Giveaway!!!!

I'm very happy to introduce the talented and super crafty Carolina of Pikithins who will be giving one lucky reader the Oriental Bracelet from her shop. If you visit her, you will find a variety of items as she is one crafty gal. From stuffed toys to really lovely and eclectic jewelry to note cards and more! Go have a peak and when you come back, I'll tell you a little bit more about Piki.

I'll wait!

Okay, these are  just a few my favorites from her shop.

Here is a little bit about 

Pikithins.

My name is Carolina and I come from New York. I've been enjoying crafts ever since elementary school. I've never been a person for following the actual directions to creating a card, or a piece of jewelry when it comes to crafts. Instead, I like to complicate the process by trying to figure out how an item was made by looking at a picture. It gives me the opportunity to create my own techniques. Plus, its a fun little puzzle game that keeps my brain entertained =). In this way, I've been able to work in different materials and crafts like felt, wood, acrylics, embroidery floss, macrame, jewelry, and doll making. The play between color and functionality is what I feel makes my items attractive and fun. Without those, my little world of rainbows prancing over skies would be ruined by fussy clouds of rain =).

Find her here:

twitter: http://twitter.com/Pikithins
Blogs: http://pikithins.blogspot.com/
http://pikidreams.blogspot.com/
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Pikithins

This is what you could win.

Sparking with oriental flavor, this bracelet is decorated with a green hollow bead with a stripe design on its surface.

Here is how to win:

To enter you can do any of the following things:

1. Become a follower of my blog (mandatory to enter),

2. Take a peak at Pikithins and tell me what your favorite item is,

3. Become a follower of either one of Carolina's blogs here and here,

4. Follow Pikithins on Facebook,
5. Follow me on Facebook,

6. Find Pikithins on Twitter,

7. Blog, tweet or Facebook about this giveaway,
8. Purchase anything from Carolina's shop and get 6 extra entries!

If you do everything above you can enter up to 15 times!!!! Fantastic right!?!

Be sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.  
Ex. Blogged about giveaway entry #1
Blogged about giveaway entry #2, etc.


ALL ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS. If you are selected and you did not post an email address, the prize will go to the next entry selected. 


Contest is open to everyone, overseas too!

Contest ends Thursday, June 17th at 8pm.
Winner will be selected by a random number generator and announced on Saturday, June 19th so check back to see if it's you!

Favorite Finds - Weekly

I just couldn't resist! What started out as a Japanese tape theme quickly turned into an exclusive feature when I happened upon this fabulous shop, cute tape. For all of you packaging/paper/sticker/post-it/lovely little thing lovers, this is your heaven! But wait, it gets even better! cute tape is offering a 10% discount to anyone that enters this code "mylazyapples10" at checkout! Fantastic right?!!!

(coupon is good for one use per customer and expires May 31, 2010)

Be sure to stock up on your packaging supplies as I am pretty sure there is a Petite Package Exchange coming sometime this summer! (hint, hint)

Have yourselves a lovely weekend!

Weekly

1. La Lune Grey by Ikabags

2. Perfect Wallet by happykathy

3. Aurora Clutch by Farfallagialla

4. Dandelion Clocks Clutch by RedRubyRose

5. Pleated Tote in Make Me Blush by Vera Bradley

6. In Touch Clutch by DownstairsDesigns


Please let me know if you prefer the Favorite Finds feature in this format or the previous one!!! I would really like your opinions as I am trying to freshen things up around here.


Have an awesome weekend!!!

Weekly

Paris Is A Feeling by Irenesuchocki

l'amour l'amour doux by Le Petite Pretty

Cubby Organizer - Pottery Barn

la tour by serpentine

Shabby French Country Chalkboard - Funkie Finds

Voluminous Camilla Canisters -  Pottery Barn

Eiffel Tower Pillow Cover by Ivie Made

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

I Am No Martha!

TJ and I wanted to do something fun for Easter this year and since we are all about making our own gifts and decorations for holidays we decided to try our hand at something new for Easter. So we decided to make papier mache' eggs. We send a shout out to Martha Stewart for the idea!

Since my sister and her fiance will be joining us for the holiday this year, we made some extra big eggs to fill with goodies (Note to Laura and Brad: I know I ruined the suprise but you can't expect a blogger/crafter not to share their projects). Rory already has an Easter basket so we made her a few small ones to stick inside since she won't be getting any candy this year. hehe.

So I am no Martha! My eggs don't really even look like eggs, but rather like footballs and paper mush balls. Though the pink one I made Rory was a success.

But TJ is! Check out his master piece!

I can't wait to show you how everything comes together for the holiday!

What projects are you doing for Easter?

