Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day 2015

I am  sew excited to be participating in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day again this year! There are always so many exciting prizes to be won and lovely people to meet.  This year I am giving away two different items. The Grand Prize will be a children's book titled Smiles In The Sky written by Theresa Bonini and illustrated by Will Shields . You can find some of my other posts about the book  HERE and  HERE.

The book includes a little pocket on the front that has a mini Tooth Fairy Pouch (hand made by me!!!) hiding inside with a little card to read to your child.

Inside the book is another pocket that has a tooth chart inside so you can record the date when each little tooth falls out. 

This is an extremely cute story of what happens to all the teeth that the Tooth Fairies collect.  There are lots of colorful pictures that children will enjoy. 

The other prize will be a personalized Tooth Fairy Pouch in your choice of color. If there are a lot of entries I may decide to give away two of these.

In order to win please fill out the Raffelcopter form below. There is only one mandatory entry, the other 8 are optional entries to give you up to 9 chances to win.  This giveaway is international and will run from 5/6/2015 to 5/10/2015. I will contact the winner by 5/13/2015 and ship as soon as possible. Oh and after you enter don't forget to go visit all of the other giveaway links on the Sew Mama Sew website.  Good luck!!

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Exciting News!!

I'm so excited!!  Remember back in May when I posted HERE about all the mini tooth fairy pouches I had been working on(500 of them)? Well...You can now order the book they were put into, Smiles In The Sky, HERE.

Smiles in the Sky is written by Theresa Bonini. The book is about Piper, a very special tooth fairy, who shares the age old tale of what happens to all the teeth that the tooth fairies collect.



The book comes with a tooth chart, to keep up with all those little teeth when they come out, as well as one of my mini tooth pouches.

To find out more about Piper you can visit her Facebook Page, Twitter Page and Website.

Stash Happy Felt Book Review

I have been reviewing some fun felty books lately and today I have another one to share with you. This one is Stash Happy Felt 30 Fun Projects For Felt (and Fabric) Lovers by Amanda Carestio. There are quite a few designers combined in this book to make a fantastic book full of fun projects.

There are lots of great projects in this book.  Each one has step by step instructions, as well as templates that can be found in the back of the book.  Some templates need to be enlarged and some of full size.

Here are a few projects in the book.

 

I love the owl lunch bag and may make one to take the kids after school snacks in. 

Fantastic Trivets.

Cute sewing machine cover.

These two little guys are woodland bears and so cute.

I needed a new pin cushion so I decided to make this cute little whale.  It works up VERY fast!...and was so fun to make!

Sorry about the pictures.  It is cloudy today and I can not get a good picture. The felt I used is actually a pretty aqua blue. I only made one of the little covered pins because I wanted you to see them.  I didn't have to pins with the big flat heads but plan to get some so I can make the cute fish and other water spouts to go with him.

Here is his tummy with the big heart. I hand sewed my whale instead of using the machine because I had a SMALL phobia of my sewing machine. I had fun making him.  My little man saw him when he was finished and wanted to know if it was for him. Now he wants one. 

I really like this book and can't wait to make some of the other goodies. If you liked any of the projects shown, you can go over to the Lark Crafts website and get free bonus projects as well as some of the projects from the book.

Bauble Bracelet

Penny Rug Bouquet

Hexy Stocking

Woven E-Reader Case

Woolen Tree Trio

Felt Blooms Wreath

Purple Gift Tag

Fascinator Headband

Now go make some of these fantastic projects, and if you do please come back here and let me know which ones and how you liked them.

Happy Stitch Book Review

If you have missed some of my last posts, I have been reviewing some great new craft books that I have. The one I am sharing today is Happy Stitch 30 Felt & Fabric Projects For Everyday by Jodie Rackley.



Click on the link or cover image to have a peek inside the book. If you click on Jodie's name above it will take you to her blog as well.

This book has 30 fun projects that range from curtains and lampshades to cake toppers and softies.
Here are a few things you can make from the book.

Nesting Doll, Owl and Fox Softies.

Embroidered denim skirt and fabric necklace.

Rainbow coin purse and mushroom bag.

I made two of the mini softie keychains.

I made the panda and a ladybug keychain.

There is also a lion and a leaf that you can make and turn into a pin or keychain.

I made the ladybug a little different by not stitching the wings down on the edges.  I just embroidered the dots and that was enough to hold them down.  It makes her look like she is ready to take off. They are both on my daughter's backpack now.  They were both quick, easy and fun to make. The book has loads of fun things that I want to make. The patterns in this book are not full size so you will need to enlarge them. If you would like to find out more about Jodie and the cute things she designs, stop by her blog Lova Revolutionary for more information.

