...and the Winner is...

Yesterday did not seem like Friday, so sorry I'm a day late :) I threw the names in a hat and the winner is Beth, who said, "Love following your blog. You are so inspiring!" (thanks). I need you to email your mailing address to crafterella(at)hotmail(dot)com and I also need to hear from you by Monday, the 2nd. or I'll have to pick another winner.

And because I can't have a post without a picture, here is the craft room all cleaned up! You can see the floor and the table top AND the ironing board is clutter free (not pictured). I had a crafting party here last week and that proved to be the incentive I needed to get it all cleaned up. I am super excited and I keep reminding myself how nice it will be to just shut the doors when I'm finished working and the kids and cats won't be getting into my stuff.
Happy New Year everyone!!!

Happy Holidays + a Giveaway!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday! Winter break (from school) has officially started and I still have a few projects that need to be finished and some presents that need to be wrapped up. We finally put up the tree, we used all the vintage ornaments from the 70’s, I love it! I am also having some friends over next week for a post holiday crafting day (so I need to do some MAJOR cleaning), so what I’m saying is I won’t be around much next week.
I hit a lot of milestones this year: 500 blog posts, 200 followers, and lots of new friends and to say thank you I’m having a small giveaway. I happen to have an extra planner with my newly designed planner pages bound and ready to help you get organized in the new year! For a chance to win all you need to do is leave a comment on this post, that’s it! One entry per person, you don’t need to talk about it on Facebook or tweet about it or anything else. I want this to be for my regular readers, not random people looking for a freebie. It has been such an exciting year and often I am surprised that anyone is reading my blog, but I know a few of you are and I just wanted to say Thank you :) I’ll be drawing the winner next Friday, so make sure I have a way to get in touch with you, I want to get it shipped out right away.
Have a wonderful weekend!

And the Winner is…

First of all I would like to thank everyone who entered, yay! 

And now, the winner of the Instant Cemetery is…Refibered!!!  I’ll be in touch with you soon, Refibered, and Happy Halloween everyone!

I’m Having a Giveaway!!!!!!!

I was so excited when Jo MacKenzie (The Craft Hunter) wanted to interview me for a post on CraftNouveau.com. She is a big fan of my Instant Cemeteries and since I’m having a great Halloween season I decided to give an Instant Cemetery away to celebrate!If you would like a chance to win all you need to do is follow my blog and leave a comment on this post, super easy. The contest runs from today (the 13th.) until Friday (the 16th.) at midnight central time. The winner will be selected and posted on Saturday (the 17th.) Anyone is eligible to enter, only one entry per person, and make sure I can get in touch with you incase you’re the lucky winner.

Good luck everyone and don’t forget to check out the interview on CraftNouveau!

Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts Giveaway

My friend Christy is hosting a giveaway for Martha Stewart's new book, she has five copies. All you need to do is visit her blog and leave a comment and help get the word out about her giveaway, how easy it that!
See this post to enter, and while you're there check out the rest of her blog, there are a lot of interesting product reviews, patterns, and interviews, good luck everyone.

And The Winner Is...

...Pam from Pass it on Plates, congratulations!!! I would like to thank everyone for letting me know their favorite items in my shop, here's the list:

1. Red and Gold Mokume Gane Donut Pendant (4)

2. Super Mod Square Pendant (3)

3. My Mechanical Star Catching Pendant (2)

4. Royal Blue and Silver Mokume Gane Pendants (2)

5. Silver Tree of Life Ornament (2)

6. Black and Silver Mokume Gane Amulet Pendant (2)

7. Instant Cemetery (1)

8. Balinese Filigree Ornament (1)

9. Turquoise and Gold Mokume Gane Ornament (1)

10. Purple and Gold Square Pendant (1)

11. Gold Tree of Life Ornament (1)

Thank you everyone who came to visit and the Lincoln Handmade Team, its been a really fun week.

Don't Miss Out on the Giveaways

Today is the final day of the Lincoln Handmade team giveaway, Lynette is giving away some of her super cute magnets. Read her bio here and check her blog out here.
The week seems to have flown by, remember I'll be taking comments until the 26th., so there is still time to enter. Good luck everyone.

It's My Turn

Today is my giveaway day!!! Visit the Lincoln handmade team blog to read a little more about me and then come back here to enter to win. I am offering a $15.00 gift certificate to my store. What that means is you could choose a $15 pendant, a tree of life ornament, or apply a $15.00 discount to you purchase of a more expensive item (I will cover the shipping costs).
Entering is easy, leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite item is in my etsy store. Make sure I know how to get in touch with you if you win. The contest will be open until Thursday the 26th. and a winner will be drawn on the 27th. Good luck everyone!

It's Refibered's Turn

Today's giveaway is from Kelly of Refibered. Read about her here and then go to her blog and enter to win a cute child's apron with monkeys! These giveaways have been super exciting and a great way to get a sampling of items from our group members. Good luck, I'm off to work on an apron of my own, more about that later :).

Gooooooooo Lisa, the Giveaways Continue

Today's giveaway is from Lisa of Chimera Crochet, go to our team blog to read more about her and then check out Lisa's blog to enter for a chance to win an item of your choice from her etsy shops!!!My favorite is Bunton of The Woolingtons from chimeracrochet, check out her shop for other adorable stuffies.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

If you're feeling the luck of the Irish go to the Lincoln Handmade Team Blog to read Julie's bio and then head over to kundhicreative to enter to win a four leaf clover coffee sleeve.

On the crafty side I have completed phase one of The Lisa Project, the wrap is finished.

It is loosely based on the Justify pattern from knitty. I really like how it turned out and am anxious to see it on Lisa. I did have some technical difficulties binding off, it just seemed too tight, so I ended up redoing it on larger needles and I'm still worried that it will be a little tight. The dress pictured is what she will be wearing with it and it will also be getting some extra embellishments in phase two (more to come on this project later).

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Welcome to the Week of Freebies

Today is the first day of the Lincoln Handmade Team week of giveaways!!! Today is Christy of ChristyNelson.net, read her bio here and enter her giveaway here, good luck everyone.

I also wanted to share how well our bottle garden is doing. All the seeds sprouted within five days of planting, even the ones that said to allow 14 - 21 days for growth. I have thinned out the larger ones and taken the tops off so they could get a little more sunlight. My kids are still really interested in this project and we look at how much they have grown every morning. I must also mention that the petunia seedlings are tiny, I had no idea they started out so small.

A Week of Giveaways - Who likes Free Stuff???

The Etsy Lincoln Handmade Team will be hosting a week of give aways March 16th. - 21st., so here's the chance for you to get some handmade goodies. Check out our Team Blog for info about our members and quick links to all their blogs(to see what they're giving away and to enter their contests).

The featured team members are (just click to see our stores):

craftyconservative

Kundi Creative

Chimera Crochet

refibered

LynetteFast

and Me :)

Good luck everyone!