Review! Sampler Village Charmingly Samplicious Sampler Box [Hugs & Kisses Edition!]

The world of handmade can be a little daunting at first if you're used to doing all your shopping in a mall or department store. Which kind of soap is truly best for my skin? What's a tart melt? Will they personalize that for me? WHERE DO I START?!

Enter Sampler Village. A monthly sampler box program run by an unbelievably friendly and very hardworking woman named Traci. Small businesses from Etsy and the like, specializing in handmade goods of all shapes, sorts and sizes are known as "Villagers", and each month Traci lovingly puts together beautiful boxes of coupons and sample (and sometimes full sized) products sent in by the Villagers. Think of it as the gateway between Etsy lovers who don't know where to start, and small businesses with amazing goodies working hard to get into the hands and hearts of the world. Sample, discover, buy, share, repeat.

The boxes are available for purchase on the 21st of each month and each having a different theme and different samples from the last. Available in 2 sizes, as well as a third which features all edible samples, they range in price with the regular size sampler containing 15-20 samples and costing $25 including shipping to the US, and $35 to Canada. This is the size I purchased and there's well over that much worth of product packed in here!

This months theme was "Hugs & Kisses" to celebrate Valentine's Day, and we actually ordered 2 boxes but I'll just be showing one of them to save this post from being miiiiiiles long. I could go on for days at how beautiful, well packaged, generous, fun and amazing this experience was! I received an amazing assortment of jewelry, tart melts, soaps, bath treats, handmade art, ornaments and more! Highly recommend! So here is a selection of photos to give you a taste and links will be below to get your hands on a box of your own! Enjoy :)

Soooo much stuff!

Pretty wonderful huh? Even better than that, Sampler Village has a 'Fan of the Week' program on their Facebook page which I was also lucky enough to score the day after purchasing my boxes! So I was also sent an extra little package of goodies (shown below) which was so sweet of Traci and put a huge smile on my face for sure!

So now that you've had a peek at the treasures that await you, come on over and join the Sampler Village community on Facebook, Twitter and check out the Website to see what's to come and how to get your own!

xo Sarah

FTC: All products (aside from the Fan of the Week goodie bag) were purchased with my own money and all opinions are my own. :)