Winner and Last Minute Idea

Sorry for the delay, I meant on Friday to post the winner of my stash...but I forgot!  Drumroll...

And follower #34 is Kwiltmaker!  Which is very exciting for us to have a true reader win, she's been with us since the beginning!  Congrats!  The other winner is announced on Quilt Story.

A couple of months ago my niece was going to take the ACT's.  We'd been texting back and forth about it and I decided to create a funny little study package for her.  The great thing about this idea is you can be totally creative about it and turn it into a gift for anyone!

Take packaging like this.

Remove labels.

Create new labels. I use photoshop. You could make them by hand with paper, online with picnik, etc.

Then you're left with a cute package like this!!

Birthday Giveaway Palooza!

Today happens to be my amazingly super-talented sister Heather's Birthday!!

Now I would never reveal her age, I am way too loyal to her to do that.  I mean, seriously.

However what I will tell you is that she is much older than me.  7 1/2 years to be exact. :)

Malibu CA 2006 (?)

Sometimes I've found myself wanting to curse her for having a birthday in December.  But then I realized it isn't her fault so I took it up with my mom (or should it be my dad?  Ew.  So not going there.)

There are three sisters in our family.  Our oldest sister Amy is uber talented...especially at making babies.  She has 10.  That's why she isn't able to be in all our crafting adventures...but one day!  All three of us girls (and sometimes mommy too) talk on the phone.  All.  Day. Long.  Really.  If you're wondering, we make it happen with a blue tooth.

Daily we discover our new craft callings in life.  Today I was meant to be a machine quilter (I've officially quilted one table runner) and she an embroidery expert :)  I'll let you know about tomorrow.

I don't know how it happens.  But we always get the same crafting bug.  This time last year we were both knitting hats like nobodies business.  We haven't touched knitting needles in months.  A few years before that we were beading bracelets...making aprons...paper scrapbooking...We have problems. 

But one thing we both LOVE and never waiver.  Fabric.  Quilts.

Do you want to help make this Heather's best birthday ever?!!?

Me too.

My part...I'm giving away some of my own stash to one of YOU!!!

Now I would give that entire stack away if it weren't for shipping charges!!

I am giving away about 2 yards from the fabrics above (if you have a fave let me know I'll be sure to include it) to one of our followers.  So if you already FOLLOW...you're already entered :)

This is a great way to bulk up your stash...for FREE!

So...if you aren't already FOLLOW us!  I've said it before, but our self-esteem is greatly related to our follower #.  Seriously.  We both get really giddy when we have a jump.

But wait...there's more! :)

I am giving away another 2 yards to a FOLLOWer on our blog QuiltStory...so hop on over :)

Thank you all soooooo much for making our blogs so much fun to do. 

We love and appreciate all of you for your comments, participation, support, creativity, you are all amazing!!

and

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HEATHER

Love you sister.

I'll also be linking up to some of these parties.

Edited to add this giveaway will run for 1 week thru next Thursday December 16th and I will announce the winner Friday December 17th.  Thanks :)

I'm thinking there's a giveaway

How would you like to win this?

melodies by exclusively quilters mint

or this?

melodies by exclusively quilters pink

You can! 

We are giving away these fat quarter bundles (2 yards total!!) to two lucky readers!  Our new advertiser, ladybug quilt shop, is oh so generous!!

Hop on over to QuiltStory where you can enter!!

It's easy peasy.

GivEaWaY and a new modern boy quilt pattern!

   This is a story of Little Baby Brother Buddy Dude.  Seriously, do you love him? Do you want to bite his cheeks?  From the very bottom of my heart I really didn't think I was missing anything by not having a son. My four daughters filled my heart. I thought a boy would just be for my husband. I knew I would love one, but absolutely did not know how much I would adore him!

He came into our lives 1 year ago. He reminds me of Big Baby on toy story. He is giant. 98% height. Super bald. And pure perfection! Finally getting a boy meant tons of new decorating options...which brings me to this quilt...

I named this quilt "Mod Tweet",  sort of the modern "Sweet Tweet". (My original pattern that has been very good for our little business...)  Anyhow, when I thought to decorate a boys room I didn't want to do the blue and brown thing. I feel like I have done that, and I wanted to different than what was being done in most boy nursery's. So I thought and thought and finally came up with gray and aqua. I LOVE how this quilt turned out. Within a month I will be posting this guys nursery and it is darling!

