Giveaway over at Pretty Things

Lori is having a fantastic giveaway over at Pretty Things you can win a set of metal stamps from PJ Tool & Supply. I know I would love to get a set of these because this is something I would love to get into doing. So go over to Pretty Things and check it out but hurry the give away ends tomorrow at noon! 

Some of my Favorite Blogs are Having Giveaways

Lori Anderson is giving away a copy of this book! She has a design in it that is stunning. Check out Pretty Things to enter.

Elisabeth over at Beads for Busy Gals is giving away a copy of this magazine! Her story about it is rather amusing because we've all been there. Check out Beads for Busy Gals to enter.

And the Winner is....(part 30)

Gwen from Handbag Obsessed won the handbag. How appropriate. Gwen I'll be in contact to get your address. Congratulations!! I had fun doing giveaways. Thank you to all of you who entered!!! Look for giveaways in the future. Next week it's back to regular posting. Including a post on my awesome bead swap beads from Stacy!

And the Winner Is...(part 2)

And the winner of the beads is....Chitown Meg!!! Meg I'll get in touch with you to get your address and get those out to you. Congratulations!!!

It's not too late to enter my final giveaway!

I'll have a post coming about my wonderful bead swap goodies that I got from Stacy!! Wonderful beads that are stunning and look to be a lot of fun!!

And the winner is......

 

The winner of the Fabric giveaway is Renee G.

Renee I'll email you to get your address, etc.

There is still time to enter my other two giveaways!!!

Giveaways

So today is the last chance to enter the fabric giveaway. I will draw tonight and announce the winner tomorrow.

But you still have a few more days on the bead and the mncollins designs creations giveaways good luck!!!

I have enjoyed doing giveaways so I look forward to doing more in the future. 

A Giveaway for a Good Cause

Lori Anderson is offering an amazing give away in support of Kimberly Willcox. Kimberly's studio was tragically destroyed in an electrical fire. And Lori along with other artists are trying to help. Check out Pretty Things for the details of the fire, how to help Kimberly, and how to enter the giveaway.

Giveaway # 3 - An mncollins designs creation

So two giveaways in one day...whoo hoo!! For this giveaway you have a choice...if you win you can pick a handmade purse or a handmade spiral focal piece. 

• You can enter one or all three of the giveaways.
• Please post a comment on the post for the giveaway you would like to enter. 
• For an extra entry blog (or tweet or Facebook) about this giveaway (please post another comment).
• For another extra entry follow my blog or let me know if you already do (please post another comment).
• You will have one week to enter for each drawing.
• To be fair...you can only win one of the giveaways.

Option # 1

This purse is made with a black batik fabric that has white star bursts. It is machine quilted, has hard plastic purse handles and a magnetic snap closure. It is lined with a red batik. It has four pockets inside.

Option #2

 A Dutch spiral focal piece in blues, greens and purple. It is made with seed beads, #8 sized beads and teardrop beads. It is a very solid piece that will hold up to normal wear. The beads are all colorfast. It is beautiful on a silver necklace or you could easily work it into other beaded jewelry.

Deadline to enter this giveaway is next Friday, September 3rd. Good luck!!

Giveaway # 2 - Beads

********Giveaway is Closed********

Ok so I had planned on getting this out yesterday but my camera and I are battling...and sadly I think it is winning. More specifically I think it is dying. But I digress...on to the fun stuff. The beads...

• You can enter one or all three of the giveaways.
• Please post a comment on the post for the giveaway you would like to enter. 
• For an extra entry blog (or tweet or Facebook) about this giveaway (please post another comment).
• For another extra entry follow my blog or let me know if you already do (please post another comment).
• You will have one week to enter for each drawing.
• To be fair...you can only win one of the giveaways.

It is a collection of lamp worked beads in greens and blues. There are 15 lamp worked beads total. The green ones have flowers and leaves on them and the blue ones have dots. They are fun and beautiful beads. I'm also including a turquoise focal bead and four red beads that my brother bought me in NY. I love them they are stunning beads. I think the lamp worked beads would be a beautiful spring bracelet or necklace. And the turquoise and red beads would make a stunning necklace.

Because of the delay in posting I'm extending the deadline on this giveaway.

The deadline for this giveaway is Thursday, September 2nd. Good luck!!

Bead Giveaway

I promise before I go to bed tonight the bead giveaway will be up. I'm having some issues with my camera....

Give Away # 1 - Fabric

***** Giveaway is closed *****

So this is my first step in giveaways. So I'm starting out small...and I'm doing three separate giveaways. One today, one tomorrow, and one on Thursday. Here are the rules details...

