Hobby of necessity (giveaway)
*This giveaway has ended as of 12/16 midnight. Stay tuned for more giveaways soon! Winner’s info at the bottom of this post, along with the details on the lotion bar I’m so obsessed with 🙂 Thank you so much to everyone for entering!********************************************************************
For me, there are two types of hobbies:
1.) the kind you really, really love and
2.) the necessary ones.
When I was younger, I decided I was going to knit. Some of my friends could knit, I thought it was cool and decided to give it a whirl. It lasted about 4 seconds. I have the patience of Bella waiting for chicken and knitting wasn’t something I needed a reason to do. It’s hot in Tucson and my beanies and scarves get worn about twice a year.
The hobbies I really enjoy: teaching fitness, Zumba, cooking, reading, dance, etc
Necessary hobbies: photography and scrapbooking
Photography is a necessary hobby for the blog… I don’t really like it, or know what the heck I’m doing. I take a picture in “P” mode, auto-adjust the colors if it looks weird, and post. Some people get warm and fuzzy talking about aperture and shutter speed, and alas, I am not one of them. Scrapbooking has become another necessary hobby since the Pilot has been deployed 3 times and we always make scrapbook pages, and since we have a little one on the way, I’ve taken to online scrapbooking. The day we got our maternity photos back, I made photo books for madre, nana and baby, and had them shipped out. Was it fun? Not at all. Am I glad I did it? 100%.
I could see the same thing happening with the lotion bars I was trying to figure out how to make.
I had a sliver left, needed to replenish the stash, and couldn’t get a hold of the amazing woman who makes the lotions and soaps. So, I headed to the health food store for ingredients…. and then she called me back. Thank goodness making lotion bars didn’t have to become a necessary hobby 😉
I ordered an extra one for a lucky blog friend <3
To make the giveaway a little sweeter, I’d also like to share my #1 pregnancy must-have with the winner:
A snoogle!
The bonus about this giveaway is that you don’t have to be expecting a little one to enjoy. Everyone could use a rich, buttery, lotion bar made with real ingredients and the comfiest body pillow ever invented.
Congratulations to the winner!
For those of you who were curious about the lotion, I talked to the woman who makes them today to make sure it was cool to share her info, since she doesn’t have an Etsy shop or anything like that. She makes AMAZING products (lotions and soaps) and my fave is the bitter almond lotion bar. You break off a piece, heat it up with your hands and rub it on 🙂
Here’s her email address if you’d like to order something from her:
bbilleaudeau@vtc.net
Her name is Giselle and she can ship in the US, in the winter, as the bars will melt in the summer heat.
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Those lotion bars look magical! I love to do things like make cards and knit/crochet when I can sit still long enough.
If everything goes according to plan, I will be due Summer 2016 🙂 haha.
I used to LOVE taking pics and scrapbooking, but now that we have a little one, I get so caught up in moments, that I completely forget about the camera! A hobby that I love also happens to be a necessity:cooking! I love trying to new recipes and creating delicious, healthy meals.
I have a 19 month old daughter and hopefully things will come together so I can get pregnant again by the end of next year! I laughed when you posted that pilot said he was burning your snoogle after Baby comes because I STILL sleep with my body pillow 19 months later. (though when I was preggo I used two-one on each side-because I hated trying to roll over and reposition the pillow when I was exhausted and didn’t want to use up my extra energy adjusting pillows!) Anyway, I think bot the lotion bar and snoogle would be amazing!
My favorite hobby is decorating and crafting. I would have to agree that photography is my least favorite necessary hobby. I am just not good at it and I don’t really have a desire to improve.
I’m currently expecting – our first baby! – and am due April 15th. Tax Day baby!
Is reading blogs a hobby? That sounds lame, I also like cooking/planning recipes, playing the piano, reading, and walking on the beach. I’m due in April!
#1 hobby is cooking, born out of being a poor grad student that can’t afford a lot of “fun’ things. I still have to eat, right? So I just found ways to make it fun 🙂
I have sooo been thinking about making lotion bars…more out of neccessity i think. I’d love to try them but don’t want to spend the $$. lol My fun/love hobbies are sewing and crafting/upcycling things. My neccessity hobbies are cooking. I try to make it fun and all that jazz b/c we have to eat but I verrrrry easily get into ruts……
I have two girls. 5 and 3 and they are the light of my life!
