YoBaby Cutie

Cheesy Mommy moment alert!

I was entering giveaways yesterday (Surprised? No? Didn't think so.) and came across The Ivy Twines giving away a YoBaby Organic yogurt prize pack . . . cuteness.

So, I went down the rabbit hole of extra entries, "liked" YoBaby on Facebook and somehow ended up entering a picture of James in their YoBaby cutie contest . . .

So, like, um, go vote for him and stuff!

Giveaway Winners! and a sneak peek at another giveaway

Thank you to everyone who entered my Sew, Mama, Sew! giveaway! I am so excited that you all visited my site and entered!

The winner of the zippered ruffle pouch is :

ebethsha who said . . .

The winner of the 3 fat quarters is :

Rachel Locke of Sweet Tea Mom who said . . .

ebethsha and Rachel I've sent you emails to confirm!

Thank you again to everyone who participated!

I mentioned in a previous post that Tall Mouse in Cerritos is closing.

Let's observe a moment of silence for what once was a great craft store

. . .

It's hard to be sad for too long because Tall Mouse's loss is our gain! I got some fabric there at a great discount a few weeks ago, but nothing compares to this last week of 90% discounts. You heard me right! 90%!!!!! Amazing! Thursday they were having an everything you can fit in a bag for $5 sale, but I didn't go (already had been twice this week) because the store at 11 am on Tuesday was nearing empty, so I was happy with my 90%.

I spent $33 (including tax) Monday on patterns and pattern books (and some random other things) and $10 on Tuesday on scrapbook papers, stickers, embellishments etc.

Would you like to see what $33 will buy you at 90% off?

No seriously.

Most of this I am keeping for my little ol' self . . . but I am passing on some of my good fortune to you! I will be having a few giveaways coming up, the first of which will be June 1st . . . and I will be giving away some of these lovelies!

Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day

Oh! I am so excited to be participating for the first time in the Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day! If you found my blog through Sew, Mama, Sew! then welcome! I am so excited to have you visit!

I have two lovely (well, at least I think they are lovely) giveaways for you today!

The first is this handmade-by-your's-truly, zippered pouch!

The outside is a blue/brown damask print, and the lining is brown with blue polkadots. I love ruffles, so I used the lining material to add a cute little ruffle on the outside of the pouch.

The inside of the pouch includes a small pocket, just big enough to hold an i.d. or some cash. The bag itself measures 6 inches by 7 1/4 inches. I would call this a small makeup bag, but I don't tend to wear a lot of makeup, so take that with a grain of salt. I think it goes without saying that my i.d. and makeup are in the pictures for demonstration purposes and are not included in the giveaway . . . but I will say it anyway.

The second giveaway is this lovely fabric:

The first is a fat quarter from the Mary Rose Collection for Robert Kaufman. I love this fabric. Seriously, I coveted it forever, and then was so excited to snag some for a really good price. When I went back a few weeks later there was only a yard left on the bolt so I snagged that too . . . I almost don't want to use it because it's so pretty!

The second is a fat quarter of a really pretty cream, green, and rust pattern that I bought a few weeks ago, I don't know the designer.

Third, is a fat quarter from Sandi Hederson's gorgeous Meadow Sweet Line for Michael Miller. The lighting is not doing this fq any justice, the green is such a beautiful vibrant light green.

So what do you need to do to enter? Just leave me a comment! If you want to only say "Pick me! Pick me!" that's up to you. Or you can tell me how awesome you are, or how awesome I am . . . No, I'm not fishing ;)

If you would like a second entry follow my blog and leave me a separate comment telling me that you did (or that you already follow).

Thanks and good luck!

Make sure you check out all of the other great giveaways listed at Sew, Mama, Sew!

The technical stuff:

This giveaway is open to international entries . . . I like sending stuff all over the globe, it makes me feel like we should all hold hands and sing It's a Small World.

The giveaway will start at 6 a.m. PST on March 17th, and run through 11:59 PST on March 20th. I will pick two winning comments by random selection. The winners have 48 hours to contact me with their mailing information. I will send out the prize items by May 24th. If the winers do not contact me within the allotted time, new winners will be selected.

Edited 12:00 AM 5/21/10

This giveaway is now over. Thank you all so much for your entries!

I made out like a bandit

I love, love, love, love online giveaways. Honestly, I am not sure that four "loves" expresses it adequately. I am totally that girl, you know - the one that does all of the extra entries. The crazy thing is I am insanely lucky at winning bloggy giveaways! I prefer to think of it as me putting in the work (all that tweeting and following and blogging) and therefore stacking the odds in my favor, but others would just call it dumb luck. Whatever it is, I'll take it!

