of our first baby, and would love to carry our little one in one of those.

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  27. I would love to win one for my daughter who has a one year old little girl. They are so beautiful, all of them!

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  28. I love the rose colored slings, but your plum one is making me reconsider. Natural fibers = love.

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  29. i have been in love with sakura's baby slings since you first featured them on your blog! i love the midnight/sandstone reversible linen sling (i'd definitely have to choose colours that my husband would be okay with!) we are planning for a little one to join our family soon, and i'd love to be one step closer to being ready for him or her with a beautiful sling to cuddle up in!

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  30. We just found out that we are preggers (super excited) and would put one of these beautiful slings to good use!

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  31. These slings are so beautiful! I have a baby due in early March. A linen sling would be perfect during the hot summer to tote a little bundle!

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  32. These are beautiful!

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  33. I absolutely love these slings. I have been wanting one for a long time! Pick me!! ;)

    -valerie

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  34. I would love to win this for a friend due in June! :)

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  35. Love this giveaway, even though I don't have a baby! (Is that weird?)

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  36. Lovely! I've been eyeing these for a while now!

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  37. The linen slings are awesome! I love the variety of colors, too.

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  38. Erin G.4:04 PM

    love these! love waking up to your posts in the morning!!

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  39. One of these would make a great baby shower gift for my sister!

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  40. Beautiful! I would love to give one to my friend, who is having her baby this week!

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  41. Oh how lovely! Im due in June and this would be perfect for getting out and about.

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  42. Jessie4:05 PM

    Beautiful! I was just thinking about looking at slings to use with my 15-month-old son.

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  43. I just love their silk slings! Expecting baby number 2 in a few weeks and looking forward to more baby-wearing in my near future...

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  44. We are expecting our first baby in August. I have a sneaking suspicion one of these beautiful slings will come in quite handy! Maybe I can sling my wiener dog Colonel until then? Or do they make a double sling? :)

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  45. This would be a perfect gift to my best friend who is due in March!

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  46. Beautiful! I would love to give one to my friend, who is having her baby this week!

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  47. Wow, I'd love to win! Thanks!

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  48. I've borrowed one and I've wanted one since!

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  49. i love the pure collection in wheat. this would be awesome. i've hated the baby bjorn.

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  50. Would love a Sakura Bloom sling!

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  51. I would love to have a sling for my next bubba!

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  52. I'm pregnant with my first and would love this for the summer (when he/she arrives)! These are beautiful!

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  53. Kelly S.4:07 PM

    Oooh! They are all so lovely. I think I might pick the essential silk in sandstone and amber, but I reserve the right to change my mind! So many beautiful choices.

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  54. I have been wanting a Sakura Bloom sling forever!!! any simple linen one would do!

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  55. LOVE the reversible linen slings...beautiful!

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  56. I discovered these slings a few months ago - what a fantastic company, can't wait to get one!!

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  57. I'd love this as a gift for my sister-in-law. She's expecting twins any day now!!

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  58. yes please!!! I am announcing my pregnancy to friends tomorrow and this would be an added blessing!! I'm at 12 weeks right now. :)

    I like them all! But I'm thinking that I'm leaning toward Driftwood.

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  59. gorgeous! I've been using the Moby for my kiddo but have been wanting to try a sling since you posted about it a few Mondays ago!

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  60. I have a one month baby and have yet to find a carrier that I like...I would love to try a Sakura sling!
    Jennifer

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  61. Tessa Sanchez4:09 PM

    I love these baby slings! I would love to win one of these for my sister who is having her second baby in March.

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  62. i love the essential linen. the colors are beautiful! here's to hoping i win! ;)

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  63. I think I love the play slings just as much as the real deal! So cute!

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  64. Those are beautiful- I had never been to their site before, but I really like the linen slings!

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  65. I just came back from Ethiopia, where all the mommas carried their babes around with wraps. I love the idea of carrying a little one around, not just on the streets, but during mundane activities like doing the dishes.

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  66. I'm 38 weeks and would love one of these! The midnight-sandstone in silk is lovely.

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  67. One of these beauties would be perfect for taking my five-month old daughter to my brother's wedding next month. Fingers crossed!

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  68. The Sakura slings are beautiful. I love the simple linen slings.

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  69. I seriously love silk slings, and have "worn" my babe to a variety of events (weddings, horse races, engagement parties). You look great, your baby is happy and you are far more streamlined than carting around an awkward stroller/baby car seat.

