Embellished boy's tshirts

I am ready to put the first winner's prizes in the mail!  She didn't really need any of the "mommy" prizes, so I let her pick two kid prizes.  She ended up going with two boy's t-shirts.  Her son wears cloth diapers (check out my cloth diaper post here) so a t-shirt is perfect to show off his cute diaper covers!
The first one is a tie t-shirt.  I used some "manly" blue fabric and appliqued it on. 

Basic tie t-shirt!

For the other one, she said to get creative, and mentioned her hubby's love of baseball.  So I traced a circle on some off-white fabric (since a classic baseball is off-white) then used bright red thread to make the lines on the ball.  My sewing machine has a stitch that looks EXACTLY like a baseball stitch, yay!  I used a narrower version of that same stitch around the perimeter of the ball.  I definitely will use this technique again, it turned out so cute!

Baseball t-shirt

Close-up of baseball stitch

I am putting these in the mail today!  The other giveaway winner has been traveling so I am waiting on her to choose her prizes and will post them when they are complete!  (It actually has worked out well since I am so much busier with two kids now!)

Some projects I am working on and hope to post for you soon (and by soon, I mean whenever I get a chance to sew...since my daughters have not been synching up their nap times lately!)

-i-spy bag tutorial (as suggested by YOU!)
-Free People inspired "hippie" headband
-Yoga waistband knit skirt (turned out so cute, just need to put the tute together)
-Baby "lovie" mini blankie

There are so many more ideas floating around in my brain...the curse of the creative person, hahah!  I know that someday when my girls are both in school I will have more time to work on my projects, so I have to force myself to put the brakes on my brain and realize that this stage in my life is not the time to get a million sewing and craft projects done!  I wouldn't trade one minute of this time in our lives for a million dollars though! (Okay, sometimes during a toddler tantrum I would be tempted...)

Have a great week, and if you haven't gotten your mom a gift for Mother's Day yet jump over here to get some ideas!

Got a Baby? Enter this Giveaway!

I was recently sent a baby hairbrush to review from New People Company. They have a brush simply called "The World's Perfect Baby Brush".

BEFORE:

"messy" hair :)

 AFTER:

Nice and smooth!

It is a simple design made of plastic with tiny flexible bristles.  The bristles are VERY soft and thin, so there is no risk of scratching baby's head.  Stella doesn't even seem to notice her hair is being brushed into place! She has not experienced cradle cap yet, but I would imagine this would be a good brush for gently exfoliating the scalp without irritating baby's sensitive skin.  We really like "The World's Perfect Baby Brush"!  Even my 2 year old with fine hair seemed to whine less during hair-do time while using this brush.

What?  I'm getting my hair brushed?

 Another big bonus to this brush is that it is affordable!  They retail for only $6.00.  It would be a cute addition to a baby shower gift since it is colorful and unique!  It comes in several colors.

NOW...the fun part- you can enter to WIN YOUR OWN BRUSH!!!!

Giveaway Winner!!!

The winner of the giveaway celebrating 50 followers is.............

Comment #5 by Alison Laitas!!!

Alison gets to choose from boy's PJ pants, girl's ruffle pants, or a crocheted lace scarf for herself!!!  Congrats!!!

My next giveaway will be to celebrate 100 followers- please help me get there and you will get a chance to enter again!

New Look, upcoming projects, and giveaway!

I updated my background a bit and changed some colors around- nothing to crazy!  I am still considering a few options for a new overhaul of the blog though!

Sneak Peek!

Coming soon...a Valentine's Day Dress Tutorial (with pattern pieces if I can get it to work!) and the box pleated window valance for the nursery!

Have you entered the giveaway yet to celebrate 50 followers?  If not, be sure you are a follower and then go HERE and leave a comment!

I have also started up a Facebook page, so you can click HERE to follow there as well!  Please do, so I don't feel like a loser with no friends, haha!

Thanks for your support!  And keep an eye out in the next day or two for the dress tutorial!!!

Well that was fast- giveaway time!!!

*This giveaway is now closed!*

WOW!  You guys are the best.  I just made it to 50 followers in the past hour...so you know what that means!  GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!
YAY!!!!

So here is how it works- in order to be in the drawing, you need to be a follower (in any form, RSS, Google, etc.) and you need to COMMENT on this post.  Some people missed out on being entered into my last drawing because they didn't comment!

The prize will be your choice of one of the following, made by me for you!  Winner will be chosen via random.org on Friday, 1/27/2012
-Little boy's flannel PJ pants
-Little girl's ruffle pants
-Women's crocheted lace-pattern scarf

Thanks for making my day start off great- it always feels so good to reach a goal!  My next goal will be a whopping 100 followers.  I know you can help me get there.  I will definitely make it a great giveaway then!!!

...and we have a WINNER!

We have a winner for my first ever giveaway!!!  I wish more than 13 had entered since I am almost over 40 followers (counting Google connect and RSS feed subscribers!)  Oh well, they missed out!

I used the random number generator at Random.org to choose the winner for me...and it chose comment #5!

Number five was Vicki who wrote:

Vicki will be getting a custom made tote/purse sent to her!  I will do another giveaway when I get to 50 followers- which is only 10 followers away, eek!  So spread the word to your crafty-sewy-foodie friends that they should come over here for a visit and become a follower for a chance to WIN!!!

I've reached a goal- now its GIVEAWAY time!!!

Thanks everyone for helping me reach my recent goal of 30 followers!!!  You are the BEST!  That was a fun surprise to find this morning since I've been sitting at 29 for a couple of days!  High five from LJ!  (okay, I don't blame you for not wanting to touch that messy little hand!)

So here is how to be sure you are entered into the giveaway (because there are some followers subscribed in a way other than Google so I don't know who they are!)

Just leave a comment below telling me that you are a follower or subscribed- yup, that simple.  The winner will be randomly chosen from the list of comments.
***This giveaway is now closed.***
The prize will be a tote/purse sewn by me especially for YOU!

Good luck, and thanks again for being a follower.  My next goal is 50 followers, so please help me get there are we will do another giveaway!

Upcoming GIVEAWAY!

I really want to try and get more followers on my blog. So if you like any projects you see, please become a follower! Also, please share the blog with your friends who might be interested in sewing, crafts, and cooking.
Once I get to 30 followers, I am going to have a randomly chosen winner. The winner will get something handmade by me!

(A recent portrait taken by my daughter. Eight months pregnant is so attractive, right?)