Last blog post of the year. Kinda sad the year is ending, but happy to start a new year, with real resolutions this time, and the opportunity to clean and refresh! I love new beginnings and the opportunities that they bring!
I wanted to end this year with a shout out and photos of all the lovely things that I have won this year (and never got around to blogging about.) Also included in this list are some of the lovely surprises I received this year from lovely friends, that I also never had the chance to show you guys. Not all of the lovely gifts that I have received are in this post, but I promise, I will share those in the upcoming weeks because they deserve their very own blog post!
First up will be my lucky winnings! The first Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway back mid-year, I entered quite a few and I won this lovely Jelly Roll book from Tammie over at Crafty Tammie. She also included these lovely vintage sheet squares, that I will use in my vintage sheet quilt! The book has a lot of great projects, all featuring jelly rolls, which is something I have yet to purchase or own! The same Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway day also provided me with this stunning Echino handmade handbag from the lovely Sara over at Sew Sweetness. It is a lovely bag, perfect size and weight, and I absolutely adore the fabric and lining fabric. Sorry the pictures make it seem so wrinkly, it wasn't, I promise! The lovely collection above wasn't so much winnings as being in the right place at the right time, or should I say purchasing at the right time! The two handbag patterns and 6 fat quarters are from the super sweet Karen of Venezie Designs. I was her 2000th customer, so along with my order, she included these fabulous goodies! Lucky me! If you ever need fabric, visit her shop, great selection and fabulous customer service! This super cute rainbow onesie was made by the lovely Kelly over at Blue Bird Sews. It was a giveaway in conjunction with the Stashtacular event. Ironically, I won this not long after finding out I was pregnant, so she made me one in a size that I could use sooner than later! Technically this was the first baby gift I received for my upcoming little one. Can't wait to use! This gorgeous set of slippers are handmade by the incredibly talented Aubrey over at Mauby's. She had a great pattern review of these slippers, and offered to make a pair for the person who could guess the shoe sizes of everyone in her family. Amazingly I guessed them all correctly and won these babies, which I wear every day now and just love! So comfortable and cute! Ironically this fabulous X-Acto knife set and perfect sized self healing cutting mat are from another win over at Crafty Tammie, the very same lady that I won the Jelly Roll book from! This is a great, very useful set, and I love the hot pink color! My last winning of the year, but certainly not the least, comes from the incredibly talented Debbie over at A Quilter's Table. She made this Christmas Mini X quilt from her own tutorial and gave it away for the second Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day of the year. I was lucky enough to win, and it currently sits atop the antique sewing machine I inherited from my husband's grandmother. I have my handmade French Beaded mini Christmas tree displayed on top of a lovely quilt! I just love this little scene it creates! This adorable mug rug wasn't a winning, but rather a gift from the super sweet Stephanie of Spontaneous Threads. She and I are in several online quilting bees, the first being a Christmas Fabric Bee that wrapped up a few months ago. When it was her month, she requested that each member make a small 5" patchwork square, send it to her, and then she would turn it into something for us. I sent her the 5" left hand upper corner simple block with the two birds, and then she created this lovely mug rug from it! I just love it and have honestly used it for the past 5 months. It is just perfect, and I love how she quilted it. The fabric that she used for the backing and on the front is some of my favorite, so in all honesty, I'll probably use this baby year round! The last lovely gift I have to share today is this super cute pin cushion handmade by the truly talented Eileen over at Blue Bird Luxe. She and I are in the Quilting newBEES group together and after my month had come and gone, she sent me this beautiful pin cushion, in the same style as the block that I had requested from everyone. Don't you just love the hand stitching and the handmade label for the back. So awesome! I currently have this lovely pin cushion on display amongst my sewing things, I love it! I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed New Year!
It is that time to pick a winner for the Style Stitches Teardrop Bag! Thanks so much to everyone who entered, and left me such wonderful book suggestions! I have a lot of suggestions to look into, and I have already added "Outlander" to my cart at Amazon.com. I will be reading this series, it seems to be exactly what I was looking for! What was ironic to me was that a lot of you suggested great books that I have already read, you can't go wrong with The Twilight Series, The Time Traveler's Wife, Jane Eyre and Rebecca (one of my personal favorites!) On to the giveaway...
Number 3, is KRISTY, who said,
"That bag is absolutely beautiful! The fabric combo is perfect! (what is that clock print by the way?)
I would be sooo thrilled to win!!! Thank you for the chance!
Right now, reading for me consists of pattern books, my newest is Girl's World and my daily encouragement from Streams in the Dessert. Also reading The Story of Ping with my 6yo every day! ;)"
Congratulations Kristy! I'll send you an email for your information!
Thanks so much to everyone for participating.
Giveaway is now Closed, but feel free to still leave comments! Thank you!
This bag comes a month late (or is it two months now?), but heck, late is always better than never, right? At least that is what I have been telling myself a lot lately. I felt like this bag was actually really easy to construct, and the hardest parts were turning the darn handle and sewing on those side "hips." I have no idea as to how you would sew on those hips if you made the small bag, I made the medium one and that was tough enough.
