BicBugs Review & Giveaway!

 

If you have someone on your holiday list this year that loves gemstones & framed insects, then BicBugs has got you covered! BicBugs has such an extensive collection of framed specimens and gemstones to choose from including harder to find pieces. I've always loved seeing framed butterfly collections in movies & TV shows growing up and I always wanted one of my own, so I've very slowly been building up a collection. Knowing the prices of a lot of pieces I can say that BicBugs has some of the best prices in the business & I love the quality of the pieces they offer. 

I worked with BicBugs once in the past & I am delighted to be able to work with them again this holiday season on a new review & giveaway. This time around I will be talking about two wonderful, framed specimens I received for review, plus I have three gorgeous gemstones to giveaway to one lucky winner. The blue/grey stone in particular is so stunning and really shimmers in the light. 

I was very excited opening up my PR package to see what they had selected & let out a squee when I spotted the luna moth. A luna moth has been at the top of my "want" list for quite some time alongside a hawkmoth so I am very pleased to finally have one in my collection. It is a stunning specimen; the light greens are so pretty, and I love looking at the delicate fluffy little antenna on it. The specific species of luna moth I received is the Actias Luna green Saturn moth which originates from the United States. They have other luna moths as well if you are looking for a rarer specimen. 

The second specimen I received was a male Antherina suraka pink bullseye Saturn moth from Madagasgar. This moth makes a great addition to my collection, I love the soft oranges, browns and pinks in the patterns of this moth. One of the things I appreciate about their framed specimens is that they aren't completely smashed under the glass in the frame, I have one specimen from another seller that was a bit smashed & over time the body of it looks a little funky. I also like that the frames are light weight & very easy to hang up on the wall. They look quite lovely with the rest of my collection! The large blue morhpo butterfly in my collection is also a BicBugs piece. 

Don't be fooled, butterflies & moths aren't the only specimens BicBugs sells. They also have a wide selection of different bugs including praying mantis, beetles & more plus they even had bats and wet specimens. Want to frame some butterflies yourself? They sell them unframed so you can frame them however you want. They also sell framing supplies, jewelry, clothing, gemstones and more. 

🤩 GIVEAWAY 🤩

One lucky winner is going to receive the two beautiful stones & necklace shown above! The purple stone is a Rhodonite palm stone pink black manganese inosilicate mineral Madagascar, the blue/grey stone is a Labradorite palm stone green blue gemstone mineral Madagascar and the necklace is a sodalite gemstone. Total value: $32

This is open US Residents only! Please remember if you DO NOT leave a comment on this blog post as your mandatory entry into the giveaway then all of your entries will be void. Doing the Daily entries will increase your chance of winning. Winners have 72 hours to respond to the notification email! 

This giveaway ends on 12/06/24

Giveaway entry question: Leave me a blog comment letting me know another product from their website that you would love. (Link is the purple)

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Disclaimer- The products mentioned above were provided by BicBugs for the review & giveaway free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase.

Having a dig with Excavating Adventures!

 

My son always enjoys doing dig kits whether they have fossils, rocks, toys or something else he loves getting his hands dirty and finding a surprise inside. When I found Excavating Adventures, I knew it was a brand my son was going to love and I was right! They have a monthly subscription where you can dig through a small kit and figure out which rocks you've just added to your collection. Kits are $19.99 a month, however the monthly cost lowers if you subscribe for six or twelve months at a time, and they are also offering a limited time offer of $10 off your first month's box using code Hello10. 

We were gifted a one-month subscription to check out for ourselves to write about here on my blog. When the box first arrived, we weren't entirely sure how many rocks would be in the kit as the actual "dig" portion of it is in a small tin container. That container packs a big punch though and had a surprising amount of small and medium sized stones to collect.

The kit can with some baggies, little glue dots, a glass bottle, and a small empty box with some stuffing so you could select which way you'd like to store or display the stones and gems you received in the pack. My son went with the small white box for the larger stones and the little glass jar for everything that was small and we didn't want to lose. 

Also included are collectable trading cards, a small hammer, some stickers and even a small surprise! We received a cute pink frog as our surprise. Everything was packaged nicely and arrived in one piece. My son had a great time digging out a hole in the center of the dig piece and then working his way our towards the outside. Kits like this can be a little messy so I always advise to do them outside.

Along with a monthly subscription box they also have a ton of different options on their website available for purchase that isn't a monthly box, I'd personally love to have one of their seashell themed dig kit.

Disclaimer- Excavating Adventures Adventures provided a box for the review free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase.