Giveaway WINNER!!!

Pretty sure I said I was going to announce this winner like 3 days ago.....oops! After getting back from vacation, the holiday, spending most of thursday at the dr's office and packing to go back out of town, I forgot. Better late than never though right?

The winner, chosen at random, of the pattern to this super cute bag by At Home with Mrs. H is.......

MIKKI!!!!

Check your email Mikki :)

Off to the lake for girls weekend with my mom and sis! Have a great weekend!

Giveaway Time!!!

Hi friends! Sorry for my absence. If you didn't know, I am a school photographer by profession. My summer, sadly, is over. I went back to work last week. We have lots and lots of seniors to photograph during the summer. It's a total bummer because I'm never ready to go back after having 6 weeks off. It just doesn't seem long enough. I always have a difficult time having motivation for anything when I go back to work. I get off, I come home and I seriously sit on the couch the rest of the day. Maybe because I'm used to going about my day at my own pace by the time I go back and working wears me out. Ugh.

On top of work, the kiddo had her 11th birthday last weekend. Talk about exhausting. Shopping for presents, food for the sleepover, planning the sleepover, entertaining the girls, cleaning the house, it seriously stressed me out. I'm SO glad we are done with the party. The only thing I still have looming over my head is her family party....which may never happen. We cancelled the family portion last weekend because 3 of her cousins have chicken pox and 3 more of them are in contagious stages. Seriously bad timing for that. But now that it's all over, I took the kiddo over to share lollypops with them yesterday. 2 weeks from now, we should be seeing spots. She's not thrilled about it at all. I'm not thrilled either, but we figure it would be best for her to get over it now when she's 11 and she won't miss any school for it. Can we just fast forward to like, September????

I'm sure you are tired of my ranting, so I will stop.

I don't have any wonderful sewing tip this week. BUT I do have a little sewing project to share with you AND a fabulous giveaway at the end. Woo Hoo!!

A couple weeks ago I replied to a request for pattern testers at At Home With Mrs H. Samantha was wanting people to test her pattern for a bow pleated bag. It's super cute!

Here is how mine turned out!

Ignore my chipping polish {yuck}.

Cute right?!?!

Her pattern is super easy to use. It has options for a fixed strap, as opposed to the adjustable one on mine. And it has an option for a slip pocket inside instead of a zippered one.

Wanna make your own?!?!?!?  Samantha is letting me giveaway one of her patterns to one of you lucky ducks! All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what color you would make your bag if you won!!  :)

For a bonus entry, like me on Facebook. Then leave a separate comment telling me you did so. If you already like me, leave a separate comment saying you already follow :)

Last giveaway I did a couple weeks ago only had ONE person enter, so your chances are pretty good at winning if you enter. Just sayin'

Giveaway closes next Monday (7/2) at 11:59pm. Winner chosen by random and announced Tuesday July 3rd.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE --------->  If you don't win and still want a pattern, Samantha is offering my friends 15% off the pattern in her etsy store!!!! WOOT!!! Click here to visit her etsy store. Enter the code BOWPLEAT15 for the discount!

Go enter people!!

Eclos Beauty WINNER!!

First, some sad news.....Only ONE person entered the giveaway!! Boo!!

But, good news....the winner is AMY!!!

And I'm happy about that because I {heart} her

Amy, I'll email you :)

Have a great Monday friends!!

{Giveaway Winner!!}

About time right?!?!?
It's only been like 2 weeks (maybe longer, who's counting) since I announced my giveaway for 100 followers :)
Sorry it's taken so long.
I've been sick and super busy and just feeling all around lazy...everyone's entitled to that right?

So without any more of my blabber...

The winner is

Evan Becky

Woot!!!

email me so you can have your lovely pouch!!

Much Love~
Meredith

Where have I been??

Sick!!
I have been sick
It doesn't seem like it's going away either
UGH!!!!!

Last week was super duper busy trying to get inventory together and tags printed and priced to drop off at the boutique I'm selling in now. So this week, I'm pooped. I have had NO motivation to do anything but sit, catch up on my blogs and my tv and sleep. Sorry dear readers, I will do something productive and worth-while here soon. I think I'm going to paint my living room this weekend, so look for that next week :)

Also, I still haven't picked a winner for my "100 followers" giveaway yet.
Still time to enter to win this ruffled pouch!!

Go HERE to enter!!!

I will return soon...pinkie promise

Much Love~
Meredith

{Big News AND a Giveaway}

First up, my HUGE news...

I was contacted last week by a boutique that is opening in a couple weeks not that far from my town

They are featuring handmade products all made within 250 miles of the store

And I'm sure you can see where this is going....

They want me to be one of their vendors!!

AHHHHHHH!!!! SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!

I can't wait to see my stuff sitting on a pretty little shelf in a boutique!

So I apologize to my readers for my absence, but I've been a busy bee, sewing up a storm

The unfortunate news is that I'm going to be shutting down my Etsy store for a while until I see how this pans out.

I drop off inventory this weekend

Wish me luck!

Now, on to the GIVEAWAY!!

In a post a couple weeks ago I said I wanted to do a giveaway when I got 100 followers

Well looky looky over in the sidebar...I have 100 followers!!

I'm so appreciative of every single one of you!

SO on to the goods...I'm giving away this zippered pouch to one of YOU!

Isn't it pretty? I know you want it :)

Here's how to win

Leave me a comment about....anything!! Say something funny, tell me a secret, whatever :)

I'll pick a random winner on Sunday!

Much Love~
Meredith

Future Giveaway??

I've noticed that I'm nearing 100 followers!

I wasn't really sure I would enjoy blogging when I started at the beginning of the summer, but I do :)

I'm so thankful for all of my followers

And for everyone that takes the time to leave me comments

I love checking my email every day and seeing a new comment!

So to give back and show my appreciation I'm going to do a giveaway when I reach 100 followers!

Doesn't that sound like fun??

Not sure what I'm going to give away...something I will make!

So tell your friends!

Much Love to you ALL~

Meredith