    These ones are especially beautiful, and I was especially pleased to see a mens' section. (I can't get much of a break b/c my old one is pink silk which the mister is not interested in sporting!)

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  70. i've been looking for a sling that is comfortable for me and baby for a long time (my second is one now and still looking)...these look gorgeous and glad to have the recommendation...

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  71. Lovely fabrics and colors.. my expectant sister (of twins) would love one.

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  72. A coworker of mine works in the mental health field with me and is constantly on the go. She just had her baby a couple months ago and lugs her baby around in this ginormous car seat around with her! It's like 15 pounds! I feel so bad for her. This would be such a nice gift for her, especially because she works so hard helping others.

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  73. Perfect timing! I'm due in May. I would choose a linen sling in blackberry.

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  74. Ginger4:12 PM

    What a great giveaway! Love their website :)

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  75. Oh I have really been wanting one but as the owner of three other babywearing devices, I haven't justified the cost. Please pick me! They are so lovely and I'd love a purpley rose one.
    parsonslena@gmail.com

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  76. I've heard nothing but great things about SB slings! I have a Beco baby carrier but would love a SB!

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  77. So simple and beautiful!

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  78. I like the linen ones...but how do you choose a color?!?! All of them are so great.

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  79. Gorgeous, definitely to be handed around to all the parents in our group of friends

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  80. This would be such a fantastic gift for my sister-in-law who is having her first baby in February!

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  81. love it!

    lisarenee131 at gmail

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  82. I love Sakura Bloom! I have a single-layer linen sling that makes carrying my twins so much easier...I've been wanting a double-silk Sakura but haven't been able to justify the expense!

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  83. How lovely <3 My favorite are the silk slings, esp the Essential Silk Baby Sling :: Midnight~Sandstone
    Gorgeous!!
    thanks for the chance
    meangreenmom[at]gmail[dot]com

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  84. WOW, perfect timing! I'm expecting my first little one in June, and I would LOVE to try out a sling! Thanks for an amazing giveaway, Joanna!

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  85. so precious! i would love to give this to my best friend who just had a baby last week

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  86. my best friend is pregnant and would love this!

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  87. thanks for sharing this! love sakura bloom!

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  88. AHHH I am so obsessed with these!!! I've been dreaming of them ever since we started trying to get pregnant. LOVE LOVE this giveaway

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  89. Jonna4:16 PM

    I would love to have one of these beautiful slings.

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  90. Anonymous4:16 PM

    linen, for sure...
    and i LOVE the double layered raven-maple &storm-wheat!

    OH WOW!

    [and may i add, how hot is it that the site has them for men?! *swoon*]

    leigh form eternal_leigh@hotmail.com

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  91. these are so beautiful! But I would go with the Simple Linen Baby Sling in Driftwood; it would go with everything!

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  92. My best friend is about to have a little girl and I would love to give her this beautiful sling. Thanks for the chance to win one!

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  93. I wish I could fit in one..

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  94. Oooh I love Sakura Bloom! Just found out we're expecting our first and this would be so hippie-chic of us out here in the middle of West Texas ;)

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  95. I'm expecting my second little boy the first of May and I would LOVE to have a sling like this for my baby while running around with my toddler!

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  96. Having my second and this sling would be so helpful! So beautiful.

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  97. Cute! Would love to win an pretty sling!

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  98. I just found our I am pregnant, and would love one of these beautiful slings!

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  99. I'm getting ready to have my first baby and I've been wanting one of these slings, especially the silk one in licorice/sangria. It's so beautiful!

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  100. i am due in 7 weeks and would LOVE to win an essential linen carrier! this looks like a great product.

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  102. My sister is due soon! What a lovely gift idea. Is the essential silk in sandstone-shale not stunning? LOVE!

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  103. I love the pixie line! And this would be the perfect gift for my sister-in-law!

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  104. I hope I win! I am due in 4 1/2 weeks and would love a linen sling, they're my favorite!

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  105. I already have a linen P-sling but just the other night decided I needed a silk Sakura Bloom sling. How funny to see this giveaway today! Less than 10 weeks to go--and still a lot of preparing left to do!

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  106. I love that there's a men's line too! The colors are perfect!
    I would love to receive this :)

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  107. How fun! They look really beautiful!

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  108. wow I didn't know there were so many options with a ring sling! I loved the simple linen one in driftwood...

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  109. love the linen in wheat and storm. wow.

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  110. These slings are gorgeous! Any mama would be lucky to have one!

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  111. I love the Masala color! My baby is on the way any day now and these slings look like the perfect thing to spend the day wearing with my baby tucked inside.