So, I thought I'd show you a little bit of the loot I've been snagging, I swear these are just some of the things I've won in the last two months, don't hate me!

Clips from Sweet Harper. Yes and yes! I wanted these for Maddie like nobody's business. I will definitely chalk this one up to doing the work. I can't tell you how many Sweet Harper giveaways I entered, so many that Tracy at Sweet Harper (also very sweet herself) commented on me always popping up on giveaways. I refuse to be ashamed ;) So, um, are these gorgeous or what? Seriously, folks buy 'em for your little girl, buy them for yourself, buy them for me (*cough* birthday in June *cough*).

Birthday shirt for James from Mimi's Babies. Adorable! He is going to have an Angels baseball first birthday and is this not the cutest thing for him to wear? And look at that, it's only May and I already know what my kid is wearing for his June birthday - I don't think I can handle being this prepared. Mimi's Babies has personalized birthday shirts and adorable crocheted hats.

Vintage Sheet FQ's. Gorgeous! Won them on The Vintage Sheet Blog grand opening. They are from April at Jane Says. They are beautiful, they are gorgeous . . . Grammy looks at them and says about one "Oh I have this sheet." I nearly died. Grammy won't let me cut it up though so yay for me snagging a piece of it anyway! As it turns out something is getting made from these this week! Stay tuned!

Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. I am such an Austen nerd . . . when we went to the JASNA 2008 AGM, Ed looks around the main shopping/poster presentation room and says "Oh, I get it! It's like Comic-Con for Austen." And oh my lord it really is. I digress! I'm a nerd, I love Austen, I love Austen paraliterature, I love that I won this book, and I love that it is signed by the author. And there it is, on top of my vintage sheet FQs just waiting to be read . . .

7th Generation Cleaning Products. Is it wrong that I am this excited about cleaning items? But look at this! I won this! Melissa at Getting All My Ducks in a Row was having the giveaway, I kept meaning to enter it but was without a computer and on my phone, and seriously what a lot of work on an iphone . . . but I entered at the last minute, I think I was like the third from last comment, and I won! This is literally a super amazing win. Super amazing.

So, these are all great right? I mean, better than great, like killer awesomesauce great. But you are not going to believe this! The lovely Kelly at I Have a Notion was doing this insane month long daily giveaway for her shop anniversary. I won a very cool quilt pattern. I also entered to win an Accuquilt Go! Fabric cutter. I even blogged about it for extra entries.

And

I

Won

You could have knocked me over with a feather, and not even a big ostrich feather, like a teeny tiny hummingbird feather would have done the trick.

Here it is in it's box . . . James is doing his best Vanna White.

Omg, you are not going to believe this, it is almost shameful, but it is still in that box! I didn't want to open it when we had to move right away, I was afraid it would get injured somehow! But now that we are moved I am going to open it right up and go crazy . . . well, I do have one more thing to do before I can start cutting to my little heart's content . . .

Get ready for:

That's right! The Sew, Mama, Sew! giveaway day! I am participating this year by giving something away! Last November I won a kick butt book on patchwork from Sew, Mama, Sew! on giveaway day! This year I hope to win from some lovely fellow bloggers, and I am excited to be able to share the giveaway wealth!

What am I giving away you ask?

I can't tell you!

It is a secret!

Stop by Monday, May 17th to find out!

Miss Print - Kaye's got a give away

I first found Kaye's blog Miss Print though the Sew Mama Sew! give away event. Kaye is a lovely girl from Canada. She is studying to be a librarian and loves L.M. Montgomery, so of course she's a-okay in my book. To celebrate her hundredth post she is hosting a great give away.

Try not to hate her because she's gorgeous and smart and talented . . . I try . . . most days I succeed. It helps that she is really sweet. That aside, enter her give away and follow her blog!

You could win :

This lovely fabric from Moda!

Or . . .

Crochet Blocks in a Box (this would make a great gift for a certain Mother of mine . . .)

Happy entering!

The Vintage Sheets Blog

I am so thrilled about this new blog! I love vintage sheets! They are so soft and pretty!

Make sure you enter the Grand Opening Giveaway! Day One is this awesome pattern for pillows made from vintage sheets. I want it! Do you?

Update: Oh man, giveaway Day Two is for some awesome vintage sheet fat quarters! In fact for twelve of them.

You heard me! ONE DOZEN! Yay!

I am willing them into my mailbox. Come enter with me!

The Rusted Chain

I have been online stalking (stalking is maybe a little bit of an exaggeration . . . but just a little) Beki from The Rusted Chain for a little over a two months now. I don't even remember on which blog I first saw her jewelry, but I fell in love with her pieces. I mean, who wouldn't?? Check some of these out!

