because I want one, you probably will too....

 

my lovely, talented friend Lesley... who I have mentioned before, is having a fabulous giveaway on her blog! check it out! next up, I still need to buy one of these adorable little dresses she's sellin' on etsy.

and the winner is......

number 27! I used the random number generator on random.org to pick the winner! It is Tasha! Send me your address, and I can send you the headband. Thanks to all that participated. Stay tuned for future giveaways.... possibly one for St. Patrick's day, since I'm Irish:)

Valentine's headband and GIVEAWAY!!!!

 

  

And there you go! The perfect headband to wear for valentine's day! (or any other day really)...

***sidenote: this headband is made with wool felt (some of it hand-dyed), but regular felt will work!

Now, for the giveaway.... in order to win this headband simply:

1.leave a comment telling me what you plan on doing for valentine's day! (with email address)

for extra entries (and please leave a comment with your email address):

2. tweet/ and or facebook about the giveaway

3. follow me

4. link to my blog from your blog

I will announce the winner on Monday February 8! (I know this is a quick one, but I want you to have the headband in time for v-day!)

Thank you again luvinthemommyhood!!!

If you haven't clicked on the link on my sidebar to the wonderful blog: luvinthemommyhood, then you should! She posts wonderful tutorials of her own, tutorials she loves, awesome etsy finds, interviews and stories of "mommyhood." And she just featured me in her "link luv roundup" the yesterday!" What an honor!

New In the Shop!

 

oops! NOOOO she is not for sale!!!!! But she is by far the cutest thing I've ever made:)

 

ahh, yes THESE are new in the shop. and I am in love. I actually made one for myself, which is rare. Franc always says that I need to promote my work more by WEARING MY HEADBANDS. But I never have any! I will make one for myself and then someone wants it, so I end up giving it away! dang it! I've actually sold them right off my head before. anyway, I love this one tooo much. But there is one in the shop, so fear not, you can still buy it:)

 

You can buy them HERE.

beautiful, clean, and organized. my new craft/art studio.

 

These are the "BEFORE" shots. As you can see it was a MESS!!!! I had been wanting to put up shelves and organize this little, miniature, tiny, itty bitty art room since we moved in. But, as you all know, I had a baby 2 weeks later. SOOOO, I never got around to it! And headbands needed to be made, so I had to make do with the little space I had. There were bags of fabric stashed everywhere. It wasn't pretty. Martin Luther King weekend my husband and I finally got our butts into gear and put up shelves. Afterwards, I felt like a kid in a candy shop, all ready to get organizing!!! I LOVE to organize my materials (well, when there is space to organize them in)! It might not be completely up to my visual standards (like--- I really want to put some scalloped canvas on the edges of my shelves), but it is good for now. I feel SO MUCH HAPPIER when I sit down to make something! and I am getting better at cleaning up my mess right after! take a look!

I love the little vintage card catalog drawers I got at goodwill last year (for $5), and you can see the vintage suitcase table (see tutorial) being put to use! Yes, there may still be drawing boards on the ground, along with my iron and ironing board, but It looks A HECK OF A LOT BETTER!!!!!! That's all I have to say. And if you want to see my old studio (at my last apartment), then take a look here.

(my old studio was bigger, so I could do cool things like make corrogated cardboard trim....)

Thanks for the feature!

Today I was featured on Some Day Crafts, which turns out is a really cool blog where a woman named Michelle posts photos and links to all the crafts she wants to do some day (cause right now she is busy raising 2 little ones)! Thanks Michelle!