I’m going to try very hard not to be too wordy tonight! I’m going to address shop changes, FAQs, custom orders and more “shop talk” on Wednesday. I did get a chunk of orders done this weekend, but my serger needs a quick visit to the shop tomorrow. In more good news, if you are a frequent modernacorn pad buyer, I’m now including coupons for FREE SHIPPING in your orders as my way of saying THANK YOU!!!!!
SO! On to more good stuff!!!!
These pads are simply *fantastic*xten! Instead of being backed with antipill fleece, they are backed with super high quality (Amy Butler, Moda, Kona) quilters 100% cotton! Woo hoo!
What does this mean?
This means the pad is more breathable, making it a great choice for upcoming spring and summers warm days! They are EXTREMELY thin, great for wearing under your favorite shorts and skirts! They can even be ironed as long as you avoid the snaps!!! Sweeeeeet! Also, if you want too, you can wear the solid cotton side up against the skin or the cute patterned fabric! The choice is totally yours! YEEEEESSSS!!!! *jumps up and down!!!*
::Enter some Frank Period Talk::
Anti-pill fleeces main purpose in a cloth menstrual pad is its moisture resistant properties, which are great if you need to wear a pad for an extended amount of time, it’ll help protect you if you can’t get to the bathroom to change it. However, it also doesn’t breathe, causing some women to sweat (myself included). Plus it makes a thicker pad…BOOO!!!!
Enter 100% cotton! WOO HOO! With 100% cotton backed pads, you mainly just have to “know your flow” and your own schedule, if you change your pad often, you won’t have a problem with these pads. If you tend to go several hours without changing, they might not be for you, unless you have a lighter flow. I tend to change my pad each time I use to the bathroom and had no problems with cotton backing, I even made some overnight pads with cotton, no problem either, I believe I slept 8 hours that night, lol. If your concerned about leaking, but really want to try these, I suggest the same thing I do to cloth newbies, wear the pad around the house to get a feel for it!! The shape and core (absorbent part of the pad) are still the same, one layer of organic 100% cotton fleece, two layers of bamboo fleece! I think your realllllly going to like these and become hooked on cotton!!!!
As an incentive to try them and to kick off a new product….
I’m giving two pads away!!!
YAYYYY!!!!! All you have to do is comment to this post and this post only by NOON PST Wednesday March 25th! At that point, I’m going to use random.org to generate two winners using their website! YAY!!!! At some point Wednesday night I’m going to post with the winners names and you’ll have to email me your names, if the people don’t email me, then I’ll draw numbers again!!! Which pad you win is a total surprise, but it will be either Heather Ross Mendocino or Tina Givens Treetop Fancy!!!! Either pad is GORGEOUS and hey, it’s FREE! International folks are more than welcome to join as well! The more people who comment, the merrier and there is more of a chance for more giveaways!
The catch?
You have to tell me your FAVORITE or INFAMOUS PMS CRAVING!!!!! For me? It’s anything sweet and salty. Chocolate covered pretzels? I’m THERE!
***Contest CLOSED!!! I’ll be announcing the winners later tonight!!! Thanks so so so much for playing along!!!! Check back to see if you’ve won!!!***
Oh my gosh, I’m keeping everything crossed to win one of your pads!!
Ok, my most famous pms craving is some home baking sweet treats! It usually has to have some form of chocolate, like say a choc chip muffin, or 5!! I wash it down with a nice hot tea, it’s pure heaven;D
I crave salty-sweet things, too! But also just random junk food. When I’m pmsing I love, love, love Snickers ice cream bars! and nachos! and sometimes I’ll do really bizarre, semi-gross things, like taking flour tortillas and putting tons of slices of american cheese on them. Then I’ll roll them up and microwave them for about 30 seconds until the cheese get melty and gooey. and then eat them as fast as I can without burning the roof of my mouth. YUM!
I crave all kinds of candy. Just today I ran to the store because I HAD TO HAVE some kit kats and gummy peach rings. Omnomnomnom….
Chocolate milkshakes for me. Love the new pads!
The colors on those pads look so nice :) That’s what I like about you pads the awesome fabrics.
I love sweet fruity foods like fruit leathers or orange juice.
I tend to crave salty foods like nuts and chips!
Simply love all your new cotton pads!!!
Ahh, those pads are gorgeous!! You always choose the cutest and prettiest fabrics. ;P
For PMS cravings, I usually go for anything sweet! Last time, I ate a whole box of ferrero rocher chocolates and I felt guilty… about eating it all, haha. :( But I usually munch on anything available! Cereal (oatmeal crisp, omg), cookies, crackers, muffins, candy… seriously anythinggg, haha.