My son wanted some fun keychains for his backpack too so mom was off to make a cute keychain for him as well.  He loves anything that has to do with dogs so I designed a keychain after one of his favorite stuffies.  Meet patches...

If you would like to make a Patches of your own, stop back by tomorrow and I will have a tutorial on how to make him. Plus, Patches and the other two keychains are available to purchase in my Etsy shop.

The ideas, thoughts and comments in this review are my own.  I was not compensated for this review, nor did I receive a free product for it.

A Heart-Felt Holidays Book Review

Back in December, Mr. Boo got a part in his 3rd grade music program.  He was a Holly Jolly Pirate of Pinataville. Being a pirate, he needed a cute little parrot to sit on his shoulder and be his side kick. Of course being the crafty mom that I am I felt the need to whip up a cute little parrot for him.  I searched the internet for cute parrots and came across this one...



Upon clicking the link I found out it was on one of my favorite craft blogs, Bugs and Fishes. I then discovered that it was a pattern the she had created for a book titled Heart-Felt Holidays by Kathy Sheldon and Amanda Carestio.  


As luck would have it, I had just found this book at my local library and had it on hand at the house.   I printed out the pattern and made my own version.

The instructions were very easy to follow and the pattern was easy to enlarge and use. The parrot in the book is flat and one sided (the other side is just solid red).  I stuffed mine and made it the same on both sides so that when he was finished with the program it could be a stuffie.  I added a pin back to one side of it so that we could pin it to his shirt (we removed the pin back when the program was over).  I made the hat but forgot to attach it so Polly didn't have his hat for the program.

Here are a couple pictures of him all dressed up in his costume...

ARRRRGGGH

This one is a little fuzzy but I had to get one of him with his stash on. This is right before they did the practice program for the school during the day.  He did fantastic and had quite a few speaking and acting parts as well as a solo.

I got to see the program twice.  I was there for the practice program during the day, as well as the one for the families that night.  When he came out on stage for the night time performance, we had trouble finding him.  See the child in the middle with the very long black hair?  That dear friends is my son.  Let me tell you we were EXTREMELY surprised!!  When we dropped him off in the music room he had very short very red hair and suddenly we had a child with long black hair.  

He has had a blast playing with his Polly bird since the program!!  If you would like to see more of this book please click on the link above and have a peek.  I can't wait to make some more of the goodies out of it!! There are 40 projects so there is a little something for everyone.  I would love to hear what you think of the book if you have it or have a peek at it.

The ideas, thoughts and comments in this review are my own.  I was not compensated for this review, nor did I receive a free product for it.

A Wee Wonderfuls Book Review

While at the library last week, picking up some books for the kids to read, I found the cutest book and checked it out. Wee Wonderfuls by Hillary Lang. You can find out more about Hillary on her Wee Wonderfuls Blog.
        
(Hard cover)                                                          (Paperback)

I am always on the look out for cute felt books but they are hard to find at or local library, or the waiting list for them is half a mile long. I felt like a treasure hunter who had just dug up a buried treasure. I snatched that baby up, went and picked up the kids books and made a bee line for the house.  Once there I plopped down in my favorite chair and flipped through the little treasure. Then I pulled out the felt and made Lulu the little Mermaiden doll.

Isn't she cute.  This is the one from the book...

And here is my little Mermaiden.  Lulu loves yellow and pink and of course it had to have red hair like her. (yes she is 14 but she still loves all things cute a frilly!) The one in the book is machine stitched but I did all of mine by hand. I know I have some rickrack around here somewhere but could not for the life of me find it so the little flower will have to wait a few days.

There are loads of other cute dolls and such in the books.  This is one of my favorites.  Her name is Panda Buns.  Her little buns on the sides of her head look like pandas.

The little inchworm on the cover of the paperback edition is named Evelyn.  She is too cute and has already been ordered by Lulu also.  The book has 169 fantastic pages that include full size patterns so you don't have to worry about trying to get them enlarged to the correct size.  There is also a section at the back of the book titled Wee Wonderfuls Basics.  The section covers the basic materials and methods that the author uses for sewing toys. There is even a list of resources used. If you would like to see more of the book, feel free to click on the Amazon links above. I love all the projects in this book and I have a feeling most of you will also.

My personal copy is on its way to my house as we speak and I can't wait to get it so I can make even more goodies out of it. I also received an Amazon gift card for Christmas/My Birthday (last Tuesday #39!!) and ordered 4 other wonderful books so keep an eye out for a review on a couple of them.  If you get a peek at the book or have already seen/used it please let me know.

The ideas, thoughts and comments in this review are my own.  I was not compensated for this review, nor did I receive a free product for it.