12 Days of Holiday Giveaways

12/09/2011

The Ninth Day of Holiday Giveaways!

Welcome to our Ninth day of

FABULOUS

Holiday Giveaways!

Today we are featuring:

Beki Hastings~The Rusted Chain

Elea Lutz~Nostalgia Organics

Kim Stoegbauer~The TomKat Studio

Maureen Cracknell

Beki Hastings~The Rusted Chain

Beki Hastings began making custom jewelry in 2003. Since that time, her products have been featured in various magazines, Pediped shoe advertisements, Law and Order Criminal Intent, and are sold in local upscale boutiques and internationally.

She now has a small team that works to create jewelry. Her designs feature the best of rustic elegance and trendy looks, with the end result being quality jewelry that will look as new and fresh years from now as it does today. Each piece is custom made using sterling silver, stainless steel, natural stones, and the finest components.

Beki is also a photographer and blogger. She lives in an old farmhouse in Kansas with her husband, and her three children, a daughter, aged 11, and two sons ages 9 and 4. A former flight attendant, Beki is truly enjoying being home with her children. Being a designer is, she says, the best way for her to remain home with her family and still have a creative outlet.

Please visit her at:

http://therustedchain.bigcartel.com/

http://www.blog.therustedchain.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Rusted-Chain-Jewelry/

https://twitter.com/#!/therustedchain

Beki is giving a $50 gift certificate to her store, The Rusted Chain!

Elea Lutz~Nostalgia Organics

Hello! My name is Elea Lutz and I’m the designer behind the playful toiletries and giftware company, Nostalgia, located in Arizona. My love for art and design began as a child. I was often found drawing on scraps of paper, sewing doll clothes or making gifts for love ones. Even as an adult, I still have my hand in some type of creative medium almost daily.

I started creating organic skincare remedies during my first pregnancy. And, with that inner artist always emerging, I would store my mixtures in decorative bottles and papers I designed myself. Nostalgia was ultimately born and the journey has resulted in so many unexpected opportunities.

One new project I’ve been working on comes from the whimsical packaging prints I designed for the Nostalgia toiletries line. After taking on a life of their own, I’m excited to now offer the designs on 100% cotton fabric and recycled gift papers.

Thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this creative community and share some of my new collection with you.

Please visit me at

Web: http://www.nostalgiaorganics.com

Blog: http://www.nostalgia.typepad.com

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nostalgialife

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nostalgiaorganics

Elea is giving away a HUGE Nostalgia Organics prize package which includes:

3 Artisan Soaps -

Mud Pie

Henrietta

Sunday School

3 Apothecary hand cremes -

Mud Pie

Henrietta

Sunday School

1 Fat quarter of each of the following fabrics -

Mud Pie

Henrietta

Sunday School

Kim Stoegbauer~The TomKat Studio

In December 2008, Kim decided to leave her career in real estate to stay home with her young kids, Tommy & Kate. Always crafty and creative, she started a blog to share her craft projects, decorating and party ideas. She had recently decided to convert a room in her home to a craft “studio” and came up with the blog name “TomKat Studio” from the combination of her kids’ names. Kim’s blog quickly gained a loyal following and readers were asking if they could buy things that she was making, including hand-decorated frames and invitations. On a whim, she decided to open an Etsy shop. Within weeks she was overwhelmed with orders. Her daughter, Kate’s lollipop birthday party was featured on a very popular party blog, Hostess with the Mostess in April 2009 and the demand for her creations soared. Not being able to keep up with the demand, she closed up shop that summer and took a short break. She came back and reopened as a printable party shop.

Her designs have fueled the printable party trend. Her talents have expanded into photo and party styling, which she enjoys immensely. She frequently styles photo shoots for HGTV and other brands. She recently met her idol, Martha Stewart and was giddy with excitement. Her business has grown very quickly and she pinches herself daily to be sure this is really happening!

Through the blog, Facebook and Twitter, Kim connects with her readers and fans. It is her goal that she and her fabulous staff answer every email, inquiry and question that comes in.Kim loves nothing more than helping spread the word about other women/mom owned businesses with amazing products. Her weekly giveaways and features have helped catapult many businesses.

Kim loves pink, ruffles and all things pretty. She is a perfectionist, night owl and a teeny bopper at heart. She loves sweets, the Twilight series and is still a big fan of New Kids on the Block.

Kim’s work has been featured on MarthaStewart.com, Martha’s Dreamers in to Doers site, HGTV.com, Sonoran Living Live, ABC15 Arizona Morning and featured in publications such as Celebrate Magazine, Parenting Magazine, InStyle Magazine, 202 Magazine, The Arizona Republic and Go Gilbert Magazine. She is a weekly contributor for the HGTV Blog, Design Happens. She also writes for Project Nursery and HomeGoods.

