by Jennifer on January 23, 2010
I just saw these Drawstring Bags over at My Bella Love’s Etsy shop and they’re so flipping swoon worthy. These tiny drawstring bags are the perfect thing for Valentine’s Day treats, birthday favor bags, and so much more. Plus of course you can reuse them over and over. AND these are totally affordable. It was hard to choose my favorite bag designs (all of them are so darn cute), so I grabbed some that I think would work well for Valentine’s Day.
Bags are handmade and sized for small items like jewelry, hair clips, candy, bridesmaid gifts, dried lavender, soaps, bath salts, gift cards, small travel items, and such. The satin ribbon drawstring is heat treated so it will not fray. Keep on reading this post!
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Valentines Day
by Jennifer on January 22, 2010
With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, you may be looking for eco-friendly treats. My family recently sampled some YummyEarth gummy candy, and here’s what we think…
PRODUCT: YummyEarth Organic Gummy Bears and Organic Gummy Worms from YummyEarth. Gummy Bear flavors include; Pomegranate Pucker, Sour Apple Tart and Strawberry Smash. Gummy Worm flavors include; Pomegranate Pucker, Sour Apple Tart, Tangy Tangerine.
INGREDIENTS: Organic rice syrup, organic cane sugar, gelatin, organic carrot juice, organic aronia juice, organic black currant, organic curcuma, natural flavor, citric acid, ascorbic acid, organic sunflower oil.
COST: $8.97 for three 5oz bags.
Eco & health perks:
- No Artifical Dyes
- No Corn Syrup
- Tree Nut Free
- Peanut- free
- Soy-free
- Dairy-free
- GMO-free
- no MSG
- Fat-Free
- Gluten-Free
- 100% all natural
- USDA Organic
- 100% Vitamin C per serving
- Less than 90 calories per serving
WHAT WE THINK OF THE TASTE:
Taste-wise these were a huge hit at my house. My VERY picky 8-year-old son Cedar loved them, and he rarely loves food products of any kind. He said they were “juicy sweet” and tasted like fruit – fruit and veggies are his favorite food so for him to say they actually tasted like fruit is a big deal. He wanted to know if they had high fructose corn syrup because his school banned it, and since, no these don’t have corn syrup, he was thrilled because that meant he could take some in his lunch.
My boyfriend’s 11-year-old daughter who loves candy but who unlike my son doesn’t love many fruit or veggies really liked these too, saying, “Hey they taste fruity but really good – not too sweet!” I was surprised she liked them because they were natural and not as surgery tasting as other candies.
My boyfriend who doesn’t eat gummy candy, because he doesn’t like the sticky factor, also liked them stating that they weren’t too chewy or sticky like most gummy candy.
As for me, I’m a chocolate person and I don’t really like any fruit candy, but if I had to eat some, these are pretty good. Not too sticky (as my boyfriend said) and they had a great fruity flavor that was a little sour and sweet but not overly so. Not that I’ll be switching to fruit candy over chocolate anytime soon, but these were so much better than other fruit candy.
OTHER PROS: Keep on reading this post!
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