Sneak Preview

As previously mentioned, I have been working on a new and important (to me) project, well trying to work on one anyway (see this post). This project has been in the works for quite a while now. It was something I wanted to start a long ago but didn't have the time to do, I still don't have the time but the desire trumped the time issue and I went for it.


After lots of research and saving the money to get started, I purchased the supplies to make my new products. Since this was a new and fresh start, I thought why not open a new shop too. It has been slow going with only being able to work while Rory is napping, but I am getting there. I forgot how much time it really takes to not only make the products but take the pictures, list them on etsy and create all of the little things like banners, avatars, business cards, packaging materials, etc. I do hope to have the shop open and fully stocked in the next week or two and that is when I will really launch it.


Until then, I will leave you with this, once announced there will be a special offer to my readers and I hope that will you help me to celebrate this exciting new venture.

Reminder!!!!!!!

I just want to remind you that the Lazy Apples giveaway hosted by Emmys Boos and Rawrs is ending soon. There are so many ways that you can win. This is what I'm giving away!

The winner will recieve the mini tote and the runner up gets these super cute hairpins!

You'll get 1 entry for telling Emmy what your favorite item in my shop is.

You'll get 2 entries for following my blog! Which if you are reading this there is a good chance that you already do!

And...

You'll get 20, that's right 20 entries for purchasing something from my shop!!!!!!

She offers several more ways to get extra entries so take a look.

But hurry up cause the giveaway ends on April 8th!


Good Luck!!!

The Sweetest Hands

Oh, to think of all of the great things these lovely little hands will do!

They make me smile!


After a long weekend visiting family, TJ having to work and a cranky baby that has needed mommy by her side at all times, TJ and I are finally getting to the Easter project that we thought would be fun to do together. We started last night and will hopefully finish tonight, maybe tomorrow, but as soon as it is done, I promise to share with you all.


Happy Tuesday!

Weekend Project

Just a quick post to share a few things I worked on this weekend. Rory has been very needy this week and I've found that I can sit and hold her while making these cute little hairpins. I love multitasking!

I have a few more things in the works, I will share once they are complete. You can find all three of these hairpins in my shop!

My First Treasury!

I am so honored and excited to share with you that one of my bags made it into an etsy treasury!

Thank you Nurit for choosing my bag! And congratulations to all of the other talented artists and crafters that make this treasury beautiful!

Hello weekend!

Weekly

Since Alice in Wonderland is one of my all time favorite stories, and the newest version is to be released this weekend, this weeks Favorite Finds just had to be all about Alice. Enjoy!

Alice In Wonderland Teacup III by Love Your Bling

Down the Rabbit Hole by No Wonder

Victorian Pocket Watch by Fink Gifts

Tea Under the Wonderland Tree by The Poppy Tree

Purple Polka Mushroom by me, Lazy Apples

Does anyone love Alice in Wonderland as much as I do?

Happy Thursday!

Disappearing Act

Okay so you may have been thinking that I disappeared, but do not fret, I am still here. I simply had a busy weekend! Busy but good! Saturday we had some friends over to meet Rory. We ate lots of food! Sunday we visited Rory's grandparents where she met her great grandfather for the first time. We ate lots of food! And of course, a trip to the grandparents means a trip to the craft store for mommy! I'm up to my ears in colorful felts and floss! Colors makes me happy!

In between our social gatherings, I was busy working on my newest obsessions!

Mushrooms!

My assistant

These little guys are so much fun! I still have some more to make since most of these are either practice pieces or gifts. I am going to be posting one two in my shop for now! I hope to have a few more in there by the end of the week, so check back!

I also had a blast making fabric necklaces. This one is going to be posted in my shop today or tomorrow and there are more to come over the next few days.

I totally have spring fever! So to ease the suffering I am making spring with bright color fabrics and felt, flowers and mushrooms. 

Happy March!

What to do on a cold, wintery day

If you are snowed in like most of us in the northeast, this is what to do...

watch giant snow flakes fall from the sky,

(Rory is 10 weeks old today!)

wrap up in some warm, cozy blankets and snuggle up close with a loved one,

make a cup of hot cocoa,

and do some crafting!

That is what to do on a cold, wintery day!

New Additions To Our Family

Our family is growing ever bigger with our three new additions! Yesterday TJ brought home this little guy.

Though we haven't named him yet, we are very excited that he is here. A big thank you to Kenna for making him for Rory!

And now meet...drum roll please!

Gwen!

And Gwen's friend (also not named yet).

Gwen and her friend came in what is hands down the most fun and exciting package I have every received. It was packed full of stickers and tags and her friend came as a little bonus gift. Super exciting!!!

Thank you Warm Sugar!