It's Time For a Giveaway!!

It's giveaway time!    Today's giveaway is sponsored by Deena Davis of Ewe-N-Me Printables. Deena is a designer of printable paper crafts and web graphics.

Today's giveaway is for one of her fall blogger designs. If you have a blog hosted at blogger.com and you're ready for a fall makeover, this giveaway is for you.

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This giveaway includes the backgrounds shown and the topper that will be customized with your business name.  It also includes installation on your blog, or if you prefer, instructions can be sent to show you how to install it yourself.

You can earn up to three entries by doing the following...

1. Visit Deena's website,  www.ewenmeprintables.com or etsy shop www.ewenmeprintables.etsy.com and come back here and post a comment with your favorite item. Be sure and leave your email address so we can contact you if you win.

2. Earn one extra entry by becoming a follower of this blog thru Google Friend Connect or Linky Followers.  Already a follower? Just let us know so we can give you credit.

3. Earn an extra entry by sharing the link to this giveaway on your Blog, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter. Be sure and let us know you have done this and where.

The giveaway will start today, Saturday, August 24, 2013.   The last day to enter will be Sept. 6, 2013 and the winner will be announced on Sept. 7, 2013.    We will announce it here and contact you by the email address you have left.

Good luck!

Today's Featured Shop -- Bella Blitz

Today's featured shop is Bella Blitz.   Jodie specializes in custom made baby items with the stylish mom in mind. 

Baby Girl Spring Dress

Barbie silhouette onesie with a hot pink bow

Baby Dress Set

Baby Carrier Cover Girl Canopy

Be sure and visit Jodie's shop to see all she has to offer.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaBlitz

Witches Stitches - 3 Easy Ornaments

The Holidays are coming up and we are going to be decorating our homes with great looking handmade items. Here are a few ideas for some very easy ornaments.

1 – Paper cones. These are very Victorian and look great on a tree. All you have to do is find a great antique holiday image and print it out on card stock paper of your choice. After you print it out cut around the image in a long triangle form. Now take the shape you just cut out and place it on top of another piece of card stock. Sew the two together leaving the top open. Cut the back piece to match the front. You now have a paper cone. Take a bit of fiberfill and place it in the bottom to hold it open slightly. Now place holiday greens in the cone.  Use a piece of wire or pretty ribbon for handle by gluing it into the inside sides. I use white glue; you could also use your glue gun. It takes minutes to make these and they look so wonderful on the tree or hung in the panes of you window.

2 – Very Prim Candy Canes. These are so easy, yet really look Prim. All you have to do is purchase a pack of red pipe cleaners and one of white.  You can get them for very little at your local craft store. Take one white and one red and now twist them together. You will see right away how they start to look like a candy cane.  Make a strong cup of instant coffee and run your twisted red and white pipe cleaner through it. Now take your fingers and run them down the pipe cleaner squeezing the extra liquid out. This also leaves it looking like it has been around for years. Now set it aside on a paper towel to dry. When it is dry cut the pipe cleaner twist in half. Now just bend the top into candy cane shape. These look great on a small tree or in the hand of a prim snowman.  If you want to make a long one do not cut it in half and use 4 pipe cleaners, 2 of each color so it is thicker.

3 – An easy window decoration is as follows. Take a few clippings from your Christmas tree, or from any extra greens you may have. They should be about 6” long. Bundle 3 of these together and tie it with matching green sewing thread. Now add one of the candy canes you just made with a bit of red thread.  This will give you a branch bundle with an antique looking candy cane on it. Make a few and hang them in the panes of your window. Do not place them in every section; just do maybe 3 per window. These are so simple, yet look so good. You can use tiny suction cups to hang them.

If you have any questions please give me a shout.  Have a great day.

Faith

Handmade Spotlight - Here Kitty Kitty

Check out this great selection of handmade black cats. You can view this entire treasury 

by Clicking Here, or you can click on each item to see it in greater detail.

 

Primitive Wood Fall Plaque P... Primgal $16	Custom order for Barbara Har... emsprims $18
JINXY hand painted black kit... primchick $25	Primitive Needle Punch Pillo... thetalkingcrow $30
Primitive Black Cat Hallowee... VintageHare $14.95	Vintage Style Feather Tree B... countryroutepr... $5.5
Halloween Quilt Black Cat Mi... NeedlesnPinsSt... $24	Primitive Black Cat Hallowee... MorningMistDes... $39.95
Black Cat In Party Hat Primi... Handofbelapeck $25.5	Halloween Jewelry Bracelet B... Jynxx $38
OOAK Halloween Folk art orna... WitchHollowPri... $12	Halloween Carnival Retro Bla... funhouse777 $12
Completed Cross Stitch Primi... Stitchcrafts $17.5	Instant Digital Download Vin... VeenasMercanti... $5
Hand stitched Primitive-Folk... JennysToleShed $25	Salem Massachusetts, Black C... MoonlightPrimi... $10

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Needles-n-Pins Stitcheries: Don't Take Decorating So Seriously

The items you collect tell a story of who you are and where you’ve been. When you walk into your home, you should be surrounded by the things that you love. A room should make you feel comfortable and happy.

Don’t let others dictate your choices or style of decorating. One person’s idea of decorating may be different than another’s.

It is okay if your home is not furnished in period antiques. It is okay to have reproductions and to work authentic pieces in when your budge permits. Don’t have a room that is so perfect and formal that you stand on edge for fear of disturbing the perfection of it. You don’t live in a magazine. You live in a real home. Make sure your home is comfortable for you and your family.

 

Not every room has to have the same theme. One room can be decorated in primitives with the next room being country-themed. If you want to decorate your bedroom in floral designs, then do it. That is the fun of decorating. You get to do it the way you want to.

 

You should never buy items just for the sake of buying them. Make sure you love what you buy and always be confident in your choices.

 

Everyone’s home is unique in its own way. You may see someone’s home and decide that it is not your “cup of tea”. Don’t criticize. Every home is as unique as the homeowner. That is what is so wonderful about decorating. No two homes are alike. Don’t take decorating so seriously. I am not the world's best decorator, but I must say our house is "lived" in. It is comfortable and it is "home".  Have fun with what you have! :)

Colleen :)

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