Serendipity Handmade Blogoversary Give-Away

My Pal, Collette, writes the cutest blog,  
Serendipity Handmade.

Today is her 3rd Blogoversary.

Collette honored me with an interview about Sew In Stitches.

I answer all those questions that I am so sure you have wanted to ask but were afraid to do so. ;)

AND [sound the trumpet fanfare!]

we are sponsoring a joint Give-Away!!

 How would you like to have this fabulous, handmade,
rockabilly-inspired, full-size  

"That's Alright Mama" Apron 

(in homage to my [Grand]Mama, and the late Elvis Presley):

Collette came up with the name! 

I need her to name all my creations, yes?

And Collette is throwing in a $15 gift certificate to
Serendipity Vintage,
her fab online pattern shop,
for those of you who love to sew!

She has lots and lots of patterns - vintage and hard to find.

$15 Gift Certificate

All you have to do to enter is be a follower of Collette's blog (new or old!) and enter through the Rafflecopter widget on her blog.  

It's easy. 

Go visit Serendipity Handmade!

Show her some love.

Share the love too.

  

 If you have read this far then 

I have one more surprise for you! 

Shop my etsy shop, Sew In Stitches, and use the coupon code

SERENDIPITYVINTAGE25 

to receive 25% off your purchase.

Finished It Friday!

 Happy Friday Folks!!!!

One of my friends (Dru) fussed at me this week to post what I have been working on. 

So here's some Finished It Friday Fun!

 This is now finished

and framed!

How do you like my Faux Bois matt? 

Brown paper bag and magic markers.

Kristy Kizzee Miss Zombie USA

Go see her etsy shop - Bombastitch

This beauty is on BillHubby's new shirt. 

Will get him to model it soon ( I hope)

 Sorry this pic is so dark. 

Finished one of a set of stamped pillowcases.

Kat Daughter wants me to make the other for her in pinks.

 I love, love, love the bee!

 Wedding gift

 is finished.

 TarHeel baby blanket

 His name shall be Henri! 

Pronounced "henree" not "on ree."

 Flannel cowboys on the back

 Happy Mommy to be. 

 

Don't forget

Just in time for Dad's Day, Graduations, Weddings and Summer Cook-out Fun. 

 I am offering free shipping in my etsy shop, 

Sew In Stitches, 

now through next Wednesday, June 15th. 

Just use coupon code SMS2011

or use 10OffSMS 2011 for 10% off your total purchase.

I am happy to discuss custom orders too!

Machine embroidered monograms or 

first names are available.

Just $5! 

That's cheaper than the famous catalogues and most stores!

 

BillHubby and I will be in Durham, NC participating in Duke Homestead's Herb, Garden and Craft Fair tomorrow, Saturday, June 11th, 10am - 4 pm.

Stop by and visit with us.

Sew, Mama, Sew GiveAway Winner!

We have Winner!!!

Congratulations Kristin! who wrote:

My favorite grill food would have to be chicken wrapped around fresh basil and tomato and marinated in fresh garlic and virgin olive oil. Ohhhh I ready for some grillin!

Thank you for the chance to win. This would make the perfect father's day gift, along with some grilling tools (toys as he calls them).

Do not be sad if you didn't win. 

I am offering free shipping in my etsy shop, Sew In Stitches, 

now through June 15th. 

Just in time for Dad's Day, Graduations, Weddings and Summer Cook-out Fun. 

Just use coupon code SMS2011.

And keep your eyes on your e-mails for another coupon.

I will be adding more aprons soon along with other goodies.

I am happy to discuss custom orders too!

Machine embroidered monograms or first names are available.

Just $5! 

That's cheaper than the famous catalogues and most stores!

Back to the sewing machine for me.

Again Thanks to all who dropped by during Sew, Mama, Sew's GiveAway!

Sew, Mama, Sew Give-Away

Woohoo!!

It GiveAways galore round these parts!

Today begins Sew, Mama, Sew's annual GiveAway!

This is my 3rd year participating and let me tell ya - it is amazing! Over 500 crafty folks are giving stuff away! Everything from Supplies to finished handcrafted goods. 

This apron could be yours!

Perfect for a Gal

Or a Guy 

Father's Day is just a few weeks away ya know.

Extra long ties to tie a bow in back or

in front.

Big pockets there too.

And an adjustable neck strap.

What must you do to win you ask?

Simply answer this question -

What is your favorite picnic/cookout food/drink?

I can only ship within the United States.

This Giveaway is open until Noon EST this Wednesday, May 25th.
After attempting to view the gazillion GiveAway blogs myself I have decided to extend the deadline  to midnight EST tonight!

Random Number Generator will determine 

the winner. 

I'll announce as soon as I know.

For additional entries you may:

Please leave a separate comment for each of these.

- write (or link to) the recipe for your favorite food or drink

- Become a Follower of my blog

-Check out my etsy shop, Sew In Stitches, and leave a comment on which is your favorite apron.

- "Like" my Sew In Stitches Facebook page and let me know here.

There ya go. 

5 chances to win a new apron.

Make sure I can reach you by e-mail. 

If you are a "No Reply Poster" then the Random Number Generator will draw another name!

After you finish here be sure to check out all the other giveaways at Sew, Mama, Sew.

Good Luck!

PS - Check out the other Giveaway I am participating in over at Just Jingle. 

