Today, we bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, Nest European Toys & Home. In John-Paul and Lisa's words:
"We offer a large selection of European and North American made wooden toys, Waldorf toys, arts and crafts, organic baby products, and natural products for the home. We carry Ostheimer, Grimms, Haba, Engelberger, Ruskovilla woollens, and many other lines. Our goal is to carry products that are high quality, great value (in every sense of the word), sustainable, and that are lots of fun!
Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest."
SouleMama: How long have you been in business?
John-Paul: We've been in business five years.
SouleMama: What's your favorite part of your job? The most challenging?John-Paul: One of my favourite parts of the job is opening a shipment of wooden toys from a new supplier and getting that lovely woodsy smell and going through the box and discovering everything within - basically the kid at Christmas. Most challenging - simply finding the time and energy to work on store business. We have a 6 month old and a 2 and a half year old and they're with us all the time. We work on the store during nap time and in the evenings and when one of us is looking after both kids.
SouleMama: What's the product that you are most excited about in your shop right now? Tell us about it.
John-Paul: We're loving our Ruskovilla merino wool long underwear these days. With the cold weather coming back (we're in Ottawa, Canada) we've been dressing our children (and ourselves) in the Ruskovilla and we just love how soft, warm, and cozy it is. They're a necessity for happily surviving winter.
SouleMama: What word describes your business best?
Lisa: Sustainable
SouleMama: What does being creative mean to you?
Lisa: Being creative can manifest in almost any way- rearranging the furniture in a new unexpected way, experimenting with preparing a meal, a turn of phrase, ...but now that we have a family, it's imaginative play like blasting off in a rocket ship to the moon in our sleeping bag together before bedtime, or acting out scenes with our dolls for pure fun of it, or to encourage or make way for expression of feelings related to something going on in our day. It's finding workable solution to some interpersonal conflict, or some household task or for our business, ways to troubleshoot or simplify some computer programming issue. It's all of those things as well as being crafty and artsy. It's the flowers that bloom from our mind's work each day.
For today's giveaway, Nest European Toys & Home is generously offering the following gift to THREE winners:
~ $100 Gift Certificate!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To enter today's giveaway, please leave a comment (one entry per person, please) in today's post. I'll close comments by 8 am EST on Sunday, and announce the winners, chosen via Random Number Generator, shortly after. Comments closed! The winners are:
Beautiful toys! I love Lisa's answer about what being creative means to
her... just the inspiration/reminder I needed today. Thank-you for a
chance to win. ;-)
Posted by: Michelle
Wow, how wonderful. I look forward to checking out their shop... Thanks!
Posted by: renee~heirloomseasons
Wow! What an amazing business and such a generous giveaway! Will certainly be spreading the word!
Posted by: Sarah
Thank you, Nest European Toys & Home!
