Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Handmade Spotlight --- Mother's Day Gifts


Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tuesday Tutorial ---- Mother's Day Ideas

Here are some gift ideas for Mother's Day.


Find the tutorial for this purse organizer on The Giving Flower.


Learn how to make this fabric necklace on Flamingo Toes.


Make this photo necklace from Not So Idle Hands.


And here is a card you can print out from Missie Krissie.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Anniversary Celebration Surprise Giveaway #1

To celebrate our one year blogging anniversary,  we will be giving away a few special gifts to a few of our readers.

Today's giveaway is going to one of our special supporters,   Carol Anderson from The Firecracker Kid.

Carol was our first supporter and has the distinction of being our most prolific post commenter.    Comments are very important to our blog because they let us know how we are doing,  if you like the things we are posting about,  and gives us a sense of community.

Congratulations and Thank you,  Carol.   This special patriotic pillow will be on it's way to you as soon as you email us with your shipping address.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Blog Party Sunday --- Show Off Your Mother's Day Handmades

The next gifting occasion is Mother's Day.   Celebrated this year on May 8, 2011    Here is your chance to show off your Mother's Day handmades.   Whether you have made something special for your mother or grandmother or you are making giftables to sell,  we would like to see it.

The rules are simple:


1. Follow our blog


2. Handmade items only.


3. You may list up to 3 items.


4. Family friendly items only.


The    success of this link party depends on the participants so spread the    word to your friends, visit the shops, post about it on your blog, in  a   forum or on your favorite social networking site, grab the button  and   put it on your blog or website.


Just click on the Add Your Link button at the end of this post and add your items.


And if you would like to add a link to the party you can grab this button below.








Saturday, April 16, 2011

Handmade Sampler Giveaway - First Anniversary Celebration DONE




By Your Hands is having an anniversary giveaway.   

Can you believe it has been a year since we started the By Your Hands blog! In celebration of our first year of writing this blog, we are giving away two prizes. Handmade by us, of course.

The prize from Deena.... a pair of primitive feedsack pillows featuring a pig and sheep.


   

From Bette...  Handmade Purse


Rules to Enter:
1. You must be a follower of this blog.
2.  Earn an extra chance by adding our logo to your blog sidebar. We've made it easy to do that... just copy and paste the code below the anniversary image.



Open to International.
Last date to enter is April 28, 2011  Winners will be announced on April 29, 2011.

We would like to thank you, our readers, for your support. Without you, we wouldn't be here.
Bette and Deena