It ends this Wednesday too.

Planning and planting - It's Garden time!

Bill and I recently finished fencing in a "new" garden area. Looks huge but it really isn't.

View from the house end. We had to fill dirt cause the builders put soooooo much gravel (12" deep) when they built it as a rental 15  or so years ago. We are the first owners to even attempt any "landscaping."

Here are the Irises getting ready to blossom.

And do we have rosemary!! That plant has been there for 5 years and just keeps going.

Chives are sprouting in between.

These darlings are Lily of the Valley that are transplanted from the ones my [Grand]Mama planted at my childhood home. I started with 4 (I think) plants last year and look at the multiplication!!

This end needs the most work. We have a forsythia (on your left) that sprouted from one my [Grand]Mama planted. A couple more forsythia from our friend Nancy.

I put my roses back there too. They started out there 5 years ago - may have lost one tho.

This is where I plan to plant the maters, cukes, peppers and more cutting flowers.

Might string up some green beans too.

I hope I'll be using my Gathering Apron lots and lots this summer and fall.

Don't you need one too?

 

 You can have one or two!

Skip over to my etsy shop, 

Sew In Stitches.

  

And what's a garden with out a Guardian Fairy in a "modern art" Fairy Hut?

Gotta go sort some seeds and 

plot the summer harvest!

Hoppy Easter!!

WWe have had a crazy week here. 

I shall not bore you with the details but instead will share my Easter Bunny cake. 

It's super easy.

Really it is.

I've had the recipe since Jordan was a toddler, so for at least 24 years.

Believe it or not, I still have the page I tore from the magazine all those years ago! It's in a photo album that I used to store recipes. Go here to Pillsbury's website to find the recipe and directions.

Here are the pics from my adventure to help you:

Yellow cake Bunny with chocolate icing

 I'm digging the retro designed bag o' coconut!

First round of coconut

Pink dyed coconut added

Finished Bunny cake!

Yum!

In other news - Check out this great giveaway sponsored by Lark Crafts for the new stitching book - Sewn By Hand.  It's a really fun Blog Tour with a stop today at Mummysam's blog.

One last place I'd love for you to take a peek - 

My etsy shop, Sew In Stitches.

I have added new aprons!

 Hoppy Easter!!!!

What Have You Been Doing?

I have days that I feel as if I have been so busy but that produce little in the way of "getting things done."
How about you?

I often find myself doing what I want to do rather than what I "need" to be doing.

Lately I have been re-inspired to embroider and cross-stitch.

It is so much more fun than doing the laundry or dusting.

 

I made this one up.

It's a fire in honor of our first ever Fire-Pit party back in December.

I'll show you when it's finished.

 

This is a Kristy Kizzee design. I won

Zombie Cross-Stitch kit by Erika Kern and Kristy Kizzee!

I'm stitching it with waste canvas on black fabric that will soon (hopefully) be a shirt for BillHubby.

I'm taking poetic license with the colors. I just started stitching again and didn't have all the absolute exact DMC flosses. And there's no way BillHubby is goin around 

with a blonde on his shirt!

Kristy's etsy shop - Bombastitch

The Fabulous mr x stitch's review of the kit I won!

The last couple of weeks have been stressful so I escaped into an old habit.

Backtracking a wee bit - in First Grade I determined that my crayons at school and those of my best friend should be arranged thusly - yellow, orange, blue, purple, red, green, brown and black.

I do not know why. 

I still arrange things in this order.

Since 1964!

Anyway, my doodles are most often a design surrounded by progressively bigger outlines of said doodle. If I use crayons or colored pencils or markers I always start with yellow and so on. (Oh please, someone analyze this for me!)

So this flower was born.

When I finished it the other day I felt so happy and cleansed of all 

that had been plaguing my brain.

I leave you with, as Jon Stewart says, 

"your moment of zen." 

Is there anything more peaceful than tired kittehs curled up for a nap?

Kitteh Kitteh Lovey and Stanley

P.S. Coming soon! Blogiversary and new etsy shop items!

P.P.S. Please go check out Jodi's Blog and her fab Giveaway!!!

Christmas and Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway

Click here to see all the participating blogs! 
The rest of the giveaways will be listed by 9:00am Monday the 13th.
I posted early in case I sleep late get busy sewing!

I just realized that my last post was #100!!

WooHoo! Party time!!!

Anniversaries and Birthdays and Holidays just seem to sneak up on me faster as I get older!

To celebrate my 100th post and Sew, Mama, Sew! giveaway Day I am going to have not one but TWO giveaways!

Since Christmas is uponst us I will select 2 winners from all the comments.

Each winner may choose one prize.

A Holiday Apron

OR

A holiday Hostess set with dishtowel, and 2 hot pads

OR

A Holiday Baby bib and burp cloth set.

So treat yourself or some one else.

All you have to do is leave a comment. That's it.

If there are 100+ comments I will choose a 3rd winner! 

So spread the word and I'll spread the love.

Sorry, no International shipping for this one.

Comments will be open until11:59pm Eastern time 

on Friday, December 17th.

I will utilize the handy dandy 

Random Number Generator to choose the winners.

Be sure to go to Sew, Mama, Sew! blog for the lists of 

all the participating blogs.

Lots and lots of goodies out there to be won!

Click here to see all the participating blogs!