The Influence Network + a Giveaway

You may have heard me mention that I belong to a little thing called The Influence Network.
This little "club" so to speak is a great tool for everyone!  To be inspired by others, to collaborate on projects, for advice on blogging that you may not otherwise know who to ask... classes, forums, and even a conference, and the list goes on and on.  I have been fortunate to meet some amazing ladies through this and I am doing a happy dance as we speak to be able to participate in a chance for YOU to become a lifetime member!

That's right.  My girl Heather is hosting this giveaway on her blog for a chance for TWO lifetime memberships to The Influence Network.  So... head on over here ASAP and grab yourself a chance or 15 and enter to win...

Good luck and God Bless!

helping out those little butts...

What is better than a naked little baby butt?
Ok, a chubby little baby butt, right you got me!

c/o willow brandt photography

Imagine that same cute little butt that has been in the same diaper for 3 days.
I am sure you are wondering, "why would any parent do that?"
because these parents can not afford something as basic as diapers.
something I as a mother, took for granted.
Just another staple I had to purchase.
Came with the territory of having a baby.
To think of having to choose between my electric bill or gas money to get to work or diapers for my baby is a concept I had not given much thought.

Until,
I came across Happy Bottoms

Did you know that every 31 minutes, a child in Missiouri is born into poverty. source
Programs such as Food Stamps and WIC do not provide for the funds to purchase diapers. source
Cloth diapers are not an option for these low income families.  Most of these parents do not own a washer or dryer and laundrymats, for the most part, do not allow them.  source
A child that stays in a soiled diaper for extended periods can get sick, or infection, or worse fussy.  And fussy babies are more likely to be abused babies. source

Happy Bottoms is a local Kansas City organization that distrubutes diapers to low-income familes in need. 
And I am talking about a lot of diapers.  Like 50,000 a month, source.  Yes, that's a lot of diapers.  Happy Bottoms accepts financial donations as well as diapers.  You know those 15 size 2 diapers you have lying around because your little outgrew them?  Those can also be donated, because Happy Bottoms will repackage these and distrubute them.  People can make a donation or even host a diaper drive. 

Pocket Full of Lovelies {the shop} has partnered with this organization and will be donating 15% of all sales.  If you would like to get involved or become a part of the cause, push the contact button above and give me a holler.  There are so  many ways we can get involved.  Not only in Kansas City, but nationwide.

From the words of Happy Bottoms, The Butt Stops Here.
We are so excited to be involved with this program!

inspired + influenced

If I have said it once, I have said it a million times...
Not only is this blog a creative outlet for me to write what's on my mind, to share photo's of my family with my loved ones, to document my daughter as she grows up way too fast
but it is also given me a community,
an influence,
a want to be better.

And that is just what I have decided to do.
Thanks to influence by Raechel and Rebecca and Erin and Danielle I want to be a better version of me.
Use my blog and my shop to give back
Help those who need it and use my voice and talents to inspire others the way these ladies have inspired me.



Pocket Full of Lovelies has partnered with a local charity here in Kansas City in which 15% of all shop proceeds will directly go to. 

happy bottoms is an amazing cause and I get goosebumps thinking about how excited I am to be involved. 

Want to know more?  click on the happy bottoms logo over yonder ---------->>
and check out their site...
or just give me a minute and I will tell you everything you want to know.

tomorrow!
for now sleep tight friends!