Kim lives in Chandler, Arizona with her wonderful husband, Danny, their two sweet children Tommy {6} & Kate {4} and their chihuahua, Bentlie.

Visit:

http://www.thetomkatstudio.com

https://www.facebook.com/thetomkatstudio

https://twitter.com/#!/tomkatstudio

http://pinterest.com/tomkatstudio/

Kim is offering a $50 gift credit to anything in her store!

Maureen Cracknell

I am Maureen Cracknell. A stay-at-home mother of three, a lover of all things crafty and creative, and I make things by hand, at my home in small town Pennsylvania ♥. I started my blog in 2010 for a little space of my own — for sharing my passion to create, to document what I learn and how I grow as an artistic person, and to have a special place to keep some of those little projects and moments that myself and my family create together throughout our days. Almost two years later, Maureen Cracknell Handmade remains a simple, creative blog full of projects, fabrics, sewing, knitting, etsy, special family moments, and many other lovely things. Basically, anything that has to do with being creative and enjoying life!!! I’d love for you to visit me!

Follow my blog

Visit my etsy

Follow me on Facebook

Follow me on Twitter

For today’s Giveaway, Maureen is offering this custom made Holiday Pillow Cover with an insert included! Along with a $25 Gift Certificate to use in her Etsy Shop!!

WOW!

All you need to do to enter to win all FOUR of these prizes is comment below with your answer to this question …

What is your favorite handmade gift that you’ve received?

Thanks so much to our FOUR FABULOUS artists!

~We’ll see you tomorrow~

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12/06/2011

The Sixth Day of Holiday Giveaways!

Welcome to our Sixth day of

FABULOUS

Holiday Giveaways!

Today we are featuring:

Big Picture Classes

Jennifer Paganelli~Sis Boom

Making Memories Slice Fabrique

Webster’s Pages

Big Picture Classes

Welcome to Big Picture Classes! If you want to connect and learn in a creative environment online you’ve found the right place. Our community of instructors and members mingle in custom classrooms uniquely designed to deliver expert guidance and engaging ideas so that you can more fully explore your creativity. At BPC, you’ll find a myriad of super convenient self-paced classes as well as interactive multi-week workshops on topics ranging from scrapbooking to photography, journaling to personal well-being—but it is the light-hearted and liberating philosophy behind our education that sets us apart and enables you to find your muse, follow it and immerse yourself in personal expression. So nice to “meet” you! Sign up for a free class today!

Founders, Big Picture Classes

Big Picture Classes is giving away one seat in two of their classes:

Move More, Eat Well~With Cathy Zielske

Class Description:

In Move More, Eat Well you’ll spend the year with Cathy, checking in once monthly where you’ll get a message from her. It could be a message of inspiration; it could be a message full of laments over muffin tops; it could be a simple reflection on how one month can make all the difference in the world. Whatever the case, she’ll share her personal ebb and flow with you each month, as you go through the process with Cathy, who hopes to give you a little burst of inspiration for your journey.

Read rest of description here

Class starts 01/01/2012

And

Get Great Photos with Any Camera~With Elisha Snow

Class Description:

In this four-week class, you’ll learn the basics of photography and composition, and discover some fun and amazing photo tips that Elisha has amassed throughout her own learning adventures. You’ll have the opportunity to see Elisha in action during her photo shoots, and learn some tricks for getting stellar photos. This class is for anyone, no matter what kind of camera you own. It is good information for point-and-shoot camera-owners, or digital SLR owners. We will discuss the basics of lighting and composition, as well as discuss many tips and tricks that the pros use! Basically it’s packed full of information that can be applied to any sort of general photography.

Read rest of description here

Class starts 01/05/20112

Jennifer Paganelli~Sis Boom

As a designer, Jennifer Paganelli finds inspiration in everything. Sis Boom is the inspiration distilled from several lives: her youth in the Great Lakes region of the US, her adolescence spent in the vibrant Caribbean, her college years in traditional New England, followed by career-building in the clamor of New York City.

Today, she and her company are located in the leafy rolling countryside of the Northeast. It’s here where she takes a breath and gets to work everyday. With unusual artistry and a love of texture and a blend of vivid colors, Jennifer uses everyday inspiration, journaling, collaging, and materials from her past to cultivate new ideas and fabric designs.

Jennifer’s connection to all things vintage, including fabrics, forms the basis of her textile work. She clearly identifies with their strong, saturated and lively color. Here, Jennifer invites you to explore her extraordinary world.

