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Sponsored Giveaway: Wooly Moss Roots

This weekend I am hosting a giveaway from Jeff and Taryn of Wooly Moss Roots. I have enjoyed getting to know them at Taryn’s blog, also called  Wooly Moss Roots, and have some of their beautiful buttons tucked in a drawer waiting for the perfect knitting project.  I know firsthand how gorgeous their work is and am so pleased to be introducing you all to to them today.  I asked Taryn to share a bit about her family and their business with you:

We are The Wilson Family- Jeff, Taryn and Bracken. We live on a small homestead in the Oregon Coastal Range. Our days are dedicated to each other, our family business, and homesteading pursuits.  Our family business began shortly after Jeff and I met. Jeff had spent much of his life “putting his dreams on hold” and having every job under the sun to make ends meet. When we met, he had two jobs, was working long hours (starting at 2 am) and was still struggling to pay the bills. He was sleep deprived and didn’t have enough hours left after his jobs to work on the homestead, which was where his heart was. I was new to homesteading and I was hooked. So we took a leap of faith, saying “why not?” quit all the outside jobs and started our business. (Plus, we were crazy about each other and wanted to spend all our time together, so having our own business was great for that too.)

We started selling at the local art market and opened our first online shop, Mystic Orb, selling natural wooden jewelry and wood creations for the home. We grew a garden, raised milk goats, and had eggs from our chickens. We were great at “living on less” and even when it was a challenge to pay the bills, we were always well fed.

We started branching out in our business. Jeff created some wood buttons and we were happily surprised by how much people loved them, so we started making more. As our items started expanding even more, we decided to open a second online shop, Wooly Moss Roots. We’ve been busy filling it with lots of handmade things- wooden buttons, wooly delights, and herbal goodness- ever since. We love working with wood, wool, and herbs.

We offer wooden buttons to make your handmades, that you pour so much time and energy into, even more special. We love to create handmade wooden buttons for knitters, sewers, crafters and creative people of all kinds! We’re happy to create custom sets for your projects.


To create our buttons, we start by selecting the most beautiful woods, which are almost always reclaimed and usually local as well. Then we slice them and each button goes through a long shaping and sanding process (at least four sanding and two polishing stages.) Then they are drilled, oiled with a natural finish, and polished on the buffing wheel. Finally we arrange them in families on a card. Each one lovingly handmade from start to finish. We pour a lot of energy into every button, treating each as an individual work of art.

We offer herbal goodness to nurture your body and spirit. We love having an outlet for sharing our passion for health and nutrition with the world and we feel really good about offering healthy alternatives to conventional body care products. We have herbal salves made with organic herbs from our garden (some in handmade wood boxes), organic herb seeds and plants, tooth powder (a healthy alternative to toothpaste), and natural perfumes made with pure essential oils. We’re happy to have a place to share the bounty of our homestead and are dreaming up many more products to offer soon.

We offer wooly creations to delight your imagination. You’ll find a few wool goods interspersed throughout the many buttons and herbals. Our wool creations are quite eclectic; from cowls, purses, and drawer sachets, to wooly creatures and dolls.

We truly love what we do and we feel so grateful when we can share it with others and bring them joy. Our motto is “Feeding The Joy… naturally.” Jeff says “Everything we make is a gift for someone and what could be better than that?” We work really hard and it’s all worth it.

 

For the giveaway we are giving away 6 items to 6 winners:
-3 Sets of Buttons (pictured above)
(1 carved tree button in reclaimed buckthorn wood. 1 set of 4 buttons in reclaimed western red cedar. 1 set of 6 buttons in reclaimed sassafras wood.)
-1 Magical Healing Salve
-1 Peppermint Tooth Powder
-1 Peppermint Lip Balm

In addition, we would like to give out two coupon codes:
Code: SMALLTHINGS20  will give 20% off and will be good from Saturday the 14th to Monday night the 16th.
Code: SMALLTHINGS15  will give 15% off and will be good for one week from Saturday the 14th to Saturday the 21st.

