Giveaway Extravaganza time!

So, wow, have I got some fun stuff for you guys. No kidding. I'm jealous! lol. So...after hitting 1,000 followers I wanted to show my thanks for all your support and comments and happy little nice things you say about my projects, or my kids, or me. They really make my day.

What I'm trying to say is, what really makes it fun to blog-is all of you!

So thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Cheesy part out of the way...on to the GOODIES!! I had an amazing response-so there's lots of fun stuff up for grabs!

(click on any shop banners or pics to take you to their Etsy/shop page...make sure to take a peek!)

Tuft Love (love that name!) is giving away your choice of 3 yards of fabric from their shop! wow! jealous....Here is just a sampling of what's available in the shop-my personal favs!

Ella Faith Designs is giving away a Designer Scrap Bag from her shop. jealous again....sweet fabrics!

Gulf Coast is giving away your choice of one of their amazing felt patterns! They don't only do food patterns either...check out that awesome baking set!

Cranial Hiccups (love that name too..so clever!) is giving away this Betty apron! (named after her grandmother) Details like ric rac, coordinating fabric trim, and a pocket for your chocolate stash ;) will make you look so cute while you cook!

She is also offering you awesome readers a 20% discount on any purchase during the time this giveaway runs. (So, from now until October 8th) Just enter the code CRAFTY in the message to seller box. Money will be refunded through Paypal after purchase.

May Day studios is giving away any listing of your choice! Good luck choosing! ;) Her clips are ridiculously cute.

Lemon Tree Studio is offering $15 worth of digital clip art. These are so. flipping. cute. I especially love the alphabets and flowers! But again, it's your choice!

The Modern Marigold is giving away one girl's skirt and one set of hair clips. She uses the cutest vintage sheets-love the combos she comes up with!

Anna from Noodlehead is giving away one of her Runaround Bag patterns-seriously so cute and versatile!

Kojo Designs is giving away a set of personalized stationery! The purple set is my fav. ;)

Elephannie is giving away a $20 credit towards anything in their store. Awesome vinyl designs? check!

And last, but DEFinitely not least, Chirpy Designs is giving away one of their awesome patterns. Check em out-they're adorable! She would also like to extend a 20% discount to all of you through October 10th. (sah-weet!) Convo her through Etsy and she will create a listing for whatever you need.

So, to enter...I tried to make this as simple as possible.

Each giveaway item will have it's own post (posted tomorrow-SORRY-Saturday October 2nd- bright and early!)-simply comment on the ones you'd like to have a chance at winning-one comment per person per post.

Make sure to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win. Comments will be left open until October 8th, and I will then draw a winner for each prize using random.org.

A HUGE Thank you to all the sponsors for this giveaway!

Good luck!

new yellow skirt

I fell in love with this fabric (Always in Bloom by RJR Fabrics), and had to get me some. I found it at a little general store on our way home a few weeks ago from a women's retreat for church. Random, huh? It was only $4/yard too! Nice!

So I decided to go for a skirt-you've seen this style of skirt floating around the blogs, right? It has a waistband and cute tie, with a gathered skirt. I hand sewed the invisible hem. My first time doing that, and it looks soo much better than sewing it on the machine! I always made my mom do it when I sewed skirts as a teen. lol, sorry Mom.

Sorry about only the one picture. It's a little hard to get good shots using the timer. And please pardon the book/toys. A momma's life, huh?

kids clothes week-pillowcase dresses

No, you're not seeing double. ;) And yes, I made the girls the exact. same. dress. I am aware of that. I just can't help it. and I really love the ribbon bow on the shoulder! They're just simple pillowcase dresses-I mostly used this tutorial-but my own hacked up pattern.

I love the fabric! I got it on sale-$4 a yard-and I made both dresses with one yard-so they were really inexpensive dresses! I had to buy ribbon-but didn't use all of the spool.

I love Charlotte's little mini sized dress!

kids clothes week-grey fleece sweater

I love how this sweater turned out! I wish I'd lined it in cotton though, instead of more fleece, it's a bit stiff in the arms. (Christmas Story style)

Anyways-it was fun to sew-and pretty easy to put together. I used this pattern.

Another piece for the Sadester's fall/winter wardrobe!

kids clothes week-magenta knit shirt

It's official. She's mastered the snooty ignore-the-camera model look. Which I still think is adorable, but I'm biased.

sheesh, this color is kinda hurting my eyes on the screen. I promise it's not that red/bright in real life. More pink/magenta-but whatever! Here's one of my attempts to build up Sadie's fall/winter wardrobe. As of now she has....one long(er) sleeved shirt.

