Heather Jones~Olive & Ollie Archives

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!