Anyways, I don't really have any complaints about this bag, I think the instructions were very clear and straight forward, I didn't have any issues putting it together, and honestly it went together really quickly, which was also nice. I did find the handle extremely difficult to turn, but I think that even though this was difficult, I think it was the best option in this circumstance, and honestly when is a long tube ever easy to turn?
If you have stuck with my rambling this far, time for the giveaway! I have been extremely blessed lately and feel like spreading the love! I will be giving away this bag to one lucky person! You have two simple methods to enter to win, just be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.
1. I am looking for some good summer reading, and would love a book suggestion. I just finished the "Girl with Dragon Tattoo" series, and I love a variety of subjects, but I LOVE time travel books, or a good love triangle. So for your first chance to win, just suggest a good book for me to read! Super simple!
2. If you are a blog follower, leave a comment saying so, or if you become a new follower, just let me know! Also super simple!
Easy peasy! This giveaway will close on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at midnight! Looking forward to some great book suggestions!
A little over two weeks ago, I awoke one Saturday morning to find a very exciting email in my inbox. It was from the wonderful Katie over at Katie's Korner informing me that I had won her Accuquilt Go! Baby giveaway and would be receiving one with my choice of three dies! I literally was bursting from the inside! I couldn't believe that I actually had won one of these babies! I had been entering these giveaways for quite some time, but never thought I would actually win one! The best part? Accuquilt shipped this baby to me so quickly. I sent my information to Katie on Saturday and literally had this Go! Baby in my hands by the following Friday. Not even a full week! I had my choice of three dies, which actually was really really hard to pick, since Accuquilt has around 58 available for the Go! Baby. In the end and lots of lots of reading, I picked the Circles, Drunkard's Path and 2.5" Continuous Strips. I can not wait to make binding with the 2.5" strip one! I ended up picking both the circles and drunkard's path because I knew that cutting both of these things out by hand are a pain (especially the circles) and having a die to do it, would make them so precise! My son also felt like he had won the jackpot, as soon as I brought the box inside the house he started screaming "treasures, treasures!" As soon as the tape was ripped from the box, he discovered his own little present, a box full of those air pocket balloons, which resulted in hours of popping and so much cheap entertainment for a three year old. It is amazing the things that thrill us all, young and old!
Thank you again, Katie at Katie's Korner and Accuquilt for hosting these giveaways that real people actually do win! Be sure to stop over at Katie's blog and show her some love! Stay tuned during the next few weeks to see the things I make with my new Go! Baby. I can't wait to get creating!
Wow! You guys are amazing! I was thinking maybe I would receive around 200 comments for this giveaway, but you all blew me out of the water, 604 comments! Crazy! Mind blowing! Awesome! Thanks to everyone who entered and welcome to all my new followers, I am glad to have you! Time for the winner...
And Number 58 was...... SHOLA who said, "My fave movie of ALL time is 'Labyrinth' with David Bowie and Sarah Connoly!"
Congrats Shola! I have already sent the winner an email, but if I don't here from her by Monday, then I will pick another number!
Ironically, Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies too, and I know that I responded to more than one of you guys (who also said this was their favorite movie) that I thought David Bowie was super sexy in this movie! But since none of you responded back, I'm taking that to mean that I am the one weirdo in the world who thought that! HAHA!
I plan to do a post in the next week with the results of what you all said were your favorite movies! I found some clear front runners for sure! Also a few interesting choices!
Until next time..
and if you haven't seen Labyrinth, you should check it out!
Giveaway is closed! Feel free to comment, but everything after #604 will not be included in the drawing. Thanks to everyone who entered.
It is giveaway time here at Marci Girl Designs! I decided to play along with Sew, Mama, Sew! and host a giveaway in conjunction with their May Giveaway Day! If you are a first time visitor, thanks for stopping by! More importantly though, thanks to my blog followers and regular readers, your daily encouragement, ideas and comments mean so much to me! Awww...enough of the mushy stuff!
 Five fat quarters from Denyse Schmidt's DS Quilts line of fabrics. On to the giveaway! Here is what is up for grabs:
5 fat quarters of Denyse Schmidt's latest line of fabrics available at JoAnn's Fabric Stores.
1 Louise Pleated Wristlet PDF Pattern by Marci Girl Designs, emailed directly to you.
2 fat quarters of Heather Ross's latest Out of Print line from Spoonflower.
Awesome right? You can't even get those Heather Ross prints anymore, and the Denyse Schmidt prints are rapidly getting very hard to find! Even better, you get an awesome pattern (from my shop) that you can use all these great fabrics to create a super cute clutch for yourself, or an awesome lady in your life!
 PDF Pattern by Marci Girl Designs  Two fat quarters from Heather Ross's latest out of print fabrics from Spoonflower. The Details (How to Enter!) And yes, I will ship internationally!
