A Little Celebration Giveaway

I thought it was about time to have a small giveaway on this blog and since today is my birthday I thought what better day than today to announce the giveaway! As I was thinking about this at the end of last week I looked on my blog and realized that I missed my one year blog anniversary a few weeks ago! First I was in shocked that I have already been posting stuff for a year and second that I missed it, dates like that are fun to remember and celebrate.

Ok so on to the giveaways, here are the details:

I am giving away (1) 12" x 12" pillow made out of a designer fabric that I have on hand pictured below. If you win you will get to choice one of these three fabrics for your pillow.

1) A modern floral pattern with blues, greens and creams.

2) A neutral tone on tone stripe with a small dot in a cream color that I could see going with traditional or transitional decor. 

3) A more traditional floral pattern with red and cream.

To win you must comment on this post here on my blog (comments on my fb page do not count). Please tell me in the comment: what room you would put this pillow in and what you want to see more of on my blog.

I will select a winner using random.org to make it fair. :)  You have until midnight on Friday 4-23 to enter. I can't wait to hear more about what room you need a fun throw pillow for and to see who is going to win.

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So what is coming up on the DJ blog in the second year? Great question! I have a few new things to offer all of you that I am so excited to get started on.

1) More project posts.
2) Throw pillows to use in your home (and mine). ;)
3) Adding embroidery to my projects -- will be new projects to go along with this as well.
4) The moving of my craft/sewing area including lots of organization.
5) A paypal button on the blog to make buying easier.

I am sure there will be more so keep coming around.

Also this is a great time to look at my 2010 Resolutions found here and notice that so far so good! The personal ones are not all totally fulfilled, as those are sort of an ongoing process and not really things you can check off a list. The business ones are totally fulfilled--except the post on etsy one. Still not ready to spend money posting on etsy but I am sure the day will come. Let's try paypal first.

Finally, on what is so far a great Birthday I wanted to thank all of you for stalking my blog and making my counter numbers go up. Thank you to everyone that posts comments, they make me happy. Have a great day and good luck!

New Fabric/New Find Friday #15

Welcome Friday! I can not wait for this weekend to start so that I can get some projects finished, sewing and around the house. I have been working all week on some flower pins and can not wait to show them to you after their new owners have them.

For now I just have a few fabrics that are more on the boy side but I think can go neutral in some cases.

I am a sucker for houndstooth and I love the blue and green combo making it fun and fresh. The bottom dot is a fun and modern polka dot that I think would be a great breastfeeding cover. The middle on is a bit more boy and juvenile but it would make a great blanket or burp cloth.

Stay tuned Monday, I will be announcing a giveaway for one lucky blog reader.

3 Month Cutie

I had a very successful Showcase on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and a special thank you to everyone who placed orders. Don't forget to put May 8th on your calendar for my second Saturday Showcase.

I finished this little project just in time for the show and it was sent home today with the lucky lady that will be wearing it soon.

She wanted a three month onesie for her pictures coming up this week. This was a great chance for me to use my screen printing machine. I love the way it turned out.

The pink ink even has a bit of shimmer in it so it give it some dimension rather than just being a flat pink. I hope baby L loves it! Once I get pictures from the mama I will post a little "after" post.

New Fabric/New Find Friday #14

I am just loving this weather! Spring is my favorite season and these Friday Fabrics say spring to me. Not only do they say spring but they feel a little vintage to me can't you see the bottom one being a sheet and then the top one being a matching pillowcase?

I love the dotted flowers that are on the top fabric, adds some dimension to the fabric. The bottom fabric would make a cute apron or little girl skirt. They would be great together for a quilt too.

I hope the weather stays nice this weekend so that I can enjoy some time outside after sewing inside all week. Hope to see some of you tomorrow!

Blue and Brown For a Baby Boy

This is my first project done for someone who is not a friend...makes me excited! She asked to make a onesie and burp cloth for a special little boy who was born at 21 weeks and was just recently allowed to go home. Hurray that he is healthy and going home. My heart goes out to parents of preemies but what a blessing that they survive.

Anyway, I loved how cute this E turned out with the stripes. I really like the way the font makes the E look, bold but not too straight.

Made with matching burp cloth in the same pattern.

Here they are all ready to go to their new home. I hope baby E continues to grow big and strong. Enjoy!

Business Materials All Ready!

My first showcase is this Saturday--only 4 days away! I am very excited about it and busy making some last minute things to have on hand. I love working under a deadline but it also makes me crazy.

I got all of my business materials in the mail a few weeks ago and I have them all packed up and ready to go for Saturday. Just have to go out and buy a few more little things. I hope I can have everything ready for Saturday, if not I will just try again May 8th!

It just makes me so happy to see them together in the box! :)

If you have not RSVP'ed please do so here. If you can't make it this time, maybe you can make it May 8th, mark your calendars!

New Fabric/New Find Friday #13

While preparing for this post I was going through my pictures and found these fabrics that I have had hidden in my file for a little while. So maybe these fabrics aren't as new as some of the others that I have shown you but hey I need to get these out there.  

I have already used the middle fabric for someone, you can see it here. I have another project coming up using the top fabric, be on the the lookout for that in the future. I am still working on it so it will probably later this month.

The bottom striped fabric with those little circles I think is so cute, not sure yet what I would use it for but maybe a cute onesie, blanket or burp cloth? I am sure no one would want to wear that as a nursing cover...but maybe I am wrong.

Finally, I would like to wish all of you a Happy Easter, I am off to enjoy the Good Friday services.