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Comment this week, get a chance to win free stuff! I know, I know, the Sew Mama Sew rules specified Give-Away *Day*, but this is a weekly-ish blog, so that just wouldn’t be fair around here. So comment anytime in the next week, comments will close after my daughter goes to bed on Tuesday the 9th, and a winner will be announced the next morning, after I get through reading the comments.
But not just any comments, your comment must contain the name of your favorite craft blog, and if you want to get a double chance to win, also include the name of your favorite blog or website for fun educational games or crafts to do with two to three year olds. Because that’s what I need more of around here. 🙂 I don’t expect everyone to have one of those, that’s why it’s the bonus chance. I’ll print out everyone’s names once or twice (or heck, maybe three times if I really like your blog suggestion) and have my daughter draw one of them out of a hat. So it’ll be random, but perhaps skewed towards my favorite responses. Because I get to make the rules. I never get to make the rules… hahahahaha er, maybe I need to go to bed. But I’m not done yet.
What do you win? What do you want to win? You should put that in your comment too, because I’m curious what everyone would pick even if they don’t win. Your choice of one of these super cute walnut babies (100% wool felt, cotton embroidery floss, polyester stuffing & one genuine local pesticide free walnut shell) to hang on your christmas tree or tuck in a doll house (that’s what my daughter does), or a set of 12 felted ravioli (ecospun felt made from recycled plastic bottles and cotton filling). I’m obviously scatter brained, because my natural fiber craft is stuffed with polyester, and my plastic felt is stuffed with cotton. That’s just what you get around here.
I wanted to start an Etsy store, that was my motivation for finishing these four walnut babies (I would have made the babies, but never lined their shells properly because that isn’t as fun). But in the end it takes me too long to make them to sell for any reasonable price. From start to finish they take me three hours I think, tiny tiny stitches, although it’s a bit hard to time, since I have a two year old my crafting is done in 20 minute intervals half of them at the playground. But if I were to follow pricing formulas, just for wholesale I should be paying myself something like $10 an hour which works out to $30, then with outrageous x2 or x3 calculations for retail that would come out to something utterly ridiculous. I’d be perfectly happy with the $30, but I can’t imagine anyone paying that. So instead I’ll give them away. Because free is better than underpaid, or, um, something. Yah, it’s past my bedtime. Maybe I’ll open an Etsy store next week, but really, I already have at least two jobs and I need to be kinder to myself.
Walnut shells. What would you do if you had a bag of walnuts from your friends tree? They must be crafted with. Next I want to make sailboats. Too many projects. Too few hours until my daughter wakes up. Must go to sleep.
So leave me a comment, I *will* ship internationally, make sure to get your email address right, give me a craft blog and an education blog and tell me what you’d pick if you win. I’ll email the winner for your address on the 10th. And check out Sew Mama Sew if it’s still December 3rd to see a list of other blogs having give-aways.
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Add Yours →I love the ravioli will go nicely with my daughters christmas present.
Those little walnut babies are SO SO cute!
I’ve really been digging http://tipjunkie.blogspot.com lately for ideas of things to make.
i love the walnut babbies!! =)
I love those walnut babies.I always go to check out ‘one red robin’,it’s a great blog.
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They are both so lovely!
Im sure my daughter would be oooing and ahhhing over the walnut babies, she has a thing for babies at the moment even though at 20mths shes practically still a bub herself
BUT my son would love the ravioli as his older and into the whole pretend play in a big way
so so lovely!
Haha, I love the ravioli! 😀
So cute.
First of all, you are funny. I love your stream of consciousness. Next, if I need inspiration in crafty things, I either go to etsy and drool or sew mama sew and click on tutorial links. I cannot imagine how many sites I’ve been to. Finally, if you have the artsy/crafty thing in you, it will come. I started taking pottery classes when mine was 2 1/2, and now I have my own business: http://www.martinelsonpotter.com. Dare to dream.
Love the little babies on the half-shell. Would love one for my tree.
I would love one of those walnut babies! I’m sooo broody just now but we’re not trying until next year. Still, exciting times ahead!