This one.

I only had a little strip of extra fabric-so I made this squiggly (that's a word!) design on the front.

Didja notice the little size label? cool, huh? I got them from this Etsy seller.

This shirt should probably should be a 24 mo or 2T, oh well. I'll change it someday never.

Some cute cuffs finish off the 3/4 length sleeves.

I just pinned it on where it looked good, and sewed down the middle, zigging and zagging with the material. I like it!

wowsas

Did you notice something? 

Over on the sidebar? 

I hit 1,000 followers! No, biggie. Happens every day. ha. ha.

Wow. I'm so excited-and want to share that excitement with you! 

So...I've got some awesome stuff lined up for a giveaway extravaganza! Starting next Friday probably...so look out for that! I can't wait! 

For now, I'm headed to Disneyland! yahoo! Princesses galore! (lookit ittle bitty Sadie from our last trip! too cute)

Next week I have the rest of what I made for Kid's Clothes Week set to post-so enjoy!

child's gathered apron tutorial

Today I'm excited to be a part of Sew Chic and Unique's "Inspire to Create" series! There have been some fantastic projects so far-be sure to go and check them out!

I chose to make a cute little apron for the Sadester. To match her tablecloth and oven mitts of course!

Sadie just loves playing with her play kitchen-and also in the real kitchen. Cookies are her favorite thing to make-of course! Sugar! yah!

So, I thought I'd make her a little apron to help play the part, and stay "clean". (since she already outgrew the one I made eons ago)

It has an adorable gathered waist and bias trim around the edges. (add a pocket if you'd like!)

Click below for more!

kids clothes week-teal bow top and corduroy skirt

I never thought I could love a shirt this much-but it is possible. ;)

I made it from another tee shirt-of course I didn't take a before picture. (because the power went out and I cut it out by flashlight. No power-so I thought I'd at least cut something out. What can I say-I'm a die hard) Just imagine a boxy, little boy shirt and you'll get the picture.

I made a pattern from one of Sadie's shirts that fits well-tee shirts are really easy once you get a few under your belt. I'm not entirely comfortable with knits yet-but I'm getting there. Definitely use a ball point needle with them. This is the tutorial I used to learn how to construct shirts. I used the existing hem and sleeves so I didn't have to hem it-hooray!

I added the big bow to girly it up! LOVE this.

I paired it with a little corduroy fall skirt for Sadie-made from a remnant found at Joann's-for about $1, I love sewing with remnants! It will be a sad, sad day when Sadie gets too big for remnant clothing. ;) But hey-then it's Charlotte's turn!

It was such a simple skirt-but so cute!

So this entire outfit cost about $2. I thrifted the tee shirt for $1 and the material was $1. Gotta love thrifty sewing! That looks like a million bucks. Or so.

****and wow! I'm getting SOO close to 1,000 followers! That just about blows my mind. I want to do a cool giveaway...but I'm drawing a blank. hmmm....I'll get back to you guys on that.

Edit: Scratch that. I've got some COOL stuff lined up for you guys!!

kids clothes week-warm PJ's

It's been getting a bit chillier at night here (granted, it's still Cali, but anyways....), so Sadie's summer PJ's are no longer in season.

Hence...winter PJ's! It's not rocket science, but I digress.

PJ's can get so expensive! I love making them, they're a quick project (especially since my new baby serger came to live with us) and fun to embellish tees to match.

I give you...

....Ruffle Dots!

.....Houndstooth Princess, complete with crown, ruffle and sparkly gem!

...and Argyle Girl! With a matching S. ( I figure Charlotte can still wear these when the time comes, I'll just make a new top for her)

Joann's was having a sale-the patterned flannel was $3 a yard. I only used about 3/4 yard for each of these, and the tees were $2.50 (Wal-mart-on sale), so they came out to be pretty inexpensive (and custom) PJ's, at under $5 each. I thought about letting Sadie pick out the flannel-but she was headed towards the ugly section so I vetoed that idea. ;) anyone else do that?

She loves them!

She had to show me the booty-er-back. I love a cute toddler booty in PJ's!

Where's the S for Sadie?

For those who asked-I made my own pattern using a pair of her PJ pants that fit well-then followed the steps here:

Cuffed shorts tutorial

They're made exactly the same-just longer!