Ecstatic about her most recent project, Girl’s World, Jennifer has found a way to let you into a magical world that she herself wishes every little girl can be a part of. Vibrant, happy, sweet, and saturated with all things textured, sparkly and girly, this sewing book is chock-full of 21 projects for little girls. What a treat!

Please visit her at http://www.sisboom.com/

Jennifer is giving away this LOVELY ticking pillow … Custom made by Sis Boom!

Making Memories~Slice Fabrique

Since its 1997 inception, Making Memories has become one of the nation’s fastest growing manufacturers of craft and scrapbooking supplies. The privately held Inc. 500 company (2001) boasts more than 5,000 individual products in its wholesale supply collection. Making Memories attributes its phenomenal growth to sourcing innovative product, establishing an intimate relationship with customers, and providing an unending supply of inspirational ideas. Please visit: www.makingmemories.com

The SLICE™ Fabrique is a revolutionary fabric-cutting tool that makes quilting easier. Don’t spend hours cutting intricate designs with scissors when you can save time by allowing the SLICE™ Fabrique to do all the work for you. The SLICE™ Fabrique works with design cards specifically customized for fabric so you can cut alphabets, numbers, flowers, icons, basic shapes, and more. Apply a fusible web to your cotton fabric, felt or flannel and you are ready to start Slicing. If you can imagine it, you can SLICE™ it. The SLICE™ Fabrique is unlike anything you have ever seen. It’s a one-of-a-kind tool that fits within everybody’s budget. Save time and money while creating projects that will last a lifetime. Please visit: www.whyslice.com

Making Memories is offering a Slice Fabrique to today’s winner!

Here is a video to show you all about this GREAT machine!

*see if you can pick me and the quilt I made using Riley Blake Designs fabric:)

Webster’s pages

Webster’s Pages is more than a company…it’s a family. Literally. Co-owned by brother and

sister Tim Myers & Brandin O’Neill, the company grew out of a desire to get

more involved in design and also in the relationships a scrapbooking business

brings. As the owners of an art publishing company, Tim and Brandin were

itching for something new…and they dove into the scrapbooking world, they never

looked back.

Webster’s Pages is known for our vintage style and also our

commitment to high quality products that will help you in your creative memory

keeping. We are currently preparing for our Early Release, a brand new collection we’ll unveil on January 2nd.

Learn more about us at our website: www.websterspages.com

Or stop by our blog for tons of inspiration: www.websterspages.typepad.com

Webster’s Pages is giving away:

2 of each of the Winter Fairy Tales papers

1 Winter Fairy Tales Princess Petals

1 Winter Fairy Tales Dazzle-Me Gems

1 Winter Fairy Tales Trim Card

1 Winter Fairy Tales Fabric Tickets

1 Package of Designer Threads

WOW!

All you need to do to enter to win all FOUR of these prizes is comment below with your answer to this question …

What was your favorite holiday gift you received and why?

Thanks so much to our FOUR FABULOUS artists!

~We’ll see you tomorrow~

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12/05/2011

The Fifth Day of Holiday Giveaways!

Welcome to our Fifth day of

FABULOUS

Holiday Giveaways!

Today we are featuring:

Bakerella

Gooseberry Patch

Heather Jones-Olive & Ollie

Lisa Leonard

Bakerella

Angie Dudley AKA Bakerella is a Georgia native who enjoys creating fun sweets for family and friends. After taking a cake decorating class in 2007, she started the baking blog, Bakerella, to explore new ideas and satisfy her sweet tooth. Her creative approach with sweets and colorful photographs have inspired many others to do the same. In April, 2008, Angie appeared on The Martha Stewart Show, where she demonstrated how to make Cupcake Pops. Her book,

Cake Pops By Bakerella: Tips, Tricks, And Recipes For More Than 40 Irresistible Mini Treats

was released in September of 2010.

The response to these cute little cakes on a stick was incredible. So, don’t be surprised if you see these pop up at a party near you.

Please visit her at

www.bakerella.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bakerella

Twitter: http://twitter.com/bakerella

Bakerella has generously offered these GREAT prizes!

A copy of her book:

These FABULOUS note cards …

PLUS A Cake Pops Kit!~

Not only that, we’re going to throw it a copy of our BRAND new book

Where Women Cook Celebrate!