Both coupon codes are good at both Wooly Moss Roots, and Mystic Orb!

For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post.  International entries are welcome.   Comments will be closed and winners chosen on Monday, April 16th.

The winners are:

Suzette   “What beautiful buttons, especially the tree button! I really hope I win.”

Hinterland Mama “I absolutely loved reading about Jeff and Taryn (Bracken is such a beautiful name).  I love their passion, love, ideals. Everything.  This giveaway is wonderful. Full of gifts. Truly.I am off to spread the word. I have several friends I know will love what these guys are about too, and their beautiful creations.  Thank you for introducing them, Ginny ღ

jackie  “The buttons are beautiful! and as a knitter they would look beautiful on a handcrafted article, but i especially love the herbal products!  Thanks for sponsoring this giveaway!”

Pamela  “Those buttons are breath-taking!  I have a hand-knit baby sweater that has been waiting for the perfect set of buttons…I think that I just found them!”

Teresa “Wow, these buttons are gorgeous!”

Kimber  ”  I just love Jeff and Taryn’s creations..hoping to try their tooth powder soon too!

Thank you Jeff and Taryn!”

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  1. ikkinlala says

    April 15, 2012 at 4:33 pm

    I love the buttons!

  2. Erin Grover says

    April 15, 2012 at 4:03 pm

    awesome buttons! love to win.

  3. swanski says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    Thank you so much for a fun giveaway!!

  4. Michelle says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    I would love to win too. Those products are all so amazing. Peppermint tooth powder? Interesting.

  5. Nicole says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    what great buttons. I have the perfect sweater idea for them!

  6. Kate D. says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    What a cute family! (Also, I like the buttons. :))

  7. Kelly says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    Wow, those are gorgeous buttons!

  8. Noeh says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    I would like to win! Wondeful family, hard life, cute buttons! Noeh

  9. Daniela Botto says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    I love Jeff and Taryn and their blog 🙂
    They have such a positive energy and share it everyday!!
    Daniela

  10. Michelle says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    What a lovely giveaway. I have already been following their blog for some time. Inspiring!

  11. Fräulein Rucksack says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    Nice!

  12. Heather N says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    Oh my heart!!! Those buttons are wonderful. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.

  13. Jessica says

    April 15, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    Wow! Those buttons ARE a work of art! Lovely story and lovely products!

  14. Jenna says

    April 15, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    Oh my glory, those buttons are gorgeous!!! I very much enjoyed the interview…looking forward to another blog to read. : )

  15. Rachel says

    April 15, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    Would love to add these beautiful buttons to a project! Thanks for the chance!

  16. stormarela says

    April 15, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    What a wonderful give a way! I was looking at Wooly Moss Roots Etsy shop yesterday, and was amazed at the buttons, and especially the herbals in the handmade wooden boxes. Everything is so beautiful! Thank you for such a wonderful chance!

  17. lori says

    April 15, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    they are SO cute, the family. and the buttons too. i’ve been looking at them for some time now. thank you for the awesome give a way. crossing me fingers!

    • lori says

      April 15, 2012 at 12:16 pm

      p.s. the link is broken to wooly moss roots

  18. Emily says

    April 15, 2012 at 11:33 am

    Oh my goodness, what a lovely, inspiring family, and beautiful goodies. Thank you for sharing!

  19. lauren says

    April 15, 2012 at 11:26 am

    What a wonderfully inspiring family! Thanks for the chance to win an amazing giveaway!

  20. Alison says

    April 15, 2012 at 11:16 am

    What a generous giveaway! And lovely herbals and buttons! It is so encouraging reading about individuals pursuing their dreams and succeeding!

  21. Taryn Oakley says

    April 15, 2012 at 11:15 am

    amazing buttons!!!

  22. betsy says

    April 15, 2012 at 11:09 am

    Those buttons are amazing!

  23. Pamela says

    April 15, 2012 at 10:55 am

    Great post! I love that tree button, and it all sounds very cool.