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  112. The pixie line is adorable! One of my best friends since college just told me she and her husband are expecting. What a beautiful gift this would make. :)

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  113. Oh, these are so beautiful. We just found out we're expecting in September and this would be perfect. I love the Essential Linen in Storm & Wheat.

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  114. what a nice idea!!!
    SO egyptian!
    finger crossed..
    Hillary

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  115. love these slings! I would love to give one as a gift to a new mom- especially the linen ones!

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  116. So nice! So amazing materials, bookmarked the page immediately :) My favorite is Essential Linen Baby Sling :: Organic Raven~Maple, simple, yet gorgeous!

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  117. This is the one splurge I want for the second time around. I have heard really great things!

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  118. Sarah S.4:24 PM

    Oh goodness, so beautiful! I'd choose the Pure Linen sling in Plum for my cousin, who is due to have her baby ANY DAY NOW! She lives in NYC and is planning to go stroller-free for first few months, so a sling is essential!

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  119. Oh! I would love one of these! My first baby is coming in July and this would be absolutely great! I adore the Essential Linen in Storm-Wheat.

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  120. I am due on March 6th and have been eyeing a Sakura sling for months now. Would love to win!

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  121. So gorgeous! And I just found out I am expecting baby #4! I could sure use one:) Thanks for the giveaway!

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  122. I like the simple linen in wheat!

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  123. This would be perfect for my friend who is pregnant with her first!

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  124. Oh wow, these are so beautiful. My husband and I are expecting our first baby in June and I have been keeping my eye out for a sling. Since I live in AZ I would go with the double layer linen. I really love the Essential Linen Sling in Storm-Wheat. So pretty!

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  125. How adorable and stylish!

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  126. Oh wow - they are gorgeous!
    -Brittany

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  127. those are beautiful! i like the linen ones especially!
    are they comfortable?

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  128. Ah! You have the best giveaways! Someday, I hope to win one! :-)

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  129. Yes please! So lovely. Due in 5 weeks with #3!

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  130. those jeans you are wearing are amazing, may i ask where they are from?

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  131. So beautiful. I love that picture of you and Toby.

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  132. I would love the a simple one in teal. These look so cozy!

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  133. Oh mercy, I'm having a hard time choosing between the 2 color essential linen (raven-driftwood) and silk (midnight-sandstone). They look gorgeous & comfy!

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  134. Oh! One of these would be great for my coming little one!

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  135. Oh please, oh please... my little girl would love to snuggle close in one of these! The Snuggli just doesn't go it for me...

    ~F

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  136. Oh WOW! Stunning!! I've never seen these before and if I won, I'd have a big (and FUN!) decision ahead of me... so many beautiful color combinations and silk? or linen? Hmmm... Second baby due in May, this could be perfect timing!!!

    fingers and toes crossed,
    raminta

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  137. perfect baby shower gift!

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  138. Our baby is due on Leap Day (!!!) and we've had our eye on these slings for some time. Would love one!

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  139. love the linen ones...especially driftwood!

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  140. I would love to have one of these beautiful slings. <3

    [missamygrant at gmail dot com]

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  141. Mollie M.4:29 PM

    Very pretty!

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  142. These are lovely! My first baby is due in July and I would love to have one of these slings.

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  143. I would choose the Essential Linen sling in Storm/Wheat for a dear friend who is due (with her first) in early March.

    erica.paoli[at]gmail[dot]com

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  144. Kheira Westphal4:29 PM

    I love the idea of a men's collection! My sister is expecting in March and I would love to gift one of these, so pretty!

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  145. These are beautiful! I love the linen in blackberry :)

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  146. Oh Sakura Bloom sling would be perfect for summer outings!

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  147. I love the Essential Linen Baby Sling in Raven/Maple!

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  148. this would be the absolut perfect gift for a good friend of mine who's mother of a week old tiny perfect baby girl! :)

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  149. I love my Ergo (I learned about them through you!), but I've secretly been itching for a lovely silk sling from Sakura Bloom! I think it would help Cora and I survive the Atlanta summers and still snuggle together. Thanks for your great info and support of baby-wearing.:)

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  150. Love the artisan silk sling- it would be great with simple outfits and perfect for when we start having kids!

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  151. I love these slings! I have a 5 week old and would love to be able to carry him around in one of these beautiful slings!

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  152. i love the idea and they are so beautiful. The linen color are so wonderful I would have a lot of trouble choosing one - right now really feeling the blackberry, sprout and canyon.

    thanks for the giveaway!