This GREAT book features Bakerella, plus 27 other top food bloggers, chefs, cookbook author and kitchen creatives! You can read more about Where Women Create! Celebrate HERE

Gooseberry Patch

Back in 1984, we were next-door neighbors raising our families in the little town of Delaware, Ohio. Two moms with small children, we were looking for a way to do what we loved and stay home with the kids too. We had always shared a love of home cooking and making memories with family & friends and so, after many a conversation over the backyard fence, Gooseberry Patch was born. We put together our first catalog at our kitchen tables, enlisting the help of our loved ones wherever we could. From that very first mailing, we found an immediate connection with many of our customers and it wasn’t long before we began receiving letters, photos and recipes from these new friends. In 1992, we put together our very first cookbook, compiled from hundreds of these recipes and, the rest, as they say, is history. Hard to believe it’s been over 25 years since those kitchen-table days! From that original little Gooseberry Patch family, we’ve grown to include an amazing group of creative folks who love cooking, decorating and creating as much as we do. Today, we’re best known for our homestyle, family-friendly cookbooks, now recognized as national bestsellers. One thing’s for sure, we couldn’t have done it without our friends all across the country. Each year, we’re honored to turn thousands of your recipes into our collectible cookbooks. Our hope is that each book captures the stories and heart of all of you who have shared with us. Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or are just discovering us, welcome to the Gooseberry Patch family!

Our friends at Gooseberry Patch are giving away one of their favorite holiday cookbooks,

Christmas Cookies

(Seriously, who doesn’t LOVE Christmas Cookies!)

They are featuring this great cookbook over on their blog today, so please go visit:

http://gooseberrypatch.typepad.com/blog/2011/12/cotw-christmas-cookies.html

Then,

Find even MORE from Gooseberry Patch online!

www.gooseberrypatch.typepad.com

www.facebook.com/gooseberrypatch

www.twitter.com/gooseberrypatch

www.youtube.com/gooseberrypatchcom

www.scribd.com/gooseberrypatch

Heather Jones~Olive & Ollie

Heather Jones is a designer, seamstress, and modern quilter. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, Jeff, and two young children, Aidan and Olivia, who are her biggest supporters as well as her greatest sources of inspiration. Heather is the founder and current president of the Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild and is working on her first line of appliqué, sewing, and quilting patterns. She is often inspired by everyday places and things that many people wouldn’t even notice, and is always excited by the challenge to translate that inspiration into her work. Three of her original quilts were chosen as winners of the Modern Quilt Guild’s Project Modern Challenges, a year-long national quilting competition. Heather has great respect for the art of quilt making and loves to bring a modern twist to traditional patterns.

Heather is also the owner of Olive & Ollie, a small, handmade business that specializes in clothing and accessories for infants and children. Heather creates fresh and modern designs and she sells her handmade work in her etsy shop, www.oliveandollie.etsy.com, and at select retail locations throughout the US.

Olive & Ollie is named after two women in Heather’s family, her great-grandmother Olive, and her great-great-aunt Ollie. Both were strong, independent women who made all sorts of things by hand, and shared Heather’s belief that handmade is best. In fact, she still has her baby quilt aunt Ollie made over 35 years ago, when she was in her 80s.

For more information on Heather and her work, please visit her blog at www.oliveandollie.com.

Heather is giving away a FQ bundle of Kona Cotton from Robert Kaufman –the Grounded Color Story, which is 23 fat quarters (or 5.75 yards) and a copy of the book “Modern Log Cabin Quilting: 25 Simple Quilts and Patchwork Projects” by Susan Beal, and a pdf copy of her Yield Quilt pattern.

Heather is also giving away an AccuQuilt Go!Baby plus THREE dies on her blog!

Click HERE to visit and leave a comment for your chance to win!

Lisa Leonard

I have been making jewelry since high school but i decided to get serious after my first son, david, was born. i wanted to start a small business that would enable me to quit my job and stay home with my boys. at the time, I had never taken any formal classes or received special training in jewelry making. I just went for it! I am kind of the “jump in and learn as you go” type. creating jewelry not only allowed me to work from home, but has connected me with so many amazing women along the way.

my desire is to create simple, lovely pieces that can be worn with jeans or your little black dress. i want each piece to be meaningful. our custom jewelry is hand-stamped with your kids’ names or a special phrase or verse. I love to touch my necklace throughout the day and reflect on my husband and my sweet boys.

each piece we create is a work of art—hand cut; hammered, polished, drilled and assembled with care. I am inspired by other artists—painters, scrapbookers, clothing designers and poets. I also love to soak up nature-the sky, the sea, the green hills. I let all these ideas and images swirl around in my mind and then I create. when an idea hits me I sketch it out and play until the perfect design comes together.

lisa leonard designs exists because moms, grandmas and friends have shared our designs with each other while waiting in line at the grocery store or sipping coffee with a friend. most of our customers find us through word of mouth. we know that you’ll find the perfect piece.

come visit my blog to hear more of our story and please share your story with us!

Lisa is giving away this customized Sweet Star ornament. It is cast in fine pewter and strung with a gorgeous velvet ribbon and she will add up to five words or meanings just for you!