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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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  1. I would love to win the playsilks for my littles! But I can also find a good home for the teas. Thank you for the chance to win!

  8. I’d love to try your salve. But my grandchildren would probably love the silks even more, and Christmas is coming, so silks it is! Thank you!

  11. Thank you for this wonderful giveaway! I follow along with Stephanie on Instagram and I would love to win something from her collection. Have a beautiful day!!

  21. What a generous giveaway! I will choose the play silks any day for my little ones. They would get lots of play in our house!

  23. would love to try the tea! but either would really be great. so glad i can favorite their shop on etsy 🙂

  24. Oh, so hard to choose! But, with the holidays coming up, I would choose the play silks for my two adventurous boys. They would be well-used and well-loved in our home. Thank you!

  31. Oh! I could go either way :). But, (especially since it’s started to get colder here), I’m really feeling the tea right now! I love trying new herbal blends :).

  32. You are so generous! Congratulations on your graduation from apprenticeship! That is quite an accomplishment, on top of everything else in your life. My choice would be the gorgeous silks…they are luscious!

  33. I’d go either way 🙂 Since I’m still working on finding tea I actually like……..that could work. I also have (baby) Stormageddon, who just turned a year old 🙂

  34. I’d love to try the tea and salve. We have a few of the larger play silks which make the best super hero capes:)

  35. We would love the playsilks! We made a set years ago–dyed with koolaid, the one time I’ve bought it…–but they’re pretty much in rags.

  36. I would love your beautiful silks! What a lovely Christmas present that would be for one of my children!

  37. Oh, my kids would love the play silks.! I’ll have to check out your shop for Christmas giving this year.

  38. We would love to have the play silks! I think we will also have to visit the shop and check out the blankets as well. I get to be a first time grandmother at Christmastime and a new aunty then as well.

  41. What a lovely giveaway! I would honestly love either one – I love tea and would love to try the salve and my five kids would adore the silks! Thanks for the chance to win!