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  153. My favorite brother in law is having a baby in March and would LOVE one of these! I gave my sister in law one, but it is too girly for HIM! LOVE!

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  154. I love these! I'd love to win the pure linen in plum sling!

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  155. This would be perfect for our new little one coming in May! I've looked at so many slings!

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  156. I am in LOVE with Sakura Bloom. I loved their style series and have been drooling over the slings since I had my sweet one 5 months ago. I live in Philly, so we spend a lot of time walking around in various carriers. I'd love to have a sling to add to that collection.
    Thanks!

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  157. These are wonderful! I think I'm a fan of the simple linen in Canyon. These would be perfect for my pregnant cousin. Yay Sakura Bloom!

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  158. Catherine4:31 PM

    I'm still searching for the perfect sling, and my baby's 8 months old! Maybe this is it?

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  159. I love the Blackberry Plum Linen sling...would love to give it to my friend who just had her first baby! :)

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  160. Oh how beautiful! My husband and I will be trying soon, but I have a friend due in August also :) I love the Simple Linen ones.

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  161. I am due in April and have wanted one forever!!

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  162. These are so beautiful. It would be wonderful if I could carry my baby-to-be in one of these. That's what I'm looking forward too most...being able to hold my little one close to me. It's hard to choose which sling I like best: the linen Pixie Double Layer is lovely, but I also adore the licorice and sangria silk sling.

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  163. Beautiful! I like the lining ones:)

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  164. They are so gorgeous! I'd love for my little one to snuggle with me in a linen one.

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  165. Awaiting our first in two months - would love the Simple Silk in Masala for our new little bubs.

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  166. I adore these slings and have been lusting after one for our upcoming baby! My favorite is the Simple Silk Sling is either the Spruce or Licorice

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  167. oh wow. I'm due in 3 weeks and i've been eyeing these slings. fingers crossed!

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  168. I'd love to have one of these beauties! Lloyd is teething and only wants to cuddle, how perfect!

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  169. Wow how beautiful! I love the
    Raven and Driftwood in linen.

    My best friend is having her first baby and I'm working on having my second. Hmmm... I may need two.

    iaba(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  170. I ADORE these slings! My fav is the storm wheat! Stylish AND practical!

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  171. i love that they have play slings for little kids. too cute.

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  172. Oh, I have wanted one of these since you first posted about them a while back! I would LOVE this. Thank you so much!

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  173. can i have Pixie Baby Sling, Praline, please?????

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  174. i need one to gift to my pregnant sister!

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  175. I would love to have one of these slings for my next baby!

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  176. I would LOVE to win one of these for my best friend who just found out she's expecting her 1st!

    The Yellow silk is gorgeous.

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  177. The simple linen baby sling is gorgeous...all those colors to choose from! This would make a great gift for my sister in law who just gave birth last month

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  178. These slings are gorgeous. Could really use one, thanks!

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  179. I would pick the essential linen. My these are beautiful!

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  180. Samantha4:40 PM

    These are the most beautiful slings I have ever seen! I would love one for my sweet little bun in the oven.

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  181. These are earthy, elegant and graceful. I'd love to give one to my friends, who recently had an adorable baby boy!

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  182. Oh, gorgeous! This would be perfect with two kids to keep track of!

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  183. I love these! I have a becco carrier right now, but it's already warming up in these parts, so a light sling for baby girl is much needed. I really like the simple linen sling in storm color.

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  184. have been coveting these for ages and now I'm finally pregnant! would love to keep my critter close in one of these... especially the linens!

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  185. Oh I'd love to give this to my friend who just found out she is having a BOY! Yours is just beautiful.

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  186. Kate L4:43 PM

    I'm due in 3 weeks, and my husband and I have been looking for something that we can both use for baby transport - this looks perfect!!! I'd choose the Essential linen baby sling in raven maple, it's gorgeous and unisex so both hubby and I could use it! Exciting!!!

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  187. Oh I would love love love to win this!

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  188. Oh, I've loved these for so long, I even have a list of the ones I covet the most. The essential silk slings in Aubergine/Fig or Licorice/Shale are my absolute favourites.

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  189. AHH!! I would LOVEEEE to win this!! I am due with my first baby any day now and have been lusting after these slings. Unfortunately they are little too expensive for me.

    I hope I win....I hope I win :) :) I think my baby boy would love it!

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  190. Johanna4:45 PM

    Ooooo those are lovely! I'd have to go with the Essential Silk in Sandstone Amber... Thanks for the giveaway!

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