Plus, check the minky backing. Have you seen anything so magnificent? L-O-V-E !

I went back and forth about making it a pattern or keeping it original for my baby. In the end I sold him out for a little extra cash...(that is the kind of person I am...)  So here you have it...

If you buy this pattern, just think of Big Baby Brother Little Baby Buddy Dude. Please. Click here if you are interested in purchasing this pattern.

Last but not least. We are giving this pattern away to 5 different commenters here and on QuiltStory.

* Leave a comment and tell us which is your favorite pattern of ours, 1 entry.

* Become a follower or subscribe, 3 entries. 

(Just tell us in a new comment if you are already a follower/subscriber) 

* Hop on over to QuiltStory and repeat, 4 entries.

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Oh and YES, we are linking up to some fabulous parties, so make sure to check them out too!

Is it YOU?

Are you the winner of 5 of these patterns??

If you're name is

ktquilts

then yes!!!  Congratulations!

Not only does ktquilts follow us here, but she's also following our new blog, Quilt Story.  Are you? :)

We've been overwhelmed by your responses to the giveaways and the new blog, so thank you.  We did have some great assistance from the Blogger's Quilt Festival...but that didn't stop us from being full of ourselves all week.  Heather and I regularly talk about how many followers we have, and I had no idea how much my self-esteem relies on that number ;)

Hop on over to Quilt Story and see if you've won patterns over there or the fat quarter stack.  Also check out two of the quilts we featured this week, they are inspirational!

Quilt Festival Extravaganza!

I love the word "extravaganza" and use it every opportunity I get.  Makes everything fancy. Okay, focus.

I am so excited to be posting right now!  For a few reasons, first Park City Girl AMY is having her blogger's quilt festival which we've been waiting and waiting for!  You must go check out all the amazing quilts people are making.

Speaking of amazing, my mommy designed this quilt for my sweet baby boy!  Isn't it precious?  I love everything about it, the sailboats, the water...the colors.  I adore.

Megan and I are so lucky to have such a talented mom, let me tell you she put so much thought and time into every bit of this quilt, and I am so grateful.  It will live through our family for generations to come I'm sure.  And yes, this bad boy will soon make it to the printing press to be one of our patterns :)

The next reason I am so excited to be writing this post?  We are launching our new blog, bold, we know. Bless our hearts, but please indulge us.  We are absolutely giddy over it.

It's called QuiltStory and it's a place where we want to share other's amazing quilts and stories that go along with them.  We want readers to come and admire as well as quilters to make their submissions. Please go and check it out!

Finally, the last reason I'm excited and quite frankly why you will soon be excited, we're having a
FABULOUS GIVEAWAY (extravaganza)!

Choose 5, count it 1-2-3-4-5!!! of our patterns!!  And for those of you maybe a little intimidated by the quilting, you could also win:

A stack of 5 fat quarters to do what your heart desires.  Now the giveaway for the fabric is only on our Quiltstory blog, however we are giving away 5 patterns on this blog AND quiltstory!  So basically there is eleventy billion ways to win.

How?

- 1 entry per comment

- 3 entries per follower

- 5 entries if you submit a quilt and story to Quiltstory (details there)

Please state in your comment(s) what you have done, and make sure to enter both blogs!  We will announce our giveaway winner at the end of the quilt festival, May 28th.

Mini Makeover Part 1 & . . .

We are moving in a few months, but I can't stand that my baby's room is an office with a crib in it. So I am doing a mini-makeover, complete with a little wall art, a mod podge shelf and re-doing an old clock.

I think I got this clock from my mom. Sorry momma, hope it wasn't a treasure of some sort.

It's oak around the outside with a gold rim. I know, it screams baby.

PS I know babies can't tell time, but I actually use this a lot, it's the perfect line of sight in my hallway.

And... I actually kinda love it. I took it all apart and painted the outside and the rim. Then I mod podged a simple car in the middle, which is going to match my artwork.

Part two coming in a few days!

ALSO THERE'S A GIVEAWAY!!!

There's a great site that is hosting a giveaway of our patterns. All you have to do it go the the Quilt Qua site and leave a comment on which TWO of our patterns you'd like to win!

