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Gypsy Forest {giveaway}

silks!

Hello everyone! I’ve had the chance to connect to so many wonderful people through Ginny’s blog over the years, it’s always so nice to have this opportunity to say hello and share some of my work with you! (Thank you Ginny!)
I am Stephinie, the creative spirit behind Gypsy Forest. I currently live in Massachusetts with my husband and four children. We have a small homestead with bees, chickens and a big garden. My days are full with house chores, homeschooling, creating items for my shop, teaching an art class for young girls and studying herbalism. I just graduated last weekend from a 7 month long intensive apprenticeship program! I occasionally find time to write about all this on my blog.

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blanketsI’ve been dyeing play silks for almost 4 years now and last year I started making beautifully dyed silk & flannel blankets. Currently they are available in two sizes :: 41×41 inches for a nice child’s sized blanket and 12×12 for a small “lovey” size for toddlers. These silk blankets are sewn with a nice heavyweight silk (19mm) that holds dye very vibrantly. The blankets are also more durable made with this thicker silk. I sew these up with fair trade organic cotton flannel because I really believe in supporting ethical practices on a global scale. Lots of little good choices lead to big change, right? I like to think so. I also offer custom colors, larger sizes and extra flannel for customers who want to design their own blanket.  (Ginny here for a quick comment:  Stephinie gave me one of her silk/flannel blankets just before Job’s birth, and it is my absolute favorite still.  In the summer I cover him with the cool to the touch silk, and in the winter, the flannel.  It’s such a gorgeous, luxurious blanket and has held up to lots of washing!)

herbsI’ve been studying herbalism full time for over a year now and some of our family’s favorite products are making their way into the shop. I have a few tea blends and a really wonderful good-for-everything salve. My handcrafted herbal goods are made with organic ingredients in small batches. The salve is gentle for skin of all ages and we carry it with us wherever we go for bumps, scrapes, bug bites, and itchy skin. It smells incredible too.

cardsThere are some sewn items from time to time in the shop along with my nature photography. I have a few special holiday items in the works for this year that will be released around the first of December, so do come back to take a peek!

If any of you are in the south coast area of Massachusetts, we’ll be at a wonderful Faire today in Cotuit, MA at the Waldorf School of Cape Cod. We’d love to see you!  You can also find me on Instagram, Facebook, and my blog!

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This giveaway has two winners! One winner will receive an herbal sampler containing two teas of their choice, a tea strainer, and a tin of our Super Salve. Another winner will receive a set of six 21×21 play silks in rainbow hues. Let Ginny know in the comments which you would like to win.
I would love to offer you all a coupon code for 10% off your order through the end of the month – use the code SMALL10 at checkout.
Also ALL orders over $50 will receive a free travel sized tin of our amazing Super Salve!

For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post

Comments are closed and the winners are Camille, who commented, “Tea please.”

and Allison who commented, “I would love the silks for my girls!”

Thank you!
Stephinie of Gypsy Forest

Gypsy Forest

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  2. I would be thrilled to win either choice. You are really branching out! Thank you for this opportunity.

  4. I’m so happy for you! What a great adventure you are on! I purchased a bag from you a long time ago and it is a favorite of mine! Your work is fabulous! I would love to try your tea and salve!

  14. Would love the silks but I will also have to order some salve. I have very dry skin and am always on the lookout for good salve.

  16. Had I not just purchased silk to turn into playsilks I would choose those, but tea and salve sounds like a beautiful treat that I would love. Thank you!

  17. How to choose? I would love the tea and salve, but my girls would so very much love the silks … so the silks it is, happy children – happy mama 🙂

  18. such lovely choices…. i think i would go with the play silks.
    but i can only imagine how lovely the salve smells.
    thank you for the chance.

  19. Rough choice but in the end, the play silks win it for my choice. I would love to be able to give them to my kids for Christmas. And I need to start saving up for one of those gorgeous blankets!

  21. Oh, we love, LOVE Stephanie’s beautiful creations here in our home. Thank you for the offer and with new baby number five our play silks could use some refreshing.

  24. Oh my goodness, so lovely to see your post here, Stephinie. Yesterday, I was thinking about my work life, before kids. Today’s post is going to make my mind wander back to the early kid/early blogging days! You have moved physical homes. I have moved blogging homes since then. We have some of your lovely handmades, too. Incredible and they last! (So it fair to say I would love more? Either would be lovely. My kids would love new silks! I would happily sip and salve.) Happy everything, my friend!

  25. What wonderful products! My girls would love the play silks (although Mommy would love the tea and salve!). Thanks so much for the chance to win.

  30. I would love the herbal samplers. We have retired to my family farm and always have scrapes of some type!!!

  31. Everything looks beautiful!! Thank you for this chance to win such a lovely giveaway. If I were to be so lucky, I would choose the tea and salve.

    Thanks for the chance!!!

  35. I would love the herbal sampler as I no longer have little ones that would play with the silks. Thanks!

  47. Beautiful silks!! They are seriously gorgeous!! I would definitely love to win those! And my kiddos would love them as well. 😉

  49. So lovely! I’d love to try the herbal sampler, but I know the play silks would be well used in my house as well!

  50. I would, love, love, love to win this giveaway!!!!!!I would choose the play silks but would adore the tea
    ans salve also. Thanks so much!!!!