  24. Jenny says

    April 15, 2012 at 10:49 am

    Love the buttons! Will be making a purchase from them in the future.

  25. Jennifer says

    April 15, 2012 at 10:43 am

    What a lovely life you have! And lovely buttons, too.

  26. Lindsay says

    April 15, 2012 at 10:40 am

    I love Wooly Moss Roots blog 🙂 The Wilson family produces such beauty!

  27. Roni says

    April 15, 2012 at 10:39 am

    What a fantastic give-away! I’ve seen these buttons in person and they are stunning!

  28. Debbie says

    April 15, 2012 at 10:33 am

    The time and energy put into these buttons is wonderful! I would love to knit something to go with them. Thank you!

  29. Jillian says

    April 15, 2012 at 10:05 am

    This was such a great post. Inspiring!

  30. Sheril says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:49 am

    The buttons are beautiful! I am an Oregon native myself . I loved seeing the picture of their family and hearing how they are pursuing their dreams by creating. Thanks for the giveaway.

  31. Elizabeth says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:37 am

    To read about the intentional living and life they have created and nurture is such a happy thing. Thank you for telling your readers about them. I would be honored to win.

  32. jennyann1126 says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:35 am

    The buttons are so pretty! Thank you for this opportunity!

  33. April says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:23 am

    What s wonderful story.

  34. Renee says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:18 am

    I love the buttons and the wooden spoons on-line! Wonderful artistry!

  35. Bronwyn says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:06 am

    Love….love….love the buttons. I’m working on a sweater for my son and oh my…….these buttons would look lovely on it.

  36. ShelleyBB says

    April 15, 2012 at 9:02 am

    Your work is beautiful! I would love to share some of it.

  37. Jarka says

    April 15, 2012 at 8:47 am

    wow awesome giveaway! love the buttons! 🙂 fingers crossed 🙂

  38. Chantal Boucher says

    April 15, 2012 at 8:45 am

    Such beautiful “boutons”!!

  39. Tara says

    April 15, 2012 at 8:20 am

    Wow–love this–esp. the buttons. Now I’m off to their website.

  40. paula says

    April 15, 2012 at 8:18 am

    very cool business~wish you continued success!

  41. S/V Mari Hal-O-Jen says

    April 15, 2012 at 7:52 am

    Those buttons are amazingly beautiful! Thank you for this very generous give away…

  42. Nadja says

    April 15, 2012 at 6:38 am

    I found Wooly Moss Roots just a couple of weeks ago and have been following. They have wonderful things in their shops. Jeff’s buttons and jewelry are amazing!

  43. guildmaker says

    April 15, 2012 at 6:23 am

    your work – your life’s work – is truly beautiful. thankyou for sharing – and offering the chance to be gifted these treasures.

  44. ruth says

    April 15, 2012 at 6:19 am

    Thankyou for introducing me to this wonderful family. Their stores look fabulous. Thank you for the chance to win

  45. Hinterland Mama says

    April 15, 2012 at 5:51 am

    I absolutely loved reading about Jeff and Taryn (Bracken is such a beautiful name).
    I love their passion, love, ideals. Everything.
    This giveaway is wonderful. Full of gifts. Truly.
    I am off to spread the word. I have several friends I know will love what these guys are about too, and their beautiful creations.
    Thank you for introducing them, Ginny ღ

  46. Louise says

    April 15, 2012 at 5:31 am

    What a wonderful giveaway.

  47. Tricia says

    April 15, 2012 at 4:33 am

    Wow! What a great giveaway!!

  48. Melissah says

    April 15, 2012 at 4:04 am

    Oh my goodness! This post has really touched me; I am in awe of Jeff and Taryn’s products and their philosophies. I am also so humbled by their leap of faith to start their business. Simply inspiring! Thank you for sharing!

  49. kreativberg says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:57 am

    Wow… would love to win 🙂

  50. ummrania says

    April 15, 2012 at 3:36 am

    Wow, thank you for the inspiring story and an awesome giveaway!

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