So can we talk about Sara’s birthday? It’s coming up, but it’s not for another couple of weeks. I’ve been collecting items for a little birthday box for a few months now and I thought it would be fun to do a little twist on our favorite things and that I would send some of my birthday picks for Sara to one of you!
1. Mason Jar Mug. I love these mugs! They’re cute and stylish and durable and easy to clean and they fit in your dishwasher. I love putting little trinkets, gift cards, etc. in mugs like this and giving them to friends and my kids’ teachers.
2. $15 iTunes Gift Card. Whether you’re buying apps or music or games or movies. it’s pretty hard to go wrong with an iTunes gift card. Unless you absolutely hate Apple, then you’re just kind of out of luck.
I generally don’t pick music for other people because it’s so personal. And. I was gonna tell you guys what my top 5 most listened to songs were, like that would be useful or something, but my list ended up being a nice mix of embarrassing and kid-centric (think Daft Punk meets “What Does the Fox Say?” meets “We Saw Three Ships.” Yes. The Christmas song. Not even my favorite Christmas song. What the heck?!) So we’re gonna leave it at that, but if you guys wanna talk folsky rock with the occasional pop song, you know where to find me.
3. Hello Kitty BandAids. Because she cuts herself (on accident) a lot and even grown-ups deserve cute adhesive bandages.
4. Zapp’s Salt & Vinegar Potato Chips. Sara loves chips, Sara loves salt and vinegar, I live in Louisiana, so I kind of had to send her a bag of Louisiana-made salt and vinegar kettle chips. I had to.
5. Essie Fashion Playground Nail Polish. In case you didn’t know, Sara  has a color–it’s  kind of a light blue-green. This nail polish is super pretty and a tiny bit sparkly, perfect for summer!
6. Aqua Stone Earrings from Lisa Leonard. If you’ve never checked out her website, you should–I have gotten some of my favorite jewelry and favorite gifts from her shop. These earrings were so pretty and versatile–you can definitely dress them up or down. Plus, they’re “the color.”
7. Nourish Organic Lavender Mint Body Lotion. I first discovered this lotion when I was shopping for a friend on bedrest and looking for something nicer and fancier than your average drugstore lotion, something that smelled good but wasn’t overwhelming, and something that actually worked. This was the one and now, I snag a bottle at Target (when I can find it!) because it makes a perfect gift. Even if it’s a gift for me.
8. Bath & Body Works Lanikai Coconut Candle. You didn’t think we were going to make it through this without a Bath and Body Works candle, right?! For me, coconut scents are kind of weird. Sometimes, they’re mixed with musky scents, and I’m not a huge fan of that. This one smells kind of funky when it’s cold, but once you start burning it, it smells like coconut-scented sunblock. It’s the one IÂ cannot stop burning–so delicious!
9. Bath & Body Works Strawberry Lip Butter. The peach is also pretty delicious–hard to go wrong there. This lip gloss is healing and thick, but it’s not sticky. Plus, it tastes like my Strawberry Shortcake dolls smelled when I was a kid, so how could I not include it?
10. Lindt Milk Chocolate Truffles with Coconut. You guys…there’s just not a whole lot to say here. And I’m generally not a huge fan of chocolate coconut candy. But these won me over. And when I say “won,” I mean that if I look at them too hard in the store, I’ll fall under their spell and then I’ll find empty wrappers and I won’t know what happened. They’re dangerous and amazing all at once.
So. That’s it! Happy birthday (soon!), Sara! To enter to win EVERYTHING in the box, leave a comment saying what you want most in the box! Or what your most-played song is, just so I feel better about myself. The giveaway ends at 10:00 pm Tuesday, April 15 and I’ll announce the winner on April 16th. The winner must have a residence in the United States (it’s the law, not us being jerkfaces.) Ready?! Go!
ALSO. If you missed it yesterday, our olive oil is on sale to make room for some fun new flavors that we’re SO excited about! Use the code EXTRAVIRGIN to get a large bottle of our extra virgin olive oil plus one of our flavored oils (lemon, basil, or garlic) for $25!
Thank you so much for all your comments! This giveaway is now closed.
What a great collection of goodies! I especially like the earrings, nail polish and strawberry lip butter. If I had to choose just one I’d pick the lip butter. Strawberry Shortcake was one of my favorite characters as a kid and I can’t go anywhere without my lip balm!
It all looks amazing! I really love the nail polish it’s such a fun spring color!
The truffles, Happy Birthday, Sara.
Hard to choose from all these fun items! The cute earrings would be my first choice but the coconut candle is pretty tempting too. Lots of great things I want to try now! The song most played currently is “Happy” ’cause my daughters love to rock out to it.
What’s not to love in the basket??? I love salt & vinager chips!! Oh my!!
Essie nail polish. I’m converted to essie!
Most played song is Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson. Its totally a favorite… between my love of actual banana pancakes and trying to talk my hubby in to staying home and “pretend that its the weekend” it can’t be beat. That was no surprise at all! 🙂
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY SARA!!! I’m torn between the major jar mug, itunes gift card and strawberry lip butter…
Love the nail polish….and the earrings….and the lotion, heck I love it all!
What a great friend you are! She’s going to love everything. You know what I’d love? Those earrings, they look perfect for summer! 🙂 Happy birthday Sara!
Why is it that the obviously-not-food items still make my mouth water?? I guess I’m hungry. And those chocolates look good. 🙂
I love the Mason Jar mug! My daughter and I went to a baby shower this weekend where the drinks were served in Mason Jars, and we decided we definitely need some of those at our house.
Oh wow, everything in that box looks amazing! But those Lindt coconut truffles have me intrigued, I LOVE all things chocolate and coconut and neeeeeed those now! 🙂
Happy Birthday, Sara! I would love all of the items, but my favorites are the coconut candle and the Essie nail polish – love the springy color!
The mason jar mug for sure. I am obsessed with “cups” and still haven’t bought one of these cute mugs.
The candle! I need anything tropical… It snowed here in Ohio today:( Happy Birthday, Sara!
I LOVE everything in this super awesome mega happy happy birthday surprise box!
I even LOVE YOU GUYS! Keep up the amazing hard work today’s Super Mommies.
Love,
Hillary Duncan
*cake artist SLC Utah.
The truffles!!!
I LOVE coconut and mixing it with chocolate makes it even better!!
The freshly picked lip butter. Yum!
The chocolate! I love coconut!!
My most played song….. Consider the lilies. Would love the iTunes gift card
Lindt makes a coconut truffle?! Yum!
Love the earrings!!
Ooo, this is so nice! I love Essie and coconut! So those would be my faves!
The earrings! !
The chips! I could eat them by the truck-full 🙂
Love it all! Favorite is the mason jar mug!
That candle sounds amazing! I love all things coconut.
My most played song is currently “La La La” by Sam Smith.
The Lip Butter please! I am a lip gloss junkie!