• You can enter one or all three of the giveaways.
• Please post a comment on the post for the giveaway you would like to enter. 
• For an extra entry blog (or tweet or Facebook) about this giveaway (please post another comment).
• For another extra entry follow my blog or let me know if you already do (please post another comment).
• You will have one week to enter for each drawing.
• To be fair...you can only win one of the giveaways.

So here is the first giveaway....

Two pieces of Halloween Fabric! 

I love this fabric but since I don't have kids and don't make costumes or other Halloween things I decided I'd share them with someone who could and would use them. (As I post this...I think they would make up into cute trick or treat bags...)

Each piece is approximately one yard of fabric. One is an orange fabric with multi-eyed spiders and spider webs. The other is a purple fabric with cats, pumpkins, and moons. Both are good quality quilting cotton. Neither have been pre-washed.

Deadline to enter this giveaway is 6:00 PM on Tuesday, August 31st.

Come back tomorrow for the bead giveaway!

Bikes, Blood, & Birthdays

You may be asking yourself what do these have in common....they were all involved in my weekend.

Friday - We rode the bike over to Bayside to watch Ghostrider on  their lawn. It was fun! We like that movie and watching it out in the open was a lot of fun and we had a nice evening for it. We did determine that drivers on the interstate (most of them) don't pay enough attention to bikers. They didn't realize we needed space too.

Saturday - We woke up and took care of  then I made breakfast. Then we took the bike back over to Bayside for their 12th anniversary. They had three ways to help the community...you could give hair to locks of love, you could donate food to the Food Bank, or you could give blood to the Red Cross. We decided to give blood...but J was too close to the last time he gave so he couldn't. I gave and had the worst experience with them finding a vein that I have ever had in my whole life. It took three people digging (literally) to find a vein. And then they commented it was slow...gee maybe because you stressed the vein. But I gave my pint. We ate some lunch and headed home.

A dear friend of ours was throwing a birthday party for her Mom so we went to that for a while Saturday afternoon. It was a lot of fun we saw people we hadn't seen in a while. And got to celebrate with her Mom. When I got home I realized I was quite sunburned on my back and shoulders.

Sunday - We had a relaxing morning. Then we went grocery shopping. Then we came home and fixed lunch. We spent the evening watching John Wayne movies...J loves them. I sewed a couple things. One of which didn't work according to plan. I'm not sure what happened so I'm going to have to revamp that one a bit. I don't know if I'll tear it apart and start over or if I'll just leave it and cut out new fabric. We'll see. I hate ripping things out.

So how was your weekend?

P.S. There will be three giveaways this week...a fabric one, a bead one, and a finished project one. I'll have pictures and entry options up tomorrow for the fabric one, Wednesday for the bead one, and Thursday for the finished project one. I haven't decided if I'll draw all together or if they'll be separate.

Not just One but Two Fun Filled Give-Aways!!

I'm working on a few give-aways myself but I haven't figured it out yet. Probably a little destashing of fabric and beads and another something. But not to despair because you have other opportunities for fun cool bead give-aways...

Elisabeth over at Beads for Busy Gals is Paying it Forward and giving away this fun collection of goodies. It looks like a nice mixture of colors and beads. The glass heart grabs my attention. So head on over and get yourself entered. And you should look around her blog and her etsy site too because she makes really beautiful jewelry.

Want to make these lovely earrings? Well Lori over at Pretty Things (also the genius behind Lori Anderson Designs) is also having a fun give-away of Lucite beads to make her Secret Garden earrings. Check out Bead Style magazine for the tutorial. To sign up for this give-away head over to Pretty Things and leave a comment. Simple enough.

 Both of these would be a nice addition to any collection!

Green Bead Giveaway!!

In honor of her bead designs being published Jen over at Jen Judd Rocks is having a giveaway of green beads. And she has so much to giveaway she is actually doing two giveaways! So check out  Jen Judd Rocks for the details of her fantastic giveaway in honor of her designs being published! Congratulations to Jen!

Great Fabric Give Away

Allison over at Cluck Cluck Sew in conjunction with The Quilt Shoppe is offering a great give away of a fat quarter bundle of Whimsy by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda. Check out Cluck Cluck Sew to enter! There are four ways you can get an entry.

Giveaway!!

For a fun sewing giveaway of the book Handmade Beginnings by Anna Maria Horner go to TaDa! Creations and enter to win a signed copy. It looks like a really good book for new mothers or for those of us who attend a lot of showers.