In love with Amy Butler!

I am into all things Amy Butler these days. I "accidentally" (before I was aware of her design talent or who she is!) bought some Amy Butler paper a while back (see this post) and then, searched like crazy to find some more. Finally I found the very last Amy Butler paper pack at Michael's! WooHoo! Here is my latest set of blocks...using Amy Butler's Lotus Tea Box paper. Check out her gorgeous fabric patterns here.

Don't these blocks just cheer you up?! :D

A great new idea!

Recently I had a custom order for some blocks for a baby shower. The coolest thing was the the customer wanted to use them as decoration on the cake! She had me send them directly to the cake maker. What a fun idea! Thanks, Christina, for your creative idea and for sending me some pictures from the shower!!

Didn't this cake turn out just darling?!

I'm A Finalist!!!

I'm so excited and incredibly honored! Etsy is hosting a Handmade Kids challenge/contest with seven categories. I entered this set of blocks into the Kids Home Decor category and then sort of forgot about it. They've just announced the 40 finalists for each category and my FAM friend Melanie was sweet enough to let me know that I am a finalist! I'm still in a bit of shock that my blocks were chosen. So, for the next 2 weeks, registered Etsy members can vote once in each of the seven categories. I would LOVE your votes! If you're not a registered member, you can easily register for free at etsy.com. Here is the link for my category: http://www.etsy.com/voter_list.php?room_id=16
The winners in each category win a $200 etsy shopping spree and everyone who votes in the contest is entered to win one of 14 $350 etsy shopping sprees! Great prizes to be sure!

Covered Button Crazy!

Set of 3 (1-1/8") magnets

Sock Monkey snappie clip!

Set of 4 mini (5/8") Halloween thumbtacks

Cute as a button ;) cupcake earrings (5/8")

Turquoise and chocolate earrings (5/8")

I just love making things out of fabric covered buttons. They're so fun to make and just so darn cute when they're finished! I'm listing a bunch of new things in my Etsy store, so check them out!

So I'm a little contest-happy!

Yep, another giveaway! This time it's through another great blog: The Giveaway. Check it out for my giveaway and a bunch of other great ones! My giveaway is very similar to the one I just did--set of 3 small blocks (your choice). It ends August 11 so hurry on over and enter away! (comments posted here on my blog will not be counted--only entries HERE will count for the giveaway)

We have a WINNER!!!

Wow...I'm so excited about the response to this giveaway! I had over 140 entries and I've enjoyed reading every single comment. Thank you for all who entered! I know, I know...blah, blah, blah... Who won?! I used RANDOM.ORG to randomly choose a number between 1 and 142 (the number of comments). Here's the result:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

86

Timestamp: 2008-08-02 00:06:49 EST

So the winner is...RICHELLE!
Richelle said...

"Love all the little bows. The blocks are so cute, too. I like the chocolate sky ones."

Congratulations, Richelle! Contact me and I'll get started on your set of 3 small blocks.

Thanks to everyone who entered. I had fun and look forward to doing another giveaway!

Two hours left!

The response to my giveaway has been overwhelming! If you want to enter, you've got TWO more hours! I can't wait to see who the winner is!