1. Leave a comment, and in that comment answer this question, "What is your absolute favorite movie of all time?" (1 Entry)
2. If you are currently a blog follower, and have added your little photo to the Google Friend Connect widget to the right, you get an extra entry. If you are a follower through Google Reader (and I know there are quite a few of you out there) just add your photo to the widget and leave a comment that you did so. And if you want to become a brand new follower, just add your photo to that same little widget, and leave me a comment that you are a new follower! (1 Entry for Either of These 3 Options)
You have a total of 2 chances to win! Just leave a separate comment for each. Make sure you fill in the Email spot, so that I have a way to contact you if you win! If I am unable to contact you, I will pick another winner. The giveaway closes on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at midnight. Thursday morning, I will pick a winner via a Random Number Generator, and will send you an email letting you know that you won, and requesting your mailing address! Good luck and thanks so much for visiting!
Two lovely ladies, Lindsay and Mary recently started a new website venture, Craft Buds, which is a site devoted to helping you grow your handmade business, plus lots of other cool things like tutorials, giveaways, and one of my new favorite features a weekly list of giveaways. Anyone can add their giveaway to the site and I (or you) can visit and see a ton of giveaways that are currently going on in the blogging community right now! You can visit the Giveaway Roundup HERE. Neat idea, right? I thought it was genius! To celebrate the start of their new venture, Lindsay and Mary held a giveaway of two Sherbet Pips charm packs. Well, you guessed it, I WON! You should know by now my love for Sherbet Pips, so I was pretty ecstatic to have been picked as the winner. The best part? Lindsay contacted me Saturday to let me know that I had won, and shipped the same day, so I had these babies in my hands on Tuesday! Super fast! That made it even better! Now I just have to decide what to make! I really want to make myself my own lap quilt, but I am struggling trying to decide what pattern. Any suggestions?
Make sure to hop on over to Craft Buds and see all the cool stuff that they have to offer!
Thanks so much to all you lovelies for entering my giveaway! I loved reading all of the super sweet comments from all of you! And now for the winner...
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Here are your random integers, generated without replacement:
13
Timestamp: 2010-08-18 15:15:48 UTC Congratulations Lucky Number 13! Kristina Who said: Happy Etsy-versary. You're doing really well, considering you've been on Etsy for a year! Keep it up! Kristina I will be in touch with you shortly. Make sure you click on Kristina's name to check out her lovely Etsy shop! Thanks again to everyone who entered and everyone who supported me in my first year of business on Etsy! Stay tuned to my blog for another great year of adventures, giveaways, and some great tutorials!
Sorry folks, this giveaway is over, congratulations to the winner, and Thank-you to everyone who entered!  Any idea what today is? Marci Girl Designs 1 year Etsy-versary! Oh the things that can happen in one year. So many changes, a lot of work, goals accomplished, a lot of new friends, and a bunch of great customers! Thank-you to everyone who has made it possible, my customers, twitter and blog followers, all of you who have "hearted" my shop, and everyone who has supported me through this time of "new adventures!" There is a lot more to come in the future, and I am here today to share one of those *new things* and host a giveaway of my own! The item you see here today, is one of my brand new designs, and I am giving this one away to one of my readers! A simple pouch that features pretty little prairie points, and is just the right size to slip into your purse.
Several easy ways to enter, please leave a separate comment for each:
1. Comment, any comment, anything you would like to say...keep it clean folks!
2. Follow me on Twitter. @Marci_Girl
3. Tweet about this giveaway, something like this: "Win a pretty little pouch from @Marci_Girl visit www.MarciGirlDesigns.com for details!
4. Visit my shop and tell me about your favorite item.
Giveaway ends one week from today, 8/17/2010, Tuesday at Midnight! I am looking forward to reading your comments!
To leave a comment for this giveaway, please click on the "Comments" link at the top of this posting! Thanks!
Sorry folks, these two giveaways are over, congratulations to the winners!
Want to win your choice of Mary Rose Clutch from my shop? These are just a few you could choose from...
Ready to enter to win? Head on over to a great site, A Little Etsy Love, you have 10 super easy ways to enter to win! These guys have giveaways going on all the time, so stop by often to enter other great etsy shops giveaways...there is one I am hoping to win right now...run don't walk, giveaway ends August 5th, 2010. You still have plenty of time to enter! Wait...that is not it...you could also win you choice of anything from my shop! Here are some great examples of what you could spend your money on...
Ready to win a $20 shopping spree to use in my shop? Head on over to The RikRak Studio, My Talented Talented Friends! The Giveaway! for a chance to win a shopping spree to my shop or a ton of other great etsy shops! You have 18 ways to enter to win, and it is super fun to visit all of the other great shops that The RikRak Studio is featuring! Giveaway ends August 6th, 2010. You might want to hurry over, so you can spend lots of time lusting over all of the great participants...spend some time on The RikRak Studio blog too, it is a great read!
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