If you're a beginner, I'd suggest Sweet Tweet and Crazy Daisy.

If you've had a little more practice check out Serenity Now, Tutu Pretty and Snakes, Snail & Wiener Dog Tails.

So please go sign up to win some of our patterns! We'd love to get lots of comments, and who knows maybe we'll have another pattern giveaway soon *wink, wink*

I'm linking with Miss Mustard Seed, Finding Fabulous, The Girl Creative , Between Naps on the Porch

It's so Very Cheri, Reinvented, A Soft Place to Land and The Inspired Room!

Winner Winner

Thank you everyone for your comments, blogging about us, following us...we love it! You guys are all the best! Our winner chosen by random for our giveaway is Anna Fogg who said:

...How do you win?...Ok, so I did all of the above! I've been following you for a few days now. Such a pretty little pouch. Since I have 5 girls, I'll have to pick one of them if I win. And then I have to make more. Love your fresh look!

Congrats Anna! Please send us an email so we can send out your prize!

It's time to GivEawAY

Recently my friend showed me a easy tutorial to make zipper pouches. I've been loving it. They make a really great and simple gifts. So I made one for my niece, embellished it with her initial using fusible web and added a flower hair clip. Ta-da! And then I thought, what a

FaBULouS GivEAwAY!

So here it is. A handmade crocheted flower clip for your hair, hat, purse, etc. and a cute zipper pouch to go with!

How do you win?
a. comment here, 1 entry
b. blog about the giveaway, 5 entries
c. add our giveaway button to your blog for the duration, 5 entries
d. become a follower, 5 entries
e. let us know which ones you do!

The giveaway HAS CLOSED, the winner will be chosen at random Saturday at midnight.
From now through Christmas we will have a giveaway every other week, so stay tuned!!!


We are also having FREE SHIPPING and 20% OFF on all our Fresh Poppy Design patterns through Etsy for a limited time!! Check out our Christmas quilt patterns just in time to get started!

Friends and family, please sign up too!

PS A Soft Place to Land links to do it yourself projects every Tuesday, so go check it out!

PSS amylouwho has a fun sew and tell friday, it is alot of fun!

PSSS inspired room inspires EVERYTHING, go check it out!

Winner winner

And random chose...

Kasey said...
oh, me..me...me please.how fun.xo
April 15, 2009 7:21 AM

Kasey please go ahead and contact us!

Thank you everyone for entering, and especially those of you who posted about it on your blog! We will be having more and more giveaways so keep checking back!

GiVeAwAY

Ta-da! Another giveaway! Aren't they the best? The giveaway is for THREE handmade fabric headbands! We really love these ourselves, espeically for the days you don't have time to get totally ready, you can feel a little cuter with som adorable fabric on your head :) And, pardon me, they're so FUN!

Here's the deal....if you post this on your blog for us, you'll be entered in an additional FIVE times! And you can use any of our photos if you wish when referncing us.

We will use random generator for the winner on Friday April 17th. Also, when we reach 51 comments, we'll do an additional drawing for three more! So tell your friends for more chances!

Please leave a comment and tell us your newest craft adventures or what you wish you were crafting! As for us, we're going to be pro knitters very soon :)

And the winner is...

And the random generator chose:

Kristin said...
Count me in! So creative.
March 18, 2009 5:54 PM

Thank you all for participating. Kristin, we've commented on your blog, please contact us via our email address, freshpoppydesign@gmail.com and let us know which three patterns you've chosen!

And for the rest of you, we will be having another fabulous giveaway you won't want to miss starting Easter weekend using some of this fabric:

But check back between now and then, we promise some more fabulous crafty posts!

A Fresh Poppy Giveaway!!!

Hi to all who are visiting from Heather Bailey's site. We hope you like it here! And to encourage you to come back often, we are having a giveaway! All you have to do is leave us a comment here, and in 2 weeks we will use a random generator to select a winner!!!

The winner will receive 3 Fresh Poppy Design quilt patterns, nearly a $30 value! You can select the three patterns you would like. (Check out our slide show on our sidebar for our patterns.)

Thanks for visiting and good luck!

(Also, if you reference this giveaway on your blog, make sure to say so in your comment, and you will be entered twice!)