I love the fabrics you used! Breathable cotton sounds like a dream!
I crave dairy. Cheese, yogurt, milk, etc – I go nuts for it.
Problem: I am lactose intolerant! This has been known to cause issues when I just can’t resist a piece of cheesecake and I don’t have my lactose enzyme tablets with me!
ooooh….. a Sees lemon truffle candy….. my absolute favorite PMS treat… as well as wearing a really cute cloth pad!!
Is that some lovely orangey-yellow I spy backing that gorgeous Heather Ross fabric? I crave sweet/salty things around that time of the month too. This is totally horrible to admit but sometimes I buy those pizza pocket things and ice cream sandwiches. Oof.
My favorite… a banana and Nutella sandwich. Mmmmm.
Wow on the new backing choice! I am intrigued!
Oh you’ll laugh at me. See, we had to go vegan-with-meat in our household, which meant tossing out all dairy, honey and eggs because my son has life-threatening food allergies. So my former PMS cravings had to change with our new lifestyle.
New PMS craving- scrambled tofu! Seriously. I know it sounds weird but I am totally hooked. I never, ever thought I would even want to eat as healthy as I do now but I love some scrambled tofu with onions, red pepper and mushrooms. Total yum!
Beautiful looking pads!!
And pms craving..hm…firstly, anything chocolate! and then i dunno..i usually just eat a lot of everything when i’m on my period. Everything sounds delicious!
Beautiful! I can’t get enough of that Heather Ross Mendocino!
I crave almost anything chocolate. Lately Milanos have been the obsession, especially the mint kind.
Waffles with peanut butter on top. The peanut butter has to be melty and I put syrup on it too. It is really heavy but it is so good.
Ohh, i love the look of these pads and i’ve been so intrigued by them!:)
I don’t really have pms cravings other than to just generally eat more and yell at my husband but the first day of my period is ALWAYS a pizza day at my house:)
Uh, I love the Mermaid fabric! And I need to send an order!
So I have to tell you Chocolate, creamy milkchocolate, ist one of my cravings. And to hug my man, because my mood goes down during PMS days and I need him to get me back to normal.
That Tina Givens fabric is adorable!
I always crave pizza made with sweet sauce and topped with pineapple only. That way, I get the trifecta of sweet, salty and full on carbs.
Like suzy, I eat a lot more, but I also crave salty and deep fried..french fries, chips, nachos, battered deep fried veggie stuff (since I’m a vegetarian)…aaaaaackkks!!!
Love the new pads…but my timing seems to be so off lately when the shop gets restocked…the one moment when I’m not on the computer! Aaaaah! ha ha ha! “Wow!” to the cotton pads!
amanda I <3 you! you are too fuckin cute! those pads are awesome :)
deep fried pickles from salem beer works in pickering wharf are my favorite :)
wish we could have gotten together while i was on the wc!
Those are such cute pads! Gorgeous!
Hmmm… I think my favorite PMS food has to be good ol chocolate. You can’t go wrong with that!
!!! these are wonderful! I think the backing choice is perfect!
I crave saltly/sweet things as well, & chocolate like woah, but wait, isn’t that everyday?!?!? haha, mostly sweets, for sure!!!
<3 to you!
Chocolate covered raisins. :)
Reece Peanut Butter Puffs. The cereal. I’d rather claw my own eyes out than eat the stuff any other time, but I WANT it when I’m PMSing!! (Un?)fortunately, being celiac I can’t eat the stuff, and haven’t for nearly 10 years now, but at that time of the month, I can’t help craving it! Drives me NUTTY!
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=O These pads are so gorgeous! I too have noticed that anti-pill fleece makes pads more thicker :( Even with anti-pill fleece I have never experienced leaks :D
I think my current PMS craving are these cookies called “chocolate mallow” it looks like an icecream sandwich (circle) but in between two cookies is marshmallows and then the whole sandwich is covered in chocolate. It’s has a pinch of saltyness, it’s cruncy, and so creamy o__o. My Dad gets them from a Mediterranean food store (so the marshmallow has no pork gelatin XD) :)
so cute, as always! and such a great summer option.
Great giveaway — I’ve been very curious about eco-friendly pads, so this would be awesome if I won and could try one out! My PMS cravings are rather boring — good old chocolate, of course…:)
chocolate all the way. if I find myself baking cookies and brownies in the same day, I know my period is right around the corner.
Fingers crossed. I’ve been wanting to try your pads. My biggest PMS craving is for Chinese food. Yum.
I’ve been wondering about cloth pads for quite a while now, but just haven’t jumped in yet. It would be awesome to try these out! They look beautiful.