I have been serrrriously wanting a snoogle since I was preggo 5 years ago!!!! lol I have had reg. body pillows that i’m sure are sad compared to that, it looks so comfy!!!
My favorite hobbies are running, pilates, walking, reading, and reading blogs. I don’t have any children but I cannot wait to have a fur child of my own in the next two years! I want a viszla, golden retriever, or some other puppy that warms my soul and makes me melt 🙂
Hmm, my favorite hobby is walking my two dogs (a lab mix and golden–quite a handful!) I also love exercising, reading, and photography.
No kids yet, but my husband and I are trying for our first! 🙂
A necessary hobby for me is since I do graphic design people think I want to design their business cards and other weird stuff!
My hobby I’ve just grown to love over the past year is kettlebell. I’m digging my new upper body muscles. I also love baking, if I’m in the right mood.
I have 3 children, 12 year old girl, 10 year old boy & 19 month old girl that rules the roost.
i love yoga
I love to plan trips and excursions with my closest friends. Weird hobby huh?
i gotta be honest – my favorite hobby is shopping!
No human babies for me yet! I do have a four legged wrinkly face baby pug who is my stud muffin and just cute as can be. He would have a field day loving on that pillow (even though he’s been chopped:(…) but I am obsessed with my body pillow and think that looks like an even bigger piece of heaven! My hobbies… I love to run but hate t currently do to a knee injury.. Hot yoga! And when not working or at the gym I love to scrapbook and organize haha andddd (I swear I’m not lame) paint/decorate.
My hobby is sewing for my girls and making hairbows. I have three children. They are a 4 year old girl, 6 year old boy and 7 year old girl (yup, I was pregnant for 3 years straight =)
I need one of those pillows for my next pregnancy! Crossing my fingers!!
my favorite hobbies are cooking, reading, dancing, and hanging with friends! the snoogle looks awesome, I might have been envying it since I saw it on your blog! 😉
Reading is my number one hobby…I love reading anything and everything!
Hopefully we will get pregnant with a healthy baby in 2012!
favorite hobbies = photography, cooking, writing, yoga (funny that you write you don’t really love photography and over the years of blogging, it’s b/c my #1 passion/hobby!)
my daughter will be 5 yrs in a month.. time.flies.
I think I’m the queen of abandoned hobbies…pasta maker…dehydrator…plants in general lol! But I’d have to say my favorite hobby I keep up is shopping (does that count) and cooking (just not homemade pasta) 🙂 the hobby I dislike doing is Christmas cards, but they are a great keepsake not only for receivers but for me as well! I have a 2 yr old fur baby 🙂
I kinda feel like my hobbies fall into both categories – working out, cooking, studying nutrition (school), biking, etc. Sometimes they feel more fun and other times they definitely feel more necessary!
Favorite hobby: Baking! Easily, no competitions really. Necessary hobbying: Reading. I do love to read, but reading nonfiction is a necessary hobby I’m developing for when I (fingers crossed) get accepted into graduate school. No pregnancy or kids for me, but I just found out that my sister is 12 weeks pregnant! First grand baby for our family.
Those lotion bars sound amazing and even though I’m not pregnant, I will use the Snoogle and pretend it’s my boyfriend!
My hobbies are: reading, singing, gardening, swimming.
my favorite hobby is baking.. and running (they balance each other out!)
no babies yet, but hopefully soon!!
no due date…no kids….but hubby and I just stopped taking birth control to try and have a baby! fingers crossed! hurray!
Ooooh I’ve been wanting a body pillow forever… Well since you posted about yours, truth be told 🙂
I love to cook (eat), and to shop, especially ‘vintage’ shopping … it’s often like hunting for treasure(s)
My favorite hobbies are crocheting and finding treasures in thrift stores/flea markets!
I really like running. Not because of running high, but because I have an incredible group of friends that I run with. Going for a run is often the only chance I get to see these people. A for kids – none yet. The hubs and I are eagerly awaiting a positive stripe on the test. Until then, lots of hopeful and wishful thinking.
my boyfriend, patrick 🙂
I’m a jack of all trades and a master of nothing, ha ha. I enjoy taking all sorts of classes or trying new projects. Then once I get the hang of something I usually move on to another “hobby.” Cooking is probably the one hobby that I am continually interested in and seems to be something I work at and do all the time (probably mostly out of necessity, but if I have to do it I might as well be good at it).