My favourite crafty blog is mine. NOT in a ‘it’s brilliant’ or a ‘I’m going to promote it’ way but in a sense of achievement way. In a, I’m proud of it and I like spending time doing it and what it adds to my life in terms of inspiration and friends. I hope that makes sense? 🙂
Those babies are just adorable
Fave craft blog: hmm can’t decide! it changes every day
Fave blog that I get some ideas from lately is http://www.soulemama.com. There isn’t always direct suggestions but just reading her posts and checking the photos gives me ideas for my 3 year old.
I love those little walnut babies. For inspiration, I like to check out amybutler.com. I’m obsessed with her fabrics.
those are super cute! so are the felt pasta you have around your blog! what a great idea.
favorite blog eh? i don’t know, that has shifted through the years. right now i love checking in at wardroberefashion because the posters there are really creative in how they rework clothing and fabric! plus i love the eco-bent, making-do kind of mentality.
I also saw those HABA raviolis but I never thought I could do them myself. They really are cute and your tutorial is very good. I’ve never felted before; not sure if I can get up the courage. But if I don’t win them, I might just give it a shot. We are getting my daughter a play kitchen for Christmas! Thank you for this blog.
Ooops. Forgot to add my craft blog! Check out http://www.lifesaquilt.blogspot.com/ She makes beautiful quilts and now does some wonderful knitting too.
Those walnut babies are just too cute!
What sweet little creations! My favorite craft spot is actually Everyday Chaos. And my favorite site to find things to do was mentioned on Sew Mama Sew, it’s the paper toy one. It is A-MAZ-ING. Try it out with your kids and you will be hooked.
When i need inspiration I hit up other blogs and start clicking their blogroll that always leads me somewhere fun. I love the ravioli they are so silly and awesome at the same time
I like to go to soulemama.com for crafty and educational inspiration.
Love the walnut babies.
Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Those walnut babies are too cute.
I love yarnstorm for a craft/inspiration blog. Even if she isn’t showing a craft her pictures are beautiful and it gives me inspiration with all the colors.
For a kid’s activity blog it would hands down be The Crafty Crow.
If you haven’t checked out The Crafty Crow you should go there right now!http://belladia.typepad.com/crafty_crow/
Chinaberry and Hearthsong are two of my favorite educational websites.
I hope I win a walnut baby so I can try to duplicate it! Cheers!
love the walnut babies!!! Reminds me of old world German decorations.
I love the angry chicken blog and love familyfun.com for preschool ideas. I also have a 3 and 1 year old and I run out of ideas all the time. this site has lots of ideas that can be tailored to the preschool years.
The ravioli would go perfect with the kitchen my little girl is getting for Christmas (and if I don’t win I may have to make my own, they look like butternut to me!) We have a family friend that crafts from walnut shells every year. She has made the babies, and army helmets (it was like a POW memorial) and ummm…more stuff. I can’t remember.
Cute stuff!
My favorite site by far is sewmamasew!!
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OMG the walnut babies are too stinkin’ cute! My Elle would flip out! She’s constantly picking up things outside for her “collections” and it often includes acorns, so this would be right up her alley!
Okay, my fave blog is mine… shameless I know, but it’s like a diary of all my crafty endeavors and I’m pretty crafty if I do say so myself 🙂 To be fair, I’ll also give you a friend’s blog, she’s a fun writer and has the cutesiest felt creatures ever: http://www.redmarionette.blogspot.com
Even though I have a 3 year old, I’m really lame when it comes to kids websites. We play on noggin.com sometimes, but I’m a little freaked out by her being online at all, so we’re switching to the LeapFrog Click Start this Christmas. I’ve heard lots of great things about it!
sheesh, forgot to post my blog address – http://www.ellebelleblog.blogspot.com
i love your little walnut babies! and here are a couple of my favorite craft sites: for general sewing/crafting fun: http://ayumills.blogspot.com/ and the lovely http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/ now for crafting with little ones? this has been a good stand by: http://simplemom.net/
Well, my favorite craft blog is probably Sew Mama Sew and my favorite toddler craft blog is the Crafty Crow–I love collaborative blogs! So much inspiration and so many ideas, all in one place.