This Two Tabs necklace is adorable!

I love the Worship Always necklace!

The oh, so pretty Ella earrings!

And my personal favorite the Est. necklace with initial and wedding year. I've been drooling over it!

So, when Beki offered a $30 gift card to her store to one of her twitter followers I jumped right on the opportunity, and I won . . . it may or may not have been due to taking the stalking to a whole new level and tweeting a bazillion time. I, of course, picked the awesome Est. necklace and I haven't taken it off since I got it two weeks ago! I love i The amazing thing is how Maddie and Jamie proof this thing is, they've both tugged on it pretty significantly . . . James likes to play with it while he is nursing.

Here is an iphone self portrait of me wearing my necklace:

I encourage you all to visit The Rusted Chain's store . . . and don't forget my birthday is in June!

I Have a Notion - to win some goodies!

If you need sewing and crafting supplies and accessories, I Have a Notion is the place to go! Not only does Kelly, the owner, have a great store, she also has a fun and informative blog. I Have a Notion (IHAN), is turning one year old, and to celebrate Kelly has been hosting a full month of giveaways. Here is the amazing thing, you can still go enter every giveaway until the 15th!

One of the amazing things she is giving away is this amazing little machine called an AccuQuilt Go. . . how cool is this, it's like a Cricuit for fabric/quilting!

Also, who doesn't love Amy Butler patterns? I'd really love to win one of these!

A collection of silk fabric? Don't mind if I do . . .

So, really, why are you even still reading this post? Click on over to IHAN and start entering! You don't quilt? You don't sew? Well, firstly . . . why not? And secondly, I'd be more than willing to take any of these awesome prizes off your hands if you really can't figure out what to do with them.

Happy entering!

Sweet Tea Dress Give Away

There are only a few more hours to enter this awesome give away of aPillowcase dress from Sweet Tea Dresses at Sprinkles.

Where I so lucky to win, I'd pick this lovely little number:

Gorgeous, right?

So, hurry on over to Sprinkles and enter!

Homeschool goodness

Brenda has a great blog called The Tie That Binds Us, she just moved it to a Wordpress blog and is giving away a bunch of yummy homeschool curriculum support materials.  Check out her new blog and enter her giveaway! 

Valentine's Give Away Alert!

Pat at Quilting Can Be Fun is having a Valentine's Giveaway!  Hurry over to sign up.  How cute is that monkey and yeah for Valentine fabric - I've been looking for some to use for outfits for the kiddos:

It pays to play

When I worked at KayBee Toys (way, way back in the day, like over a decade ago now), I had a manager and some co-workers who always went in on lottery tickets.  They would always ask me to purchase one and my response was usually "Realistically, what are my odds of winning the lottery?"  My manager, Mac, would always reply "Better if you buy a ticket."  

Well, I "bought a ticket," so to speak, when I entered a bunch of online giveaways in November and December and I had some amazing luck.   I won several holiday items, as well this amazing book from a contest on Sew Mama Sew.  

My absolutely biggest score, however, was a $15 gift certificate to Jane's Fabrics ebay store (which I won through a giveaway on Sew Fantastic).  With my gift certificate I purchased three half yard cuts of the gorgeous Meadow Sweet line by Sani Henderson for Michael Miller.  When the package arrived I was floored to find out that Jane has included two more half yard cuts so I have all of these fabrics:

I am so jazzed!  I keep looking at them lovingly, but haven't decided yet what I am making with them.  Jane was so sweet . . . I encourage you to visit her blog and her shops on Etsy and ebay.

So, I suppose in the end, Mac was right, your odds are better if you buy a ticket!

Give away madness

Seriously folks, there are way too many give aways going on right now on all these lovely sewing and craft blogs.  It is insane!!!!  Here is the latest one I have entered, and I suggest you do too . . . a jelly roll, layer cake and a quilt pattern . . . awesome!

Visit Green Fairy Quilts to enter . . . they are also having an amazing sale, if only I have money to spend!

Fabric give away

Today I am watching Daniel while his mom, my best friend (and catcher of James) Liz, is a on a non-date (wink, wink).  Danny-boy and I are making a gingerbread house . . . the third and last set of walls is in the oven baking.  Unfortunately, I have already managed to break a wall, so fingers crossed we can put it back together  So while taking a break from our baking extravaganza I came across this give away and thought I'd post it here in case anyone is interested in winning some gorgeous fabric . . . and really, who isn't?

So, just mosey on over to Sweet Liberty and enter already!

Now, I must go remove Maddie from her perch inside the fridge. . . .