My craving would be chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. Solid chocolate, not diluted with stuff, not as a coating, but just… chocolate.
PMS food for me has to be ice cream. Never fails.
Sweet and salty for me too! I’m actually PMSing right now and your mention of chocolate covered pretzels is making me crave them like crazy!! Anything chocolate really. All I want to eat is junk food when I’m on my period! Also a good book. Curling up with junk food and a good book is all I want to do then, lol.
pickles & cheese. I know, right? I hope I win….it is almost “girl time” and I would love to try these out.
Thanks for the opportunity,
Jennie
Buffalo Wings made by this one place that chars them! So freaking good!
I love that the new pads are more breathable! The humidity is brutal up here in the summer!
I *totally* agree with not needing fleece/pul in pads! It turns out I’ve never needed a moisture-resistant backing in my pads — even on heavy days. Sewing non-synthetics is so much nicer too — and even though a good majority of fleece is made from recycled materials, there’s always that element of virgin plastics being introduced. So YAY for 100% cotton pads!
Well I haven’t had PMS in… uh… six or seven months now? :) So how about weird preggo cravings? Anything fermented in brine (sauerkraut, kimchi, sour pickles) and Mexican spices. Last pregnancy all I wanted to eat was Indian food, but now it’s Mexican food.
My PMS cravings were pretty standard — chocolate ice cream, chocolate Swiss Cake Rolls, M&Ms… preferably all at the same time with some whipped cream on top. :)
Your pads are so lovely!! My PMS cravings — definetly homemade choc chip cookies. Before they are even out of the oven, I start to feel sick from eating TOO much of the batter. Jeez … I’m not PMS’ing now, but cookies sound yummy … hmmmm.
Well, I guess I crave all the bad things like pizza and chocolate chip cookies.
My PMS craving is salt and vinegar potato chips. I don’t crave them at any other time.
I love those pads! So cute!
As for my period cravings, I tend to crave steak. Even when I was a vegetarian I still craved it. I always crave salty stuff but the cravings usually get stronger when I’m pms-ing. : )
I usually don’t keep sweets in the house (cause I’ll eat em, yes I will) – so when I have PMS I go right to my baking supplies and microwave chocolate chips and some peanut butter together into a melty delicious sludge. Then I dip potato chips in it.
Will people kill me if I say I don’t get PMS?!?
Gorgeous… I’ve been wanting to try ur pads. I was pregnant though(just had her in January).Umm..pms craving? Chocolate chip cookies and plain potato chip.
Okay- I thought these were kiiiiiiinda crazy before, but I am starting to get into the whole eco Mama thing and even considering CLOTH diapers for my second child— what, oh what, will my friends SAY?!?
I would TOTALLY give these a try though, and of course I would love to win them! I came across your blog through Flickr (Heather Ross fabrics) :)
My favorite PMS craving……… before Katie it was Spicy Chex Mix and now it’s Cinnamon Bun Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream :)
Thanks for hosting this contest, I will check back in on your blog again soon! :)
The pads you’ve made are so beautiful! I still have the pads I purchased from you, and they’re still in great condition.
My favorite PMS craving is mostly chocolate, something like my sister explained.
WENDY’S! TACO BELL! I always crave fast food when I feel crampy and crappy. But I think you know this about me already! LOOK, I AM ENTERING YOUR GIVEAWAY!
haha! the whole refrigerator is my craving. All of it. And then some pizza. And hard dip ice cream. Then I’d have some onion rings.
AND DUDE! Nachos!
I like this new no anti-pill fleece thing. & I am crazy about heather ross’s mermaid fabric!
As for PMS cravings…. chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! Especially Lindt Lindor Truffles!!! It got even crazier with pregnancy. It’s nice not having your period & all.. but I was slightly disappointed that I wasn’t able to use my brand new Modern Acorn pads. I used to just take them out and look at the prettiness. XD We’re done with babies for awhile now so I look forward to using my Modern Acorn pads… and enjoying the sweet yumminess of Lindt Lindor Truffles!!
Yogurt. Pretzels.
Sweet. Salty.
Gals who haven’t tried cloth, seriously just buy one pad from Amanda. Hers are the BEST! BEST! BEST!
I totally have only a 3-day period and 2 days of light spotting after switching to cloth.
Amanda your pads are so pretty! Makes for a happy period!
I always crave a pint of Ben and Jerry’s Phish Food. Yes. A whole pint. I don’t indulge every month mind you…but when I do…Oh…my…gawd….
If I claim that I’m always suffering from PMS, can I always eat chocolate-covered pretzles?? that’s definitely my craving, or a piece of chocolate and some potato chips.