My two toddlers would love the ravioli, I’m sure. They love playing kitchen.
Wow the walnut babies are soooooo lovely! I would love any one of them:) Good luck with your business venture:)
walnut babies! thanks for the giveaway opp!
I loveee the purple walnut baby, how adorable! My favorite craft blog is sew,mama,sew right now because I’m just getting into sewing.
My favorite craft blog to lurk would have to be Three Cheese Please’s (http://threecheeseplease.livejournal.com). Sadly I don’t have any good links to a crafting site for your little one, as I have none of my own. I know some good craft projects, though, if you’d like those? Just… erm, let me know? Hah!
If I won, I’d love to get the Ravioli. The walnut babies are adorable, but I don’t know what I’d do with them. I can totally see myself displaying those ravioli in my kitchen (carefully preserved so as not to get dirty) though! XD
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The walnut babies are adorable! I think my favourite blog is angry chicken.
Reading your blog just reminded me of my own. I think we might be blog twins! But whatever your babies are very cute and look very cozy in there little shells um..err..beds.
The walnut babies are so cute!
I love the walnut babies but since I am allergic to walnuts I am glad I like the ravioli too! My favorite blogs…Angry Chicken (already mentioned), Soule Mama (also mentioned) and for projects for kids The Artful Parent (and some of the others that were already mentioned!)
I love those walnut babies. Adorable. I have some empty walnut shells – my daughter thought it was great to poke a hole in them and then get out the walnut, keeping most the shell intact. I have absolutely. no. idea. what I’m going to do with them, but they are still sitting on my kitchen counter. *sigh* (she’s 12, btw – LOL) I really like Whip Up and http://www.oneprettything.com/ – they have lots of stuff, and if your bored and trying to pass the time (which it sounds like you have a lot of time on your hands! Ha!), you can go back through their archives and find tons of things to do. As for fun, educational sites for young uns – sorry, I wish I could help you. My young uns are teenagers (except for the 12 yo) and they find many interesting sites! But not ones that your daughter would be interested in. Just keep reading to her – and listen to books on tape in the car. That was the best thing I ever did for my kids.
Those are adorable! We for our household would especially love the ravioli as I have 2 boys who love to play kitchen. Those walnut babies are really cute though!
how cute!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I’ll love to win one! They’re adorable!
Thanks for the chance! 🙂
Love the walnut babies. My daughter loves all things small.
My favorite blog is angry chicken and my favorite kiddy blog is the crafty crow.
Count me in please! They’re such cuties!!!
Beautiful!
I don’t have much to do with ‘mini’ people, so don’t have an educational site, but my favourite craft blog is homemadebyjill.blogspot.com
http://indietutes.blogspot.com/ is written by a woman who I shamelessly stalk. I love her tutes and she has two little ones she obviously includes in everything! I adore your walnut babies, btw. I’ve got a 3 yo dd and she’d love ’em.
Oh!! I love the ravioli!
My favorite craft blog is sew mama sew! Plus a little bonus helper, thepioneerwoman.com has a homeschooling section that has some great ideas for things to do with little ones! Mine is only 9 months, hence the ravioli, but she’ll be on the bandwagon soon…
i love the walnut babbies!! I remember making them in school when I was eight.
I love the walnut babies, but the ravioli is adorable, too!
The walnut babies are my favorite !! It reminds me of little figures we used to make out of acorns and felt when I was younger as a christmas craft. My favorite craft wesite lately has been craftzine.com, as they seem to pick the best ideas from craft sites over the web – so it’s good for those who don’t have too much time to browse.
favorite craft blog: soulemama! favorite crafty blog for kids: http://belladia.typepad.com/crafty_crow/ (i go here almost daily for projects with my kids). your creations are adorable! i think they’d do really well on etsy. i’d be happy to win either! happy holidays!
Even though I really like felted food, (such a cute thing for kids)
I really love you walnut babies!