I have two kids. My daughter just turned four and my son is two. I love ’em to pieces. Someday we’ll have couple more… lol.
I’m envious that you have no stretch marks. I tried 100 different lotions and potions and used them regularly. I was free and clear until about 33 weeks. Then they came fast and furious. Lol. It’s probably mostly your genetics… but if I hadn’t tried then I would have always wondered if I could have kept them at bay. At least I know I tried, ha ha ha.
Fave hobbies are cooking, yoga, reading and sleeping!
My due date is 8/18/12 – we just found out so dont spread it around lol! My back hurts so bad I’d kill for that sweet snoogle!!!
Ooooou, a Snoogle giveaway?! I want!! 🙂 My baby bump keeps growing and I’ve been wanting to get a nice body pillow for support. My favorite hobbies are Photography and Reading. My due date is April 26th!!
My favorite hobby is being a florist and I have only furry kids
My favorite hobby is definitely cooking. I have a 4 and 7 yr old, waiting to see if #3 is on the way.
Hmmm… Hobby I love? Lately it’s crafting, which is new I might add. Very intrigued by these lotion bars!
I’m currently in the search for some hobbies. I graduate with my bachelor’s degree this Saturday and now I actually have time for some! I’m hoping to pick up crafting and start reading again. I don’t have any kids but my fur-baby is 4 years old this month.
I originally was thinking pilates would be listed under ‘fun’ hobbies, but then i realized that it can fit into ‘necessary’ too!
i dont have kids yet, just turned 20 =], but my godson is 6, and I claim him as my own when i take him out 😉
My favorite hobby is scrapbooking. My beautiful baby boy was born a month ago on 11/16 🙂
Yoga hour is so necessary! And reading curled up in a ball with lotsa jackets on.
Wow, this makes me realize how much time I spend at work. The only hobbies I currently pursue are running and working out. But I do like to read and catalog recipes I cut out of magazines (I rarely follow the recipes, I just like to collect them!) I would love to win and tell the boy what I won. I think he would semi-freak out to know they are pregnancy related!
I’m like you; I can stick with a hobby for about 15 minutes or until I get frustrated, whichever happens first. So, my “hobby” is exercising!
Reading and playing the piano are my hobbies. I enjoy them until I’m forced to do them. Like after I finished my degree I didn’t read any books for a few months. Too much textbook reading!
I love cooking! It always soothes me when Im feeling anxious and the best part is that others get to enjoy your creations. Reading is another favorite hobby of mine, I definitely have moments like yours when I just HAVE to read one more chapter. Sometimes when I can’t sleep I’ll read my kindle under the covers to help me fall asleep. Im due with my first on March 13th!
My fav hobby is knitting. I think reading blogs should also count as a hobby.
I love cooking, yoga, painting, drawing, swimming, and reading.
And I’m due in June 2012! So exciting!
my favorite hobby is reading… books and blogs! 🙂
dont have a lot of time for hobbies in gradschool but i’m off for a month and getting back into the work out grind and reading for pleasure!!
I actually love photographing, but don’t really know what the heck I’m doing. I’m still working on it.. 😀 The main thing is that I enjoy it. I WILL get better at it!
My fave hobbies are definitely running and reading. The necessary ones? cooking and studying!
I’m a grad student so I don’t have kids quite yet, but the lotion bar would be great for my newly preg college girlfriend who is hating her stretch marks!
take care, gina!
I am not expecting… but I begged my husband for a snoogle for Christmas! I NEED THIS ONE! haha.
My favorite hobbies: baking, disc golf, reading (especially blogs), sports, adventure races, working out, researching fitness and diet. Necessary hobbies: blogging (although I don’t do it like I should), juicing, organizing!
No kids (unless furballs count! if so, Marley is 2, Remly is 1 and Sparg is 7! They are Olde English Bulldogges)
Haha, nice, Heather! I hope you (or a mommy-to-be) get it! 🙂